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Prelipcean, Eric-Matei
CM🇷🇴FIDE 1263269· Male· Romania· Born in 2008
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Eric-Matei Prelipcean, a 18-year-old Romanian Candidate Master, is rated 2241 — his current career high and ranked 9th among Romanian players under 18, and in the top 3% worldwide. He is climbing fast, having gained +159 Elo over the past 12 months. 92 rated games in the past year (≈64/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Romania National Youth Championships 2026 - open U18, Florin Gheorghiu International Chess Festival 7th ed. - Open, and March Chess Meeting. Also played 13 rapid (including NYCC Romania 2025 - rapid open U18 - teams) and 9 blitz events (including Arad blitz 2025) recently. He reached Romanian #87 in May 2026.
Awarded CM in 2026 (age 18). At junior level, he reached World #100 in U10, World #40 in U8 and #7, #7, #3 and #7 nationally in U18, U16, U14 and U12.
Current rating
2241
Standard
Rpd2132·Blz2043
All-time high
2241
at best
May 2026 · age 18
May 2026 · age 18
Activity
66
games / yr avg. · ≈6/mo
83 past 12 mo · ≈7/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
#9
#9 · Romanian players under 18 · of 203
Career timeline
20 entries2026
Peak Romanian rank: #87
at age 18 · rated 2241
May 2026
7th Romanian U18 player
at age 18 · rated 2241
May 2026
All-time peak 2241
at age 18
May 2026
CM title awardedCM
at age 18
Apr 2026
Crossed 2200
at age 18
Apr 2026
2025
Re-crossed 2100
at age 17
Sep 2025
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
COVID-19
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
+159
2082 → 2241
Tournaments
13
83 games
Score
54/ 8365.1%
43W22D18L
Top 3 wins
2.[W]vsVladimir-Alexandru CnejevIM2,422·Romania National Youth Championships 2026 - open U18·R3·+29.6
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
6 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Swiss | Apr 2026 | 5.5/9 | #10 | 2274 | +39.2 |
Swiss | Mar 2026 | 5/6 | #2 | 2249 | +25.2 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 2/2 | #7 | 2642 | +10.8 |
Open Swiss | Feb 2026 | 6.5/9 | #16 | 2117 | -3.2 |
Team | Feb 2026 | 3/3 | #2 | 2714 | +28.8 |
Open Swiss | Jan 2026 | 5.5/7 | #2 | 2196 | +33.2 |
Hot streak: 3 tournaments without losing Elo.
Most-Played Opponents
vsVladimir-Alexandru CnejevIM
🇷🇴ROU·2421
+3 −15 =8
26 games·last met Apr 2026
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vsIosif Ciocani
🇷🇴ROU·2197
+3 −9 =9
21 games·last met May 2026
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vsSasha-Matei CraciunFM
🇷🇴ROU·2263
+3 −8 =6
17 games·last met Apr 2026
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vsFilip MagoldIM
🇷🇴ROU·2501
+3 −9 =4
16 games·last met May 2026
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vsPavel-Alexandru NastoreFM
🇷🇴ROU·2330
+1 −12 =3
16 games·last met Aug 2025
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Rankings
/
Romania
#88
out of 2,776 players
Europe
#4,240
in continent
World
#6,199
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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