Format
MF
Magold, Filip
IM🇷🇴FIDE 1254456· Male· Romania· Born in 2008
Follow Filip MagoldTrack his monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
Filip Magold, a 18-year-old Romanian International Master, is rated 2501 — his current career high and ranked 1st among Romanian players under 18, and in the top 1% worldwide. He is on a steady climb with +56 Elo over the past 12 months. 111 rated games in the past year (≈62/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Romania National Youth Championships 2026 - open U18, Reykjavik Open 2026, and HUN Team Ch. Super League Szabo L Memorial Partial R 5. Also played 5 rapid (including Craiova Grand Prix 2025) and 5 blitz events (including Romanian National Team Blitz Championship 2025 - Open) recently. He reached Romanian #8 in Mar 2026.
Awarded IM in 2025 (age 17) and FM in 2023 (age 15). Earned a GM norm at Romania National Open Championship 2026. At junior level, he reached World #16 in U18, World #25 in U16, World #34 in U14, World #23 in U12, World #50 in U10 and World #66 in U8.
Current rating
2501
Standard
Rpd2442·Blz2354
All-time high
2501
at best
May 2026 · age 18
May 2026 · age 18
Activity
91
games / yr avg. · ≈8/mo
111 past 12 mo · ≈9/mo
classical only
Very active
classical only
Very active
Signature stat
#1
#1 · Romanian players under 18 · of 208
Career timeline
19 entries2026
16th U18 player worldwide
at age 18 · rated 2501
May 2026
Crossed 2500
at age 18
May 2026
All-time peak 2501
at age 18
May 2026
Peak Romanian rank: #8
at age 18 · rated 2484
Mar 2026
2025
IM title awardedIM
at age 17 · 2025 1st FIDE Council
Apr 2025
2024
25th U16 player worldwide
at age 16 · rated 2414
May 2024
Standard rating history
Activity & highlights
Best comeback
Romania National Team Championship 2025 - 1st League Openfinished #3 (seeded #25 of 80)
Evolution
+51
2450 → 2501
Tournaments
15
101 games
Score
73.5/ 10172.8%
56W35D10L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
3.[L]vsVladimir-Alexandru CnejevIM2,321·Romania National Junior Championships 2025 - open U20·R4·-6.6
Last 12 months — tournaments
12 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Swiss | Apr 2026 | 7.5/9 | #1 | 2485 | +1.6 |
Open Swiss | Mar 2026 | 6.5/9 | #10 | 2584 | +13.6 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 0.5/1 | #41 | 2627 | +1.9 |
Open Swiss | Feb 2026 | 7/9 | #3 | 2601 | +17.0 |
Team | Jan 2026 | 1/1 | #29 | 3402 | +6.9 |
Team | Jan 2026 | 1/1 | #15 | 3111 | +3.0 |
Open Swiss | Nov 2025 | 5.5/9 | #26 | 2367 | -9.6 |
Open Swiss | Oct 2025 | 6/9 | #10 | 2470 | +1.9 |
Open Swiss | Oct 2025 | 2/3 | #177 | 2599 | +5.8 |
Team | Sep 2025 | 7/9 | #3 | 2530 | +10.1 |
Hot streak: 6 tournaments without losing Elo.
Most-Played Opponents
vsVladimir-Alexandru CnejevIM
🇷🇴ROU·2419
+6 −9 =12
27 games·last met Apr 2026
View head-to-head →
vsAndrei FilipFM
🇷🇴ROU·2323
+11 −4 =10
25 games·last met Sep 2025
View head-to-head →
vsDavid Cr. RaduCM
🇷🇴ROU·2128
+10 −5 =3
18 games·last met Apr 2026
View head-to-head →
vsIosif Ciocani
🇷🇴ROU·2197
+12 −2 =4
18 games·last met Aug 2025
View head-to-head →
vsEric-Matei PrelipceanCM
🇷🇴ROU·2241
+8 −3 =4
15 games·last met Apr 2026
View head-to-head →
Rankings
/
Romania
#8
out of 2,757 players
Europe
#328
in continent
World
#574
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
Europe
World
Romania
| 1 | 🇷🇴Follow Bogdan-Daniel DeacTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,650 |
| 2 | 🇷🇴Follow Liviu-Dieter NisipeanuTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,582 |
| 3 | 🇷🇴Follow Constantin LupulescuTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,577 |
| 4 | 🇷🇴Follow Alexander MotylevTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,550 |
| 5 | 🇷🇴Follow David GavrilescuTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,545 |
| 6 | 🇷🇴Follow Costica-Ciprian NanuTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,517 |
| 7 | 🇷🇴Follow Mircea-Emilian ParligrasTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,507 |
| 8 | 2,501 | |
| 9 | 🇷🇴Follow Felix-Antonio IlincaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,486 |
| 10 | 🇷🇴Follow Lucian-Costin MironTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,484 |
Europe
| 1 | 🇳🇴Follow Magnus CarlsenTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,840 |
| 2 | 🇳🇱Follow Anish GiriTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,767 |
| 3 | 🇩🇪Follow Vincent KeymerTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,759 |
| 3 | 🇫🇷Follow Alireza FirouzjaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,759 |
| 5 | 🇵🇱Follow Jan-Krzysztof DudaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,739 |
| 6 | 🇳🇱Follow Jorden Van ForeestTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,735 |
| 7 | 🇭🇺Follow Richard RapportTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,729 |
| 8 | 🇫🇷Follow Maxime Vachier-LagraveTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,717 |
| 8 | 🇦🇿Follow Shakhriyar MamedyarovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,717 |
| 10 | 🇹🇷Follow Yagiz Kaan ErdogmusTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,708 |
| ... | ||
| 328 | 2,501 | |
World
| 1 | 🇳🇴Follow Magnus CarlsenTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,840 |
| 2 | 🇺🇸Follow Hikaru NakamuraTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,792 |
| 3 | 🇺🇸Follow Fabiano CaruanaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,788 |
| 4 | 🇺🇿Follow Nodirbek AbdusattorovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,780 |
| 5 | 🇺🇿Follow Javokhir SindarovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,776 |
| 6 | 🇳🇱Follow Anish GiriTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,767 |
| 7 | 🇩🇪Follow Vincent KeymerTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,759 |
| 7 | 🇫🇷Follow Alireza FirouzjaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,759 |
| 9 | 🇺🇸Follow Wesley SoTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,754 |
| 10 | 🇨🇳Follow Yi WeiTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,753 |
| ... | ||
| 574 | 2,501 | |