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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
Top seed
🇷🇴David-Emil Turcas1697
Avg top 10
1,605
Participants
26
Federations · 1 represented
🇷🇴Romania×26
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

Andrei Codorean led from R7; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
11
5
2
1
1
4
1
23.55.57R1R2R3R4R5R6R7Iordache takes leadCodorean takes lead
Codorean5.5Fodor5Turcas5Pau4.5Hale4.5Iordache4.5— ex-leaders:Iordacheled R5, #7
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
Player1234
1Andrei Codorean*
0
1
2Eric-Matei Fodor*
½
3David-Emil Turcas
1
½
*
4Emanuel Pau
0
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Codorean, Andrei1530ROU+16N+10B+4N2N=12B+18B+5N5.524.527.020.251772+68.4
2Turcas, David-Emil1697ROU+11N+15B+9N+1B5N=8B=3N5.027.030.021.001710+5.2
3Fodor, Eric-Matei1593ROU=6N=8B=7N+15B+22N+5B=2B5.025.527.518.501709+43.6
4Pau, Emanuel1620ROU+7B+14N1B5N+17B+16N=6B4.525.028.015.751558-9.8
5Iordache, Mihai-Adrian1562ROU+21B+24N=18N+4B+2B3N1B4.524.526.014.251640+26.8
6Hale, Stefania1468ROU=3B=13N12B+20N+14B+9N=4N4.523.525.515.501636+58.8
7Bal, Natalia-Elena1468ROU4N+20B=3B10N+23B+17N+12B4.522.023.512.501594+20.0
8Stangu, Sofia-Maria1582ROU14B=3N+19B+24N+13B=2N10N4.023.024.512.501593+8.8
9Luca, Vlad-Codrin1497ROU+13B+12N2B+16N18N6B+15N4.022.525.013.001657+31.6
10Bompa, Flaviu1659ROU+17B1NF+7BF+12N+8B4.020.520.515.001782+14.8
11Almasan, Albert-Mihail1521ROU2B+23N16B=14N+19B=15B+18N4.019.020.59.501542-10.4
12Stanescu, Gabriel1570ROU+25N9B+6N+18B=1N10B7N3.525.026.010.751465-44.4
13Donici-Maier, Luca1650ROU9N=6BF+26B8N+14N+20B3.518.018.07.751490-44.0
14Jurjiu, Ioan-Andrei1453ROU+8N4B=15N=11B6N13B+25B3.023.524.58.501499+14.4
15Vamanu, Darius-Andrei1556ROU+23B2N=14B3N+24B=11N9B3.022.524.06.501336-43.6
16Pintea, Teodora0ROU1BF+11N9B+21N4B+19N3.022.522.58.5015290.0
17Druta, Antonia Maria1505ROU10N+25B+26N22B4N7B+23N3.017.518.03.001412-30.0
18Petrusel, Vlad-Andrei0ROUF+22N=5B12N+9B1N11B2.523.523.58.2515010.0
19Pacurar, Iulian1527ROU24B=21N8N+25B11N+23B16B2.516.017.03.501413-18.8
20Mocan, Emil-Octavian1428ROU22B7NF6B+26N+21B13N2.017.017.02.5013800.0
21Gligor, Ana Maria1436ROU5N=19B=24B=23N16B20N=26B2.015.015.53.001364-6.8
22Dumitru, Sorin1556ROU+20N18BF+17N3BFF2.012.512.55.001550-0.4
23Baluta, Ianis-Constantin1413ROU15N11B+25N=21B7N19N17B1.519.020.02.0012660.0
24Popescu, Zaharia0ROU+19N5B=21N8B15NFF1.516.016.03.5013570.0
25Stirb, Natalia-Eva1444ROU12B17N23B19NF+26B14N1.014.014.00.501257-44.4
26Apolzan, Alexia-Victoria1409ROUFF17B13N20B25N=21N0.511.511.51.001180-44.4

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets