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Manea, Alexandru
IM🇷🇴FIDE 1207660· Male· Romania· Born in 1981
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Alexandru Manea, a 45-year-old Romanian International Master, is rated 2304 and sitting in the top 3% of Romanian players, and in the top 2% worldwide. He has held steady between 2250 and 2300 for 2 years. 54 rated games in the past year (≈64/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Open Drobeta - Severnav Trophy A, Budapest Spring Festival 2026, and Romania National Open Championship 2026. Also played 4 rapid (including Craiova Grand Prix 2025) and 4 blitz events (including Memorijalni brzopotezni turnir "Moma Vucicevic 2025") recently. His peak of 2429 was reached at age 30 (Nov 2011, Romanian #31 at the time).
Awarded IM in 2008 (age 27) and FM in 2005 (age 24). At junior level, he reached #3 nationally in U20.
Current rating
2304
Standard
Rpd2231·Blz2242
All-time high
2429
−125 pts below
Nov 2011 · age 30
Nov 2011 · age 30
Activity
50
games / yr avg. · ≈4/mo
59 past 12 mo · ≈5/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
Top 3%
#58 · Romanian players · of 2,168
Career timeline
30 entries2022
10th Romanian 40-45 player
at age 41 · rated 2360
Apr 2022
2020
Inactive for 18 months
paused at 2338 → returned at 2345
Jan 2020
2018
Re-crossed 2400
at age 37
Jan 2018
2017
Re-crossed 2400
at age 36
Jan 2017
2016
Re-crossed 2400
at age 35
May 2016
2015
1,000 career games
at age 34
Mar 2015
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
+25
2279 → 2304
Tournaments
7
59 games
Score
34/ 5957.6%
20W28D11L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
7 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Swiss | May 2026 | 4.5/5 | #3 | 2442 | +7.0 |
Open Swiss | Feb 2026 | 5/9 | #31 | 2376 | +11.5 |
Open Swiss | Feb 2026 | 5/9 | #30 | 2271 | +0.5 |
Open Swiss | Jan 2026 | 6/9 | #21 | 2313 | +6.9 |
Team | Sep 2025 | 3/9 | #52 | 2362 | +8.6 |
Open Swiss | Jul 2025 | 5/9 | #56 | 2182 | -11.0 |
Open Swiss | Jul 2025 | 5.5/9 | #43 | 2266 | -0.1 |
Hot streak: 5 tournaments without losing Elo.
Most-Played Opponents
vsMarius ManolacheGM
🇷🇴ROU·2433
+5 −8 =10
23 games·last met Nov 2024
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vsVlad-Cristian JianuGM
🇷🇴ROU·2435
+0 −14 =7
21 games·last met Nov 2024
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vsLucian-Ioan FilipIM
🇷🇴ROU·2313
+1 −0 =16
17 games·last met Jan 2024
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vsLucian-Costin MironGM
🇷🇴ROU·2484
+4 −3 =8
15 games·last met Sep 2025
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vsDavid GavrilescuGM
🇷🇴ROU·2545
+3 −6 =3
12 games·last met Feb 2026
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Rankings
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Romania
#58
out of 2,776 players
Europe
#2,624
in continent
World
#3,949
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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