Predeal Trophy 2026

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39 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 01 May 2026 to 03 May 2026 in Predeal, Romania. 3 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1867, and top seed was Bogdan-Andrei Ivancescu (🇷🇴 ROU, 2073).

Bogdan-Andrei Ivancescu (🇷🇴 ROU, 2073) won with 5.0/6, ahead of Adelin-Stefan Dascalescu (4.5) and Mihnea Hurmuzache (4.5). Ivancescu won solo starting round 5.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Natalia Puiu (1471) beat Daniel Podoleanu (1740), a +269-point gap.

Location

🇷🇴Predeal, Romania

Dates

01 May 2026 → 03 May 2026

Time control

Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 6 rounds

Top seed

🇷🇴Bogdan-Andrei Ivancescu2073

Avg top 10

1,867

Participants

Federations · 3 represented

🇷🇴Romania×37

🇺🇦Ukraine×1

🇲🇩Moldova×1

Top 3

🥇
Bogdan-Andrei Ivancescu
🇷🇴ROU·2073
5.0pts·2075perf+5.6
🥈
Adelin-Stefan Dascalescu
🇷🇴ROU·1984
4.5pts·1965perf+1.6
🥉
Mihnea Hurmuzache
🇷🇴ROU·1858
4.5pts·1947perf+28.8

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 6 rounds

Bogdan-Andrei Ivancescu led from R5; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.

Co-leaders

Ivancescu5Hurmuzache4.5Ardeleanu4.5Dascalescu4.5Stoica4.5Popa4

R5–R6 · LEAD HELD

Bogdan-Andrei Ivancescu held the sole lead from R5 through R6 without losing it.

