Florin Gheorghiu International Chess Festival 7th ed. - U10

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42 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 14 Mar 2026 to 15 Mar 2026 in Bucuresti, Romania. Top 10 Elo average was 1660, and top seed was Viktor Szabo (🇷🇴 ROU, 1755).

Aaron-Mathias Dragoi (🇷🇴 ROU, 1671) won with 6.0/6, ahead of Daniel Sava (5.0) and Daniel Podoleanu (5.0). Dragoi broke clear in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 6: Amalia-Ioana Mocanu (1416) beat Iacob-Andrei Fratila (1658), a +242-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

Top seed

🇷🇴Viktor Szabo1755

Avg top 10

1,660

Participants

Federations · 1 represented

🇷🇴Romania×37

Top 3

🥇
Aaron-Mathias Dragoi
🇷🇴ROU·1671
6.0pts·2367perf+86.4
🥈
Daniel Sava
🇷🇴ROU·1689
5.0pts·1860perf+48.0
🥉
Daniel Podoleanu
🇷🇴ROU·1664
5.0pts·1853perf+46.0

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 6 rounds

Aaron-Mathias Dragoi led from R6; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R6.

Co-leaders

Dragoi6Sava5Calotescu5Podoleanu5Puscasu4.5Szabo4

R6–R6 · LEAD HELD

Aaron-Mathias Dragoi never relinquished the lead after R6; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

