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Vitale, Romualdo
🇮🇹FIDE 862134· Male· Italy· Born in 1995
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Romualdo Vitale, a 31-year-old Italian player, is rated 1993 — just 12 short of his peak of 2005 (Oct 2025, age 30). He is on a steady climb with +62 Elo over the past 12 months. 54 rated games in the past year (≈10/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Reykjavik Open 2026, CIS 2026 - Serie B Girone 5, and CIS 2026 - Serie A2 Girone 4. Also played 4 rapid (including RAPID 9 A SQUADRE EMPOLI SCACCHI - B) and 4 blitz events (including Harpa Blitz 2026) recently. He had 4 career breaks: 15 months (2012–2014), 23 months (2014–2016), 19 months (2018–2019) and 41 months (2019–2023, COVID-19 included).
At junior level, he reached #61, #79, #64 and #50 nationally in U20, U18, U16 and U14.
Current rating
1993
Standard
Rpd2048·Blz1966
All-time high
2005
−12 pts below
Oct 2025 · age 30
Oct 2025 · age 30
Activity
30
games / yr avg. · ≈3/mo
49 past 12 mo · ≈4/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
#28,617
#28,617 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
15 entries2025
Crossed 2000
at age 30
Oct 2025
All-time peak 2005
at age 30 · −12 from today
Oct 2025
2024
Best 12-month gain (+93 Elo)
1827 → 1920
Dec 2024
100 career games
at age 29
Dec 2024
2019
Inactive for 41 months
paused at 1853 → returned at 1869
Dec 2019
2018
Inactive for 19 months
paused at 1887 → returned at 1853
Apr 2018
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Best result
FE 30 Citta' di Palermo - Memorial Baldassare Antonino Camarda - Aperf 2186 (+181) · 4/7 · #6
Top opponent
Evolution
+63
1930 → 1993
Tournaments
9
49 games
Score
28.5/ 4958.2%
25W7D17L
Top 3 wins
1.[W]vsFederico Noto2,189·FE 30 Citta' di Palermo - Memorial Baldassare Antonino Camarda - A·R3·+14.9
2.[W]vsAlessandro SantagatiFM2,169·FE 30 Citta' di Palermo - Memorial Baldassare Antonino Camarda - A·R2·+14.4
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
9 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Mar 2026 | 5/9 | #104 | 1946 | -2.8 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 2/2 | #15 | 2652 | +13.8 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 2/3 | #17 | 2075 | +8.4 |
Swiss | Jan 2026 | 3/5 | #9 | 1864 | -12.6 |
Swiss | Dec 2025 | 1/4 | #18 | 1925 | -6.8 |
Swiss | Nov 2025 | 3/5 | #8 | 1919 | -10.6 |
Swiss | Sep 2025 | 2/5 | #23 | 1987 | +2.2 |
Swiss | Sep 2025 | 4/7 | #6 | 2186 | +40.8 |
Swiss | Jul 2025 | 6.5/9 | #3 | 2063 | +31.4 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsAntonio Tacconi
🇮🇹ITA·1784
+8 −3 =1
12 games·last met May 2026
View head-to-head →
vsSimone Garofalo
🇮🇹ITA·2048
+3 −7 =1
11 games·last met Mar 2026
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vsMarco Caprino
🇮🇹ITA·2064
+1 −6 =1
8 games·last met Mar 2025
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vsFrancesco Lanotte
🇮🇹ITA·1827
+1 −1 =6
8 games·last met Dec 2017
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vsFranco Baccaro
🇮🇹ITA·1989
+6 −1 =1
8 games·last met Dec 2017
View head-to-head →
Rankings
/
Italy
#748
out of 9,142 players
Europe
#21,154
in continent
World
#28,617
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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