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Popescu, Mihaela

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FIDEFIDE 42242274· Female· Romania· Born in 1985

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Mihaela Popescu, a 41-year-old Romanian player, is rated 1493. She has slipped back 59 Elo over the past 12 months. 12 rated games in the past year (≈9/year long-term). Recent appearances: Pegas Winter 2026 - A and Cluj Chess Marathon 9th ed. - Open. Also played 2 rapid events (including Alba Grand Prix Rapid 2025) recently. Her peak of 1554 was reached at age 40 (Oct 2025).

Current rating

1493

Standard

Rpd—·Blz—

All-time high

1554

−61 pts below
Oct 2025 · age 40

Activity

10

games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo

12 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Moderately active

Signature stat

#188,446

#188,446 · players worldwide · of 218,279

Career timeline

8 entries
2026
96th Romanian 40-45 player
at age 41 · rated 1503
Feb 2026
Re-crossed 1500
at age 41
Feb 2026
2025
All-time peak 1554
at age 40 · −61 from today
Oct 2025
62nd Romanian 35-40 player
at age 40 · rated 1552
Aug 2025
Crossed 1500
at age 40
May 2025
Crossed 1400
at age 40
May 2025

Standard rating history

Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated

Activity & highlights

Top opponent
vs Iulian-Eugen Negrea 1,552
Pegas Winter 2026 - A · Feb 2026 · +23.1 Elo
Evolution
-58
1551 → 1493
Tournaments
2
12 games
Score
3/ 1225.0%
3W0D9L
Top 3 losses
1.[L]vsAlexandru-Marius Tamas1,578·Pegas Winter 2026 - A·R3·-15.5
2.[L]vsDragos-Andrei Lazan1,584·Pegas Winter 2026 - A·R1·-15.1
3.[L]vsStefan Trif1,633·Cluj Chess Marathon 9th ed. - Open·R6·-12.4

Last 12 months — tournaments

2 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
Pegas Winter 2026 - A
Swiss
Feb 20262/6#271491-2.4
Cluj Chess Marathon 9th ed. - Open
Swiss
Nov 20251/6#231365-46.0
Worst Elo result: Cluj Chess Marathon 9th ed. - Open (-46.0 Elo, finished #23).

Rankings

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Romania
#1,801
out of 2,776 players
Europe
#118,292
in continent
World
#188,378
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

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World
Romania
1
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2
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3
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2,577
4
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2,550
5
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2,545
6
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2,517
7
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2,507
8
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2,501
9
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2,495
10
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2,484
...
1801🇷🇴Popescu, Mihaela1,493
Europe
1
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2,841
2
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2,767
3
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2,764
4
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2,744
5
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2,739
6
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2,729
7
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2,728
8
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2,721
9
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2,717
10
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2,713
...
118292🇷🇴Popescu, Mihaela1,493
World
1
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2,841
2
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2,792
2
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2,792
4
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2,777
4
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2,777
6
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2,767
7
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2,764
8
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2,761
9
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2,753
9
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2,753
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188378🇷🇴Popescu, Mihaela1,493