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Grigore, Melania-Cristina
🇷🇴FIDE 42208432· Female· Romania· Born in 2015
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Melania-Cristina Grigore, a 11-year-old Romanian player, is rated 1596 — her current career high. She is rising rapidly, having gained +165 Elo over the past 12 months. 63 rated games in the past year (≈47/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Ploiesti Chess Championship 2026, Romania National Youth Championships 2026 - girls U12, and Florin Gheorghiu International Chess Festival 7th ed. - U12. Also played 6 rapid (including Corneliu Butnariu Memorial - rapid chess) and 5 blitz events (including FIDE World U9-U17 Blitz Chess Championships - U11 Girls) recently.
At junior level, she reached #65, #56 and #21 nationally in U12, U10 and U8.
Current rating
1596
Standard
Rpd1465·Blz1514
All-time high
1596
at best
May 2026 · age 11
May 2026 · age 11
Activity
44
games / yr avg. · ≈4/mo
58 past 12 mo · ≈5/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
#148,530
#148,530 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
11 entries2026
65th Romanian U12 player
at age 11 · rated 1596
May 2026
All-time peak 1596
at age 11
May 2026
Re-crossed 1500
at age 11
Feb 2026
2025
Crossed 1500
at age 10
Sep 2025
100 career games
at age 10
Mar 2025
56th Romanian U10 player
at age 10 · rated 1495
Jan 2025
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
+165
1431 → 1596
Tournaments
12
79 games
Score
35.5/ 7944.9%
32W17D30L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
10 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Swiss | Apr 2026 | 0.5/2 | #54 | 1374 | -14.4 |
Swiss | Apr 2026 | 6.5/7 | #6 | 2095 | +87.6 |
Swiss | Mar 2026 | 3/2 | #34 | 2485 | -24.0 |
Swiss | Mar 2026 | 3/3 | #42 | 2425 | +15.6 |
Swiss | Feb 2026 | 3/5 | #16 | 1678 | +6.8 |
Swiss | Jan 2026 | 2/5 | #53 | 1571 | +15.6 |
Open Swiss | Oct 2025 | 4/8 | #55 | 1568 | -23.6 |
Team | Oct 2025 | 2/1 | #20 | 2236 | +14.8 |
Swiss | Oct 2025 | 3.5/3 | #17 | 2385 | +5.2 |
Swiss | Oct 2025 | 2.5/2 | #77 | 2529 | -19.6 |
Worst Elo result: Florin Gheorghiu International Chess Festival 7th ed. - U12 (-24.0 Elo, finished #34).
Most-Played Opponents
vsAnne-Sophie Constantin-Ciuntu
🇷🇴ROU·1811
+4 −10 =1
15 games·last met Apr 2026
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vsMelina-Theodora Stoica
🇷🇴ROU·1808
+4 −6 =1
11 games·last met Apr 2026
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vsBierta Gutserieva
🇺🇦UKR·1521
+2 −8 =0
10 games·last met Dec 2025
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vsVladimir-Ioan Bostina
🇷🇴ROU·1724
+2 −7 =1
10 games·last met Aug 2025
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vsMaria Stanica
🇷🇴ROU·1500
+3 −5 =0
8 games·last met Apr 2026
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Rankings
/
Romania
#1,326
out of 2,776 players
Europe
#99,120
in continent
World
#148,517
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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