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Botea, David-Alexandru
FM🇷🇴FIDE 1263293· Male· Romania· Born in 2008
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David-Alexandru Botea, a 18-year-old Romanian FIDE Master, is rated 2270 — just 30 short of his peak of 2300 (Sep 2025, age 17) and ranked 6th among Romanian players under 18, and in the top 2% worldwide. He is on a breakout run, having gained +83 Elo over the past 12 months. 68 rated games in the past year (≈61/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Romania National Youth Championships 2026 - open U20, Int. Graz Open 2026 - A, and Ploiesti Open - Rompetrol. Also played 5 rapid (including Alba Grand Prix Rapid 2025) and 3 blitz events (including Romanian National Team Blitz Championship 2025 - Open) recently. He reached Romanian #64 in Sep 2025.
Awarded FM in 2025 (age 17) and CM in 2021 (age 13). At junior level, he reached World #82 in U10, World #80 in U8 and #8, #6, #5 and #3 nationally in U18, U16, U14 and U12.
Current rating
2270
Standard
Rpd2150·Blz2037
All-time high
2300
−30 pts below
Sep 2025 · age 17
Sep 2025 · age 17
Activity
65
games / yr avg. · ≈5/mo
65 past 12 mo · ≈5/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
#6
#6 · Romanian players under 18 · of 203
Career timeline
19 entries2026
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 18
Mar 2026
2025
FM title awardedFM
at age 17
Nov 2025
Peak Romanian rank: #64
at age 17 · rated 2300
Sep 2025
8th Romanian U18 player
at age 17 · rated 2300
Sep 2025
Crossed 2300
at age 17
Sep 2025
Crossed 2200
at age 17
Sep 2025
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
COVID-19
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
+104
2166 → 2270
Tournaments
8
65 games
Score
42/ 6564.6%
29W26D10L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
8 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | May 2026 | 4/6 | #9 | 2380 | +54.8 |
Swiss | Apr 2026 | 5.5/9 | #4 | 2164 | -2.4 |
Open Swiss | Feb 2026 | 4.5/9 | #140 | 2160 | -49.2 |
Open Swiss | Nov 2025 | 6/7 | #1 | 2216 | +10.0 |
Team | Sep 2025 | 7/9 | #5 | 2368 | +34.8 |
Team | Sep 2025 | 3.5/7 | #10 | 1998 | -77.6 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 6.5/9 | #14 | 2350 | +84.0 |
Open Swiss | Jul 2025 | 5/9 | #41 | 2265 | +49.4 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsVladimir-Alexandru CnejevIM
🇷🇴ROU·2421
+5 −9 =4
18 games·last met May 2026
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vsDavid Cr. RaduCM
🇷🇴ROU·2128
+4 −6 =6
16 games·last met Apr 2024
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vsIosif Ciocani
🇷🇴ROU·2197
+4 −7 =3
14 games·last met Sep 2025
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vsAlbert-Marian Dragoi
🇷🇴ROU·1860
+10 −2 =1
13 games·last met Apr 2024
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vsDaniel Dumitrescu
🇷🇴ROU·2095
+2 −7 =3
12 games·last met Oct 2025
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Rankings
/
Romania
#74
out of 2,776 players
Europe
#3,444
in continent
World
#5,096
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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