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Cruceru, Lavinel

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FIDEFIDE 1213253· Male· Romania· Born in 1957

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Lavinel Cruceru, a 69-year-old Romanian player, is rated 1873. He plays occasionally (9 games in the last 12 months) and had 4 career breaks: 23 months (2004–2006), 44 months (2010–2014), 37 months (2014–2017) and 29 months (2020–2022, COVID-19 included). Recent appearances: New Year's Eve 2026 SE Herakliou and Attica Team Cup Spyros Bikos 2025. Also played 15 rapid events (including 3rd Elite Over 1800 Rapid Tournament 2026, by GAS Cholargou) recently. His peak of 2175 was reached at age 46 (Jan 2003).

Current rating

1873

Standard

Rpd1849·Blz1990

All-time high

2175

−302 pts below
Jan 2003 · age 46

Activity

22

games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo

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

Signature stat

#55,025

#55,025 · players worldwide · of 218,279

Career timeline

16 entries
2024
Best 12-month gain (+84 Elo)
1821 → 1905
Nov 2024
2023
16th Romanian 65-70 player
at age 66 · rated 1880
Jun 2023
2020
Inactive for 29 months
paused at 1909 → returned at 1881
Apr 2020
2018
100 career games
at age 61
Oct 2018
12th Romanian 60-65 player
at age 61 · rated 2042
Sep 2018
2014
15th Romanian 55-60 player
at age 57 · rated 2070
Nov 2014

Standard rating history

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

Activity & highlights

Top opponent
vs Georgios 45299 Athanasopoulos 1,836
Attica Team Cup Spyros Bikos 2025 · Nov 2025 · +8.3 Elo
Evolution
-5
1878 → 1873
Tournaments
2
9 games
Score
6/ 966.7%
4W4D1L

Last 12 months — tournaments

2 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
New Year's Eve 2026 SE Herakliou
Open Swiss
Jan 20264/7#101753-21.0
Attica Team Cup Spyros Bikos 2025
Team
Nov 20252/2#1332608+16.0
Worst Elo result: New Year's Eve 2026 SE Herakliou (-21.0 Elo, finished #10).

Most-Played Opponents

vsSorin-Mihai Samu
🇷🇴ROU·2030
+2 −3 =0
5 games·last met Mar 2024
View head-to-head →
vsIoan Mihut
🇷🇴ROU·2049
+1 −3 =1
5 games·last met Sep 2010
View head-to-head →
vsDorel Draghici
🇷🇴ROU·1914
+4 −0 =1
5 games·last met Sep 2010
View head-to-head →

Rankings

/
Romania
#466
out of 2,776 players
Europe
#40,396
in continent
World
#55,024
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

Europe
World
Romania
1
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3
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4
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2,550
5
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2,545
6
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2,517
7
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2,507
8
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2,501
9
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2,495
10
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2,484
...
466🇷🇴Cruceru, Lavinel1,873
Europe
1
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2,841
2
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2,767
3
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2,764
4
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2,744
5
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2,739
6
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2,729
7
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2,728
8
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2,721
9
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2,717
10
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2,713
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40396🇷🇴Cruceru, Lavinel1,873
World
1
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2,841
2
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2,792
2
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4
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2,777
4
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2,777
6
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2,767
7
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2,764
8
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2,761
9
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2,753
9
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2,753
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55024🇷🇴Cruceru, Lavinel1,873