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Rotaru, Luca-Gabriel
🇷🇴FIDE 42223105· Male· Romania· Born in 2014
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Luca-Gabriel Rotaru, a 12-year-old Romanian player, is rated 1599. He is progressing steadily with +38 Elo over the past 12 months. 43 rated games in the past year (≈28/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Phoenix Cup 13th ed. - U12, Satori Art Cup U12 - 20th ed., and Florin Gheorghiu International Chess Festival 7th ed. - U12. Also played 11 rapid (including Royal League - 10th ed.) and 4 blitz events (including Romania National Blitz Youth Championships 2025 - U12) recently. His peak of 1685 was reached at age 12 (Feb 2026).
At junior level, he reached #26 and #61 nationally in U12 and U10.
Current rating
1599
Standard
Rpd1762·Blz1697
All-time high
1685
−86 pts below
Feb 2026 · age 12
Feb 2026 · age 12
Activity
29
games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo
39 past 12 mo · ≈3/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#147,408
#147,408 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
9 entries2026
All-time peak 1685
at age 12 · −86 from today
Feb 2026
26th Romanian U12 player
at age 12 · rated 1682
Jan 2026
2025
Crossed 1600
at age 11
Aug 2025
7-month rising streak
+126 Elo
Jun 2025
Crossed 1500
at age 11
May 2025
Best 12-month gain (+393 Elo)
1050 → 1443
Feb 2025
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+52
1547 → 1599
Tournaments
9
56 games
Score
41/ 5673.2%
31W20D5L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
7 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Swiss | May 2026 | 5.5/1 | #5 | 2276 | -7.2 |
Swiss | Mar 2026 | 4/5 | #5 | 1879 | +8.8 |
Swiss | Mar 2026 | 3.5/4 | #18 | 1835 | -55.6 |
Swiss | Feb 2026 | 5/2 | #2 | 2239 | -21.2 |
Swiss | Feb 2026 | 4/4 | #8 | 2310 | -12.8 |
Swiss | Oct 2025 | 4.5/6 | #2 | 1685 | +17.2 |
Swiss | Oct 2025 | 5/5 | #3 | 2395 | +56.4 |
Worst Elo result: Florin Gheorghiu International Chess Festival 7th ed. - U12 (-55.6 Elo, finished #18).
Most-Played Opponents
vsEmilian Marcu
🇷🇴ROU·1500
+13 −2 =2
17 games·last met May 2026
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vsDavid-Andrei Tudorache
🇷🇴ROU·1485
+12 −0 =0
12 games·last met Dec 2025
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vsAndreea Tanase
🇷🇴ROU·1534
+2 −2 =3
7 games·last met Mar 2026
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vsDaria-Andreea Doros
🇷🇴ROU
+6 −1 =0
7 games·last met Feb 2026
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vsIon-Marian Pertea
🇷🇴ROU·1626
+2 −4 =1
7 games·last met Dec 2025
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Rankings
/
Romania
#1,317
out of 2,776 players
Europe
#98,538
in continent
World
#147,395
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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