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Cluj Chess Marathon U1700 - 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 1569, and top seed was Flaviu Bompa (🇷🇴 ROU, 1648).

Dragos-Andrei Lazan (🇷🇴 ROU, 1585) won with 5.5/7, ahead of Emanuel Pau (5.0) and Flaviu Bompa (5.0). Lazan took the lead from round 6.

The biggest upset came in round 3: Vladimir-Christian Gramada (1450) beat Vlad-Codrin Luca (1558), a +108-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
🇷🇴Flaviu Bompa1648
Avg top 10
1,569
Participants
15
Federations · 1 represented
🇷🇴Romania×14
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

Dragos-Andrei Lazan led from R6; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 4 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R6.

Co-leaders
5
2
1
4
1
1
1
23.55.57R1R2R3R4R5R6R7Bompa takes leadLazan takes lead
R5 · LEADER CHANGE28 Feb

Flaviu Bompa takes the sole lead (4.0/5).

R6 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Dragos-Andrei Lazan beat Flaviu Bompa (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

Dragos-Andrei Lazan 3 wins (R5–R7)Flaviu Bompa 4 wins (R1–R5)Emanuel Pau 3 wins (R1–R3)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Lazan, Dragos-Andrei1585ROU=11B+7N+10B4N+6B+3N+8B5.522.524.519.001821+39.6
2Pau, Emanuel1635ROU+9B+8N+13B3N=4B=5N+7B5.023.025.015.751698+9.8
3Bompa, Flaviu1648ROU+15N+4BF+2B+8N1B+9N5.021.021.015.501860+32.8
4Iordache, Mihai-Adrian1563ROU+12B3N+11B+1B=2N9B+14N4.522.522.512.001617+16.0
5Pacurar, Iulian1494ROU=7B=11N+14B13N+12B=2B=10N4.017.017.08.5015760.0
6Luca, Vlad-Codrin1558ROU13N+9B12N+14B1N+10B+15N4.015.015.05.501620+6.4
7Tupilusi, Tudorel1589ROU=5N1B8B+11N+14N+12B2N3.521.521.56.001487-16.8
8Manta, Sebastian-Gabriel1490ROU+10B2B+7N+12N3BF1N3.023.525.58.001586-17.6
9Stanescu, Gabriel1514ROU2N6NF+10B+15B+4N3B3.021.021.07.001596+12.8
10Almasan, Albert-Mihail1573ROU8N+15B1N9N+11B6N=5B2.521.521.54.001448-65.6
11Hale, Stefania1490ROU=1N=5B4N7B10N+14B12N2.022.022.04.751273-60.8
12Gramada, Vladimir-Christian1450ROU4NF+6B8B5N7N+11B2.021.021.06.001431-7.2
13FIDE 422629170+6BF2N+5BFFF2.016.016.08.0015820.0
14Apolzan, Alexia-Victoria0ROUFF5N6N7B11N4B0.018.018.00.007390.0
15Dumitru, Sorin1535ROU3B10NFF9NF6B0.014.514.50.00801-31.2

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets