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Romania Individual Championship "Education Through Chess" 2026 - Open 7

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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
Top seed
🇷🇴Iosif Negrea1490
Avg top 10
296
Participants
13
Federations · 1 represented
🇷🇴Romania×7
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

Tight 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
2.54.579R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9
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

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Negrea, Iosif1490ROU+10N+4B2N+6B+3N+5N+11B+7N+8B8.043.046.038.002265+19.6
2Grasu, Vlad-Stefan0ROUF+?N+1B+3N+5B+4B+6N+11N+9B8.037.537.537.502269+41.2
3Beko, Tamas0ROU+7N+5B+6N2B1B+9N+8B4N+10B6.045.049.027.0014690.0
4Istrate, Mihail0ROU+9B1N5N+7B+8B2N+10B+3B+?N6.044.044.022.506690.0
5Netoiu, Eduard-Gabriel1466ROU+13B3N+4B+8N2N1B=9B+6N+12N5.542.042.018.00673-19.6
6Jacota, Albert-Tudor0ROU+12B+8N3B1N+9B+10N2B5B+13N5.040.540.513.006690.0
7FIDE 4226239903B=9N+12B4N+?B8N+13N1B+11N4.532.032.06.006730.0
8FIDE 422636970+11N6B+10N5B4N+7B3N+12B1N4.042.043.012.506690.0
9Popescu, Alexandru-Mihail0ROU4N=7B+13N+11B6N3B=5N+?B2N4.038.038.08.0014650.0
10FIDE 4226365401B+12N8B+?N+11N6B4N+13B3N4.033.033.04.006730.0
11FIDE 4225796408B+13N+?B9N10B+12N1N2B7B3.033.533.51.006730.0
12FIDE 4226367006N10B7N+13BF11B?N8N5B1.026.026.00.006650.0
13FIDE 4226366205N11B9B12NF?N7B10N6B0.027.027.00.006650.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

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