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Nicola, Andrei
🇷🇴FIDE 42213770· Male· Romania· Born in 2010
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Andrei Nicola, a 16-year-old Romanian player, is rated 2162 — just 8 short of his peak of 2170 (Mar 2026, age 16) and ranked 9th among Romanian players under 16, and in the top 5% worldwide. He is on a breakout run, having gained +162 Elo over the past 12 months. 41 rated games in the past year (≈30/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Open Drobeta - Severnav Trophy A, Romania National Open Championship 2026, and National School Contest "Elisabeta Polihroniade" 2026 Open 17. Also played 6 rapid (including Craiova Grand Prix 2025) and 5 blitz events (including Romanian National Team Blitz Championship 2025 - Open) recently.
At junior level, he reached #9, #31 and #27 nationally in U16, U14 and U12.
Current rating
2162
Standard
Rpd2123·Blz2004
All-time high
2170
−8 pts below
Mar 2026 · age 16
Mar 2026 · age 16
Activity
30
games / yr avg. · ≈3/mo
32 past 12 mo · ≈3/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
#9
#9 · Romanian players under 16 · of 227
Career timeline
9 entries2026
9th Romanian U16 player
at age 16 · rated 2170
Apr 2026
Crossed 2100
at age 16
Mar 2026
All-time peak 2170
at age 16 · −8 from today
Mar 2026
100 career games
at age 16
Jan 2026
2025
Crossed 2000
at age 15
Mar 2025
2024
31st Romanian U14 player
at age 14 · rated 1821
Oct 2024
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
+162
2000 → 2162
Tournaments
5
32 games
Score
20.5/ 3264.1%
14W13D5L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
5 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Swiss | May 2026 | 3.5/5 | #9 | 2106 | -8.4 |
Open Swiss | Feb 2026 | 5/9 | #27 | 2304 | +108.8 |
Swiss | Jan 2026 | 5.5/7 | #1 | 2080 | +17.2 |
Swiss | Nov 2025 | 4.5/7 | #12 | 2011 | +4.4 |
Team | Sep 2025 | 2/4 | #8 | 2205 | +40.0 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsMihai-Teodor Panaite
🇷🇴ROU·1978
+6 −3 =0
9 games·last met Mar 2026
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vsMatei-Andrei CoicevFM
🇷🇴ROU·2353
+0 −7 =1
8 games·last met Apr 2025
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vsRobert-Gabriel SavaCM
🇷🇴ROU·2329
+3 −3 =1
7 games·last met May 2026
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vsBogdan-Andrei Ivancescu
🇷🇴ROU·2044
+3 −1 =3
7 games·last met Oct 2025
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vsDragos Stefan LeuFM
🇷🇴ROU·2283
+1 −3 =1
5 games·last met Feb 2026
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Rankings
/
Romania
#139
out of 2,776 players
Europe
#7,432
in continent
World
#10,433
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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