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Santimbrean, Mihnea-Nicolae
🇷🇴FIDE 1260944· Male· Romania· Born in 2009
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Mihnea-Nicolae Santimbrean, a 17-year-old Romanian player, is rated 1964 — his current career high. He is on a breakout run, having gained +109 Elo over the past 12 months. 51 rated games in the past year (≈30/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Romania Individual Championship "Education Through Chess" 2026 - Open 17, Romania National Amateur Championship 2026, and Sasomi Open - 4th ed.. Also played 6 rapid (including Alba Grand Prix Rapid 2025) and 5 blitz events (including Sasomi Open - 4th ed. blitz) recently.
At junior level, he reached #30, #29, #11, #14, #5 and #18 nationally in U18, U16, U14, U12, U10 and U8.
Current rating
1964
Standard
Rpd1880·Blz1669
All-time high
1964
at best
Apr 2026 · age 17
Apr 2026 · age 17
Activity
27
games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo
51 past 12 mo · ≈4/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#33,826
#33,826 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
13 entries2026
30th Romanian U18 player
at age 17 · rated 1964
Apr 2026
All-time peak 1964
at age 17
Apr 2026
Re-crossed 1800
at age 17
Mar 2026
2024
Crossed 1800
at age 15
Mar 2024
29th Romanian U16 player
at age 15 · rated 1713
Jan 2024
2023
11th Romanian U14 player
at age 14 · rated 1718
Apr 2023
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
+109
1855 → 1964
Tournaments
9
53 games
Score
31.5/ 5359.4%
29W5D19L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
9 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Round-Robin | Feb 2026 | 4/9 | #7 | 1887 | +27.2 |
Open Swiss | Feb 2026 | 6.5/8 | #21 | 2180 | +121.2 |
Open Swiss | Feb 2026 | 4.5/8 | #180 | 1990 | +50.8 |
Swiss | Jan 2026 | 4/7 | #7 | 1647 | -52.8 |
Team | Oct 2025 | 1/1 | #5 | 2303 | +5.6 |
Team | Sep 2025 | 1/1 | #7 | 2364 | +7.2 |
Swiss | Aug 2025 | 4/7 | #3 | 1765 | -29.6 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 5.5/9 | #41 | 1776 | -42.4 |
Team | Jun 2025 | 1/1 | #1 | 2670 | +20.8 |
Worst Elo result: National School Contest "Elisabeta Polihroniade" 2026 Open 17 (-52.8 Elo, finished #7).
Most-Played Opponents
vsBogdan-Iacob Santimbrean
🇷🇴ROU·1779
+12 −1 =0
13 games·last met May 2026
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vsTudor Grosu
🇷🇴ROU·1733
+4 −3 =2
9 games·last met Sep 2025
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vsDaniel-Ioan Gabor
🇷🇴ROU·1869
+1 −6 =1
8 games·last met Sep 2025
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vsVlad-Cristian Miculit
🇷🇴ROU·1854
+2 −4 =1
7 games·last met Oct 2025
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vsKarla Marina Panici
🇷🇴ROU·1848
+4 −1 =2
7 games·last met Aug 2025
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Rankings
/
Romania
#317
out of 2,776 players
Europe
#25,012
in continent
World
#33,825
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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