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Cluj Chess Marathon Open - 12th ed.

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15 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 27 Feb 2026 to 01 Mar 2026 in Cluj-Napoca, Romania. Top 10 Elo average was 1859, and top seed was Radu Tampea (🇷🇴 ROU, 2166).

Radu Tampea (🇷🇴 ROU, 2166) won with 5.5/7, ahead of George Milasan (5.5) and Ilie Arion (4.0). Tampea won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Andreas Horvath (1636) beat Beniamin-Anghel-Claudiu Sabau (2114), a +478-point gap.

Location
🇷🇴Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Dates
27 Feb 2026 → 01 Mar 2026
Time control
Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 7 rounds
Top seed
🇷🇴Radu Tampea2166
Avg top 10
1,859
Participants
15
Federations · 1 represented
🇷🇴Romania×14
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

Tight race until R7; 2 players tied at 5.5/7, decided on Buchholz.

Co-leaders
6
3
2
1
2
1
2
23.55.57R1R2R3R4R5R6R7
Tampea5.5Milasan5.5Arion4Helmer4Moldovan4Hale3.5
R7 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 5.5/7. Tampea takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (24.5).

R3 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Radu Tampea lost to George Milasan (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

George Milasan 5 wins (R1–R6)Ilie Arion 3 wins (R1–R3)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Radu Tampea*
0
1
½
2George Milasan
1
*
1
½
3Ilie Arion
0
0
*—
4Janos Helmer
½
½
—*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Tampea, Radu2166ROU+6N+4B−2N+9B+3N=5B+7N5.524.527.019.502078-9.4
2Milasan, George1855ROU+13B+9N+1B+12NF+3B=5N5.519.519.517.502230+93.2
3Arion, Ilie1985ROU+11N+7B+4NF−1B−2N+12B4.022.522.511.501911-7.2
4Moldovan, Maia-Rut1779ROU+10N−1N−3B=7B+14N+8B=6N4.021.522.59.501871+31.2
5Helmer, Janos2020ROUF−8B+11N+6B+10N=1N=2B4.021.521.513.001964-2.6
6Hale, Eduard1662ROU−1B+13N=10B−5N+11B=9N=4B3.520.021.57.751720+14.4
7Tat, Alin-Sebastian1685ROU+15B−3N−12B=4N+13B+14N−1B3.518.018.04.501725+2.2
8Sabau, Beniamin-Anghel-Claudiu2114ROU−9B+5NFF+12B−4N+10B3.014.514.58.001859-25.4
9Horvath, Andreas1636ROU+8N−2B+14N−1NF=6B−11B2.520.520.55.751748+25.2
10Bichis, Tudor1460ROU−4B+11B=6N=13N−5BF−8N2.018.018.04.501582+28.4
11Tamas, Alexandru-Marius1572ROU−3B−10N−5BF−6N+13B+9N2.017.517.54.001577-3.2
12Ros, Octav-Paul1648ROUFF+7N−2B−8N+15B−3N2.016.016.03.501700+2.4
13Bobei, Rares-Valentin1521ROU−2N−6BF=10B−7N−11N+15B1.516.516.51.001280-49.2
14Paraschiv, Andrei-Cristian1680ROUFF−9B+15N−4B−7BF1.010.010.00.00897-28.4
15FIDE 422511330—−7NFF−14BF−12N−13N0.08.08.00.008330.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets