Bucharest Chess Festival 9th ed. - U12

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40 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 07 Feb 2026 to 08 Feb 2026 in Bucuresti, Romania. Top 10 Elo average was 1650, and top seed was Eduard-Alexandru Ilie (🇷🇴 ROU, 1821).

Eduard-Alexandru Ilie (🇷🇴 ROU, 1821) won with 5.5/6, ahead of Razvan-Mihai Ilie (5.0) and Toma-Horia Anghenie (4.5). Ilie shared the lead from round 4 and won solo starting round 5.

The biggest upset came in round 3: Alexandra-Ioana Cozma (1415) beat Sorin-Andrei Oprea (1708), a +293-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

🇷🇴Eduard-Alexandru Ilie1821

Avg top 10

1,650

Participants

Federations · 1 represented

🇷🇴Romania×34

Top 3

🥇
Eduard-Alexandru Ilie
🇷🇴ROU·1821
5.5pts·1945perf+20.8
🥈
Razvan-Mihai Ilie
🇷🇴ROU·1615
5.0pts·1783perf+38.8
🥉
Toma-Horia Anghenie
🇷🇴ROU·1630
4.5pts·1777perf+42.0

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 6 rounds

Eduard-Alexandru Ilie led from R5; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.

Co-leaders

Ilie5.5Ilie5Anghenie4.5Dumitru4.5Voicu4Sararu4

R5–R6 · LEAD HELD

Eduard-Alexandru Ilie held the sole lead from R5 through R6 without losing it.

