Romania National Amateur Championship 2026

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88 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 17 Feb 2026 to 22 Feb 2026 in Timisoara, Romania. 4 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 2085, and top seed was Alexandru-David Korcsek (🇷🇴 ROU, 2133).

Razvan-Catalin Tudoroiu (🇷🇴 ROU, 2059) won with 8.0/9, ahead of Stefan Fabian Mazilu (7.5) and Janos Helmer (7.0). Tudoroiu won solo starting round 8.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Luca Mocan (1442) beat Bogdan-Iacob Santimbrean (1842), a +400-point gap.

Location

🇷🇴Timisoara, Romania

Dates

17 Feb 2026 → 22 Feb 2026

Time control

Standard: 90 minutes for first 40 moves and 15 min. for the rest of the game with 30 sec. increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 9 rounds

Top seed

🇷🇴Alexandru-David Korcsek2133

Avg top 10

2,085

Participants

Titled players · 4

FM×3

CM×1

Federations · 1 represented

🇷🇴Romania×88

Top 3

🥇
Razvan-Catalin Tudoroiu
🇷🇴ROU·2059
8.0pts·2335perf+54.0
🥈
Stefan Fabian Mazilu
🇷🇴ROU·2103
7.5pts·2193perf+20.0
🥉
Janos Helmer
🇷🇴ROU·2020
7.0pts·2091perf+17.6

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

Razvan-Catalin Tudoroiu led from R8; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R8.

Co-leaders

Tudoroiu8Mazilu7.5Helmer7Lazar6.5Minescu6.5Craciun6.5

R8–R9 · LEAD HELD

Razvan-Catalin Tudoroiu held the sole lead from R8 through R9 without losing it.

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

Razvan-Catalin Tudoroiu 5 wins (R1–R5)Stefan Fabian Mazilu 4 wins (R1–R4)Janos Helmer 4 wins (R6–R9)

R5 · LATE SURGE

Janos Helmer was #21 at R5, climbed to #3 over the final stretch.

