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Patrascu, Catalin-Lucian
FM🇷🇴FIDE 1229052· Male· Romania· Born in 1999
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Catalin-Lucian Patrascu, a 27-year-old Romanian FIDE Master, is rated 2261 and sitting in the top 4% of Romanian players, and in the top 2% worldwide. He has held steady between 2250 and 2300 for 4 years. 30 rated games in the past year (≈44/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Bucharest Chess Festival 9th ed. - Open, Bitcoin Chess Romania 7th ed. - Open, and Romania National Team Championship 2025 - 1st League Open. Also played 4 rapid (including Romania National Team Rapid Championship 2025 - Open) and 3 blitz events (including Romanian National Team Blitz Championship 2025 - Open) recently. His peak of 2321 was reached at age 20 (Aug 2019); he also reached Romanian #53 in Sep 2024.
Awarded FM in 2016 (age 17). At junior level, he reached #4, #3, #4, #5 and #6 nationally in U20, U18, U16, U14 and U12.
Current rating
2261
Standard
Rpd2218·Blz2210
All-time high
2321
−60 pts below
Aug 2019 · age 20
Aug 2019 · age 20
Activity
25
games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo
30 past 12 mo · ≈3/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
Top 4%
#78 · Romanian players · of 2,187
Career timeline
20 entries2024
Peak Romanian rank: #53
at age 25 · rated 2298
Sep 2024
2019
Inactive for 13 months
paused at 2320 → returned at 2304
Sep 2019
4th Romanian U20 player
at age 20 · rated 2321
Aug 2019
Re-crossed 2300
at age 20
Aug 2019
All-time peak 2321
at age 20 · −60 from today
Aug 2019
2017
500 career games
at age 18
Sep 2017
Standard rating history
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
-18
2279 → 2261
Tournaments
4
30 games
Score
19.5/ 3065.0%
14W11D5L
Top 3 wins
1.[W]vsMihai-Lucian GrunbergIM2,400·Romania National Team Championship 2025 - 1st League Open·R1·+13.3
3.[D]vsVladislav NevednichyGM2,433·Romania National Team Championship 2025 - 1st League Open·R2·+4.2
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
4 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Swiss | Feb 2026 | 4.5/6 | #3 | 2101 | -17.4 |
Swiss | Oct 2025 | 5/6 | #1 | 2232 | -0.6 |
Team | Sep 2025 | 3/9 | #49 | 2275 | -3.6 |
Open Swiss | Jun 2025 | 7/9 | #2 | 2235 | +3.6 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsAndrei-Theodor DolanaFM
🇷🇴ROU·2367
+2 −9 =6
17 games·last met Sep 2017
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vsAdrian-Simion SecheresFM
🇷🇴ROU·2330
+3 −9 =3
15 games·last met Oct 2024
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vsMatei-Ionut AcsinteFM
🇷🇴ROU·2219
+5 −3 =5
13 games·last met Feb 2017
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vsGeorge-Daniel ScripcaruFM
🇷🇴ROU·2152
+7 −4 =2
13 games·last met Aug 2016
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vsMarian-Catalin Sandu
🇷🇴ROU·2136
+5 −3 =4
12 games·last met Dec 2018
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Rankings
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Romania
#78
out of 2,757 players
Europe
#3,666
in continent
World
#5,400
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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