Format
TG
Turcan, Gheorghe
🇷🇴FIDE 1253760· Male· Romania· Born in 1969
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Gheorghe Turcan, a 57-year-old Romanian player, is rated 1697 — just 27 short of his peak of 1724 (Mar 2024, age 55). He is currently in the 1650–1700 range. 12 rated games in the past year (≈14/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Bicaz City Cup - 17th ed., Sah Activ Cup, and Romania National Championship 3rd League 2025 - group IV Round 3. Also played 6 rapid (including Campulung Moldovenesc Cup - 3rd ed.) and 2 blitz events (including Blitz at Museum - 4th ed.) recently. He had 2 career breaks: 12 months (2015–2016) and 29 months (2016–2019).
Current rating
1697
Standard
Rpd1649·Blz1677
All-time high
1724
−27 pts below
Mar 2024 · age 55
Mar 2024 · age 55
Activity
15
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
12 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#111,029
#111,029 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
17 entries2025
62nd Romanian 55-60 player
at age 56 · rated 1708
Apr 2025
2024
Best 12-month gain (+212 Elo)
1512 → 1724
Mar 2024
Re-crossed 1600
at age 55
Mar 2024
All-time peak 1724
at age 55 · −27 from today
Mar 2024
2023
100 career games
at age 54
Apr 2023
2022
Re-crossed 1500
at age 53
Oct 2022
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
+5
1692 → 1697
Tournaments
4
20 games
Score
12/ 2060.0%
13W0D7L
Top 3 wins
1.[W]vsCristinel Carare1,711·Romania National Championship 3rd League 2025 - group IV Round 3·R3·+10.0
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
4 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Mar 2026 | 3/5 | #44 | 1801 | -10.2 |
Swiss | Nov 2025 | 4/3 | #20 | 2346 | -3.4 |
Team | Sep 2025 | 1/1 | #2 | 2511 | +10.4 |
Swiss | Aug 2025 | 4/3 | #39 | 2467 | +7.4 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsGabriel Ienasoaie
🇷🇴ROU·2021
+3 −11 =2
16 games·last met Nov 2025
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vsRafael IenasoaieCM
🇷🇴ROU·2161
+1 −7 =1
9 games·last met Nov 2024
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vsEugen Durac
🇷🇴ROU·1609
+3 −1 =2
6 games·last met Jun 2021
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vsMatei-Christian Tablan
🇷🇴ROU·1960
+0 −5 =0
5 games·last met Mar 2026
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vsOvidiu Dinca
🇷🇴ROU·1846
+1 −1 =3
5 games·last met May 2025
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Rankings
/
Romania
#938
out of 2,776 players
Europe
#77,855
in continent
World
#111,026
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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