Romania Individual Championship Education Through Chess 2026 - Open 11
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45 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 23 Feb 2026 to 01 Mar 2026 in Timisoara, Romania. Top 10 Elo average was 1758, and top seed was Darius-Cristian Pana (🇷🇴 ROU, 1944).
Dobrynia Mistrekov (🇷🇴 ROU, 1922) won with 7.5/9, ahead of Luca-Matias Plesea (7.0) and Darius-Cristian Pana (7.0). Mistrekov shared the lead from round 8 and broke clear in the final round.
The biggest upset came in round 6: Patrick Patrulescu (1505) beat Stefan Mironescu (1865), a +360-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
Federations · 1 represented
🇷🇴Romania×30
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 9 roundsDobrynia Mistrekov led from R9; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.
Co-leaders
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R9 · LEADER CHANGE01 Mar
Dobrynia Mistrekov takes the sole lead (7.5/9).
R7 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND
Dobrynia Mistrekov drew with Darius-Cristian Pana (Black).
R1–R4 · WIN STREAK
Luca-Matias Plesea won 4 in a row (R1–R4).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Dobrynia Mistrekov | * | ½ | ½ | 1 |
| 2Darius-Cristian Pana | ½ | * | ½ | — |
| 3Luca-Matias Plesea | ½ | ½ | * | — |
| 4Adrian-Nicolae Popescu | 0 | — | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | R8 | R9 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mistrekov, Dobrynia | 1922 | ROU | +40N | +24B | =10N | +5B | +15N | =2B | =3N | +17B | +6N | 7.5 | 46.5 | 49.0 | 39.25 | 1924 | +8.0 |
| 2 | Plesea, Luca-Matias | 1862 | ROU | +30N | +14B | +4N | +7B | =3N | =1N | +17B | =6B | =8N | 7.0 | 49.5 | 53.5 | 40.25 | 1933 | +33.6 |
| 3 | Pana, Darius-Cristian | 1944 | ROU | +25B | +17N | =8B | +16N | =2B | +11N | =1B | =4N | +10B | 7.0 | 48.0 | 52.5 | 39.00 | 1888 | -12.4 |
| 4 | Lipovanu, Teodor | 1622 | ROU | +44B | +26N | −2B | −18N | +12N | +20B | +7N | =3B | +15N | 6.5 | 45.0 | 46.0 | 30.50 | 1891 | +40.0 |
| 5 | Popescu, Adrian-Nicolae | 1554 | ROU | +39B | =15N | +13B | −1N | +36B | +16N | −6B | +23N | +11B | 6.5 | 42.5 | 45.5 | 29.50 | 1781 | +66.8 |
| 6 | Toma, Christian | 1772 | ROU | +36B | +23N | =16B | −15N | +19B | +10B | +5N | =2N | −1B | 6.0 | 46.0 | 49.5 | 31.00 | 1806 | +18.4 |
| 7 | Mironescu, Stefan | 1865 | ROU | +9B | +19N | +11B | −2N | +13B | −17N | −4B | +18N | +16B | 6.0 | 45.5 | 50.5 | 32.00 | 1649 | -65.2 |
| 8 | Stanculet, Ilio-Phoem | 1706 | ROU | +33N | +28B | =3N | =10B | −17N | +15B | =23N | +24B | =2B | 6.0 | 42.5 | 46.5 | 29.50 | 1672 | -10.8 |
| 9 | Ungur, Sergiu | 0 | ROU | −7N | −31B | +42N | −27B | +37N | +?B | +?B | +28N | +23B | 6.0 | 28.0 | 28.0 | 14.00 | 1609 | 0.0 |
