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Valsecchi, Alessio
GM🇮🇹FIDE 818860· Male· Italy· Born in 1992
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Alessio Valsecchi, a 34-year-old Italian Grandmaster, is rated 2442 and ranked 16th among Italian players, and in the top 1% worldwide. He has held steady between 2400 and 2450 for 9 months. 43 rated games in the past year (≈68/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include CIS 2026 - Serie A1 Girone 2, 9th International Chess Open Tournament Vardaris 2026 A, and 51 Abierto Internacional Ciudad de Sevilla 2026. His peak of 2537 was reached at age 29 (Sep 2021, World #490 at the time); he spent 90 months in Italian top 10, with a longest streak of 3 consecutive years.
Awarded GM in 2019 (age 27), IM in 2012 (age 20), and FM in 2008 (age 16). At junior level, he reached World #59 in U20, World #81 in U18, World #53 in U16 and #7 and #3 nationally in U14 and U12.
Current rating
2442
Standard
Rpd2438·Blz2423
All-time high
2537
−95 pts below
Sep 2021 · age 29
Sep 2021 · age 29
Activity
46
games / yr avg. · ≈4/mo
48 past 12 mo · ≈4/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
#16
#16 · Italian players · of 7,248
90 months in National top 10 (2016–2024)
90 months in National top 10 (2016–2024)
Career timeline
25 entries2024
90 months in national top 10
longest streak 45 months · since Jan 2016
Dec 2024
2021
Peak Italian rank: #5
at age 29 · rated 2537
Sep 2021
Peak World rank: #490
at age 29 · rated 2537
Sep 2021
All-time peak 2537
at age 29 · −93 from today
Sep 2021
2020
Re-crossed 2500
at age 28
Nov 2020
2019
Re-crossed 2500
at age 27
Sep 2019
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
COVID-19
Activity & highlights
Evolution
-8
2450 → 2442
Tournaments
7
48 games
Score
36.5/ 4876.0%
29W15D4L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
7 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Swiss | May 2026 | 3.5/5 | #4 | 2361 | -2.4 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 3.5/5 | #5 | 2451 | +1.4 |
Open Swiss | Feb 2026 | 6/7 | #2 | 2481 | +3.8 |
Open Swiss | Jan 2026 | 6/8 | #45 | 2417 | -0.8 |
Swiss | Sep 2025 | 4/5 | #3 | 2331 | -4.0 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 6.5/9 | #5 | 2381 | -5.0 |
Swiss | Jul 2025 | 7/9 | #2 | 2394 | -0.9 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsDanyyil DvirnyyGM
🇮🇹ITA·2479
+1 −6 =11
18 games·last met Jun 2021
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vsSabino BrunelloGM
🇮🇹ITA·2522
+5 −6 =5
16 games·last met Sep 2023
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vsLuca Jr MoroniGM
🇮🇹ITA·2551
+6 −2 =7
15 games·last met Jun 2021
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vsAndrea StellaGM
🇮🇹ITA·2376
+1 −1 =12
14 games·last met Dec 2019
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vsPier Luigi BassoGM
🇮🇹ITA·2500
+4 −4 =4
12 games·last met Aug 2024
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Rankings
/
Italy
#16
out of 9,142 players
Europe
#681
in continent
World
#1,104
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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