Satori Art Cup Open - 20th ed.

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84 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 21 Mar 2026 to 22 Mar 2026 in Slobozia, Romania. 3 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1931, and top seed was Andrei-Augustin Raducanu (🇷🇴 ROU, 1981).

Alexandru-Francisc Kutnik (🇷🇴 ROU, 1910) won with 6.0/6, ahead of Andrei Arghirescu (5.0) and Alexandru Mohonea (5.0). Kutnik won solo starting round 4.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Filip Stencau (1658) beat Andrei-Augustin Raducanu (1981), a +323-point gap.

Location

🇷🇴Slobozia, Romania

Dates

21 Mar 2026 → 22 Mar 2026

Time control

Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 6 rounds

Top seed

🇷🇴Andrei-Augustin Raducanu1981

Avg top 10

1,931

Participants

Federations · 3 represented

🇷🇴Romania×76

🇺🇦Ukraine×2

🇲🇩Moldova×1

Top 3

🥇
Alexandru-Francisc Kutnik
🇷🇴ROU·1910
6.0pts·2592perf+41.6
🥈
Andrei Arghirescu
🇷🇴ROU·1907
5.0pts·1971perf+8.2
🥉
Alexandru Mohonea
🇷🇴ROU·1945
5.0pts·1969perf+8.4

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 6 rounds

Alexandru-Francisc Kutnik led from R4; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders

Kutnik6Arghirescu5Mohonea5Galatanu4.5Rusu4.5Ionita4.5

R4–R6 · LEAD HELD

Alexandru-Francisc Kutnik never relinquished the lead after R4; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

Alexandru-Francisc Kutnik 6 wins (R1–R6)Andrei Arghirescu 3 wins (R4–R6)Alexandru Mohonea 5 wins (R2–R6)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Alexandru-Francisc Kutnik	*	—	—	1
2Andrei Arghirescu	—	*	—	—
3Alexandru Mohonea	—	—	*	—
4Iulian-Marinica Galatanu	0	—	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Kutnik, Alexandru-Francisc	1910	ROU	+25N	+28B	+33N	+13B	+5N	+4B	6.0	20.0	23.0	23.00	2592	+41.6
2	Arghirescu, Andrei	1907	ROU	+53B	+51N	−13B	+22N	+49B	+18N	5.0	16.5	19.0	15.00	1971	+8.2
3	Mohonea, Alexandru	1945	ROU	−32B	+84N	+34B	+62N	+38B	+16N	5.0	15.0	15.0	12.00	1969	+8.4
4	Rusu, Adrian	1883	ROU	+22B	+62N	+17B	=7N	+6B	−1N	4.5	22.5	24.5	16.25	1969	+14.0
5	Galatanu, Iulian-Marinica	1949	ROU	+44N	=14B	+48N	+20B	−1B	+23N	4.5	20.0	22.5	14.50	1935	-0.6
6	Haineala, Iustin-Petru	1903	ROU	+41N	+12B	=20N	+21B	−4N	+37B	4.5	19.0	22.0	15.75	1923	+7.2
7	Ionita, Eduard-Gabriel	1841	ROU	+40N	+76B	+59N	=4B	=9N	=10B	4.5	18.5	19.5	12.75	1958	+36.8
8	Jamba, Alexandru	1881	ROU	+43N	+24B	F	=15N	+17B	+13B	4.5	18.5	18.5	16.50	2070	+17.2
9	Croitoru, Matei-Andrei	1778	ROU	+84B	=32N	+29B	+31N	=7B	=11N	4.5	18.5	18.5	12.50	1921	+44.4
10	Ionita, