Bucharest Chess Weekend 65th ed.

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52 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 13 Feb 2026 to 15 Feb 2026 in Bucuresti, Romania. 4 titled players from 6 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2097, and top seed was Cosmin Tanasie (🇷🇴 ROU, CM, 2219).

Stefan Danila (🇷🇴 ROU, 2015) won with 5.5/7, ahead of Cosmin Tanasie (5.5) and Razvan-Catalin Tudoroiu (5.0). Danila won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Aurelian Groapa (1749) beat Iustin-Nicolas Cazacu (CM, 2036), a +287-point gap.

Location

🇷🇴Bucuresti, Romania

Dates

13 Feb 2026 → 15 Feb 2026

Time control

Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 7 rounds

Top seed

🇷🇴CMCosmin Tanasie2219

Avg top 10

2,097

Participants

Titled players · 4

IM×2

CM×2

Federations · 6 represented

🇷🇴Romania×44

🇨🇦Canada×2

🇧🇬Bulgaria×2

🇲🇩Moldova×1

🇫🇷France×1

🇱🇰Sri Lanka×1

Top 3

🥇
Stefan Danila
🇷🇴ROU·2015
5.5pts·2215perf+35.6
🥈
CMCosmin Tanasie
🇷🇴ROU·2219
5.5pts·2397perf+36.8
🥉
Razvan-Catalin Tudoroiu
🇷🇴ROU·2059
5.0pts·2164perf+20.8

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

Tight race until R7; 2 players tied at 5.5/7, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.

Co-leaders

Danila5.5Tanasie5.5Tudoroiu5Dubic5Raducanu5Angelov5— ex-leaders:Floresculed R3, #17

R6 · LEADER CHANGE15 Feb

Roman Dubic takes the sole lead (5.0/6).

R7 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 5.5/7. Danila takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (26.0).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

