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Ilinca, Felix-Antonio

Ilinca, Felix-Antonio

IM🇷🇴

FIDEFIDE 54764998· Male· Romania· Born in 2010

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Felix-Antonio Ilinca, a 16-year-old Romanian International Master, is rated 2495 and ranked 1st among Romanian players under 16, and in the top 1% worldwide. He is on a steady climb with +55 Elo over the past 12 months. 158 rated games in the past year (≈126/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include European Individual Chess Championship 2026, 52 Torneo Internacional de Ajedrez de La Roda 2026, and Division de Honor FACV 2026 Rondas 9-11. Also played 5 rapid (including MEMORIAL EMILIO PELLICER - BENIDORM CHESS OPEN 2025) and 13 blitz events (including 31st AbuDhabi International Chess Festival-Blitz - Open) recently. He reached Romanian #9 in May 2026.

Competes for Romania since Jun 2023. Awarded IM in 2024 (age 14), FM in 2023 (age 13), and CM in 2022 (age 12). Earned GM norms at 39th European Club Cup 2024 and Budapest Spring Festival 2026. At junior level, he reached World #13 in U16, World #6 in U14, World #18 in U12 and #19 nationally in U10.

Current rating

2495

Standard

Rpd2402·Blz2452

All-time high

2495

at best
Jun 2026 · age 16

Activity

162

games / yr avg. · ≈14/mo

158 past 12 mo · ≈13/mo
classical only
Very active

Signature stat

#1

#1 · Romanian players under 16 · of 227

Career timeline

22 entries
2026
Peak Romanian rank: #9
at age 16 · rated 2486
May 2026
13th U16 player worldwide
at age 16 · rated 2486
May 2026
All-time peak 2486
at age 16
May 2026
2025
Re-crossed 2400
at age 15
May 2025
500 career games
at age 15
Jan 2025
2024
6th U14 player worldwide
at age 14 · rated 2470
Nov 2024

Standard rating history

Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
COVID-19

Activity & highlights

Best result
Budapest Spring Festival 2026
perf 2647 (+166) · 6.5/9 · #7
Top opponent
vs Aditya MittalGM 2,610
Budapest Spring Festival 2026 · Feb 2026 · +1.8 Elo
Best comeback
Roquetas Chess Festival 2026 - XXXVII International Open
finished #2 (seeded #11 of 200)
Evolution
+64
2431 → 2495
Tournaments
20
149 games
Score
96.5/ 14964.8%
73W47D29L

Last 12 months — tournaments

13 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
Caissa Hotel IM-GM Chess Tournament - Guitar Group - A
Round-Robin
May 20266.5/9#12537+7.7
Caissa Hotel IM-GM Chess Tournament - Drum Group - A
Round-Robin
May 20265.5/9#32443-2.5
FE 3 Sardinia world chess - A
Open Swiss
May 20265.5/9#362508+4.2
European Individual Chess Championship 2026
Open Swiss
Apr 20266/11#1732461-1.8
52 Torneo Internacional de Ajedrez de La Roda 2026
Open Swiss
Mar 20267/9#42482+6.7
Division de Honor FACV 2026 Rondas 9-11
Round-Robin
Mar 20262/2#273151+7.2
Budapest Spring Festival 2026
Open Swiss
Feb 20266.5/9#72647+22.9
Romania National Open Championship 2026
Open Swiss
Feb 20265.5/9#142352-9.7
Division de Honor FACV 2026 Rondas 5-7
Round-Robin
Feb 20261/1#523134+3.3
Division de Honor FACV 2026 Rondas 4
Round-Robin
Jan 20260.5/1#382369-1.0

Most-Played Opponents

vsDiego Macias PinoIM
🇪🇸ESP·2494
+2 −4 =10
16 games·last met Jun 2026
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vsAntonio Granero RocaIM
🇪🇸ESP·2281
+6 −4 =3
13 games·last met Jun 2025
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vsJhoel GarciaIM
🇵🇪PER·2280
+3 −9 =0
12 games·last met Jan 2026
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vsEric Sos AndreuIM
🇪🇸ESP·2374
+5 −4 =1
10 games·last met Jun 2025
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vsJose Manuel Diaz VelandiaFM
🇻🇪VEN·2358
+5 −3 =1
9 games·last met Oct 2025
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Rankings

/
Romania
#9
out of 2,776 players
Europe
#357
in continent
World
#616
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

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World
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