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Sapocinic, Semion
FM🇲🇩FIDE 13908693· Male· Moldova· Born in 2009
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Semion Sapocinic, a 17-year-old Moldovan FIDE Master, is rated 2355 and ranked 10th among Moldovan players, and in the top 1% worldwide. He has held steady between 2300 and 2350 for 7 months. 65 rated games in the past year (≈59/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Campionatul National al RM 2026 la sah clasic Masculin, European Individual Chess Championship 2026, and World Youth Chess Championship 2025 - U16. Also played 5 rapid (including Grand-Prix Moldova 2025. Rapid Finala) and 2 blitz events (including Grand-Prix Moldova 2025. Blitz, finala) recently. He reached Moldovan #12 in May 2026.
Awarded FM in 2025 (age 16). At junior level, he reached World #84 in U12, World #50 in U10 and #1, #1, #1 and #1 nationally in U18, U16, U14 and U8.
Current rating
2355
Standard
Rpd2315·Blz2385
All-time high
2355
at best
Jun 2026 · age 17
Jun 2026 · age 17
Activity
70
games / yr avg. · ≈6/mo
65 past 12 mo · ≈5/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
#10
#10 · Moldovan players · of 336
Career timeline
20 entries2026
1st Moldovan U18 player
at age 17 · rated 2355
Jun 2026
Peak Moldovan rank: #12
at age 17 · rated 2324
May 2026
All-time peak 2324
at age 17
May 2026
2025
Re-crossed 2300
at age 16
Nov 2025
1st Moldovan U16 player
at age 16 · rated 2309
May 2025
FM title awardedFM
at age 16
May 2025
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
+59
2296 → 2355
Tournaments
6
57 games
Score
30/ 5752.6%
16W28D13L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
6 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Round-Robin | May 2026 | 6.5/9 | #2 | 2432 | +31.4 |
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 6.5/10 | #257 | 2441 | +17.2 |
Open Swiss | Oct 2025 | 7.5/11 | #12 | 2387 | +36.8 |
Team | Sep 2025 | 1.5/8 | #61 | 2180 | -21.8 |
Round-Robin | Aug 2025 | 3.5/9 | #8 | 2338 | +8.2 |
Open Swiss | Jul 2025 | 4.5/9 | #87 | 2232 | -14.8 |
Worst Elo result: Romania National Team Championship 2025 - 1st League Open (-21.8 Elo, finished #61).
Most-Played Opponents
vsAlexandr BaranciucFM
🇲🇩MDA·2308
+8 −13 =14
35 games·last met May 2026
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vsIurii Miron
🇲🇩MDA·2070
+9 −5 =12
26 games·last met Apr 2026
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vsRuslan SoltaniciIM
🇲🇩MDA·2274
+8 −6 =8
22 games·last met May 2026
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vsSavva SustovCM
🇲🇩MDA·2062
+13 −1 =8
22 games·last met Nov 2025
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vsStanislav Cebotari
🇲🇩MDA·2220
+6 −4 =11
21 games·last met Apr 2026
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Rankings
/
Moldova
#10
out of 382 players
Europe
#1,663
in continent
World
#2,587
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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