ROU · 64 yrs · K=20 · Peak 1927 (Mar 2024, includes FIDE’s rating adjustment)
Best performance: 1907 at Five o'clock blitz - 58th ed.(Best of 2025)
Blitz rating
1874
FIDE’s November 2026 list. No rated games since, so the live rating is the same.
On FIDE’s list since Jan 2016
How live ratings are calculated
Rating History · Blitz
Blitz rating 1863 to 1874 over the last 12 months; peak 1927 in March 2024.
Official rating by month
Each month: the rating, its change from the list before, and the rated games FIDE counted.
| List | Classical | Rapid | Blitz |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 2026 | 1938, +13, 4 games | 1904, 0, 0 games | 1874, 0, 0 games |
| Oct 2026 | 1925, 0, 0 games | 1904, 0, 0 games | 1874, 0, 0 games |
| Sep 2026 | 1925, 0, 0 games | 1904, 0, 0 games | 1874, 0, 0 games |
| Aug 2026 | 1925, 0, 0 games | 1904, 0, 0 games | 1874, 0, 0 games |
| Jul 2026 | 1925, 0, 0 games | 1904, 0, 0 games | 1874, 0, 0 games |
| Jun 2026 | 1925, 0, 0 games | 1904, 0, 0 games | 1874, 0, 0 games |
| May 2026 | 1925, 0, 0 games | 1904, 0, 0 games | 1874, 0, 0 games |
| Apr 2026 | 1925, 0, 0 games | 1904, 0, 0 games | 1874, +2, 0 games |
| Mar 2026 | 1925, 0, 0 games | 1904, 0, 0 games | 1872, -2, 0 games |
| Feb 2026 | 1925, -33, 6 games | 1904, 0, 0 games | 1874, +11, 8 games |
| Jan 2026 | 1958, 0, 0 games | 1904, 0, 0 games | 1863, 0, 0 games |
| Dec 2025 | 1958, 0, 0 games | 1904, 0, 0 games | 1863, 0, 0 games |
Form · Blitz
Unbeaten in the last 2 games (2 wins), since Dec 28, 2025.
From 41 blitz games on record, the latest on Dec 28, 2025.
No rated blitz games this rating periodsince the NOV26 list (Nov 1, 2026)
| Show games | Last played | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Five o'clock blitz - 58th ed.Dec 28, 2025TPR 1907 | 5½/9 |
The live rating moves only when new rated games are played. Until then it matches the published rating.
Best wins · Blitz
From 33 rated blitz games against rated opponents, 2015–2025
| # | Opponent | Rating |
|---|---|---|
| 1, | Radu Danut, Dec 2025 · Five o'clock blitz - 58th ed. | , 2008 |
| 2, | Alex Szatmary, Dec 2025 · Five o'clock blitz - 58th ed. | , 1775* |
| 3, | Gabriel Radulescu, Jul 2024 · Romania National Senior Chess Championship 2024 - Blitz Open 50 | , 1734 |
| 4, | George Moroianu, Dec 2025 · Five o'clock blitz - 58th ed. | , 1646 |
| 5, | Ovidiu-Viorel Vladescu, Dec 2025 · Five o'clock blitz - 58th ed. | , 1618 |
| 6, | Kiril Kartalov, Sep 2019 · Gresu Cup 2019 - blitz | , 1610 |
| 7, | Gheorghe Ionita, Sep 2019 · Gresu Cup 2019 - blitz | , 1582 |
| 8, | FM Robert-Ionut Creanga, Dec 2015 · December 1989 Memorial Revolution 2015 - Blitz | , 1527 |
| 9, | Radu-Fabian Dobre, Dec 2015 · December 1989 Memorial Revolution 2015 - Blitz | , 1476 |
| 10, | Ion-Alexandru Doncu, Dec 2025 · Five o'clock blitz - 58th ed. | , 1465 |
* No blitz rating yet, so FIDE rates the game at the player's classical rating.
Performance rating by year
| Year | Games | Score | Avg opp | TPR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | 5 | 1812 | 1907 |
| 2024 | 7 | 1 | 1851 | 1542 |
| 2019 | 7 | 4 | 1445 | 1495 |
| 2015 | 10 | 4 | 1762 | 1690 |
Games count in the month they were played. Each month and year is one performance rating over all of its rated games.
- Dec 2025Swissfederation sourceBest of 2025Score 5½/9Opp avg 1812Start 1863
- Jul 2024Round robinfederation sourceBest of 2024Score 1/7Opp avg 1851Start 1927
- Sep 2019Swissfederation sourceBest of 2019Score 4/7Opp avg 1445Start 1879
- Jul 2016Swissfederation sourceScore 4/7Opp avg 2024Start 1880
- Dec 2015Swissfederation sourceBest of 2015Score 5/11Opp avg 1762
- Five o'clock blitz - 58th ed. · Dec 2025 · 5½/9
- Romania National Senior Chess Championship 2024 - Blitz Open 50 · Jul 2024 · 1/7
- Gresu Cup 2019 - blitz · Sep 2019 · 4/7
- National Senior Chess Championship 2016 - Blitz Open · Jul 2016 · 4/7
- December 1989 Memorial Revolution 2015 - Blitz · Dec 2015 · 5/11
World
- #=27645Boguslaw Kulon1874.0
- #=27645Dariusz Lunkiewicz1874.0
- #=27645Ionel Covrig1874.0
- #=27645Hoang Duc Nguyen1874.0
- #=27645Alexandru-Mihai Popescu1874.0
Romania
- #=316WFM Sabina Sariteanu1875.0
- #=316Eduard-Nicola Bulf1875.0
- #=319Ionel Covrig1874.0
- #=319Alexandru-Mihai Popescu1874.0
- #=319Alexander-Leonard Dahnovici1874.0
Live rating: FIDE’s November list plus every rated game played since. Not affiliated with FIDE.