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Paoli, Walter
🇮🇹FIDE 808237· Male· Italy· Born in 1960
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Walter Paoli, a 66-year-old Italian player, is rated 1977. He is progressing steadily with +74 Elo over the past 12 months. 44 rated games in the past year (≈29/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include CP Parma 2026 - Memorial Mario Vivo, CIS 2026 - Serie B Girone 12, and WE 4 Primavera a Bologna - A. Also played 1 rapid event recently. He took a 34-month break between Feb 2020 and Jan 2023 (COVID-19 included). His peak of 2091 was reached at age 55 (Jan 2015).
Current rating
1977
Standard
Rpd1949·Blz1999
All-time high
2091
−114 pts below
Jan 2015 · age 55
Jan 2015 · age 55
Activity
34
games / yr avg. · ≈3/mo
44 past 12 mo · ≈4/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
#31,310
#31,310 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
16 entries2026
66th Italian 65-70 player
at age 66 · rated 1977
Jun 2026
2024
500 career games
at age 64
Dec 2024
2021
84th Italian 60-65 player
at age 61 · rated 1949
Dec 2021
2020
Inactive for 34 months
paused at 1949 → returned at 1907
Feb 2020
2017
53rd Italian 55-60 player
at age 57 · rated 2035
Apr 2017
Re-crossed 2000
at age 57
Feb 2017
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+68
1909 → 1977
Tournaments
7
35 games
Score
25.5/ 3572.9%
20W11D4L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
7 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | May 2026 | 3.5/6 | #16 | 2036 | +12.2 |
Swiss | Mar 2026 | 3.5/5 | #2 | 1912 | +0.2 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 3/4 | #8 | 2036 | +9.8 |
Swiss | Mar 2026 | 4/5 | #1 | 2067 | +14.6 |
Swiss | Jan 2026 | 3.5/5 | #5 | 2022 | +12.8 |
Swiss | Dec 2025 | 4/4 | #6 | 2538 | +5.4 |
Swiss | Dec 2025 | 4/5 | #2 | 2017 | +12.4 |
Hot streak: 7 tournaments without losing Elo.
Most-Played Opponents
vsSergio Garofalo
🇮🇹ITA·1746
+12 −3 =2
17 games·last met Nov 2025
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vsMarco Vincenzi
🇮🇹ITA·2032
+0 −3 =8
11 games·last met Jun 2025
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vsAndrea Sacchetti
🇮🇹ITA·1824
+4 −2 =2
8 games·last met Nov 2025
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vsAndrea MalfagiaFM
🇮🇹ITA·2215
+0 −6 =2
8 games·last met Apr 2016
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vsRiccardo Dionigi
🇮🇹ITA·2068
+3 −0 =4
7 games·last met Jan 2019
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Rankings
/
Italy
#844
out of 9,142 players
Europe
#23,155
in continent
World
#31,309
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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