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Shytaj, Iart Luca

GM🇮🇹

FIDEFIDE 812633· Male· Italy· Born in 1986

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Iart Luca Shytaj, a 40-year-old Italian Grandmaster, is rated 2408 and ranked 24th among Italian players, and in the top 1% worldwide. He plays around 24 rated games per year and had 2 career breaks: 12 months (2022–2023) and 22 months (2023–2025). His peak of 2507 was reached at age 25 (Sep 2011); he also reached Italian #5 in Oct 2008 and spent 37 months in Italian top 10, with a longest streak of 2 consecutive years.

Awarded GM in 2018 (age 32), IM in 2006 (age 20), and FM in 2003 (age 17). At junior level, he reached World #65 in U20 and #1 and #2 nationally in U18 and U16.

Current rating

2408

Standard

Rpd2384·Blz2372

All-time high

2507

−99 pts below
Sep 2011 · age 25

Activity

5

games / yr avg.

8 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Occasional

Signature stat

#24

#24 · Italian players · of 7,248
37 months in National top 10 (2005–2020)

Career timeline

19 entries
2025
Inactive for 12 months
paused at 2425 → still inactive
May 2025
2023
Inactive for 22 months
paused at 2449 → returned at 2425
Jun 2023
2022
Inactive for 12 months
paused at 2458 → returned at 2449
May 2022
2020
37 months in national top 10
longest streak 33 months · since Oct 2005
Jan 2020
2018
GM title awardedGM
at age 32 · 89th FIDE Congress 2018
Oct 2018
500 career games
at age 32
Mar 2018

Standard rating history

Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19

Activity & highlights

Top opponent
vs Francesco SonisGM 2,558
CIS 2026 - Serie Master · Apr 2026 · +2.0 Elo
Evolution
-17
2425 → 2408
Tournaments
1
8 games
Score
3/ 837.5%
0W6D2L
Top 2 wins
1.[D]vsFrancesco SonisGM2,558·CIS 2026 - Serie Master·R1·+2.0
2.[D]vsDragos CeresIM2,450·CIS 2026 - Serie Master·R6·+0.6
Top 2 losses
1.[L]vsRenzo RamondinoFM2,174·CIS 2026 - Serie Master·R2·-7.9
2.[L]vsGuido CaprioIM2,430·CIS 2026 - Serie Master·R8·-4.7

Last 12 months — tournaments

1 event
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
CIS 2026 - Serie Master
Team
Apr 20263/8#722273-16.7
Worst Elo result: CIS 2026 - Serie Master (-16.7 Elo, finished #72).

Rankings

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Italy
#24
out of 9,142 players
Europe
#966
in continent
World
#1,524
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

Europe
World
Italy
1
🇮🇹Lodici, LorenzoFollow Lorenzo LodiciTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,599
2
🇮🇹Vocaturo, DanieleFollow Daniele VocaturoTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,561
3
🇮🇹Moroni, Luca JrFollow Luca Jr MoroniTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,551
4
🇮🇹Sonis, FrancescoFollow Francesco SonisTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,526
5
🇮🇹Brunello, SabinoFollow Sabino BrunelloTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
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
...
24🇮🇹Shytaj, Iart Luca2,408
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
🇹🇷Erdogmus, Yagiz KaanFollow Yagiz Kaan ErdogmusTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,713
...
966🇮🇹Shytaj, Iart Luca2,408
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
🇺🇸Caruana, FabianoFollow Fabiano CaruanaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,792
4
🇺🇿Abdusattorov, NodirbekFollow Nodirbek AbdusattorovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
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
...
1524🇮🇹Shytaj, Iart Luca2,408