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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 1916. He plays occasionally (9 games in the last 12 months) and had 3 career breaks: 19 months (2021–2022), 14 months (2022–2024) and 14 months (2024–2025). 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. 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
1916
Standard
Rpd1881·Blz1900
All-time high
2018
−102 pts below
Apr 2017 · age 17
Apr 2017 · age 17
Activity
3
games / yr avg.
9 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Occasional
classical only
Occasional
Signature stat
#44,297
#44,297 · players worldwide · of 216,808
Career timeline
18 entries2024
Inactive for 14 months
paused at 1912 → returned at 1917
Jun 2024
2022
Inactive for 14 months
paused at 1859 → returned at 1915
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
Last 12 months — activity & highlights
Evolution
+4
1912 → 1916
Tournaments
1
9 games
Score
6.5/ 972.2%
6W1D2L
Top 3 wins
Top 2 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
1 event| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Jul 2025 | 6.5/9 | #10 | 1917 | +4.4 |
Rankings
/
Romania
#386
out of 2,757 players
Europe
#32,656
in continent
World
#44,297
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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