Cluj Chess Marathon 9th ed. - U1700
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26 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 21 Nov 2025 to 23 Nov 2025 in Cluj-Napoca, Romania. Top 10 Elo average was 1605, and top seed was David-Emil Turcas (🇷🇴 ROU, 1697).
Andrei Codorean (🇷🇴 ROU, 1530) won with 5.5/7, ahead of David-Emil Turcas (5.0) and Eric-Matei Fodor (5.0). Codorean clinched sole first place in the final round.
The biggest upset came in round 1: Vlad-Codrin Luca (1497) beat Luca Donici-Maier (1650), a +153-point gap.
Location
🇷🇴Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Dates
21 Nov 2025 → 23 Nov 2025
Time control
Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 7 rounds
Federations · 1 represented
🇷🇴Romania×26
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 7 roundsAndrei Codorean led from R7; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.
Co-leaders
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R5 · LEADER CHANGE22 Nov
Mihai-Adrian Iordache takes the sole lead (4.5/5).
WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers
Andrei Codorean 3 wins (R1–R3)Eric-Matei Fodor 3 wins (R4–R6)David-Emil Turcas 4 wins (R1–R4)
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Andrei Codorean | * | — | 0 | 1 |
| 2Eric-Matei Fodor | — | * | ½ | — |
| 3David-Emil Turcas | 1 | ½ | * | — |
| 4Emanuel Pau | 0 | — | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Codorean, Andrei | 1530 | ROU | +16N | +10B | +4N | −2N | =12B | +18B | +5N | 5.5 | 24.5 | 27.0 | 20.25 | 1772 | +68.4 |
| 2 | Turcas, David-Emil | 1697 | ROU | +11N | +15B | +9N | +1B | −5N | =8B | =3N | 5.0 | 27.0 | 30.0 | 21.00 | 1710 | +5.2 |
| 3 | Fodor, Eric-Matei | 1593 | ROU | =6N | =8B | =7N | +15B | +22N | +5B | =2B | 5.0 | 25.5 | 27.5 | 18.50 | 1709 | +43.6 |
| 4 | Pau, Emanuel | 1620 | ROU | +7B | +14N | −1B | −5N | +17B | +16N | =6B | 4.5 | 25.0 | 28.0 | 15.75 | 1558 | -9.8 |
| 5 | Iordache, Mihai-Adrian | 1562 | ROU | +21B | +24N | =18N | +4B | +2B | −3N | −1B | 4.5 | 24.5 | 26.0 | 14.25 | 1640 | +26.8 |
| 6 | Hale, Stefania | 1468 | ROU | =3B | =13N | −12B | +20N | +14B | +9N | =4N | 4.5 | 23.5 | 25.5 | 15.50 | 1636 | +58.8 |
| 7 | Bal, Natalia-Elena | 1468 | ROU | −4N | +20B | =3B | −10N | +23B | +17N | +12B | 4.5 | 22.0 | 23.5 | 12.50 | 1594 | +20.0 |
| 8 | Stangu, Sofia-Maria | 1582 | ROU | −14B | =3N | +19B | +24N | +13B | =2N | −10N | 4.0 | 23.0 | 24.5 | 12.50 | 1593 | +8.8 |
| 9 | Luca, Vlad-Codrin | 1497 | ROU | +13B | +12N | −2B | +16N | −18N | −6B | +15N | 4.0 | 22.5 | 25.0 | 13.00 | 1657 | +31.6 |