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

Eduard-Alexandru Ilie 4 wins (R3–R6)Razvan-Mihai Ilie 3 wins (R1–R3)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Eduard-Alexandru Ilie	*	—	—	—
2Razvan-Mihai Ilie	—	*	½	—
3Toma-Horia Anghenie	—	½	*	—
4Andrei-Mihai Dumitru	—	—	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Ilie, Eduard-Alexandru	1821	ROU	+14B	=12N	+15B	+16N	+5B	+6N	5.5	18.5	22.0	20.25	1945	+20.8
2	Ilie, Razvan-Mihai	1615	ROU	+29B	+17N	+19B	=5N	=3B	+7N	5.0	19.0	21.5	17.25	1783	+38.8
3	Anghenie, Toma-Horia	1630	ROU	+27N	+13B	=18N	=8B	=2N	+23B	4.5	18.5	21.0	15.00	1777	+42.0
4	Dumitru, Andrei-Mihai	1588	ROU	−20N	+33B	+30N	=19B	+12N	+14B	4.5	15.0	16.0	11.50	1763	+25.2
5	Dumitrescu, Matei	1543	ROU	+38N	+20B	+6N	=2B	−1N	=9B	4.0	21.5	22.0	12.00	1691	+29.6
6	Voicu, Stefan	1633	ROU	+22B	+7N	−5B	+13N	+18B	−1B	4.0	20.0	23.0	13.50	1684	+15.2
7	Voicu, Matei	1524	ROU	+28N	−6B	+34N	+31B	+8N	−2B	4.0	17.5	18.5	9.50	1604	+22.8
8	Sararu, Sofia-Elena	1695	ROU	+40B	+26N	=16B	=3N	−7B	+21N	4.0	17.5	17.5	9.50	1607	-19.6
9	Rotaru, Luca-Gabriel	1682	ROU	=25N	+32B	=12B	=18N	+26B	=5N	4.0	15.5	17.0	10.50	1630	-12.8
10	Ghitoi, Ioan	0	ROU	−13N	+27B	−25N	+30B	+31N	+18B	4.0	13.5	15.5	9.50	1555	0.0
11	Oprea, Sorin-Andrei	1708	ROU	+24N	−18B	−22N	+34B	+33N	+19B	4.0	13.0	14.0	8.00	1486	-45.2
12	Constandache, Darius-Andrei	1534	ROU	+21B	=1B	=9N	=17N	−4B	+27N	3.5	20.5	23.0	12.00	1632	+29.2
13	Tanase, Andreea	1510	ROU	+10B	−3N	+21B	−6B	+22N	=15N	3.5	19.0	22.0	11.75	1475	-11.2
14	Grigore, Miruna-Ioana	1470	ROU	−1N	=38B	+32N	+20B	+16N	−4N	3.5	18.0	18.5	8.25	1538	+11.2
15	Ivascu, Petru	1550	ROU	=32N	+25B	−1N	+22B	=19N	=13B	3.5	17.5	19.0	9.50	1574	+6.8
16	Dima, Stefan-Matei	1550	ROU	+33B	+39N	=8N	−1B	−14B	+26N	3.5	16.5	16.5	5.50	1540	-12.0
17	Alecu, Daniel	1509	ROU	+37N	−2B	+35N	=12B	−23N	+25B	3.5	15.0	16.0	6.25	1307	-30.8
18	Pavel, Nicholas-Christian	1527	ROU	+36B	+11N	=3B	=9B	−6N	−10N	3.0	20.5	21.5	9.25	1668	+30.8
19	Grigore, Melania-Cristina	1498	ROU	+35B	+23B	−2N	=4N	=15B	−11N	3.0	20.0	21.0	8.00	1538	+6.8
20	Dodi, Eduard-Mihai	0	ROU	+4B	−5N	=26B	−14N	=24B	+36B	3.0	17.5	18.5	8.25	1447	0.0
21	Voicu, Cristian-Nectarie	0	ROU	−12N	+24B	−13N	+35B	+28N	−8B	3.0	16.5	17.5	6.50	1356	0.0
22	Cozma, Alexandra-Ioana	1415	ROU	−6N	+36B	+11B	−15N	−13B	+37N	3.0	16.0	17.0	6.00	1407	-7.6
23	Pruszter, Alexandru	1579	ROU	+30B	−19N	F	+29N	+17B	−3N	3.0	15.5	15.5	8.00	1432	-27.6
24	Jechiu, Rafael	1461	ROU	−11B	−21N	=28N	+38B	=20N	+33B	3.0	13.5	14.0	4.25	911	-8.0
25	Vana, Maria-Emilia	1416	ROU	=9B	−15N	+10B	−26N	+29B	−17N	2.5	17.5	20.0	8.50	1252	0.0
26	Pana, Alexandru-Ioan	1528	ROU	+34N	−8B	=20N	+25B	−9N	−16B	2.5	17.0	18.0	5.00	854	-43.2
27	Ciocarlan-Zamfir, Dragos-Vasile	0	ROU	−3B	−10N	+36N	=28B	+32N	−12B	2.5	16.0	17.0	3.75	777	-36.4
28	Tomulescu, Teodor	0	ROU	−7B	=29N	=24B	=27N	−21B	+38N	2.5	15.0	15.5	4.50	1378	0.0
29	Craciun, Bianca-Maria	0	ROU	−2N	=28B	+38N	−23B	−25N	+32B	2.5	14.5	15.0	3.25	812	0.0
30	Stefan, Robert-Gabriel	0	ROU	−23N	+37B	−4B	−10N	+35N	−31B	2.0	14.5	15.5	2.00	751	0.0
31	Dumitru, Mircea-Mihai	1464	ROU	F	F	+39B	−7N	−10B	+30N	2.0	10.0	10.0	2.00	696	-18.4
32	Latan, Larisa	0	ROU	=15B	−9N	−14B	+39N	−27B	−29N	1.5	16.0	16.0	1.75	1231	0.0
33	FIDE 42227917	0	—	−16N	−4N	F	+37B	−11B	−24N	1.0	16.0	16.0	1.00	786	0.0
34	Dobre, Tiberiu-Costin	0	ROU	−26B	+40N	−7B	−11N	−37N	F	1.0	11.5	11.5	0.00	1348	0.0
35	FIDE 42261392	0	—	−19N	F	−17B	−21N	−30B	+39N	1.0	11.5	11.5	0.00	717	0.0
36	FIDE 42250013	0	—	−18N	−22N	−27B	F	+39B	−20N	1.0	11.5	11.5	0.00	704	0.0
37	FIDE 42262348	0	—	−17B	−30N	F	−33N	+34B	−22B	1.0	10.5	10.5	1.00	683	0.0
38	FIDE 42223032	0	—	−5B	=14N	−29B	−24N	F	−28B	0.5	15.5	15.5	1.75	1214	0.0
39	FIDE 42262356	0	—	F	−16B	−31N	−32B	−36N	−35B	0.0	9.0	9.0	0.00	727	0.0
40	Plaveti, Matei	1429	ROU	−8N	−34B	F	F	F	F	0.0	6.0	6.0	0.00	891	-6.4

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Anghenie, Toma-HoriaROU
+42.0
4.5 pts · #2
2Ilie, Razvan-MihaiROU
+38.8
5.0 pts · #3
3Pavel, Nicholas-ChristianROU
+30.8
3.0 pts · #10

Top rating losers

1Oprea, Sorin-AndreiROU
-45.2
4.0 pts · #13
2Pana, Alexandru-IoanROU
-43.2
2.5 pts · #34
3Ciocarlan-Zamfir, Dragos-VasileROU
-36.4
2.5 pts · #32

Biggest upsets

R3+293 Elo gap
Cozma, Alexandra-Ioana1415 beat Oprea, Sorin-Andrei1708
R2+181 Elo gap
Pavel, Nicholas-Christian1527 beat Oprea, Sorin-Andrei1708
R5+171 Elo gap
Voicu, Matei1524 beat Sararu, Sofia-Elena1695