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Buznea, Iustin

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FIDEFIDE 13913557· Male· Moldova· Born in 2013

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Iustin Buznea, a 13-year-old Moldovan player, is rated 1846 — his current career high. He is climbing fast, having gained +118 Elo over the past 12 months. 22 rated games in the past year. Recent standard appearances include Campionatul National al RM 2026, sah clasic, OPEN U14, European Youth Chess Championship 2025 - Open U12, and International Chess In School Festival - A. Also played 1 rapid (including Ziua Mondiala a sahului 2025) and 1 blitz events (including EYCC 2025 - 1st Blitz Tournament) recently. He reached Moldovan #85 in May 2026.

At junior level, he reached #6, #4 and #1 nationally in U14, U12 and U10.

Current rating

1846

Standard

Rpd1720·Blz1673

All-time high

1846

at best
May 2026 · age 13

Activity

23

games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo

22 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Moderately active

Signature stat

#62,566

#62,566 · players worldwide · of 218,279

Career timeline

9 entries
2026
Peak Moldovan rank: #85
at age 13 · rated 1846
May 2026
All-time peak 1846
at age 13
May 2026
6th Moldovan U14 player
at age 13 · rated 1844
Apr 2026
Crossed 1800
at age 13
Apr 2026
2024
4th Moldovan U12 player
at age 11 · rated 1712
Apr 2024
Best 12-month gain (+384 Elo)
1328 → 1712
Apr 2024

Standard rating history

Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
FIDE recal.

Activity & highlights

Best result
International Chess In School Festival - A
perf 2012 (+263) · 6.5/7 · #2
Top opponent
vs Vladislav Ivarlac 2,054
Campionatul National al RM 2026, sah clasic, OPEN U14 · Feb 2026 · +10.8 Elo
Evolution
+120
1726 → 1846
Tournaments
3
24 games
Score
16/ 2466.7%
13W6D5L

Last 12 months — tournaments

3 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
Campionatul National al RM 2026, sah clasic, OPEN U14
Swiss
Feb 20265.5/7#11989+81.6
European Youth Chess Championship 2025 - Open U12
Open Swiss
Oct 20254/8#941880+14.0
International Chess In School Festival - A
Team
Jul 20256.5/7#22012+22.4
Hot streak: 3 tournaments without losing Elo.

Most-Played Opponents

vsAlexandra Grebeniuc
🇲🇩MDA·2051
+2 −2 =3
7 games·last met Aug 2025
View head-to-head →
vsArtiom Carasiov
🇲🇩MDA·2026
+1 −6 =0
7 games·last met Mar 2025
View head-to-head →
vsArteom Maslov
🇲🇩MDA·1735
+2 −4 =0
6 games·last met Aug 2025
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Rankings

/
Moldova
#86
out of 382 players
Europe
#45,745
in continent
World
#62,565
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

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4
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5
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6
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7
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8
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9
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86🇲🇩Buznea, Iustin1,846
Europe
1
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2,841
2
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3
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5
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6
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7
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10
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45745🇲🇩Buznea, Iustin1,846
World
1
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2,841
2
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6
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2,767
7
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8
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62565🇲🇩Buznea, Iustin1,846