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Buzau County Chess Championship 2026 - Open

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15 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 28 Feb 2026 to 01 Mar 2026 in Buzau, Romania. 1 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 1919, and top seed was Teodor-Mihnea Voicu (🇷🇴 ROU, CM, 2196).

Stefan-Mario Berechet (🇷🇴 ROU, 2005) won with 5.5/6, ahead of Teodor-Mihnea Voicu (5.0) and Roman Dubic (4.0). Berechet won solo starting round 4.

The biggest upset came in round 6: Alesia-Maria Zoican (1553) beat Daniel-Vasilica Popescu (2015), a +462-point gap.

Location
🇷🇴Buzau, Romania
Dates
28 Feb 2026 → 01 Mar 2026
Time control
Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 6 rounds
Top seed
🇷🇴CMTeodor-Mihnea Voicu2196
Avg top 10
1,919
Participants
15
Titled players · 1
CM×1
Federations · 1 represented
🇷🇴Romania×14
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 6 rounds

Stefan-Mario Berechet led from R4; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
5
2
3
1
1
1
1.534.56R1R2R3R4R5R6
Berechet5.5Voicu5Carapit4Dubic4Iosif3.5Bratu3
R4–R6 · LEAD HELD

Stefan-Mario Berechet held the sole lead from R4 through R6 without losing it.

R3 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Stefan-Mario Berechet drew with CM Teodor-Mihnea Voicu (White).

R4–R6 · WIN STREAK

Stefan-Mario Berechet won 3 in a row (R4–R6).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Stefan-Mario Berechet*
½
—
1
2CMTeodor-Mihnea Voicu
½
*
1
½
3Vasile Carapit—
0
*—
4Roman Dubic
0
½
—*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Berechet, Stefan-Mario2005ROU+12N+15B=2B+10N+3N+5B5.516.516.514.002334+35.8
2Voicu, Teodor-MihneaCM2196ROU+4N+6B=1N=3B+10B+8N5.019.021.016.252214+4.0
3Dubic, Roman2071ROU+7B=11N+5B=2N−1B+6N4.019.521.512.502052-1.0
4Carapit, Vasile1827ROU−2B=8N+14B=11N+12B+7N4.014.014.57.251934+15.0
5Iosif, Cornel1844ROU=13B+14N−3N+9B+7B−1N3.516.517.06.501802-3.2
6Bratu, Gheorghe1932ROU+8B−2N=9B=7N+11B−3B3.016.518.57.001850-11.4
7Truta, Florinel1724ROU−3N+12B+15N=6B−5N−4B2.516.516.53.501729-1.2
8Iordachescu, George-Matei1708ROU−6N=4B=13N+15B=14N−2B2.514.514.53.251650-20.0
9Zoican, Alesia-Maria1553ROU−11BF=6N−5N+15B+10N2.510.510.53.501808+42.0
10Popescu, Daniel-Vasilica2015ROUF+13N+11B−1B−2N−9B2.017.017.04.001786-26.4
11Gavrila, Marius-Daniel1858ROU+9N=3B−10N=4B−6NF2.015.515.56.501806-6.6
12Moldoveanu, Paul1713ROU−1B−7NF+13B−4N+15N2.014.014.02.001564-15.4
13Zidarescu, Andrei-Emanuil1467ROU=5N−10B=8B−12NF+14B2.010.510.53.501686+46.8
14Pertea, Ion-Marian1653ROUF−5B−4NF=8B−13N0.512.012.01.251390-48.0
15FIDE 422631820—F−1N−7B−8N−9N−12B0.015.015.00.009390.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets