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Paunescu, Aida
WCM🇨🇾FIDE 5908647· Female· Cyprus· Born in 2014
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Aida Paunescu, a 12-year-old Woman Candidate Master, is rated 1764 — her current career high and sitting in the top 4% of women worldwide under 12. She is on a steady climb with +62 Elo over the past 12 months. 41 rated games in the past year (≈23/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include 4th International Open Chess Tournament Pafos Cyprus Group A, Cyprus Closed Women Chess Championship 2026, and Cyprus Open Chess Championship 2026. Also played 6 rapid (including Cyprus Clubs Chess Championship 2025) and 5 blitz events (including EYCC 2025 - 2nd Blitz Tournament) recently. She reached #30 nationally in May 2026.
Awarded WCM in 2024 (age 10). At junior level, she reached #2 and #1 nationally in U12 and U10.
Current rating
1764
Standard
Rpd1737·Blz1639
All-time high
1764
at best
May 2026 · age 12
May 2026 · age 12
Activity
34
games / yr avg. · ≈3/mo
37 past 12 mo · ≈3/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
Top 4%
#119 · women worldwide under 12 · of 2,965
Career timeline
11 entries2026
Peak national rank: #30
at age 12 · rated 1764
May 2026
2nd U12 player nationally
at age 12 · rated 1764
May 2026
All-time peak 1764
at age 12
May 2026
100 career games
at age 12
May 2026
2025
Best 12-month gain (+516 Elo)
1185 → 1701
Feb 2025
2024
1st U10 player nationally
at age 10 · rated 1697
Oct 2024
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
+64
1700 → 1764
Tournaments
6
46 games
Score
28/ 4660.9%
22W12D12L
Top 3 wins
1.[W]vsAlexander D Grigoriev1,870·4th International Open Chess Tournament Pafos Cyprus Group A·R8·+25.9
2.[W]vsAndreas Hadjinicolaou1,859·4th International Open Chess Tournament Pafos Cyprus Group A·R6·+25.3
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
6 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 2.5/7 | #65 | 1863 | +64.8 |
Round-Robin | Mar 2026 | 7.5/7 | #1 | 2436 | +90.4 |
Open Swiss | Jan 2026 | 4.5/6 | #55 | 1793 | -84.8 |
Open Swiss | Jan 2026 | 6/4 | #1 | 2313 | +7.6 |
Open Swiss | Oct 2025 | 5/8 | #71 | 1784 | +4.8 |
Team | Sep 2025 | 2.5/5 | #9 | 1663 | -6.8 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsKyriakos Skouroupathis
🇨🇾CYP·1782
+2 −3 =3
8 games·last met Jan 2026
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vsEleni PicaWCM
🇨🇾CYP·1684
+2 −4 =0
6 games·last met Mar 2026
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vsChristodoulos Daniil
🇨🇾CYP·1792
+0 −4 =1
5 games·last met Apr 2026
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vsVictoria SokolovaWCM
🇨🇾CYP·1711
+3 −1 =1
5 games·last met Mar 2026
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vsConstantinos Stefanos
🇨🇾CYP·1411
+5 −0 =0
5 games·last met Jan 2026
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Rankings
/
Cyprus
#30
out of 136 players
Europe
#63,035
in continent
World
#87,853
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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