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Prunescu, Claudiu

Prunescu, Claudiu

FM🇨🇭

FIDEFIDE 1207210· Male· Switzerland· Born in 1971

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Claudiu Prunescu, a 55-year-old Swiss FIDE Master, is rated 2174 and sitting in the top 4% of Swiss players, and in the top 4% worldwide. He has slipped back 68 Elo over the past 12 months. 32 rated games in the past year (≈25/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include SMM NLB 2026 round 3, SMM NLB 2026 round 2, and grenke Chess Open 2026 A-Open. He took a 31-month break between Dec 2019 and Aug 2022 (COVID-19 included). His peak of 2344 was reached at age 45 (Apr 2016, Swiss #41 at the time).

Competes for Switzerland since Nov 2016. Awarded FM in 2015 (age 44).

Current rating

2174

Standard

Rpd2254·Blz—

All-time high

2344

−170 pts below
Apr 2016 · age 45

Activity

19

games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo

31 past 12 mo · ≈3/mo
classical only
Moderately active

Signature stat

Top 4%

#139 · Swiss players · of 3,316

Career timeline

21 entries
2026
6th Swiss 50-55 player
at age 55 · rated 2243
Mar 2026
2019
Inactive for 31 months
paused at 2252 → returned at 2235
Dec 2019
2017
4th Swiss 45-50 player
at age 46 · rated 2326
Apr 2017
2016
Switched federation: ROU → SUI
at age 45
Nov 2016
500 career games
at age 45
Jul 2016
Peak Swiss rank: #41
at age 45 · rated 2344
Apr 2016

Standard rating history

Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19

Activity & highlights

Top opponent
vs Urs RueetschiFM 2,315
SMM 2025 NLB round 7 · Sep 2025 · +2.4 Elo
Evolution
-55
2229 → 2174
Tournaments
9
24 games
Score
13.5/ 2456.3%
9W9D6L
Top 3 wins
1.[W]vsDimitri Aeschbacher2,101·Bundesturnier HT-1 2026·R5·+7.9
2.[W]vsCedric Grillon1,996·Bundesturnier HT-1 2026·R7·+5.3
3.[W]vsPaul Ophardt2,015·grenke Chess Open 2026 A-Open·R6·+5.2
Top 3 losses
1.[L]vsHasan Gunes Anacak2,047·grenke Chess Open 2026 A-Open·R5·-14.0
2.[L]vsDanbe Luk2,077·grenke Chess Open 2026 A-Open·R3·-13.3
3.[L]vsArtem Gontsul2,121·Bundesturnier HT-1 2026·R6·-11.5

Last 12 months — tournaments

9 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
Bundesturnier HT-1 2026
Open Swiss
May 20264.5/7#232117-12.4
SMM NLB 2026 round 3
Team
May 20260/1#1361452-8.4
SMM NLB 2026 round 2
Team
Apr 20260/1#1381441-10.0
grenke Chess Open 2026 A-Open
Open Swiss
Apr 20264.5/9#4332088-35.4
SMM NLB 2026 round 1
Team
Mar 20260.5/1#1022126-3.2
Team 2026 - Nationale 2 r6
Team
Feb 20261/1#542820+4.4
SMM 2025 NLB rounds 8-9
Team
Oct 20252/2#82777+7.6
SMM 2025 NLB round 7
Team
Sep 20250.5/1#722315+2.4
SMM 2025 NLB round 5
Team
Jun 20250.5/1#622262+0.6
Worst Elo result: grenke Chess Open 2026 A-Open (-35.4 Elo, finished #433).

Most-Played Opponents

vsPablo Schmid
🇨🇭SUI·2104
+4 −2 =1
7 games·last met Mar 2018
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vsLaurent Vilaseca
🇨🇭SUI·2124
+2 −0 =3
5 games·last met Mar 2026
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vsIgor Kupalov
🇨🇭SUI·1916
+2 −0 =3
5 games·last met Apr 2022
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Rankings

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Switzerland
#139
out of 3,528 players
Europe
#6,861
in continent
World
#9,680
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

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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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Europe
1
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2
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3
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2,841
2
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6
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2,767
7
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2,764
8
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