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Butusina, Samuel
🇷🇴FIDE 1241672· Male· Romania· Born in 2002
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Samuel Butusina, a 24-year-old Romanian player, is rated 1886 — just 10 short of his peak of 1896 (Mar 2024, age 22). He plays occasionally (7 games in the last 12 months) and had 2 career breaks: 12 months (2017–2018) and 34 months (2022–2025). Recent appearance: Arad Grand Prix 2025 - B. Also played 1 rapid (including Pegas Summer 2nd ed. - A) and 2 blitz events (including Arad blitz 2025) recently.
At junior level, he reached #36, #38, #33, #40 and #83 nationally in U20, U18, U16, U14 and U12.
Current rating
1886
Standard
Rpd1847·Blz1886
All-time high
1896
−10 pts below
Mar 2024 · age 22
Mar 2024 · age 22
Activity
2
games / yr avg.
7 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Occasional
classical only
Occasional
Signature stat
#51,561
#51,561 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
17 entries2024
All-time peak 1896
at age 22 · −10 from today
Mar 2024
2023
99th Romanian 20-35 player
at age 21 · rated 1826
Sep 2023
2022
Inactive for 34 months
paused at 1826 → returned at 1886
Oct 2022
36th Romanian U20 player
at age 20 · rated 1829
Apr 2022
2021
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 19
Jan 2021
2020
38th Romanian U18 player
at age 18 · rated 1823
Dec 2020
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
-10
1896 → 1886
Tournaments
1
7 games
Score
5/ 771.4%
5W0D2L
Top 3 wins
Top 2 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
1 event| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 5/7 | #53 | 1830 | -9.6 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsRodel-Marinel Rujan
🇷🇴ROU·1847
+3 −3 =1
7 games·last met Aug 2021
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vsPaul-Alexandru Paraschiv
🇷🇴ROU·2144
+0 −7 =0
7 games·last met Aug 2021
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vsDavid Balaceanu
🇷🇴ROU·1717
+1 −3 =3
7 games·last met Jun 2019
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vsDan-Calin Ambru
🇷🇴ROU·1994
+0 −5 =0
5 games·last met Feb 2025
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vsSamuel Panc
🇷🇴ROU·2061
+3 −1 =1
5 games·last met Jun 2021
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Rankings
/
Romania
#449
out of 2,776 players
Europe
#37,931
in continent
World
#51,560
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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