Alfil Cup 2026 - U1600

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42 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 07 Mar 2026 to 08 Mar 2026 in Pitesti, Romania. Top 10 Elo average was 1540, and top seed was Dragos Ioan Rosu (🇷🇴 ROU, 1586).

Luca-Christian-David Savu (🇷🇴 ROU, 1490) won with 5.5/6, ahead of Adrian-Nicolae Popescu (4.5) and David Gabriel Luca (4.5). Savu won solo starting round 4.

The biggest upset came in round 3: Radu-Mihai Constantin (1414) beat Eric-Mihai Banica (1541), a +127-point gap.

Location

🇷🇴Pitesti, Romania

Dates

07 Mar 2026 → 08 Mar 2026

Time control

Standard: 30 minutes for game with 30 seconds increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 6 rounds

Top seed

🇷🇴Dragos Ioan Rosu1586

Avg top 10

1,540

Participants

Federations · 1 represented

🇷🇴Romania×40

Top 3

🥇
Luca-Christian-David Savu
🇷🇴ROU·1490
5.5pts·1846perf+38.6
🥈
Adrian-Nicolae Popescu
🇷🇴ROU·1554
4.5pts·1699perf+42.8
🥉
David Gabriel Luca
🇷🇴ROU·1472
4.5pts·1596perf+26.8

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 6 rounds

Luca-Christian-David Savu led from R4; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders

Savu5.5Serban4.5Popescu4.5Ivascu4.5Luca4.5Ciobanu4

R4–R6 · LEAD HELD

Luca-Christian-David Savu never relinquished the lead after R4; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

