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Cazzaniga, Walter
🇮🇹FIDE 803162· Male· Italy· Born in 1959
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Walter Cazzaniga, a 67-year-old Italian player, is rated 1957. He has slipped back 31 Elo over the past 12 months. 45 rated games in the past year (≈34/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include CIS 2026 - Serie A2 Girone 3, FE Tre re 2026 - A, and WE 45 Memorial Crespi - A. Also played 1 rapid event recently. His peak of 2195 was reached at age 48 (Jul 2007).
Current rating
1957
Standard
Rpd2022·Blz—
All-time high
2195
−238 pts below
Jul 2007 · age 48
Jul 2007 · age 48
Activity
49
games / yr avg. · ≈4/mo
45 past 12 mo · ≈4/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
#35,238
#35,238 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
21 entries2025
36th Italian 65-70 player
at age 66 · rated 2005
Apr 2025
Re-crossed 2000
at age 66
Apr 2025
2022
50th Italian 60-65 player
at age 63 · rated 2025
Sep 2022
2020
Re-crossed 2000
at age 61
Jan 2020
Inactive for 20 months
paused at 2013 → returned at 2013
Jan 2020
2015
20th Italian 55-60 player
at age 56 · rated 2163
Jul 2015
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
-17
1974 → 1957
Tournaments
9
45 games
Score
24.5/ 4554.4%
18W13D14L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
9 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | May 2026 | 2.5/4 | #38 | 1884 | -5.4 |
Open Swiss | May 2026 | 3.5/5 | #13 | 2100 | +21.0 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 0.5/5 | #24 | 1734 | -20.8 |
Swiss | Jan 2026 | 3.5/7 | #10 | 1867 | -22.8 |
Swiss | Dec 2025 | 4/6 | #5 | 2114 | +23.6 |
Swiss | Nov 2025 | 2.5/5 | #14 | 1909 | -7.2 |
Swiss | Oct 2025 | 3/3 | #6 | 2550 | +14.2 |
Swiss | Aug 2025 | 2/4 | #22 | 1783 | -19.6 |
Swiss | Jun 2025 | 3/6 | #10 | 1900 | -14.2 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsDanilo Pelizzola
🇮🇹ITA·1941
+7 −4 =6
17 games·last met Feb 2024
View head-to-head →
vsPaolo VezzosiIM
🇮🇹ITA·2130
+1 −11 =2
14 games·last met Oct 2024
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vsFilippo Bemporad
🇮🇹ITA·1945
+8 −3 =3
14 games·last met Jul 2015
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vsArmando Cerioni
🇮🇹ITA·1880
+5 −2 =3
10 games·last met Dec 2018
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vsGiuseppe Bisignano
🇮🇹ITA·1722
+6 −2 =1
9 games·last met Feb 2016
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Rankings
/
Italy
#951
out of 9,142 players
Europe
#26,046
in continent
World
#35,237
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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