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Grigoras, Alexandru-Nicolae
🇷🇴FIDE 42200490· Male· Romania· Born in 1989
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Alexandru-Nicolae Grigoras, a 37-year-old Romanian player, is rated 1763 — just 9 short of his peak of 1772 (Feb 2026, age 37). He is progressing steadily with +31 Elo over the past 12 months. 25 rated games in the past year (≈9/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Ploiesti Chess Championship 2026, Ploiesti moves intelligently - Corneliu Butnariu Memorial, and Romania National Championship 3rd League 2025 - group VIII Round 7-9. Also played 2 rapid (including Corneliu Butnariu Memorial - rapid chess) and 2 blitz events (including Romanian National Blitz Championship 2025 - Open) recently. He had 2 career breaks: 12 months (2021–2022) and 12 months (2024–2025).
Current rating
1763
Standard
Rpd1921·Blz1948
All-time high
1772
−9 pts below
Feb 2026 · age 37
Feb 2026 · age 37
Activity
10
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
19 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#88,191
#88,191 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
10 entries2026
All-time peak 1772
at age 37 · −9 from today
Feb 2026
2025
29th Romanian 35-40 player
at age 36 · rated 1769
Dec 2025
2024
Inactive for 12 months
paused at 1701 → returned at 1732
May 2024
Best 12-month gain (+209 Elo)
1493 → 1702
Mar 2024
Crossed 1600
at age 35
Mar 2024
Crossed 1500
at age 35
Jan 2024
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Best result
Ploiesti moves intelligently - Prahova County Chess Championshipperf 1992 (+243) · 3.5/6 · #23
Top opponent
Evolution
+31
1732 → 1763
Tournaments
5
25 games
Score
16.5/ 2566.0%
14W5D6L
Top 3 wins
2.[W]vsTudorel Tupilusi1,705·Ploiesti moves intelligently - Prahova County Chess Championship·R3·+8.7
3.[D]vsRazvan-Gabriel Oprisor2,166·Ploiesti moves intelligently - Corneliu Butnariu Memorial·R2·+8.2
Top 3 losses
1.[L]vsYanis-Andrei Ganea1,884·Ploiesti moves intelligently - Prahova County Chess Championship·R6·-6.3
Last 12 months — tournaments
5 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Swiss | Apr 2026 | 3.5/3 | #32 | 2512 | -4.2 |
Swiss | Nov 2025 | 4/6 | #14 | 1818 | +6.8 |
Team | Oct 2025 | 1.5/2 | #2 | 1847 | +6.4 |
Team | Oct 2025 | 4/3 | #3 | 2471 | +5.2 |
Open Swiss | Oct 2025 | 3.5/6 | #23 | 1992 | +17.4 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsOvidiu-Viorel Vladescu
🇷🇴ROU·1707
+11 −0 =0
11 games·last met Dec 2024
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vsIoan CosmaIM
🇷🇴ROU·2252
+0 −7 =1
8 games·last met Jun 2025
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vsMatei Vasile
🇷🇴ROU·2090
+3 −3 =1
7 games·last met May 2026
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vsSasha-Matei CraciunFM
🇷🇴ROU·2263
+2 −4 =1
7 games·last met Dec 2023
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vsCristian-Gabriel VoiteanuFM
🇷🇴ROU·2081
+1 −5 =1
7 games·last met Dec 2023
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Rankings
/
Romania
#733
out of 2,776 players
Europe
#63,253
in continent
World
#88,189
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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