Bucharest Chess Festival 9th ed. - Open

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36 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 07 Feb 2026 to 08 Feb 2026 in Bucuresti, Romania. 1 titled players from 2 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2052, and top seed was Catalin-Lucian Patrascu (🇷🇴 ROU, FM, 2278).

Teodor-Stefan Anghelescu (🇷🇴 ROU, 1916) won with 5.0/6, ahead of Andrei-Cristian Bulau (4.5) and Andrei-Mihaita Stan (4.5). Anghelescu clinched sole first place in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 2: Teodor-Stefan Anghelescu (1916) beat Catalin-Lucian Patrascu (FM, 2278), a +362-point gap.

Location

🇷🇴Bucuresti, Romania

Dates

07 Feb 2026 → 08 Feb 2026

Time control

Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 6 rounds

Top seed

🇷🇴FMCatalin-Lucian Patrascu2278

Avg top 10

2,052

Participants

Titled players · 1

FM×1

Federations · 2 represented

🇷🇴Romania×34

🇨🇦Canada×1

Top 3

🥇
Teodor-Stefan Anghelescu
🇷🇴ROU·1916
5.0pts·2278perf+106.0
🥈
Andrei-Cristian Bulau
🇷🇴ROU·2214
4.5pts·2132perf-8.8
🥉
Andrei-Mihaita Stan
🇷🇴ROU·2036
4.5pts·2136perf+15.2

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 6 rounds

Teodor-Stefan Anghelescu led from R6; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R6.

Co-leaders

Anghelescu5Bulau4.5Patrascu4.5Stan4.5Zlate-Ion4.5Grigore4

R6–R6 · LEAD HELD

Teodor-Stefan Anghelescu held the sole lead from R6 through R6 without losing it.

R4 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Teodor-Stefan Anghelescu drew with Andrei-Cristian Bulau (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