R1–R3 · WIN STREAK

Bogdan-Andrei Ivancescu won 3 in a row (R1–R3).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Bogdan-Andrei Ivancescu	*	—	—	½
2Mihnea Hurmuzache	—	*	—	1
3Calin I. Ardeleanu	—	—	*	0
4Adelin-Stefan Dascalescu	½	0	1	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Ivancescu, Bogdan-Andrei	2073	ROU	+30N	+15B	+10N	=2B	+8N	=7B	5.0	18.5	20.5	16.50	2075	+5.6
2	Dascalescu, Adelin-Stefan	1984	ROU	+17B	+13N	+4B	=1N	−3B	+18N	4.5	20.5	23.5	16.50	1965	+1.6
3	Hurmuzache, Mihnea	1858	ROU	=9B	+18N	+29N	=7B	+2N	=5B	4.5	19.0	21.0	15.25	1947	+28.8
4	Ardeleanu, Calin I.	1712	ROU	+22B	+19N	−2N	=24B	+23B	+11N	4.5	16.5	19.0	13.25	1846	+20.6
5	Stoica, Melina-Theodora	1765	ROU	+31B	+33N	+24N	−8B	+17B	=3N	4.5	15.5	17.0	11.25	1871	+33.2
6	Popa, Valentin	1820	ROU	−23B	=9N	+30B	=12N	+25B	+17N	4.0	15.0	17.0	11.00	1743	-10.8
7	Cervis, Jean-Mihai	1823	ROU	F	+25N	=20B	=3N	+14B	=1N	3.5	18.5	18.5	12.25	1932	+29.2
8	Popa, Gabriel	1916	ROU	+27N	=29B	+26N	+5N	−1B	−10B	3.5	18.0	20.0	10.50	1773	-17.4
9	Marinescu, Octavian	1571	ROU	=3N	=6B	=12B	−18N	+28N	+30B	3.5	17.5	19.5	10.50	1766	+30.6
10	Andronic, Nathaniel	1741	MDA	F	+23N	−1B	+20N	=11B	+8N	3.5	17.5	17.5	10.75	1951	+53.6
11	Chelu, Tudor-Iulian	1791	ROU	+39N	−24B	+27N	+16B	=10N	−4B	3.5	16.5	16.5	7.75	1689	-29.6
12	Podoleanu, Daniel	1740	ROU	−26N	+28B	=9N	=6B	=16N	+34B	3.5	16.0	17.5	9.50	1613	-33.6
13	Grama, Mara	1643	ROU	+38N	−2B	+19B	−17N	+27N	=21B	3.5	16.0	16.0	7.00	1706	+12.4
14	Tkachenko, Maksym	1703	UKR	+28N	=26B	=21N	+33B	−7N	=15B	3.5	15.0	16.5	8.50	1701	+2.0
15	Precup, Luca Ioan	1645	ROU	+36B	−1N	−23B	+26B	+33N	=14N	3.5	15.0	16.0	6.75	1671	+2.4
16	Marinescu, Andrei	1588	ROU	−32B	+36N	+37B	−11N	=12B	+25N	3.5	12.5	13.5	6.25	1717	+20.4
17	Indrei, David-Nicholas	1594	ROU	−2N	+34B	+35N	+13B	−5N	−6B	3.0	18.0	19.0	6.00	1682	+23.6
18	Marchidan, Costica	1752	ROU	F	−3B	+31N	+9B	+24N	−2B	3.0	17.0	17.0	8.00	1780	+4.2
19	Grasu, Vlad-Stefan	1491	ROU	F	−4B	−13N	+32B	+29N	+20N	3.0	15.0	15.0	7.00	1661	+35.6
20	Ruja, Irina	1662	ROU	+34N	+35B	=7N	−10B	=21N	−19B	3.0	14.5	15.5	5.75	1637	-7.2
21	Bratu, Gheorghe	1888	ROU	F	+32N	=14B	=25N	=20B	=13N	3.0	14.5	14.5	8.25	1657	-23.0
22	Postolache, Maya-Stefania	1469	ROU	−4N	+30B	−25B	=34N	=31B	+35N	3.0	12.5	13.5	4.75	1556	+26.4
23	Grigorescu, Stefan	1566	ROU	+6N	−10B	+15N	=29B	−4N	−24B	2.5	18.0	20.0	8.50	1637	+20.4
24	Nanu, Alexandra-Gabriela	1619	ROU	F	+11N	−5B	=4N	−18B	+23N	2.5	18.0	18.0	8.25	1717	+26.8
25	Morar-Triandafil, Teodor-Adrian	1621	ROU	+37N	−7B	+22N	=21B	−6N	−16B	2.5	17.0	18.0	5.50	1569	-8.2
26	Puiu, Natalia	1471	ROU	+12B	=14N	−8B	−15N	−34B	+39N	2.5	15.5	15.5	5.25	1600	+33.2
27	Oprisan, Ilinca-Natalia	1571	ROU	−8B	+38N	−11B	+35N	−13B	=31N	2.5	13.5	13.5	2.00	1514	-18.8
28	Grigorescu, Mihai	1467	ROU	−14B	−12N	+38B	+36N	−9B	=33N	2.5	13.0	13.0	1.75	1325	-11.8
29	Ene, Sergiu-Gabriel	1628	ROU	F	=8N	−3B	=23N	−19B	+32B	2.0	15.5	15.5	5.00	1515	-25.6
30	Marinescu, Rares	1614	ROU	−1B	−22N	−6N	+39B	+38B	−9N	2.0	15.5	15.5	0.00	1447	-45.6
31	Doncu Petcu, Adriana Aylin	1508	ROU	−5N	F	−18B	+37B	=22N	=27B	2.0	14.0	14.0	3.75	1446	-13.6
32	Pintilie, Mihai-Alexandru	0	ROU	+16N	−21B	−33B	−19N	+36B	−29N	2.0	13.0	14.0	4.50	1393	0.0
33	Muntean, Adrian	1572	ROU	F	−5B	+32N	−14N	−15B	=28B	1.5	16.0	16.0	3.25	1323	-44.4
34	Sandea, Dorin-Gheorghe	1419	ROU	−20B	−17N	F	=22B	+26N	−12N	1.5	15.0	15.0	4.00	1438	+0.8
35	Gramada, Vladimir-Christian	1459	ROU	F	−20N	−17B	−27B	+37N	−22B	1.0	12.5	12.5	1.00	774	-56.0
36	Buclea, Irina	0	ROU	−15N	−16B	+39N	−28B	−32N	F	1.0	11.5	11.5	0.00	1373	0.0
37	Badea, Dragos-Viorel	0	ROU	−25B	+39B	−16N	−31N	−35B	F	1.0	9.0	9.0	0.00	1308	0.0
38	Doncu, Ion-Alexandru	0	ROU	−13B	−27B	−28N	F	−30N	F	0.0	11.5	11.5	0.00	774	0.0
39	Anghel, Bianca-Maria	1563	ROU	−11B	−37N	−36B	−30N	F	−26B	0.0	10.0	10.0	0.00	825	-50.8

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Andronic, NathanielMDA
+53.6
3.5 pts · #10
2Grasu, Vlad-StefanROU
+35.6
3.0 pts · #23
3Stoica, Melina-TheodoraROU
+33.2
4.5 pts · #5

Top rating losers

1Gramada, Vladimir-ChristianROU
-56.0
1.0 pts · #39
2Anghel, Bianca-MariaROU
-50.8
0.0 pts · #38
3Marinescu, RaresROU
-45.6
2.0 pts · #33

Biggest upsets

R1+269 Elo gap
Puiu, Natalia1471 beat Podoleanu, Daniel1740
R1+254 Elo gap
Grigorescu, Stefan1566 beat Popa, Valentin1820
R6+175 Elo gap
Andronic, Nathaniel1741 beat Popa, Gabriel1916