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Nicula, Marius

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FIDEFIDE 1203096· Male· Canada· Born in 1967

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Marius Nicula, a 59-year-old Canadian FIDE Master, is rated 2129 and sitting in the top 6% of players worldwide. He plays occasionally (5 games in the last 12 months) and had 4 career breaks: 22 months (2008–2010), 24 months (2010–2012), 29 months (2019–2022, COVID-19 included) and 16 months (2024–2025). Recent appearances: 2026 Canadian Closed and 2025 Montreal Open. His peak of 2225 was reached at age 34 (Jan 2001); he also reached Canadian #38 in May 2022.

Competes for Canada since Mar 2012. Awarded FM in 2001 (age 34).

Current rating

2129

Standard

Rpd—·Blz—

All-time high

2225

−96 pts below
Jan 2001 · age 34

Activity

4

games / yr avg.

5 past 12 mo
classical only
Occasional

Signature stat

Top 6%

#12,856 · players worldwide · of 216,808

Career timeline

19 entries
2024
Inactive for 16 months
paused at 2155 → returned at 2155
May 2024
2023
2nd Canadian 55-60 player
at age 56 · rated 2185
Dec 2023
2022
Peak Canadian rank: #38
at age 55 · rated 2185
May 2022
3rd Canadian 50-55 player
at age 55 · rated 2185
May 2022
2019
Inactive for 29 months
paused at 2186 → returned at 2185
Nov 2019
2013
5th Canadian 45-50 player
at age 46 · rated 2212
Jan 2013

Standard rating history

Last 12 months — activity & highlights

Top opponent
vs Charaf Bassel 2,003
2025 Montreal Open · Sep 2025 · +5.9 Elo
Evolution
-26
2155 → 2129
Tournaments
2
5 games
Score
2/ 540.0%
1W2D2L
Top 1 win
1.[W]vsCharaf Bassel2,003·2025 Montreal Open·R2·+5.9
Top 2 losses
1.[L]vsRyan Yunhui ZhongFM2,007·2026 Canadian Closed·R3·-13.4
2.[L]vsVincent LatorreFM2,337·2025 Montreal Open·R3·-5.2

Last 12 months — tournaments

2 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
2026 Canadian Closed
Swiss
Apr 20261/3#841817-26.4
2025 Montreal Open
Open Swiss
Sep 20251/2#622170+0.4
Worst Elo result: 2026 Canadian Closed (-26.4 Elo, finished #84).

Rankings

/
Canada
#88
out of 1,861 players
Americas
#1,338
in continent
World
#12,856
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

Europe
World
Canada
1
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2,533
2
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2,513
3
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2,483
4
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2,470
5
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2,454
6
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2,453
7
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2,443
8
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2,434
9
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2,427
10
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2,414
...
88🇨🇦Nicula, Marius2,129
Americas
1
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2,792
2
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2,788
3
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2,754
4
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2,732
5
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2,728
6
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2,724
7
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2,718
8
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2,696
9
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2,656
10
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2,653
...
1338🇨🇦Nicula, Marius2,129
World
1
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2,840
2
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2,792
3
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2,788
4
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2,780
5
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2,776
6
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2,767
7
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2,759
7
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2,759
9
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2,754
10
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2,753
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12856🇨🇦Nicula, Marius2,129