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Pup, Alexandru
🇷🇴FIDE 42234158· Male· Romania· Born in 2013
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Alexandru Pup, a 13-year-old Romanian player, is rated 1571 — just 18 short of his peak of 1589 (Feb 2026, age 13). He returned to competition in September 2025. Recent standard appearances include Open Drobeta - Severnav Trophy A, Romania National Youth Championships 2026 - open U14, and Caras Severin County Chess Championship 2026. Also played 9 rapid (including Alba Grand Prix Rapid 2025) and 2 blitz events (including Resita County Blitz Chess Championship) recently. He took a 13-month break between Jul 2024 and Sep 2025.
At junior level, he reached #83 nationally in U14.
Current rating
1571
Standard
Rpd1557·Blz1524
All-time high
1589
−18 pts below
Feb 2026 · age 13
Feb 2026 · age 13
Activity
26
games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo
54 past 12 mo · ≈5/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#158,156
#158,156 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
10 entries2026
83rd Romanian U14 player
at age 13 · rated 1589
Feb 2026
Best 12-month gain (+159 Elo)
1430 → 1589
Feb 2026
Re-crossed 1500
at age 13
Feb 2026
All-time peak 1589
at age 13 · −18 from today
Feb 2026
2025
Crossed 1500
at age 12
Sep 2025
Return after 14-month break
back at 1502
Sep 2025
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
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Tournaments
10
71 games
Score
29.5/ 7141.5%
26W16D29L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
10 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Swiss | May 2026 | 1.5/3 | #36 | 1750 | -14.8 |
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 4.5/8 | #36 | 1718 | +27.2 |
Round-Robin | Mar 2026 | 3/11 | #9 | 1653 | +37.2 |
Open Swiss | Feb 2026 | 3/7 | #81 | 1640 | -71.2 |
Team | Jan 2026 | 2/2 | #4 | 2373 | +48.0 |
Swiss | Jan 2026 | 3.5/7 | #10 | 1639 | +41.2 |
Open Swiss | Nov 2025 | 4/4 | #11 | 2457 | +6.4 |
Team | Oct 2025 | 1/1 | #7 | 2275 | -16.4 |
Swiss | Sep 2025 | 3.5/3 | #24 | 2398 | -8.8 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 3.5/8 | #128 | 1451 | 0.0 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsTudor-Mihail Borches
🇷🇴ROU·1685
+3 −3 =0
6 games·last met May 2026
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vsIoan-Mihai Tipania
🇷🇴ROU·1611
+0 −6 =0
6 games·last met Mar 2026
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vsIon-Valentin Vaduva
🇷🇴ROU·1938
+0 −6 =0
6 games·last met Mar 2026
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vsDarius-Gabriel Bacanu
🇷🇴ROU·1470
+5 −0 =1
6 games·last met Dec 2025
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vsPaul Pup
🇷🇴ROU
+4 −0 =2
6 games·last met Nov 2025
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Rankings
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Romania
#1,432
out of 2,776 players
Europe
#104,149
in continent
World
#158,140
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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