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Creanga, Robert-Ionut
FM🇷🇴FIDE 1251406· Male· Romania· Born in 2006
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Robert-Ionut Creanga, a 20-year-old Romanian FIDE Master, is rated 2228 and sitting in the top 4% of Romanian players, and in the top 3% worldwide. He has slipped back 40 Elo over the past 12 months. 27 rated games in the past year (≈55/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Romania National Open Championship 2026, Bucharest Chess Weekend 64th ed., and Romania National Championship 3rd League 2025 - group I Rounds 4-5. Also played 1 rapid (including xchess.ai Elite Clubs Series I) and 2 blitz events (including Five o'clock blitz - 58th ed.) recently. He took a 15-month break between May 2024 and Sep 2025. His peak of 2284 was reached at age 17 (Dec 2023, Romanian #63 at the time).
Awarded FM in 2025 (age 19) and CM in 2017 (age 11). At junior level, he reached World #68 in U14, World #32 in U12, World #15 in U10 and #5, #2, #3 and #4 nationally in U20, U18, U16 and U8.
Current rating
2228
Standard
Rpd2140·Blz2166
All-time high
2284
−56 pts below
Dec 2023 · age 17
Dec 2023 · age 17
Activity
21
games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo
27 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
Top 4%
#94 · Romanian players · of 2,187
Career timeline
25 entries2025
5th Romanian U20 player
at age 19 · rated 2274
Sep 2025
FM title awardedFM
at age 19
Sep 2025
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 19
Jan 2025
2024
Inactive for 15 months
paused at 2268 → returned at 2274
May 2024
2nd Romanian U18 player
at age 18 · rated 2284
Jan 2024
2023
Peak Romanian rank: #63
at age 17 · rated 2284
Dec 2023
Standard rating history
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
-40
2268 → 2228
Tournaments
5
27 games
Score
17.5/ 2764.8%
12W11D4L
Top 3 wins
1.[W]vsVladimir-Alexandru CnejevIM2,321·Romania National Junior Championships 2025 - open U20·R3·+11.3
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
5 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Feb 2026 | 4.5/9 | #41 | 2076 | -37.2 |
Open Swiss | Dec 2025 | 6/7 | #1 | 2271 | +3.0 |
Team | Oct 2025 | 0.5/1 | #6 | 2010 | -8.0 |
Team | Aug 2025 | 0.5/1 | #10 | 2130 | -3.8 |
Swiss | Aug 2025 | 6/9 | #5 | 2253 | +5.6 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsTeodor-Cosmin NedelcuFM
🇷🇴ROU·2333
+4 −10 =8
22 games·last met Aug 2025
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vsRadu-Fabian Dobre
🇷🇴ROU·2050
+6 −4 =8
18 games·last met Jul 2019
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vsVladimir-Alexandru CnejevIM
🇷🇴ROU·2419
+6 −3 =5
14 games·last met Mar 2026
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vsRadu Tampea
🇷🇴ROU·2157
+5 −4 =5
14 games·last met Apr 2023
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vsHunor-Zoltan AntalFM
🇷🇴ROU·2212
+5 −2 =6
13 games·last met Oct 2025
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Rankings
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Romania
#94
out of 2,757 players
Europe
#4,680
in continent
World
#6,776
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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