| 10 | Bompa, Flaviu | 1659 | ROU | +17B | −1N | F | +7B | F | +12N | +8B | 4.0 | 20.5 | 20.5 | 15.00 | 1782 | +14.8 |
| 11 | Almasan, Albert-Mihail | 1521 | ROU | −2B | +23N | −16B | =14N | +19B | =15B | +18N | 4.0 | 19.0 | 20.5 | 9.50 | 1542 | -10.4 |
| 12 | Stanescu, Gabriel | 1570 | ROU | +25N | −9B | +6N | +18B | =1N | −10B | −7N | 3.5 | 25.0 | 26.0 | 10.75 | 1465 | -44.4 |
| 13 | Donici-Maier, Luca | 1650 | ROU | −9N | =6B | F | +26B | −8N | +14N | +20B | 3.5 | 18.0 | 18.0 | 7.75 | 1490 | -44.0 |
| 14 | Jurjiu, Ioan-Andrei | 1453 | ROU | +8N | −4B | =15N | =11B | −6N | −13B | +25B | 3.0 | 23.5 | 24.5 | 8.50 | 1499 | +14.4 |
| 15 | Vamanu, Darius-Andrei | 1556 | ROU | +23B | −2N | =14B | −3N | +24B | =11N | −9B | 3.0 | 22.5 | 24.0 | 6.50 | 1336 | -43.6 |
| 16 | Pintea, Teodora | 0 | ROU | −1B | F | +11N | −9B | +21N | −4B | +19N | 3.0 | 22.5 | 22.5 | 8.50 | 1529 | 0.0 |
| 17 | Druta, Antonia Maria | 1505 | ROU | −10N | +25B | +26N | −22B | −4N | −7B | +23N | 3.0 | 17.5 | 18.0 | 3.00 | 1412 | -30.0 |
| 18 | Petrusel, Vlad-Andrei | 0 | ROU | F | +22N | =5B | −12N | +9B | −1N | −11B | 2.5 | 23.5 | 23.5 | 8.25 | 1501 | 0.0 |
| 19 | Pacurar, Iulian | 1527 | ROU | −24B | =21N | −8N | +25B | −11N | +23B | −16B | 2.5 | 16.0 | 17.0 | 3.50 | 1413 | -18.8 |
| 20 | Mocan, Emil-Octavian | 1428 | ROU | −22B | −7N | F | −6B | +26N | +21B | −13N | 2.0 | 17.0 | 17.0 | 2.50 | 1380 | 0.0 |
| 21 | Gligor, Ana Maria | 1436 | ROU | −5N | =19B | =24B | =23N | −16B | −20N | =26B | 2.0 | 15.0 | 15.5 | 3.00 | 1364 | -6.8 |
| 22 | Dumitru, Sorin | 1556 | ROU | +20N | −18B | F | +17N | −3B | F | F | 2.0 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 5.00 | 1550 | -0.4 |
| 23 | Baluta, Ianis-Constantin | 1413 | ROU | −15N | −11B | +25N | =21B | −7N | −19N | −17B | 1.5 | 19.0 | 20.0 | 2.00 | 1266 | 0.0 |
| 24 | Popescu, Zaharia | 0 | ROU | +19N | −5B | =21N | −8B | −15N | F | F | 1.5 | 16.0 | 16.0 | 3.50 | 1357 | 0.0 |
| 25 | Stirb, Natalia-Eva | 1444 | ROU | −12B | −17N | −23B | −19N | F | +26B | −14N | 1.0 | 14.0 | 14.0 | 0.50 | 1257 | -44.4 |
| 26 | Apolzan, Alexia-Victoria | 1409 | ROU | F | F | −17B | −13N | −20B | −25N | =21N | 0.5 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 1.00 | 1180 | -44.4 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Codorean, AndreiROU+68.45.5 pts · #5
- 2Hale, StefaniaROU+58.84.5 pts · #6
- 3Fodor, Eric-MateiROU+43.65.0 pts · #1
Top rating losers
- 1Apolzan, Alexia-VictoriaROU-44.40.5 pts · #26
- 2Stirb, Natalia-EvaROU-44.41.0 pts · #25
- 3Stanescu, GabrielROU-44.43.5 pts · #12
Biggest upsets
- R1+153 Elo gap
- R5+135 Elo gap
- R1+129 Elo gap