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Craciun, Sasha-Matei
FM🇷🇴FIDE 1281186· Male· Romania· Born in 2008
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Sasha-Matei Craciun, a 18-year-old Romanian FIDE Master, is rated 2239 and ranked 8th among Romanian players under 18, and in the top 3% worldwide. He has slipped back 65 Elo over the past 12 months. 76 rated games in the past year (≈44/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Romania National Youth Championships 2026 - open U18, Romania National Open Championship 2026, and European Youth Chess Championship 2025 - Open U18. Also played 7 rapid (including Craiova Grand Prix 2025) and 7 blitz events (including Romanian National Team Blitz Championship 2025 - Open) recently. His peak of 2325 was reached at age 17 (Mar 2025, Romanian #53 at the time).
Awarded FM in 2025 (age 17) and CM in 2024 (age 16). At junior level, he reached #3, #4, #3, #15 and #15 nationally in U18, U16, U14, U12 and U10.
Current rating
2239
Standard
Rpd2307·Blz2282
All-time high
2325
−86 pts below
Mar 2025 · age 17
Mar 2025 · age 17
Activity
66
games / yr avg. · ≈6/mo
76 past 12 mo · ≈6/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
#8
#8 · Romanian players under 18 · of 208
Career timeline
16 entries2025
FM title awardedFM
at age 17
Apr 2025
Peak Romanian rank: #53
at age 17 · rated 2325
Mar 2025
3rd Romanian U18 player
at age 17 · rated 2325
Mar 2025
Crossed 2300
at age 17
Mar 2025
All-time peak 2325
at age 17 · −86 from today
Mar 2025
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 17
Mar 2025
Standard rating history
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
-81
2320 → 2239
Tournaments
8
72 games
Score
36.5/ 7250.7%
22W37D13L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
7 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Swiss | Apr 2026 | 6.5/9 | #2 | 2316 | +27.6 |
Open Swiss | Feb 2026 | 4.5/9 | #40 | 2178 | -1.2 |
Open Swiss | Oct 2025 | 4.5/9 | #42 | 2247 | -14.0 |
Open Swiss | Oct 2025 | 4.5/11 | #91 | 1980 | -82.6 |
Team | Sep 2025 | 1/3 | #117 | 2191 | -10.4 |
Round-Robin | Aug 2025 | 6/9 | #4 | 2367 | +14.8 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 5.5/9 | #25 | 2274 | -6.6 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsIosif Ciocani
🇷🇴ROU·2197
+12 −4 =2
18 games·last met Apr 2026
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vsVladimir-Alexandru CnejevIM
🇷🇴ROU·2419
+6 −6 =6
18 games·last met Oct 2025
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vsEric-Matei PrelipceanCM
🇷🇴ROU·2241
+8 −3 =6
17 games·last met Apr 2026
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vsAndrei NegreanFM
🇷🇴ROU·2353
+12 −3 =1
16 games·last met Nov 2025
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vsMatei-Andrei CoicevFM
🇷🇴ROU·2360
+5 −4 =5
14 games·last met Feb 2026
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Rankings
/
Romania
#89
out of 2,757 players
Europe
#4,311
in continent
World
#6,293
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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