GMMichele Godena
- FIDE ID
- 800090
About Michele Godena
Michele Godena was born in Valdobbiadene in 1967. He became an international master in 1988 and a grandmaster in 1996, after his first-board performance for Italy at the Yerevan Olympiad. He won five Italian championships, in 1992, 1993, 1995, 2005 and 2006. Show more
Michele Godena was born in Valdobbiadene in 1967. He became an international master in 1988 and a grandmaster in 1996, after his first-board performance for Italy at the Yerevan Olympiad. He won five Italian championships, in 1992, 1993, 1995, 2005 and 2006. The last required a rapid and blitz playoff against fourteen-year-old Fabiano Caruana.
Godena shared first place at Cannes in 1997. In 2007 he won the European Union title at Arvier, where he tied with tournament winner Nikola Sedlak, who was ineligible for the EU title. He won the 2016 Francophonie Championship in Menton on tiebreak. His books include La mia siciliana and, with Bruno Codenotti, A scuola di scacchi da Alice, which connects chess with mathematics and literature.
FIDE rating history
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FIDE tournaments
| Date | Tournament | Type | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-07 | RR Spilimbergo GM | Classical | 3½ |
| 2026-10-03 | SMM NLB 2026 round 8-9 | Classical | 1 |
Available Games
Published games available in our archive; coverage varies by tournament. Archive last checked: 2026-11-09 (UTC).
Online games are identified from known tournament names, playing sites and PGN mode. Other games are listed as OTB (over-the-board).
| # | Date | Event | Site | Round | White | Black | Result | Moves | View |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 151 | 2024-05-07 | TCh-EUR Senior +50 2024 | Catez SLO | 1.2 | Michele Godena | Achim Mueller | 1-0 | 31 | Open |
| 152 | 2024-04-13 | 55th Italian Teams Final | Vasto ITA | 2.7 | Pier Luigi Basso | Michele Godena | 1/2-1/2 | 42 | Open |
| 153 | 2024-04-13 | 55th Italian Teams Final | Vasto ITA | 1.7 | Alberto Barp | Michele Godena | 1/2-1/2 | 34 | Open |
| 154 | 2024-04-13 | 55th Italian Teams Final | Vasto ITA | 1.3 | Michele Godena | Alberto Barp | 1/2-1/2 | 19 | Open |
| 155 | 2024-04-12 | 55th Italian Teams GpA | Vasto ITA | 7.7 | Michele Godena | Giovanni Sorbera | 1-0 | 43 | Open |
| 156 | 2024-04-11 | 55th Italian Teams GpA | Vasto ITA | 6.7 | Enzo Tripodi | Michele Godena | 1/2-1/2 | 11 | Open |
| 157 | 2024-04-11 | 55th Italian Teams GpA | Vasto ITA | 5.23 | Michele Godena | Nicholas Paltrinieri | 1-0 | 34 | Open |
| 158 | 2024-04-10 | 55th Italian Teams GpA | Vasto ITA | 4.3 | Danyyil Dvirnyy | Michele Godena | 1/2-1/2 | 12 | Open |
| 159 | 2024-04-09 | 55th Italian Teams GpA | Vasto ITA | 2.7 | Michele Godena | Michel Bifulco | 1-0 | 30 | Open |
| 160 | 2024-04-08 | 55th Italian Teams GpA | Vasto ITA | 1.23 | Giulio Borgo | Michele Godena | 1/2-1/2 | 11 | Open |
| 161 | 2024-03-10 | TCh-SUI 2024 | Switzerland SUI | 1.1 | Michele Godena | Li Min Peng | 0-1 | 63 | Open |
| 162 | 2024-02-20 | 37th Cannes Open 2024 | Cannes FRA | 3.1 | Abhimanyu Puranik | Michele Godena | 1-0 | 35 | Open |
| 163 | 2023-12-10 | 5th Rome City Masters | Rome ITA | 9.8 | Michele Godena | Vignesh N R | 1/2-1/2 | 15 | Open |
| 164 | 2023-12-09 | 5th Rome City Masters | Rome ITA | 8.4 | Nikita Petrov | Michele Godena | 1-0 | 31 | Open |
| 165 | 2023-12-08 | 5th Rome City Masters | Rome ITA | 7.9 | Arkadiusz Leniart | Michele Godena | 0-1 | 25 | Open |
| 166 | 2023-12-07 | 5th Rome City Masters | Rome ITA | 6.14 | Michele Godena | Emanuele Pacilli | 1-0 | 35 | Open |
| 167 | 2023-12-07 | 5th Rome City Masters | Rome ITA | 5.7 | Michele Godena | Krishna C R G | 0-1 | 50 | Open |
| 168 | 2023-12-06 | 5th Rome City Masters | Rome ITA | 4.12 | Povilas Lasinskas | Michele Godena | 0-1 | 54 | Open |
