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Cluj Chess Marathon 10th ed. - U1700

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21 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 12 Dec 2025 to 14 Dec 2025 in Cluj-Napoca, Romania. Top 10 Elo average was 1600, and top seed was Andrei-Cristian Paraschiv (🇷🇴 ROU, 1669).

Eric-Matei Fodor (🇷🇴 ROU, 1629) won with 5.5/7, ahead of Emanuel Pau (5.0) and Andrei-Cristian Paraschiv (5.0). Fodor broke clear in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 4: Iosif Negrea (1416) beat Tudorel Tupilusi (1642), a +226-point gap.

Location
🇷🇴Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Dates
12 Dec 2025 → 14 Dec 2025
Time control
Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 7 rounds
Top seed
🇷🇴Andrei-Cristian Paraschiv1669
Avg top 10
1,600
Participants
21
Federations · 1 represented
🇷🇴Romania×21
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

Eric-Matei Fodor led from R7; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R7.

Co-leaders
10
5
4
3
3
2
1
23.55.57R1R2R3R4R5R6R7
Fodor5.5Paraschiv5Donici-Maier5Pau5Luca4.5Stangu4
R7–R7 · LEAD HELD

Eric-Matei Fodor held the sole lead from R7 through R7 without losing it.

R7 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Eric-Matei Fodor drew with Andrei-Cristian Paraschiv (White).

R2–R5 · WIN STREAK

Luca Donici-Maier won 4 in a row (R2–R5).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Eric-Matei Fodor*
½
1
½
2Andrei-Cristian Paraschiv
½
*
0
½
3Luca Donici-Maier
0
1
*
1
4Emanuel Pau
½
½
0
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Fodor, Eric-Matei1629ROU+15B+12N=10B+9N=2B+4N=3B5.525.528.021.251810+62.0
2Pau, Emanuel1610ROU+13N+5B=3N+6B=1N+10N−4B5.027.530.520.251745+25.0
3Paraschiv, Andrei-Cristian1669ROU+7B+21N=2B+10N−4B+6N=1N5.027.028.017.751746+15.8
4Donici-Maier, Luca1578ROU−14B+11N+15B+12N+3N−1B+2N5.024.527.019.001703+50.0
5Luca, Vlad-Codrin1541ROU+16B−2N+14B−7B+15N=8N+10B4.521.523.512.501633+23.6
6Stangu, Sofia-Maria1589ROUF+17N+8B−2N+9B−3B+7N4.024.024.014.001729+43.6
7Stanescu, Gabriel1530ROU−3N+19B+18B+5N−10B+11N−6B4.022.524.011.501563+3.2
8Muraru-Teberean, David1581ROU+19N−9B−6N+16B=12N=5B+13N4.020.522.010.251541-12.0
9Almasan, Albert-Mihail1523ROU+17B+8NF−1B−6N+12B+16N4.020.520.511.001702+39.6
10Lazan, Dragos-Andrei1599ROU+11B+14N=1N−3B+7N−2B−5N3.527.530.012.751557-7.4
11Jurjiu, Ioan-Andrei1468ROU−10N−4B+20N+18B+21N−7B=12N3.519.020.06.001547+29.2
12Bal, Natalia-Elena1535ROU+18N−1B+13N−4B=8B−9N=11B3.025.027.08.751490-20.8
13Valean, Sofia-Ayana1473ROU−2B+16N−12B=14N=19B+18N−8B3.018.520.06.001457-8.4
14Gligor, Ana Maria1436ROU+4N−10B−5N=13B−16N=20N=17B2.520.021.58.251452+16.4
15Hale, Stefania1519ROU−1N+20B−4N+21B−5B−17N=19B2.520.021.03.251459-12.8
16Pintea, Teodora1411ROU−5N−13BF−8N+14B+19N−9B2.019.519.54.001282-47.6
17Tupilusi, Tudorel1642ROU−9N−6B=19N−20BF+15B=14N2.016.016.04.501372-36.0
18Pacurar, Iulian0ROU−12BF−7N−11N+20B−13B+21N2.016.016.02.501397-24.8
19Stirb, Natalia-Eva0ROU−8B−7N=17BF=13N−16B=15N1.517.517.53.7513460.0
20Negrea, Iosif1416ROU−21B−15N−11B+17N−18N=14BF1.513.513.53.251315-68.0
21Dumitru, Sorin1562ROU+20N−3BF−15N−11BF−18B1.014.514.51.501288-34.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets