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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 (🇷🇴 ROU, 1512).

Carol-Bogdan Stefan (🇷🇴 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
🇷🇴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
🇷🇴Victor Bojica1512
Avg top 10
878
Participants
19
Federations · 1 represented
🇷🇴Romania×17
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 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
R6 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

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

R3 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Carol-Bogdan Stefan beat Victor Bojica (White).

WIN STREAKS · 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 · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Stefan, Carol-Bogdan1486ROU+5N+9B+2B3N+11N+8B5.020.523.519.001636+24.0
2Bojica, Victor1512ROU+16N+18B1N+7B+5N+3B5.018.018.513.501532+2.8
3Dutcovici, Sebastian-Andrei1492ROU+15B+13N+4B+1B=8N2N4.520.523.516.751481-15.6
4Stoian, Stefan-Mihail1426ROU+11N+?B3N6B+13N+14B4.017.517.59.007770.0
5Paslaru, Matei-Gabriel0ROU1B+?B+?N+12N2B+7N4.016.516.56.5014810.0
6Fratila, Teodor0ROUF+16B+18N+4N7B+12N4.012.012.58.5014750.0
7Oltean, Mihai C.0ROU=12B+14N+10B2N+6N5B3.519.522.512.0012880.0
8Rusu, Anastasia-Sofia1415ROU=14B=12N+17B+13N=3B1N3.518.519.59.251381-10.8
9Pavel, Vlad0ROU+?N1N12B+?B=10N+11B3.514.514.54.7514690.0
10Constantinescu, Andrei I.0ROU+17N+?B7N11B=9B+?N3.511.011.02.7514950.0
11Tigaeru, Vladimir0ROU4B+19N+15B+10N1B9N3.019.019.06.506870.0
12Peter, Patrick-Daniel1445ROU=7N=8B+9N5B+15N6B3.018.521.510.001449-0.4
13Caiali, Zayra0ROU+?N3B+?N8B4B+16N3.013.013.01.0013700.0
14Siriteanu, Victor-Alexandru0ROU=8N7B+?N=?B+16B4N3.012.012.02.7514810.0
15Zaharia, Stefan-Lucian0ROU3N+?B11N+?B12B+17N3.011.511.51.0013720.0
16Valutanu, Paul0ROU2B6NF+?B14N13B1.015.015.00.007070.0
17Bacanu, Petru-Octavian0ROU10BF8N+18B?N15B1.010.510.50.506620.0
18FIDE 422623720F2N6B17N=?B?N0.514.014.00.007070.0
19FIDE 422580140?N11B?NF?B?N0.03.03.00.006670.0

Key insights

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