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Ion, Matei-Stefan
🇷🇴FIDE 42230373· Male· Romania· Born in 2015
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Matei-Stefan Ion, a 11-year-old Romanian player, is rated 1521. He has fluctuated between 1411 and 1562 over the past 2 years. 40 rated games in the past year (≈28/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Romania National Youth Championships 2026 - open U12, Satori Art Cup U12 - 20th ed., and Black Sea Knights U10 - 2nd ed.. Also played 5 rapid (including NYCC Romania 2025 - rapid open U16 - teams) and 2 blitz events (including Romania National Blitz Youth Championships 2025 - U10) recently. His peak of 1562 was reached at age 10 (Jul 2025).
At junior level, he reached #41 nationally in U10.
Current rating
1521
Standard
Rpd1634·Blz1517
All-time high
1562
−41 pts below
Jul 2025 · age 10
Jul 2025 · age 10
Activity
27
games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo
25 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#177,513
#177,513 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
9 entries2026
Best 12-month gain (+68 Elo)
1453 → 1521
May 2026
Re-crossed 1500
at age 11
May 2026
2025
41st Romanian U10 player
at age 10 · rated 1562
Jul 2025
All-time peak 1562
at age 10 · −41 from today
Jul 2025
Re-crossed 1500
at age 10
Jun 2025
2024
Crossed 1500
at age 9
Aug 2024
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Activity & highlights
Evolution
-41
1562 → 1521
Tournaments
5
29 games
Score
13/ 2944.8%
13W4D12L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
5 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Swiss | May 2026 | 3/5 | #6 | 1701 | +46.4 |
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 4/8 | #39 | 1698 | +44.8 |
Swiss | Mar 2026 | 4/4 | #10 | 2384 | +32.0 |
Swiss | Oct 2025 | 2/2 | #26 | 2381 | -28.4 |
Team | Sep 2025 | 0/1 | #68 | 645 | -23.2 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsChristian Toma
🇷🇴ROU·1812
+1 −8 =0
9 games·last met May 2026
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vsYunus Bari
🇷🇴ROU·1429
+5 −0 =1
6 games·last met May 2026
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vsDanylo Cherepynskyi
🇺🇦UKR·1452
+2 −4 =0
6 games·last met Feb 2026
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vsKyrylo Cherepynskyi
🇺🇦UKR·1731
+0 −4 =1
5 games·last met May 2026
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Rankings
/
Romania
#1,655
out of 2,776 players
Europe
#113,424
in continent
World
#177,473
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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