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Cutitaru, Marius
🇺🇸FIDE 13909614· Male· United States of America· Born in 2008
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Marius Cutitaru, a 18-year-old American player, is rated 1821 — his current career high. He is climbing fast, having gained +84 Elo over the past 12 months. 18 rated games in the past year (≈9/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include 2026 Charlotte February Open - Championship, CCC Tuesday Night Action 128 - Top, and 2026 Charlotte Open - U2100. Also played 1 rapid (including CCC Rapid - October 2025) and 1 blitz events (including CCC Blitz - October 2025) recently. He had 2 career breaks: 40 months (2018–2022, COVID-19 included) and 26 months (2023–2025).
Competes for United States of America since Dec 2021. At junior level, he reached #47 nationally in U10.
Current rating
1821
Standard
Rpd1661·Blz1774
All-time high
1821
at best
Jun 2026 · age 18
Jun 2026 · age 18
Activity
8
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
18 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Occasional
classical only
Occasional
Signature stat
#69,867
#69,867 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
9 entries2026
Crossed 1800
at age 18
Jun 2026
All-time peak 1821
at age 18
Jun 2026
2024
Crossed 1600
at age 16
Mar 2024
2023
Inactive for 26 months
paused at 1561 → returned at 1731
Jul 2023
2021
Switched federation: MDA → USA
at age 13
Dec 2021
2018
47th American U10 player
at age 10 · rated 1358
Aug 2018
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
+84
1737 → 1821
Tournaments
9
18 games
Score
9/ 1850.0%
7W4D7L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
9 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Swiss | May 2026 | 1/1 | #34 | 2692 | +25.2 |
Open Swiss | Feb 2026 | 1.5/2 | #35 | 1988 | +24.8 |
Swiss | Feb 2026 | 1/2 | #35 | 1921 | +18.0 |
Open Swiss | Jan 2026 | 1.5/3 | #50 | 1766 | 0.0 |
Swiss | Jan 2026 | 0/1 | #47 | 1076 | -14.0 |
Swiss | Oct 2025 | 1/2 | #26 | 1815 | +9.2 |
Swiss | Sep 2025 | 1/1 | #11 | 2668 | +27.2 |
Swiss | Sep 2025 | 1.5/5 | #40 | 1794 | -14.4 |
Swiss | Sep 2025 | 0.5/1 | #45 | 1894 | +8.4 |
Hot streak: 4 tournaments without losing Elo.
Rankings
/
United States of America
#1,999
out of 5,510 players
Americas
#7,948
in continent
World
#69,866
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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