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Gaciu, Vlad-Jan
🇷🇴FIDE 2602423· Male· Romania· Born in 1991
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Vlad-Jan Gaciu, a 35-year-old Romanian player, is rated 1802 — his current career high. He plays occasionally (3 games in the last 12 months) and took a 31-month break between Mar 2023 and Nov 2025. Recent appearance: Bitcoin Chess Romania 7th ed. - Open. Also played 2 rapid (including Caro Trophy - 7th ed.) and 1 blitz events (including Five o'clock blitz - 57th ed.) recently.
Competes for Romania since Jan 2023.
Current rating
1802
Standard
Rpd1759·Blz1718
All-time high
1802
at best
Nov 2025 · age 34
Nov 2025 · age 34
Activity
1
games / yr avg.
3 past 12 mo
classical only
Occasional
classical only
Occasional
Signature stat
#75,757
#75,757 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
8 entries2025
Crossed 1800
at age 34
Nov 2025
All-time peak 1802
at age 34
Nov 2025
2023
Best 12-month gain (+102 Elo)
1542 → 1644
Mar 2023
Inactive for 31 months
paused at 1644 → returned at 1802
Mar 2023
Crossed 1600
at age 32
Feb 2023
Switched federation: CAN → ROU
at age 32
Jan 2023
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+16
1786 → 1802
Tournaments
1
4 games
Score
2.5/ 462.5%
2W1D1L
Top 3 wins
Top losses
No noteworthy losses.
Last 12 months — tournaments
1 event| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Swiss | Oct 2025 | 2.5/3 | #41 | 2024 | +16.4 |
Rankings
/
Romania
#625
out of 2,776 players
Europe
#54,852
in continent
World
#75,756
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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