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Covaciu, Alexandru-Marian
🇷🇴FIDE 1273671· Male· Romania· Born in 2008
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Alexandru-Marian Covaciu, a 18-year-old Romanian player, is rated 1976 — his current career high. He is rising rapidly, having gained +164 Elo over the past 12 months. 50 rated games in the past year (≈21/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Romania National Youth Championships 2026 - open U18, Romania National Open Championship 2026, and Fortress Trophy 2025 - Classic Chess. Also played 10 rapid (including Craiova Grand Prix 2025) and 3 blitz events (including Romania National Blitz Youth Championships 2025 - U18) recently. He had 2 career breaks: 33 months (2019–2022, COVID-19 included) and 13 months (2022–2023).
At junior level, he reached #29 and #54 nationally in U18 and U16.
Current rating
1976
Standard
Rpd1929·Blz2042
All-time high
1976
at best
May 2026 · age 18
May 2026 · age 18
Activity
42
games / yr avg. · ≈4/mo
41 past 12 mo · ≈3/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
#31,484
#31,484 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
9 entries2026
29th Romanian U18 player
at age 18 · rated 1976
May 2026
All-time peak 1976
at age 18
May 2026
2025
100 career games
at age 17
Jun 2025
Crossed 1800
at age 17
Mar 2025
2024
54th Romanian U16 player
at age 16 · rated 1758
Nov 2024
Best 12-month gain (+602 Elo)
1114 → 1716
Sep 2024
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
+163
1813 → 1976
Tournaments
6
42 games
Score
24.5/ 4258.3%
21W7D14L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
6 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Swiss | Apr 2026 | 5/9 | #15 | 2058 | +66.8 |
Open Swiss | Feb 2026 | 4/9 | #45 | 1987 | +33.2 |
Swiss | Nov 2025 | 3.5/6 | #23 | 1875 | -22.4 |
Swiss | Nov 2025 | 4.5/6 | #4 | 2042 | +68.8 |
Team | Oct 2025 | 2/2 | #1 | 2355 | +16.0 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 5.5/9 | #32 | 1798 | 0.0 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsTudor Bichis
🇷🇴ROU·1587
+4 −2 =0
6 games·last met May 2026
View head-to-head →
vsFerenc-Attila Papp
🇷🇴ROU·1809
+2 −3 =0
5 games·last met Feb 2025
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vsAlexandru-David Korcsek
🇷🇴ROU·2171
+1 −4 =0
5 games·last met Aug 2024
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vsRazvan-Andrei Burja-Udrea
🇷🇴ROU·1992
+1 −1 =3
5 games·last met May 2023
View head-to-head →
Rankings
/
Romania
#298
out of 2,776 players
Europe
#23,283
in continent
World
#31,483
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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