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IH
Irimia, Horia-Ion
🇷🇴FIDE 1221914· Male· Romania· Born in 1961
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Horia-Ion Irimia, a 65-year-old Romanian player, is rated 1761. He plays occasionally (8 games in the last 12 months) and had 2 career breaks: 31 months (2020–2022, COVID-19 included) and 36 months (2022–2025). Recent appearances: Two Generations Cup and Caras Severin County Chess Championship - Semifinals. Also played 1 rapid (including Bikasz-Cirica Memorial 2025) and 1 blitz events (including Resita Cup 20th ed. - blitz) recently. His peak of 1798 was reached at age 63 (Mar 2024).
Current rating
1761
Standard
Rpd1727·Blz1842
All-time high
1798
−37 pts below
Mar 2024 · age 63
Mar 2024 · age 63
Activity
3
games / yr avg.
8 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Occasional
classical only
Occasional
Signature stat
#88,842
#88,842 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
12 entries2024
All-time peak 1798
at age 63 · −37 from today
Mar 2024
2022
Inactive for 36 months
paused at 1664 → returned at 1784
Nov 2022
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 61
Nov 2022
28th Romanian 60-65 player
at age 61 · rated 1688
Feb 2022
2020
Inactive for 31 months
paused at 1688 → returned at 1664
Mar 2020
2019
33rd Romanian 55-60 player
at age 58 · rated 1754
Aug 2019
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
-37
1798 → 1761
Tournaments
2
9 games
Score
4/ 944.4%
2W4D3L
Top 2 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
2 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | Jan 2026 | 0/2 | #9 | 925 | -23.2 |
Open Swiss | Nov 2025 | 4/6 | #2 | 1754 | -13.8 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsGheorghe Stroescu
🇷🇴ROU·1810
+4 −3 =2
9 games·last met Nov 2025
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vsIon-Valentin Vaduva
🇷🇴ROU·1938
+1 −6 =2
9 games·last met Nov 2025
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vsAlin StinguCM
🇷🇴ROU·2024
+3 −3 =2
8 games·last met Nov 2025
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vsBogdan-Andrei Grecu
🇷🇴ROU·1799
+2 −3 =2
7 games·last met Jan 2026
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vsDaniel-Cristian Korcsek
🇷🇴ROU·1852
+2 −1 =4
7 games·last met Jun 2025
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Rankings
/
Romania
#739
out of 2,776 players
Europe
#63,689
in continent
World
#88,840
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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