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Mogirzan, Matei-Valeriu
CM🇷🇴FIDE 1257455· Male· Romania· Born in 2008
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Matei-Valeriu Mogirzan, a 18-year-old Romanian Candidate Master, is rated 2100 and sitting in the top 7% of players worldwide. He is on a steady climb with +54 Elo over the past 12 months. 42 rated games in the past year (≈20/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Romania National Youth Championships 2026 - open U18, Cotnari Chess Academy Cup 2026, and Brasov Grand Prix 2025 - A. Also played 9 rapid (including Grand Prix Iasi 7) and 2 blitz events (including International Chess Tournament Mihail Sadoveanu - blitz) recently. He took a 47-month break between Sep 2019 and Sep 2023 (COVID-19 included). His peak of 2179 was reached at age 18 (Mar 2026).
Awarded CM in 2016 (age 8). At junior level, he reached World #18 in U10, World #37 in U8 and #12, #12, #13 and #6 nationally in U18, U16, U14 and U12.
Current rating
2100
Standard
Rpd2179·Blz1982
All-time high
2179
−79 pts below
Mar 2026 · age 18
Mar 2026 · age 18
Activity
25
games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo
42 past 12 mo · ≈4/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
Top 7%
#15,434 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
14 entries2026
All-time peak 2179
at age 18 · −79 from today
Mar 2026
12th Romanian U18 player
at age 18 · rated 2175
Jan 2026
2025
Crossed 2100
at age 17
Aug 2025
2024
12th Romanian U16 player
at age 16 · rated 2086
Sep 2024
Crossed 2000
at age 16
Sep 2024
2021
13th Romanian U14 player
at age 13 · rated 1813
Jan 2021
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+8
2092 → 2100
Tournaments
5
38 games
Score
24/ 3863.2%
22W4D12L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
5 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Swiss | Apr 2026 | 4/9 | #22 | 1981 | -78.8 |
Open Swiss | Jan 2026 | 4/5 | #12 | 2088 | +3.6 |
Open Swiss | Jul 2025 | 3/8 | #127 | 2161 | +26.0 |
Open Swiss | Jul 2025 | 5.5/8 | #15 | 2123 | +33.6 |
Team | Jul 2025 | 7.5/4 | #2 | 2702 | +23.2 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsGeorge StoleriuFM
🇷🇴ROU·2379
+1 −7 =0
8 games·last met May 2026
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vsRares Plugaru
🇷🇴ROU·2199
+2 −4 =0
6 games·last met May 2026
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vsAlin-Marian Lucaci
🇷🇴ROU·2171
+5 −0 =1
6 games·last met Apr 2026
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vsNicodim-Cosmin StepanencuFM
🇷🇴ROU·2345
+0 −4 =2
6 games·last met Jan 2026
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vsAndrei FilipFM
🇷🇴ROU·2323
+1 −3 =1
5 games·last met May 2026
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Rankings
/
Romania
#182
out of 2,776 players
Europe
#11,209
in continent
World
#15,434
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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