Florin Gheorghiu International Chess Festival 7th ed. - Open
Open SwissStandard
45 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 14 Mar 2026 to 15 Mar 2026 in Bucuresti, Romania. 3 titled players from 2 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2073, and top seed was Cosmin Tanasie (🇷🇴 ROU, CM, 2219).
Iosif Ciocani (🇷🇴 ROU, 2154) won with 5.0/6, ahead of Eric-Matei Prelipcean (5.0) and Cosmin Tanasie (4.5). Ciocani won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.
The biggest upset came in round 5: Robert Anghel (1653) beat Razvan-George Parvu (2072), a +419-point gap.
Location
🇷🇴Bucuresti, Romania
Dates
14 Mar 2026 → 15 Mar 2026
Time control
Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 6 rounds
Titled players · 3
CM×2
WCM×1
Federations · 2 represented
🇷🇴Romania×42
🇵🇹Portugal×1
Top 3
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- 🥈
- 🥉
How it unfolded
Top 6 · 6 roundsTight race until R6; 2 players tied at 5.0/6, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.
Co-leaders
19
6
3
2
1
2
R6 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER
2 players finish on 5.0/6. Ciocani takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (21.0).
R4 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND
Iosif Ciocani drew with CM Eric-Matei Prelipcean (White).
WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers
Iosif Ciocani 3 wins (R1–R3)CM Eric-Matei Prelipcean 3 wins (R1–R3)
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Iosif Ciocani | * | ½ | — | ½ |
| 2CMEric-Matei Prelipcean | ½ | * | 1 | — |
| 3Dragos-Ioan Rosca | — | 0 | * | — |
| 4CMCosmin Tanasie | ½ | — | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ciocani, Iosif | 2154 | ROU | +14N | +9B | +34N | =2B | =3N | +8B | 5.0 | 21.0 | 23.0 | 18.25 | 2258 | +35.6 |
| 2 | Prelipcean, Eric-MateiCM | 2166 | ROU | +35B | +10N | +4B | =1N | +19B | =5N | 5.0 | 21.0 | 23.0 | 18.25 | 2250 | +25.2 |
| 3 | Tanasie, CosminCM | 2219 | ROU | +15N | +7B | +8N | F | =1B | +13B | 4.5 | 20.0 | 20.0 | 17.50 | 2377 | +30.4 |
| 4 | Rosca, Dragos-Ioan | 1969 | ROU | +22N | +30B | −2N | +34B | =13N | +14B | 4.5 | 17.5 | 19.5 | 12.75 | 2028 | +23.2 |
| 5 | Anghelescu, Teodor-Stefan | 2023 | ROU | −39N | +31N | +27B | +30B | +9N | =2B | 4.5 | 16.5 | 18.0 | 14.00 | 1985 | -0.8 |
| 6 | Voinescu, Marian-David | 1966 | ROU | +33B | −34N | =18B | +23N | +29B | +19N | 4.5 | 14.0 | 16.0 | 12.50 | 1974 | +9.2 |
| 7 | Semenova, VasylynaWCM | 1954 | ROU | +16B | −3N | +26B | =18N | =11B | +21N | 4.0 | 18.0 | 21.0 | 13.00 | 1939 | +0.8 |
