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Bucharest Chess Weekend 64th ed.

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64 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 26 Dec 2025 to 28 Dec 2025 in Bucuresti, Romania. 9 titled players from 8 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2087, and top seed was Lehel Vrencian (πŸ‡·πŸ‡΄ ROU, FM, 2276).

Robert-Ionut Creanga (πŸ‡·πŸ‡΄ ROU, FM, 2262) won with 6.0/7, ahead of Matei Vasile (5.0) and Roman Dubic (5.0). Creanga shared the lead from round 5 and broke clear in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 5: Marcel-Trestieni Ion (1607) beat Sergiu Martinenco (1932), a +325-point gap.

Location
πŸ‡·πŸ‡΄Bucuresti, Romania
Dates
26 Dec 2025 β†’ 28 Dec 2025
Time control
Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss Β· 7 rounds
Top seed
πŸ‡·πŸ‡΄FMLehel Vrencian2276
Avg top 10
2,087
Participants
64
Titled players Β· 9
IMΓ—2
FMΓ—4
WFMΓ—1
WCMΓ—2
Federations Β· 8 represented
πŸ‡·πŸ‡΄RomaniaΓ—52
πŸ‡§πŸ‡¬BulgariaΓ—3
πŸ‡²πŸ‡©MoldovaΓ—2
πŸ‡±πŸ‡°Sri LankaΓ—2
πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦CanadaΓ—1
πŸ‡«πŸ‡·FranceΓ—1
πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦UkraineΓ—1
πŸ‡§πŸ‡ͺBelgiumΓ—1
Top 3
  • πŸ₯‡
    FMRobert-Ionut Creanga
    πŸ‡·πŸ‡΄ROUΒ·2262
    6.0ptsΒ·2284perf+3.0
  • πŸ₯ˆ
    Matei Vasile
    πŸ‡·πŸ‡΄ROUΒ·1991
    5.0ptsΒ·2127perf+52.4
  • πŸ₯‰
    Roman Dubic
    πŸ‡·πŸ‡΄ROUΒ·2062
    5.0ptsΒ·2099perf+8.6

How it unfolded

Top 6 Β· 7 rounds

FM Robert-Ionut Creanga led from R7; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
25
10
3
1
7
3
1
23.55.57R1R2R3R4R5R6R7Creanga takes lead
Creanga6Tanasie5Raducanu5Voiteanu5Dubic5Mihaila5β€” ex-leaders:Vasileled R4, #9
R7 Β· LEADER CHANGE28 Dec

FM Robert-Ionut Creanga takes the sole lead (6.0/7).

WIN STREAKS Β· 2 top finishers

FM Cosmin Tanasie 5 wins (R1–R7)Andrei-Augustin Raducanu 3 wins (R1–R3)

R4 Β· LATE SURGE

FM Cosmin Tanasie was #25 at R4, climbed to #2 over the final stretch.

Key matchups Β· top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1FMRobert-Ionut Creanga*β€”β€”
1
2FMCosmin Tanasieβ€”*
1
β€”
3Andrei-Augustin Raducanuβ€”
0
*β€”
4FMCristian-Gabriel Voiteanu
0
β€”β€”*

