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Calin, Alexandru
FM🇷🇴FIDE 1222961· Male· Romania· Born in 2001
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Alexandru Calin, a 25-year-old Romanian FIDE Master, is rated 2190 and sitting in the top 4% of players worldwide. He has fluctuated between 2182 and 2222 over the past 2 years. 27 rated games in the past year (≈46/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Cotnari Chess Academy Cup 2026, Romania National Team Championship 2025 - 2nd League, and Gheorghe Cristian Memorial - Centrocoop Trophy 38th ed. - Open. Also played 14 rapid (including Grand Prix Iasi 7) and 1 blitz events (including International Chess Tournament Mihail Sadoveanu - blitz) recently. His peak of 2311 was reached at age 17 (Apr 2018, Romanian #80 at the time).
Awarded FM in 2018 (age 17). At junior level, he reached World #79 in U14 and #8, #5, #5, #4 and #10 nationally in U20, U18, U16, U12 and U10.
Current rating
2190
Standard
Rpd2136·Blz2096
All-time high
2311
−121 pts below
Apr 2018 · age 17
Apr 2018 · age 17
Activity
31
games / yr avg. · ≈3/mo
27 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
Top 4%
#8,730 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
22 entries2024
Re-crossed 2200
at age 23
Nov 2024
2021
8th Romanian U20 player
at age 20 · rated 2145
Dec 2021
2020
Re-crossed 2100
at age 19
Apr 2020
2018
500 career games
at age 17
Aug 2018
All-time peak 2311
at age 17 · −121 from today
Apr 2018
Peak Romanian rank: #80
at age 17 · rated 2307
Mar 2018
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
COVID-19
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
-26
2216 → 2190
Tournaments
4
27 games
Score
18/ 2766.7%
16W4D7L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
3.[L]vsStefan-Emilian PrisacaruCM2,251·Gheorghe Cristian Memorial - Centrocoop Trophy 38th ed. - Open·R5·-8.9
Last 12 months — tournaments
4 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Jan 2026 | 4/6 | #15 | 1954 | -23.6 |
Team | Sep 2025 | 2/6 | #100 | 2174 | -8.2 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 6/7 | #1 | 2258 | +11.8 |
Open Swiss | Jul 2025 | 6/8 | #7 | 2111 | -6.0 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsGeorge StoleriuFM
🇷🇴ROU·2379
+2 −9 =19
30 games·last met May 2026
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vsGeorge Albu
🇷🇴ROU·2025
+16 −2 =9
27 games·last met Jul 2025
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vsVlad-George Zubcu
🇷🇴ROU·2220
+7 −6 =8
21 games·last met Nov 2025
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vsGeorge Paval
🇷🇴ROU·2123
+2 −3 =11
16 games·last met Mar 2026
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vsGeorge IleanaFM
🇷🇴ROU·2277
+7 −2 =6
15 games·last met Sep 2024
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Rankings
/
Romania
#118
out of 2,776 players
Europe
#6,141
in continent
World
#8,730
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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