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Mocanu, Danut
🇷🇴FIDE 1231260· Male· Romania· Born in 1949
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Danut Mocanu, a 77-year-old Romanian player, is rated 1844. He has fluctuated between 1843 and 1876 over the past 2 years. 14 rated games in the past year (≈8/year long-term). Recent appearances: IBCA World Team Chess Championship 2026 and Romania National Championship 2025 for visual disabled players. He had 2 career breaks: 22 months (2014–2016) and 34 months (2019–2022, COVID-19 included). His peak of 1876 was reached at age 76 (Sep 2025).
Current rating
1844
Standard
Rpd—·Blz1918
All-time high
1876
−32 pts below
Sep 2025 · age 76
Sep 2025 · age 76
Activity
10
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
14 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#63,124
#63,124 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
15 entries2025
5th Romanian 75-80 player
at age 76 · rated 1876
Dec 2025
All-time peak 1876
at age 76 · −32 from today
Sep 2025
2024
Best 12-month gain (+75 Elo)
1789 → 1864
Mar 2024
Re-crossed 1800
at age 75
Mar 2024
2020
8th Romanian 70-75 player
at age 71 · rated 1808
Oct 2020
2019
Re-crossed 1800
at age 70
Nov 2019
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Best result
Romania National Championship 2025 for visual disabled playersperf 1982 (+106) · 6.5/9 · #3
Top opponent
Evolution
+1
1843 → 1844
Tournaments
2
15 games
Score
8/ 1553.3%
5W6D4L
Top 3 wins
2.[W]vsAlexandru S. Munteanu1,812·Romania National Championship 2025 for visual disabled players·R3·+8.2
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
2 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 1.5/5 | #78 | 1639 | -32.2 |
Swiss | Jul 2025 | 6.5/9 | #3 | 1982 | +33.2 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsVasile Carapit
🇷🇴ROU·1814
+1 −1 =6
8 games·last met Sep 2023
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vsMihai Dima
🇷🇴ROU·1985
+3 −3 =1
7 games·last met Aug 2025
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vsCostica Marchidan
🇷🇴ROU·1749
+1 −2 =2
5 games·last met Aug 2025
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vsGheorghe Bratu
🇷🇴ROU·1867
+0 −1 =4
5 games·last met Aug 2025
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vsTiberiu Paun
🇷🇴ROU·1808
+1 −0 =4
5 games·last met Aug 2019
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Rankings
/
Romania
#526
out of 2,776 players
Europe
#46,139
in continent
World
#63,123
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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