Bucharest Spring Chess
10 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 03 Mar 2026 to 13 Mar 2026 in Bucuresti, Romania. 1 titled players from 2 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1898, and top seed was Codrut-Constantin Florescu (🇷🇴 ROU, IM, 2194).
Codrut-Constantin Florescu (🇷🇴 ROU, IM, 2194) won with 6.5/9, ahead of Stefan Mironescu (6.5) and Leonard Vasiloi (6.0). Florescu shared the lead from round 4, winning on tie-break.
The biggest upset came in round 7: Stefan Mironescu (1864) beat Vlad-Bogdan Ghita (2027), a +163-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 10 · 9 roundsTitle race narrowed from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.
IM Codrut-Constantin Florescu takes the sole lead (4.5/5).
Stefan Mironescu lost to IM Codrut-Constantin Florescu (White).
Stefan Mironescu 5 wins (R4–R8)IM Codrut-Constantin Florescu 4 wins (R2–R5)Leonard Vasiloi 4 wins (R4–R7)
Cross-table
| # | Player | Elo | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Pts | SB | Bh | Δ Elo | Perf |
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| 2 | 🇷🇴IMFlorescu, Codrut-Constantin | 2194 | * | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 6.5 | 26.25 | 36.5 | -2.7 | 2143 |
| 1 | 🇷🇴Mironescu, Stefan | 1864 | 0 | * | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6.5 | 21.00 | 36.5 | +98.0 | 2069 |
| 3 | 🇷🇴Vasiloi, Leonard | 1873 | 0 | 1 | * | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6.0 | 21.50 | 37.0 | +74.0 | 2027 |
| 4 | 🇷🇴Raducanu, Andrei-Augustin | 1981 | ½ | ½ | 0 | * | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6.0 | 19.00 | 37.0 | +9.8 | 2015 |
| 5 | 🇷🇴Ghita, Vlad-Bogdan | 2027 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | * | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5.5 | 21.50 | 37.5 | -11.0 | 1964 |
| 6 | 🇷🇴Ganea, Yanis-Andrei | 1911 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | * | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5.0 | 13.50 | 38.0 | +13.6 | 1940 |
| 7 | 🇷🇴Bursuc, Mihai | 1892 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 0 | * | — | 1 | 1 | 3.5 | 10.75 | 39.5 | -9.4 | 1853 |
| 8 | 🇷🇴Tomoae, Marian | 1927 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | * | ½ | ½ | 2.0 | 6.50 | 41.0 | -42.4 | 1695 |
| 9 | 🇷🇴Cirstea, Radu | 1675 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | * | ½ | 1.0 | 1.50 | 42.0 | -20.6 | 1559 |
| 10 | 🇨🇦Szatmary, Alex | 1638 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | * | 1.0 | 1.50 | 42.0 | -13.8 | 1559 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Mironescu, StefanROU+98.06.5 pts · #1
- 2Vasiloi, LeonardROU+74.06.0 pts · #3
- 3Ganea, Yanis-AndreiROU+13.65.0 pts · #6
- 1Tomoae, MarianROU-42.42.0 pts · #8
- 2Cirstea, RaduROU-20.61.0 pts · #9
- 3Szatmary, AlexCAN-13.81.0 pts · #10
- R7+163 Elo gap
- R4+108 Elo gap