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Esposito, Luca

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FIDEFIDE 805726· Male· Italy· Born in 1969

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Luca Esposito, a 57-year-old Italian FIDE Master, is rated 2176 and sitting in the top 3% of Italian players, and in the top 4% worldwide. He plays occasionally (5 games in the last 12 months) and had 4 career breaks: 47 months (2005–2009), 12 months (2009–2010), 13 months (2010–2011) and 54 months (2019–2024, COVID-19 included). Recent appearance: CIS 2026 - Serie A2 Girone 10.2. Also played 1 rapid event recently. His peak of 2299 was reached at age 43 (Dec 2012); he also reached Italian #69 in Jun 2013.

Awarded FM in 2013 (age 44).

Current rating

2176

Standard

Rpd2180·Blz2201

All-time high

2299

−123 pts below
Dec 2012 · age 43

Activity

6

games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo

5 past 12 mo
classical only
Occasional

Signature stat

Top 3%

#197 · Italian players · of 7,248

Career timeline

21 entries
2025
9th Italian 55-60 player
at age 56 · rated 2187
Mar 2025
2024
8th Italian 50-55 player
at age 55 · rated 2187
Dec 2024
2019
Inactive for 54 months
paused at 2208 → returned at 2185
Sep 2019
11th Italian 45-50 player
at age 50 · rated 2221
Aug 2019
2017
Re-crossed 2200
at age 48
Dec 2017
Re-crossed 2200
at age 48
Jul 2017

Standard rating history

Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19

Activity & highlights

Top opponent
vs Giuseppe D`auria 2,074
CIS 2026 - Serie A2 Girone 10.2 · Mar 2026 · +7.1 Elo
Evolution
-3
2179 → 2176
Tournaments
1
5 games
Score
3.5/ 570.0%
2W3D0L
Top losses
Undefeated in the last 12 months.

Last 12 months — tournaments

1 event
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
CIS 2026 - Serie A2 Girone 10.2
Team
Mar 20263.5/5#62137-3.2

Most-Played Opponents

vsEnrico Messina
🇮🇹ITA·2064
+3 −5 =1
9 games·last met Oct 2025
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vsFabio Buiano
🇮🇹ITA·2048
+3 −2 =3
8 games·last met Nov 2024
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vsGraziano Matteo Zinnai
🇮🇹ITA·2058
+6 −1 =1
8 games·last met Nov 2017
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vsGrigory SeletskyFM
🇺🇦UKR·2185
+0 −3 =3
6 games·last met Sep 2018
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vsVincenzo Taurisano
🇮🇹ITA·1822
+5 −1 =0
6 games·last met Nov 2017
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Rankings

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Italy
#197
out of 9,142 players
Europe
#6,746
in continent
World
#9,533
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

Europe
World
Italy
1
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2,599
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
🇮🇹Basso, Pier LuigiFollow Pier Luigi BassoTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,500
7
🇮🇹Iermito, Sebastian DarioFollow Sebastian Dario IermitoTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,491
8
🇮🇹Dvirnyy, DanyyilFollow Danyyil DvirnyyTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,479
9
🇮🇹Di Benedetto, EdoardoFollow Edoardo Di BenedettoTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,470
10
🇮🇹Lumachi, GabrieleFollow Gabriele LumachiTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,463
...
197🇮🇹Esposito, Luca2,176
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
🇳🇱Van Foreest, JordenFollow Jorden Van ForeestTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,728
8
🇫🇷Vachier-Lagrave, MaximeFollow Maxime Vachier-LagraveTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,721
9
🇦🇿Mamedyarov, ShakhriyarFollow Shakhriyar MamedyarovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,717
10
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2,713
...
6746🇮🇹Esposito, Luca2,176
World
1
🇳🇴Carlsen, MagnusFollow Magnus CarlsenTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,841
2
🇺🇸Nakamura, HikaruFollow Hikaru NakamuraTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
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
...
9533🇮🇹Esposito, Luca2,176