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Popescu, Rares-Stefan
🇷🇴FIDE 1296647· Male· Romania· Born in 2013
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Rares-Stefan Popescu, a 13-year-old Romanian player, is rated 1696. He has held steady between 1650 and 1700 for 7 months. 21 rated games in the past year (≈43/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include National Youth Chess Championships for mixed teams 2025 - U12, Amateur Chess Open - 7th ed., and NYCC Romania 2025 - open U12 - teams. Also played 3 rapid (including Romania National Team Rapid Championship 2025 - Open) and 3 blitz events (including Romanian National Team Blitz Championship 2025 - Open) recently. His peak of 1750 was reached at age 12 (Apr 2025).
At junior level, he reached World #49 in U8 and #46, #16 and #12 nationally in U14, U12 and U10.
Current rating
1696
Standard
Rpd1706·Blz1662
All-time high
1750
−54 pts below
Apr 2025 · age 12
Apr 2025 · age 12
Activity
43
games / yr avg. · ≈4/mo
12 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
#111,386
#111,386 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
11 entries2026
46th Romanian U14 player
at age 13 · rated 1691
Jan 2026
2025
16th Romanian U12 player
at age 12 · rated 1750
Apr 2025
All-time peak 1750
at age 12 · −54 from today
Apr 2025
2024
Best 12-month gain (+430 Elo)
1283 → 1713
Nov 2024
Crossed 1600
at age 11
Mar 2024
Crossed 1500
at age 11
Mar 2024
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
+3
1693 → 1696
Tournaments
3
27 games
Score
14/ 2751.9%
13W10D4L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
2.[L]vsEduard-Gabriel Ionita1,766·National Youth Chess Championships for mixed teams 2025 - U12·R2·-15.7
Last 12 months — tournaments
3 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | Oct 2025 | 5.5/3 | #9 | 2424 | -15.2 |
Swiss | Oct 2025 | 4/2 | #51 | 2270 | -21.2 |
Team | Sep 2025 | 4.5/7 | #9 | 1767 | +23.6 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsYanis-Andrei Ganea
🇷🇴ROU·1935
+4 −6 =5
15 games·last met Apr 2025
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vsRazvan-George Parvu
🇷🇴ROU·2020
+2 −11 =1
14 games·last met Oct 2025
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vsBogdan-Ionut Constantinescu
🇷🇴ROU·1636
+3 −3 =6
12 games·last met Jan 2026
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vsAndrei Stanica
🇷🇴ROU·1984
+2 −6 =3
11 games·last met Apr 2025
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vsAndrei Mihali-Viorescu
🇷🇴ROU·1761
+3 −5 =3
11 games·last met May 2023
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Rankings
/
Romania
#943
out of 2,776 players
Europe
#78,064
in continent
World
#111,383
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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