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Magura Cisnadie Spring Festival - U1800

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30 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 27 Mar 2026 to 29 Mar 2026 in Cisnadie, Romania. Top 10 Elo average was 1661, and top seed was Stefan-Bogdan Giroe (🇷🇴 ROU, 1762).

Eduard Hale (🇷🇴 ROU, 1678) won with 5.0/6, ahead of Viacheslav Voloshyn (5.0) and Ronaldo Balog (5.0). Hale shared the lead from round 1, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Darin-Gabriel Stere (1515) beat Horatiu Bran (1687), a +172-point gap.

Location
🇷🇴Cisnadie, Romania
Dates
27 Mar 2026 → 29 Mar 2026
Time control
Standard: 30 minutes for game with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 6 rounds
Top seed
🇷🇴Stefan-Bogdan Giroe1762
Avg top 10
1,661
Participants
30
Federations · 1 represented
🇷🇴Romania×30
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 6 rounds

Tight race until R6; 3 players tied at 5.0/6, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 3 at the finish.

Co-leaders
12
5
3
2
1
3
1.534.56R1R2R3R4R5R6
Voloshyn5Balog5Hale5Tat4.5Raditoiu4Blaj4
R6 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

3 players finish on 5.0/6. Hale takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (22.0).

R4 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Viacheslav Voloshyn lost to Ronaldo Balog (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

Viacheslav Voloshyn 3 wins (R1–R3)Ronaldo Balog 4 wins (R1–R4)Eduard Hale 5 wins (R1–R5)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Viacheslav Voloshyn*
0
1
1
2Ronaldo Balog
1
*
0
—
3Eduard Hale
0
1
*—
4Alin-Sebastian Tat
0
——*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Hale, Eduard1678ROU+15N+7B+5N+6B+3N−2B5.022.025.020.001873+54.4
2Voloshyn, Viacheslav1674ROU+18B+11N+4B−3N+12B+1N5.021.024.019.001867+53.2
3Balog, Ronaldo1607ROU+13N+21B+16N+2B−1B+5N5.020.022.017.001891+79.4
4Tat, Alin-Sebastian1735ROU+20N+17B−2N+15B=9N+10B4.518.020.513.751745+1.6
5Raditoiu, Laurentiu1620ROU+23B+12N−1B+7N+14B−3B4.020.022.012.001715+14.8
6Blaj, Laurentiu-Mihai1606ROU=19B+24N+14B−1N=11B+12N4.017.519.511.251724+32.0
7Furdui, David1577ROU+28N−1N+22B−5B+13N+15B4.017.018.09.001567-2.0
8Szekely, David-Kristof1648ROU−21N+13B−10N+22B+23N+9B4.014.016.010.501755+21.6
9Bran, Horatiu1687ROU−12B+18N+23B+10N=4B−8N3.518.020.010.751593-11.8
10Reinsch, Gunter0ROU+26N=14N+8B−9B+17N−4N3.518.019.510.0016530.0
11Simu, Alexandru1556ROU+27N−2B+21N=17B=6N=16B3.517.018.08.001630+18.4
12Stere, Darin-Gabriel1515ROU+9N−5B+30N+24B−2N−6B3.018.518.55.501556+11.6
13Bichis, Tudor1460ROU−3B−8N+18B+27N−7B+24N3.018.019.06.001500+10.4
14Rotescu, Vladimir-Szilard1595ROU+22N=10B−6N+16B−5N=17B3.017.519.58.251559-4.8
15Posteuca, Stefan1510ROU−1B+29N+27B−4N+19B−7N3.017.517.54.00863-36.0
16Giroe, Stefan-Bogdan1762ROU=24B+19N−3B−14N+25B=11N3.016.518.57.751473-74.0
17Muraru-Teberean, David1591ROU+29B−4N+25B=11N−10B=14N3.016.516.55.251575-4.4
18Vamanu, Darius-Andrei1487ROU−2N−9B−13N+26B+29N+22B3.015.015.03.501403-14.0
19Florescu, Lucian-Emil0ROU=6N−16B=26N+21B−15N+23B3.014.015.56.7515910.0
20Rujan, Antonio1516ROU−4B−22N+29B−25N=24B+26N2.512.012.02.501484-8.4
21Laze, Andrei1486ROU+8B−3N−11B−19N+28B−25N2.017.518.55.001369-29.6
22Fleschin, Petru0ROU−14B+20B−7N−8N+27B−18N2.016.517.53.5013170.0
23Manta, Sebastian-Gabriel1473ROU−5N+26B−9N+30B−8B−19N2.016.016.01.501436-32.0
24Velicoglu, Ioan1554ROU=16N−6B+28B−12N=20N−13B2.015.516.53.751330-56.4
25Hale, Stefania1425ROUFF−17N+20B−16N+21B2.010.510.54.501596+33.6
26Tupilusi, Tudorel1563ROU−10B−23N=19B−18N+30N−20B1.514.014.01.50727-33.2
27Stoica, Sebastian-Andrei0ROU−11BF−15N−13B−22N+29B1.011.511.50.007100.0
28Netoiu, Adrian0ROU−7BF−24NF−21N+30B1.08.08.00.007470.0
29Miroi, Alin-Stefan0ROU−17N−15B−20NF−18B−27N0.012.512.50.007230.0
30Balan, Gheorghe-Ovidiu0ROUFF−12B−23N−26B−28N0.07.57.50.007560.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets