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Pegas Winter 2026 - B

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27 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 1457, and top seed was Sebastian-Gabriel Manta (🇷🇴 ROU, 1490).

Oleksii Astafiev (🇷🇴 ROU, 0) won with 6.0/6, ahead of Adrian Muntean (4.5) and Natalia-Elena Bal (4.5). Astafiev shared the lead from round 4 and won solo starting round 5.

Location
🇷🇴Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Dates
21 Feb 2026 → 22 Feb 2026
Time control
Standard: 60 minutes for game
System
Swiss · 6 rounds
Top seed
🇷🇴Sebastian-Gabriel Manta1490
Avg top 10
1,457
Participants
27
Federations · 2 represented
🇷🇴Romania×18
🇭🇺Hungary×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 6 rounds

Oleksii Astafiev led from R5; +1.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.

Co-leaders
15
8
4
2
1
1
1.534.56R1R2R3R4R5R6
Astafiev6Muntean4.5Slivca4.5Stirb4.5Bal4.5Manta4
R5–R6 · LEAD HELD

Oleksii Astafiev never relinquished the lead after R5; final gap +1.5 over the runner-up.

R4 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Oleksii Astafiev beat Adrian Muntean (White).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

Oleksii Astafiev 6 wins (R1–R6)Adrian Muntean 3 wins (R1–R3)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Oleksii Astafiev*
1
——
2Adrian Muntean
0
*—
1
3Gabriela-Andreea Slivca——*—
4Natalia-Eva Stirb—
0
—*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Astafiev, Oleksii0ROU+8N+?B+12N+2B+3N+6B6.020.020.020.0015800.0
2Muntean, Adrian1490ROU+19B+4N+6B−1N+13B=3N4.522.024.516.251794+52.8
3Bal, Natalia-Elena1484ROU+11N+10B+14N+13N−1B=2B4.521.024.015.751675+15.6
4Stirb, Natalia-Eva1405ROU+27N−2B+11N+15B+12N=7B4.518.018.011.501616+43.6
5Slivca, Gabriela-Andreea1419ROU−14N+26B+9N=7B+15N+12B4.517.018.013.001804+58.4
6Rusti, Teodor1429ROU+26N+7B−2N+14B+8N−1N4.021.522.512.001645+34.4
7Manta, Sebastian-Gabriel1490ROU+25B−6N+16B=5N+17B=4N4.019.021.012.501416-45.6
8Ionescu, Ioan1428ROU−1B+24N+22B+19N−6B+18N4.017.519.59.50628-20.0
9Plesek, Tamas-Zoltan0ROU+20B−15N−5B+24N+22B+13N4.015.017.09.5013380.0
10Zaharia, Sofia-Ana0ROU+?B−3N+21B−?N+19B+14N4.012.012.07.506820.0
11FIDE 422539690—−3B+?N−4B+21N=16B+22N3.516.016.05.506660.0
12Balog, Iuliu Cristian1484HUN+22B+16N−1B+17N−4B−5N3.021.023.08.001286-26.8
13Negrea, Iosif1490ROU+18N+17B+15N−3B−2N−9B3.019.022.09.001481+1.6
14Gurzo, Ionut-Gabriel0ROU+5B+25N−3B−6N+23B−10B3.019.021.08.5013290.0
15Lazar, Robert Andrei1454ROU+23N+9B−13B−4N−5B+21N3.018.020.08.00632-71.6
16Apolzan, Alexia-Victoria0ROU+?N−12B−7N+23B=11N=19B3.015.015.05.007460.0
17Nechita, Gabriel-Alexandru1406ROU+21B−13N+20B−12B−7N+24N3.014.516.56.50722-42.4
18Morar, Mark-Oliver0ROU−13B−21N+27B+20N+?B−8B3.011.511.52.5013230.0
19Breaz, Eric-Alexandru0ROU−2N+27B+?N−8B−10N=16N2.515.515.51.5013290.0
20FIDE 422627040—−9N+23B−17N−18B+26N=?B2.513.013.03.0012340.0
21FIDE 422627200—−17N+18B−10N−11B+?N−15B2.016.516.53.006570.0
22FIDE 422343360—−12N+?B−8N+26B−9N−11B2.015.515.51.006400.0
23Dansorean, Stefan-Rares0ROU−15B−20N+?B−16N−14N+26B2.012.512.51.007020.0
24FIDE 422475190—−?N−8B+?N−9B+?N−17B2.011.011.00.006270.0
25FIDE 422401310—−7N−14B−26N−?B+27N+?B2.08.08.00.008410.0
26FIDE 422627120—−6B−5N+25B−22N−20B−23N1.015.017.02.006210.0
27FIDE 422627390—−4B−19N−18N−?B−25B−?N0.012.012.00.006100.0

Key insights

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