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Razvan-Catalin Tudoroiu	*	—	—	1
2Stefan Fabian Mazilu	—	*	—	—
3Janos Helmer	—	—	*	—
4FMDorin Lazar	0	—	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Tudoroiu, Razvan-Catalin	2059	ROU	+72B	+21N	+40B	+13N	+19B	=9B	=12N	+6N	+4B	8.0	46.5	49.5	43.50	2335	+54.0
2	Mazilu, Stefan Fabian	2103	ROU	+45N	+31B	+29N	+10B	−9N	+47B	=5N	+12B	+7N	7.5	45.5	49.5	40.25	2193	+20.0
3	Helmer, Janos	2020	ROU	=65N	+44B	=22N	+23B	−5N	+39B	+25N	+19B	+11N	7.0	43.0	46.5	35.50	2091	+17.6
4	Veneteanu, Mihai	2109	ROU	+32N	+5B	−10N	+31B	+15N	=12B	+38N	+9B	−1N	6.5	48.5	53.0	36.00	2119	+5.2
5	Craciun, Ovidiu	1906	ROU	+60B	−4N	+51B	+42N	+3B	+13N	=2B	=11N	=6B	6.5	48.0	52.0	35.50	2037	+36.2
6	Lazar, DorinFM	2010	ROU	+50B	=33N	=11B	+17N	+40B	+25B	+9N	−1B	=5N	6.5	47.0	51.0	34.25	2078	+18.4
7	Santimbrean, Mihnea-Nicolae	1765	ROU	+62N	−38B	=78N	+34B	+35N	+10B	+19N	+14B	−2B	6.5	43.5	46.0	32.75	2066	+121.2
8	Minescu, Dragos-Olivar	1974	ROU	+51B	+17N	=27B	=14N	=11B	−38N	+67B	+40N	+20B	6.5	41.5	45.0	32.00	2048	+19.6
9	Balaban-Voia, Alexandru	2098	ROU	+53B	+30N	+25B	+20N	+2B	=1N	−6B	−4N	=13B	6.0	50.0	54.0	34.00	2109	+5.0
10	Juravle, Mihnea-Marian	1974	ROU	+48N	+26B	+4B	−2N	=14B	−7N	+43N	+30B	=12N	6.0	47.0	51.0	31.00	2041	+17.8
11	Kovacs, Balazs	1919	ROU	+78N	=19B	=6N	+49B	=8N	+56B	+16N	=5B	−3B	6.0	46.0	48.5	29.00	2048	+71.2
12	Ghita, Vlad-Bogdan	2027	ROU	+80B	=28N	+33B	+67N	+38B	=4N	=1B	−2N	=10B	6.0	46.0	48.5	28.25	2054	+9.0
13	Arion, Ilie	1985	ROU	+52N	+41B	+39N	−1B	+22N	−5B	=27N	+38B	=9N	6.0	44.5	48.5	28.50	2018	+9.6
14	Larion, IustinCM	2059	ROU	+74N	+23B	=38N	=8B	=10N	=27B	+47N	−7N	+26B	6.0	43.0	46.0	28.50	1991	-25.6
15	Dragomirescu, CalinFM	1966	ROU	+55B	−39N	+54B	+41N	−4B	+17N	+26B	=20N	=21B	6.0	41.5	45.5	29.00	1972	+3.8
16	Voiteanu, Cristian-GabrielFM	2118	ROU	+46B	−40N	+72B	+21N	−47B	+18N	−11B	+33N	+28B	6.0	40.5	43.5	29.00	1988	-24.8
17	Bujorean, Dorel	1833	ROU	+86N	−8B	+73N	−6B	+79N	−15B	+49N	+25B	+29N	6.0	38.5	40.0	21.00	1879	+17.8
18	Santimbrean, Bogdan-Iacob	1842	ROU	−49N	+76B	−48N	+68B	+73N	−16B	+66N	+47B	+36N	6.0	33.0	36.0	22.00	1792	-10.3
19	Tincu, Radu-Laurentiu	2107	ROU	+37B	=11N	+28B	+27N	−1N	+30B	−7B	−3N	+41B	5.5	47.5	52.0	27.50	1958	-29.0
20	Stan, Andrei-Mihaita	2037	ROU	+54N	+43B	+24N	−9B	−25N	+41B	+21N	=15B	−8N	5.5	43.5	47.5	27.00	1987	-9.4
21	Dracea, Gheorghe	1904	ROU	+79N	−1B	+52N	−16B	+54N	+49B	−20B	+50N	=15N	5.5	41.5	44.0	21.50	1871	-1.0
22	Deac, David	1933	ROU	+69B	=56N	=3B	+48N	−13B	=42N	=50B	=39B	+43N	5.5	38.5	42.0	24.00	1878	-7.0
