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Illes, Sandor-Ferenc

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FIDEFIDE 1212648· Male· Romania· Born in 1986

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Sandor-Ferenc Illes, a 40-year-old Romanian player, is rated 1905. He has fluctuated between 1896 and 1936 over the past 2 years. 14 rated games in the past year (≈12/year long-term). Recent appearances: Cluj-Napoca Chess Weekend - 2nd ed. and Romania National Championship 3rd league 2025 - group VI Rounds 2-3. Also played 2 rapid events (including RAP Group 3rd ed. - rapid) recently. He had 3 career breaks: 133 months (2004–2015), 24 months (2015–2017) and 13 months (2023–2024). His peak of 2008 was reached at age 16 (Jul 2002).

At junior level, he reached #47, #34 and #16 nationally in U20, U18 and U16.

Current rating

1905

Standard

Rpd1997·Blz1921

All-time high

2008

−103 pts below
Jul 2002 · age 16

Activity

22

games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo

14 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Moderately active

Signature stat

#46,912

#46,912 · players worldwide · of 218,279

Career timeline

15 entries
2024
Best 12-month gain (+76 Elo)
1860 → 1936
Sep 2024
2023
Inactive for 13 months
paused at 1860 → returned at 1915
Mar 2023
2022
34th Romanian 35-40 player
at age 36 · rated 1892
Mar 2022
2021
77th Romanian 20-35 player
at age 35 · rated 1946
Aug 2021
2019
100 career games
at age 33
Dec 2019
2015
Inactive for 24 months
paused at 1961 → returned at 1961
Oct 2015

Standard rating history

Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.

Activity & highlights

Top opponent
vs Dragos-Alexandru Padure 1,968
Check & Mate - B · May 2026 · +11.8 Elo
Evolution
-15
1920 → 1905
Tournaments
3
14 games
Score
8/ 1457.1%
7W2D5L
Top 3 losses
1.[L]vsAlin-Sebastian Tat1,683·Cluj-Napoca Chess Weekend - 2nd ed.·R7·-15.5
2.[L]vsAdrian Rusu1,896·Check & Mate - B·R6·-10.3
3.[L]vsCornel Uscoi1,974·Check & Mate - B·R4·-8.0

Last 12 months — tournaments

3 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
Check & Mate - B
Open Swiss
May 20264/6#71936+8.2
Cluj-Napoca Chess Weekend - 2nd ed.
Swiss
Feb 20263.5/7#101809-16.0
Romania National Championship 3rd league 2025 - group VI Rounds 2-3
Team
Oct 20250.5/1#71521-8.4
Worst Elo result: Cluj-Napoca Chess Weekend - 2nd ed. (-16.0 Elo, finished #10).

Most-Played Opponents

vsDaniel BaratosiIM
🇷🇴ROU·2320
+0 −5 =4
9 games·last met Aug 2021
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vsDan-Calin Ambru
🇷🇴ROU·1994
+3 −3 =1
7 games·last met Oct 2025
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vsDavid Donici-Maier
🇷🇴ROU·1948
+5 −2 =0
7 games·last met Nov 2021
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vsAlexandru-Marius Tamas
🇷🇴ROU·1613
+4 −1 =0
5 games·last met Feb 2026
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vsIoan-Gheorghe Duma
🇷🇴ROU·1837
+1 −2 =2
5 games·last met Jan 2025
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Rankings

/
Romania
#411
out of 2,776 players
Europe
#34,568
in continent
World
#46,911
out of 400,000+

National ranking

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