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Onica, Victor-Dominic
🇷🇴FIDE 1274023· Male· Romania· Born in 2009
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Victor-Dominic Onica, a 17-year-old Romanian player, is rated 2101 — just 3 short of his peak of 2104 (Oct 2025, age 16) and sitting in the top 7% of players worldwide. He is climbing fast, having gained +246 Elo over the past 12 months. 52 rated games in the past year (≈16/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Romania Individual Championship "Education Through Chess" 2026 - Open 17, Sasomi Open - 4th ed., and NYCC Romania 2025 - open U16 - teams. Also played 2 rapid (including NYCC Romania 2025 - rapid open U16 - teams) and 2 blitz events (including UVT Grand Prix 2nd leg blitz) recently. He took a 34-month break between Mar 2020 and Feb 2023 (COVID-19 included).
At junior level, he reached World #42 in U8 and #18, #12, #32, #49 and #16 nationally in U18, U16, U14, U12 and U10.
Current rating
2101
Standard
Rpd1949·Blz1804
All-time high
2104
−3 pts below
Oct 2025 · age 16
Oct 2025 · age 16
Activity
28
games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo
34 past 12 mo · ≈3/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
Top 7%
#15,324 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
14 entries2026
Re-crossed 2100
at age 17
Apr 2026
18th Romanian U18 player
at age 17 · rated 2102
Jan 2026
2025
12th Romanian U16 player
at age 16 · rated 2104
Oct 2025
Crossed 2100
at age 16
Oct 2025
All-time peak 2104
at age 16 · −3 from today
Oct 2025
Crossed 2000
at age 16
Sep 2025
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
+132
1969 → 2101
Tournaments
4
34 games
Score
27/ 3479.4%
23W8D3L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
4 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Round-Robin | Feb 2026 | 6.5/9 | #3 | 2054 | +17.6 |
Open Swiss | Feb 2026 | 6/9 | #36 | 2044 | -20.8 |
Team | Sep 2025 | 6.5/7 | #1 | 2269 | +55.6 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 8/9 | #1 | 2197 | +78.0 |
Rankings
/
Romania
#181
out of 2,776 players
Europe
#11,124
in continent
World
#15,324
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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