23	Mihai, Adam-Alexandru	1863	ROU	+71B	−14N	+59B	−3N	=51B	−50N	+72B	+42N	+46B	5.5	37.5	40.5	21.50	1783	-28.4
24	Lung, Liviu-Catalin	1941	ROU	+87B	+83N	−20B	=46N	=67B	−26N	+44B	=41N	+39B	5.5	34.0	35.5	18.75	1822	-21.6
25	Bogdan, Horia-Daniel	1952	ROU	+76N	+49B	−9N	+36B	+20B	−6N	−3B	−17N	+53B	5.0	44.0	47.0	21.50	1880	-12.0
26	Iacoban, Anatolie	1813	ROU	+64B	−10N	+60B	+29B	−56N	+24B	−15N	+34B	−14N	5.0	41.5	45.5	23.50	1933	+25.0
27	Constantin, Eduard-Andrei	1803	ROU	+77N	+47B	=8N	−19B	+65N	=14N	=13B	−29B	=30N	5.0	41.5	44.5	22.25	1950	+57.6
28	Olah, Francisc	1896	ROU	+85N	=12B	−19N	=66B	=52N	+32B	=36N	+35B	−16N	5.0	40.0	42.0	21.25	1833	-10.8
29	Breitkopf, Ioan-Francisc	1961	ROU	+68N	+82B	−2B	−26N	+46B	−67N	+37B	+27N	−17B	5.0	40.0	42.0	20.00	1807	-31.8
30	Flora, Andrei	1908	ROU	+61N	−9B	=65N	+78B	+32N	−19N	+42B	−10N	=27B	5.0	39.5	42.0	20.25	1812	-16.2
31	Rusu, Adrian	1884	ROU	+63B	−2N	+55B	−4N	=50B	+46N	=56B	+67N	F	5.0	39.0	42.5	20.00	1917	+9.4
32	Toma, Mihail	1713	ROU	−4B	=69N	+37B	+58N	−30B	−28N	+60B	=57N	+63B	5.0	37.5	41.0	20.75	1785	+14.6
33	Miculit, Vlad-Cristian	1872	ROU	+66N	=6B	−12N	−65B	=78N	+52B	+48N	−16B	+55N	5.0	37.5	40.0	20.00	1783	-16.0
34	Moldovan, Gheorghe-Zamfir	1912	ROU	−57B	=65B	+44N	−7N	=53B	+59N	+54B	−26N	+50B	5.0	36.0	39.5	20.25	1709	-43.2
35	Bartha, Andrei	1767	ROU	+81B	=58N	−56B	+53N	−7B	=61N	+55B	−28N	+57B	5.0	35.5	38.0	18.50	1762	-1.6
36	Radu, Rebecca-Aimee	1759	ROU	−56B	+87N	+81B	−25N	+55B	=40N	=28B	+58N	−18B	5.0	35.0	36.5	16.75	1859	+40.8
37	Balla, David	1708	ROU	−19N	−78B	−32N	+88B	+70N	+73B	−29N	+75B	+48N	5.0	31.5	32.5	14.50	1684	-7.2
38	Parvu, Razvan-George	1956	ROU	+42B	+7N	=14B	+56N	−12N	+8B	−4B	−13N	F	4.5	47.0	51.0	24.50	1994	+22.8
39	Nagy, Radu-Lucian	1816	ROU	+70N	+15B	−13B	−47N	+48B	−3N	+61B	=22N	−24N	4.5	42.0	45.5	20.25	1826	+4.4
40	Samu, Sorin-Mihai	1937	ROU	+75N	+16B	−1N	+74B	−6N	=36B	+65N	−8B	F	4.5	41.5	41.5	18.00	1889	-5.4
41	Gulias, Alin-Constantin	1829	ROU	+84B	−13N	+57B	−15B	+66N	−20N	+53B	=24B	−19N	4.5	40.0	42.0	16.25	1796	-6.4
42	Baran, Andrei-Razvan	1545	ROU	−38N	+62B	+43N	−5B	+74N	=22B	−30N	−23B	+65N	4.5	39.0	42.0	17.75	1796	+86.4
43	Sandu, Andrei-Stefan	1840	ROU	+88B	−20N	−42B	=59N	+57B	+51N	−10B	+45N	−22B	4.5	38.0	39.0	15.50	1705	-54.8
44	Cordos, Lucas	1706	ROU	F	−3N	−34B	+62N	=59B	+68B	−24N	+61B	+47N	4.5	37.0	37.0	17.50	1780	+22.8
45	Stanci, David-Dacian	1696	ROU	−2B	−60N	+63B	=57N	−58B	+62N	+51B	−43B	+66N	4.5	36.0	39.5	17.50	1645	-26.8
46	Grosu, Tudor	1724	ROU	−16N	+75B	+82N	=24B	−29N	−31B	+78N	+65B	−23N	4.5	36.0	38.0	13.75	1771	+9.2
