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Luca Moroni Jr
L Moroni Jr 
Photo credit: cdn.gelestatic.it 

Number of games in database: 531
Years covered: 2012 to 2025
Last FIDE rating: 2546 (2506 rapid, 2543 blitz)
Highest rating achieved in database: 2601
Overall record: +145 -97 =181 (55.7%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games in the database. 108 exhibition games, blitz/rapid, odds games, etc. are excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:
 King's Indian (34) 
    E62 E77 E67 E66 E63
 English (32) 
    A13 A14 A18 A15 A10
 Queen's Pawn Game (30) 
    D02 A45 A46 D00 A40
 Queen's Gambit Declined (28) 
    D35 D31 D38 D30 D06
 English, 1 c4 c5 (21) 
    A33 A31 A34 A36 A30
 English, 1 c4 e5 (18) 
    A21 A22 A20 A28 A27
With the Black pieces:
 Ruy Lopez (37) 
    C78 C95 C72 C70 C60
 Queen's Pawn Game (27) 
    A41 A40 E00 D02 A50
 Queen's Gambit Declined (27) 
    D37 D30 D35 D31
 Robatsch (23) 
    B06
 Giuoco Piano (18) 
    C50 C53 C54
 French Defense (17) 
    C14 C07 C10 C01 C11
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NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   L Moroni Jr vs D Wagner, 2022 1-0
   L Moroni Jr vs T Heinemann, 2021 1-0
   M Warmerdam vs L Moroni Jr, 2015 0-1
   L Moroni Jr vs J Christiansen, 2015 1-0
   J Jarvenpaa vs L Moroni Jr, 2019 0-1
   V Sipila vs L Moroni Jr, 2016 0-1
   L Moroni Jr vs A Shomoev, 2017 1-0
   F Baenziger vs L Moroni Jr, 2020 0-1
   A Papasimakopoulos vs L Moroni Jr, 2024 0-1
   V Artemiev vs L Moroni Jr, 2024 1/2-1/2

NOTABLE TOURNAMENTS: [what is this?]
   5th Vergani Cup December (2020)
   Italian Championship (2024)
   Rilton Cup 2018/19 (2018)
   Vienna Open Group-A (2015)
   Sardinia World Open A (2025)
   Sardinia World Open A (2024)
   Batumi Olympiad (2018)
   Baku Olympiad (2016)
   Gibraltar Masters (2018)
   European Championship (2019)
   Budapest Olympiad (2024)
   World Junior Championship (2017)
   Gibraltar Masters (2019)
   Gibraltar Masters (2020)
   FIDE Online Olympiad (2020)

RECENT GAMES:
   🏆 Sardinia World Open A
   L Moroni Jr vs O Kiolbasa (May-03-25) 1-0
   S L Narayanan vs L Moroni Jr (May-02-25) 1-0
   L Moroni Jr vs E Noy (May-01-25) 1-0
   D Dardha vs L Moroni Jr (Apr-30-25) 1-0
   L Moroni Jr vs Y Yaniv (Apr-30-25) 1-0

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LUCA MORONI JR
(born Jul-01-2000, 24 years old) Italy

[what is this?]

Grandmaster (2017). Italian Champion (2017).

Moroni became a FIDE Master in 2014 when his rating rose above 2300. He won silver behind Roven Vogel at the World U16 Championship 2015 that was held in Halkidiki with a score of 8.5/11.

References / Sources

(1) http://wy2016.fide.com/program/, (2) http://www.chess-results.com/tnr239..., (3) http://chess-results.com/tnr297050.... (he finished with seven-and-a-half points by the final 11th round of the Montevideo tournament in September at Uruguay in 2017).