Aaron-Mathias Dragoi 6 wins (R1–R6)Daniel Sava 3 wins (R1–R3)David-Andrei Calotescu 3 wins (R4–R6)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Aaron-Mathias Dragoi	*	—	—	1
2Daniel Sava	—	*	1	0
3David-Andrei Calotescu	—	0	*	—
4Daniel Podoleanu	0	1	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Dragoi, Aaron-Mathias	1671	ROU	+32B	+28N	+22B	+13N	+6B	+3N	6.0	18.0	20.0	20.00	2367	+86.4
2	Sava, Daniel	1689	ROU	+5B	+11N	+4B	−3N	+13B	+6N	5.0	22.5	26.0	21.00	1860	+48.0
3	Podoleanu, Daniel	1664	ROU	+30N	+27B	+8N	+2B	+18N	−1B	5.0	20.5	23.0	17.00	1853	+46.0
4	Calotescu, David-Andrei	1653	ROU	+15N	+36B	−2N	+19B	+21N	+8B	5.0	18.5	20.0	15.00	1777	+25.8
5	Puscasu, Iosif-Calin	1476	ROU	−2N	+31B	+38N	+14B	=7N	+19B	4.5	18.0	19.0	12.00	1690	+43.6
6	Chelu, Tudor-Iulian	1675	ROU	+20N	+12B	+14N	+7B	−1N	−2B	4.0	22.5	25.5	14.50	1712	+9.9
7	Dutcovici, Sabina-Teodora	1621	ROU	+9B	+29N	+10B	−6N	=5B	=16B	4.0	20.0	22.5	14.50	1692	+26.4
8	Bejan, Eric	1552	ROU	+39B	+25N	−3B	+33N	+9B	−4N	4.0	19.0	20.0	10.00	1456	-13.6
9	Mocanu, Amalia-Ioana	1416	ROU	−7N	+35B	+12N	+27B	−8N	+18B	4.0	17.5	19.5	11.50	1636	+56.8
10	Szabo, Viktor	1755	ROU	+21N	+19B	−7N	=15B	=14N	+20B	4.0	17.0	20.0	12.50	1634	-30.4
11	Hrehorciuc, Luca-Rafael	1551	ROU	+31N	−2B	=20N	+36B	=15N	+21B	4.0	17.0	18.5	10.25	1562	+3.6
12	Table, Levin-Filip	1502	ROU	+33B	−6N	−9B	+17N	+38B	+23N	4.0	16.5	17.5	9.50	1403	-16.4
13	Spahiu, David-Andrei	1507	ROU	+34N	+18B	+16N	−1B	−2N	=15B	3.5	21.0	23.0	10.25	1612	+30.4
14	Grigorescu, Stefan	1605	ROU	+17B	+23N	−6B	−5N	=10B	+29N	3.5	19.0	21.5	11.00	1570	-10.4
15	Rinescu, Maria	1423	ROU	−4B	+41N	+28B	=10N	=11B	=13N	3.5	19.0	19.0	8.25	1590	+39.6
16	Pasca, Tudor-Petru	1613	ROU	−36N	+40B	−13B	+35N	+24B	=7N	3.5	14.0	15.0	8.00	1395	-47.2
17	Balint, Ionut-Cezar	0	ROU	−14N	+?B	=27N	−12B	+36N	+30B	3.5	14.0	14.0	5.25	1504	0.0
18	Fratila, Iacob-Andrei	1658	ROU	+24B	−13N	+32B	+23N	−3B	−9N	3.0	18.5	20.5	8.00	1491	-50.8
19	Balan, Andreea-Maria	1538	ROU	+37B	−10N	+24B	−4N	+33B	−5N	3.0	18.5	20.0	6.50	1384	-20.4
20	Iorgu, Teodor-Razvan	1465	ROU	−6B	+37N	=11B	=29N	+22B	−10N	3.0	17.5	19.0	7.75	1536	+21.6
21	Vrabie, Iona-Mihail	1482	ROU	−10B	+39N	+42B	+22N	−4B	−11N	3.0	17.0	17.0	4.00	1448	-8.0
22	Craciun, Rares-Christian	1593	ROU	+40N	+38B	−1N	−21B	−20N	+27B	3.0	15.5	16.5	4.50	1334	-57.6
23	Buteica, Tudor-Stefan	1486	ROU	+42N	−14B	+25N	−18B	+34N	−12B	3.0	15.5	15.5	5.00	789	-43.2
24	Oprea, Luca-Stefan	1431	ROU	−18N	+34B	−19N	+25B	−16N	+38B	3.0	14.5	15.5	6.00	780	-34.8
25	Buclea, Irina	0	ROU	+?N	−8B	−23B	−24N	+37B	+33N	3.0	13.5	13.5	3.50	1293	0.0
26	FIDE 42249007	0	—	−28B	−32N	−40N	+39B	+41N	+34B	3.0	8.5	8.5	3.00	677	0.0
27	Weis, Sara	1488	ROU	+41B	−3N	=17B	−9N	+28B	−22N	2.5	18.0	18.0	4.25	1357	-31.2
28	Dobritoiu, Efrem	1516	ROU	+26N	−1B	−15N	=31B	−27N	+36B	2.5	17.5	19.0	5.75	1311	-39.2
29	Dumitru, Miruna-Ioana	1495	ROU	+35N	−7B	=36N	=20B	=30N	−14B	2.5	15.0	16.5	5.50	1323	-27.6
30	Niculescu, David-Gabriel	1431	ROU	−3B	−33N	+37B	+42N	=29B	−17N	2.5	14.5	14.5	2.75	1368	0.0
31	FIDE 42222214	0	—	−11B	−5N	+41B	=28N	−32B	+39N	2.5	14.0	14.0	2.25	1175	0.0
32	Gramada, Vladimir-Christian	1450	ROU	−1N	+26B	−18N	−34B	+31N	−35B	2.0	16.5	18.5	5.50	864	-18.4
33	Grobmuller, David-Josef	0	ROU	−12N	+30B	+?N	−8B	−19N	−25B	2.0	16.5	16.5	2.50	1311	0.0
34	Anton, Anne-Maria	0	ROU	−13B	−24N	+39B	+32N	−23B	−26N	2.0	14.5	15.5	3.00	1271	0.0
35	Ionescu, David-Andrei	0	ROU	−29B	−9N	F	−16B	+40N	+32N	2.0	13.0	13.0	3.00	1293	0.0
36	Pestroiu-Braun, Karina	0	ROU	+16B	−4N	=29B	−11N	−17B	−28N	1.5	18.5	21.0	4.75	1405	-0.4
37	Ignat, Ilinca-Anastasia	0	ROU	−19N	−20B	−30N	=?B	−25N	+41B	1.5	11.5	11.5	0.00	1198	0.0
38	FIDE 42262852	0	—	F	−22N	−5B	+40B	−12N	−24N	1.0	15.5	15.5	1.00	704	0.0
39	Tarcatu, Horia-David	0	ROU	−8N	−21B	−34N	−26N	+?B	−31B	1.0	14.5	14.5	0.00	1383	0.0
40	Ivascu, Ilinca	0	ROU	−22B	−16N	+26B	−38N	−35B	−?N	1.0	12.5	12.5	3.00	773	0.0
41	FIDE 42262844	0	—	−27N	−15B	−31N	F	−26B	−37N	0.0	13.0	13.0	0.00	670	0.0
42	FIDE 42242770	0	—	−23B	F	−21N	−30B	F	F	0.0	8.5	8.5	0.00	686	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Dragoi, Aaron-MathiasROU
+86.4
6.0 pts · #1
2Mocanu, Amalia-IoanaROU
+56.8
4.0 pts · #10
3Sava, DanielROU
+48.0
5.0 pts · #2

Top rating losers

1Craciun, Rares-ChristianROU
-57.6
3.0 pts · #25
2Fratila, Iacob-AndreiROU
-50.8
3.0 pts · #8
3Pasca, Tudor-PetruROU
-47.2
3.5 pts · #17

Biggest upsets

R6+242 Elo gap
Mocanu, Amalia-Ioana1416 beat Fratila, Iacob-Andrei1658
R2+151 Elo gap
Spahiu, David-Andrei1507 beat Fratila, Iacob-Andrei1658
R3+134 Elo gap
Dutcovici, Sabina-Teodora1621 beat Szabo, Viktor1755