| 8 | Ivancescu, Bogdan-Andrei | 2083 | ROU | +27B | +29N | −3B | +21N | +17B | −1N | 4.0 | 18.0 | 20.5 | 11.00 | 2093 | +8.8 |
| 9 | Luca, Ionel | 1932 | ROU | +41B | −1N | +38B | +24N | −5B | +18N | 4.0 | 17.5 | 18.5 | 9.00 | 1898 | -1.0 |
| 10 | Pandelescu, Maria-Catalina | 1935 | ROU | +42N | −2B | −14N | +20B | +36N | +17B | 4.0 | 16.5 | 17.5 | 9.00 | 1849 | -12.4 |
| 11 | Ilie, Eduard-Alexandru | 1840 | ROU | +37B | =13B | −17N | +22B | =7N | +27N | 4.0 | 16.0 | 18.0 | 11.25 | 1921 | +22.0 |
| 12 | Ulian, Andrei-Octavian | 1959 | ROU | +20N | =39B | −13N | =14B | +34N | +25B | 4.0 | 15.0 | 16.5 | 10.50 | 1869 | -9.2 |
| 13 | Stan, Andrei-Mihaita | 2043 | ROU | +26B | =11N | +12B | =17N | =4B | −3N | 3.5 | 20.0 | 23.0 | 12.75 | 1994 | -5.0 |
| 14 | Anghel, Robert | 1653 | ROU | −1B | +41N | +10B | =12N | +28B | −4N | 3.5 | 20.0 | 21.0 | 9.50 | 1963 | +84.8 |
| 15 | Frent-Lung, Gheorghe | 1715 | ROU | −3B | =16N | +40B | −28N | +24B | +34B | 3.5 | 15.5 | 17.0 | 8.25 | 1780 | +5.2 |
| 16 | Gheorghiu, Alexandru Petru | 1518 | ROU | −7N | =15B | −20N | +37B | +39N | +30B | 3.5 | 15.0 | 16.5 | 7.75 | 1712 | +51.2 |
| 17 | Mihaila, Marika-Nicolas | 1988 | ROU | +38B | =18N | +11B | =13B | −8N | −10N | 3.0 | 18.5 | 20.5 | 9.25 | 1887 | -27.2 |
| 18 | Bosinceanu, Iosif | 1816 | ROU | +45N | =17B | =6N | =7B | =25N | −9B | 3.0 | 18.5 | 18.5 | 7.25 | 1868 | +12.0 |
| 19 | Nuta, Dan | 2017 | ROU | F | +23B | +39N | +25B | −2N | −6B | 3.0 | 17.0 | 17.0 | 7.50 | 1921 | -8.0 |
| 20 | Rusu, Ioana | 1536 | ROU | −12B | −21N | +16B | −10N | +44N | +35B | 3.0 | 16.5 | 16.5 | 5.50 | 1709 | +35.2 |
| 21 | Ionita, Eduard-Gabriel | 1841 | ROU | −24N | +20B | +36N | −8B | +35N | −7B | 3.0 | 16.0 | 18.0 | 7.00 | 1819 | -3.2 |
| 22 | Cocirta, Ciprian | 1595 | ROU | −4B | +44N | =29B | −11N | =23B | +37N | 3.0 | 16.0 | 16.0 | 4.75 | 1650 | +4.0 |
| 23 | Constantinescu, Bogdan-Ionut | 1638 | ROU | =28B | −19N | +31B | −6B | =22N | +40N | 3.0 | 15.5 | 17.0 | 6.75 | 1751 | +18.4 |
| 24 | Nicolaescu, Ieremia | 0 | ROU | +21B | −28N | +35B | −9B | −15N | +38N | 3.0 | 15.0 | 17.0 | 7.00 | 1812 | 0.0 |
| 25 | Plesea, Luca-Matias | 1862 | ROU | =31B | +40N | +28B | −19N | =18B | −12N | 3.0 | 15.0 | 16.5 | 6.75 | 1871 | +5.6 |
| 26 | Axente, Cristian | 1607 | ROU | −13N | +37B | −7N | =32B | =40N | +36B | 3.0 | 14.0 | 15.5 | 6.00 | 1534 | -11.0 |
| 27 | Rautu, Andrei | 1651 | POR | −8N | +32B | −5N | +42B | =30N | −11B | 2.5 | 17.5 | 18.5 | 4.75 | 1723 | +6.4 |
| 28 | Parvu, Razvan-George | 2072 | ROU | =23N | +24B | −25N | +15B | −14N | F | 2.5 | 16.0 | 16.0 | 8.00 | 1644 | -80.0 |