Grille amΓ©ricaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΞ”
1Creanga, Robert-IonutFM2262ROU+34N=12B+31N+22B=3N+8B+2N6.027.030.025.252284+3.0
2Vasile, Matei1991ROU+29N+21B+19N+4Bβˆ’8N+14Bβˆ’1B5.028.031.520.502127+52.4
3Dubic, Roman2062ROU+32B+25N=15B+5N=1Bβˆ’7N+31B5.027.531.021.002099+8.6
4Vrencian, LehelFM2276ROU+17B+13N+18Bβˆ’2N=20B=6N+32B5.026.530.020.502085-24.0
5Raducanu, Andrei-Augustin1970ROU+14N+30B+9Nβˆ’3B+29Nβˆ’11B+26N5.026.530.020.002015+10.8
6Angelov, Zvetomir2004BUL+26Bβˆ’15N+12N=16B+35N=4B+14N5.025.528.520.001997+2.2
7Mihaila, Marika-Nicolas1960ROU+35Nβˆ’9B+34N+27B+30N+3Bβˆ’11N5.025.528.518.502026+27.6
8Voiteanu, Cristian-GabrielFM2056ROUF+33B+40N+15N+2Bβˆ’1N+20B5.025.525.519.502198+20.8
9Sariteanu, SabinaWFM1816ROU+46B+7Nβˆ’5Bβˆ’10N+51B+23N+36B5.024.526.516.501984+33.2
10Vasilescu, Lucian-MihailIM2107ROU=33N+41BF+9B=21N+16B+12N5.023.523.519.752078-1.0
11Tanasie, CosminFM2160ROU+38BFF+49N+24B+5N+7B5.019.019.019.002679+35.2
12Cirlan, Ionut-Gheorghe1908ROU+56B=1Nβˆ’6B+44N+49B+17Nβˆ’10B4.524.526.013.001978+13.8
13Pandelescu, Maria-Catalina1884ROU+47Nβˆ’4Bβˆ’14N+58B=34N+42B+29N4.520.521.511.001853-8.8
14Craciun, Dorian-Raul1687ROUβˆ’5B+57N+13B+25N+19Bβˆ’2Nβˆ’6B4.027.529.014.001936+45.8
15Mihai, Adam-Alexandru1833ROU+50N+6B=3Nβˆ’8Bβˆ’16N+41B=22N4.025.527.514.001915+32.4
16Sementov, Andrei1778ROU+39Bβˆ’20N+64B=6N+15Bβˆ’10N=19B4.025.025.011.501891+13.2
17Kalubowila, K H N1759SRIβˆ’4N+47B+50N=19B+22Nβˆ’12B=30N4.023.525.512.251897+24.4
18Panus, VictorIM1913ROU+23N+27Bβˆ’4Nβˆ’29B+42Nβˆ’26B+53N4.023.025.012.501825-7.6
19Calugareanu, Ioana-DenisaWCM1921ROU+43B+59Nβˆ’2B=17Nβˆ’14N+35B=16N4.022.523.510.501747-51.6
20Chuchukova, Stefani1948BUL+42N+16B=49BF=4N+21Bβˆ’8N4.022.522.514.002024+11.8
21Belchev, Emil1880FRA+58Bβˆ’2N+53B+51N=10Bβˆ’20N=24B4.022.023.09.501904+6.4
22Anghelescu, Teodor-Stefan1982ROU=61B+44N+45Bβˆ’1Nβˆ’17B+38N=15B4.022.022.510.251877-34.0
23Ion, Marcel-Trestieni1607BELβˆ’18B+28N+52Bβˆ’30B+48Nβˆ’9B+45N4.021.523.511.001913+107.6
24Onofrasc, Ivan1947ROU+62Bβˆ’49N+26B+45Nβˆ’11N=29B=21N4.021.021.510.751860-28.0
25Popescu-Vava, Luca-Delian1851ROU+63Nβˆ’3B+41Nβˆ’14Bβˆ’32N+37B+43N4.020.520.58.001760-30.8
26Groapa, Aurelian1728ROUβˆ’6N+63Bβˆ’24N+64B+52B+18Nβˆ’5B4.020.020.06.001869+21.0
27Cioara, Nicolae-Cristian1770ROU+60Bβˆ’18N+59Bβˆ’7N+37Bβˆ’31N+49B4.018.519.57.0017770.0
28Rusu, Adrian1931ROUβˆ’41Nβˆ’23B+63Nβˆ’43B+50N+44B+34N4.016.516.57.501678-38.8
29Anghel, Teodor-Andrei1718ROUβˆ’2B+58N+48B+18Nβˆ’5B=24Nβˆ’13B3.525.026.09.501889+60.0
30Badica, ArianaWCM1842ROU+57Bβˆ’5N+43B+23Nβˆ’7Bβˆ’32N=17B3.524.025.510.001745-33.6
31Parvu, Razvan-George1968ROU=44B+55Nβˆ’1B+33NF+27Bβˆ’3N3.522.522.510.251916-11.2
32Mesca, Liviu-Stefanita1742ROUβˆ’3NF=46B+56N+25B+30Bβˆ’4N3.521.521.510.251878+20.4
