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ZW
Zanella, Wainer
🇮🇹FIDE 857440· Male· Italy· Born in 1971
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Wainer Zanella, a 55-year-old Italian player, is rated 1689. He has slipped back 95 Elo over the past 12 months. 28 rated games in the past year (≈8/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Settimanale 28 Memorial Berruto - A Rounds 3-4-5-6, Settimanale 28 Memorial Berruto - A Rounds 1-2, and CIS 2026 - Serie Promozione Piemonte Girone 2. Also played 2 rapid and 1 blitz events recently. He had 2 career breaks: 21 months (2012–2014) and 69 months (2015–2020). His peak of 1784 was reached at age 54 (May 2025).
Current rating
1689
Standard
Rpd1708·Blz1718
All-time high
1784
−95 pts below
May 2025 · age 54
May 2025 · age 54
Activity
20
games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo
28 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#113,956
#113,956 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
12 entries2025
All-time peak 1784
at age 54 · −95 from today
May 2025
100 career games
at age 54
May 2025
Best 12-month gain (+192 Elo)
1571 → 1763
Feb 2025
2024
Re-crossed 1600
at age 53
Mar 2024
2022
Re-crossed 1600
at age 51
Nov 2022
2015
Inactive for 69 months
paused at 1595 → returned at 1595
Jan 2015
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
-95
1784 → 1689
Tournaments
10
31 games
Score
13.5/ 3143.5%
13W1D17L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
10 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 3.5/4 | #47 | 1985 | -19.6 |
Swiss | Apr 2026 | 1/4 | #28 | 1449 | -30.8 |
Swiss | Mar 2026 | 0/1 | #33 | 1147 | -4.6 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 2/2 | #10 | 2324 | +9.6 |
Swiss | Feb 2026 | 2/5 | #14 | 1724 | -4.4 |
Swiss | Feb 2026 | 3/5 | #7 | 1824 | +10.2 |
Swiss | Feb 2026 | 1/3 | #25 | 1501 | -20.2 |
Swiss | Jan 2026 | 1/1 | #35 | 2682 | -6.6 |
Swiss | Nov 2025 | 0/1 | #11 | 969 | -9.8 |
Swiss | Oct 2025 | 0/2 | #15 | 1014 | -18.2 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsMario Iacomussi
🇮🇹ITA·1576
+3 −3 =1
7 games·last met Oct 2023
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vsFrancesco Fassio
🇮🇹ITA·1636
+2 −4 =0
6 games·last met Feb 2026
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vsMauro Di Chiara
🇮🇹ITA·1937
+0 −5 =0
5 games·last met Mar 2026
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vsPasquale Partipilo
🇮🇹ITA·1509
+5 −0 =0
5 games·last met Apr 2024
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vsGiuseppe Vittoria
🇮🇹ITA·1721
+2 −2 =1
5 games·last met Nov 2014
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Rankings
/
Italy
#3,912
out of 9,142 players
Europe
#79,599
in continent
World
#113,952
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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