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Pop, Alexandru
FM🇷🇴FIDE 1220837· Male· Romania· Born in 1994
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Alexandru Pop, a 32-year-old Romanian FIDE Master, is rated 2249 and sitting in the top 4% of Romanian players, and in the top 3% worldwide. He is currently in the 2200–2250 range. 18 rated games in the past year (≈40/year long-term). Recent appearances: Romania National Open Championship 2026 and Romania National Team Championship 2025 - 2nd League. Also played 6 rapid (including Alba Grand Prix Rapid 2025) and 2 blitz events (including Pegas Autumn blitz) recently. He had 2 career breaks: 57 months (2019–2024, COVID-19 included) and 12 months (2024–2025). His peak of 2315 was reached at age 25 (Jan 2019); he also reached Romanian #69 in Jan 2026.
Awarded FM in 2015 (age 21). At junior level, he reached #2, #2, #5 and #5 nationally in U20, U18, U16 and U14.
Current rating
2249
Standard
Rpd2140·Blz2094
All-time high
2315
−66 pts below
Jan 2019 · age 25
Jan 2019 · age 25
Activity
9
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
18 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Occasional
classical only
Occasional
Signature stat
Top 4%
#86 · Romanian players · of 2,168
Career timeline
24 entries2026
Peak Romanian rank: #69
at age 32 · rated 2278
Jan 2026
2024
Inactive for 12 months
paused at 2260 → returned at 2278
Sep 2024
2019
Inactive for 57 months
paused at 2259 → returned at 2260
Nov 2019
Re-crossed 2300
at age 25
Jan 2019
All-time peak 2315
at age 25 · −66 from today
Jan 2019
2018
Re-crossed 2300
at age 24
Mar 2018
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
-11
2260 → 2249
Tournaments
2
18 games
Score
11.5/ 1863.9%
10W3D5L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
2 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Feb 2026 | 5/9 | #33 | 2114 | -29.0 |
Team | Sep 2025 | 6.5/9 | #9 | 2330 | +18.2 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsDan-Sebastian Horvat
🇷🇴ROU·2014
+7 −6 =3
16 games·last met Oct 2025
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vsAlexandru-Ovidiu StanciuFM
🇷🇴ROU·2356
+2 −9 =1
12 games·last met Aug 2017
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vsRadu Tampea
🇷🇴ROU·2157
+3 −8 =0
11 games·last met May 2026
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vsDaniel BaratosiIM
🇷🇴ROU·2320
+2 −8 =1
11 games·last met Feb 2019
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vsVlad-Ionut Stegariu
🇷🇴ROU·2281
+4 −4 =3
11 games·last met Apr 2014
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Rankings
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Romania
#86
out of 2,776 players
Europe
#4,012
in continent
World
#5,877
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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