ROU · 28 yrs · K=20 · Peak 2311 (Dec 2025)
Best performance: 2382 at Romanian National Blitz Championship 2024 - Open(Best of 2024)
Blitz rating
2311
FIDE’s November 2026 list. No rated games since, so the live rating is the same.
On FIDE’s list since May 2013
How live ratings are calculated
Rating History · Blitz
Blitz rating 2299 to 2311 over the last 12 months; peak 2311 in December 2025.
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 | 2330, 0, 0 games | 2293, 0, 0 games | 2311, 0, 0 games |
| Oct 2026 | 2330, 0, 0 games | 2293, 0, 0 games | 2311, 0, 0 games |
| Sep 2026 | 2330, 0, 0 games | 2293, 0, 0 games | 2311, 0, 0 games |
| Aug 2026 | 2330, 0, 0 games | 2293, 0, 0 games | 2311, 0, 0 games |
| Jul 2026 | 2330, 0, 0 games | 2293, 0, 0 games | 2311, 0, 0 games |
| Jun 2026 | 2330, 0, 0 games | 2293, 0, 0 games | 2311, 0, 0 games |
| May 2026 | 2330, 0, 0 games | 2293, 0, 0 games | 2311, 0, 0 games |
| Apr 2026 | 2330, 0, 0 games | 2293, 0, 0 games | 2311, 0, 0 games |
| Mar 2026 | 2330, 0, 0 games | 2293, 0, 0 games | 2311, 0, 0 games |
| Feb 2026 | 2330, 0, 0 games | 2293, 0, 0 games | 2311, 0, 0 games |
| Jan 2026 | 2330, 0, 0 games | 2293, 0, 0 games | 2311, 0, 0 games |
| Dec 2025 | 2330, 0, 0 games | 2293, -44, 8 games | 2311, +12, 18 games |
Form · Blitz
From 205 blitz games on record, the latest on Nov 16, 2025.
No rated blitz games this rating periodsince the NOV26 list (Nov 1, 2026)
| Show games | Last played | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Romanian National Team Blitz Championship 2025 - OpenNov 16, 2025TPR 2290 | 4½/8 |
The live rating moves only when new rated games are played. Until then it matches the published rating.
IM title progress
Projected IM-elect: all requirements met, awaiting FIDE’s awardTracked norms: 3 · games requirement met (27, 27 needed)
Rating requirement met (peak 2415, JUN18 list)
No outstanding composition requirement
Based on events we cover plus the FIDE norm registers of all federations. Norms filed elsewhere may not show up here yet.
Best wins · Blitz
From 195 rated blitz games against rated opponents, 2013–2025
| # | Opponent | Rating |
|---|---|---|
| 1, | GM Constantin Lupulescu, Nov 2024 · Romanian National Blitz Championship 2024 - Open | , 2560 |
| 2, | GM Mircea-Emilian Parligras, Dec 2022 · Romania Team Blitz Chess Championship 2022 - Open | , 2507 |
| 3, | GM Misa Pap, Oct 2019 · Alba County Blitz Open 2019 | , 2491 |
| 4, | GM Gergely-Andras-Gyula Szabo, Nov 2025 · Romanian National Blitz Championship 2025 - Open | , 2458 |
| 4, | GM Marius Manolache, Mar 2016 · International Open Tournament of Romania - blitz | , 2458 |
| 6, | IM Adrian Musat, Nov 2025 · Romanian National Team Blitz Championship 2025 - Open | , 2407 |
| 7, | IM Zoltan Hajnal, Aug 2019 · Int. Chess Festival Satu Mare - Blitz | , 2359 |
| 8, | IM Samuel-Timotei Ghimpu, 2 wins, Nov 2025 · Romanian National Blitz Championship 2025 - Open | , 2356 |
| 9, | GM David Gavrilescu, Apr 2018 · Romania National Youth Championships Blitz 2018 - boys U20 | , 2323 |
| 10, | GM Tiberiu-Marian Georgescu, Sep 2020 · Romania National Team Championship Open - blitz | , 2322 |
Openings · Blitz
From the moves of 42 of 205 blitz games on record.
As WhiteOpens 1.d4 in 14 of 18 games, 1.Nf3 in 4.
As BlackMeets 1.e4 with 1...Nc6, and 1.d4 with 1...Nf6.
All openings (1 as White, 2 as Black)
| Openings in White games | Games | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Queen's Gambit Declined | 4 | 75% |
14 more games in openings played fewer than 3 times.
Against 1.e4: 1...Nc6 in 12.
