Caras Severin County Chess Championship 2026
12 players participated in this 11-round tournament, held from 06 Mar 2026 to 15 Mar 2026 in Resita, Romania. 1 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 1852, and top seed was Alexandru-David Korcsek (🇷🇴 ROU, 2100).
Alexandru-David Korcsek (🇷🇴 ROU, 2100) won with 11.0/11, ahead of Alin Stingu (9.5) and Ion-Valentin Vaduva (9.0). Korcsek won solo starting round 4.
The biggest upset came in round 2: Alexandru Pup (1521) beat Valeriu-Gheorghe Grozav (1948), a +427-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 12 · 11 roundsAlexandru-David Korcsek led from R4 onwards, the runner-up race stayed tight.
Alexandru-David Korcsek never relinquished the lead after R4; final gap +1.5 over the runner-up.
Alexandru-David Korcsek opens a +1.5-point gap over the chasing pack (closest: CM Alin Stingu); the title is out of reach before R11.
Alexandru-David Korcsek beat CM Alin Stingu (Black).
Cross-table
| # | Player | Elo | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Pts | SB | Bh | Δ Elo | Perf |
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| 1 | 🇷🇴Korcsek, Alexandru-David | 2100 | * | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 11.0 | 55.00 | 55.0 | +36.8 | 2607 |
| 2 | 🇷🇴CMStingu, Alin | 1991 | 0 | * | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9.5 | 43.00 | 56.5 | +58.0 | 2101 |
| 3 | 🇷🇴Vaduva, Ion-Valentin | 1911 | 0 | 0 | * | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9.0 | 36.50 | 57.0 | +77.2 | 2050 |
| 4 | 🇷🇴Dragoi, Albert-Marian | 1849 | 0 | 0 | 0 | * | 1 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6.5 | 22.75 | 59.5 | +10.4 | 1858 |
| 5 | 🇷🇴Korcsek, Daniel-Cristian | 1851 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | * | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6.0 | 19.00 | 60.0 | -5.0 | 1829 |
| 6 | 🇷🇴Pirvulescu, Ilie | 1748 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | * | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5.5 | 17.00 | 60.5 | +14.2 | 1802 |
| 7 | 🇷🇴Grozav, Valeriu-Gheorghe | 1948 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | * | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 5.0 | 22.00 | 61.0 | -50.8 | 1752 |
| 8 | 🇷🇴Borches, Tudor-Mihail | 1530 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 1 | * | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4.5 | 16.25 | 61.5 | +94.4 | 1735 |
| 9 | 🇷🇴Pup, Alexandru | 1521 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 0 | * | 0 | ½ | 1 | 3.0 | 10.00 | 63.0 | +37.2 | 1623 |
| 10 | 🇷🇴Tipania, Ioan-Mihai | 1649 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 1 | * | 0 | 1 | 2.5 | 6.50 | 63.5 | -38.4 | 1596 |
| 11 | 🇷🇴Mester, Dorin | 1756 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | * | 1 | 2.5 | 5.00 | 63.5 | -95.6 | 1591 |
| 12 | 🇷🇴Turnea, Fabian | 1717 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | * | 1.0 | 4.50 | 65.0 | -133.6 | 1422 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Borches, Tudor-MihailROU+94.44.5 pts · #8
- 2Vaduva, Ion-ValentinROU+77.29.0 pts · #3
- 3Stingu, AlinCMROU+58.09.5 pts · #2
- 1Turnea, FabianROU-133.61.0 pts · #12
- 2Mester, DorinROU-95.62.5 pts · #11
- 3Grozav, Valeriu-GheorgheROU-50.85.0 pts · #7
- R2+427 Elo gap
- R1+418 Elo gap
- R3+226 Elo gap