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Pandelescu, Maria-Catalina
🇷🇴FIDE 1264257· Female· Romania· Born in 2008
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Maria-Catalina Pandelescu, a 18-year-old Romanian player, is rated 1898. She is rising rapidly, having gained +95 Elo over the past 12 months. 61 rated games in the past year (≈46/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Romania National Youth Championships 2026 - girls U18, Florin Gheorghiu International Chess Festival 7th ed. - Open, and Romania National Women Championship 2026. Also played 10 rapid (including Craiova Grand Prix 2025) and 4 blitz events (including Bucharest Blitz Championship 2025) recently. Her peak of 1936 was reached at age 18 (Mar 2026).
At junior level, she reached #32, #45, #25, #72 and #92 nationally in U18, U16, U14, U12 and U10.
Current rating
1898
Standard
Rpd1847·Blz1755
All-time high
1936
−38 pts below
Mar 2026 · age 18
Mar 2026 · age 18
Activity
49
games / yr avg. · ≈4/mo
52 past 12 mo · ≈4/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
#48,605
#48,605 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
11 entries2026
All-time peak 1936
at age 18 · −38 from today
Mar 2026
32nd Romanian U18 player
at age 18 · rated 1931
Feb 2026
2025
Crossed 1800
at age 17
Mar 2025
2024
6-month rising streak
+303 Elo
May 2024
2023
45th Romanian U16 player
at age 15 · rated 1601
Jan 2023
2022
25th Romanian U14 player
at age 14 · rated 1658
Feb 2022
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
+95
1803 → 1898
Tournaments
7
53 games
Score
35/ 5366.0%
30W10D13L
Top 3 wins
3.[W]vsMarika-Nicolas Mihaila1,988·Florin Gheorghiu International Chess Festival 7th ed. - Open·R6·+23.6
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
6 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Round-Robin | Apr 2026 | 5.5/9 | #3 | 1841 | -25.2 |
Swiss | Mar 2026 | 4/5 | #12 | 2009 | -12.4 |
Swiss | Feb 2026 | 4.5/9 | #20 | 1932 | +4.0 |
Round-Robin | Jan 2026 | 8/9 | #1 | 2056 | +57.6 |
Open Swiss | Dec 2025 | 4.5/7 | #12 | 1856 | -8.8 |
Team | Sep 2025 | 3/4 | #4 | 1957 | +20.0 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsLia-Alexandra MariaWFM
🇷🇴ROU·2001
+3 −8 =2
13 games·last met Apr 2026
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vsDaria-Ana Marcu
🇷🇴ROU·2024
+3 −8 =0
11 games·last met Apr 2026
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vsIoana-Teodora Stoenescu
🇷🇴ROU·1692
+4 −4 =2
10 games·last met Sep 2025
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vsMaria Pirvan
🇷🇴ROU·1778
+5 −3 =1
9 games·last met Apr 2026
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vsMaria-Antonia Aldea
🇷🇴ROU·1965
+1 −7 =0
8 games·last met Aug 2025
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Rankings
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Romania
#424
out of 2,776 players
Europe
#35,805
in continent
World
#48,604
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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