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Candea, Victor-Gabriel
🇷🇴FIDE 1272748· Male· Romania· Born in 2009
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Victor-Gabriel Candea, a 17-year-old Romanian player, is rated 1477. He has held steady between 1450 and 1500 for 9 months. 14 rated games in the past year (≈5/year long-term). Recent appearances: NYCC Romania 2025 - open U16 - teams and Arad Grand Prix 2025 - B. Also played 1 rapid (including NYCC Romania 2025 - rapid open U16 - teams) and 1 blitz events (including NYCC Romania 2025 - blitz open U16 - teams) recently. His peak of 1558 was reached at age 15 (Mar 2024).
At junior level, he reached #73 and #19 nationally in U14 and U12.
Current rating
1477
Standard
Rpd1553·Blz1555
All-time high
1558
−81 pts below
Mar 2024 · age 15
Mar 2024 · age 15
Activity
8
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
14 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Occasional
classical only
Occasional
Signature stat
#194,440
#194,440 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
9 entries2024
Best 12-month gain (+347 Elo)
1211 → 1558
Mar 2024
Crossed 1500
at age 15
Mar 2024
Re-crossed 1400
at age 15
Mar 2024
All-time peak 1558
at age 15 · −81 from today
Mar 2024
2022
73rd Romanian U14 player
at age 13 · rated 1315
Mar 2022
2021
19th Romanian U12 player
at age 12 · rated 1403
Jan 2021
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
-27
1504 → 1477
Tournaments
2
16 games
Score
4.5/ 1628.1%
4W1D11L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
2 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | Sep 2025 | 1/6 | #25 | 1516 | -51.2 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 3.5/8 | #129 | 1672 | +24.4 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsClara-Andreea Milea
🇷🇴ROU·1512
+4 −4 =1
9 games·last met May 2024
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vsZeno-Andrei Ponta-Facalet
🇷🇴ROU·1971
+0 −7 =0
7 games·last met Jul 2024
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vsRuben-Daniel Balaceanu
🇷🇴ROU·1637
+4 −1 =1
6 games·last met Nov 2023
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vsVlad-Cristian Miculit
🇷🇴ROU·1854
+0 −6 =0
6 games·last met Nov 2022
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Rankings
/
Romania
#1,866
out of 2,776 players
Europe
#120,736
in continent
World
#194,352
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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