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Ignat, Matei-Marius
🇷🇴FIDE 1262785· Male· Romania· Born in 2003
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Matei-Marius Ignat, a 23-year-old Romanian player, is rated 2128 and sitting in the top 6% of players worldwide. He has slipped back 31 Elo over the past 12 months. 21 rated games in the past year (≈63/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include March Chess Meeting, Bitcoin Chess Romania 7th ed. - Open, and Bucharest Scheveningen 7. Also played 6 rapid (including Caro Trophy - 4th ed.) and 8 blitz events (including Romanian National Blitz Championship 2025 - Open) recently. His peak of 2171 was reached at age 22 (Mar 2025).
At junior level, he reached #13, #16, #23 and #55 nationally in U20, U18, U16 and U14.
Current rating
2128
Standard
Rpd2125·Blz2183
All-time high
2171
−43 pts below
Mar 2025 · age 22
Mar 2025 · age 22
Activity
50
games / yr avg. · ≈4/mo
21 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
Top 6%
#12,947 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
18 entries2025
44th Romanian 20-35 player
at age 22 · rated 2171
Mar 2025
All-time peak 2171
at age 22 · −43 from today
Mar 2025
2024
Re-crossed 2100
at age 21
Sep 2024
Re-crossed 2100
at age 21
Apr 2024
2023
13th Romanian U20 player
at age 20 · rated 2120
Sep 2023
Crossed 2100
at age 20
Sep 2023
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
COVID-19
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
-32
2160 → 2128
Tournaments
4
21 games
Score
14/ 2166.7%
12W4D5L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
4 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | Mar 2026 | 2/2 | #6 | 2642 | +6.8 |
Swiss | Oct 2025 | 4.5/6 | #7 | 2087 | +0.4 |
Team | Sep 2025 | 3/4 | #2 | 2030 | -7.6 |
Open Swiss | Jul 2025 | 4.5/9 | #77 | 2029 | -30.2 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsMihnea-George ComanCM
🇷🇴ROU·2274
+4 −5 =8
17 games·last met Apr 2026
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vsAndrei-Cristian Bulau
🇷🇴ROU·2194
+3 −10 =3
16 games·last met May 2023
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vsSamuel-Timotei GhimpuIM
🇷🇴ROU·2463
+2 −7 =3
12 games·last met May 2026
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vsAlexandru-Dan Gheorghiu
🇷🇴ROU·1944
+5 −6 =1
12 games·last met Apr 2021
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vsRobert-Gabriel SavaCM
🇷🇴ROU·2329
+6 −2 =3
11 games·last met Mar 2025
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Rankings
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Romania
#163
out of 2,776 players
Europe
#9,355
in continent
World
#12,947
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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