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Levay, Sorin
FM🇷🇴FIDE 1206354· Male· Romania· Born in 1972
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Sorin Levay, a 54-year-old Romanian FIDE Master, is rated 2020. He has held steady between 2000 and 2050 for 7 months. 85 rated games in the past year (≈68/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Phoenix Cup 13th ed. - Open, Heves Nograd County Team Ch. 2025-26 R 9, and Chessmania 4th ed. - A. Also played 2 blitz events (including Arad blitz 2025) recently. His peak of 2354 was reached at age 42 (Nov 2014, Romanian #55 at the time).
Awarded FM in 2010 (age 38).
Current rating
2020
Standard
Rpd2189·Blz2087
All-time high
2354
−334 pts below
Nov 2014 · age 42
Nov 2014 · age 42
Activity
88
games / yr avg. · ≈7/mo
73 past 12 mo · ≈6/mo
classical only
Very active
classical only
Very active
Signature stat
#24,554
#24,554 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
27 entries2024
17th Romanian 50-55 player
at age 52 · rated 2103
Apr 2024
2022
17th Romanian 45-50 player
at age 50 · rated 2207
Apr 2022
2020
Inactive for 18 months
paused at 2206 → returned at 2203
Apr 2020
Re-crossed 2200
at age 48
Mar 2020
2018
Re-crossed 2200
at age 46
Dec 2018
Re-crossed 2200
at age 46
Jan 2018
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+40
1980 → 2020
Tournaments
14
66 games
Score
46/ 6669.7%
36W20D10L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
14 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Swiss | May 2026 | 5/7 | #4 | 2019 | +4.6 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 1/1 | #18 | 2700 | +7.0 |
Team | Jan 2026 | 1.5/2 | #25 | 2073 | +3.6 |
Open Swiss | Jan 2026 | 1.5/3 | #28 | 2060 | +4.8 |
Team | Dec 2025 | 0.5/2 | #61 | 1919 | -4.8 |
Team | Nov 2025 | 1/2 | #42 | 2131 | +7.2 |
Team | Oct 2025 | 1/2 | #32 | 2269 | +12.0 |
Open Swiss | Oct 2025 | 2.5/5 | #21 | 1706 | -32.6 |
Swiss | Sep 2025 | 5.5/6 | #1 | 2285 | +30.8 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 5/8 | #13 | 1950 | -7.4 |
Worst Elo result: Ploiesti moves intelligently - Prahova County Chess Championship (-32.6 Elo, finished #21).
Most-Played Opponents
vsSorin-Mihai Samu
🇷🇴ROU·2030
+19 −8 =4
31 games·last met Aug 2025
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vsPetrica CostinFM
🇷🇴ROU·1888
+3 −16 =8
27 games·last met Jun 2025
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vsCodrut-Constantin FlorescuIM
🇷🇴ROU·2188
+5 −3 =14
22 games·last met Dec 2022
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vsAttila SzaboFM
🇷🇴ROU·2109
+2 −1 =17
20 games·last met Sep 2024
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vsIuliu Follert
🇷🇴ROU·1823
+12 −1 =7
20 games·last met Jan 2024
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Rankings
/
Romania
#247
out of 2,776 players
Europe
#18,108
in continent
World
#24,554
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
Europe
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Europe
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World
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