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Popa, Gabriel
🇷🇴FIDE 1233165· Male· Romania· Born in 2000
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Gabriel Popa, a 26-year-old Romanian player, is rated 1910. He has held steady between 1900 and 1950 for 2 years. 21 rated games in the past year (≈22/year long-term). Recent appearance: Brasov Grand Prix 2025 - B. Also played 1 rapid (including Open Rapid The Square) and 1 blitz events (including Open Blitz The Square) recently. He had 3 career breaks: 19 months (2021–2022), 17 months (2022–2024) and 14 months (2024–2025). His peak of 2018 was reached at age 17 (Apr 2017).
At junior level, he reached #16, #18, #16, #23 and #14 nationally in U20, U18, U16, U14 and U12.
Current rating
1910
Standard
Rpd1903·Blz1904
All-time high
2018
−108 pts below
Apr 2017 · age 17
Apr 2017 · age 17
Activity
7
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
21 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Occasional
classical only
Occasional
Signature stat
#45,636
#45,636 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
18 entries2024
Inactive for 14 months
paused at 1912 → returned at 1917
Jun 2024
2022
Inactive for 17 months
paused at 1859 → returned at 1912
Dec 2022
84th Romanian 20-35 player
at age 22 · rated 1883
Apr 2022
2021
Inactive for 19 months
paused at 1883 → returned at 1859
Apr 2021
2019
16th Romanian U20 player
at age 19 · rated 1911
Aug 2019
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 19
Jan 2019
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
-2
1912 → 1910
Tournaments
3
21 games
Score
14.5/ 2169.0%
13W3D5L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
3 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | May 2026 | 4.5/6 | #4 | 1983 | +11.0 |
Open Swiss | May 2026 | 3.5/6 | #12 | 1766 | -17.4 |
Open Swiss | Jul 2025 | 6.5/9 | #10 | 1917 | +4.4 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsIulian-Marinica Galatanu
🇷🇴ROU·1947
+7 −9 =4
20 games·last met Feb 2021
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vsSamuel-Timotei GhimpuIM
🇷🇴ROU·2463
+6 −10 =2
18 games·last met Apr 2026
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vsViorel-Adrian Ciobanu
🇷🇴ROU·2206
+1 −6 =6
13 games·last met Jan 2019
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vsConstantin Calinoiu
🇷🇴ROU·1554
+8 −2 =0
10 games·last met Jan 2020
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vsLucian Jugaru
🇷🇴ROU·1909
+5 −3 =2
10 games·last met Jan 2019
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Rankings
/
Romania
#398
out of 2,776 players
Europe
#33,658
in continent
World
#45,635
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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