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Marco Materia
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Marco Materia

FranceBorn 2009 (age 17)FIDE ID 45150451

Luft classical

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Monthly Luft ratings, now 2520
FIDE

FIDE classical

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Monthly FIDE ratings, now 2530
Luft

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No classical titles on record yet.

Luft classical rating

Not ranked yet: the Luft classical rating needs at least 10 classical games in top events over the last year.

Openings

Their most-played, from 16 classical games in top events over the last 4 years

OpeningGamesScore
Indian Defense225%
Catalan Opening1100%
Grünfeld Defense150%
Queen's Indian Defense150%
Bogo-Indian Defense150%

Indian Defense

With White: 2 games, won 0, drew 1, lost 1 · 25%

VariationGamesScore
London System150%
Anti-Nimzo-Indian10%

Catalan Opening

With White: 1 game, won 1, drew 0, lost 0 · 100%

VariationGamesScore
Open Defense1100%

Grünfeld Defense

With White: 1 game, won 0, drew 1, lost 0 · 50%

VariationGamesScore
Exchange Variation150%

Queen's Indian Defense

With White: 1 game, won 0, drew 1, lost 0 · 50%

VariationGamesScore
Fianchetto Variation150%

Bogo-Indian Defense

With White: 1 game, won 0, drew 1, lost 0 · 50%

VariationGamesScore
Vitolins Variation150%

Sicilian Defense

With Black: 3 games, won 0, drew 1, lost 2 · 17%

VariationGamesScore
Taimanov Variation20%
Lasker-Pelikan Variation150%

Caro-Kann Defense

With Black: 2 games, won 1, drew 1, lost 0 · 75%

VariationGamesScore
Advance Variation1100%
Two Knights Attack150%

Queen's Gambit Declined

With Black: 1 game, won 0, drew 1, lost 0 · 50%

VariationGamesScore
Vienna Variation150%

Nimzo-Indian Defense

With Black: 1 game, won 0, drew 1, lost 0 · 50%

VariationGamesScore
Main line150%

Catalan Opening

With Black: 1 game, won 0, drew 1, lost 0 · 50%

VariationGamesScore
Open Defense150%

Recent events

EventPlace+/−+/−
59th Biel International Chess Festival 202622 Jul 20264/7+9+10
31st Abu Dhabi International Chess Festival23 Aug 20252/4−4−4
57th International Chess Festival Biel (Open)23 Jul 2024½/2−3−3
Biel Festival 202323 Jul 2023½/3−5−5

Best wins

OpponentRating
IMC. Yip16 Jul 2026 · 59th Biel International Chess Festival 20262458
IMA. Sahakyan19 Aug 2025 · 31st Abu Dhabi International Chess Festival2405

Most played

OpponentGamesWDL
GMXiao TongLast 22 Jul 2026 · 59th Biel International Chess Festival 20263021
IMV. FinekLast 21 Jul 2026 · 59th Biel International Chess Festival 20262020
GMQ. ErnestoLast 19 Jul 2023 · Biel Festival 20231010
GMP. AnandLast 20 Jul 2023 · Biel Festival 20231001
GMY. DaniilLast 23 Jul 2023 · Biel Festival 20231001

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How attributes are calculated

From their games in top events over the last 12 months, each judged against the opponent's rating

  • TacticsHow well they score in sharp games they chose to make sharp.
  • PositionalHow well they score in quiet, manoeuvring games they steered.
  • EndgameHow they do in endgames against what the position promised when it began: converting a winning one earns a little, saving a losing one earns a lot, and throwing a winning one costs a lot.
  • OpeningsThe engine's verdict on their position around moves 15 to 20, against what's normal for that colour, as the score it points to. Over the last 4 years, with older games counting less.
  • ComposureHow well they score under pressure: the game straight after a loss, and the last 3 games of an event while they can still win it. Over the last 4 years.
  • DefenceHow they do in games where they were 0.8 pawns or more worse after move 18, against what that position usually scores: holding the draw earns, turning it around earns more, and losing costs a little.
  • SpeedTheir Luft rapid and blitz ratings. With neither, an estimate a little below their classical level.
  • ConsistencyTheir Luft rating, less their off days: tournaments (5+ games each) over the last 4 years where they played 50+ below it. Anything better never counts against them.

  • "How well they score" is a performance rating: the opponent's rating, plus 400 for a win and minus 400 for a loss, averaged. So it's always judged against who they played.

    The score out of 100: 80 is a 2600 level, and each 13 rating points adds one, so 2860 and up is 100.

    Fair to everyone: with only a few games of a kind, the result leans towards their overall Luft rating. Strengths and weaknesses are measured against their overall level and compared with the top 100, so a specialist's best side stands out. A little recent form is added to all but Speed.