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Sava, Robert-Gabriel
CM🇷🇴FIDE 1265725· Male· Romania· Born in 2010
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Robert-Gabriel Sava, a 16-year-old Romanian Candidate Master, is rated 2329 — his current career high and ranked 3rd among Romanian players under 16, and in the top 1% worldwide. He is climbing fast, having gained +174 Elo over the past 12 months. 62 rated games in the past year (≈57/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Romania National Youth Championships 2026 - open U18, Romania National Open Championship 2026, and SixDays Budapest November 2025 - IM-A. Also played 12 rapid (including 2025 FIDE World Rapid Team Championship) and 6 blitz events (including 2025 FIDE World Blitz Team Championship Pool A) recently. He reached Romanian #47 in May 2026.
Awarded CM in 2025 (age 15). At junior level, he reached World #90 in U12, World #46 in U10 and #3, #5 and #2 nationally in U16, U14 and U8.
Current rating
2329
Standard
Rpd2181·Blz2340
All-time high
2329
at best
May 2026 · age 16
May 2026 · age 16
Activity
51
games / yr avg. · ≈4/mo
53 past 12 mo · ≈4/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
#3
#3 · Romanian players under 16 · of 227
Career timeline
16 entries2026
Peak Romanian rank: #47
at age 16 · rated 2329
May 2026
3rd Romanian U16 player
at age 16 · rated 2329
May 2026
Crossed 2300
at age 16
May 2026
All-time peak 2329
at age 16
May 2026
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 16
May 2026
2025
Re-crossed 2200
at age 15
Dec 2025
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
COVID-19
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
+208
2121 → 2329
Tournaments
6
59 games
Score
30.5/ 5951.7%
21W27D11L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
1.[L]vsSebastian TaranCM2,173·National Chess Championship Education by chess for mixed teams 2026 - U18·R5·-14.2
Last 12 months — tournaments
4 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Swiss | Apr 2026 | 6.5/9 | #4 | 2401 | +74.0 |
Open Swiss | Feb 2026 | 5/9 | #22 | 2206 | -22.8 |
Round-Robin | Nov 2025 | 6/9 | #2 | 2368 | +86.4 |
Team | Sep 2025 | 3.5/8 | #44 | 2219 | +11.2 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsBogdan-Andrei Ivancescu
🇷🇴ROU·2044
+12 −3 =7
22 games·last met Feb 2026
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vsYurii Vardanian
🇺🇦UKR·2091
+12 −2 =7
21 games·last met Sep 2024
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vsCosmin TanasieFM
🇷🇴ROU·2300
+11 −5 =4
20 games·last met Mar 2026
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vsMatei-Andrei CoicevFM
🇷🇴ROU·2353
+3 −4 =12
19 games·last met Nov 2025
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vsIoan-Lucian Axente
🇷🇴ROU·1599
+17 −0 =0
17 games·last met Apr 2025
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Rankings
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Romania
#47
out of 2,776 players
Europe
#2,092
in continent
World
#3,209
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
Europe
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