Luca-Christian-David Savu 5 wins (R1–R5)Adrian-Nicolae Popescu 3 wins (R1–R3)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Luca-Christian-David Savu	*	—	1	½
2Stelian Serban	—	*	0	—
3Adrian-Nicolae Popescu	0	1	*	—
4George-Sorin Ivascu	½	—	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Savu, Luca-Christian-David	1490	ROU	+17B	+11N	+13B	+2B	+3N	=5B	5.5	20.5	23.5	21.25	1846	+38.6
2	Popescu, Adrian-Nicolae	1554	ROU	+33B	+15N	+14B	−1N	+4B	=8N	4.5	21.0	23.0	15.50	1699	+42.8
3	Luca, David Gabriel	1472	ROU	+32B	+18N	=4B	+6N	−1B	+19N	4.5	20.0	22.0	14.25	1596	+26.8
4	Serban, Stelian	1558	ROU	+20N	+31B	=3N	+12B	−2N	+11B	4.5	19.0	21.0	14.25	1687	+18.2
5	Ivascu, George-Sorin	1484	ROU	−18B	+32N	+40B	+13N	+9B	=1N	4.5	18.0	19.0	13.25	1731	+18.0
6	Mazilu, Ioan-Casian	1470	ROU	+40N	=12B	+25N	−3B	+22N	=7B	4.0	17.5	18.5	10.25	1599	+36.8
7	Boboc, Alexandra-Claudia	1496	ROU	−11B	=17N	+28B	+15N	+19B	=6N	4.0	17.0	19.5	12.50	1582	+8.0
8	Ciobanu, Antonia-Marilena	1538	ROU	+34N	−13B	+29N	+24B	=14N	=2B	4.0	16.5	18.5	11.00	1581	+14.0
9	Constantin, Radu-Mihai	1414	ROU	=25N	+27B	+21N	=22B	−5N	+23N	4.0	16.0	18.5	11.25	1586	+44.8
10	Bratu, Agnes-Andreea	1415	ROU	+16B	+30N	−12N	−14B	+36N	+17B	4.0	16.0	18.0	11.00	1568	+39.6
11	Teodorescu, Sorin-Mihai	1425	ROU	+7N	−1B	=16B	+27N	+21B	−4N	3.5	20.5	23.0	11.25	1580	+52.8
12	Rosu, Dragos Ioan	1586	ROU	F	=6N	+10B	−4N	+16B	+14N	3.5	19.5	19.5	13.00	1628	+10.4
13	Stoica, Beatrice Karina	1463	ROU	+35B	+8N	−1N	−5B	=24N	+26B	3.5	19.0	21.0	9.75	1486	+6.4
14	Table, Sebastian	1475	ROU	+42N	+24B	−2N	+10N	=8B	−12B	3.5	18.5	18.5	8.50	1504	+15.2
15	Tesuica, Eduard-George	1460	ROU	+23N	−2B	=39N	−7B	+28N	+36B	3.5	16.0	17.5	8.25	1451	-27.6
16	Stanciu, Alexandru-Petrut	1496	ROU	−10N	+41B	=11N	+29B	−12N	+25B	3.5	16.0	17.0	7.75	1475	-5.6
17	Tudosescu, Maria-Teodora	0	ROU	−1N	=7B	+20N	+39B	=26N	−10N	3.0	19.0	20.5	7.75	1499	0.0
18	Iorga, Elizabeth-Maria	0	ROU	+5N	−3B	−19B	−26N	+35B	+31N	3.0	16.5	18.5	8.50	1410	0.0
19	Negescu-Preda, George	1492	ROU	−24N	+42B	+18N	+31B	−7N	−3B	3.0	16.0	16.0	5.00	1280	-42.8
20	Gramada, Vladimir-Christian	1450	ROU	−4B	=28N	−17B	+40N	=27B	+37N	3.0	14.5	15.5	5.50	1344	-10.8
21	Banica, Eric-Mihai	1541	ROU	F	+37N	−9B	+25B	−11N	+24B	3.0	14.5	14.5	7.00	1441	-21.6
22	Dicu, Teodor-Florentin	1533	ROU	=38B	F	+33N	=9N	−6B	+30N	3.0	14.0	14.0	7.25	1517	-4.0
23	Purgariu, Horatiu-Stefan	0	ROU	−15B	−33N	+41N	+34B	+31N	−9B	3.0	13.5	14.5	5.00	1388	0.0
24	Vorovenci, Vladimir-Stefan	1413	ROU	+19B	−14N	+30B	−8N	=13B	−21N	2.5	17.0	19.5	7.25	1435	+6.0
25	Vasilescu, Anca-Maria	1495	ROU	=9B	+26N	−6B	−21N	+38B	−16N	2.5	17.0	18.5	6.00	1420	-28.8
26	Table, Levin-Filip	1502	ROU	=29N	−25B	=38N	+18B	=17B	−13N	2.5	14.5	16.0	6.50	1266	-50.0
27	Bobe, Alexandru-Nicolae	1505	ROU	F	−9N	+35B	−11B	=20N	+34B	2.5	14.5	14.5	5.50	1343	-38.0
28	Buclea, Irina	0	ROU	−31B	=20B	−7N	+42N	−15B	+32N	2.5	14.5	14.5	3.50	1186	0.0
29	Virag, Anna-Timea	1428	ROU	=26B	+38N	−8B	−16N	−30B	+41N	2.5	14.0	15.0	3.75	1341	-26.0
30	Voican, Antonia-Stefania	1486	ROU	+41N	−10B	−24N	=38B	+29N	−22B	2.5	13.5	14.5	4.25	1299	-49.2
31	Netoiu, Eduard-Gabriel	1466	ROU	+28N	−4N	+37B	−19N	−23B	−18B	2.0	16.0	18.0	4.50	724	-33.2
32	Almajanu, Sofia-Maria	0	ROU	−3N	−5B	−34N	+41B	+33N	−28B	2.0	15.5	16.5	3.00	1256	0.0
33	Beldiman, Matei-Ioan	1433	ROU	−2N	+23B	−22B	−37N	−32B	+42N	2.0	14.5	14.5	3.00	747	-26.8
34	Deaconu, Andrei-David	1430	ROU	−8B	−35N	+32B	−23N	+40B	−27N	2.0	13.5	14.5	3.00	723	-28.4
35	FIDE 42263867	0	—	−13N	+34B	−27N	−36B	−18N	+40B	2.0	13.0	14.0	3.00	1271	0.0
36	Dragomirasi, Yanis-Ion	1468	ROU	−37B	−40N	+42B	+35N	−10B	−15N	2.0	12.5	12.5	2.00	698	-36.8
37	Vladut, Andrei-Stefan	0	ROU	+36N	−21B	−31N	+33B	−39N	−20B	2.0	12.0	13.5	4.00	1364	0.0
38	Dobre, Andrei-Catalin	1429	ROU	=22N	−29B	=26B	=30N	−25N	F	1.5	13.0	13.0	4.00	1343	-23.2
39	Dumitrescu, David-Florentin	1583	ROU	F	F	=15B	−17N	+37B	F	1.5	8.5	8.5	3.75	1573	-0.4
40	FIDE 42251044	0	—	−6B	+36B	−5N	−20B	−34N	−35N	1.0	15.5	17.5	2.00	1218	0.0
41	Ivascu, Ilinca	0	ROU	−30B	−16N	−23B	−32N	+42B	−29B	1.0	13.5	13.5	0.00	671	0.0
42	Serban, Adrian	0	ROU	−14B	−19N	−36N	−28B	−41N	−33B	0.0	13.0	14.0	0.00	655	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Teodorescu, Sorin-MihaiROU
+52.8
3.5 pts · #6
2Constantin, Radu-MihaiROU
+44.8
4.0 pts · #7
3Popescu, Adrian-NicolaeROU
+42.8
4.5 pts · #2

Top rating losers

1Table, Levin-FilipROU
-50.0
2.5 pts · #31
2Voican, Antonia-StefaniaROU
-49.2
2.5 pts · #28
3Negescu-Preda, GeorgeROU
-42.8
3.0 pts · #30

Biggest upsets

R3+127 Elo gap
Constantin, Radu-Mihai1414 beat Banica, Eric-Mihai1541
R5+116 Elo gap
Teodorescu, Sorin-Mihai1425 beat Banica, Eric-Mihai1541