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Linca, Ionel
🇷🇴FIDE 1206311· Male· Romania· Born in 1967
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Ionel Linca, a 59-year-old Romanian player, is rated 1840. He is on a steady climb with +53 Elo over the past 12 months. 37 rated games in the past year (≈22/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Romanian Army Day 2025 Mangalia, Gheorghe Cristian Memorial - Centrocoop Trophy 38th ed. - Open, and Techirghiol Trophy 31st ed. Open. Also played 7 rapid (including Romanian Navy Day Cup - 14th ed.) and 1 blitz events (including Union of the Romanian Principalities (Mangalia) - blitz 2nd ed.) recently. He had 2 career breaks: 26 months (2001–2004) and 32 months (2004–2006). His peak of 2050 was reached at age 34 (Jan 2001).
Current rating
1840
Standard
Rpd1810·Blz1790
All-time high
2050
−210 pts below
Jan 2001 · age 34
Jan 2001 · age 34
Activity
52
games / yr avg. · ≈4/mo
33 past 12 mo · ≈3/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
#64,256
#64,256 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
21 entries2025
38th Romanian 55-60 player
at age 58 · rated 1849
Sep 2025
Re-crossed 1800
at age 58
Aug 2025
Best 12-month gain (+178 Elo)
1624 → 1802
Feb 2025
Re-crossed 1800
at age 58
Feb 2025
2024
500 career games
at age 57
Nov 2024
2022
57th Romanian 50-55 player
at age 55 · rated 1769
Apr 2022
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+53
1787 → 1840
Tournaments
4
28 games
Score
19/ 2867.9%
16W6D6L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
1.[L]vsLuca-Serban Dumitru1,848·Gheorghe Cristian Memorial - Centrocoop Trophy 38th ed. - Open·R6·-10.1
Last 12 months — tournaments
4 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Swiss | Oct 2025 | 3/4 | #8 | 1747 | -6.4 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 4.5/7 | #10 | 1825 | +2.8 |
Open Swiss | Jun 2025 | 5.5/7 | #26 | 2076 | +30.8 |
Open Swiss | Jun 2025 | 6/9 | #8 | 1917 | +32.8 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsSorin Dragomir
🇷🇴ROU·1737
+4 −1 =13
18 games·last met Mar 2026
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vsAlexandru-Francisc Kutnik
🇷🇴ROU·1953
+4 −10 =3
17 games·last met Jun 2025
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vsMircea-Andrei Cazan
🇷🇴ROU·1991
+4 −8 =3
15 games·last met May 2026
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vsStelian Gimurtu
🇷🇴ROU·1444
+14 −0 =0
14 games·last met Jan 2026
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vsDaniel-Iulian Panainte
🇷🇴ROU·1891
+1 −10 =3
14 games·last met Oct 2025
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Rankings
/
Romania
#533
out of 2,776 players
Europe
#46,915
in continent
World
#64,255
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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