Against 1.d4: 1...Nf6 in 7.
| Openings in Black games | Games | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Nimzowitsch Defense | 11 | 59% |
| King's Indian Defense | 6 | 58% |
7 more games in openings played fewer than 3 times.
Performance rating by year
| Year | Games | Score | Avg opp | TPR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 18 | 11 | 2226 | 2306 |
| 2024 | 18 | 12 | 2150 | 2275 |
| 2022 | 26 | 19 | 1981 | 2156 |
| 2019 | 14 | 10½ | 2036 | 2229 |
| 2018 | 9 | 6½ | 2122 | 2288 |
| 2016 | 28 | 18½ | 1965 | 2082 |
| 2015 | 28 | 21½ | 1948 | 2159 |
| 2014 | 20 | 15½ | 1898 | 2118 |
Games count in the month they were played. Each month and year is one performance rating over all of its rated games.
- Nov 2025Teamfederation source#2 in 2025Score 4½/8Opp avg 2247Start 2299
- Nov 2025Swissfederation sourceBest of 2025Score 6½/10Opp avg 2210Start 2299
- Nov 2024Teamfederation source#2 in 2024Score 4½/8Opp avg 2101Start 2294
- Nov 2024Swissfederation sourceBest of 2024Score 7½/10Opp avg 2189Start 2294
- Dec 2023Teamfederation sourceBest of 2023Score 4½/7Opp avg 2140Start 2303
- Dec 2022Teamfederation sourceBest of 2022Score 6½/8Opp avg 2127Start 2275
- Aug 2022Swissfederation source#3 in 2022Score 6½/9Opp avg 1778Start 2277
- Mar 2022Swissfederation source#2 in 2022Score 6/9Opp avg 2055Start 2276
- Romanian National Team Blitz Championship 2025 - Open · Nov 2025 · 4½/8
- Romanian National Blitz Championship 2025 - Open · Nov 2025 · 6½/10
- Romania National Team Blitz Championship 2024 - Open · Nov 2024 · 4½/8
- Romanian National Blitz Championship 2024 - Open · Nov 2024 · 7½/10
- Romania National Team Blitz Championship 2023 - Open · Dec 2023 · 4½/7
- Romania Team Blitz Chess Championship 2022 - Open · Dec 2022 · 6½/8
- Arad Open 2022 - blitz · Aug 2022 · 6½/9
- Romania National Open Blitz Championship 2022 · Mar 2022 · 6/9
- Romania National Team Championship Open - blitz · Sep 2020 · 6½/9
- Alba County Blitz Open 2019 · Oct 2019 · 6/8
- Int. Chess Festival Satu Mare - Blitz · Aug 2019 · 5½/7
- Romania National Youth Championships Blitz 2018 - boys U20 · Apr 2018 · 6½/9
- NYCC Romania 2017 - blitz open U20 - teams · Jul 2017 · 5/7
- Arad Open 2016 - blitz · Aug 2016 · 6/9
- NYCC Romania 2016 - open U18 blitz - teams · Aug 2016 · 4/4
- Romania National Youth Championships 2016 - boys U18 blitz · Apr 2016 · 4/8
- International Open Tournament of Romania - blitz · Mar 2016 · 5½/8
- NYCC Romania 2015 - open U18 blitz - teams · Jul 2015 · 4/4
- FIDE World Schools Championship 2015 - Blitz OU17 · May 2015 · 5½/7
- National Youth Championships 2015 - boys U18 - blitz · Apr 2015 · 5½/9
- National School Chess Championship ELISABETA POLIHRONIADE - blitz U17 · Feb 2015 · 7½/9
- International Chess Festival TIMISOARA youth U20 - Blitz · Aug 2014 · 5/7
- NYTCC Romania 2014 BLITZ - boys U16 · Jul 2014 · 2½/4
- National youth chess championship 2014 - B U16 blitz · Apr 2014 · 8/9
- Arad Open 2013 - Blitz · Aug 2013 · 6/9
- National youth chess championships 2013 - boys U16 blitz · Apr 2013 · 6/9
World
- #2137FM John Heinrich2311.4
- #=2138IM Md Minhaz Uddin2311.0
- #=2138FM Adrian-Simion Secheres2311.0
- #=2138FM Mikita Novikau2311.0
- #=2138FM Amanmuhammet Hommadov2311.0
Romania
- #=25IM Samuel-Timotei Ghimpu2340.0
- #=25CM Robert-Gabriel Sava2340.0
- #28FM Adrian-Simion Secheres2311.0
- #=29IM Mihai-Lucian Grunberg2309.0
- #=29IM Vladimir-Alexandru Cnejev2309.0
Live rating: FIDE’s November list plus every rated game played since. Not affiliated with FIDE.