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Taran, Sebastian
CM🇷🇴FIDE 1258141· Male· Romania· Born in 2008
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Sebastian Taran, a 18-year-old Romanian Candidate Master, is rated 2157 and sitting in the top 4% of players worldwide under 18, and in the top 5% worldwide. He has held steady between 2150 and 2200 for 9 months. 71 rated games in the past year (≈57/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Phoenix Cup 13th ed. - Open, Romania National Youth Championships 2026 - open U18, and Romania National Team Championship 2025 - 2nd League. Also played 3 rapid (including NYCC Romania 2025 - rapid open U18 - teams) and 2 blitz events (including NYCC Romania 2025 - blitz open U18 - teams) recently. His peak of 2192 was reached at age 17 (Oct 2025).
Awarded CM in 2025 (age 17). At junior level, he reached #10, #11, #8, #23, #11 and #10 nationally in U18, U16, U14, U12, U10 and U8.
Current rating
2157
Standard
Rpd2096·Blz2019
All-time high
2192
−35 pts below
Oct 2025 · age 17
Oct 2025 · age 17
Activity
59
games / yr avg. · ≈5/mo
56 past 12 mo · ≈5/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
Top 4%
#628 · players worldwide under 18 · of 15,441
Career timeline
16 entries2026
10th Romanian U18 player
at age 18 · rated 2192
Jan 2026
2025
CM title awardedCM
at age 17
Nov 2025
All-time peak 2192
at age 17 · −35 from today
Oct 2025
2024
11th Romanian U16 player
at age 16 · rated 2151
Nov 2024
6-month rising streak
+203 Elo
Nov 2024
Crossed 2100
at age 16
Oct 2024
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
+10
2147 → 2157
Tournaments
7
56 games
Score
35.5/ 5663.4%
25W21D10L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
7 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Swiss | May 2026 | 5.5/7 | #1 | 2098 | -15.6 |
Swiss | Apr 2026 | 5/9 | #12 | 2118 | -20.0 |
Team | Sep 2025 | 5.5/9 | #26 | 2222 | +45.2 |
Team | Sep 2025 | 3/6 | #15 | 2187 | +15.6 |
Open Swiss | Jul 2025 | 4/9 | #98 | 2049 | -46.4 |
Open Swiss | Jul 2025 | 6.5/7 | #1 | 2345 | +43.6 |
Open Swiss | Jun 2025 | 6/9 | #10 | 2064 | -13.6 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsFilip MagoldIM
🇷🇴ROU·2501
+2 −6 =4
12 games·last met Apr 2026
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vsVladimir-Alexandru CnejevIM
🇷🇴ROU·2421
+1 −9 =2
12 games·last met Sep 2025
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vsEric-Matei PrelipceanCM
🇷🇴ROU·2241
+3 −2 =6
11 games·last met Apr 2025
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vsMario-Bogdan Boghici
🇷🇴ROU·1764
+3 −1 =7
11 games·last met Jul 2024
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vsRares-Nicusor Antohi
🇷🇴ROU·1600
+6 −0 =5
11 games·last met Mar 2021
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Rankings
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Romania
#145
out of 2,776 players
Europe
#7,700
in continent
World
#10,778
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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