Bogdan-Daniel Deac (born 8 October 2001) is a Romanian

chess grandmaster Grandmaster (GM) is a title awarded to chess players by the world chess organization FIDE. Apart from World Champion, Grandmaster is the highest title a chess player can attain. Once achieved, the title is held for life, though exceptionally the t ...

. A

chess prodigy Chess is a board game for two players. It is an abstract strategy game that involves no hidden information and no elements of chance. It is played on a square board consisting of 64 squares arranged in an 8×8 grid. The players, referred to ...

, he earned his grandmaster title at the age of 14 years, 7 months and 27 days. Deac crossed the 2700 barrier for the first time in September 2022, when he reached his peak FIDE rating of 2710, placing him at World No. 34.

Chess career

Born in 2001, Deac earned his

international master FIDE titles are awarded by the international chess governing body FIDE (''Fédération Internationale des Échecs'') for outstanding performance. The highest such title is Grandmaster (GM). Titles generally require a combination of Elo rating and ...

title in 2014 and his grandmaster title in 2016. He is the No. 1 ranked Romanian player In March 2018, he competed in the

European Individual Chess Championship The European Individual Chess Championship is a chess tournament organised by the European Chess Union. It was established in 2000 and has since then taken place on a yearly basis. Apart from determining the European champions (open and women's) ...

. He placed ninety-fourth, scoring 6/11 (+4–3=4). He played in the

Chess World Cup 2021 The Chess World Cup 2021 was a 206-player single-elimination chess tournament that took place in Sochi, Russia, beginning 12 July and ending 6 August 2021. It was the 9th edition of the Chess World Cup. The winner of this tournament was the Polish ...

, losing in the second round to Grigoriy Oparin after a walkover in the first, and in the

Chess World Cup 2023 The Chess World Cup 2023 was a 206-player single-elimination chess tournament that took place in Baku, Azerbaijan from 30 July to 24 August 2023. It was the 10th edition of the Chess World Cup. The winner, runner-up and third-place finisher of t ...

, where he defeated Pablo Ismael Acosta in the second round before being eliminated by

Nihal Sarin Nihal Sarin (born 13 July 2004) is an Indian chess grandmaster and chess prodigy. In 2018, he passed the Elo rating of 2600 at 14 years old, which at the time made him the third youngest player in history to do so. As a junior player, Nihal ...

in the third round. In 2024, he won the

Reykjavik Open The Reykjavik Open is an annual chess tournament that takes place in the capital city of Iceland. It was held every two years up to 2008, currently it runs annually. The first edition was held in 1964 and was won by Mikhail Tal with a score of 12. ...

as clear first with a score of 7.5/9.https://twitter.com/ReykjavikOpen/status/1770860063688700022?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

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* * * 2001 births Living people Chess Grandmasters Sportspeople from Râmnicu Vâlcea Romanian chess players Chess Olympiad competitors {{Romania-chess-bio-stub