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Nicolescu, Ilie
🇷🇴FIDE 1207768· Male· Romania· Born in 1960
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Ilie Nicolescu, a 66-year-old Romanian player, is rated 1630. He has slipped back 96 Elo over the past 12 months. 10 rated games in the past year (≈9/year long-term). Recent appearances: Amateur Chess Open - 9th ed. and Chess Weekend 1800 - 8th ed.. Also played 5 rapid (including Caro Trophy - 4th ed.) and 1 blitz events (including Five o'clock blitz - 60th ed.) recently. He had 4 career breaks: 17 months (2001–2003), 47 months (2004–2008), 34 months (2019–2022, COVID-19 included) and 17 months (2024–2026). His peak of 2043 was reached at age 43 (Apr 2003).
Current rating
1630
Standard
Rpd1686·Blz1727
All-time high
2043
−413 pts below
Apr 2003 · age 43
Apr 2003 · age 43
Activity
13
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
10 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#135,699
#135,699 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
18 entries2026
53rd Romanian 65-70 player
at age 66 · rated 1694
Feb 2026
2025
Best 12-month gain (+79 Elo)
1647 → 1726
Jan 2025
2024
Inactive for 17 months
paused at 1726 → returned at 1694
Aug 2024
2021
25th Romanian 60-65 player
at age 61 · rated 1870
Jun 2021
2020
22nd Romanian 55-60 player
at age 60 · rated 1870
Jun 2020
2019
Inactive for 34 months
paused at 1870 → returned at 1796
Jul 2019
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
-96
1726 → 1630
Tournaments
2
13 games
Score
5.5/ 1342.3%
5W1D7L
Top 2 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
2 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Swiss | Jan 2026 | 2/4 | #89 | 1468 | -63.2 |
Swiss | Jan 2026 | 3.5/6 | #26 | 1626 | -33.2 |
Rankings
/
Romania
#1,193
out of 2,776 players
Europe
#92,166
in continent
World
#135,691
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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