Chessmania 4th ed. - A
32 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 22 Jan 2026 to 25 Jan 2026 in Baia Mare, Romania. 6 titled players from 3 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2111, and top seed was Vladimir Okhotnik (🇫🇷 FRA, GM, 2252).
Levente-David Ilonczai (🇷🇴 ROU, 2171) won with 5.5/7, ahead of Eric-Matei Prelipcean (5.5) and Ovidiu-Jean Lupu (5.0). Ilonczai shared the lead from round 4, winning on tie-break.
The biggest upset came in round 5: Tudor-Andrei Jacodi (1645) beat Francisc Olah (1921), a +276-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 7 roundsTight race until R7; 2 players tied at 5.5/7, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.
2 players finish on 5.5/7. Ilonczai takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (26.5).
Levente-David Ilonczai drew with CM Eric-Matei Prelipcean (White).
Levente-David Ilonczai 4 wins (R2–R5)CM Eric-Matei Prelipcean 3 wins (R1–R3)Ioan-Alexandru Iuga 4 wins (R2–R5)
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Levente-David Ilonczai | * | ½ | ½ | — |
| 2CMEric-Matei Prelipcean | ½ | * | — | — |
| 3Ioan-Alexandru Iuga | ½ | — | * | — |
| 4Vladyslav Hurkovszkij | — | — | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ilonczai, Levente-David | 2171 | ROU | =16N | +17B | +27N | +7B | +3N | =2B | =5N | 5.5 | 26.5 | 28.0 | 21.00 | 2227 | +10.8 |
| 2 | Prelipcean, Eric-MateiCM | 2107 | ROU | +23B | +24N | +11B | =10N | +8B | =1N | =9B | 5.5 | 25.0 | 27.0 | 20.00 | 2200 | +33.2 |
| 3 | Lupu, Ovidiu-JeanFM | 2005 | ROU | +26B | =10N | =6B | +14N | −1B | +22N | +11B | 5.0 | 24.5 | 26.5 | 16.75 | 2162 | +30.6 |
| 4 | Hurkovszkij, Vladyslav | 2150 | HUN | +18B | −11N | +24B | +13N | =6B | =12N | +10B | 5.0 | 23.5 | 25.5 | 17.25 | 2130 | +2.4 |
| 5 | Iuga, Ioan-Alexandru | 2020 | ROU | −24B | +23N | +19B | +18N | +10B | =6N | =1B | 5.0 | 22.5 | 24.5 | 17.50 | 2116 | +40.0 |
| 6 | Ardeleanu, AlinIM | 2143 | ROU | +30N | =27B | =3N | +11B | =4N | =5B | =7N | 4.5 | 25.0 | 26.0 | 15.50 | 2121 | -0.9 |
| 7 | Ciocani, Iosif | 2213 | ROU | +15B | =29N | +21B | −1N | +14B | =8N | =6B | 4.5 | 24.5 | 26.0 | 15.25 | 2109 | -30.4 |
| 8 | Breitkopf, Ioan-Francisc | 1927 | ROU | +25B | +12N | +14B | F | −2N | =7B | +19N | 4.5 | 23.0 | 23.0 | 15.25 | 2146 | +34.4 |
| 9 | Dunca, Patrick-David | 1901 | ROU | −17N | −13B | +31N | +16B | +25N | +20B | =2N | 4.5 | 20.5 | 21.5 | 11.75 | 1907 | +7.2 |
| 10 | Okhotnik, VladimirGM | 2252 | FRA | +20N | =3B | +29N | =2B | −5N | +15B | −4N | 4.0 | 26.5 | 28.0 | 12.75 | 2058 | -15.4 |
| 11 | Arba, Constantin-Andrei | 1932 | ROU | +31N | +4B | −2N | −6N | +18B | +17B | −3N | 4.0 | 26.0 | 27.0 | 12.00 | 1985 | +11.4 |
| 12 | Sunea, Sara MariaWFM | 2038 | ROU | +13N | −8B | =25N | +27B | =20N | =4B | =15N | 4.0 | 21.5 | 23.0 | 12.00 | 1950 | -26.8 |
| 13 | Muresan, Andrei-Vasile | 1802 | ROU | −12B | +9N | +28N | −4B | −15N | +21B | +25N | 4.0 | 21.5 | 23.0 | 10.50 | 1930 | +45.2 |
