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Obada, Ema
WFM🇷🇴FIDE 1234803· Female· Romania· Born in 2005
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Ema Obada, a 21-year-old Romanian Woman FIDE Master, is rated 2183 — her current career high and ranked 10th among Romanian women, and in the top 4% worldwide. She is progressing steadily with +70 Elo over the past 12 months. 49 rated games in the past year. Recent standard appearances include European Individual Chess Championship 2026, Romania National Women Championship 2026, and Romania National Team Championship 2025 - 1st League Women. Also played 5 rapid (including Corneliu Butnariu Memorial - rapid chess) and 1 blitz events (including NYCC Romania 2025 - blitz girls U20 - teams) recently.
Awarded WFM in 2023 (age 18) and WCM in 2018 (age 13). At junior level, she reached World #38 in U8 and #12, #10, #13, #10, #5 and #4 nationally in U20, U18, U16, U14, U12 and U10.
Current rating
2183
Standard
Rpd2125·Blz2101
All-time high
2183
at best
May 2026 · age 21
May 2026 · age 21
Activity
51
games / yr avg. · ≈4/mo
49 past 12 mo · ≈4/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
#10
#10 · Romanian women · of 305
Career timeline
21 entries2026
44th Romanian 20-35 player
at age 21 · rated 2183
May 2026
All-time peak 2183
at age 21
May 2026
2025
12th Romanian U20 player
at age 20 · rated 2172
Sep 2025
Re-crossed 2100
at age 20
Apr 2025
2024
Re-crossed 2000
at age 19
May 2024
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 19
Jan 2024
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
+70
2113 → 2183
Tournaments
6
49 games
Score
29/ 4959.2%
20W18D11L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
6 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 4.5/11 | #340 | 2192 | +2.0 |
Swiss | Feb 2026 | 6/9 | #5 | 2192 | +14.6 |
Team | Sep 2025 | 5/6 | #3 | 2176 | +6.6 |
Team | Sep 2025 | 3.5/5 | #5 | 2021 | -12.2 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 4.5/9 | #71 | 2175 | +13.6 |
Open Swiss | Jul 2025 | 5.5/9 | #30 | 2302 | +45.6 |
Hot streak: 3 tournaments without losing Elo.
Most-Played Opponents
vsMihaela-Ioana Trifoi
🇷🇴ROU·1950
+14 −5 =11
30 games·last met Apr 2024
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vsIlinca-Petra Batagan
🇷🇴ROU·1965
+15 −1 =8
24 games·last met Dec 2025
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vsStephanie MatasaruWCM
🇷🇴ROU·1912
+15 −4 =5
24 games·last met Apr 2023
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vsLuciana-Gabriela Stan
🇷🇴ROU·2028
+12 −7 =4
23 games·last met Sep 2025
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vsMiruna-Daria LehaciWIM
🇷🇴ROU·2289
+10 −4 =6
20 games·last met Feb 2025
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Rankings
/
Romania
#125
out of 2,776 players
Europe
#6,424
in continent
World
#9,107
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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