33Dragusin, Calin-Ioan1744ROU=10Bβˆ’8N+55Bβˆ’31B+39Nβˆ’36N+56B3.521.022.58.501827+19.2
34Dimitrov, Georgi Y1751BULβˆ’1B+61Nβˆ’7B+46N=13B=43Nβˆ’28B3.024.525.06.501759-1.2
35Nastase, Stefan1676ROUβˆ’7B=46N+39B+40Nβˆ’6Bβˆ’19N=57B3.022.524.08.001656-5.8
36Covrig, Ionel1958ROU+37Bβˆ’45Nβˆ’51B+53NF+33Bβˆ’9N3.018.018.08.501738-32.8
37Moroianu, George1671ROUβˆ’36Nβˆ’50B+60N+59Bβˆ’27Nβˆ’25N+54B3.016.017.04.001464-25.8
38Marchidan, Costica1746ROUβˆ’11NF+62Bβˆ’42B+57Nβˆ’22B+47N3.016.016.04.5017690.0
39Dragusin, Mihai0ROUβˆ’16N=42Bβˆ’35N+63Bβˆ’33B=55N+62B3.015.015.02.5016240.0
40Szatmary, Alex1775CAN+64NFβˆ’8Bβˆ’35B=47N=56N+41B3.014.514.54.501639-38.0
41Cirstea, Radu1638ROU+28Bβˆ’10Nβˆ’25B=48N+55Bβˆ’15Nβˆ’40N2.522.524.06.751756+15.2
42David, Alexandru1667ROUβˆ’20B=39N+61B+38Nβˆ’18Bβˆ’13Nβˆ’48B2.521.021.55.001728+8.0
43Talaba, David-Christian1611ROUβˆ’19N+60Bβˆ’30N+28NF=34Bβˆ’25B2.519.519.56.501711+22.0
44Mihai, Traian-Daniel1687ROU=31Nβˆ’22B+54Nβˆ’12BFβˆ’28N+55B2.519.519.55.251748+7.8
45Ilie, Eduard-Alexandru1807ROU+54N+36Bβˆ’22Nβˆ’24BF=49Nβˆ’23B2.519.019.06.001715-26.4
46Sandea, Dorin-Gheorghe1423ROUβˆ’9N=35B=32Nβˆ’34B=58Nβˆ’48B+60N2.518.019.04.751543+10.2
47Lacatus, Andrei1593ROUβˆ’13Bβˆ’17NF+61N=40B+51Nβˆ’38B2.517.017.04.001709+34.0
48Martinenco, Sergiu1932MDAFFβˆ’29N=41Bβˆ’23B+46N+42N2.515.015.06.251633-34.4
49Hurmuzache, Mihnea1735ROUF+24B=20Nβˆ’11Bβˆ’12N=45Bβˆ’27N2.024.024.07.251795+13.6
50Craciun, Dimitri1532ROUβˆ’15B+37Nβˆ’17Bβˆ’52Nβˆ’28B+59Nβˆ’51B2.019.020.04.001515-5.6
51Calin, Rares-Ionut1735ROUFF+36Nβˆ’21Bβˆ’9Nβˆ’47B+50N2.016.516.55.001682-15.2
52Apostol, Lucian1803MDAFFβˆ’23N+50Bβˆ’26Nβˆ’53B+58N2.013.013.03.001550-66.0
53Lazarean, Colea-Valentin1662ROUFFβˆ’21Nβˆ’36B+64N+52Nβˆ’18B2.013.013.02.001695+2.6
54Jayasinghe, J M A K1408SRIβˆ’45B=62Nβˆ’44Bβˆ’55N+59N=58Bβˆ’37N2.011.512.01.751398-4.0
55Caraiman, Cezar-Cristian1634ROUFβˆ’31Bβˆ’33N+54Bβˆ’41N=39Bβˆ’44N1.517.017.03.501449-47.2
56Badea, Ovidiu1599ROUβˆ’12NFFβˆ’32B+60N=40Bβˆ’33N1.515.515.52.501469-9.2
57Bumbaru, Viorel1556ROUβˆ’30Nβˆ’14BF+62Nβˆ’38BF=35N1.514.514.52.001568-3.6
58Dronca, Matei-David1589ROUβˆ’21Nβˆ’29BFβˆ’13N=46B=54Nβˆ’52B1.018.518.52.251416-52.0
59Taina, Matei-Florin0ROUFβˆ’19Bβˆ’27Nβˆ’37Nβˆ’54Bβˆ’50B+63N1.015.015.00.0013730.0
60Kolisnyk, Oleksii0UKRβˆ’27Nβˆ’43Nβˆ’37BFβˆ’56B+63Nβˆ’46B1.013.513.50.0013350.0
61Oncescu, Vlad-Norin1694ROU=22Nβˆ’34Bβˆ’42Nβˆ’47BFFF0.513.513.52.001425-25.2
62Tupilusi, Tudorel1642ROUβˆ’24N=54Bβˆ’38Nβˆ’57BFFβˆ’39N0.513.513.51.001349-27.8
63Pestroiu-Braun, Karina1564ROUβˆ’25Bβˆ’26Nβˆ’28Bβˆ’39NFβˆ’60Bβˆ’59B0.017.017.00.001038-23.2
64FIDE 422245000β€”βˆ’40BFβˆ’16Nβˆ’26Nβˆ’53BFF0.013.513.50.009360.0

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