Format
LL
Lung, Liviu-Catalin
🇷🇴FIDE 1225715· Male· Romania· Born in 1963
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Liviu-Catalin Lung, a 63-year-old Romanian player, is rated 1912. He has slipped back 75 Elo over the past 12 months. 38 rated games in the past year (≈12/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Romania National Amateur Championship 2026, Sasomi Open - 4th ed., and XXII Torneo Internacional Gran Hotel Bali Grupo B Aficionados. Also played 4 rapid events (including Orastie Rapid Chess Open) recently. He had 3 career breaks: 17 months (2010–2012), 37 months (2012–2015) and 32 months (2020–2022, COVID-19 included). His peak of 2206 was reached at age 46 (Sep 2009).
Current rating
1912
Standard
Rpd1948·Blz1975
All-time high
2206
−294 pts below
Sep 2009 · age 46
Sep 2009 · age 46
Activity
28
games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo
38 past 12 mo · ≈3/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#45,166
#45,166 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
14 entries2024
6th Romanian 60-65 player
at age 61 · rated 2028
Nov 2024
2020
7th Romanian 55-60 player
at age 57 · rated 2027
Oct 2020
Inactive for 32 months
paused at 2027 → returned at 2011
Feb 2020
100 career games
at age 57
Jan 2020
2015
14th Romanian 50-55 player
at age 52 · rated 2141
Dec 2015
2012
Inactive for 37 months
paused at 2146 → returned at 2141
Sep 2012
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
-50
1962 → 1912
Tournaments
6
43 games
Score
26.5/ 4361.6%
24W7D12L
Top 3 wins
1.[W]vsIoan-Francisc Breitkopf1,958·Romania National Senior Chess Championship 2025 - Open 50·R7·+9.9
3.[W]vsBorja Hernandez Mateo1,860·XXII Torneo Internacional Gran Hotel Bali Grupo B Aficionados·R9·+7.7
Top 3 losses
2.[L]vsPascual Villa Caiguelas1,728·XXII Torneo Internacional Gran Hotel Bali Grupo B Aficionados·R1·-15.4
Last 12 months — tournaments
6 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Feb 2026 | 5.5/8 | #33 | 1915 | -21.6 |
Open Swiss | Feb 2026 | 5/8 | #98 | 1881 | -6.6 |
Open Swiss | Nov 2025 | 5/8 | #57 | 1873 | -14.6 |
Team | Aug 2025 | 2/1 | #3 | 2397 | +2.0 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 6/9 | #16 | 1913 | -8.8 |
Round-Robin | Jun 2025 | 3/4 | #4 | 2135 | -24.8 |
Worst Elo result: Romania National Senior Chess Championship 2025 - Open 50 (-24.8 Elo, finished #4).
Rankings
/
Romania
#392
out of 2,776 players
Europe
#33,309
in continent
World
#45,165
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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