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Doncea, Vladimir
IM🇷🇴FIDE 1210750· Male· Romania· Born in 1986
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Vladimir Doncea, a 40-year-old Romanian International Master, is rated 2345 and ranked 39th among Romanian players, and in the top 1% worldwide. He has held steady between 2300 and 2350 for 8 months. 10 rated games in the past year (≈53/year long-term). Recent appearances: CIS 2026 - Serie A2 Girone 4 and Romania National Team Championship 2025 - 2nd League. He had 2 career breaks: 12 months (2015–2016) and 12 months (2024–2025). His peak of 2492 was reached at age 23 (Sep 2009, Romanian #20 at the time).
Awarded IM in 2008 (age 22). At junior level, he reached #3, #3 and #9 nationally in U20, U18 and U16.
Current rating
2345
Standard
Rpd2294·Blz2241
All-time high
2492
−147 pts below
Sep 2009 · age 23
Sep 2009 · age 23
Activity
6
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
10 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Occasional
classical only
Occasional
Signature stat
#39
#39 · Romanian players · of 2,168
Career timeline
19 entries2024
Inactive for 12 months
paused at 2353 → returned at 2340
Sep 2024
2015
Inactive for 12 months
paused at 2399 → returned at 2389
Nov 2015
2012
1,000 career games
at age 26
Oct 2012
2011
Re-crossed 2400
at age 25
Nov 2011
2009
Peak Romanian rank: #20
at age 23 · rated 2492
Sep 2009
All-time peak 2492
at age 23 · −147 from today
Sep 2009
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
Activity & highlights
Evolution
-8
2353 → 2345
Tournaments
2
10 games
Score
7.5/ 1075.0%
7W1D2L
Top 3 wins
Top 2 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
2 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | Mar 2026 | 4.5/5 | #2 | 2457 | +4.5 |
Team | Sep 2025 | 3/5 | #82 | 2019 | -13.0 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsLucian-Costin MironGM
🇷🇴ROU·2484
+3 −1 =7
11 games·last met Sep 2019
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vsDragos-Daniel Martian
🇷🇴ROU·2242
+3 −3 =4
10 games·last met Feb 2022
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vsVladislav NevednichyGM
🇷🇴ROU·2441
+0 −5 =4
9 games·last met Jul 2021
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vsLucian-Catalin CarmaciuIM
🇷🇴ROU·2339
+1 −2 =5
8 games·last met Sep 2022
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vsCristian-Gabriel VoiteanuFM
🇷🇴ROU·2081
+4 −1 =3
8 games·last met Dec 2019
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Rankings
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Romania
#39
out of 2,776 players
Europe
#1,821
in continent
World
#2,808
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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