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Vaduva, Ion-Valentin
🇷🇴FIDE 1268570· Male· Romania· Born in 2009
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Ion-Valentin Vaduva, a 17-year-old Romanian player, is rated 1938. He is progressing steadily with +51 Elo over the past 12 months. 77 rated games in the past year (≈36/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Romania National Youth Championships 2026 - open U18, Caras Severin County Chess Championship 2026, and Romania National Open Championship 2026. Also played 5 rapid (including 21st Memorial Rapid Tournament "Uros Dinic") and 2 blitz events (including Resita County Blitz Chess Championship) recently. His peak of 1988 was reached at age 17 (Apr 2026).
At junior level, he reached #29, #19, #12, #35, #52 and #17 nationally in U18, U16, U14, U12, U10 and U8.
Current rating
1938
Standard
Rpd1986·Blz2019
All-time high
1988
−50 pts below
Apr 2026 · age 17
Apr 2026 · age 17
Activity
53
games / yr avg. · ≈4/mo
77 past 12 mo · ≈6/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
#39,212
#39,212 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
13 entries2026
29th Romanian U18 player
at age 17 · rated 1988
Apr 2026
All-time peak 1988
at age 17 · −50 from today
Apr 2026
2025
19th Romanian U16 player
at age 16 · rated 1944
Oct 2025
Re-crossed 1800
at age 16
Jan 2025
2024
Crossed 1800
at age 15
Sep 2024
2023
12th Romanian U14 player
at age 14 · rated 1667
Jan 2023
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
+13
1925 → 1938
Tournaments
10
80 games
Score
41.5/ 8051.9%
34W19D27L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
10 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Swiss | Apr 2026 | 4/9 | #18 | 1881 | -50.4 |
Round-Robin | Mar 2026 | 9/11 | #3 | 2048 | +77.2 |
Open Swiss | Feb 2026 | 4/9 | #52 | 1975 | +39.2 |
Swiss | Dec 2025 | 3/4 | #16 | 2201 | -15.2 |
Open Swiss | Nov 2025 | 4.5/6 | #3 | 1856 | -55.6 |
Team | Sep 2025 | 3.5/5 | #81 | 1978 | +2.8 |
Team | Sep 2025 | 2/2 | #17 | 2673 | +37.6 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 3.5/9 | #28 | 1923 | +24.4 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 2.5/8 | #147 | 1924 | +24.0 |
Open Swiss | Jul 2025 | 5.5/9 | #18 | 1755 | -70.0 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsAlexandru-David Korcsek
🇷🇴ROU·2171
+4 −22 =2
28 games·last met Mar 2026
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vsAlin StinguCM
🇷🇴ROU·2024
+8 −14 =3
25 games·last met May 2026
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vsAlbert-Marian Dragoi
🇷🇴ROU·1860
+6 −15 =1
22 games·last met Mar 2026
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vsIoan Calomfirescu
🇷🇴ROU·1826
+3 −7 =5
15 games·last met Dec 2025
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vsCatalin-Vlad-Aurelian Gutu
🇷🇴ROU·1664
+8 −1 =4
13 games·last met Mar 2024
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Rankings
/
Romania
#358
out of 2,776 players
Europe
#28,956
in continent
World
#39,211
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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