Format
BA
Balaban-Voia, Alexandru
🇷🇴FIDE 1241575· Male· Romania· Born in 2005
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Alexandru Balaban-Voia, a 21-year-old Romanian player, is rated 2103 — his current career high and sitting in the top 7% of players worldwide. He is progressing steadily with +38 Elo over the past 12 months. 76 rated games in the past year (≈43/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Romania National Amateur Championship 2026, Sasomi Open - 4th ed., and 11th Berecz Memorial - Group A. Also played 6 rapid (including UVT Grand Prix 6th leg - rapid A) and 8 blitz events (including Arad blitz 2025) recently.
At junior level, he reached World #47 in U12, World #33 in U8 and #17, #14, #18, #10 and #8 nationally in U20, U18, U16, U14 and U10.
Current rating
2103
Standard
Rpd2151·Blz2128
All-time high
2103
at best
Mar 2026 · age 21
Mar 2026 · age 21
Activity
42
games / yr avg. · ≈4/mo
76 past 12 mo · ≈6/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
Top 7%
#15,147 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
18 entries2026
62nd Romanian 20-35 player
at age 21 · rated 2103
Mar 2026
Crossed 2100
at age 21
Mar 2026
All-time peak 2103
at age 21
Mar 2026
2025
17th Romanian U20 player
at age 20 · rated 2095
Oct 2025
500 career games
at age 20
Oct 2025
2024
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 19
Jan 2024
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
COVID-19
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
+38
2065 → 2103
Tournaments
11
78 games
Score
46.5/ 7859.6%
37W21D20L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
9 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Feb 2026 | 6/9 | #14 | 2103 | +5.0 |
Open Swiss | Feb 2026 | 6/9 | #32 | 2078 | +0.2 |
Swiss | Dec 2025 | 4/7 | #19 | 2214 | +24.0 |
Swiss | Dec 2025 | 3.5/6 | #5 | 1920 | -14.6 |
Swiss | Nov 2025 | 4.5/7 | #10 | 2019 | -6.0 |
Team | Sep 2025 | 5.5/9 | #23 | 2173 | +24.4 |
Team | Sep 2025 | 2/4 | #9 | 2060 | -1.0 |
Swiss | Aug 2025 | 6/6 | #1 | 2604 | +18.0 |
Swiss | Aug 2025 | 4/9 | #16 | 1988 | -19.2 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsAlexandru-David Korcsek
🇷🇴ROU·2171
+6 −4 =6
16 games·last met Feb 2026
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vsMihai-Lucian GrunbergIM
🇷🇴ROU·2381
+2 −10 =2
14 games·last met Nov 2025
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vsDaniel-Cristian PadureanCM
🇷🇴ROU·2174
+2 −3 =8
13 games·last met Dec 2025
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vsCristian-Daniel Oltean
🇷🇴ROU·2148
+1 −3 =9
13 games·last met Nov 2025
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vsTeodor-Cosmin NedelcuFM
🇷🇴ROU·2313
+3 −7 =2
12 games·last met Oct 2025
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Rankings
/
Romania
#180
out of 2,776 players
Europe
#11,001
in continent
World
#15,147
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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