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Chima, Radu-Niculin
🇷🇴FIDE 1224204· Male· Romania· Born in 1975
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Radu-Niculin Chima, a 51-year-old Romanian player, is rated 1985. He plays occasionally (9 games in the last 12 months). Recent appearance: Romania National Team Championship 2025 - 2nd League. His peak of 2162 was reached at age 42 (May 2017).
Current rating
1985
Standard
Rpd2058·Blz—
All-time high
2162
−177 pts below
May 2017 · age 42
May 2017 · age 42
Activity
12
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
9 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#29,963
#29,963 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
14 entries2026
25th Romanian 50-55 player
at age 51 · rated 1985
May 2026
2022
34th Romanian 45-50 player
at age 47 · rated 2005
Apr 2022
2020
Inactive for 19 months
paused at 2037 → returned at 2011
Jan 2020
2019
Re-crossed 2100
at age 44
Apr 2019
2017
24th Romanian 40-45 player
at age 42 · rated 2162
Aug 2017
All-time peak 2162
at age 42 · −177 from today
May 2017
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
-2
1987 → 1985
Tournaments
1
9 games
Score
3.5/ 938.9%
2W3D4L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
1 event| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | Sep 2025 | 3.5/9 | #66 | 1983 | -1.8 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsDan-Calin Ambru
🇷🇴ROU·1994
+4 −0 =5
9 games·last met Sep 2025
View head-to-head →
vsPaul-Cristian RusanFM
🇷🇴ROU·2017
+1 −6 =2
9 games·last met Jun 2021
View head-to-head →
vsJanos Helmer
🇷🇴ROU·2003
+1 −3 =5
9 games·last met Mar 2019
View head-to-head →
vsCodrut-Constantin FlorescuIM
🇷🇴ROU·2188
+1 −1 =3
5 games·last met Feb 2016
View head-to-head →
Rankings
/
Romania
#289
out of 2,776 players
Europe
#22,137
in continent
World
#29,962
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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