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Bercaru, Vlad Ionut
🇪🇸FIDE 54579546· Male· Spain· Born in 2009
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Vlad Ionut Bercaru, a 17-year-old Spanish player, is rated 2186 — just 15 short of his peak of 2201 (Apr 2026, age 17) and sitting in the top 4% of Spanish players under 18, and in the top 4% worldwide. He is rising rapidly, having gained +136 Elo over the past 12 months. 80 rated games in the past year (≈68/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include X Open Internacional de Ajedrez Semana Santa San Vicente del Raspeig 2026 A, Primera Autonomica Norte FACV 2026 Rondas 6, and Primera Autonomica Norte FACV 2026 Rondas 9-11. Also played 3 rapid (including MEMORIAL EMILIO PELLICER - BENIDORM CHESS OPEN 2025) and 3 blitz events (including HALLOWEEN CHESS - BENIDORM CHESS OPEN 2025) recently.
At junior level, he reached #31, #31, #9, #9 and #21 nationally in U18, U16, U14, U12 and U10.
Current rating
2186
Standard
Rpd2073·Blz2035
All-time high
2201
−15 pts below
Apr 2026 · age 17
Apr 2026 · age 17
Activity
73
games / yr avg. · ≈6/mo
73 past 12 mo · ≈6/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
Top 4%
#33 · Spanish players under 18 · of 862
Career timeline
17 entries2026
31st Spanish U18 player
at age 17 · rated 2201
Apr 2026
Crossed 2200
at age 17
Apr 2026
All-time peak 2201
at age 17 · −15 from today
Apr 2026
Re-crossed 2100
at age 17
Feb 2026
2025
Crossed 2100
at age 16
Sep 2025
2024
31st Spanish U16 player
at age 15 · rated 2088
Jul 2024
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
+186
2000 → 2186
Tournaments
13
73 games
Score
42/ 7357.5%
33W18D22L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
13 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 5.5/9 | #118 | 2162 | -15.2 |
Round-Robin | Mar 2026 | 0.5/1 | #62 | 2127 | -1.6 |
Round-Robin | Mar 2026 | 2/3 | #26 | 2315 | +26.0 |
Round-Robin | Feb 2026 | 1/1 | #10 | 2916 | +19.6 |
Round-Robin | Feb 2026 | 2/2 | #8 | 2866 | +33.6 |
Round-Robin | Jan 2026 | 2.5/3 | #7 | 2455 | +54.8 |
Open Swiss | Dec 2025 | 4/6 | #19 | 2104 | +24.8 |
Open Swiss | Oct 2025 | 4/9 | #46 | 1945 | -88.0 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 2/6 | #158 | 2018 | -26.8 |
Swiss | Aug 2025 | 6/9 | #5 | 2225 | +65.2 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsLucas Deusa Ballesteros
🇪🇸ESP·2107
+2 −1 =4
7 games·last met Mar 2026
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vsRayan Romero Barkouk
🇪🇸ESP·1861
+4 −3 =0
7 games·last met Apr 2025
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vsAlejandro Yuste Valenzuela
🇪🇸ESP·2225
+0 −4 =3
7 games·last met Mar 2024
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vsCarlos Eloy Carbonell BofillFM
🇪🇸ESP·2096
+4 −1 =1
6 games·last met Feb 2026
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vsJavier Buenafe MoyaFM
🇪🇸ESP·2186
+1 −2 =3
6 games·last met Dec 2025
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Rankings
/
Spain
#588
out of 20,300 players
Europe
#6,298
in continent
World
#8,946
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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