March Chess Meeting
Team SwissStandard
13 players participated in this 12-round tournament, held from 03 Mar 2026 to 29 Mar 2026 in Bucuresti, Romania. 5 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 2146, and top seed was Robert-Paul Nastase (🇷🇴 ROU, FM, 2229).
Cristian-Gabriel Voiteanu (🇷🇴 ROU, FM, 2024) won with 5.0/12, ahead of Daniel Dumitrescu (3.0) and Robert-Paul Nastase (3.0). Voiteanu shared the lead from round 8 and won solo starting round 9.
The biggest upset came in round 12: Matei-Andrei Badescu (1904) beat Rares-Andrei Melinte (2078), a +174-point gap.
Location
🇷🇴Bucuresti, Romania
Dates
03 Mar 2026 → 29 Mar 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Team · 12 rounds
Titled players · 5
FM×2
CM×1
WFM×1
WCM×1
Federations · 1 represented
🇷🇴Romania×13
Top 3
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Standings
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| # | Player | Fed | Elo | Pts | Avg opp. | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | FMVoiteanu, Cristian-Gabriel | 🇷🇴ROU | 2024 | 5.0 | 1842 | 2115 | +12.4 |
| 2 | Dumitrescu, Daniel | 🇷🇴ROU | 2115 | 3.0 | 1951 | 2751 | +18.6 |
| 3 | FMNastase, Robert-Paul | 🇷🇴ROU | 2229 | 3.0 | 1854 | 2654 | +5.8 |
| 4 | Badescu, Matei-Andrei | 🇷🇴ROU | 1904 | 2.5 | 2110 | 1880 | -15.6 |
| 8 | Melinte, Rares-Andrei | 🇷🇴ROU | 2078 | 2.0 | 1863 | 1988 | -6.2 |
| 5 | Ciocani, Iosif | 🇷🇴ROU | 2154 | 2.0 | 1842 | 2642 | +11.6 |
| 6 | Ignat, Matei-Marius | 🇷🇴ROU | 2122 | 2.0 | 1842 | 2642 | +6.8 |
| 7 | CMPrelipcean, Eric-Matei | 🇷🇴ROU | 2166 | 2.0 | 1842 | 2642 | +10.8 |
| 9 | Bulau, Andrei-Cristian | 🇷🇴ROU | 2190 | 2.0 | 1847 | 2647 | +4.8 |
| 10 | Mazilu, Stefan Fabian | 🇷🇴ROU | 2123 | 1.5 | 1842 | 2035 | -3.2 |
| 11 | WFMIordache, Alexia-Andreea | 🇷🇴ROU | 2169 | 1.0 | 2114 | 2114 | -6.4 |
| 12 | WCMBadescu, Eliza-Ioana | 🇷🇴ROU | 1779 | 0.0 | 2114 | 1314 | -61.6 |
| 13 | Tudoroiu, Razvan-Catalin | 🇷🇴ROU | 2113 | 0.0 | 2169 | 1369 | -8.4 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Dumitrescu, DanielROU+18.63.0 pts · #2
- 2Voiteanu, Cristian-GabrielFMROU+12.45.0 pts · #1
- 3Ciocani, IosifROU+11.62.0 pts · #5
Top rating losers
- 1Badescu, Eliza-IoanaWCMROU-61.60.0 pts · #12
- 2Badescu, Matei-AndreiROU-15.62.5 pts · #4
- 3Tudoroiu, Razvan-CatalinROU-8.40.0 pts · #13
Biggest upsets
- R12+174 Elo gap