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Velea, Sophie
WCM🇺🇸FIDE 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 took a 36-month break between Jul 2022 and Aug 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
Mar 2024 · age 16
Activity
2
games / yr avg.
5 past 12 mo
classical only
Occasional
classical only
Occasional
Signature stat
#84,533
#84,533 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
16 entries2024
All-time peak 1782
at age 16 · −8 from today
Mar 2024
2022
Inactive for 36 months
paused at 1636 → returned at 1774
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
100 career games
at age 11
Jan 2019
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
-8
1782 → 1774
Tournaments
1
5 games
Score
2.5/ 550.0%
2W1D2L
Top 2 wins
Top 2 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
1 event| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Swiss | Jul 2025 | 2.5/5 | #25 | 1753 | -7.6 |
Rankings
/
United States of America
#2,471
out of 5,510 players
Americas
#9,851
in continent
World
#84,531
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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