| 14 | Muresan, Marian-Gabriel | 2009 | ROU | +22N | +28B | −8N | −3B | −7N | +24B | +26N | 4.0 | 20.5 | 22.0 | 8.00 | 1919 | -26.4 |
| 15 | Butuza, Stefan Aurelian | 1873 | ROU | −7N | =26B | =22B | +28N | +13B | −10N | =12B | 3.5 | 21.0 | 22.5 | 9.75 | 1921 | +12.0 |
| 16 | Nasui, Andrei-Catalin | 1869 | ROU | =1B | −21N | +32B | −9N | −19N | +30B | +17N | 3.5 | 19.5 | 20.0 | 7.25 | 1837 | -13.2 |
| 17 | Jacodi, Tudor-Andrei | 1645 | ROU | +9B | −1N | −18B | +24N | +21B | −11N | −16B | 3.0 | 23.0 | 25.0 | 9.00 | 1850 | +67.6 |
| 18 | Gulias, Alin-Constantin | 1840 | ROU | −4N | +31B | +17N | −5B | −11N | −19B | +24N | 3.0 | 22.0 | 23.0 | 6.00 | 1792 | -10.2 |
| 19 | Maier, Alexandru Sever | 1695 | ROU | −27N | +30B | −5N | F | +16B | +18N | −8B | 3.0 | 18.5 | 18.5 | 7.50 | 1912 | +64.0 |
| 20 | Pasca, Alexandru-Daniel | 1897 | ROU | −10B | F | +26N | F | =12B | −9N | +22B | 2.5 | 18.5 | 18.5 | 6.50 | 1942 | +8.8 |
| 21 | Olah, Francisc | 1921 | ROU | F | +16B | −7N | =25B | −17N | −13N | +32B | 2.5 | 17.5 | 17.5 | 5.00 | 1759 | -26.2 |
| 22 | Mutiu, Alexandru-Andrei | 1792 | ROU | −14B | F | =15N | +30B | +27N | −3B | −20N | 2.5 | 17.5 | 17.5 | 4.25 | 1876 | +23.6 |
| 23 | Liga, Matei | 1809 | ROU | −2N | −5B | −30N | +31B | +32N | −25B | =28N | 2.5 | 16.0 | 16.5 | 2.25 | 1698 | -45.2 |
| 24 | Moldovan, Maia-Rut | 1799 | ROU | +5N | −2B | −4N | −17B | +28B | −14N | −18B | 2.0 | 25.5 | 27.0 | 6.50 | 1755 | -23.2 |
| 25 | Salagean, Viorel | 1657 | ROU | −8N | F | =12B | =21N | −9B | +23N | −13B | 2.0 | 22.0 | 22.0 | 5.75 | 1774 | +15.2 |
| 26 | Cret, Andrei-Rares | 1734 | ROU | −3N | =15N | −20B | =32B | +30N | F | −14B | 2.0 | 17.5 | 18.0 | 3.00 | 1761 | +7.2 |
| 27 | Samu, Sorin-Mihai | 1996 | ROU | +19B | =6N | −1B | −12N | −22B | F | F | 1.5 | 21.5 | 21.5 | 5.25 | 1819 | -22.4 |
| 28 | Marchis, Carla-Ioana | 1616 | ROU | F | −14N | −13B | −15B | −24N | +31N | =23B | 1.5 | 17.0 | 17.0 | 2.25 | 1633 | -0.4 |
| 29 | Levay, SorinFM | 2000 | ROU | +32N | =7B | −10B | F | F | F | F | 1.5 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 2.75 | 2060 | +4.8 |
| 30 | Bartha, Andrei | 1818 | ROU | −6B | −19N | +23B | −22N | −26B | −16N | −31B | 1.0 | 18.0 | 19.0 | 2.50 | 1505 | -52.0 |
| 31 | Mihalca, Imre-Gheorghe | 1662 | ROU | −11B | −18N | −9B | −23N | F | −28B | +30N | 1.0 | 16.5 | 16.5 | 1.00 | 1547 | -16.0 |
| 32 | Banc, Mark-Daniel | 1714 | ROU | −29B | F | −16N | =26N | −23B | F | −21N | 0.5 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 1.00 | 1499 | -41.2 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Jacodi, Tudor-AndreiROU+67.63.0 pts · #18
- 2Maier, Alexandru SeverROU+64.03.0 pts · #17
- 3Muresan, Andrei-VasileROU+45.24.0 pts · #14
- 1Bartha, AndreiROU-52.01.0 pts · #31
- 2Liga, MateiROU-45.22.5 pts · #21
- 3Banc, Mark-DanielROU-41.20.5 pts · #32
- R5+276 Elo gap
- R1+256 Elo gap
- R5+232 Elo gap