| 29 | Cirlan, Ionut-Gheorghe | 1923 | ROU | +32N | −8B | =22N | +39B | −6N | F | 2.5 | 15.5 | 15.5 | 5.50 | 1758 | -17.4 |
| 30 | Rusu, Anastasia | 1809 | ROU | +44B | −4N | +43B | −5N | =27B | −16N | 2.5 | 15.5 | 15.5 | 1.75 | 1573 | -59.2 |
| 31 | Mitran, Iancu-Petru | 0 | ROU | =25N | −5B | −23N | −40B | +41N | +39B | 2.5 | 13.5 | 14.5 | 4.00 | 1623 | 0.0 |
| 32 | Grigorescu, Mihai | 1456 | ROU | −29B | −27N | +33B | =26N | −38B | +43N | 2.5 | 12.5 | 13.0 | 4.50 | 1566 | +14.2 |
| 33 | Tudor, George S. | 1550 | ROU | −6N | −36B | −32N | +41B | =43N | +44B | 2.5 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 1.25 | 1497 | -9.0 |
| 34 | Serban, Viorel | 1726 | ROU | +36N | +6B | −1B | −4N | −12B | −15N | 2.0 | 21.5 | 23.5 | 6.50 | 1707 | -4.2 |
| 35 | Neagu, Mihai-Adrian | 1713 | ROU | −2N | +42B | −24N | +43B | −21B | −20N | 2.0 | 15.0 | 15.5 | 1.50 | 1618 | -27.6 |
| 36 | Stoica, Alexandru | 0 | ROU | −34B | +33N | −21B | +38N | −10B | −26N | 2.0 | 14.5 | 16.5 | 4.50 | 1586 | 0.0 |
| 37 | Telegaru, Darius-Cristian | 0 | ROU | −11N | −26N | +41B | −16N | +42B | −22B | 2.0 | 14.5 | 15.5 | 2.00 | 1459 | 0.0 |
| 38 | Soica, Adrian-Cosmin | 1601 | ROU | −17N | +45B | −9N | −36B | +32N | −24B | 2.0 | 14.5 | 14.5 | 2.50 | 1667 | +2.0 |
| 39 | Moroianu, George | 1605 | ROU | +5B | =12N | −19B | −29N | −16B | −31N | 1.5 | 17.5 | 20.0 | 6.50 | 1731 | +8.6 |
| 40 | Tancu, Mihai-Robert | 1489 | ROU | F | −25B | −15N | +31N | =26B | −23B | 1.5 | 15.0 | 15.0 | 4.00 | 1384 | -18.0 |
| 41 | Grasu, Vlad-Stefan | 1457 | ROU | −9N | −14B | −37N | −33N | −31B | +42N | 1.0 | 14.5 | 15.5 | 1.00 | 1447 | -5.6 |
| 42 | Stan, Alexandru-Stefan | 1497 | ROU | −10B | −35N | +44B | −27N | −37N | −41B | 1.0 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 0.00 | 878 | -46.0 |
| 43 | Corduneanu-Constantin, Raphael | 1473 | ROU | F | F | −30N | −35N | =33B | −32B | 0.5 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 1.25 | 1309 | -29.6 |
| 44 | FIDE 42262828 | 0 | — | −30N | −22B | −42N | F | −20B | −33N | 0.0 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 0.00 | 798 | 0.0 |
| 45 | FIDE 42262810 | 0 | — | −18B | −38N | F | F | F | F | 0.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 0.00 | 910 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Anghel, RobertROU+84.83.5 pts · #10
- 2Gheorghiu, Alexandru PetruROU+51.23.5 pts · #19
- 3Ciocani, IosifROU+35.65.0 pts · #1
Top rating losers
- 1Parvu, Razvan-GeorgeROU-80.02.5 pts · #33
- 2Rusu, AnastasiaROU-59.22.5 pts · #32
- 3Stan, Alexandru-StefanROU-46.01.0 pts · #43
Biggest upsets
- R5+419 Elo gap
- R1+418 Elo gap
- R6+291 Elo gap