| 10 | Chelu, Tudor-Iulian | 1675 | ROU | +45B | +20N | =1B | =8N | +23B | −6N | +18B | =11N | −3N | 5.5 | 46.5 | 46.5 | 24.00 | 1694 | +2.2 |
| 11 | Fodor, Eric-Matei | 1653 | ROU | +35N | +12B | −7N | +29B | +18N | −3B | +28N | =10B | −5N | 5.5 | 43.5 | 47.5 | 25.25 | 1543 | -34.0 |
| 12 | Politic, Eduard | 0 | ROU | +?B | −11N | +21B | =19N | −4B | +25N | =16B | =13B | +24N | 5.5 | 41.5 | 41.5 | 21.75 | 1491 | -24.0 |
| 13 | Hrehorciuc, Luca-Rafael | 1514 | ROU | +42N | +37B | −5N | +20B | −7N | −18B | +26B | =12N | +25B | 5.5 | 40.5 | 42.5 | 22.25 | 912 | -22.0 |
| 14 | Blaga, Vladimir | 1438 | ROU | +21B | −2N | +25B | =36N | −16B | −19N | +37B | +26N | +29B | 5.5 | 38.5 | 42.0 | 23.25 | 831 | -55.2 |
| 15 | Stroescu, Petru | 0 | ROU | +?N | =5B | +24N | +6B | −1B | −8N | =19B | +29N | −4B | 5.0 | 46.0 | 46.0 | 20.25 | 1593 | 0.0 |
| 16 | Matala, Anthony-Radu | 1558 | ROU | +32N | +34B | =6N | −3B | +14N | −5B | =12N | +20B | −7N | 5.0 | 45.5 | 49.5 | 24.25 | 1598 | +1.6 |
| 17 | Patrulescu, Patrick | 1505 | ROU | F | −3B | +40N | +26N | +8B | +7B | −2N | −1N | +19B | 5.0 | 45.5 | 45.5 | 24.00 | 1785 | +73.6 |
| 18 | Botas, Rafi-Mathias-Ionel | 0 | ROU | −27N | +42B | +22N | +4B | −11B | +13N | −10N | −7B | +31N | 5.0 | 42.0 | 44.0 | 23.00 | 1595 | 0.0 |
| 19 | Trif, Filip-Antony | 1463 | ROU | +38N | −7B | +32N | =12B | −6N | +14B | =15N | +27B | −17N | 5.0 | 41.0 | 44.0 | 21.75 | 1490 | +0.8 |
| 20 | Nemes, Victor-Nicholas | 0 | ROU | +?B | −10B | +27N | −13N | +22B | −4N | +32B | −16N | +30B | 5.0 | 39.5 | 39.5 | 17.00 | 793 | 0.0 |
| 21 | FIDE 42263360 | 0 | — | −14N | +30B | −12N | −28B | −35N | +40B | +34N | +39B | +27N | 5.0 | 34.0 | 36.5 | 17.50 | 703 | 0.0 |
| 22 | FIDE 42256704 | 0 | — | −26B | +44N | −18B | +33B | −20N | −30N | +?B | +32N | +28B | 5.0 | 31.5 | 31.5 | 13.00 | 1434 | 0.0 |
| 23 | Petrovai, Iosif | 1446 | ROU | +31N | −6B | +37N | +34B | −10N | +32N | =8B | −5B | −9N | 4.5 | 42.0 | 45.5 | 18.50 | 1358 | -21.6 |
| 24 | Gyuricza, Eduard-Ioan | 1461 | ROU | +43B | −1N | −15B | +31N | +30B | =26N | +36B | −8N | −12B | 4.5 | 40.0 | 42.0 | 15.75 | 989 | -10.8 |
| 25 | Prodan, Christian-Andrei | 0 | ROU | −3N | +38B | −14N | =37B | +40N | −12B | +33N | +36B | −13N | 4.5 | 37.5 | 40.0 | 14.75 | 885 | 0.0 |
| 26 | Hebristean, Mathias | 0 | ROU | +22N | −4B | +?N | −17B | +41N | =24B | −13N | −14B | +36N | 4.5 | 37.5 | 37.5 | 12.75 | 1172 | 0.0 |
| 27 | FIDE 42263964 | 0 | — | +18B | −29N | −20B | +9N | +34N | −28B | +30B | −19N | −21B | 4.0 | 38.0 | 42.0 | 19.00 | 638 | 0.0 |
| 28 | Munteanu, Mihai-Alexandru | 1417 | ROU | +41B | −8N | −36B | +21N | +38B | +27N | −11B | −9B | −22N | 4.0 | 38.0 | 40.0 | 14.00 | 889 | -13.6 |
