Luca Moroni Explained

Luca Moroni
Birth Date:1 July 2000
Birth Place:Desio, Italy
Grandmaster (2017)
Peakrating:2601 (January 2024)
Fideid:865834

Luca Moroni (born 1 July 2000) is an Italian chess grandmaster. He is three times Italian Champion in 2017, 2022 and 2023, and winner of chess' Mitropa Cup in 2021. He represented Italian Team at Chess Olympiads in 2016, 2018 and 2022[1] and at Online Chess Olympiads in 2020.[2]

Career

Moroni was born in Desio, a town near Milan. He learned playing chess at 6, won the silver medal at World Youth Championship in Under-16 category in 2015[3] and earned the title of International Master at 16 in 2016.[4]

In 2015, he achieved his first grandmaster norm at Italian Chess Championship.[5] In December he played a simul with 120 games, overtaking the former national record of Italian Grandmaster Sergio Mariotti.[6]

In 2016, he took part in his first Chess Olympiad in Baku, where he achieved his second grandmaster norm.[7] He earned the title of Grandmaster in August, going beyond Elo points.[8]

In 2017, he won the Italian Chess Championship in Cosenza at 17, becoming the youngest Italian Chess Champion after Fabiano Caruana, who earned the title at 15 in 2007.[9]

In 2018, he was 1st at European Individual Rapid Championship in Skopje, but finished 4th for tiebreak criteria. He was on 2nd place at World Youth Championship in Porto Carras in Under 18 category, but 4th for tiebreak.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: 44esime Olimpiadi degli scacchi: Chennai 2022. Italian. 19 August 2022.
  2. Web site: Olimpiadi online: convocazioni Italia. Italian. 19 August 2022.
  3. Web site: Scacchi - Il monzese Luca Moroni vice-campione del mondo Under 16. Italian. 18 February 2024.
  4. Web site: Axel stacca tutti. Moroni conquista già il titolo di Maestro Internazionale.. Italian. 18 February 2024.
  5. Web site: Luca Moroni batte Borgo: sua anche la norma di Grande Maestro.. Italian. 18 February 2024.
  6. Web site: Record Italiano partite in simultanea: Luca Moroni contro 120 giocatori. Cade il record di Mariotti.. Italian. 18 February 2024.
  7. Web site: Olimpiadi 2016: Grazie Italia!. Italian. 18 February 2024.
  8. Web site: Moroni diventa il 16º GM italiano!. Italian. 18 February 2024.
  9. Web site: Luca Moroni: a 17 anni Campione Italiano Assoluto di scacchi.. Italian. 17 February 2024.