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GV
Grozav, Valeriu-Gheorghe
🇷🇴FIDE 1205854· Male· Romania· Born in 1949
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Valeriu-Gheorghe Grozav, a 77-year-old Romanian player, is rated 1897. He has slipped back 49 Elo over the past 12 months. 12 rated games in the past year (≈6/year long-term). Recent appearances: Caras Severin County Chess Championship 2026 and Romania National Championship 3rd League 2025 - group IX Rounds 4-5. Also played 2 rapid events (including Horia Irimia 64) recently. He had 5 career breaks: 59 months (2003–2008), 14 months (2008–2010), 13 months (2013–2014), 12 months (2014–2016) and 47 months (2019–2023, COVID-19 included). His peak of 2220 was reached at age 52 (Jan 2001).
Current rating
1897
Standard
Rpd1907·Blz2051
All-time high
2220
−323 pts below
Jan 2001 · age 52
Jan 2001 · age 52
Activity
10
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
12 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#48,854
#48,854 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
18 entries2025
2nd Romanian 75-80 player
at age 76 · rated 1988
Feb 2025
2020
4th Romanian 70-75 player
at age 71 · rated 2035
Oct 2020
2019
Inactive for 47 months
paused at 2035 → returned at 1991
Dec 2019
2018
100 career games
at age 69
Dec 2018
2015
2nd Romanian 65-70 player
at age 66 · rated 2164
Nov 2015
2014
Inactive for 12 months
paused at 2164 → returned at 2149
Dec 2014
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
-49
1946 → 1897
Tournaments
2
12 games
Score
6/ 1250.0%
5W2D5L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
2 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Round-Robin | Mar 2026 | 5/11 | #7 | 1752 | -50.8 |
Team | Oct 2025 | 1/1 | #3 | 2397 | +2.2 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsAlin StinguCM
🇷🇴ROU·2024
+5 −5 =2
12 games·last met Mar 2026
View head-to-head →
vsDaniel-Cristian Korcsek
🇷🇴ROU·1852
+6 −1 =4
11 games·last met Mar 2026
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vsAlexandru-David Korcsek
🇷🇴ROU·2171
+5 −4 =2
11 games·last met Mar 2026
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vsAlexandru A. Tunaru
🇷🇴ROU·2079
+2 −6 =3
11 games·last met Feb 2025
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vsMarin Craciun
🇷🇴ROU·1549
+9 −0 =0
9 games·last met Oct 2025
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Rankings
/
Romania
#427
out of 2,776 players
Europe
#35,993
in continent
World
#48,853
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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