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Pavel, Nicholas-Christian
🇷🇴FIDE 42225922· Male· Romania· Born in 2015
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Nicholas-Christian Pavel, a 11-year-old Romanian player, is rated 1544 — just 22 short of his peak of 1566 (Mar 2025, age 10). He has fluctuated between 1521 and 1566 over the past 2 years. 28 rated games in the past year (≈22/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Romania National Youth Championships 2026 - open U12, Bucharest Chess Festival 9th ed. - U12, and Bitcoin Chess Romania 7th ed. - U10. Also played 5 rapid (including Romania National Rapid Youth Championships 2025 - U10) and 3 blitz events (including Romania National Blitz Youth Championships 2025 - U10) recently.
At junior level, he reached #77, #24 and #11 nationally in U12, U10 and U8.
Current rating
1544
Standard
Rpd1563·Blz1595
All-time high
1566
−22 pts below
Mar 2025 · age 10
Mar 2025 · age 10
Activity
21
games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo
28 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#167,707
#167,707 · players worldwide · of 216,808
Career timeline
10 entries2026
77th Romanian U12 player
at age 11 · rated 1559
Apr 2026
2025
All-time peak 1566
at age 10 · −22 from today
Mar 2025
2024
Best 12-month gain (+364 Elo)
1174 → 1538
Nov 2024
Re-crossed 1500
at age 9
May 2024
Crossed 1500
at age 9
Mar 2024
Crossed 1400
at age 9
Mar 2024
Standard rating history
Last 12 months — activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
+8
1536 → 1544
Tournaments
4
26 games
Score
12.5/ 2648.1%
10W5D11L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
2.[L]vsLucas-Andrei Nitu1,518·Ploiesti moves intelligently - Prahova County Chess Championship·R3·-20.7
Last 12 months — tournaments
4 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 3.5/8 | #34 | 1566 | -11.2 |
Swiss | Feb 2026 | 3/4 | #10 | 1854 | +30.8 |
Swiss | Oct 2025 | 3/4 | #10 | 1685 | +8.0 |
Open Swiss | Oct 2025 | 3/4 | #30 | 1919 | -11.6 |
Rankings
/
Romania
#1,552
out of 2,757 players
Europe
#108,730
in continent
World
#167,679
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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