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Banzea, Alexandru-Bogdan
IM🇷🇴INACTIVE · since November 2021FIDE 1232622· Male· Romania· Born in 2000
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Alexandru-Bogdan Banzea, a 26-year-old Romanian International Master, is rated 2394 and ranked 25th among Romanian players, and in the top 1% worldwide. He plays around 51 rated games per year. Also played 2 rapid (including Craiova Grand Prix 2025) and 1 blitz events (including Arad blitz 2025) recently. His peak of 2427 was reached at age 19 (Feb 2019, Romanian #29 at the time).
Awarded IM in 2020 (age 20) and FM in 2015 (age 15). At junior level, he reached World #88 in U20 and #3, #3, #3 and #15 nationally in U18, U16, U14 and U12.
Current rating
2394
Standard
Rpd2239·Blz2277
All-time high
2427
−33 pts below
Feb 2019 · age 19
Feb 2019 · age 19
Activity
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classical only
Signature stat
#25
#25 · Romanian players · of 2,187
Career timeline
24 entries2021
Inactive for 53 months
paused at 2394 → still inactive
Nov 2021
2020
IM title awardedIM
at age 20 · 2020 2nd FIDE Council meeting
Jul 2020
2019
Re-crossed 2400
at age 19
Sep 2019
Peak Romanian rank: #29
at age 19 · rated 2427
Feb 2019
88th U20 player worldwide
at age 19 · rated 2427
Feb 2019
Crossed 2400
at age 19
Feb 2019
Standard rating history
Activity & highlights
Evolution
0
2394 → 2394
Last 12 months — tournaments
0 eventsMost-Played Opponents
vsMihnea CostachiIM
🇷🇴ROU·2459
+5 −10 =12
27 games·last met Dec 2019
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vsAndrei-Theodor DolanaFM
🇷🇴ROU·2367
+2 −12 =4
18 games·last met Jan 2019
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vsVictor VasiesiuFM
🇷🇴ROU·2276
+7 −5 =4
16 games·last met Sep 2019
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vsSergiu-Gabriel Herea
🇷🇴ROU·2071
+6 −4 =3
13 games·last met Apr 2018
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vsVlad-George Zubcu
🇷🇴ROU·2220
+7 −3 =2
12 games·last met Jul 2025
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Rankings
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Romania
#33
out of 2,757 players
Europe
#1,512
in continent
World
#2,072
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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