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Bogdan-Daniel Deac

Bogdan-Daniel Deac — Photo: Stefan64, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

World rank: No. 60 (October 2026)
Rating: 2654 (+10 this month)
Peak rating: 2710 (September 2022)
Title: Grandmaster (2016)
Federation: Romania
FIDE ID: 1226380

Romania’s No. 1 player and a former prodigy who became a grandmaster at 14. Deac crossed 2700 in September 2022, reaching a peak of 2710.

In 2024 he won the Reykjavík Open outright with 7½/9.

Career highlights

Romania's top-ranked player
Won the 2024 Reykjavík Open
Grandmaster at 14
Peak rating 2710 (September 2022)

Titles

Reykjavík Open: 2024

From the winners lists on our event pages.

Bogdan-Daniel Deac in The Chess Herald

Oct 22, 2026Novy Bor and SuperChess Meet in Round 6 With 10/10 Each

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Profile last reviewed September 29, 2026. Ratings update monthly from FIDE.