| 29 | Crisan, Casian | 1423 | ROU | −37N | +27B | +31N | −11N | −32B | +41B | +38N | −15B | −14N | 4.0 | 34.5 | 36.5 | 13.00 | 829 | 0.0 |
| 30 | Andrescu, Bogdan-Gabriel | 0 | ROU | −2B | −21N | +?B | +?N | −24N | +22B | −27N | +38B | −20N | 4.0 | 33.5 | 33.5 | 8.00 | 864 | 0.0 |
| 31 | Moldovan, Andrei-Darius | 0 | ROU | −23B | +9N | −29B | −24B | −33N | +45N | +?B | +35N | −18B | 4.0 | 32.0 | 32.0 | 10.00 | 677 | 0.0 |
| 32 | FIDE 42263301 | 0 | — | −16B | +?N | −19B | +?N | +29N | −23B | −20N | −22B | +?N | 4.0 | 28.5 | 28.5 | 4.00 | 706 | 0.0 |
| 33 | FIDE 42254108 | 0 | — | −8B | −?N | +39B | −22N | +31B | −38N | −25B | +?N | +?B | 4.0 | 25.5 | 25.5 | 7.00 | 912 | 0.0 |
| 34 | Damian, Luka-Mihai | 0 | ROU | +?B | −16N | +?B | −23N | −27B | −36N | −21B | +?N | +37B | 4.0 | 25.5 | 25.5 | 3.50 | 729 | 0.0 |
| 35 | FIDE 42263891 | 0 | — | −11B | −?N | −?B | +?N | +21B | −?N | +41N | −31B | +39N | 4.0 | 19.5 | 19.5 | 10.00 | 866 | 0.0 |
| 36 | Pavel, Cezar-Alexandru | 0 | ROU | −6N | +41B | +28N | =14B | −5N | +34B | −24N | −25N | −26B | 3.5 | 39.5 | 41.5 | 12.75 | 1412 | 0.0 |
| 37 | FIDE 42254418 | 0 | — | +29B | −13N | −23B | =25N | −9B | +44N | −14N | +?B | −34N | 3.5 | 35.0 | 35.0 | 7.25 | 733 | 0.0 |
| 38 | FIDE 42263948 | 0 | — | −19B | −25N | +44B | +?N | −28N | +33B | −29B | −30N | −?B | 3.0 | 26.5 | 26.5 | 5.00 | 638 | 0.0 |
| 39 | FIDE 42263913 | 0 | — | −5N | −?B | −33N | +45B | F | +43N | +?B | −21N | −35B | 3.0 | 21.5 | 21.5 | 2.00 | 759 | 0.0 |
| 40 | FIDE 42240921 | 0 | — | −1B | +43N | −17B | −41N | −25B | −21N | +42B | −?N | =?B | 2.5 | 28.0 | 28.0 | 4.00 | 914 | 0.0 |
| 41 | FIDE 42254159 | 0 | — | −28N | −36N | F | +40B | −26B | −29N | −35B | −?N | +42B | 2.0 | 24.5 | 24.5 | 4.50 | 614 | 0.0 |
| 42 | FIDE 42263921 | 0 | — | −13B | −18N | −9B | +44N | F | −?B | −40N | +45B | −41N | 2.0 | 22.0 | 22.0 | 1.00 | 719 | 0.0 |
| 43 | FIDE 42263956 | 0 | — | −24N | −40B | +45N | −?B | −?N | −39B | F | +44N | −?B | 2.0 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 1.00 | 665 | 0.0 |
| 44 | FIDE 42263905 | 0 | — | −4N | −22B | −38N | −42B | F | −37B | −?N | −43B | +45N | 1.0 | 22.0 | 22.0 | 0.00 | 809 | 0.0 |
| 45 | FIDE 42254361 | 0 | — | −10N | F | −43B | −39N | F | −31B | F | −42N | −44B | 0.0 | 17.5 | 17.5 | 0.00 | 875 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Patrulescu, PatrickROU+73.65.0 pts · #9
- 2Popescu, Adrian-NicolaeROU+66.86.5 pts · #5
- 3Lipovanu, TeodorROU+40.06.5 pts · #17
Top rating losers
- 1Mironescu, StefanROU-65.26.0 pts · #6
- 2Blaga, VladimirROU-55.25.5 pts · #39
- 3Fodor, Eric-MateiROU-34.05.5 pts · #15
Biggest upsets
- R6+360 Elo gap
- R7+243 Elo gap
- R5+201 Elo gap