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Popa, Costel
🇮🇹FIDE 865095· Male· Italy· Born in 1971
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Costel Popa, a 55-year-old Italian player, is rated 1664 — just 7 short of his peak of 1671 (Mar 2024, age 53). He is on a steady climb with +22 Elo over the past 12 months. 18 rated games in the past year (≈8/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Settimanale 28 Memorial Berruto - A Rounds 3-4-5-6, Settimanale 28 Memorial Berruto - A Rounds 1-2, and CIS 2026 - Serie Promozione Piemonte Girone 2. Also played 5 rapid and 3 blitz events recently. He took a 117-month break between Jul 2009 and May 2019.
Current rating
1664
Standard
Rpd1692·Blz1664
All-time high
1671
−7 pts below
Mar 2024 · age 53
Mar 2024 · age 53
Activity
24
games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo
18 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#122,926
#122,926 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
12 entries2024
100 career games
at age 53
Dec 2024
Best 12-month gain (+205 Elo)
1439 → 1644
Nov 2024
Crossed 1600
at age 53
Mar 2024
Re-crossed 1500
at age 53
Mar 2024
All-time peak 1671
at age 53 · −7 from today
Mar 2024
2023
Re-crossed 1500
at age 52
May 2023
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
+22
1642 → 1664
Tournaments
9
18 games
Score
8/ 1844.4%
5W6D7L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
9 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Swiss | May 2026 | 2.5/4 | #6 | 1818 | +13.8 |
Swiss | Apr 2026 | 1/3 | #27 | 1615 | -3.4 |
Swiss | Mar 2026 | 1/2 | #20 | 1802 | +8.6 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 1.5/1 | #26 | 2319 | +7.8 |
Swiss | Nov 2025 | 0.5/1 | #10 | 1623 | -0.6 |
Swiss | Oct 2025 | 0/1 | #23 | 943 | -7.2 |
Swiss | Oct 2025 | 0.5/3 | #13 | 1522 | -7.0 |
Swiss | Oct 2025 | 1/1 | #17 | 2610 | +14.6 |
Swiss | Sep 2025 | 0/1 | #19 | 1005 | -5.8 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsPasquale Partipilo
🇮🇹ITA·1509
+13 −0 =0
13 games·last met Jun 2026
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vsMauro Di Chiara
🇮🇹ITA·1937
+0 −12 =1
13 games·last met Mar 2026
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vsLuca Cesare Fassio
🇮🇹ITA·1976
+0 −12 =0
12 games·last met Oct 2025
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vsIonut-Silviu Pohoata
🇷🇴ROU·1867
+1 −9 =0
10 games·last met Jun 2026
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vsMario Iacomussi
🇮🇹ITA·1576
+6 −2 =2
10 games·last met Nov 2025
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Rankings
/
Italy
#4,275
out of 9,142 players
Europe
#84,933
in continent
World
#122,920
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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