Format
CG
Costea, Ghita
🇷🇴FIDE 1208756· Male· Romania· Born in 1957
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Ghita Costea, a 69-year-old Romanian player, is rated 1555. He has slipped back 42 Elo over the past 12 months. 23 rated games in the past year (≈16/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Satori Art Cup Open - 20th ed., Minerva Braila Trophy 4th ed. - A, and Satori Art ed.XIX - U2000. Also played 5 rapid (including Mihai Molodoi Memorial - 16th ed.) and 1 blitz events (including Gambit Husi Cup 2025 - blitz) recently. He took a 22-month break between Oct 2015 and Sep 2017. His peak of 1733 was reached at age 53 (Jul 2010).
Current rating
1555
Standard
Rpd1637·Blz1640
All-time high
1733
−178 pts below
Jul 2010 · age 53
Jul 2010 · age 53
Activity
23
games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo
23 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#164,346
#164,346 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
18 entries2024
Best 12-month gain (+289 Elo)
1291 → 1580
Nov 2024
Re-crossed 1500
at age 67
Mar 2024
Re-crossed 1400
at age 67
Mar 2024
2023
80th Romanian 65-70 player
at age 66 · rated 1363
Jan 2023
2022
Re-crossed 1400
at age 65
Oct 2022
2021
Re-crossed 1400
at age 64
Sep 2021
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
-37
1592 → 1555
Tournaments
5
31 games
Score
12.5/ 3140.3%
10W5D16L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
5 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Swiss | Mar 2026 | 2/4 | #79 | 1726 | -23.8 |
Swiss | Nov 2025 | 2/6 | #29 | 1587 | +0.2 |
Swiss | Oct 2025 | 3/4 | #80 | 1914 | -7.8 |
Swiss | Aug 2025 | 3/3 | #33 | 2399 | -9.2 |
Open Swiss | Jul 2025 | 2.5/6 | #52 | 1686 | -9.8 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsIulian-Marinica Galatanu
🇷🇴ROU·1947
+1 −8 =1
10 games·last met Apr 2026
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vsIustin-Petru Haineala
🇷🇴ROU·1910
+2 −5 =0
7 games·last met Mar 2026
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vsFlorin Ungureanu
🇷🇴ROU·1640
+4 −3 =0
7 games·last met Jan 2022
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vsNeculai Dumitrica
🇷🇴ROU·1563
+5 −1 =1
7 games·last met Oct 2020
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vsConstantin Calinoiu
🇷🇴ROU·1554
+2 −2 =2
6 games·last met Apr 2026
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Rankings
/
Romania
#1,503
out of 2,776 players
Europe
#107,267
in continent
World
#164,326
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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