Ferroli Open 2026

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38 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 12 Mar 2026 to 15 Mar 2026 in Satu Mare, Romania. 4 titled players from 3 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2097, and top seed was Alexandru-Ovidiu Stanciu (🇷🇴 ROU, FM, 2359).

Alexandru-Ovidiu Stanciu (🇷🇴 ROU, FM, 2359) won with 6.0/7, ahead of Andrei-Catalin Mintau (5.0) and Ioan-Alexandru Iuga (5.0). Stanciu won solo starting round 4.

The biggest upset came in round 5: Vasile-Gheorghe Orban (1694) beat Francisc Olah (1885), a +191-point gap.

Location

🇷🇴Satu Mare, Romania

Dates

12 Mar 2026 → 15 Mar 2026

Time control

Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 7 rounds

Top seed

🇷🇴FMAlexandru-Ovidiu Stanciu2359

Avg top 10

2,097

Participants

Titled players · 4

FM×3

CM×1

Federations · 3 represented

🇷🇴Romania×35

🇲🇩Moldova×1

🇭🇺Hungary×1

Top 3

🥇
FMAlexandru-Ovidiu Stanciu
🇷🇴ROU·2359
6.0pts·2330perf-2.6
🥈
Andrei-Catalin Mintau
🇷🇴ROU·2109
5.0pts·2172perf+14.4
🥉
Ioan-Alexandru Iuga
🇷🇴ROU·1963
5.0pts·2108perf+44.8

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

FM Alexandru-Ovidiu Stanciu led from R4; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders

Stanciu6Prisacaru5Mintau5Arion5Iuga5Ilonczai4.5

R4–R7 · LEAD HELD

FM Alexandru-Ovidiu Stanciu never relinquished the lead after R4; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

