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Pavel, Sebastian-Ionut
🇷🇴FIDE 1222040· Male· Romania· Born in 1994
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Sebastian-Ionut Pavel, a 32-year-old Romanian player, is rated 2168 — just 18 short of his peak of 2186 (Dec 2017, age 23) and sitting in the top 5% of players worldwide. He is progressing steadily with +66 Elo over the past 12 months. 27 rated games in the past year. Recent standard appearances include Mihai Burduja Memorial - 3rd ed., Sasomi Open - 4th ed., and Suceava County Chess Championship 2025. Also played 8 rapid (including Romania National Team Rapid Championship 2025 - Open) and 5 blitz events (including Romanian National Team Blitz Championship 2025 - Open) recently. He took a 12-month break between Oct 2018 and Nov 2019.
At junior level, he reached #9, #10 and #18 nationally in U20, U18 and U16.
Current rating
2168
Standard
Rpd2146·Blz2106
All-time high
2186
−18 pts below
Dec 2017 · age 23
Dec 2017 · age 23
Activity
13
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
27 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
Top 5%
#10,047 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
12 entries2020
33rd Romanian 20-35 player
at age 26 · rated 2183
Oct 2020
2018
Inactive for 12 months
paused at 2183 → returned at 2185
Oct 2018
2017
All-time peak 2186
at age 23 · −18 from today
Dec 2017
2015
Crossed 2100
at age 21
Nov 2015
2014
9th Romanian U20 player
at age 20 · rated 2092
Jan 2014
2012
10th Romanian U18 player
at age 18 · rated 2087
Dec 2012
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+66
2102 → 2168
Tournaments
5
28 games
Score
23.5/ 2883.9%
20W7D1L
Top 3 wins
Top 1 loss
Last 12 months — tournaments
5 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Swiss | Feb 2026 | 5.5/6 | #1 | 2298 | +22.4 |
Open Swiss | Feb 2026 | 7.5/9 | #1 | 2277 | +34.0 |
Swiss | Nov 2025 | 5/4 | #4 | 2597 | -4.4 |
Swiss | Aug 2025 | 4.5/6 | #9 | 2096 | +6.2 |
Team | Aug 2025 | 1/1 | #2 | 2836 | +8.2 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsDan-Sebastian Horvat
🇷🇴ROU·2014
+3 −4 =2
9 games·last met Jul 2014
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vsLucian-Ioan FilipIM
🇷🇴ROU·2313
+0 −5 =3
8 games·last met May 2026
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vsVlad-Ionut Stegariu
🇷🇴ROU·2281
+0 −7 =1
8 games·last met Nov 2025
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vsRadu-Marian Doros
🇷🇴ROU·2346
+0 −7 =0
7 games·last met Jul 2014
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vsSandu Gurguiatu
🇷🇴ROU·1584
+6 −0 =0
6 games·last met Apr 2026
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Rankings
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Romania
#138
out of 2,776 players
Europe
#7,143
in continent
World
#10,047
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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