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Shytaj, Iart Luca
GM🇮🇹FIDE 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
Sep 2011 · age 25
Activity
5
games / yr avg.
8 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Occasional
classical only
Occasional
Signature stat
#24
#24 · Italian players · of 7,248
37 months in National top 10 (2005–2020)
37 months in National top 10 (2005–2020)
Career timeline
19 entries2025
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
Evolution
-17
2425 → 2408
Tournaments
1
8 games
Score
3/ 837.5%
0W6D2L
Top 2 wins
Top 2 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
1 event| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | Apr 2026 | 3/8 | #72 | 2273 | -16.7 |
Rankings
/
Italy
#24
out of 9,142 players
Europe
#966
in continent
World
#1,524
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
Europe
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