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Balan, Vladimir
🇷🇴FIDE 42207819· Male· Romania· Born in 2014
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Vladimir Balan, a 12-year-old Romanian player, is rated 1609. He is progressing steadily with +24 Elo over the past 12 months. 22 rated games in the past year (≈39/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Black Sea Knights U20 - 2nd ed., Romania National Championship 3rd League 2025 - group II Rounds 4-5, and NYCC Romania 2025 - open U16 - teams. Also played 2 rapid (including NYCC Romania 2025 - rapid open U12 - teams) and 1 blitz events (including NYCC Romania 2025 - blitz open U12 - teams) recently. His peak of 1680 was reached at age 11 (Aug 2025).
At junior level, he reached #38, #8 and #8 nationally in U12, U10 and U8.
Current rating
1609
Standard
Rpd1562·Blz1430
All-time high
1680
−71 pts below
Aug 2025 · age 11
Aug 2025 · age 11
Activity
44
games / yr avg. · ≈4/mo
18 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
#143,544
#143,544 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
14 entries2026
Re-crossed 1600
at age 12
May 2026
2025
38th Romanian U12 player
at age 11 · rated 1680
Aug 2025
Re-crossed 1600
at age 11
Aug 2025
All-time peak 1680
at age 11 · −71 from today
Aug 2025
2024
Re-crossed 1600
at age 10
Nov 2024
Re-crossed 1600
at age 10
Sep 2024
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+23
1586 → 1609
Tournaments
4
22 games
Score
12/ 2254.5%
10W4D8L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
3.[L]vsGabriel Buzgaru1,837·Romania National Championship 3rd League 2025 - group II Rounds 4-5·R2·-9.2
Last 12 months — tournaments
4 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Oct 2025 | 4/4 | #27 | 2458 | -16.0 |
Team | Oct 2025 | 1/1 | #16 | 2637 | -9.6 |
Team | Sep 2025 | 0.5/6 | #22 | 1482 | -36.8 |
Swiss | Jul 2025 | 6.5/6 | #1 | 2321 | +77.6 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsMihnea-Andrei Otvos
🇷🇴ROU·1596
+6 −4 =0
10 games·last met Apr 2024
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vsPetru Varabiescu
🇷🇴ROU·1763
+1 −6 =0
7 games·last met Apr 2024
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vsVladimir-Ioan Bostina
🇷🇴ROU·1724
+0 −5 =1
6 games·last met Sep 2025
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vsIustin LarionCM
🇷🇴ROU·2067
+1 −5 =0
6 games·last met Jan 2024
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vsChristian Toma
🇷🇴ROU·1812
+3 −2 =0
5 games·last met Mar 2026
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Rankings
/
Romania
#1,274
out of 2,776 players
Europe
#96,460
in continent
World
#143,533
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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