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Craciun, Ovidiu
🇷🇴FIDE 1207237· Male· Romania· Born in 1967
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Ovidiu Craciun, a 59-year-old Romanian player, is rated 1946. He is progressing steadily with +24 Elo over the past 12 months. 41 rated games in the past year (≈23/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Romania National Amateur Championship 2026, Sasomi Open - 4th ed., and Romania National Team Championship 2025 - 2nd League. Also played 2 rapid (including Alba Grand Prix Rapid 2025) and 1 blitz events (including III memorijalni turnir "Unirea") recently. He took a 17-month break between Jul 2006 and Jan 2008. His peak of 2164 was reached at age 34 (Jan 2001).
Current rating
1946
Standard
Rpd1824·Blz1928
All-time high
2164
−218 pts below
Jan 2001 · age 34
Jan 2001 · age 34
Activity
29
games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo
41 past 12 mo · ≈3/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#37,473
#37,473 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
16 entries2024
17th Romanian 55-60 player
at age 57 · rated 1954
Sep 2024
Best 12-month gain (+121 Elo)
1833 → 1954
Jun 2024
2023
500 career games
at age 56
Aug 2023
2019
16th Romanian 50-55 player
at age 52 · rated 2039
Aug 2019
Re-crossed 2000
at age 52
Apr 2019
2013
33rd Romanian 45-50 player
at age 46 · rated 2006
Apr 2013
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
-1
1947 → 1946
Tournaments
5
35 games
Score
21.5/ 3561.4%
18W7D10L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
5 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Feb 2026 | 6.5/9 | #6 | 2036 | +36.2 |
Open Swiss | Feb 2026 | 4/7 | #146 | 1906 | +4.8 |
Team | Sep 2025 | 3.5/7 | #91 | 1845 | -31.8 |
Team | Sep 2025 | 1.5/2 | #28 | 2099 | +8.8 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 6/9 | #19 | 1850 | -19.0 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsCalin DragomirescuFM
🇷🇴ROU·1970
+1 −5 =3
9 games·last met Aug 2023
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vsRomulus-Cristian StefanCM
🇷🇴ROU·2154
+0 −5 =2
7 games·last met Nov 2025
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vsAndrei Bartha
🇷🇴ROU·1761
+3 −3 =1
7 games·last met Oct 2022
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vsErvin MozesIM
🇷🇴ROU·1998
+0 −4 =3
7 games·last met May 2022
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vsSamuel Panc
🇷🇴ROU·2061
+2 −1 =4
7 games·last met Jun 2021
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Rankings
/
Romania
#345
out of 2,776 players
Europe
#27,693
in continent
World
#37,472
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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