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Alexa, Cosmin-Alex
🇷🇴FIDE 5601460· Male· Romania· Born in 2000
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Cosmin-Alex Alexa, a 26-year-old Romanian player, is rated 1944 — just 16 short of his peak of 1960 (Oct 2025, age 25). He has held steady between 1900 and 1950 for 7 months. 39 rated games in the past year (≈23/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Phoenix Cup 13th ed. - Open, Cotnari Chess Academy Cup 2026, and Minerva Braila Trophy 4th ed. - A. Also played 6 rapid (including Grand Prix Iasi 5) and 1 blitz events (including Five O'Clock Blitz - 56th ed.) recently. He took a 24-month break between Nov 2020 and Dec 2022 (COVID-19 included).
Competes for Romania since Mar 2023. At junior level, he reached #22, #35, #37 and #41 nationally in U20, U18, U16 and U14.
Current rating
1944
Standard
Rpd1871·Blz1860
All-time high
1960
−16 pts below
Oct 2025 · age 25
Oct 2025 · age 25
Activity
26
games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo
39 past 12 mo · ≈3/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#37,892
#37,892 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
14 entries2025
All-time peak 1960
at age 25 · −16 from today
Oct 2025
2024
76th Romanian 20-35 player
at age 24 · rated 1956
Oct 2024
2023
Switched federation: MLT → ROU
at age 23
Mar 2023
2020
Inactive for 24 months
paused at 1887 → returned at 1880
Nov 2020
22nd Romanian U20 player
at age 20 · rated 1908
Oct 2020
2019
Best 12-month gain (+131 Elo)
1790 → 1921
Jul 2019
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+10
1934 → 1944
Tournaments
6
39 games
Score
27/ 3969.2%
20W14D5L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
6 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Swiss | May 2026 | 4/7 | #10 | 1968 | +8.4 |
Open Swiss | Jan 2026 | 4/6 | #14 | 1866 | -7.0 |
Swiss | Nov 2025 | 4/6 | #6 | 1849 | -14.4 |
Swiss | Nov 2025 | 4.5/6 | #6 | 1907 | -2.0 |
Open Swiss | Sep 2025 | 6.5/8 | #2 | 2086 | +33.4 |
Open Swiss | Jul 2025 | 4/6 | #18 | 1861 | -7.6 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsJake DarmaninCM
🇲🇹MLT·2037
+0 −8 =3
11 games·last met Oct 2019
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vsDuncan VellaCM
🇲🇹MLT·1903
+0 −5 =3
8 games·last met Oct 2019
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vsPetrisor Gavrila
🇷🇴ROU·1933
+3 −2 =1
6 games·last met Sep 2025
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vsJack MizziCM
🇲🇹MLT·2216
+0 −0 =6
6 games·last met Oct 2019
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vsOliver Said
🇲🇹MLT·1967
+3 −2 =1
6 games·last met Sep 2019
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Rankings
/
Romania
#350
out of 2,776 players
Europe
#28,007
in continent
World
#37,891
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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