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Zlate-Ion, Matei
🇷🇴FIDE 42204801· Male· Romania· Born in 2013
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Matei Zlate-Ion, a 13-year-old Romanian player, is rated 2012 and ranked 8th among Romanian players under 14. He is climbing fast, having gained +158 Elo over the past 12 months. 79 rated games in the past year (≈91/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Romania National Youth Championships 2026 - open U14, Romania National Open Championship 2026, and Bucharest Chess Festival 9th ed. - Open. Also played 16 rapid (including Craiova Grand Prix 2025) and 17 blitz events (including Romanian National Team Blitz Championship 2025 - Open) recently. His peak of 2092 was reached at age 13 (May 2026).
At junior level, he reached World #72 in U8 and #5, #3 and #3 nationally in U14, U12 and U10.
Current rating
2012
Standard
Rpd1962·Blz1995
All-time high
2092
−80 pts below
May 2026 · age 13
May 2026 · age 13
Activity
92
games / yr avg. · ≈8/mo
70 past 12 mo · ≈6/mo
classical only
Very active
classical only
Very active
Signature stat
#8
#8 · Romanian players under 14 · of 236
Career timeline
11 entries2026
All-time peak 2092
at age 13 · −80 from today
May 2026
5th Romanian U14 player
at age 13 · rated 2088
Mar 2026
2025
Re-crossed 2000
at age 12
Dec 2025
Crossed 2000
at age 12
Sep 2025
3rd Romanian U12 player
at age 12 · rated 1955
Mar 2025
2024
Best 12-month gain (+486 Elo)
1395 → 1881
Aug 2024
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+159
1853 → 2012
Tournaments
9
77 games
Score
37.5/ 7748.7%
35W15D27L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
4 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | May 2026 | 0/5 | #29 | 1385 | -80.0 |
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 6/9 | #9 | 2079 | +4.0 |
Open Swiss | Feb 2026 | 4/9 | #44 | 2076 | +22.4 |
Swiss | Feb 2026 | 4.5/6 | #5 | 2165 | +47.6 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsAndrei Stanica
🇷🇴ROU·1984
+5 −8 =4
17 games·last met Oct 2025
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vsBogdan-Ionut Constantinescu
🇷🇴ROU·1636
+12 −0 =2
14 games·last met May 2026
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vsVlad PetroffFM
🇷🇴ROU·2078
+4 −9 =0
13 games·last met Apr 2026
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vsYanis-Andrei Ganea
🇷🇴ROU·1935
+5 −6 =1
12 games·last met Apr 2026
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vsIosif Bosinceanu
🇷🇴ROU·1836
+9 −1 =1
11 games·last met Apr 2026
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Rankings
/
Romania
#257
out of 2,776 players
Europe
#18,965
in continent
World
#25,678
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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