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Kaloust, Giorgio
🇱🇧FIDE 5303699· Male· Lebanon· Born in 2002
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Giorgio Kaloust, a 24-year-old player, is rated 2092 — his current career high and sitting in the top 7% of players worldwide. He is progressing steadily with +23 Elo over the past 12 months. 39 rated games in the past year (≈22/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include XXXVI Miedzynarodowy Festiwal Szachowy CRACOVIA 2025 Grupa B, 2025 Lebanese Team Chess Championship, and 12th Beirut International Open Chess Championship 2025. Also played 4 rapid (including Keshmat Circuit Rapid-August 2025) and 3 blitz events (including XXXVI Miedzynarodowy Festiwal Szachowy CRACOVIA 2025 Blitz) recently. He reached #9 nationally in Dec 2024 and has been in top 10 for 18 months and counting.
Competes for Lebanon since Oct 2016. Previously known as Giorgio Kaloust (until Apr 2014). At junior level, he reached #1, #1, #1, #2 and #1 nationally in U20, U18, U16, U14 and U12.
Current rating
2092
Standard
Rpd2059·Blz1985
All-time high
2092
at best
Feb 2026 · age 24
Feb 2026 · age 24
Activity
30
games / yr avg. · ≈3/mo
30 past 12 mo · ≈3/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
Top 7%
#16,149 · players worldwide · of 218,279
National top 10 since Feb 2026
National top 10 since Feb 2026
Career timeline
20 entries2026
18 months in national top 10 (ongoing)
since Jun 2024
Jun 2026
All-time peak 2092
at age 24
Feb 2026
2024
Peak national rank: #9
at age 22 · rated 2030
Dec 2024
Re-crossed 2000
at age 22
Jun 2024
2023
Re-crossed 2000
at age 21
Oct 2023
2022
1st U20 player nationally
at age 20 · rated 2014
Dec 2022
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Best comeback
XXXVI Miedzynarodowy Festiwal Szachowy CRACOVIA 2025 Grupa Bfinished #2 (seeded #13 of 182)
Evolution
+23
2069 → 2092
Tournaments
3
25 games
Score
19/ 2576.0%
17W4D4L
Top 3 wins
1.[W]vsTetyana Skarbarchuk2,096·XXXVI Miedzynarodowy Festiwal Szachowy CRACOVIA 2025 Grupa B·R8·+10.1
2.[W]vsKatarzyna RusieckiWCM2,048·XXXVI Miedzynarodowy Festiwal Szachowy CRACOVIA 2025 Grupa B·R6·+8.7
Top 3 losses
2.[L]vsWitold Szymkiewicz2,071·XXXVI Miedzynarodowy Festiwal Szachowy CRACOVIA 2025 Grupa B·R7·-10.6
Last 12 months — tournaments
3 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Dec 2025 | 7.5/9 | #2 | 2263 | +44.0 |
Team | Nov 2025 | 6/6 | #12 | 2681 | +18.6 |
Open Swiss | Oct 2025 | 5.5/9 | #13 | 1986 | -1.8 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsAkram KhoderIM
🇱🇧LBN·2318
+4 −8 =2
14 games·last met Oct 2025
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vsJoe AssaadCM
🇱🇧LBN·2179
+2 −8 =4
14 games·last met Sep 2025
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vsAhmad NajjarFM
🇱🇧LBN·2099
+2 −10 =2
14 games·last met Aug 2025
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vsTarek Moudallal
🇱🇧LBN·1817
+5 −4 =4
13 games·last met Aug 2025
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vsMohamad Habash
🇱🇧LBN·1851
+5 −3 =4
12 games·last met Oct 2025
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Rankings
/
Lebanon
#10
out of 404 players
Asia-Pacific
#2,241
in continent
World
#16,149
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
Europe
World
Lebanon
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