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Romania Individual Championship Education Through Chess 2026 - Open 13

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24 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 23 Feb 2026 to 01 Mar 2026 in Timisoara, Romania. Top 10 Elo average was 1739, and top seed was Marian-David Voinescu (🇷🇴 ROU, 1984).

Ratibor Mistrekov (🇷🇴 ROU, 1783) won with 8.0/9, ahead of Ciprian-Dumitru Beldiman (7.5) and Marian-David Voinescu (6.5). Mistrekov won solo starting round 4.

The biggest upset came in round 8: Razvan-Nicolae Popa (1768) beat Marian-David Voinescu (1984), a +216-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
🇷🇴Marian-David Voinescu1984
Avg top 10
1,739
Participants
24
Federations · 1 represented
🇷🇴Romania×24
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

Ratibor Mistrekov led from R4; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
12
5
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
2.54.579R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9
Mistrekov8Beldiman7.5Voinescu6.5Popa6Marinca6Borciu5.5
R4–R9 · LEAD HELD

Ratibor Mistrekov held the sole lead from R4 through R9 without losing it.

R3 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Ratibor Mistrekov beat Ciprian-Dumitru Beldiman (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

Ratibor Mistrekov 4+3 wins (R1–R4, R6–R8)Ciprian-Dumitru Beldiman 3 wins (R7–R9)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Ratibor Mistrekov*
1
½
½
2Ciprian-Dumitru Beldiman
0
*
½
—
3Marian-David Voinescu
½
½
*
0
4Razvan-Nicolae Popa
½
—
1
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Mistrekov, Ratibor1783ROU+15N+20B+2N+7N=3B+4N+6B+9N=5B8.045.048.542.252055+105.2
2Beldiman, Ciprian-Dumitru1792ROU+14B+16N−1B+10N+7B=3N+4B+6N+12B7.544.048.036.751958+63.4
3Voinescu, Marian-David1984ROU+10B=6N+4B+9N=1N=2B+11B−5N+7B6.547.051.535.001862-38.8
4Marinca, Matteo-Ioan1739ROU+19N+17B−3N+20B+8N−1B−2N+14B+9N6.043.547.025.001756+8.4
5Popa, Razvan-Nicolae1768ROU+13B+9N−7B+14N=6B−11N+10B+3B=1N6.043.047.030.751781+12.4
6Borciu, Luca-Daniel1624ROU+23N=3B=8N+12B=5N+7B−1N−2B+15N5.546.547.523.251769+60.4
7Grecu, Bogdan-Andrei1815ROU+12N+8B+5N−1B−2N−6N+15B+11B−3N5.047.551.524.001733-34.0
8Haldea, Tudor1652ROU+18B−7N=6B+16N−4B=15N−9B+22N+14N5.037.039.018.751569-32.8
9Bucurenciu, Adrian-Robert1572ROU+21N−5B+15N−3B+19N=14B+8N−1B−4B4.543.547.018.501619+12.8
10Simu, Alexandru1556ROU−3N+19B+17N−2B=15N+13B−5N=21B=11N4.541.044.518.501586+2.8
11Donici-Maier, Luca1620ROU−17B+13N−14B+18N+12B+5B−3N−7N=10B4.539.043.021.251664+20.4
12Florut, Grigorie1553ROU−7B+18N+16B−6N−11N+19B=14N+13B−2N4.539.043.018.501558-0.8
13Zamfirescu, Vlad-Constantin1465ROU−5N−11B+23B+21N=18B−10N+17B−12N+24B4.532.032.010.50817-49.2
14Ene, Alexandru-Andrei1509ROU−2N+24B+11N−5B+20N=9N=12B−4N−8B4.041.541.512.501569+20.0
15Vamanu, Darius-Andrei1487ROU−1B+22N−9B+17N=10B=8B−7N+18N−6B4.040.542.514.751394-22.4
16Bacos, Luca1608ROU+24N−2B−12N−8B=21B−18N+19N=20B+22N4.034.034.09.501449-41.6
17Gurzo, Ionut-Gabriel0ROU+11N−4N−10B−15B+22N=20B−13N+23B=21N4.032.533.511.0013770.0
18Bancila, Bogdan0ROU−8N−12B+24N−11B=13N+16B=20N−15B+23N4.031.031.09.0014030.0
19Nechita, Gabriel-Alexandru1406ROU−4B−10N+22B+23N−9B−12N−16B+24B+20N4.030.030.06.5013300.0
20Ile, Andi1584ROU+22B−1N+21B−4N−14B=17N=18B=16N−19B3.537.539.511.501243-73.6
21Pat, Eric0ROU−9BF−20N−13B=16N+22B+24N=10N=17B3.527.027.08.2513180.0
22Micsa, Bogdan-Sorin0ROU−20N−15B−19N+24B−17B−21N+23N−8B−16B2.029.029.01.007450.0
23Sufan, Raul-Florin0ROU−6BF−13N−19BF+24N−22B−17N−18B1.024.024.00.007000.0
24Marzan, Iosif0ROU−16B−14N−18B−22NF−23B−21B−19N−13N0.027.027.00.006980.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets