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Marcu, Daria-Ana
🇷🇴FIDE 1274139· Female· Romania· Born in 2008
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Daria-Ana Marcu, a 18-year-old Romanian player, is rated 2024 — just 19 short of her peak of 2043 (Oct 2025, age 17) and sitting in the top 4% of women worldwide under 18. She is rising rapidly, having gained +105 Elo over the past 12 months. 84 rated games in the past year (≈44/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Romania National Youth Championships 2026 - girls U18, Valcea Trophy - 6th ed., and Cotnari Chess Academy Cup 2026. Also played 7 rapid (including Alba Grand Prix Rapid 2025) and 3 blitz events (including Pitesti International Open 2026 - B) recently.
At junior level, she reached #20, #38, #31, #28 and #81 nationally in U18, U16, U14, U12 and U10.
Current rating
2024
Standard
Rpd1805·Blz1777
All-time high
2043
−19 pts below
Oct 2025 · age 17
Oct 2025 · age 17
Activity
63
games / yr avg. · ≈5/mo
75 past 12 mo · ≈6/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
Top 4%
#104 · women worldwide under 18 · of 2,457
Career timeline
11 entries2025
20th Romanian U18 player
at age 17 · rated 2043
Oct 2025
Crossed 2000
at age 17
Oct 2025
All-time peak 2043
at age 17 · −19 from today
Oct 2025
Crossed 1800
at age 17
Mar 2025
2023
38th Romanian U16 player
at age 15 · rated 1689
Nov 2023
2022
31st Romanian U14 player
at age 14 · rated 1567
Apr 2022
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
+126
1898 → 2024
Tournaments
9
67 games
Score
45.5/ 6767.9%
41W9D17L
Top 3 wins
1.[W]vsAndreea NavrotescuWGM2,276·Romania National Team Championship 2025 - 1st League Women·R3·+31.7
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
8 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Round-Robin | Apr 2026 | 7.5/9 | #1 | 2034 | +22.4 |
Swiss | Mar 2026 | 4.5/6 | #4 | 1940 | -10.8 |
Open Swiss | Jan 2026 | 4/6 | #19 | 1919 | -20.0 |
Open Swiss | Oct 2025 | 5.5/11 | #36 | 2029 | -8.8 |
Team | Sep 2025 | 2/4 | #23 | 2159 | +38.4 |
Team | Sep 2025 | 4/4 | #1 | 2539 | +35.6 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 7/9 | #5 | 2082 | +107.9 |
Open Swiss | Jul 2025 | 6/9 | #21 | 1911 | +16.3 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsLia-Alexandra MariaWFM
🇷🇴ROU·2001
+4 −15 =1
20 games·last met Apr 2026
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vsMaria Pirvan
🇷🇴ROU·1778
+10 −4 =2
16 games·last met Apr 2026
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vsMaria-Catalina Pandelescu
🇷🇴ROU·1898
+8 −3 =0
11 games·last met Apr 2026
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vsMaria-Ioana Mihalea
🇷🇴ROU·1796
+6 −4 =1
11 games·last met Nov 2023
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vsAlexia Andries
🇷🇴ROU·1763
+5 −3 =2
10 games·last met May 2026
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Rankings
/
Romania
#243
out of 2,776 players
Europe
#17,688
in continent
World
#24,014
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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