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Petcu, Janos

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FIDEFIDE 1205650· Male· Romania· Born in 1953

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Janos Petcu, a 73-year-old Romanian player, is rated 1747. He is currently in the 1700–1750 range. 15 rated games in the past year (≈9/year long-term). Recent appearances: Wolf Gyorgy Memorial U2000 and Berekfurdo Autumn - Group B. He had 4 career breaks: 14 months (2008–2010), 23 months (2010–2012), 20 months (2017–2019) and 35 months (2019–2022, COVID-19 included). His peak of 1989 was reached at age 55 (Oct 2008).

Current rating

1747

Standard

Rpd—·Blz—

All-time high

1989

−242 pts below
Oct 2008 · age 55

Activity

9

games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo

9 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Occasional

Signature stat

#93,554

#93,554 · players worldwide · of 218,279

Career timeline

16 entries
2024
Best 12-month gain (+105 Elo)
1669 → 1774
Jun 2024
18th Romanian 70-75 player
at age 71 · rated 1801
Mar 2024
Re-crossed 1800
at age 71
Mar 2024
2022
21st Romanian 65-70 player
at age 69 · rated 1767
Apr 2022
100 career games
at age 69
Apr 2022
2019
Inactive for 35 months
paused at 1746 → returned at 1767
Apr 2019

Standard rating history

Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.

Activity & highlights

Best result
Berekfurdo Autumn - Group B
perf 1886 (+127) · 3.5/5 · #37
Top opponent
vs Nagy Sandor Juhasz 1,818
Berekfurdo Autumn - Group B · Sep 2025 · +1.7 Elo
Evolution
-14
1761 → 1747
Tournaments
2
11 games
Score
6.5/ 1159.1%
4W5D2L
Top 2 losses
1.[L]vsLaszlo Lengyel1,916·Berekfurdo Autumn - Group B·R1·-5.8
2.[L]vsLaszlo Konya1,975·Wolf Gyorgy Memorial U2000·R1·-4.2

Last 12 months — tournaments

2 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
Wolf Gyorgy Memorial U2000
Open Swiss
Mar 20263/4#481828-11.6
Berekfurdo Autumn - Group B
Open Swiss
Sep 20253.5/5#371886-2.2

Rankings

/
Romania
#782
out of 2,776 players
Europe
#66,768
in continent
World
#93,552
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

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World
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4
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5
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6
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7
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8
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9
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10
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Europe
1
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2,841
2
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3
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4
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5
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6
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7
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2,728
8
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2,721
9
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10
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World
1
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2,841
2
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2,777
6
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2,767
7
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2,764
8
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9
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9
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