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Bucharest Chess Festival 9th ed. - U8

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19 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 07 Feb 2026 to 08 Feb 2026 in Bucuresti, Romania. Top 10 Elo average was 878, and top seed was Victor Bojica (πŸ‡·πŸ‡΄ ROU, 1512).

Carol-Bogdan Stefan (πŸ‡·πŸ‡΄ ROU, 1486) won with 5.0/6, ahead of Victor Bojica (5.0) and Sebastian-Andrei Dutcovici (4.5). Stefan won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.

Location
πŸ‡·πŸ‡΄Bucuresti, Romania
Dates
07 Feb 2026 β†’ 08 Feb 2026
Time control
Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss Β· 6 rounds
Top seed
πŸ‡·πŸ‡΄Victor Bojica1512
Avg top 10
878
Participants
19
Federations Β· 1 represented
πŸ‡·πŸ‡΄RomaniaΓ—16
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 Β· 6 rounds

Tight race until R6; 2 players tied at 5.0/6, decided on Buchholz.

Co-leaders
8
5
2
1
1
2
1.534.56R1R2R3R4R5R6
Stefan5Bojica5Dutcovici4.5Paslaru4Fratila4Stoian4
R6 Β· TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 5.0/6. Stefan takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (20.5).

R3 Β· HEAD-TO-HEAD Β· WINNER VS 2ND

Carol-Bogdan Stefan beat Victor Bojica (White).

WIN STREAKS Β· 3 top finishers

Carol-Bogdan Stefan 3 wins (R1–R3)Victor Bojica 3 wins (R4–R6)Sebastian-Andrei Dutcovici 4 wins (R1–R4)

Key matchups Β· top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Carol-Bogdan Stefan*
1
0
1
2Victor Bojica
0
*
1
1
3Sebastian-Andrei Dutcovici
1
0
*β€”
4Matei-Gabriel Paslaru
0
0
β€”*

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#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΞ”
1Stefan, Carol-Bogdan1486ROU+5N+9B+2Bβˆ’3N+11N+8B5.020.523.519.001636+24.0
2Bojica, Victor1512ROU+16N+18Bβˆ’1N+7B+5N+3B5.018.018.513.501532+2.8
3Dutcovici, Sebastian-Andrei1492ROU+15B+13N+4B+1B=8Nβˆ’2N4.520.523.516.751481-15.6
4Stoian, Stefan-Mihail1426ROU+11N+?Bβˆ’3Nβˆ’6B+13N+14B4.017.517.59.007770.0
5Paslaru, Matei-Gabriel0ROUβˆ’1B+?B+?N+12Nβˆ’2B+7N4.016.516.56.5014810.0
6Fratila, Teodor0ROUF+16B+18N+4Nβˆ’7B+12N4.012.012.58.5014750.0
7Oltean, Mihai C.0ROU=12B+14N+10Bβˆ’2N+6Nβˆ’5B3.519.522.512.0012880.0
8Rusu, Anastasia-Sofia1415ROU=14B=12N+17B+13N=3Bβˆ’1N3.518.519.59.251381-10.8
9Pavel, Vlad0ROU+?Nβˆ’1Nβˆ’12B+?B=10N+11B3.514.514.54.7514690.0
10Constantinescu, Andrei I.0ROU+17N+?Bβˆ’7Nβˆ’11B=9B+?N3.511.011.02.7514950.0
11Tigaeru, Vladimir0ROUβˆ’4B+19N+15B+10Nβˆ’1Bβˆ’9N3.019.019.06.506870.0
12Peter, Patrick-Daniel1445ROU=7N=8B+9Nβˆ’5B+15Nβˆ’6B3.018.521.510.001449-0.4
13Caiali, Zayra0ROU+?Nβˆ’3B+?Nβˆ’8Bβˆ’4B+16N3.013.013.01.0013700.0
14Siriteanu, Victor-Alexandru0ROU=8Nβˆ’7B+?N=?B+16Bβˆ’4N3.012.012.02.7514810.0
15Zaharia, Stefan-Lucian0ROUβˆ’3N+?Bβˆ’11N+?Bβˆ’12B+17N3.011.511.51.0013720.0
16FIDE 422361850β€”βˆ’2Bβˆ’6NF+?Bβˆ’14Nβˆ’13B1.015.015.00.007070.0
17Bacanu, Petru-Octavian0ROUβˆ’10BFβˆ’8N+18Bβˆ’?Nβˆ’15B1.010.510.50.506620.0
18FIDE 422623720β€”Fβˆ’2Nβˆ’6Bβˆ’17N=?Bβˆ’?N0.514.014.00.007070.0
19FIDE 422580140β€”βˆ’?Nβˆ’11Bβˆ’?NFβˆ’?Bβˆ’?N0.03.03.00.006670.0

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