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National School Contest "Elisabeta Polihroniade" 2026 Open 17

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16 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 03 Jan 2026 to 07 Jan 2026 in Caciulata, Romania. Top 10 Elo average was 1860, and top seed was Alin-Marian Lucaci (🇷🇴 ROU, 2168).

Alin-Marian Lucaci (🇷🇴 ROU, 2168) won with 5.5/7, ahead of Andrei Nicola (5.5) and Andrei-Rares Cret (4.5). Lucaci shared the lead from round 4, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Stefan Moroita (1504) beat Mihnea-Nicolae Santimbrean (1820), a +316-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
🇷🇴Alin-Marian Lucaci2168
Avg top 10
1,860
Participants
16
Federations · 1 represented
🇷🇴Romania×16
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

Tight race until R2; 2 players tied at 5.5/7, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 4 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.

Co-leaders
7
1
2
4
2
2
2
23.55.57R1R2R3R4R5R6R7
Nicola5.5Lucaci5.5Cret4.5Anghel4.5Dascalescu4.5Popescu-Vava4
R2–R7 · LEAD HELD

Andrei Nicola held the sole lead from R2 through R7 without losing it.

R7 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 5.5/7. Lucaci takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (26.5).

R3 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Andrei Nicola drew with Alin-Marian Lucaci (Black).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Andrei Nicola*
½
½
—
2Alin-Marian Lucaci
½
*
1
1
3Andrei-Rares Cret
½
0
*
½
4Teodor-Andrei Anghel—
0
½
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Lucaci, Alin-Marian2168ROU+3B=6N=2B+5N+4B=8N+9B5.526.530.023.502090-17.6
2Nicola, Andrei2044ROU+10N+9B=1N=4B+8N=3B+6N5.525.528.521.252084+17.2
3Cret, Andrei-Rares1732ROU−1N+16B+13N=6N+7B=2N=5B4.526.027.515.001911+64.0
4Dascalescu, Adelin-Stefan1908ROU+12B=5N+14B=2N−1N=6B+8B4.525.527.515.001932+15.2
5Anghel, Teodor-Andrei1757ROU+11N=4B=9N−1B+10N+12B=3N4.524.026.514.751860+38.8
6Popescu-Vava, Luca-Delian1879ROU+16N=1B=8N=3B+9N=4N−2B4.027.028.514.001913+14.4
7Santimbrean, Mihnea-Nicolae1820ROU−13N−8B+11N+16B−3N+15B+12N4.018.019.59.001646-52.8
8Gavrila, Eduard-Alexandru1814ROU=14B+7N=6B+12N−2B=1B−4N3.526.028.012.251845+11.2
9Moroita, Vlad1833ROU+15B−2N=5B+14N−6B+10N−1N3.524.526.59.251782-16.4
10Avram, Victor-Stefan1643ROU−2B+15N−12B+13N−5B−9B+16N3.020.522.06.001640-3.2
11Gavrila, David-Mihai1427ROU−5B−12N−7B+15N+16N+14B−13B3.017.519.05.501554+45.6
12Buse, Mihai-Cristian1641ROU−4N+11B+10N−8B=14N−5N−7B2.522.524.57.001583-23.6
13Moroita, Stefan1504ROU+7B−14N−3B−10B−15N=16B+11N2.518.520.07.751486-9.2
14Bichis, Tudor1456ROU=8N+13B−4N−9B=12B−11N−15B2.019.521.55.501496+2.8
15Anghel, Stefan G.1517ROU−9N−10B−16N−11B+13B−7N+14N2.018.019.54.501440-39.6
16Stanciu, Alexandru-Petrut1543ROU−6B−3N+15B−7N−11B=13N−10B1.521.023.03.251413-46.8

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets