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Bulmaga, Irina
IM🇷🇴FIDE 13903063· Female· Romania· Born in 1993
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Irina Bulmaga, a 33-year-old Romanian International Master, is rated 2359 and ranked 1st among Romanian women, and in the top 1% worldwide. She has slipped back 32 Elo over the past 12 months. 83 rated games in the past year (≈108/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include 1. Frauenbundesliga 2025-2026 April 2026, International tournament Mikis Theodorakis 2026 A, and PRAGUE INTERNATIONAL CHESS FESTIVAL 2026 - D FIDE open. Also played 5 rapid (including 2025 FIDE World Rapid Team Championship) and 5 blitz events (including 2025 FIDE World Blitz Team Championship Knockout) recently. Her peak of 2453 was reached at age 27 (Feb 2020); she also reached Romanian #19 in Dec 2023.
Competes for Romania since Jan 2010. Awarded WGM in 2012 (age 19), IM in 2013 (age 20), WIM in 2008 (age 15), and WFM in 2005 (age 12). At junior level, she reached World #84 in U20, World #62 in U16, World #81 in U14, World #49 in U12 and #2 nationally in U18.
Current rating
2359
Standard
Rpd2349·Blz2260
All-time high
2453
−94 pts below
Feb 2020 · age 27
Feb 2020 · age 27
Activity
91
games / yr avg. · ≈8/mo
86 past 12 mo · ≈7/mo
classical only
Very active
classical only
Very active
Signature stat
#1
#1 · Romanian women · of 305
Career timeline
32 entries2025
Re-crossed 2400
at age 32
Aug 2025
2024
Re-crossed 2400
at age 31
Aug 2024
2023
Peak Romanian rank: #19
at age 30 · rated 2439
Dec 2023
2022
Re-crossed 2400
at age 29
Aug 2022
2021
Re-crossed 2400
at age 28
Nov 2021
2020
All-time peak 2453
at age 27 · −92 from today
Feb 2020
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
COVID-19
Activity & highlights
Evolution
-34
2393 → 2359
Tournaments
15
97 games
Score
55/ 9756.7%
45W33D19L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
1.[L]vsParaskevas Pantelei Loutragotis1,948·International tournament Mikis Theodorakis 2026 A·R5·-9.2
Last 12 months — tournaments
12 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | May 2026 | 1.5/5 | #41 | 2261 | -6.8 |
Team | May 2026 | 3.5/4 | #3 | 2459 | +4.6 |
Team | Apr 2026 | 1.5/3 | #32 | 2141 | -8.9 |
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 3/6 | #42 | 1968 | -24.0 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 2/2 | #7 | 2850 | +3.7 |
Open Swiss | Feb 2026 | 7/9 | #5 | 2447 | +6.6 |
Open Swiss | Feb 2026 | 4/7 | #50 | 2242 | -10.7 |
Team | Nov 2025 | 2/2 | #5 | 3046 | +6.4 |
Team | Nov 2025 | 5.5/7 | #6 | 2380 | +2.6 |
Team | Oct 2025 | 4/5 | #30 | 2330 | +0.4 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsCorina-Isabela PeptanIM
🇷🇴ROU·2303
+10 −13 =14
37 games·last met Dec 2022
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vsElena-Luminita CosmaWGM
🇷🇴ROU·2234
+10 −5 =19
34 games·last met Dec 2024
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vsMihaela SanduWGM
🇷🇴ROU·2186
+11 −6 =7
24 games·last met Oct 2024
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vsVladislav NevednichyGM
🇷🇴ROU·2441
+0 −7 =16
23 games·last met Jul 2024
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vsMonika SockoGM
🇵🇱POL·2355
+5 −9 =6
20 games·last met Jan 2025
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Rankings
/
Romania
#32
out of 2,776 players
Europe
#1,595
in continent
World
#2,493
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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