Teodor-Stefan Anghelescu 3 wins (R1–R3)Andrei-Cristian Bulau 3 wins (R1–R3)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Teodor-Stefan Anghelescu	*	½	1	½
2Andrei-Cristian Bulau	½	*	—	½
3FMCatalin-Lucian Patrascu	0	—	*	—
4Andrei-Mihaita Stan	½	½	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Anghelescu, Teodor-Stefan	1916	ROU	+35N	+4B	+11N	=2N	=3B	+6B	5.0	21.0	21.5	17.00	2278	+106.0
2	Bulau, Andrei-Cristian	2214	ROU	+16N	+7B	+6N	=1B	=14N	=3B	4.5	20.5	23.5	17.25	2132	-8.8
3	Stan, Andrei-Mihaita	2036	ROU	+31N	+8B	+9N	=14B	=1N	=2N	4.5	20.0	21.0	14.75	2136	+15.2
4	Patrascu, Catalin-LucianFM	2278	ROU	+12B	−1N	+13B	=5N	+21B	+14N	4.5	19.5	22.0	14.75	2109	-17.4
5	Zlate-Ion, Matei	2019	ROU	+23N	=15B	+30N	=4B	=7N	+10B	4.5	17.0	18.5	12.75	2169	+47.6
6	Grigore, Gigi	2021	ROU	+26B	+21N	−2B	+8N	+15B	−1N	4.0	19.0	21.0	11.50	2048	+5.4
7	Pana, Darius-Cristian	1943	ROU	+18B	−2N	+23B	+17N	=5B	=19N	4.0	18.0	20.0	11.75	2004	+23.2
8	Panaite, Mihai-Teodor	1913	ROU	+25B	−3N	+32N	−6B	+31N	+15B	4.0	14.5	15.5	7.00	1917	+10.0
9	Luca, Ionel	1948	ROU	+20N	+36B	−3B	−15N	+17B	=13N	3.5	17.0	17.0	7.75	1839	-13.8
10	Rosca, Dragos-Ioan	1979	ROU	+28B	−14N	+12B	=21N	+24B	−5N	3.5	15.5	17.0	8.25	1932	-12.0
11	Vasiloi, Leonard	1905	ROU	=32B	+27N	−1B	−19N	+18B	+28N	3.5	14.5	15.5	7.00	1753	-34.0
12	Plesea, Luca-Matias	1857	ROU	−4N	+35B	−10N	+29B	+23N	=16B	3.5	14.5	15.0	5.50	1854	+0.8
13	Bosinceanu, Iosif	1860	ROU	+34N	−30B	−4N	+32B	+26N	=9B	3.5	12.5	13.0	5.25	1879	+10.0
14	Cirlan, Ionut-Gheorghe	1898	ROU	+22N	+10B	F	=3N	=2B	−4B	3.0	19.5	19.5	10.50	2074	+23.0
15	Butochnov, Tudor-Alexandru	1889	ROU	+29B	=5N	=17B	+9B	−6N	−8N	3.0	19.0	20.5	8.75	1861	-5.6
16	Hurmuzache, Mihnea	1800	ROU	−2B	+18N	=19B	−24N	+22B	=12N	3.0	16.5	18.5	8.75	1842	+10.4
17	Grigore, Radu-Andrei	1766	ROU	=30N	+24B	=15N	−7B	−9N	+23B	3.0	14.5	16.0	6.25	1908	+21.2
18	Constantin-Ciuntu, Anne-Sophie	1578	ROU	−7N	−16B	+34N	+20B	−11N	+31B	3.0	14.5	15.0	4.50	1751	+49.6
19	Nuta, Dan	2014	ROU	F	F	=16N	+11B	+28N	=7B	3.0	12.0	12.0	8.50	2022	+1.8
20	Guriencu, Gabriel-Alexandru	1640	ROU	−9B	+29N	−28B	−18N	+34B	+35N	3.0	10.0	10.5	2.50	1614	-7.6
21	Raducanu, Alberto	1908	ROU	+33N	−6B	+36N	=10B	−4N	F	2.5	13.0	13.0	2.75	1867	-5.0
22	Sutu-Demetriade, Filip-George	1463	ROU	−14B	−23B	=25N	+33B	−16N	+29N	2.5	11.5	12.5	3.50	1595	+23.2
23	Szatmary, Alex	1686	CAN	−5B	+22N	−7N	+36B	−12B	−17N	2.0	17.5	17.5	2.50	1578	-14.2
24	Fulger, Ionut-Alexandru	1905	ROU	F	−17N	+27B	+16B	−10N	F	2.0	11.5	11.5	5.00	1765	-12.6
25	Gheorghiu, Alexandru Petru	1554	ROU	−8N	−31B	=22B	=27N	+36N	−26B	2.0	11.5	11.5	2.25	1422	-27.2
26	Negrus, Eduard	1696	ROU	−6N	+33B	F	F	−13B	+25N	2.0	10.5	10.5	3.00	1735	+2.8
27	Tancu, Mihai-Robert	1437	ROU	F	−11B	−24N	=25B	=32N	+34B	2.0	9.0	9.0	2.00	1554	+21.2
28	Ciordas, Andrei-Victor	1661	ROU	−10N	=34B	+20N	F	−19B	−11B	1.5	14.5	15.0	3.25	1648	-4.8
29	Nan, Simion-Nicolae	1461	ROU	−15N	−20B	+33N	−12N	=35B	−22B	1.5	13.0	13.5	1.25	1469	-4.0
30	Dubic, Roman	2071	ROU	=17B	+13N	−5B	F	F	F	1.5	12.5	12.5	5.00	1884	-13.6
31	Spiridon, Mihai-Zoltan	1765	ROU	−3B	+25N	F	F	−8B	−18N	1.0	13.5	13.5	2.00	1568	-20.6
32	Ivascu, George-Sorin	1470	ROU	=11N	F	−8B	−13N	=27B	F	1.0	13.0	13.0	2.75	1573	+3.8
33	Corduneanu-Constantin, Raphael	1536	ROU	−21B	−26N	−29B	−22N	F	+36B	1.0	8.5	8.5	0.00	843	-60.8
34	Busini, Marco	1453	ROU	−13B	=28N	−18B	F	−20N	−27N	0.5	13.0	13.0	0.75	1265	-38.0
35	Badea, Ovidiu	1575	ROU	−1B	−12N	F	F	=29N	−20B	0.5	13.0	13.0	0.75	1399	-16.8
36	FIDE 42262208	0	—	F	−9N	−21B	−23N	−25B	−33N	0.0	11.0	11.0	0.00	920	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Anghelescu, Teodor-StefanROU
+106.0
5.0 pts · #1
2Constantin-Ciuntu, Anne-SophieROU
+49.6
3.0 pts · #19
3Zlate-Ion, MateiROU
+47.6
4.5 pts · #5

Top rating losers

1Corduneanu-Constantin, RaphaelROU
-60.8
1.0 pts · #35
2Busini, MarcoROU
-38.0
0.5 pts · #33
3Vasiloi, LeonardROU
-34.0
3.5 pts · #11

Biggest upsets

R2+362 Elo gap
Anghelescu, Teodor-Stefan1916 beat FMPatrascu, Catalin-Lucian2278
R6+187 Elo gap
Constantin-Ciuntu, Anne-Sophie1578 beat Spiridon, Mihai-Zoltan1765
R2+139 Elo gap
Grigore, Radu-Andrei1766 beat Fulger, Ionut-Alexandru1905