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Gauci, David
🇲🇹FIDE 5600715· Male· Malta· Born in 1976
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David Gauci, a 50-year-old player, is rated 1526. He is progressing steadily with +77 Elo over the past 12 months. 38 rated games in the past year (≈30/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include 9th Harry Camilleri Memorial 2026, XYCHESS Classic Grand Prix May U2200, and XYCHESS Classic Grand Prix April U2200. Also played 1 rapid (including Malta Rapid Challenge June 25) and 2 blitz events (including Malta Open Blitz Championships 2025) recently. His peak of 1627 was reached at age 50 (May 2026); he also reached #52 nationally in Dec 2014.
Current rating
1526
Standard
Rpd1486·Blz1494
All-time high
1627
−101 pts below
May 2026 · age 50
May 2026 · age 50
Activity
28
games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo
34 past 12 mo · ≈3/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#175,595
#175,595 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
11 entries2026
Crossed 1600
at age 50
May 2026
Crossed 1500
at age 50
May 2026
All-time peak 1627
at age 50 · −101 from today
May 2026
2024
Best 12-month gain (+329 Elo)
1135 → 1464
Dec 2024
Crossed 1400
at age 48
Mar 2024
2022
1st 45-50 player nationally
at age 46 · rated 1158
Apr 2022
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+81
1445 → 1526
Tournaments
13
62 games
Score
20/ 6232.3%
16W12D34L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
13 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Swiss | May 2026 | 1.5/6 | #22 | 1478 | -87.6 |
Swiss | May 2026 | 2/1 | #10 | 2552 | -13.2 |
Swiss | Apr 2026 | 2/4 | #8 | 1676 | 0.0 |
Swiss | Apr 2026 | 1/3 | #15 | 1450 | 0.0 |
Swiss | Mar 2026 | 2.5/3 | #4 | 1520 | 0.0 |
Swiss | Jan 2026 | 2/3 | #14 | 1789 | -14.6 |
Swiss | Jan 2026 | 2.5/5 | #33 | 1645 | -13.8 |
Swiss | Jan 2026 | 0.5/5 | #13 | 1200 | -22.0 |
Round-Robin | Dec 2025 | 0.5/2 | #9 | 1334 | -4.4 |
Swiss | Nov 2025 | 4/7 | #9 | 1619 | +23.6 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsClaude Licari
🇲🇹MLT·1667
+1 −17 =1
19 games·last met Jun 2025
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vsOcean Psaila
🇲🇹MLT·1627
+7 −6 =1
14 games·last met Apr 2025
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vsStephen Busuttil Naudi
🇲🇹MLT·1493
+7 −4 =1
12 games·last met Feb 2026
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vsJake DarmaninCM
🇲🇹MLT·2037
+0 −12 =0
12 games·last met Oct 2025
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vsUranchimeg PsailaWCM
🇲🇹MLT·1575
+1 −9 =2
12 games·last met Apr 2023
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Rankings
/
Malta
#83
out of 129 players
Europe
#112,545
in continent
World
#175,557
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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