FM Alexandru-Ovidiu Stanciu 4 wins (R1–R4)CM Stefan-Emilian Prisacaru 3 wins (R1–R4)Andrei-Catalin Mintau 3 wins (R1–R3)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1FMAlexandru-Ovidiu Stanciu	*	—	1	—
2CMStefan-Emilian Prisacaru	—	*	—	—
3Andrei-Catalin Mintau	0	—	*	—
4Ilie Arion	—	—	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Stanciu, Alexandru-OvidiuFM	2359	ROU	+11B	+18N	+6B	+2B	=8N	+17N	=3B	6.0	26.0	29.0	24.50	2330	-2.6
2	Mintau, Andrei-Catalin	2109	ROU	+29N	+14B	+16B	−1N	=3B	=7N	+6B	5.0	27.5	29.5	18.75	2172	+14.4
3	Iuga, Ioan-Alexandru	1963	ROU	+20N	+31B	−17N	+15B	=2N	+9B	=1N	5.0	25.5	27.5	18.50	2108	+44.8
4	Prisacaru, Stefan-EmilianCM	2244	ROU	+10N	F	+13B	+18N	−6B	+11N	+8B	5.0	24.0	27.0	19.00	2214	-1.0
5	Arion, Ilie	1994	ROU	=22B	=12N	+32B	+14N	=7B	=16N	+10B	5.0	22.5	24.5	17.25	2011	+5.2
6	Lupu, Ovidiu-JeanFM	2074	ROU	+25N	+15B	−1N	+10B	+4N	=8B	−2N	4.5	28.0	30.5	17.50	2133	+13.8
7	Ilonczai, Levente-David	2178	ROU	=21B	F	+29N	+9B	=5N	=2B	+15N	4.5	23.0	23.0	16.50	2117	-5.6
8	Szabo, AttilaFM	2097	ROU	+23B	F	+28N	+17B	=1B	=6N	−4N	4.0	24.0	24.0	13.75	2168	+13.2
9	Muresan, Marian-Gabriel	1965	ROU	+19B	=13N	+24B	−7N	+16B	−3N	=17B	4.0	23.5	26.0	12.75	1964	+3.2
10	Marchis, Arghil	1850	HUN	−4B	+19N	+37B	−6N	+29B	+24N	−5N	4.0	22.0	22.5	8.00	1924	+10.0
11	Torzsas, Ludovic	1853	ROU	−1N	=20B	=26N	+27B	+23N	−4B	+30N	4.0	21.5	23.5	9.75	1842	-2.6
12	Bonte, Arghir	1781	ROU	F	=5B	+31N	−16N	+18B	+14N	=13B	4.0	21.5	21.5	13.50	1983	+27.4
13	Sarivan, Margareta	1871	MDA	+38N	=9B	−4N	+25B	−17N	+30B	=12N	4.0	21.0	21.5	9.00	1886	+1.4
14	Tarciuc, Ianis-Mihai	1875	ROU	+37N	−2N	+33B	−5B	+26N	−12B	+19N	4.0	21.0	21.5	7.50	1770	-14.6
15	Rus, Rian-Robben	1871	ROU	+35B	−6N	+36B	−3N	+21B	+32N	−7B	4.0	20.5	21.5	7.50	1874	-1.0
16	Pasca, Alexandru-Daniel	1909	ROU	+26B	F	−2N	+12B	−9N	=5B	+18N	3.5	26.0	28.5	12.00	1947	+16.8
17	Kovacs, Balazs	1989	ROU	+30N	F	+3B	−8N	+13B	−1B	=9N	3.5	25.0	25.0	13.00	2040	+18.0
18	Sogor, Andras-Csaba	1909	ROU	+27N	−1B	+30N	−4B	−12N	+33B	−16B	3.0	23.0	24.5	6.00	1798	-20.2
19	Tamas, Alexandru-Marius	1618	ROU	−9N	−10B	=20N	+34B	+22B	=21N	−14B	3.0	20.5	22.0	7.00	1708	+14.0
20	Balog, Ronaldo	1607	ROU	−3B	=11N	=19B	+36N	−24B	=22N	=29B	3.0	19.0	20.0	6.75	1664	+12.2
21	Zamfirache, Amalia-Maria	1823	ROU	=7N	F	F	+28B	−15N	=19B	+26N	3.0	16.5	16.5	8.75	1898	+18.8
22	Jacodi, Tudor-Andrei	1679	ROU	=5N	−28B	−23N	+31B	−19N	=20B	=33N	2.5	18.0	19.5	6.75	1532	-50.4
23	Remetean, Vasile	1709	ROU	−8N	F	+22B	=24N	−11B	=27B	=31N	2.5	17.5	17.5	6.00	1731	+0.6
24	Seletye, Dominik	1876	ROU	+34B	F	−9N	=23B	+20N	−10B	F	2.5	17.0	17.0	5.75	1726	-35.2
25	Nocigan, Lucas-Madalin	1691	ROU	−6B	F	+34N	−13N	−30B	=28B	+27N	2.5	17.0	17.0	5.25	1689	-6.4
26	Stana, Rares-Andrei	1569	ROU	−16N	F	=11B	+37N	−14B	+36N	−21B	2.5	16.0	16.0	3.50	1542	-6.0
27	Moldovan, Alina-Cristina	1508	ROU	−18B	−29B	+35N	−11N	+34B	=23N	−25B	2.5	15.5	17.0	4.25	1539	+3.6
28	Olah, Francisc	1885	ROU	F	+22N	−8B	−21N	−32B	=25N	+36B	2.5	15.0	15.0	4.75	1648	-31.4
29	Cret, Andrei-Rares	1742	ROU	−2B	+27N	−7B	F	−10N	=31B	=20N	2.0	21.0	22.5	5.00	1694	-20.0
30	Moroz, Cristian-Andrei	1648	ROU	−17B	+35N	−18B	F	+25N	−13N	−11B	2.0	18.5	18.5	4.00	1621	-8.0
31	Marton, Kristof-Martin	0	ROU	F	−3N	−12B	−22N	+37B	=29N	=23B	2.0	16.5	16.5	2.75	1536	0.0
32	Orban, Vasile-Gheorghe	1694	ROU	F	F	−5N	+38B	+28N	−15B	F	2.0	14.5	14.5	3.00	1792	+6.8
33	Bruma, Ioan	1534	ROU	F	F	−14N	F	+35B	−18N	=22B	1.5	13.0	13.0	2.75	1550	-0.4
34	Muntean, Cristian	1480	ROU	−24N	F	−25B	−19N	−27N	+37B	=35B	1.5	12.5	12.5	1.25	872	-46.8
35	Asztalnok, Robert-Levente	0	ROU	−15N	−30B	−27B	F	−33N	+38B	=34N	1.5	12.0	12.0	1.25	1246	0.0
36	Socolan, Luca-Ioan	0	ROU	F	F	−15N	−20B	+38N	−26B	−28N	1.0	12.5	12.5	0.50	936	0.0
37	Marc, Claudiu	0	ROU	−14B	F	−10N	−26B	−31N	−34N	=38B	0.5	14.5	14.5	0.25	901	0.0
38	FIDE 1280775	0	—	−13B	F	F	−32N	−36B	−35N	=37N	0.5	9.0	9.0	0.25	981	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Iuga, Ioan-AlexandruROU
+44.8
5.0 pts · #7
2Bonte, ArghirROU
+27.4
4.0 pts · #13
3Zamfirache, Amalia-MariaROU
+18.8
3.0 pts · #16

Top rating losers

1Jacodi, Tudor-AndreiROU
-50.4
2.5 pts · #26
2Muntean, CristianROU
-46.8
1.5 pts · #38
3Seletye, DominikROU
-35.2
2.5 pts · #20

Biggest upsets

R5+191 Elo gap
Orban, Vasile-Gheorghe1694 beat Olah, Francisc1885
R5+170 Elo gap
FMLupu, Ovidiu-Jean2074 beat CMPrisacaru, Stefan-Emilian2244
R5+128 Elo gap
Bonte, Arghir1781 beat Sogor, Andras-Csaba1909