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Saioc, David
🇷🇴FIDE 1269569· Male· Romania· Born in 2008
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David Saioc, a 18-year-old Romanian player, is rated 2147 — his current career high and sitting in the top 4% of players worldwide under 18, and in the top 5% worldwide. He is on a breakout run, having gained +108 Elo over the past 12 months. 68 rated games in the past year (≈64/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Romania National Youth Championships 2026 - open U18, February Chess Meeting, and European Youth Chess Championship 2025 - Open U18. Also played 5 rapid (including Romania National Team Rapid Championship 2025 - Open) and 3 blitz events (including Romanian National Team Blitz Championship 2025 - Open) recently.
At junior level, he reached #14, #8, #4, #4 and #11 nationally in U18, U16, U14, U12 and U10.
Current rating
2147
Standard
Rpd2005·Blz1912
All-time high
2147
at best
May 2026 · age 18
May 2026 · age 18
Activity
56
games / yr avg. · ≈5/mo
59 past 12 mo · ≈5/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
Top 4%
#661 · players worldwide under 18 · of 15,441
Career timeline
13 entries2026
All-time peak 2147
at age 18
May 2026
14th Romanian U18 player
at age 18 · rated 2137
Jan 2026
2025
Crossed 2100
at age 17
Sep 2025
2024
500 career games
at age 16
May 2024
8th Romanian U16 player
at age 16 · rated 2067
Jan 2024
2022
4th Romanian U14 player
at age 14 · rated 2051
Oct 2022
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
COVID-19
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
+108
2039 → 2147
Tournaments
9
65 games
Score
31/ 6547.7%
21W29D15L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
9 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Swiss | Apr 2026 | 5.5/9 | #8 | 2160 | +39.6 |
Team | Feb 2026 | 1.5/3 | #6 | 1914 | -30.8 |
Open Swiss | Oct 2025 | 4/9 | #65 | 2105 | -3.2 |
Swiss | Oct 2025 | 4.5/6 | #6 | 2160 | +23.6 |
Team | Oct 2025 | 2/2 | #3 | 2649 | +15.2 |
Team | Sep 2025 | 0.5/3 | #68 | 2064 | -4.8 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 5/9 | #9 | 2200 | +48.3 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 4.5/9 | #70 | 2149 | +29.0 |
Open Swiss | Jul 2025 | 3.5/9 | #114 | 2014 | -9.8 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsVladimir-Alexandru CnejevIM
🇷🇴ROU·2421
+2 −21 =2
25 games·last met Apr 2026
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vsDavid Cr. RaduCM
🇷🇴ROU·2128
+4 −14 =3
21 games·last met May 2026
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vsIosif Ciocani
🇷🇴ROU·2197
+5 −6 =9
20 games·last met May 2026
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vsAndrei-Octavian Ulian
🇷🇴ROU·1973
+5 −11 =2
18 games·last met Oct 2025
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vsMatei-Andrei CoicevFM
🇷🇴ROU·2353
+4 −10 =3
17 games·last met Aug 2025
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Rankings
/
Romania
#152
out of 2,776 players
Europe
#8,215
in continent
World
#11,463
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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