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Sofronie, Iulian
IM🇷🇴FIDE 1202936· Male· Romania· Born in 1974
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Iulian Sofronie, a 52-year-old Romanian International Master, is rated 2350 and ranked 35th among Romanian players, and in the top 1% worldwide. He has slipped back 33 Elo over the past 12 months. 63 rated games in the past year (≈24/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include 4th International Open Chess Tournament Pafos Cyprus Group A, grenke Chess Open 2026 A-Open, and Tata Steel Chess 2026 - Tienkampen. Also played 5 rapid (including Romania National Team Rapid Championship 2025 - Open) and 6 blitz events (including Romanian National Team Blitz Championship 2025 - Open) recently. He took a 125-month break between Mar 2010 and Sep 2020. His peak of 2473 was reached at age 27 (Oct 2001, Romanian #13 at the time).
Awarded IM in 2001 (age 27).
Current rating
2350
Standard
Rpd2281·Blz2340
All-time high
2473
−123 pts below
Oct 2001 · age 27
Oct 2001 · age 27
Activity
55
games / yr avg. · ≈5/mo
63 past 12 mo · ≈5/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
#35
#35 · Romanian players · of 2,187
Career timeline
13 entries2025
4th Romanian 50-55 player
at age 51 · rated 2399
Apr 2025
2024
500 career games
at age 50
Dec 2024
2022
64th 45-50 player worldwide
at age 48 · rated 2462
May 2022
2010
Inactive for 125 months
paused at 2467 → returned at 2467
Mar 2010
2002
100 career games
at age 28
Jan 2002
2001
Peak Romanian rank: #13
at age 27 · rated 2473
Oct 2001
Standard rating history
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
-33
2383 → 2350
Tournaments
7
63 games
Score
41/ 6365.1%
27W28D8L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
7 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 6/9 | #11 | 2323 | -1.7 |
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 6/9 | #110 | 2321 | -3.2 |
Round-Robin | Jan 2026 | 6.5/9 | #33 | 2429 | +10.1 |
Open Swiss | Dec 2025 | 6/9 | #15 | 2311 | -2.9 |
Open Swiss | Oct 2025 | 6.5/9 | #5 | 2335 | -0.5 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 5/9 | #36 | 2123 | -22.7 |
Swiss | Jun 2025 | 5/9 | #7 | 2285 | -11.0 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsVladimir SofronieFM
🇷🇴ROU·2175
+0 −1 =16
17 games·last met Apr 2026
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vsLehel VrencianFM
🇷🇴ROU·2260
+6 −2 =3
11 games·last met Nov 2025
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vsPetrut Sandor
🇷🇴ROU·2077
+6 −2 =3
11 games·last met Nov 2025
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vsJemal OvezdurdyyevaWIM
🇷🇴ROU·2213
+6 −1 =1
8 games·last met Nov 2025
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vsGergely-Andras-Gyula SzaboGM
🇷🇴ROU·2483
+1 −1 =5
7 games·last met Nov 2025
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Rankings
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Romania
#35
out of 2,757 players
Europe
#1,738
in continent
World
#2,714
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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