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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 +158 Elo over the past 12 months. 63 rated games in the past year (≈48/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 7 rapid (including Romania Grand Prix 2025 - 1st stage) 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
Rpd1482·Blz1514
All-time high
1596
at best
May 2026 · age 11
May 2026 · age 11
Activity
44
games / yr avg. · ≈4/mo
63 past 12 mo · ≈5/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
#147,913
#147,913 · players worldwide · of 216,808
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
Last 12 months — activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
+165
1431 → 1596
Tournaments
14
82 games
Score
39.5/ 8248.2%
31W17D34L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
top 10 of 11| 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 |
Worst Elo result: Florin Gheorghiu International Chess Festival 7th ed. - U12 (-24.0 Elo, finished #34).
Rankings
/
Romania
#1,332
out of 2,757 players
Europe
#98,752
in continent
World
#147,900
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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