Stefan Danila 3 wins (R5–R7)CM Cosmin Tanasie 3 wins (R5–R7)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Stefan Danila	*	—	0	—
2CMCosmin Tanasie	—	*	1	1
3Razvan-Catalin Tudoroiu	1	0	*	—
4Roman Dubic	—	0	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Danila, Stefan	2015	ROU	+43B	+29N	=9B	−3N	+6B	+8B	+12N	5.5	26.0	27.5	20.25	2215	+35.6
2	Tanasie, CosminCM	2219	ROU	+50B	+5N	F	=12B	+27N	+3N	+4B	5.5	23.0	23.0	21.00	2397	+36.8
3	Tudoroiu, Razvan-Catalin	2059	ROU	+28N	=14B	+13N	+1B	=8N	−2B	+7B	5.0	28.0	31.0	21.25	2164	+20.8
4	Dubic, Roman	2071	ROU	+23B	=15N	+30B	=7N	+9B	+28N	−2N	5.0	25.0	28.0	18.25	2089	+5.8
5	Raducanu, Andrei-Augustin	1981	ROU	+35B	−2B	+22N	+11N	−7B	+15N	+31B	5.0	25.0	28.0	18.00	2039	+13.6
6	Angelov, Zvetomir	2006	BUL	+32B	+42N	−12N	+31B	−1N	+13B	+14B	5.0	23.5	25.0	15.50	2051	+8.0
7	Codreanu, Alex-Cosmin	2023	ROU	+34N	=20B	+14N	=4B	+5N	=12B	−3N	4.5	26.5	29.5	18.25	2084	+12.8
8	Gavrilescu-Mogojan, Calin-Stefan	2205	ROU	=19N	+25B	=16N	+13B	=3B	−1N	+20B	4.5	25.5	29.0	17.25	2035	-24.8
9	Stanica, Andrei	1944	ROU	+52B	+37N	=1N	=24B	−4N	+21B	=10B	4.5	24.5	24.5	12.75	2094	+58.0
10	Mihaila, Marika-Nicolas	1988	ROU	+18N	−13B	F	+39N	+29B	+19B	=9N	4.5	22.0	24.5	15.25	1980	+1.6
11	Cirlan, Ionut-Gheorghe	1900	ROU	=33N	=22B	+51N	−5B	+36N	+37B	=24N	4.5	20.0	20.0	10.00	1895	+2.0
12	Florescu, Codrut-ConstantinIM	2194	ROU	+31B	+26N	+6B	=2N	F	=7N	−1B	4.0	27.0	27.0	16.50	2129	-3.7
13	Belchev, Emil	1894	FRA	+39B	+10N	−3B	−8N	+35B	−6N	+29B	4.0	25.0	27.5	13.00	1935	+9.8
14	Anghelescu, Teodor-Stefan	1917	ROU	+48B	=3N	−7B	+45N	+25B	=24B	−6N	4.0	22.5	23.5	9.75	1975	+24.0
15	Butochnov, Tudor-Alexandru	1891	ROU	+49N	=4B	−21N	=36B	+48N	−5B	+37N	4.0	19.5	20.0	7.75	1913	+13.6
16	Chuchukova, Stefani	1960	BUL	=44N	+38B	=8B	−28N	+34B	−31N	+35B	4.0	19.0	20.0	11.25	1855	-17.4
17	Talmaci, Arsenie	2014	MDA	=38N	+44B	=20N	−27B	=19N	+25N	=41B	4.0	19.0	20.0	10.50	1876	-46.0
18	Nastase, Stefan	1704	ROU	−10B	=50N	−45B	+49N	=44B	+33N	+30B	4.0	13.0	13.5	7.25	1806	+18.8
19	Ionita, Alexandru A.	1831	ROU	=8B	−24N	+32B	+40N	=17B	−10N	=26B	3.5	23.0	25.5	11.50	1933	+33.6
20	Vasiloi, Leonard	1908	ROU	+46B	=7N	=17B	=30N	−24N	+38B	−8N	3.5	22.0	23.0	9.25	1930	+9.6
21	Cazacu, Iustin-NicolasCM	2036	ROU	−29B	+35N	+15B	+26N	−28B	−9N	=23B	3.5	21.5	24.5	12.25	1820	-73.2
22	Moroianu, George	1618	ROU	=30B	=11N	−5B	−23N	+40B	=34N	+42B	3.5	21.5	23.0	9.25	1765	+19.2
23	Candea-Muntean, Victor	1759	ROU	−4N	=36B	=33N	+22B	−37N	+46B	=21N	3.5	20.0	21.0	9.00	1817	+7.4
24	Trifu, Stefan	2037	ROU	F	+19B	F	=9N	+20B	=14N	=11B	3.5	20.0	20.0	13.50	2049	+3.6
25	Berbece, Gheorghe-Severian	1867	ROU	+51B	−8N	=40B	+44N	−14N	−17B	+32N	3.5	19.0	19.0	5.25	1806	-11.6
26	Bratu, Gheorghe	1932	ROU	+36N	−12B	+47N	−21B	−31N	+44B	=19N	3.5	17.5	18.5	6.25	1826	-17.4
27	Ciuca, Ianis-Cristian	1828	ROU	F	F	+42B	+17N	−2B	=41N	+28B	3.5	16.5	16.5	9.75	2081	+49.2
