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Grima Bongailas, Isaac

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FIDEFIDE 5604087· Male· Malta· Born in 2010

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Isaac Grima Bongailas, a 16-year-old player, is rated 1762. He has slipped back 91 Elo over the past 12 months. 11 rated games in the past year (≈29/year long-term). Recent appearances: Candidates 2025 and Weekend Classics - July Open 2025. Also played 1 rapid event (including Juniors U18 Rapid - September 2025) recently. His peak of 1853 was reached at age 15 (Apr 2025, #21 nationally at the time).

At junior level, he reached #1, #1 and #1 nationally in U16, U14 and U12.

Current rating

1762

Standard

Rpd1805·Blz1633

All-time high

1853

−91 pts below
Apr 2025 · age 15

Activity

26

games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo

11 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Moderately active

Signature stat

#88,511

#88,511 · players worldwide · of 218,279

Career timeline

10 entries
2025
100 career games
at age 15
Sep 2025
Peak national rank: #21
at age 15 · rated 1853
Apr 2025
1st U16 player nationally
at age 15 · rated 1853
Apr 2025
Crossed 1800
at age 15
Apr 2025
All-time peak 1853
at age 15 · −91 from today
Apr 2025
2024
1st U14 player nationally
at age 14 · rated 1702
Apr 2024

Standard rating history

Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
FIDE recal.

Activity & highlights

Top opponent
vs Karl Saliba 1,810
Candidates 2025 · Jul 2025 · +22.7 Elo
Evolution
-91
1853 → 1762
Tournaments
2
11 games
Score
4/ 1136.4%
3W2D6L
Top 3 wins
1.[W]vsKarl Saliba1,810·Candidates 2025·R4·+22.7
2.[W]vsJohn Baker1,776·Weekend Classics - July Open 2025·R2·+17.9
3.[W]vsRon SammutCM1,636·Weekend Classics - July Open 2025·R1·+10.6
Top 3 losses
1.[L]vsJohn Refalo1,648·Weekend Classics - July Open 2025·R4·-28.8
2.[L]vsPaolo Rovatti1,712·Weekend Classics - July Open 2025·R5·-25.7
3.[L]vsAndrei Dobbin1,752·Candidates 2025·R6·-20.6

Last 12 months — tournaments

2 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
Candidates 2025
Swiss
Jul 20252/6#201700-50.8
Weekend Classics - July Open 2025
Swiss
Jul 20252/5#91711-40.0
Worst Elo result: Candidates 2025 (-50.8 Elo, finished #20).

Most-Played Opponents

vsMatthew PortelliCM
🇲🇹MLT·2138
+1 −7 =1
9 games·last met Mar 2025
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vsJohn Refalo
🇲🇹MLT·1754
+4 −3 =1
8 games·last met Jul 2025
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vsLeonardo Zangrilli
🇲🇹MLT·1769
+2 −2 =3
7 games·last met Mar 2025
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vsGabriel Grech
🇲🇹MLT·1544
+6 −0 =1
7 games·last met Mar 2025
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vsFilipina ThorntonWFM
🇲🇹MLT·1783
+2 −4 =1
7 games·last met Feb 2025
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Rankings

/
Malta
#39
out of 129 players
Europe
#63,469
in continent
World
#88,509
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

Europe
World
Malta
1
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2,226
2
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2,216
3
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2,178
4
🇲🇹Novak, Attila RobertFollow Attila Robert NovakTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,144
5
🇲🇹Portelli, MatthewFollow Matthew PortelliTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,138
6
🇲🇹Pace, ColinFollow Colin PaceTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,127
7
🇲🇹Mifsud, TimothyFollow Timothy MifsudTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,103
8
🇲🇹Zerafa, RobertFollow Robert ZerafaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,076
9
🇲🇹Dahl, BaardFollow Baard DahlTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,061
10
🇲🇹Darmanin, JakeFollow Jake DarmaninTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,037
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39🇲🇹Grima Bongailas, Isaac1,762
Europe
1
🇳🇴Carlsen, MagnusFollow Magnus CarlsenTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,841
2
🇩🇪Keymer, VincentFollow Vincent KeymerTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,767
3
🇳🇱Giri, AnishFollow Anish GiriTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,764
4
🇫🇷Firouzja, AlirezaFollow Alireza FirouzjaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,744
5
🇵🇱Duda, Jan-KrzysztofFollow Jan-Krzysztof DudaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,739
6
🇭🇺Rapport, RichardFollow Richard RapportTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,729
7
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2,728
8
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2,721
9
🇦🇿Mamedyarov, ShakhriyarFollow Shakhriyar MamedyarovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,717
10
🇹🇷Erdogmus, Yagiz KaanFollow Yagiz Kaan ErdogmusTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,713
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63469🇲🇹Grima Bongailas, Isaac1,762
World
1
🇳🇴Carlsen, MagnusFollow Magnus CarlsenTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,841
2
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2,792
2
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2,792
4
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2,777
4
🇺🇿Sindarov, JavokhirFollow Javokhir SindarovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,777
6
🇩🇪Keymer, VincentFollow Vincent KeymerTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,767
7
🇳🇱Giri, AnishFollow Anish GiriTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,764
8
🇮🇳Erigaisi ArjunFollow Erigaisi ArjunTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,761
9
🇺🇸So, WesleyFollow Wesley SoTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,753
9
🇨🇳Wei, YiFollow Yi WeiTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,753
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88509🇲🇹Grima Bongailas, Isaac1,762