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Govoreanu, Matei
🇧🇪FIDE 258059· Male· Belgium· Born in 2009
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Matei Govoreanu, a 17-year-old Belgian player, is rated 2157 and sitting in the top 4% of Belgian players, and in the top 5% worldwide. He is progressing steadily with +68 Elo over the past 12 months. 81 rated games in the past year (≈65/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Flanders - England Youth Team Encounter 2026, Belgian Interclubs Round 2025-2026 Ronde 11, and V Open Chess Menorca 2026. Also played 1 rapid (including Rokade Rapid Chess 2026) and 1 blitz events (including 10de Memorial Debast 2025) recently. His peak of 2203 was reached at age 15 (Dec 2024, Belgian #86 at the time).
At junior level, he reached #10, #3, #3, #1 and #2 nationally in U18, U16, U14, U12 and U10.
Current rating
2157
Standard
Rpd2128·Blz2111
All-time high
2203
−46 pts below
Dec 2024 · age 15
Dec 2024 · age 15
Activity
84
games / yr avg. · ≈7/mo
73 past 12 mo · ≈6/mo
classical only
Very active
classical only
Very active
Signature stat
Top 4%
#126 · Belgian players · of 2,977
Career timeline
21 entries2026
10th Belgian U18 player
at age 17 · rated 2126
May 2026
Re-crossed 2100
at age 17
Mar 2026
500 career games
at age 17
Mar 2026
2025
Re-crossed 2100
at age 16
Jul 2025
Re-crossed 2100
at age 16
May 2025
3rd Belgian U16 player
at age 16 · rated 2190
Jan 2025
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+44
2113 → 2157
Tournaments
22
74 games
Score
41.5/ 7456.1%
31W21D22L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
18 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Swiss | Jun 2026 | 0.5/1 | #12 | 1825 | -15.2 |
Team | May 2026 | 2.5/3 | #5 | 2349 | +30.8 |
Team | Apr 2026 | 1/1 | #225 | 2744 | +11.6 |
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 4.5/8 | #161 | 2125 | +13.6 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 0/1 | #1282 | 1493 | -10.8 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 0/1 | #988 | 1336 | -19.2 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 0.5/1 | #94 | 2079 | -2.4 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 1/1 | #417 | 2766 | +11.6 |
Open Swiss | Feb 2026 | 6.5/9 | #2 | 2170 | +50.8 |
Team | Jan 2026 | 1/1 | #403 | 2891 | +24.8 |
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Rankings
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Belgium
#126
out of 3,338 players
Europe
#7,700
in continent
World
#10,778
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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