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Gallana, Marco

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FIDEFIDE 824542· Male· Italy· Born in 1990

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Marco Gallana, a 36-year-old Italian player, is rated 2242 and sitting in the top 2% of Italian players, and in the top 3% worldwide. He is progressing steadily with +27 Elo over the past 12 months. 32 rated games in the past year (≈26/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include 2025-26 4NCL Division 1 Rounds 7-8, 2025-26 4NCL Division 1 Rounds 5-6, and 2025-26 4NCL Division 1 Rounds 3-4. Also played 1 rapid (including 2025 FIDE World Rapid Team Championship) and 1 blitz events (including 2025 FIDE World Blitz Team Championship Pool B) recently. He had 3 career breaks: 28 months (2012–2014), 22 months (2014–2016) and 12 months (2016–2017). His peak of 2296 was reached at age 33 (Apr 2023, Italian #55 at the time).

At junior level, he reached #16, #35 and #32 nationally in U20, U18 and U16.

Current rating

2242

Standard

Rpd2228·Blz2297

All-time high

2296

−54 pts below
Apr 2023 · age 33

Activity

38

games / yr avg. · ≈3/mo

29 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Active

Signature stat

Top 2%

#114 · Italian players · of 7,248

Career timeline

16 entries
2025
500 career games
at age 35
Sep 2025
2023
Peak Italian rank: #55
at age 33 · rated 2296
May 2023
All-time peak 2296
at age 33 · −54 from today
Apr 2023
2020
Re-crossed 2200
at age 30
Oct 2020
2018
Crossed 2200
at age 28
Jan 2018
2016
Inactive for 12 months
paused at 2145 → returned at 2171
May 2016

Standard rating history

Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19

Activity & highlights

Best result
2025 XTX Markets London Chess Classic Open
perf 2341 (+80) · 5/9 · #35
Top opponent
vs Stephen J GordonGM 2,465
2025 XTX Markets London Chess Classic Open · Nov 2025 · +5.3 Elo
Evolution
+27
2215 → 2242
Tournaments
6
29 games
Score
11.5/ 2939.7%
5W15D9L

Last 12 months — tournaments

6 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
2025-26 4NCL Division 1 Rounds 7-8
Team
Mar 20260/2#991541-15.4
2025-26 4NCL Division 1 Rounds 5-6
Team
Feb 20260/2#811715-7.4
2025-26 4NCL Division 1 Rounds 3-4
Team
Jan 20260.5/2#752266+0.2
2025 XTX Markets London Chess Classic Open
Open Swiss
Nov 20255/9#352341+27.0
2025-26 4NCL Division 1 Rounds 1-2
Team
Nov 20251/2#652394+9.0
34th OPEN CHESS TOURNAMENT OF KAVALA VASILIS THEODORIDIS A
Open Swiss
Jul 20255/9#592257+9.8
Worst Elo result: 2025-26 4NCL Division 1 Rounds 7-8 (-15.4 Elo, finished #99).

Most-Played Opponents

vsKenneth Terence SolomonGM
🇿🇦RSA·2277
+0 −10 =1
11 games·last met Aug 2021
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vsEnrico Gallo
🇮🇹ITA·1944
+3 −1 =1
5 games·last met Sep 2017
View head-to-head →
vsJie XiaFM
🇮🇹ITA·2244
+1 −2 =2
5 games·last met Sep 2011
View head-to-head →

Rankings

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Italy
#114
out of 9,142 players
Europe
#4,198
in continent
World
#6,144
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

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Italy
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2
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3
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2,551
4
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2,526
5
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2,522
6
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2,500
7
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8
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2,479
9
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2,470
10
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2,463
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114🇮🇹Gallana, Marco2,242
Europe
1
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2,841
2
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2,767
3
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2,764
4
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2,744
5
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2,739
6
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2,729
7
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2,728
8
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2,721
9
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2,717
10
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2,713
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4198🇮🇹Gallana, Marco2,242
World
1
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2,841
2
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2,792
2
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4
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2,777
4
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2,777
6
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2,767
7
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2,764
8
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2,761
9
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2,753
9
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2,753
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6144🇮🇹Gallana, Marco2,242