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Vilcu, Matei-Stefan
🇷🇴FIDE 1245058· Male· Romania· Born in 2005
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Matei-Stefan Vilcu, a 21-year-old Romanian player, is rated 2214 and sitting in the top 5% of Romanian players, and in the top 3% worldwide. He is on a steady climb with +69 Elo over the past 12 months. 26 rated games in the past year (≈51/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Romania National Team Championship 2025 - 2nd League, Brasov Grand Prix 2025 - A, and International Chess Tournament Mihail Sadoveanu - 37th ed.. Also played 8 rapid (including Grand Prix Iasi 7) and 1 blitz events (including Palas Cup 2025 - blitz) recently. His peak of 2260 was reached at age 18 (Mar 2023, Romanian #83 at the time).
At junior level, he reached World #85 in U10 and #8, #4, #5, #5 and #2 nationally in U20, U18, U16, U14 and U12.
Current rating
2214
Standard
Rpd2059·Blz2082
All-time high
2260
−46 pts below
Mar 2023 · age 18
Mar 2023 · age 18
Activity
34
games / yr avg. · ≈3/mo
26 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
Top 5%
#106 · Romanian players · of 2,168
Career timeline
18 entries2025
8th Romanian U20 player
at age 20 · rated 2213
Dec 2025
Re-crossed 2200
at age 20
Oct 2025
2024
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 19
Jan 2024
2023
Peak Romanian rank: #83
at age 18 · rated 2260
Mar 2023
4th Romanian U18 player
at age 18 · rated 2260
Mar 2023
All-time peak 2260
at age 18 · −46 from today
Mar 2023
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
COVID-19
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
+69
2145 → 2214
Tournaments
2
18 games
Score
10.5/ 1858.3%
6W9D3L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
2 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | Sep 2025 | 5.5/9 | #24 | 2297 | +24.6 |
Open Swiss | Jul 2025 | 5/9 | #52 | 2208 | +17.4 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsHunor-Zoltan AntalFM
🇷🇴ROU·2212
+7 −2 =10
19 games·last met Apr 2023
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vsDragos-Andrei AntonicaFM
🇷🇴ROU·2299
+0 −12 =4
16 games·last met Apr 2022
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vsNicodim-Cosmin StepanencuFM
🇷🇴ROU·2345
+2 −8 =5
15 games·last met May 2026
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vsCristian-Stefan SerbanFM
🇷🇴ROU·2268
+1 −7 =7
15 games·last met Apr 2023
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vsAlexandru CalinFM
🇷🇴ROU·2190
+0 −6 =5
11 games·last met Mar 2026
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Rankings
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Romania
#106
out of 2,776 players
Europe
#5,169
in continent
World
#7,434
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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