Vitale, Romualdo

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.