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Messa, Roberto

IM🇮🇹

FIDEFIDE 800457· Male· Italy· Born in 1957

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Roberto Messa, a 69-year-old Italian International Master, is rated 2226 and sitting in the top 2% of Italian players, and in the top 3% worldwide. He has held steady between 2200 and 2250 for 15 months. 14 rated games in the past year (≈2/year long-term). Recent appearances: CIS 2026 - Serie A2 Girone 5.2 and OP A squadre Scacchi alla Casina. Also played 1 rapid event recently. He had 3 career breaks: 115 months (2003–2012), 20 months (2012–2014) and 85 months (2016–2023). His peak of 2305 was reached at age 44 (Jan 2001, Italian #47 at the time).

Awarded IM in 2001 (age 44).

Current rating

2226

Standard

Rpd2129·Blz—

All-time high

2305

−79 pts below
Jan 2001 · age 44

Activity

15

games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo

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

Signature stat

Top 2%

#128 · Italian players · of 7,248

Career timeline

15 entries
2023
61st 65-70 player worldwide
at age 66 · rated 2289
Sep 2023
2016
Inactive for 85 months
paused at 2296 → returned at 2289
Jun 2016
2013
4th Italian 55-60 player
at age 56 · rated 2292
Apr 2013
2012
10th Italian 50-55 player
at age 55 · rated 2292
Oct 2012
Inactive for 20 months
paused at 2292 → returned at 2291
Sep 2012
2003
Inactive for 115 months
paused at 2305 → returned at 2292
Jan 2003

Standard rating history

Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19

Activity & highlights

Top opponent
vs Loris CeredaFM 2,333
OP A squadre Scacchi alla Casina · Feb 2026 · +1.2 Elo
Evolution
-15
2241 → 2226
Tournaments
3
14 games
Score
8/ 1457.1%
4W8D2L

Last 12 months — tournaments

3 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
FIDE World Senior Team Championships 2026 - Open S65
Team
Apr 20261/4#2341989-11.9
CIS 2026 - Serie A2 Girone 5.2
Team
Mar 20264/6#42140-6.8
OP A squadre Scacchi alla Casina
Team
Feb 20263/4#162305+3.7

Rankings

/
Italy
#128
out of 9,142 players
Europe
#4,737
in continent
World
#6,863
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

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Italy
1
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2
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2,561
3
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2,551
4
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2,526
5
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2,522
6
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2,500
7
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2,491
8
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2,479
9
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2,470
10
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2,463
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128🇮🇹Messa, Roberto2,226
Europe
1
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2,841
2
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2,767
3
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2,764
4
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2,744
5
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2,739
6
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2,729
7
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2,728
8
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2,721
9
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2,717
10
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2,713
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World
1
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2,841
2
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2,792
2
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2,792
4
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2,777
4
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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
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2,761
9
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2,753
9
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2,753
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6863🇮🇹Messa, Roberto2,226