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Velea, Sophie

WCM🇺🇸

FIDEFIDE 30930715· Female· United States of America· Born in 2008

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Sophie Velea, a 18-year-old American Woman Candidate Master, is rated 1774 — just 8 short of her peak of 1782 (Mar 2024, age 16). She plays occasionally (5 games in the last 12 months) and had 2 career breaks: 19 months (2022–2024) and 16 months (2024–2025). Recent appearance: 2025 Seattle Seafair Open.

Awarded WCM in 2016 (age 8). At junior level, she reached #67, #16 and #14 nationally in U12, U10 and U8.

Current rating

1774

Standard

Rpd—·Blz1722

All-time high

1782

−8 pts below
Mar 2024 · age 16

Activity

2

games / yr avg.

5 past 12 mo
classical only
Occasional

Signature stat

#84,427

#84,427 · players worldwide · of 216,808

Career timeline

17 entries
2024
All-time peak 1782
at age 16 · −8 from today
Mar 2024
Inactive for 16 months
paused at 1782 → returned at 1774
Mar 2024
2022
Inactive for 19 months
paused at 1636 → returned at 1782
Jul 2022
2020
67th American U12 player
at age 12 · rated 1647
Feb 2020
2019
Re-crossed 1600
at age 11
Oct 2019
Re-crossed 1600
at age 11
Jan 2019

Standard rating history

Last 12 months — activity & highlights

Top opponent
vs Nabil Shahad 1,723
2025 Seattle Seafair Open · Jul 2025 · +17.1 Elo
Evolution
-8
1782 → 1774
Tournaments
1
5 games
Score
2.5/ 550.0%
2W1D2L
Top 2 wins
1.[W]vsNabil Shahad1,723·2025 Seattle Seafair Open·R4·+17.1
2.[W]vsIris Runyi Zhang1,591·2025 Seattle Seafair Open·R2·+10.3
Top 2 losses
1.[L]vsRafael PalathingalCM1,884·2025 Seattle Seafair Open·R5·-13.9
2.[L]vsYiding LuCM2,037·2025 Seattle Seafair Open·R3·-7.2

Last 12 months — tournaments

1 event
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
2025 Seattle Seafair Open
Swiss
Jul 20252.5/5#251753-7.6

Rankings

/
United States of America
#2,432
out of 5,412 players
Americas
#9,858
in continent
World
#84,426
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

Europe
World
United States of America
1
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2,754
4
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2,732
5
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2,728
6
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2,724
7
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2,718
8
🇺🇸Sevian, SamuelFollow Samuel SevianTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,696
9
🇺🇸Xiong, JefferyFollow Jeffery XiongTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,656
10
🇺🇸Robson, RayFollow Ray RobsonTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,653
...
2432🇺🇸Velea, Sophie1,774
Americas
1
🇺🇸Nakamura, HikaruFollow Hikaru NakamuraTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,792
2
🇺🇸Caruana, FabianoFollow Fabiano CaruanaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,788
3
🇺🇸So, WesleyFollow Wesley SoTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,754
4
🇺🇸Dominguez Perez, LeinierFollow Leinier Dominguez PerezTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,732
5
🇺🇸Niemann, Hans MokeFollow Hans Moke NiemannTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,728
6
🇺🇸Aronian, LevonFollow Levon AronianTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,724
7
🇺🇸Liang, AwonderFollow Awonder LiangTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,718
8
🇺🇸Sevian, SamuelFollow Samuel SevianTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,696
9
🇺🇸Xiong, JefferyFollow Jeffery XiongTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,656
10
🇺🇸Robson, RayFollow Ray RobsonTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,653
...
9858🇺🇸Velea, Sophie1,774
World
1
🇳🇴Carlsen, MagnusFollow Magnus CarlsenTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,840
2
🇺🇸Nakamura, HikaruFollow Hikaru NakamuraTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,792
3
🇺🇸Caruana, FabianoFollow Fabiano CaruanaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,788
4
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2,780
5
🇺🇿Sindarov, JavokhirFollow Javokhir SindarovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,776
6
🇳🇱Giri, AnishFollow Anish GiriTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,767
7
🇩🇪Keymer, VincentFollow Vincent KeymerTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,759
7
🇫🇷Firouzja, AlirezaFollow Alireza FirouzjaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,759
9
🇺🇸So, WesleyFollow Wesley SoTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,754
10
🇨🇳Wei, YiFollow Yi WeiTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,753
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84426🇺🇸Velea, Sophie1,774