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Valcu, Lavinia
🇸🇪FIDE 1752197· Female· Sweden· Born in 2009
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Lavinia Valcu, a 17-year-old Swedish player, is rated 2146 and ranked 35th among women worldwide under 18, and in the top 5% worldwide. She is on a steady climb with +20 Elo over the past 12 months. 126 rated games in the past year (≈59/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Stockholm ELO Challenge 2026, Stockholms SS KM 2026 r8-9, and grenke Chess Open 2026 A-Open. Also played 9 rapid events (including Avenyn Open 2025 rpd) recently. Her peak of 2273 was reached at age 15 (Dec 2024, Swedish #91 at the time).
At junior level, she reached #6, #1, #2, #3 and #5 nationally in U18, U16, U14, U12 and U10.
Current rating
2146
Standard
Rpd2077·Blz1792
All-time high
2273
−127 pts below
Dec 2024 · age 15
Dec 2024 · age 15
Activity
104
games / yr avg. · ≈9/mo
111 past 12 mo · ≈9/mo
classical only
Very active
classical only
Very active
Signature stat
#35
#35 · women worldwide under 18 · of 2,457
Career timeline
16 entries2026
6th Swedish U18 player
at age 17 · rated 2147
Mar 2026
Re-crossed 2100
at age 17
Feb 2026
2025
Re-crossed 2200
at age 16
Aug 2025
Re-crossed 2200
at age 16
Mar 2025
1st Swedish U16 player
at age 16 · rated 2271
Jan 2025
2024
Peak Swedish rank: #91
at age 15 · rated 2273
Dec 2024
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
COVID-19
Activity & highlights
Evolution
-4
2150 → 2146
Tournaments
31
108 games
Score
60.5/ 10856.0%
46W29D33L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
16 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Swiss | May 2026 | 5/6 | #13 | 2306 | +13.6 |
Open Swiss | May 2026 | 1.5/2 | #10 | 2164 | +10.8 |
Open Swiss | May 2026 | 2.5/4 | #13 | 2131 | +4.0 |
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 1/2 | #27 | 1968 | -12.8 |
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 5/9 | #283 | 2109 | -18.0 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 0/1 | #66 | 1586 | -8.0 |
Open Swiss | Mar 2026 | 2/3 | #16 | 2201 | +10.4 |
Open Swiss | Feb 2026 | 1/2 | #28 | 1936 | -19.2 |
Open Swiss | Feb 2026 | 3.5/4 | #6 | 2385 | +44.8 |
Team | Feb 2026 | 1/1 | #2 | 2755 | +11.2 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsGustav Dingertz
🇸🇪SWE·2101
+13 −2 =1
16 games·last met Mar 2026
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vsLo Ljungros
🇸🇪SWE·2138
+7 −4 =1
12 games·last met May 2026
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vsJulia Ostensson
🇸🇪SWE·1989
+4 −5 =3
12 games·last met May 2026
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vsPratyush Tripathi
🇸🇪SWE·2057
+8 −1 =1
10 games·last met Nov 2024
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vsMikael HelinCM
🇸🇪SWE·1891
+6 −2 =1
9 games·last met May 2026
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Rankings
/
Sweden
#226
out of 3,410 players
Europe
#8,273
in continent
World
#11,544
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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