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Liga, Matei
🇷🇴FIDE 42223334· Male· Romania· Born in 2016
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Matei Liga, a 10-year-old Romanian player, is rated 1850 — just 17 short of his peak of 1867 (Sep 2025, age 9) and sitting in the top 2% of players worldwide under 10. He is on a breakout run, having gained +114 Elo over the past 12 months. 78 rated games in the past year (≈52/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Romania National Youth Championships 2026 - open U10, Valcea Trophy - 6th ed., and Wolf Gyorgy Memorial Open. Also played 13 rapid (including Craiova Grand Prix 2025) and 6 blitz events (including Chessmania 4th ed. - blitz) recently.
At junior level, he reached World #90 in U10 and #7 nationally in U8.
Current rating
1850
Standard
Rpd1878·Blz1826
All-time high
1867
−17 pts below
Sep 2025 · age 9
Sep 2025 · age 9
Activity
50
games / yr avg. · ≈4/mo
70 past 12 mo · ≈6/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
Top 2%
#103 · players worldwide under 10 · of 6,705
Career timeline
11 entries2026
90th U10 player worldwide
at age 10 · rated 1850
May 2026
Re-crossed 1800
at age 10
May 2026
2025
Re-crossed 1800
at age 9
Dec 2025
Crossed 1800
at age 9
Sep 2025
All-time peak 1867
at age 9 · −17 from today
Sep 2025
6-month rising streak
+335 Elo
Sep 2025
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+63
1787 → 1850
Tournaments
11
76 games
Score
41/ 7653.9%
36W10D30L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
7 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 7.5/9 | #1 | 1977 | +92.4 |
Swiss | Mar 2026 | 3.5/4 | #41 | 2088 | -30.4 |
Swiss | Mar 2026 | 1/6 | #19 | 1719 | -24.0 |
Open Swiss | Jan 2026 | 2.5/7 | #21 | 1697 | -45.2 |
Open Swiss | Dec 2025 | 4/7 | #17 | 1942 | +50.4 |
Swiss | Nov 2025 | 5/7 | #2 | 2020 | +94.8 |
Open Swiss | Nov 2025 | 3.5/5 | #68 | 1938 | -28.0 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsDavid-Dacian Stanci
🇷🇴ROU·1667
+5 −5 =0
10 games·last met Jan 2026
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vsAlexandru-Mihai Mujat
🇷🇴ROU·1819
+7 −1 =1
9 games·last met Apr 2026
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vsViktor Szabo
🇷🇴ROU·1772
+5 −3 =0
8 games·last met Apr 2026
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vsDarius-Ionut Nistor
🇷🇴ROU·1717
+5 −2 =1
8 games·last met Feb 2026
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vsZeno-Andrei Ponta-Facalet
🇷🇴ROU·1971
+1 −4 =3
8 games·last met Oct 2025
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Rankings
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Romania
#510
out of 2,776 players
Europe
#44,963
in continent
World
#61,467
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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