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Apostol, Lucian
🇲🇩FIDE 13914103· Male· Moldova· Born in 2010
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Lucian Apostol, a 16-year-old Moldovan player, is rated 1676. He is on a breakout run, having gained +86 Elo over the past 12 months. 82 rated games in the past year (≈52/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Campionatul National al RM 2026, sah clasic, OPEN U16, Sasomi Open - 4th ed., and Bucharest Chess Weekend 64th ed.. Also played 5 rapid (including Campionatul RM la sah rapid 2025, masculin) and 7 blitz events (including Arad blitz 2025) recently. His peak of 1805 was reached at age 15 (Dec 2025, Moldovan #97 at the time).
At junior level, he reached #9 and #11 nationally in U16 and U14.
Current rating
1676
Standard
Rpd1807·Blz1687
All-time high
1805
−129 pts below
Dec 2025 · age 15
Dec 2025 · age 15
Activity
52
games / yr avg. · ≈4/mo
82 past 12 mo · ≈7/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
#118,595
#118,595 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
11 entries2025
All-time peak 1805
at age 15 · −129 from today
Dec 2025
Peak Moldovan rank: #97
at age 15 · rated 1803
Nov 2025
Crossed 1800
at age 15
Nov 2025
9th Moldovan U16 player
at age 15 · rated 1798
Sep 2025
100 career games
at age 15
Sep 2025
Re-crossed 1600
at age 15
Jul 2025
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
+68
1608 → 1676
Tournaments
12
91 games
Score
48.5/ 9153.3%
44W9D38L
Top 3 wins
1.[W]vsVivian-Nicolae Varaciuc2,061·International Chess Tournament Mihail Sadoveanu - 37th ed.·R1·+33.8
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
9 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Swiss | Feb 2026 | 3.5/6 | #7 | 1950 | +39.2 |
Open Swiss | Feb 2026 | 4/9 | #151 | 1684 | +26.8 |
Open Swiss | Dec 2025 | 2/5 | #42 | 1554 | -66.0 |
Swiss | Dec 2025 | 5/9 | #9 | 1704 | -35.7 |
Open Swiss | Dec 2025 | 4/9 | #31 | 1589 | -91.6 |
Open Swiss | Oct 2025 | 5/7 | #8 | 1844 | +28.0 |
Swiss | Sep 2025 | 5/7 | #18 | 1941 | -24.0 |
Swiss | Aug 2025 | 4/4 | #31 | 2549 | -20.0 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 4.5/7 | #108 | 2007 | +51.2 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsIon Vrabie
🇲🇩MDA·1708
+4 −1 =2
7 games·last met Apr 2026
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vsNichita Soilita
🇲🇩MDA·2088
+0 −7 =0
7 games·last met Apr 2026
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vsSerghei Larionov
🇲🇩MDA·1796
+0 −5 =1
6 games·last met Mar 2026
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vsVlad Albu
🇲🇩MDA·1862
+1 −2 =3
6 games·last met Mar 2026
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vsVladislav Siretanu
🇲🇩MDA·1866
+1 −3 =2
6 games·last met Nov 2025
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Rankings
/
Moldova
#137
out of 382 players
Europe
#82,384
in continent
World
#118,589
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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