47	Tod, Nicolae	1964	ROU	+59B	−27N	+80B	+39B	+16N	−2N	−14B	−18N	−44B	4.0	43.5	46.0	17.00	1800	-68.4
48	Borciu, Luca-Daniel	1624	ROU	−10B	+84N	+18B	−22B	−39N	+64N	−33B	+59N	−37B	4.0	40.0	42.0	16.00	1658	+5.2
49	Mocan, Luca	1442	ROU	+18B	−25N	+69B	−11N	+72B	−21N	−17B	−55N	+76N	4.0	39.0	42.0	15.50	1689	+95.6
50	Iavorschi, Andrei	1640	ROU	−6N	−66B	+86N	+82B	=31N	+23B	=22N	−21B	−34N	4.0	38.5	40.0	14.25	1720	+30.8
51	Podoleanu, Daniel	1626	ROU	−8N	+86B	−5N	+70B	=23N	−43B	−45N	+78B	=58B	4.0	37.5	39.0	12.25	1684	+12.8
52	Anghel, Robert	1628	ROU	−13B	+88N	−21B	+60N	=28B	−33N	−58B	+71N	=54B	4.0	37.0	38.0	13.00	1699	+23.6
53	Moldoveanu, Marian	1684	ROU	−9N	+61B	=66N	−35B	=34N	+75B	−41N	+82B	−25N	4.0	36.0	38.0	13.25	1683	-2.2
54	Sarac, Ionut-Andrei	1657	ROU	−20B	+71N	−15N	+75B	−21B	+82N	−34N	=66B	=52N	4.0	36.0	38.0	12.25	1667	-2.0
55	Marchis, Carla-Ioana	1618	ROU	−15N	+70B	−31N	+83B	−36N	+79B	−35N	+49B	−33B	4.0	36.0	38.0	12.00	1575	-22.4
56	Korcsek, Alexandru-David	2133	ROU	+36N	=22B	+35N	−38B	+26B	−11N	=31N	F	F	4.0	36.0	36.0	20.25	1910	-35.2
57	Tudor, Remus-Ion	1522	ROU	+34N	−67B	−41N	=45B	−43N	+86B	+74N	=32B	−35N	4.0	35.0	36.5	14.25	1691	+69.2
58	Stirb, Aurel	1964	ROU	+73N	=35B	−67N	−32B	+45N	−65B	+52N	−36B	=51N	4.0	34.5	37.5	16.00	1645	-67.8
59	Cosman, Adrian-Vasile	1570	ROU	−47N	+77B	−23N	=43B	=44N	−34B	+70N	−48B	+82N	4.0	34.0	36.0	13.00	1613	+3.0
60	Hrehorciuc, Luca-Rafael	1514	ROU	−5N	+45B	−26N	−52B	+83N	=74B	−32N	=72N	+73B	4.0	34.0	36.0	12.50	1627	+36.8
61	Nae, Darius-Ioan	1516	ROU	−30B	−53N	=64B	+69N	+80B	=35B	−39N	−44N	+72B	4.0	33.5	36.0	13.50	1668	+55.6
62	Jicman, Claudiu-Cristian	0	ROU	−7B	−42N	+85N	−44B	=86N	−45B	+87N	=68B	+75N	4.0	30.0	31.5	9.00	1534	0.0
63	Ionita, Gheorghe	1475	ROU	−31N	−74B	−45N	−86B	+88N	+81B	+76N	+73B	−32N	4.0	27.5	28.5	9.50	1524	+6.2
64	Iordache, Madalin-Ionut	0	ROU	−26N	−73B	=61N	=87B	+76N	−48B	−75N	+86B	+74N	4.0	26.5	28.0	10.25	1534	0.0
65	Ghise, Bogdan	1642	ROU	=3B	=34N	=30B	+33N	−27B	+58N	−40B	−46N	−42B	3.5	40.5	44.5	17.50	1773	+51.2
66	Neagu, Iustin-Alex	1463	ROU	−33B	+50N	=53B	=28N	−41B	+69N	−18B	=54N	−45B	3.5	37.0	40.5	14.00	1659	+74.4
67	Hirsu, Adrian	1766	ROU	F	+57N	+58B	−12B	=24N	+29B	−8N	−31B	F	3.5	36.0	36.0	15.75	1896	+23.6
68	Avram-Corbu, Ioana	1562	ROU	−29B	−81N	+71B	−18N	+84B	−44N	−82B	=62N	+80B	3.5	30.0	32.0	10.00	1541	-7.6
69	Munteanu, Alexandru-Constantin	1522	ROU	−22N	=32B	−49N	−61B	+87N	−66B	+86N	=74B	=70N	3.5	30.0	31.5	8.75	1499	-41.2
70	Politic, Eduard	0	ROU	−39B	−55N	+87B	−51N	−37B	+80N	−59B	+79N	=69B	3.5	30.0	31.5	8.25	1526	0.0
71	Zaha, Leontin	1454	ROU	−23N	−54B	−68N	−77N	=85B	+88B	+83N	−52B	+78N	3.5	26.5	27.5	6.50	1487	+2.0
72	Cimpean, Dragos-Lucian	1679	ROU	−1N	+79B	−16N	+76B	−49N	=78B	−23N	=60B	−61N	3.0	37.0	39.5	8.75	1537	-37.8
73	Pup, Alexandru	1589	ROU	−58B	+64N	−17B	+81N	−18B	−37N	+79B	−63N	−60N	3.0	35.5	38.0	9.00	1374	-71.2
74	Paraschiv, Andrei-Cristian	1680	ROU	−14B	+63N	+83B	−40N	−42B	=60N	−57B	=69N	−64B	3.0	34.5	36.5	9.75	1505	-35.0
75	Petculescu, Silvan-Dorian	1523	ROU	−40B	−46N	+84B	−54N	+77B	−53N	+64B	−37N	−62B	3.0	33.0	35.0	9.00	939	-23.8
76	Rotaru, Alexandra Ioana	1533	ROU	−25B	−18N	+88B	−72N	−64B	+77N	−63B	+84N	−49B	3.0	31.0	32.0	6.00	1355	-47.2
77	Mocan, Antonie-Nectarie	0	ROU	−27B	−59N	−79N	+71B	−75N	−76B	−80B	+88N	+84B	3.0	25.5	26.5	6.50	1344	0.0
78	Terbancea, Darius-Vlad	1522	ROU	−11B	+37N	=7B	−30N	=33B	=72N	−46B	−51N	−71B	2.5	39.5	42.5	12.25	1574	+12.0
79	Pacurar, Iulian	1494	ROU	−21B	−72N	+77B	+80N	−17B	−55N	−73N	−70B	=83N	2.5	30.5	32.5	6.50	1415	-6.6
80	Balan, Andreea-Maria	1653	ROU	−12N	+85B	−47N	−79B	−61N	−70B	+77N	=83B	−68N	2.5	28.5	30.5	6.00	1376	-58.4
81	Gherman, Vlad-George	0	ROU	−35N	+68B	−36N	−73B	−82N	−63N	−84B	=85N	+88B	2.5	26.5	27.5	5.50	1424	0.0
82	Ancuta, Daria Alina	1483	ROU	F	−29N	−46B	−50N	+81B	−54B	+68N	−53N	−59B	2.0	31.5	31.5	6.00	1362	-36.4
83	Mocan, Maria	0	ROU	F	−24B	−74N	−55N	−60B	+84N	−71B	=80N	=79B	2.0	27.0	27.0	4.50	1295	0.0
84	Pup, Paul	1405	ROU	−41N	−48B	−75N	+85B	−68N	−83B	+81N	−76B	−77N	2.0	25.5	27.5	4.50	1309	0.0
85	Mocan, Elena	1476	ROU	−28B	−80N	−62B	−84N	=71N	−87B	−88N	=81B	+86N	2.0	22.5	23.5	4.50	1351	-43.2
86	Grosu, Teodora	1410	ROU	−17B	−51N	−50B	+63N	=62B	−57N	−69B	−64N	−85B	1.5	33.5	35.5	6.00	1282	-38.0
87	Berchesan, Alina-Ioana	1532	ROU	−24N	−36B	−70N	=64N	−69B	+85N	−62B	F	F	1.5	27.5	27.5	4.00	1493	-12.4
88	Larion, Sofia	1424	ROU	−43N	−52B	−76N	−37N	−63B	−71N	+85B	−77B	−81N	1.0	29.5	31.5	2.00	1275	-48.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Santimbrean, Mihnea-NicolaeROU
+121.2
6.5 pts · #21
2Mocan, LucaROU
+95.6
4.0 pts · #42
3Baran, Andrei-RazvanROU
+86.4
4.5 pts · #57

Top rating losers

1Pup, AlexandruROU
-71.2
3.0 pts · #81
2Tod, NicolaeROU
-68.4
4.0 pts · #43
3Stirb, AurelROU
-67.8
4.0 pts · #48

Biggest upsets

R1+400 Elo gap
Mocan, Luca1442 beat Santimbrean, Bogdan-Iacob1842
R1+390 Elo gap
Tudor, Remus-Ion1522 beat Moldovan, Gheorghe-Zamfir1912
R7+342 Elo gap
Santimbrean, Mihnea-Nicolae1765 beat Tincu, Radu-Laurentiu2107