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Veneteanu, Mihai
🇷🇴FIDE 1239090· Male· Romania· Born in 2002
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Mihai Veneteanu, a 24-year-old Romanian player, is rated 2170 — his current career high and sitting in the top 5% of players worldwide. He is progressing steadily with +56 Elo over the past 12 months. 48 rated games in the past year (≈35/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Romania National Amateur Championship 2026, Sasomi Open - 4th ed., and Cluj-Napoca Chess Weekend - 2nd ed.. Also played 1 rapid (including Lions Festival 15th ed. - Open) and 3 blitz events (including Sasomi Open - 4th ed. blitz) recently.
At junior level, he reached #21, #23 and #61 nationally in U20, U18 and U16.
Current rating
2170
Standard
Rpd2091·Blz1974
All-time high
2170
at best
Jun 2026 · age 24
Jun 2026 · age 24
Activity
34
games / yr avg. · ≈3/mo
48 past 12 mo · ≈4/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
Top 5%
#9,915 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
12 entries2026
All-time peak 2170
at age 24
Jun 2026
50th Romanian 20-35 player
at age 24 · rated 2132
May 2026
2025
Crossed 2100
at age 23
Apr 2025
2023
Re-crossed 2000
at age 21
Apr 2023
2022
21st Romanian U20 player
at age 20 · rated 2025
Jul 2022
Crossed 2000
at age 20
Jul 2022
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
COVID-19
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+56
2114 → 2170
Tournaments
8
55 games
Score
42/ 5576.4%
39W6D10L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
8 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Swiss | Jun 2026 | 6.5/7 | #1 | 2380 | +24.8 |
Open Swiss | May 2026 | 4/6 | #8 | 2374 | +38.4 |
Open Swiss | Feb 2026 | 6.5/9 | #7 | 2120 | +5.2 |
Open Swiss | Feb 2026 | 5/8 | #90 | 2067 | -5.6 |
Swiss | Feb 2026 | 6.5/7 | #1 | 2330 | +23.4 |
Swiss | Dec 2025 | 5/7 | #4 | 2042 | -1.4 |
Swiss | Nov 2025 | 4/5 | #6 | 1967 | -11.0 |
Swiss | Oct 2025 | 4.5/6 | #10 | 2146 | +8.0 |
Hot streak: 3 tournaments without losing Elo.
Most-Played Opponents
vsIon-Cristian VeneteanuFM
🇷🇴ROU·2023
+3 −5 =12
20 games·last met Feb 2025
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vsConstantin-Gabriel Ungureanu
🇷🇴ROU·1839
+4 −0 =4
8 games·last met May 2025
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vsViorel Chesa
🇷🇴ROU·1833
+2 −3 =1
6 games·last met Dec 2018
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vsVlad-Bogdan Ghita
🇷🇴ROU·2035
+3 −1 =1
5 games·last met Feb 2026
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vsCristi-Iulian CocaFM
🇷🇴ROU·2225
+0 −3 =2
5 games·last met Dec 2025
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Rankings
/
Romania
#136
out of 2,776 players
Europe
#7,041
in continent
World
#9,915
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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