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Talu, Mircea

FM🇷🇴

FIDEFIDE 1223356· Male· Romania· Born in 2002

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Mircea Talu, a 24-year-old Romanian FIDE Master, is rated 2399 — his current career high and ranked 23rd among Romanian players, and in the top 1% worldwide. He is rising rapidly, having gained +92 Elo over the past 12 months. 29 rated games in the past year (≈33/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include European Individual Chess Championship 2026, Romania National Open Championship 2026, and Romania National Team Championship 2025 - 1st League Open. Also played 2 rapid (including Romania National Team Rapid Championship 2025 - Open) and 2 blitz events (including Romanian National Team Blitz Championship 2025 - Open) recently. He took a 23-month break between Nov 2022 and Nov 2024. He reached Romanian #23 in May 2026.

Awarded FM in 2019 (age 17). Earned a IM norm at Romania National Open Championship 2026. At junior level, he reached World #90 in U18, World #8 in U8 and #3, #4, #6, #4 and #9 nationally in U20, U16, U14, U12 and U10.

Current rating

2399

Standard

Rpd2403·Blz2364

All-time high

2399

at best
May 2026 · age 24

Activity

13

games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo

29 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Moderately active

Signature stat

#23

#23 · Romanian players · of 2,187

Career timeline

19 entries
2026
Peak Romanian rank: #23
at age 24 · rated 2399
May 2026
All-time peak 2399
at age 24
May 2026
2024
500 career games
at age 22
Nov 2024
2022
Inactive for 23 months
paused at 2327 → returned at 2307
Nov 2022
2021
3rd Romanian U20 player
at age 19 · rated 2386
Jan 2021
2020
90th U18 player worldwide
at age 18 · rated 2386
Dec 2020

Standard rating history

Activity & highlights

Best result
Romania National Open Championship 2026
perf 2547 (+176) · 6.5/9 · #5
Top opponent
vs Bogdan-Daniel DeacGM 2,652
Romania National Open Championship 2026 · Feb 2026 · +6.7 Elo
Evolution
+92
2307 → 2399
Tournaments
3
29 games
Score
17.5/ 2960.3%
14W7D8L

Last 12 months — tournaments

3 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
European Individual Chess Championship 2026
Open Swiss
Apr 20266.5/11#1142446+27.8
Romania National Open Championship 2026
Open Swiss
Feb 20266.5/9#52547+55.2
Romania National Team Championship 2025 - 1st League Open
Team
Sep 20254.5/9#302342+8.6
Hot streak: 3 tournaments without losing Elo.

Most-Played Opponents

vsDan-Calin Ambru
🇷🇴ROU·1994
+12 −6 =9
27 games·last met Jun 2025
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vsGeorge StoleriuFM
🇷🇴ROU·2379
+3 −12 =11
26 games·last met Nov 2025
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vsTudor Osianu
🇷🇴ROU·1953
+15 −4 =4
23 games·last met Apr 2025
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vsDavid GavrilescuGM
🇷🇴ROU·2545
+4 −12 =2
18 games·last met Feb 2026
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vsJanos Helmer
🇷🇴ROU·2003
+9 −6 =2
17 games·last met Jun 2025
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Rankings

/
Romania
#23
out of 2,757 players
Europe
#1,067
in continent
World
#1,699
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

Europe
World
Romania
1
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2,650
2
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2,582
3
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2,577
4
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2,550
5
🇷🇴Gavrilescu, DavidFollow David GavrilescuTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,545
6
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2,517
7
🇷🇴Parligras, Mircea-EmilianFollow Mircea-Emilian ParligrasTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,507
8
🇷🇴Magold, FilipFollow Filip MagoldTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,501
9
🇷🇴Ilinca, Felix-AntonioFollow Felix-Antonio IlincaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,486
10
🇷🇴Miron, Lucian-CostinFollow Lucian-Costin MironTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,484
...
23🇷🇴Talu, Mircea2,399
Europe
1
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2,840
2
🇳🇱Giri, AnishFollow Anish GiriTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,767
3
🇩🇪Keymer, VincentFollow Vincent KeymerTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,759
3
🇫🇷Firouzja, AlirezaFollow Alireza FirouzjaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,759
5
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2,739
6
🇳🇱Van Foreest, JordenFollow Jorden Van ForeestTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,735
7
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2,729
8
🇫🇷Vachier-Lagrave, MaximeFollow Maxime Vachier-LagraveTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,717
8
🇦🇿Mamedyarov, ShakhriyarFollow Shakhriyar MamedyarovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,717
10
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2,708
...
1067🇷🇴Talu, Mircea2,399
World
1
🇳🇴Carlsen, MagnusFollow Magnus CarlsenTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,840
2
🇺🇸Nakamura, HikaruFollow Hikaru NakamuraTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,792
3
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2,788
4
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2,780
5
🇺🇿Sindarov, JavokhirFollow Javokhir SindarovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,776
6
🇳🇱Giri, AnishFollow Anish GiriTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,767
7
🇩🇪Keymer, VincentFollow Vincent KeymerTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,759
7
🇫🇷Firouzja, AlirezaFollow Alireza FirouzjaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,759
9
🇺🇸So, WesleyFollow Wesley SoTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,754
10
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2,753
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1699🇷🇴Talu, Mircea2,399