Last updated: 2017-12-13 04:06:13

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 page 1 of 22; games 1-25 of 531  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. A Valsecchi vs L Moroni Jr  1-027201211th Bergamo Open EliteE05 Catalan, Open, Classical line
2. V Daskevich Berg vs L Moroni Jr  1-028201211th Bergamo Open EliteA13 English
3. M Godena vs L Moroni Jr  1-067201316th Padova Open AC07 French, Tarrasch
4. J Gallagher vs L Moroni Jr  1-0492013Zurich Christmas OpenC07 French, Tarrasch
5. M Godena vs L Moroni Jr  1-037201417th Padova OpenC04 French, Tarrasch, Guimard Main line
6. L Moroni Jr vs N Miezis  1-0732014Zurich Christmas OpenA07 King's Indian Attack
7. M Stojanovic vs L Moroni Jr 1-0322014Zurich Christmas OpenD45 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav
8. L Moroni Jr vs C Bauer  0-1372014Zurich Christmas OpenA33 English, Symmetrical
9. M J Turner vs L Moroni Jr  ½-½422014Zurich Christmas OpenD00 Queen's Pawn Game
10. L Moroni Jr vs N Studer  1-0412014Zurich Christmas OpenA10 English
11. L Moroni Jr vs J Gallagher  1-0532015Mitropa CupA33 English, Symmetrical
12. B Korpa vs L Moroni Jr  ½-½442015Mitropa CupA13 English
13. L Moroni Jr vs F Brychcy  1-0322015Vienna Open Group-AA01 Nimzovich-Larsen Attack
14. C Lipok vs L Moroni Jr  0-1302015Vienna Open Group-AD31 Queen's Gambit Declined
15. L Moroni Jr vs S Bressac  0-1312015Vienna Open Group-AA49 King's Indian, Fianchetto without c4
16. L Moroni Jr vs E Powierski  1-0542015Vienna Open Group-AD79 Neo-Grunfeld, 6.O-O, Main line
17. J Barle vs L Moroni Jr  0-1362015Vienna Open Group-AC10 French
18. L Moroni Jr vs A Pop  ½-½592015Vienna Open Group-AA01 Nimzovich-Larsen Attack
19. M Warmerdam vs L Moroni Jr 0-1472015Vienna Open Group-AB99 Sicilian, Najdorf, 7...Be7 Main line
20. L Moroni Jr vs Buhmann  ½-½602015Vienna Open Group-AE52 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line with ...b6
21. L Moroni Jr vs B Korpa  1-023201517th Trieste OpenD41 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch
22. L Moroni Jr vs A David  ½-½29201575th ch-ITAD78 Neo-Grunfeld, 6.O-O c6
23. L Moroni Jr vs D Dvirnyy  ½-½27201575th ch-ITAD10 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav
24. Brunello vs L Moroni Jr  0-176201575th ch-ITAA10 English
25. L Moroni Jr vs Vocaturo  ½-½67201575th ch-ITAA32 English, Symmetrical Variation
 page 1 of 22; games 1-25 of 531  PGN Download
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Kibitzer's Corner
Nov-06-15  BIDMONFA: Luca Moroni Jr

MORONI, Luca Jr.
http://www.bidmonfa.com/moroni_luca...
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Nov-06-15
Premium Chessgames Member
  perfidious: Would this player's ill-starred ideas be termed Moronic?
Nov-06-15  sonia91: Silver medal in the 2015 World Under-16 Championship: http://www.chessdom.com/fide-world-...
Dec-18-15  Nonnus: Playing at Qatar. His first and last names scream mental illness.

He must therefore be a strong chess player.

Sep-09-16
Premium Chessgames Member
  perfidious: Does this player serenade opponents with <Bony Moronie>?
Dec-12-17  sonia91: At 17, he just became the new Italian champion.
Dec-12-17
Premium Chessgames Member
  WannaBe: If he is the son of Moroni, would he be called MacMoroni?
Feb-20-19
Premium Chessgames Member
  ketchuplover: Drawn goes Yi!
Feb-21-19
Premium Chessgames Member
  Penguincw: Moroni holds top seed Wei Yi to a draw in Round 1 of Aeroflot.

L Moroni Jr vs Wei Yi, 2019

Jan-13-21  lentil: Son of the Mormon Prophet?
Nov-12-22
Premium Chessgames Member
  perfidious: <lentil: Son of the Mormon Prophet?>

Sounds at least highly possible. (laughs)

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