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Ionita, Emilian-Paul
🇷🇴FIDE 1214381· Male· Romania· Born in 1977
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Emilian-Paul Ionita, a 49-year-old Romanian player, is rated 1960. He has held steady between 1950 and 2000 for 2 years. 29 rated games in the past year (≈17/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Satori Art Cup Open - 20th ed., XXII Torneo Internacional Gran Hotel Bali Grupo B Aficionados, and FIDE World Amateur Chess Championships 2025 - U2000. Also played 2 rapid events (including Mihai Molodoi Memorial - 16th ed.) recently. He had 2 career breaks: 23 months (2008–2010) and 25 months (2021–2023). His peak of 2056 was reached at age 28 (Jul 2005).
Current rating
1960
Standard
Rpd1854·Blz1896
All-time high
2056
−96 pts below
Jul 2005 · age 28
Jul 2005 · age 28
Activity
31
games / yr avg. · ≈3/mo
29 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
#34,647
#34,647 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
15 entries2025
30th Romanian 45-50 player
at age 48 · rated 1972
Nov 2025
2024
Best 12-month gain (+74 Elo)
1899 → 1973
Dec 2024
2022
43rd Romanian 40-45 player
at age 45 · rated 1919
Apr 2022
2021
Inactive for 25 months
paused at 1919 → returned at 1899
Oct 2021
2015
Re-crossed 2000
at age 38
Nov 2015
2014
38th Romanian 35-40 player
at age 37 · rated 2023
Sep 2014
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+1
1959 → 1960
Tournaments
4
29 games
Score
19.5/ 2967.2%
16W7D6L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
4 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Swiss | Mar 2026 | 4.5/6 | #7 | 1899 | -6.8 |
Open Swiss | Nov 2025 | 5/7 | #73 | 1964 | +2.4 |
Open Swiss | Nov 2025 | 5.5/9 | #26 | 1944 | -6.6 |
Open Swiss | Sep 2025 | 4.5/7 | #20 | 2009 | +11.6 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsViorel Balla
🇷🇴ROU·1844
+4 −1 =1
6 games·last met Jan 2026
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vsAurelian Ciobanu
🇷🇴ROU·2049
+1 −3 =2
6 games·last met Apr 2024
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vsIulian-Marinica Galatanu
🇷🇴ROU·1947
+2 −4 =0
6 games·last met Jun 2022
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vsGrigore Malureanu
🇷🇴ROU·1960
+3 −2 =0
5 games·last met Jun 2022
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vsAlexandru Chirpii
🇲🇩MDA·1731
+2 −2 =1
5 games·last met Sep 2019
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Rankings
/
Romania
#322
out of 2,776 players
Europe
#25,608
in continent
World
#34,646
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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