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Carmaciu, Lucian-Catalin
IM🇷🇴FIDE 1209353· Male· Romania· Born in 1980
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Lucian-Catalin Carmaciu, a 46-year-old Romanian International Master, is rated 2339 and ranked 41st among Romanian players, and in the top 1% worldwide. He plays occasionally (4 games in the last 12 months) and had 2 career breaks: 16 months (2021–2022) and 15 months (2025–2026). Recent appearance: Bucharest Chess Weekend 66th ed.. Also played 5 rapid (including Romania National Team Rapid Championship 2025 - Open) and 5 blitz events (including Romanian National Team Blitz Championship 2025 - Open) recently. His peak of 2431 was reached at age 33 (Nov 2013); he also reached Romanian #25 in Oct 2014.
Awarded IM in 2006 (age 26) and FM in 2004 (age 24).
Current rating
2339
Standard
Rpd2372·Blz2281
All-time high
2431
−92 pts below
Nov 2013 · age 33
Nov 2013 · age 33
Activity
10
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
4 past 12 mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#41
#41 · Romanian players · of 2,168
Career timeline
17 entries2026
7th Romanian 45-50 player
at age 46 · rated 2339
Jun 2026
2025
Inactive for 15 months
paused at 2347 → returned at 2339
Jan 2025
2022
8th Romanian 40-45 player
at age 42 · rated 2384
Apr 2022
2021
Inactive for 16 months
paused at 2384 → returned at 2376
Apr 2021
2016
500 career games
at age 36
Sep 2016
2014
Peak Romanian rank: #25
at age 34 · rated 2424
Oct 2014
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
Activity & highlights
Evolution
-8
2347 → 2339
Tournaments
1
4 games
Score
2.5/ 462.5%
2W1D1L
Top 2 wins
Top 1 loss
Last 12 months — tournaments
1 event| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 2.5/4 | #23 | 2065 | -8.3 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsTiberiu-Marian GeorgescuGM
🇷🇴ROU·2457
+3 −4 =6
13 games·last met Sep 2019
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vsTudor-Gabriel DanilaCM
🇷🇴ROU·2158
+3 −5 =1
9 games·last met Apr 2026
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vsDragos-Daniel Martian
🇷🇴ROU·2242
+7 −1 =1
9 games·last met Jun 2022
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vsIosif Ciocani
🇷🇴ROU·2197
+4 −0 =4
8 games·last met Apr 2026
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vsSasha-Matei CraciunFM
🇷🇴ROU·2263
+6 −1 =1
8 games·last met Nov 2025
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Rankings
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Romania
#41
out of 2,776 players
Europe
#1,933
in continent
World
#2,968
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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