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Gazdaru, Rares
🇷🇴FIDE 1278428· Male· Romania· Born in 2011
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Rares Gazdaru, a 15-year-old Romanian player, is rated 2069 — just 6 short of his peak of 2075 (Oct 2025, age 14) and sitting in the top 4% of players worldwide under 16, and in the top 8% worldwide. He is on a steady climb with +41 Elo over the past 12 months. 37 rated games in the past year (≈34/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Ploiesti Open - Rompetrol, Minerva Braila Trophy 4th ed. - A, and Braila County Chess Championship 2025 - Open. Also played 6 rapid (including Rapid by Ten - 2nd edition) and 2 blitz events (including Five o'clock blitz - 60th ed.) recently.
At junior level, he reached World #68 in U10, World #57 in U8 and #13, #8 and #6 nationally in U16, U14 and U12.
Current rating
2069
Standard
Rpd2085·Blz1956
All-time high
2075
−6 pts below
Oct 2025 · age 14
Oct 2025 · age 14
Activity
39
games / yr avg. · ≈3/mo
37 past 12 mo · ≈3/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
Top 4%
#782 · players worldwide under 16 · of 20,363
Career timeline
11 entries2026
13th Romanian U16 player
at age 15 · rated 2068
Jan 2026
2025
All-time peak 2075
at age 14 · −6 from today
Oct 2025
8th Romanian U14 player
at age 14 · rated 2036
Jan 2025
2024
Best 12-month gain (+364 Elo)
1681 → 2045
Sep 2024
Crossed 2000
at age 13
Aug 2024
2023
Crossed 1800
at age 12
Dec 2023
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+41
2028 → 2069
Tournaments
6
37 games
Score
29/ 3778.4%
24W10D3L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
2.[L]vsIulian-Marinica Galatanu1,924·Romania National Championship 3rd League 2025 - group III·R1·-26.1
Last 12 months — tournaments
6 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Nov 2025 | 5/7 | #8 | 2018 | -6.0 |
Swiss | Nov 2025 | 4.5/6 | #4 | 2010 | -10.4 |
Swiss | Nov 2025 | 6.5/7 | #1 | 2096 | +9.6 |
Swiss | Sep 2025 | 5.5/7 | #3 | 2135 | +42.4 |
Team | Aug 2025 | 2/3 | #5 | 1971 | -4.4 |
Open Swiss | Jul 2025 | 5.5/7 | #3 | 2029 | +9.2 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsDragos Stefan LeuFM
🇷🇴ROU·2283
+2 −9 =3
14 games·last met Mar 2026
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vsRandi-Ioan GalesFM
🇷🇴ROU·2289
+3 −4 =7
14 games·last met Sep 2024
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vsDavid Gazdaru
🇷🇴ROU·1770
+5 −1 =0
6 games·last met Mar 2026
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vsSebastian TaranCM
🇷🇴ROU·2157
+1 −5 =0
6 games·last met Jul 2025
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vsValerica Lalu
🇷🇴ROU·1590
+2 −2 =1
5 games·last met Jan 2026
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Rankings
/
Romania
#201
out of 2,776 players
Europe
#13,548
in continent
World
#18,527
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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