Cluj Chess Marathon U1700 - 11th ed.
Open SwissStandard
14 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 30 Jan 2026 to 01 Feb 2026 in Cluj-Napoca, Romania. Top 10 Elo average was 1549, and top seed was Emanuel Pau (🇷🇴 ROU, 1635).
Emanuel Pau (🇷🇴 ROU, 1635) won with 6.5/7, ahead of Sofia-Ayana Valean (5.5) and David Muraru-Teberean (5.0). Pau won solo starting round 3.
The biggest upset came in round 6: Sofia-Ayana Valean (1470) beat Tudorel Tupilusi (1608), a +138-point gap.
Location
🇷🇴Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Dates
30 Jan 2026 → 01 Feb 2026
Time control
Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 7 rounds
Federations · 1 represented
🇷🇴Romania×14
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 7 roundsEmanuel Pau led from R3; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up.
Co-leaders
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R3–R7 · LEAD HELD
Emanuel Pau never relinquished the lead after R3; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.
R4 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND
Emanuel Pau beat Sofia-Ayana Valean (White).
WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers
Emanuel Pau 5 wins (R1–R5)Sofia-Ayana Valean 3 wins (R5–R7)
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Emanuel Pau | * | 1 | ½ | 1 |
| 2Sofia-Ayana Valean | 0 | * | ½ | 1 |
| 3David Muraru-Teberean | ½ | ½ | * | 1 |
| 4Vlad-Andrei Petrusel | 0 | 0 | 0 | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pau, Emanuel | 1635 | ROU | +4N | +8B | +5N | +2B | +9N | =3B | +7B | 6.5 | 22.5 | 24.0 | 21.50 | 1951 | +40.0 |
| 2 | Valean, Sofia-Ayana | 1470 | ROU | =3B | +6N | +4B | −1N | +8N | +5B | +9N | 5.5 | 24.0 | 25.5 | 16.50 | 1764 | +103.2 |
| 3 | Muraru-Teberean, David | 1564 | ROU | =2N | =13B | +8N | =5B | +12N | =1N | +4B | 5.0 | 22.5 | 23.0 | 15.00 | 1697 | +35.2 |
| 4 | Petrusel, Vlad-Andrei | 1556 | ROU | −1B | +14N | −2N | +6B | +13N | +12B | −3N | 4.0 | 21.5 | 21.5 | 4.50 | 1464 | -30.0 |
| 5 | Tupilusi, Tudorel | 1608 | ROU | +14B | +11N | −1B | =3N | F | −2N | +6B | 3.5 | 21.5 | 21.5 | 7.00 | 1604 | +0.2 |
| 6 | Hale, Stefania | 1448 | ROU | =7N | −2B | =10B | −4N | +14B | +8N | −5N | 3.0 | 19.0 | 19.0 | 4.00 | 1485 | -1.6 |
| 7 | Almasan, Albert-Mihail | 1571 | ROU | =6B | +10N | F | F | F | +9B | −1N | 2.5 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 4.50 | 1605 | -2.8 |
| 8 | Pacurar, Iulian | 1416 | ROU | F | −1N | −3B | +10N | −2B | −6B | +12N | 2.0 | 22.5 | 22.5 | 2.50 | 1292 | -38.0 |
| 9 | Gligor, Ana Maria | 1519 | ROU | =11B | +12N | F | F | −1B | −7N | −2B | 1.5 | 17.0 | 17.0 | 1.75 | 1259 | -25.6 |
| 10 | Jurjiu, Ioan-Andrei | 1473 | ROU | F | −7B | =6N | −8B | F | −11N | +13B | 1.5 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 2.00 | 1217 | -51.6 |
| 11 | Luca, Vlad-Codrin | 1572 | ROU | =9N | −5B | F | F | F | +10B | F | 1.5 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 2.25 | 1508 | -14.8 |
| 12 | Plesek, Tamas-Zoltan | 0 | ROU | F | −9B | F | +13N | −3B | −4N | −8B | 1.0 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 0.50 | 702 | 0.0 |
| 13 | Apolzan, Alexia-Victoria | 1409 | ROU | F | =3N | F | −12B | −4B | F | −10N | 0.5 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 2.50 | 1274 | 0.0 |
| 14 | Dumitru, Sorin | 1522 | ROU | −5N | −4B | F | F | −6N | F | F | 0.0 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 0.00 | 757 | -27.2 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Valean, Sofia-AyanaROU+103.25.5 pts · #2
- 2Pau, EmanuelROU+40.06.5 pts · #1
- 3Muraru-Teberean, DavidROU+35.25.0 pts · #4
Top rating losers
- 1Jurjiu, Ioan-AndreiROU-51.61.5 pts · #10
- 2Pacurar, IulianROU-38.02.0 pts · #9
- 3Petrusel, Vlad-AndreiROU-30.04.0 pts · #7
Biggest upsets
- R6+138 Elo gap