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National School Contest "Elisabeta Polihroniade" 2026 Open 11

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27 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 03 Jan 2026 to 07 Jan 2026 in Caciulata, Romania. Top 10 Elo average was 1721, and top seed was Dragos-Ioan Rosca (🇷🇴 ROU, 1939).

Dragos-Ioan Rosca (🇷🇴 ROU, 1939) won with 6.5/7, ahead of Darius-Cristian Pana (6.0) and Rares-Stefan Pasat (5.0). Rosca took the lead from round 5.

The biggest upset came in round 7: Paul Pup (1405) beat Andrei-Constantin Ionescu (1575), a +170-point gap.

Location
🇷🇴Caciulata, Romania
Dates
03 Jan 2026 → 07 Jan 2026
Time control
Standard: 40 Moves in 75 Min. 30 Sec. / in 15 Min. 30 Sec. /
System
Swiss · 7 rounds
Top seed
🇷🇴Dragos-Ioan Rosca1939
Avg top 10
1,721
Participants
27
Federations · 1 represented
🇷🇴Romania×26
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

Dragos-Ioan Rosca led from R5; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
11
4
2
1
1
1
1
23.55.57R1R2R3R4R5R6R7Rosca takes lead
R5 · LEADER CHANGE06 Jan

Dragos-Ioan Rosca takes the sole lead (4.5/5).

R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Dragos-Ioan Rosca beat Darius-Cristian Pana (White).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

Dragos-Ioan Rosca 5 wins (R3–R7)Darius-Cristian Pana 4 wins (R1–R4)Rares-Stefan Pasat 3 wins (R4–R6)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Rosca, Dragos-Ioan1939ROU+12B=9N+6B+5N+2B+8N+3B6.528.031.529.502100+38.0
2Pana, Darius-Cristian1927ROU+14N+20B+3N+8B1N+4N+10B6.028.030.524.001972+14.4
3Pasat, Rares-Stefan1646ROU+24B+25N2B+11N+9N+14B1N5.026.027.014.501769+42.0
4Dragoi, Aaron-Mathias1588ROU+23N+13B8B+19N+6N2B+9N5.024.526.516.501694+27.6
5Plesea, Luca-Matias1901ROU=11B=10N+17B1B+21N=7N+8B4.526.528.515.751748-40.0
6Damian, Beniamin-Ephraim1554ROU+26B=7B1N+15N4B+18B+13N4.526.027.013.251665+28.4
7Nistor, Darius-Ionut1678ROU+17B=6N=9B+20N8N=5B+15B4.524.026.516.001704+7.2
8Chelu, Tudor-Iulian1649ROU+22N+16B+4N2N+7B1B5N4.030.032.015.001746+27.6
9Lipovanu, Teodor1578ROU+21B=1B=7N+10N3B+12N4B4.028.530.515.001703+51.2
10Oprea, Sorin-Andrei1722ROU=19N=5B+22N9B+11N+20B2N4.023.525.512.001671-16.0
11Dicu, Teodor-Florentin1507ROU=5N=19B+26N3B10B+22N+21B4.020.021.08.501598+22.8
12Indrei, David-Nicholas1543ROU1N+23B=13N=16B+25N9B=14N3.523.024.08.251396-22.8
13Laszlo, Zente-David0ROU+15B4N=12B18N+27N+16B6B3.523.023.08.7514040.0
14Stan, Vlad1517ROU2B21N+23B+27N+17B3N=12B3.522.022.07.251448-23.2
15Ivascu, Petru1558ROU13N+24B=16N6B+23N+19B7N3.520.522.58.251517-4.4
16Fratila, Iacob-Andrei0ROU+18B8N=15B=12N=20B13N+19N3.520.022.510.2515710.0
17Constantin, Radu-Mihai1442ROU7N+27B5N+26B14N+25B=18N3.517.517.53.501333-20.4
18Hrehorciuc, Luca-Rafael1577ROU16N22B+24N+13B=19B6N=17B3.019.521.58.501379-52.4
19Dobre, Andrei-Catalin1450ROU=10B=11N+25B4B=18N15N16B2.523.024.06.501437-0.4
20Ionescu, Andrei-Constantin1575ROU+27B2N+21B7B=16N10N24B2.522.022.03.751404-46.4
21Grigore, Eduard-Petru0ROU9N+14B20N+22B5BF11N2.020.520.55.501453-8.8
22Munteanu, Adrian1422ROU8B+18N10B21N+26N11BF2.018.018.04.001345-20.8
23Ganescu, Armand-Ioan0ROU4B12N14NF15B+27B+25N2.016.516.51.007420.0
24Pup, Paul1405ROU3N15N18B25BF+26N+20N2.016.016.03.501386-3.6
25Stoica, Octavian-Andrei0ROUF3B19N+24N12B17N23B1.018.518.52.0012480.0
26FIDE 4225193106NF11B17N22B24B+27N1.016.016.00.006660.0
27Vladut, Andrei-Stefan0ROU20N17NF14B13B23N26B0.016.016.00.007140.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
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Biggest upsets