28	Butochnov, Victor	1758	ROU	−3B	+48N	F	+16B	+21N	−4B	−27N	3.0	25.5	26.5	8.50	1938	+50.4
29	Groapa, Aurelian	1749	ROU	+21N	−1B	−41N	+46B	−10N	+36B	−13N	3.0	22.5	23.5	7.00	1830	+12.2
30	Raducanu, Alberto	1908	ROU	=22N	+33B	−4N	=20B	=38N	=32B	−18N	3.0	22.0	24.5	9.25	1713	-34.8
31	Ilie, Eduard-Alexandru	1821	ROU	−12N	+52B	F	−6N	+26B	+16B	−5N	3.0	21.5	21.5	7.50	1961	+40.4
32	Sandulescu, Gheorghe	1715	ROU	−6N	=49B	−19N	+33B	+45B	=30N	−25B	3.0	19.0	19.5	5.75	1733	+1.8
33	Calotescu, David-Andrei	1601	ROU	=11B	−30N	=23B	−32N	+51N	−18B	+47N	3.0	19.0	19.0	5.00	1620	+1.5
34	Batali, Gheorghe	1748	ROU	−7B	+46N	F	=37B	−16N	=22B	+38N	3.0	18.0	18.0	6.50	1839	+12.0
35	Butochnov, Andriy	1688	ROU	−5N	−21B	+49N	+51B	−13N	+45B	−16N	3.0	18.0	18.0	1.50	1731	+6.8
36	Cirstea, Radu	1675	ROU	−26B	=23N	+43B	=15N	−11B	−29N	=39B	2.5	21.0	22.5	6.50	1676	-2.2
37	Vasilescu, Lucian-MihailIM	2106	ROU	+45N	−9B	F	=34N	+23B	−11N	−15B	2.5	20.5	20.5	6.00	1785	-23.9
38	Szabo, Viktor	1716	ROU	=17B	−16N	=39N	+47B	=30B	−20N	−34B	2.5	20.0	21.0	5.75	1683	-16.4
39	Stanica, Maria	1470	ROU	−13N	=43N	=38B	−10B	−46N	+51B	=36N	2.5	16.0	16.0	3.25	1556	+15.2
40	Constantinescu, Bogdan-Ionut	1638	ROU	F	=41B	=25N	−19B	−22N	=47B	+44N	2.5	15.0	15.0	4.50	1681	+9.6
41	Pirvulescu, Adrian	1945	ROU	F	=40N	+29B	F	F	=27B	=17N	2.5	13.0	13.0	8.00	1902	-3.4
42	Ghitoi, Ioan	0	ROU	F	−6B	−27N	−48B	=47N	+49B	−22N	1.5	14.5	14.5	1.00	1484	0.0
43	Craciun, Dorian-Raul	1740	ROU	−1N	=39B	−36N	F	F	F	+51B	1.5	10.5	10.5	1.25	1451	-21.0
44	Szatmary, Alex	1686	CAN	=16B	−17N	F	−25B	=18N	−26N	−40B	1.0	21.5	22.0	4.00	1580	-15.8
45	Radu, Teodor	1806	ROU	−37B	F	+18N	−14B	−32N	−35N	F	1.0	16.5	16.5	4.00	1588	-56.8
46	Grigorescu, Stefan	1603	ROU	−20N	−34B	F	−29N	+39B	−23N	F	1.0	15.5	15.5	2.50	1488	-29.6
47	Silaghi, Matias-Radu	1477	ROU	F	F	−26B	−38N	=42B	=40N	−33B	1.0	13.0	13.0	2.00	1387	-16.0
48	Verma, Raj	1675	CAN	−14N	−28B	F	+42N	−15B	F	F	1.0	12.5	12.5	1.50	1058	-32.0
49	Grigorescu, Mihai	1456	ROU	−15B	=32N	−35B	−18B	F	−42N	F	0.5	15.5	15.5	1.50	1421	-3.0
50	Kalubowila, K H N	1841	SRI	−2N	=18B	F	F	F	F	F	0.5	10.5	10.5	2.00	1771	-5.4
51	FIDE 42247004	0	—	−25N	F	−11B	−35N	−33B	−39N	−43N	0.0	18.0	18.0	0.00	912	0.0
52	Pintican, Alexandru-Andrei	1678	ROU	−9N	−31N	F	F	F	F	F	0.0	8.5	8.5	0.00	1085	-20.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Stanica, AndreiROU
+58.0
4.5 pts · #6
2Butochnov, VictorROU
+50.4
3.0 pts · #30
3Ciuca, Ianis-CristianROU
+49.2
3.5 pts · #38

Top rating losers

1Cazacu, Iustin-NicolasCMROU
-73.2
3.5 pts · #20
2Radu, TeodorROU
-56.8
1.0 pts · #43
3Talmaci, ArsenieMDA
-46.0
4.0 pts · #16

Biggest upsets

R1+287 Elo gap
Groapa, Aurelian1749 beat CMCazacu, Iustin-Nicolas2036
R5+278 Elo gap
Butochnov, Victor1758 beat CMCazacu, Iustin-Nicolas2036
R7+215 Elo gap
Butochnov, Tudor-Alexandru1891 beat IMVasilescu, Lucian-Mihail2106