| 169 | 2023-12-05 | 5th Rome City Masters | Rome ITA | 3.14 | Michele Godena | Stefano Maldonado Gonzales | 1-0 | 31 | Open |
| 170 | 2023-12-05 | 5th Rome City Masters | Rome ITA | 2.8 | Dhruva Thota | Michele Godena | 1-0 | 42 | Open |
| 171 | 2023-12-04 | 5th Rome City Masters | Rome ITA | 1.11 | Michele Godena | Michael Babar | 1-0 | 42 | Open |
| 172 | 2023-11-05 | 31st World Senior 50+ | Citta del Mare ITA | 11.1 | Suat Atalik | Michele Godena | 1/2-1/2 | 15 | Open |
| 173 | 2023-11-04 | 31st World Senior 50+ | Citta del Mare ITA | 10.3 | Michele Godena | Ivan Morovic Fernandez | 1-0 | 47 | Open |
| 174 | 2023-11-03 | 31st World Senior 50+ | Citta del Mare ITA | 9.6 | Darcy Lima | Michele Godena | 0-1 | 48 | Open |
| 175 | 2023-11-02 | 31st World Senior 50+ | Citta del Mare ITA | 8.7 | Michele Godena | Jean-Marc Degraeve | 1/2-1/2 | 25 | Open |
| 176 | 2023-11-01 | 31st World Senior 50+ | Citta del Mare ITA | 7.1 | Christian Maier | Michele Godena | 0-1 | 45 | Open |
| 177 | 2023-10-30 | 31st World Senior 50+ | Citta del Mare ITA | 6.7 | Michele Godena | Nikolai Vlassov | 1/2-1/2 | 38 | Open |
| 178 | 2023-10-29 | 31st World Senior 50+ | Citta del Mare ITA | 5.11 | Ashot Nadanian | Michele Godena | 0-1 | 41 | Open |
| 179 | 2023-10-27 | 31st World Senior 50+ | Citta del Mare ITA | 3.17 | Rogerio Sperb Becker | Michele Godena | 1/2-1/2 | 67 | Open |
| 180 | 2023-10-25 | 31st World Senior 50+ | Citta del Mare ITA | 1.11 | Alan Minnican | Michele Godena | 1-0 | 48 | Open |
| 181 | 2023-10-15 | TCh-SUI 2023 | Switzerland SUI | 9.1 | Murtez Ondozi | Michele Godena | 1/2-1/2 | 21 | Open |
| 182 | 2023-10-14 | TCh-SUI 2023 | Switzerland SUI | 8.3 | Michele Godena | Romain Edouard | 1/2-1/2 | 30 | Open |
| 183 | 2023-09-28 | World Senior Teams +50 | Struga MKD | 9.2 | Bogdan Podlesnik | Michele Godena | 0-1 | 44 | Open |
| 184 | 2023-09-27 | World Senior Teams +50 | Struga MKD | 8.2 | Michele Godena | Margeir Petursson | 1-0 | 46 | Open |
| 185 | 2023-09-26 | World Senior Teams +50 | Struga MKD | 7.2 | Jaan Ehlvest | Michele Godena | 1/2-1/2 | 40 | Open |
| 186 | 2023-09-24 | World Senior Teams +50 | Struga MKD | 6.1 | Michele Godena | Adolf Denk | 1/2-1/2 | 37 | Open |
| 187 | 2023-09-23 | World Senior Teams +50 | Struga MKD | 5.2 | Michele Godena | Karol Motuz | 1-0 | 46 | Open |
| 188 | 2023-09-22 | World Senior Teams +50 | Struga MKD | 4.2 | Trajko Nedev | Michele Godena | 0-1 | 32 | Open |
| 189 | 2023-09-21 | World Senior Teams +50 | Struga MKD | 3.2 | Michele Godena | John M Emms | 1/2-1/2 | 23 | Open |
| 190 | 2023-09-20 | World Senior Teams +50 | Struga MKD | 2.2 | Andrew P Lewis | Michele Godena | 1/2-1/2 | 18 | Open |
| 191 | 2023-09-10 | La Giostra della Rocca | Monselice ITA | 9.3 | Michele Godena | Artem Gilevych | 1-0 | 27 | Open |
| 192 | 2023-09-10 | La Giostra della Rocca | Monselice ITA | 8.1 | Lorenzo Lodici | Michele Godena | 1-0 | 62 | Open |
| 193 | 2023-09-10 | La Giostra della Rocca | Monselice ITA | 7.4 | Michele Godena | Dragos Ceres | 1-0 | 40 | Open |
| 194 | 2023-09-10 | La Giostra della Rocca | Monselice ITA | 5.4 | Pier Luigi Basso | Michele Godena | 1/2-1/2 | 40 | Open |
| 195 | 2023-09-10 | La Giostra della Rocca | Monselice ITA | 4.1 | Michele Godena | Sabino Brunello | 1/2-1/2 | 5 | Open |
| 196 | 2023-09-10 | La Giostra della Rocca | Monselice ITA | 3.3 | Luca Jr Moroni | Michele Godena | 1/2-1/2 | 39 | Open |
| 197 | 2023-09-10 | La Giostra della Rocca | Monselice ITA | 2.2 | Michele Godena | Carlo Rossi | 1-0 | 77 | Open |
| 198 | 2023-09-10 | La Giostra della Rocca | Monselice ITA | 1.2 | Danyyil Dvirnyy | Michele Godena | 1/2-1/2 | 69 | Open |
| 199 | 2023-08-27 | TCh-SUI 2023 | Switzerland SUI | 7.2 | Michele Godena | Christophe Rohrer | 1/2-1/2 | 30 | Open |
| 200 | 2023-08-15 | 21st Spilimbergo Open | Spilimbergo ITA | 9.14 | Kirill Shoshin | Michele Godena | 0-1 | 49 | Open |