Cluj Chess Marathon U1700 - 12th ed.
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.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 7 roundsDragos-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.
Flaviu Bompa takes the sole lead (4.0/5).
Dragos-Andrei Lazan beat Flaviu Bompa (Black).
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| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Dragos-Andrei Lazan | * | 1 | — | 0 |
| 2Flaviu Bompa | 0 | * | 1 | 1 |
| 3Emanuel Pau | — | 0 | * | ½ |
| 4Mihai-Adrian Iordache | 1 | 0 | ½ | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lazan, Dragos-Andrei | 1585 | ROU | =11B | +7N | +10B | −4N | +6B | +3N | +8B | 5.5 | 22.5 | 24.5 | 19.00 | 1821 | +39.6 |
| 2 | Pau, Emanuel | 1635 | ROU | +9B | +8N | +13B | −3N | =4B | =5N | +7B | 5.0 | 23.0 | 25.0 | 15.75 | 1698 | +9.8 |
| 3 | Bompa, Flaviu | 1648 | ROU | +15N | +4B | F | +2B | +8N | −1B | +9N | 5.0 | 21.0 | 21.0 | 15.50 | 1860 | +32.8 |
| 4 | Iordache, Mihai-Adrian | 1563 | ROU | +12B | −3N | +11B | +1B | =2N | −9B | +14N | 4.5 | 22.5 | 22.5 | 12.00 | 1617 | +16.0 |
| 5 | Pacurar, Iulian | 1494 | ROU | =7B | =11N | +14B | −13N | +12B | =2B | =10N | 4.0 | 17.0 | 17.0 | 8.50 | 1576 | 0.0 |
| 6 | Luca, Vlad-Codrin | 1558 | ROU | −13N | +9B | −12N | +14B | −1N | +10B | +15N | 4.0 | 15.0 | 15.0 | 5.50 | 1620 | +6.4 |
| 7 | Tupilusi, Tudorel | 1589 | ROU | =5N | −1B | −8B | +11N | +14N | +12B | −2N | 3.5 | 21.5 | 21.5 | 6.00 | 1487 | -16.8 |
| 8 | Manta, Sebastian-Gabriel | 1490 | ROU | +10B | −2B | +7N | +12N | −3B | F | −1N | 3.0 | 23.5 | 25.5 | 8.00 | 1586 | -17.6 |
| 9 | Stanescu, Gabriel | 1514 | ROU | −2N | −6N | F | +10B | +15B | +4N | −3B | 3.0 | 21.0 | 21.0 | 7.00 | 1596 | +12.8 |
| 10 | Almasan, Albert-Mihail | 1573 | ROU | −8N | +15B | −1N | −9N | +11B | −6N | =5B | 2.5 | 21.5 | 21.5 | 4.00 | 1448 | -65.6 |
| 11 | Hale, Stefania | 1490 | ROU | =1N | =5B | −4N | −7B | −10N | +14B | −12N | 2.0 | 22.0 | 22.0 | 4.75 | 1273 | -60.8 |
| 12 | Gramada, Vladimir-Christian | 1450 | ROU | −4N | F | +6B | −8B | −5N | −7N | +11B | 2.0 | 21.0 | 21.0 | 6.00 | 1431 | -7.2 |
| 13 | FIDE 42262917 | 0 | — | +6B | F | −2N | +5B | F | F | F | 2.0 | 16.0 | 16.0 | 8.00 | 1582 | 0.0 |
| 14 | Apolzan, Alexia-Victoria | 0 | ROU | F | F | −5N | −6N | −7B | −11N | −4B | 0.0 | 18.0 | 18.0 | 0.00 | 739 | 0.0 |
| 15 | Dumitru, Sorin | 1535 | ROU | −3B | −10N | F | F | −9N | F | −6B | 0.0 | 14.5 | 14.5 | 0.00 | 801 | -31.2 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Lazan, Dragos-AndreiROU+39.65.5 pts · #1
- 2Bompa, FlaviuROU+32.85.0 pts · #2
- 3Iordache, Mihai-AdrianROU+16.04.5 pts · #4
- 1Almasan, Albert-MihailROU-65.62.5 pts · #9
- 2Hale, StefaniaROU-60.82.0 pts · #13
- 3Dumitru, SorinROU-31.20.0 pts · #14
- R3+108 Elo gap