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Luca, Ionel
🇷🇴FIDE 1205331· Male· Romania· Born in 1970
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Ionel Luca, a 56-year-old Romanian player, is rated 1916. He has slipped back 38 Elo over the past 12 months. 31 rated games in the past year (≈32/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include 4th International Open Chess Tournament Pafos Cyprus Group A, Florin Gheorghiu International Chess Festival 7th ed. - Open, and Sasomi Open - 4th ed.. Also played 9 rapid (including Romania National Team Rapid Championship 2025 - Open) and 9 blitz events (including Romanian National Team Blitz Championship 2025 - Open) recently. He had 2 career breaks: 17 months (2012–2013) and 16 months (2017–2018). His peak of 2229 was reached at age 36 (Jan 2006).
Current rating
1916
Standard
Rpd1933·Blz1985
All-time high
2229
−313 pts below
Jan 2006 · age 36
Jan 2006 · age 36
Activity
32
games / yr avg. · ≈3/mo
31 past 12 mo · ≈3/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
#44,297
#44,297 · players worldwide · of 216,808
Career timeline
20 entries2026
19th Romanian 55-60 player
at age 56 · rated 1950
Feb 2026
2025
Best 12-month gain (+109 Elo)
1846 → 1955
Feb 2025
2021
23rd Romanian 50-55 player
at age 51 · rated 2024
Jun 2021
Re-crossed 2000
at age 51
Jun 2021
2020
26th Romanian 45-50 player
at age 50 · rated 2065
Oct 2020
2017
Re-crossed 2100
at age 47
Jun 2017
Standard rating history
Last 12 months — activity & highlights
Evolution
-38
1954 → 1916
Tournaments
5
35 games
Score
19/ 3554.3%
18W2D15L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
5 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 2.5/8 | #66 | 1877 | -15.4 |
Swiss | Mar 2026 | 4/5 | #17 | 2051 | -1.0 |
Open Swiss | Feb 2026 | 5/9 | #79 | 1909 | -4.4 |
Swiss | Feb 2026 | 3.5/5 | #20 | 1985 | -13.8 |
Swiss | Oct 2025 | 4/6 | #13 | 1910 | -4.0 |
Worst Elo result: 4th International Open Chess Tournament Pafos Cyprus Group A (-15.4 Elo, finished #66).
Rankings
/
Romania
#386
out of 2,757 players
Europe
#32,656
in continent
World
#44,297
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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