Pegas Winter 2026 - A

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37 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 21 Feb 2026 to 22 Feb 2026 in Cluj-Napoca, Romania. 2 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1703, and top seed was Daniel-Attila Vitan (🇷🇴 ROU, 1777).

Alin-Sebastian Tat (🇷🇴 ROU, 1683) won with 5.0/6, ahead of Dragos-Andrei Lazan (5.0) and Tudor Patarau (5.0). Tat shared the lead from round 2, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 6: Tudor Patarau (1514) beat Daniel-Attila Vitan (1777), a +263-point gap.

Location

🇷🇴Cluj-Napoca, Romania

Dates

21 Feb 2026 → 22 Feb 2026

Time control

Standard: 60 minutes for game

System

Swiss · 6 rounds

Top seed

🇷🇴Daniel-Attila Vitan1777

Avg top 10

1,703

Participants

Federations · 2 represented

🇷🇴Romania×36

🇺🇸United States of America×1

Top 3

🥇
Alin-Sebastian Tat
🇷🇴ROU·1683
5.0pts·1891perf+29.6
🥈
Dragos-Andrei Lazan
🇷🇴ROU·1584
5.0pts·1926perf+50.0
🥉
Tudor Patarau
🇷🇴ROU·1514
5.0pts·1886perf+111.2

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 6 rounds

Tight race until R6; 3 players tied at 5.0/6, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 4 co-leaders at R4 to 3 at the finish.

Co-leaders

Patarau5Tat5Lazan5Finkin4.5Stanescu4Vitan4

R6 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

3 players finish on 5.0/6. Tat takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (20.0).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

