Romania Individual Championship "Education Through Chess" 2026 - Open 7
Open SwissStandard
13 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 23 Feb 2026 to 01 Mar 2026 in Timisoara, Romania. Top 10 Elo average was 296, and top seed was Iosif Negrea (🇷🇴 ROU, 1490).
Iosif Negrea (🇷🇴 ROU, 1490) won with 8.0/9, ahead of Vlad-Stefan Grasu (8.0) and Tamas Beko (6.0). Negrea shared the lead from round 4, winning on tie-break.
Location
🇷🇴Timisoara, Romania
Dates
23 Feb 2026 → 01 Mar 2026
Time control
Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 9 rounds
Federations · 1 represented
🇷🇴Romania×7
Top 3
- 🥇
- 🥈
- 🥉
How it unfolded
Top 6 · 9 roundsTight race until R9; 2 players tied at 8.0/9, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 4 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.
Co-leaders
6
3
1
4
2
2
2
2
2
R9 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER
2 players finish on 8.0/9. Negrea takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (43.0).
R3 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND
Vlad-Stefan Grasu beat Iosif Negrea (White).
WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers
Vlad-Stefan Grasu 8 wins (R2–R9)Iosif Negrea 6 wins (R4–R9)Tamas Beko 3 wins (R1–R3)
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Vlad-Stefan Grasu | * | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2Iosif Negrea | 0 | * | 1 | 1 |
| 3Tamas Beko | 0 | 0 | * | 0 |
| 4Mihail Istrate | 0 | 0 | 1 | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | R8 | R9 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Negrea, Iosif | 1490 | ROU | +10N | +4B | −2N | +6B | +3N | +5N | +11B | +7N | +8B | 8.0 | 43.0 | 46.0 | 38.00 | 2265 | +19.6 |
| 2 | Grasu, Vlad-Stefan | 0 | ROU | F | +?N | +1B | +3N | +5B | +4B | +6N | +11N | +9B | 8.0 | 37.5 | 37.5 | 37.50 | 2269 | +41.2 |
| 3 | Beko, Tamas | 0 | ROU | +7N | +5B | +6N | −2B | −1B | +9N | +8B | −4N | +10B | 6.0 | 45.0 | 49.0 | 27.00 | 1469 | 0.0 |
| 4 | Istrate, Mihail | 0 | ROU | +9B | −1N | −5N | +7B | +8B | −2N | +10B | +3B | +?N | 6.0 | 44.0 | 44.0 | 22.50 | 669 | 0.0 |
| 5 | Netoiu, Eduard-Gabriel | 1466 | ROU | +13B | −3N | +4B | +8N | −2N | −1B | =9B | +6N | +12N | 5.5 | 42.0 | 42.0 | 18.00 | 673 | -19.6 |
| 6 | Jacota, Albert-Tudor | 0 | ROU | +12B | +8N | −3B | −1N | +9B | +10N | −2B | −5B | +13N | 5.0 | 40.5 | 40.5 | 13.00 | 669 | 0.0 |
| 7 | FIDE 42262399 | 0 | — | −3B | =9N | +12B | −4N | +?B | −8N | +13N | −1B | +11N | 4.5 | 32.0 | 32.0 | 6.00 | 673 | 0.0 |
| 8 | FIDE 42263697 | 0 | — | +11N | −6B | +10N | −5B | −4N | +7B | −3N | +12B | −1N | 4.0 | 42.0 | 43.0 | 12.50 | 669 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Popescu, Alexandru-Mihail | 0 | ROU | −4N | =7B | +13N | +11B | −6N | −3B | =5N | +?B | −2N | 4.0 | 38.0 | 38.0 | 8.00 | 1465 | 0.0 |
| 10 | FIDE 42263654 | 0 | — | −1B | +12N | −8B | +?N | +11N | −6B | −4N | +13B | −3N | 4.0 | 33.0 | 33.0 | 4.00 | 673 | 0.0 |
| 11 | FIDE 42257964 | 0 | — | −8B | +13N | +?B | −9N | −10B | +12N | −1N | −2B | −7B | 3.0 | 33.5 | 33.5 | 1.00 | 673 | 0.0 |
| 12 | FIDE 42263670 | 0 | — | −6N | −10B | −7N | +13B | F | −11B | −?N | −8N | −5B | 1.0 | 26.0 | 26.0 | 0.00 | 665 | 0.0 |
| 13 | FIDE 42263662 | 0 | — | −5N | −11B | −9B | −12N | F | −?N | −7B | −10N | −6B | 0.0 | 27.0 | 27.0 | 0.00 | 665 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Grasu, Vlad-StefanROU+41.28.0 pts · #1
- 2Negrea, IosifROU+19.68.0 pts · #2
- 3Istrate, MihailROU0.06.0 pts · #7
Top rating losers
- 1Netoiu, Eduard-GabrielROU-19.65.5 pts · #10
- 2Istrate, MihailROU0.06.0 pts · #7
- 3Popescu, Alexandru-MihailROU0.04.0 pts · #4