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Niculas, Tudor
🇷🇴FIDE 42235448· Male· Romania· Born in 2013
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Tudor Niculas, a 13-year-old Romanian player, is rated 1453. He is on a steady climb with +41 Elo over the past 12 months. 30 rated games in the past year. Recent standard appearances include Pegas Winter 2026 - A, National School Contest "Elisabeta Polihroniade" 2026 Open 13, and Cluj Chess Marathon 10th ed. - Open. Also played 4 rapid events (including Pegas Summer 2nd ed. - A) recently. His peak of 1567 was reached at age 12 (Dec 2025).
At junior level, he reached #66 nationally in U12.
Current rating
1453
Standard
Rpd1442·Blz1597
All-time high
1567
−114 pts below
Dec 2025 · age 12
Dec 2025 · age 12
Activity
29
games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo
24 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#202,975
#202,975 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
8 entries2025
Best 12-month gain (+44 Elo)
1523 → 1567
Dec 2025
All-time peak 1567
at age 12 · −114 from today
Dec 2025
Re-crossed 1500
at age 12
Nov 2025
66th Romanian U12 player
at age 12 · rated 1551
Feb 2025
Crossed 1500
at age 12
Jan 2025
Crossed 1400
at age 12
Jan 2025
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Activity & highlights
Evolution
—
Tournaments
7
42 games
Score
11/ 4226.2%
9W4D29L
Top 3 wins
2.[W]vsVictor Chiotan1,557·Romania National Championship 3rd League 2025 - group XI Round 1-3·R1·+27.9
3.[W]vsStefan Pacurar1,476·Romania National Championship 3rd League 2025 - group XI Round 1-3·R2·+23.6
Top 3 losses
1.[L]vsEduard-George Tesuica1,428·National School Contest "Elisabeta Polihroniade" 2026 Open 13·R6·-20.5
2.[L]vsRazvan-Adrian Furcea1,423·Romania National Championship 3rd League 2025 - group XI Round 1-3·R4·-19.4
3.[L]vsMihnea-Ilie Momirleanu1,449·National School Contest "Elisabeta Polihroniade" 2026 Open 13·R7·-19.3
Last 12 months — tournaments
7 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Swiss | Feb 2026 | 1.5/6 | #28 | 1408 | -20.0 |
Swiss | Jan 2026 | 1.5/2 | #34 | 1782 | -28.4 |
Swiss | Dec 2025 | 0/5 | #20 | 911 | -69.6 |
Swiss | Oct 2025 | 1.5/6 | #38 | 1454 | 0.0 |
Team | Sep 2025 | 3/4 | #15 | 1602 | 0.0 |
Team | Sep 2025 | 1.5/3 | #46 | 756 | 0.0 |
Swiss | Aug 2025 | 2/3 | #115 | 839 | 0.0 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsAlexandru-Marius Tamas
🇷🇴ROU·1613
+1 −5 =0
6 games·last met Apr 2026
View head-to-head →
vsVictor Chiotan
🇷🇴ROU·1606
+2 −4 =0
6 games·last met Feb 2026
View head-to-head →
vsAlexia-Victoria Apolzan
🇷🇴ROU
+1 −3 =2
6 games·last met Jun 2025
View head-to-head →
vsDavid-Calin Stroia
🇷🇴ROU·1514
+0 −5 =0
5 games·last met Feb 2026
View head-to-head →
Rankings
/
Romania
#1,972
out of 2,776 players
Europe
#124,061
in continent
World
#202,804
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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