Tudor Patarau 5 wins (R2–R6)Alin-Sebastian Tat 3 wins (R1–R3)Dragos-Andrei Lazan 3 wins (R1–R3)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Tudor Patarau	*	—	—	—
2Alin-Sebastian Tat	—	*	½	—
3Dragos-Andrei Lazan	—	½	*	—
4Oscar Naoki Finkin	—	—	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Tat, Alin-Sebastian	1683	ROU	+19B	+12N	+5B	=2B	=6N	+7N	5.0	20.0	22.5	18.00	1891	+29.6
2	Lazan, Dragos-Andrei	1584	ROU	+23N	+17B	+13B	=1N	=7B	+8N	5.0	18.0	20.0	15.50	1926	+50.0
3	Patarau, Tudor	1514	ROU	−9N	+35B	+21B	+15N	+5N	+6B	5.0	17.0	17.5	14.00	1886	+111.2
4	Finkin, Oscar Naoki	1630	USA	+26B	+29N	=18B	−6N	+19B	+17N	4.5	13.5	15.0	9.75	1818	+46.8
5	Stanescu, Gabriel	1522	ROU	+8B	+14B	−1N	+13N	−3B	+12N	4.0	19.5	22.5	12.50	1746	+60.4
6	Vitan, Daniel-Attila	1777	ROU	+35N	=31B	+32N	+4B	=1B	−3N	4.0	17.5	18.0	9.75	1708	-19.6
7	Negureanu, Valentin	1733	ROU	=33N	+16B	+31N	+18B	=2N	−1B	4.0	17.0	18.5	10.25	1704	-3.6
8	Krajla, Ciprian-Zoltan	1603	ROU	−5N	=20B	+34N	+22B	+10N	−2B	3.5	17.5	18.5	8.25	1640	+6.8
9	Codorean, Andrei	1593	ROU	+3B	−18N	+27B	=19N	−17B	+20N	3.5	15.0	17.0	10.75	1701	+30.4
10	Chiotan, Victor	1546	ROU	+16B	−13N	+29B	=17N	−8B	+21N	3.5	14.5	16.0	8.25	1689	+47.2
11	Ciciovean, Paul-Nicolae	1772	ROU	=30B	F	F	+12N	+20B	+18N	3.5	9.5	9.5	8.75	1825	+3.2
12	Muraru-Teberean, David	1522	ROU	+34N	−1B	+14N	−11B	+24N	−5B	3.0	17.5	18.5	6.00	1644	+38.0
13	Jacodi, Tudor-Andrei	1708	ROU	+36N	+10B	−2N	−5B	−18N	+23B	3.0	17.0	17.5	6.00	1621	-21.6
14	Macioca, Laurentiu-Daniel	1694	ROU	+20B	−5N	−12B	+25N	+16B	F	3.0	15.5	17.5	7.50	1647	-6.2
15	Tamas, Alexandru-Marius	1578	ROU	−29N	+26B	+23N	−3B	+22N	F	3.0	14.5	16.0	6.50	1580	+1.8
16	Scrob, Nicolae	1695	ROU	−10N	−7N	+36B	+23B	−14N	+29B	3.0	14.0	14.5	4.00	1583	-35.2
17	Moise, Mihai-Alexandru	1697	ROU	+24B	−2N	F	=10B	+9N	−4B	2.5	19.0	21.0	7.25	1582	-15.6
18	Kozma, Roland	0	ROU	F	+9B	=4N	−7N	+13B	−11B	2.5	18.5	18.5	8.75	1685	0.0
19	Dumitru, Sorin	1522	ROU	−1N	+34B	+37N	=9B	−4N	−24B	2.5	16.0	16.0	2.75	1462	-7.8
20	Petrusel, Vlad-Andrei	1537	ROU	−14N	=8N	+30B	+28B	−11N	−9B	2.5	15.5	17.0	5.25	1574	+1.6
21	Contiu, Vlad Bogdan	1617	ROU	−32N	+25B	−3N	=29B	+30N	−10B	2.5	13.5	15.0	4.25	1469	-49.2
22	Sucaliuc, Mihai-Gabriel	1639	ROU	+25N	=32B	F	−8N	−15B	+35N	2.5	12.5	13.0	3.25	1558	-22.4
23	Popescu, Mihaela	1493	ROU	−2B	+24N	−15B	−16N	+36B	−13N	2.0	16.0	16.5	2.50	1488	-2.4
24	Negrea, Iulian-Eugen	1552	ROU	−17N	−23B	+26N	F	−12B	+19N	2.0	12.0	12.0	4.50	1459	-13.8
25	Stroia, David-Calin	1529	ROU	−22B	−21N	+35N	−14B	+29N	−28B	2.0	11.5	12.0	2.00	1467	-22.0
26	Gligor, Ana Maria	1519	ROU	−4N	−15N	−24B	=35B	=34N	+36N	2.0	11.0	11.5	1.25	1455	+12.0
27	Sandea, Dorin-Gheorghe	1473	ROU	−31N	+36B	−9N	−30B	−28N	+34B	2.0	9.5	10.0	1.50	1451	-1.4
28	Dunca, David	1555	ROU	F	F	F	−20N	+27B	+25N	2.0	6.5	6.5	4.00	1646	+14.0
29	Niculas, Tudor	1449	ROU	+15B	−4B	−10N	=21N	−25B	−16N	1.5	16.5	18.5	4.25	1405	-20.0
30	Dumitrache, Andrei-Augustin	1569	ROU	=11N	−33B	−20N	+27N	−21B	F	1.5	12.0	12.0	3.75	1453	-32.0
31	Cristurean, Noelia-Alexandra	1576	ROU	+27B	=6N	−7B	F	F	F	1.5	10.0	10.0	4.00	1659	+10.8
32	Cristurean, Andreea-Nuria	1505	ROU	+21B	=22N	−6B	F	F	F	1.5	9.0	9.0	3.75	1678	+25.2
33	Luca, Vlad-Codrin	1572	ROU	=7B	+30N	F	F	F	F	1.5	5.5	5.5	3.50	1845	+25.6
34	Patarau, Toma-Mihai	1597	ROU	−12B	−19N	−8B	=36N	=26B	−27N	1.0	13.0	13.5	1.25	1241	-107.6
35	Ferentiu, Mara-Ioana	1570	ROU	−6B	−3N	−25B	=26N	F	−22B	0.5	15.5	15.5	1.00	1211	-78.8
36	Rechisan, Eduard	1551	ROU	−13B	−27N	−16N	=34B	−23N	−26B	0.5	12.0	13.0	0.50	1162	-98.4
37	Tomsa, Gheorghe-Mihai	0	ROU	F	F	−19B	F	F	F	0.0	4.5	4.5	0.00	722	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Patarau, TudorROU
+111.2
5.0 pts · #1
2Stanescu, GabrielROU
+60.4
4.0 pts · #4
3Lazan, Dragos-AndreiROU
+50.0
5.0 pts · #3

Top rating losers

1Patarau, Toma-MihaiROU
-107.6
1.0 pts · #34
2Rechisan, EduardROU
-98.4
0.5 pts · #35
3Ferentiu, Mara-IoanaROU
-78.8
0.5 pts · #36

Biggest upsets

R6+263 Elo gap
Patarau, Tudor1514 beat Vitan, Daniel-Attila1777
R4+186 Elo gap
Stanescu, Gabriel1522 beat Jacodi, Tudor-Andrei1708
R2+172 Elo gap
Stanescu, Gabriel1522 beat Macioca, Laurentiu-Daniel1694