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Romania Individual Championship Education Through Chess 2026 - Open 9

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28 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 23 Feb 2026 to 01 Mar 2026 in Timisoara, Romania. Top 10 Elo average was 1405, and top seed was Luca-Stefan Cioboata (🇷🇴 ROU, 1776).

Alexandru-Mihai Mujat (🇷🇴 ROU, 1719) won with 7.5/9, ahead of Ronaldo Balog (7.5) and Teodor-Nicolas Haimana (7.5). Mujat shared the lead from round 8, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 3: Levin-Filip Table (1502) beat Luca-Stefan Cioboata (1776), a +274-point gap.

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
🇷🇴Luca-Stefan Cioboata1776
Avg top 10
1,405
Participants
28
Federations · 1 represented
🇷🇴Romania×12
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

Tight race until R9; 3 players tied at 7.5/9, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 3 at the finish.

Co-leaders
17
9
4
2
2
3
1
3
3
2.54.579R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9
Haimana7.5Mujat7.5Balog7.5Bacos6.5Cioboata6Ionescu6
R9 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

3 players finish on 7.5/9. Mujat takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (49.5).

R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Teodor-Nicolas Haimana drew with Alexandru-Mihai Mujat (White).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

Teodor-Nicolas Haimana 4+3 wins (R1–R4, R7–R9)Alexandru-Mihai Mujat 4+3 wins (R1–R4, R7–R9)Ronaldo Balog 3+3 wins (R1–R3, R5–R7)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Teodor-Nicolas Haimana*
½
0
1
2Alexandru-Mihai Mujat
½
*
1
1
3Ronaldo Balog
1
0
*
½
4David Bacos
0
0
½
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Mujat, Alexandru-Mihai1719ROU+28N+12B+4N+2B=3N−5B+8N+6B+7N7.549.550.540.751767+18.4
2Balog, Ronaldo1607ROU+19N+13B+8N−1N+10B+3B+5N=4B+9N7.548.552.541.751773+48.3
3Haimana, Teodor-Nicolas1641ROU+22B+15N+10B+7N=1B−2N+4N+5B+8N7.548.051.540.251779+43.6
4Bacos, David1503ROU+18B+21N−1B+20N+11B+7N−3B=2N+10B6.546.550.531.751577+20.4
5Cioboata, Luca-Stefan1776ROU+26B+6N−7B+12N+9B+1N−2B−3N+11B6.049.551.531.001555-58.9
6Ionescu, Ioan1428ROU+14B−5B+9N−11N+23B+19B+15N−1N+16B6.042.045.026.501514+9.2
7Table, Levin-Filip1502ROU+27N+16B+5N−3B+19N−4B=9N+17B−1B5.546.047.523.251462-13.6
8FIDE 422541670—+20B+26N−2B=15N+21B+10N−1B+11N−3B5.545.047.022.2514030.0
9Sirbu, Vlad1436ROU+23B+11N−6B+21N−5N+15B=7B+13N−2B5.543.546.524.251255-32.0
10Beldiman, Matei-Ioan1433ROU+24N+25B−3N+13B−2N−8B+19N+12B−4N5.044.047.020.00782-34.8
11Palea, Andrei0ROU+?N−9B+16N+6B−4N+13B+20N−8B−5N5.043.043.019.5013400.0
12FIDE 422241100—+?B−1N+23B−5B−15N+21N+22B−10N+17B5.038.038.015.008350.0
13FIDE 422510440—+?B−2N+14B−10N+?B−11N+18B−9B+20N5.036.536.513.506880.0
14FIDE 422637940—−6N+28B−13N=16B+24N+23B−17N=20B+19N5.034.035.015.256280.0
15Gherman, Mihai0ROU+?N−3B+?N=8B+12B−9N−6B−16N+22B4.537.537.511.257000.0
16FIDE 422595170—+17B−7N−11B=14N+27B−18N+?B+15B−6N4.536.536.513.006660.0
17FIDE 422638400—−16N+27B−19N+?B+18B=20N+14B−7N−12N4.534.034.013.007040.0
18FIDE 422637510—−4N−?B+?N+?B−17N+16B−13N=22N+23B4.527.027.09.256990.0
19FIDE 422637430—−2B+?N+17B+22N−7B−6N−10B+21N−14B4.041.041.012.006910.0
20Panici, Mihailo0ROU−8N+24B+25N−4B+?N=17B−11B=14N−13B4.037.537.510.756990.0
21FIDE 422638590—+?N−4B+?N−9B−8N−12B+24N−19B+?N4.029.529.53.006670.0
22FIDE 422637350—−3N−?B+?N−19B+25N+?B−12N=18B−15N3.528.528.55.258380.0
23FIDE 422637780—−9N+?B−12N+25B−6N−14N+?B−?B−18N3.029.029.03.006320.0
24FIDE 422637860—−10B−20N+26B−?N−14B+28N−21B+?N−?B3.021.021.03.006220.0
25FIDE 422638240—+?B−10N−20B−23N−22B−26N+28B−?N+27N3.020.020.02.506220.0
26FIDE 422637190—−5N−8B−24N−?B+?N+25B−?N−?B−?N2.017.517.53.009690.0
27FIDE 422637600—−7B−17N+?N−?B−16N=?B−?N−28N−25B1.518.518.50.007040.0
28FIDE 422637270—−1B−14N−?B−?N−?N−24B−25N+27B−?N1.020.020.01.509140.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets