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Catania, Francesco

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FIDEFIDE 5606217· Male· Malta· Born in 2013

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Francesco Catania, a 13-year-old player, is rated 1611. He has slipped back 138 Elo over the past 12 months. 19 rated games in the past year. Recent standard appearances include Malta Junior Championships U20, Preliminaries 2026, and Weekend Classics - October Open 2025. Also played 10 rapid (including Malta Rapid Challenge June 25) and 5 blitz events (including Malta Open Blitz Championships 2025) recently. His peak of 1749 was reached at age 12 (Aug 2025, #38 nationally at the time).

At junior level, he reached #2 and #1 nationally in U14 and U12.

Current rating

1611

Standard

Rpd1555·Blz1553

All-time high

1749

−138 pts below
Aug 2025 · age 12

Activity

21

games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo

19 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Moderately active

Signature stat

#142,777

#142,777 · players worldwide · of 218,279

Career timeline

8 entries
2026
2nd U14 player nationally
at age 13 · rated 1699
Jan 2026
2025
Peak national rank: #38
at age 12 · rated 1749
Aug 2025
1st U12 player nationally
at age 12 · rated 1749
Aug 2025
Crossed 1600
at age 12
Aug 2025
Crossed 1500
at age 12
Aug 2025
Crossed 1400
at age 12
Aug 2025

Standard rating history

Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated

Activity & highlights

Top opponent
vs John Baker 1,776
Weekend Classics - July Open 2025 · Jul 2025 · +1.6 Elo
Evolution
-138
1749 → 1611
Tournaments
4
22 games
Score
9/ 2240.9%
6W6D10L
Top 3 wins
1.[W]vsTristan Jes Scicluna1,594·Malta Junior Championships U20·R3·+19.0
2.[W]vsMario Haber1,622·Preliminaries 2026·R5·+17.7
3.[W]vsZiyang Lin1,667·Weekend Classics - July Open 2025·R3·+15.4

Last 12 months — tournaments

4 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
Malta Junior Championships U20
Swiss
Mar 20261.5/5#131522-52.0
Preliminaries 2026
Swiss
Jan 20263/5#181623-36.4
Weekend Classics - October Open 2025
Swiss
Oct 20252/4#71589-49.6
Weekend Classics - July Open 2025
Swiss
Jul 20252.5/5#617290.0
Worst Elo result: Malta Junior Championships U20 (-52.0 Elo, finished #13).

Most-Played Opponents

vsMatthew Callus
🇲🇹MLT·1642
+3 −7 =1
11 games·last met Apr 2026
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vsMatthias Borda
🇲🇹MLT·1689
+3 −3 =2
8 games·last met Feb 2026
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vsHayley Thornton
🇲🇹MLT·1500
+0 −3 =2
5 games·last met Dec 2025
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Rankings

/
Malta
#64
out of 129 players
Europe
#96,077
in continent
World
#142,767
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

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4
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5
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2,138
6
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2,127
7
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8
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9
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10
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...
64🇲🇹Catania, Francesco1,611
Europe
1
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2,841
2
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2,767
3
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4
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5
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6
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7
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8
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9
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10
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96077🇲🇹Catania, Francesco1,611
World
1
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2,841
2
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6
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2,767
7
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2,764
8
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9
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9
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142767🇲🇹Catania, Francesco1,611