Florin Gheorghiu International Chess Festival 7th ed. - U8
20 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 14 Mar 2026 to 15 Mar 2026 in Bucuresti, Romania. Top 10 Elo average was 627, and top seed was Mihai C. Oltean (🇷🇴 ROU, 1716).
Mihai C. Oltean (🇷🇴 ROU, 1716) won with 4.5/6, ahead of Victor Bojica (4.5) and Carol-Bogdan Stefan (4.5). Oltean won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.
The biggest upset came in round 5: Victor Bojica (1481) beat Mihai C. Oltean (1716), a +235-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 6 roundsTight race until R6; 4 players tied at 4.5/6, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 4 at the finish.
4 players finish on 4.5/6. Oltean takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (21.0).
Vlad Pavel beat Victor Bojica (Black).
Victor Bojica 3 wins (R1–R3)Carol-Bogdan Stefan 3 wins (R1–R3)
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Vlad Pavel | * | 1 | — | 0 |
| 2Victor Bojica | 0 | * | ½ | 1 |
| 3Carol-Bogdan Stefan | — | ½ | * | 0 |
| 4Mihai C. Oltean | 1 | 0 | 1 | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oltean, Mihai C. | 1716 | ROU | =5N | +18B | +4B | +9N | −2B | +3N | 4.5 | 21.0 | 23.0 | 16.50 | 1498 | -22.0 |
| 2 | Bojica, Victor | 1481 | ROU | +17N | +7B | +14N | =3B | +1N | −4B | 4.5 | 20.5 | 22.5 | 15.75 | 1807 | +33.2 |
| 3 | Stefan, Carol-Bogdan | 1507 | ROU | +16B | +12N | +10B | =2N | +11B | −1B | 4.5 | 18.5 | 21.0 | 14.25 | 1587 | +11.6 |
| 4 | Pavel, Vlad | 0 | ROU | +?N | +?B | −1N | +6B | =?B | +2N | 4.5 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 8.50 | 1543 | 0.0 |
| 5 | Sur, Alex | 0 | ROU | =1B | −8N | +20N | +19B | +10B | =?N | 4.0 | 16.0 | 16.0 | 9.75 | 1577 | 0.0 |
| 6 | Stoian, Stefan-Mihail | 0 | ROU | +?B | =9N | =?B | −4N | +13B | +12N | 4.0 | 14.0 | 14.0 | 7.75 | 1437 | 0.0 |
| 7 | Fratila, Teodor | 0 | ROU | +?B | −2N | +16B | −?N | +?B | +11N | 4.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 5.50 | 1369 | 0.0 |
| 8 | Tigaeru, Vladimir | 0 | ROU | −?N | +5B | −?N | +?B | +17N | +14B | 4.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 9.00 | 655 | 0.0 |
| 9 | FIDE 42258677 | 0 | — | F | =6B | +15N | −1B | +?N | +?B | 3.5 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 4.50 | 1586 | 0.0 |
| 10 | Constantinescu, Andrei I. | 0 | ROU | +?N | +?B | −3N | =?B | −5N | +15N | 3.5 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 2.50 | 1290 | 0.0 |
| 11 | Dutcovici, Sebastian-Andrei | 1563 | ROU | +13N | −14B | +17N | +12B | −3N | −7B | 3.0 | 17.5 | 19.5 | 8.00 | 711 | -22.8 |
| 12 | Valutanu, Paul | 0 | ROU | +?B | −3B | +?N | −11N | +16B | −6B | 3.0 | 14.0 | 14.0 | 2.50 | 736 | 0.0 |
| 13 | Ngo, Minh-Nhat | 0 | ROU | −11B | +?N | −?N | +15B | −6N | +17B | 3.0 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 4.50 | 761 | 0.0 |
| 14 | Paslaru, Matei-Gabriel | 0 | ROU | +?B | +11N | −2B | +?B | −?N | −8N | 3.0 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 3.00 | 1375 | 0.0 |
| 15 | Deaconescu, Maria | 0 | ROU | +18B | =?N | −9B | −13N | +19N | −10B | 2.5 | 14.0 | 14.0 | 4.00 | 1437 | 0.0 |
| 16 | Siriteanu, Victor-Alexandru | 0 | ROU | −3N | +?B | −7N | +?B | −12N | =?B | 2.5 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 0.00 | 711 | 0.0 |
| 17 | Onica, Ioana | 0 | ROU | −2B | +?N | −11B | +?N | −8B | −13N | 2.0 | 14.5 | 14.5 | 0.00 | 723 | 0.0 |
| 18 | Caiali, Zayra | 0 | ROU | −15N | −1N | −?B | F | +?B | +?N | 2.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 0.00 | 916 | 0.0 |
| 19 | FIDE 42257964 | 0 | — | −?N | +?B | F | −5N | −15B | +?N | 2.0 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 0.00 | 655 | 0.0 |
| 20 | FIDE 42259908 | 0 | — | −?B | +?N | −5B | −?N | +?N | −?B | 2.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 0.00 | 637 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Bojica, VictorROU+33.24.5 pts · #2
- 2Stefan, Carol-BogdanROU+11.64.5 pts · #3
- 3Constantinescu, Andrei I.ROU0.03.5 pts · #11
- 1Dutcovici, Sebastian-AndreiROU-22.83.0 pts · #12
- 2Oltean, Mihai C.ROU-22.04.5 pts · #6
- 3Constantinescu, Andrei I.ROU0.03.5 pts · #11
- R5+235 Elo gap