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Samson, Maria
🇷🇴FIDE 1251830· Female· Romania· Born in 2008
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Maria Samson, a 18-year-old Romanian player, is rated 1638. She has slipped back 34 Elo over the past 12 months. 13 rated games in the past year (≈16/year long-term). Recent appearances: Romania National Youth Championships 2026 - girls U18 and NYCC Romania 2025 - girls U18 - teams. Also played 1 rapid (including NYCC Romania 2025 - rapid girls U18 - teams) and 1 blitz events (including NYCC Romania 2025 - blitz girls U18 - teams) recently. She had 2 career breaks: 19 months (2022–2024) and 16 months (2024–2025). Her peak of 1673 was reached at age 16 (Mar 2024).
At junior level, she reached #98, #68, #51, #58 and #25 nationally in U18, U16, U14, U12 and U10.
Current rating
1638
Standard
Rpd1614·Blz1615
All-time high
1673
−35 pts below
Mar 2024 · age 16
Mar 2024 · age 16
Activity
4
games / yr avg.
13 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Occasional
classical only
Occasional
Signature stat
#132,679
#132,679 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
14 entries2025
98th Romanian U18 player
at age 17 · rated 1626
Oct 2025
2024
Inactive for 16 months
paused at 1672 → returned at 1626
May 2024
Crossed 1600
at age 16
Mar 2024
Crossed 1500
at age 16
Mar 2024
All-time peak 1673
at age 16 · −35 from today
Mar 2024
2023
68th Romanian U16 player
at age 15 · rated 1455
Jan 2023
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
-34
1672 → 1638
Tournaments
2
13 games
Score
3.5/ 1326.9%
2W3D8L
Top 3 wins
1.[W]vsIoana-Denisa CalugareanuWCM1,805·Romania National Youth Championships 2026 - girls U18·R1·+28.9
2.[D]vsMaria-Catalina Pandelescu1,924·Romania National Youth Championships 2026 - girls U18·R2·+13.5
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
2 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Round-Robin | Apr 2026 | 3/9 | #9 | 1676 | +12.0 |
Team | Sep 2025 | 0.5/4 | #15 | 1412 | -46.0 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsLia-Alexandra MariaWFM
🇷🇴ROU·2001
+1 −12 =2
15 games·last met Apr 2026
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vsDaria-Ana Marcu
🇷🇴ROU·2024
+3 −5 =0
8 games·last met Apr 2026
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vsStefania Salajan
🇷🇴ROU·1890
+3 −4 =1
8 games·last met Jul 2021
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vsOana-Bianca Stan
🇷🇴ROU·1587
+6 −1 =0
7 games·last met Sep 2025
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vsMaria Pirvan
🇷🇴ROU·1778
+1 −4 =1
6 games·last met Apr 2026
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Rankings
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Romania
#1,163
out of 2,776 players
Europe
#90,488
in continent
World
#132,673
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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