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Frunza, Ionel
🇷🇴FIDE 1213075· Male· Romania· Born in 1968
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Ionel Frunza, a 58-year-old Romanian player, is rated 1790. He has slipped back 48 Elo over the past 12 months. 19 rated games in the past year (≈6/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Ploiesti Chess Championship 2026, Satori Art Cup Open - 20th ed., and Bitcoin Chess Romania 7th ed. - Open. Also played 3 rapid events (including Corneliu Butnariu Memorial - rapid chess) recently. He had 4 career breaks: 18 months (2012–2014), 21 months (2016–2017), 21 months (2017–2019) and 44 months (2021–2024). His peak of 1924 was reached at age 43 (Sep 2011).
Current rating
1790
Standard
Rpd1798·Blz1875
All-time high
1924
−134 pts below
Sep 2011 · age 43
Sep 2011 · age 43
Activity
9
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
14 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Occasional
classical only
Occasional
Signature stat
#79,521
#79,521 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
14 entries2025
29th Romanian 55-60 player
at age 57 · rated 1894
Feb 2025
2024
Best 12-month gain (+46 Elo)
1848 → 1894
Dec 2024
2022
40th Romanian 50-55 player
at age 54 · rated 1848
Apr 2022
2021
Inactive for 44 months
paused at 1848 → returned at 1894
Mar 2021
2018
50th Romanian 45-50 player
at age 50 · rated 1866
Nov 2018
2017
Inactive for 21 months
paused at 1866 → returned at 1874
Dec 2017
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
-48
1838 → 1790
Tournaments
3
15 games
Score
7.5/ 1550.0%
6W3D6L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
3 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Swiss | Apr 2026 | 3/3 | #29 | 2523 | +5.2 |
Swiss | Mar 2026 | 2.5/5 | #43 | 1623 | -24.2 |
Swiss | Oct 2025 | 2/6 | #43 | 1657 | -29.0 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsIon-Cristian VeneteanuFM
🇷🇴ROU·2023
+1 −4 =1
6 games·last met Jan 2025
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vsEduard Negrus
🇷🇴ROU·1638
+0 −1 =4
5 games·last met May 2026
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vsNicolae Chivu
🇷🇴ROU·1863
+4 −1 =0
5 games·last met Nov 2019
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vsAndrei-Augustin Raducanu
🇷🇴ROU·1978
+0 −3 =2
5 games·last met Sep 2019
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vsIustin Marinescu
🇷🇴ROU·1758
+0 −0 =5
5 games·last met Aug 2019
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Rankings
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Romania
#659
out of 2,776 players
Europe
#57,416
in continent
World
#79,519
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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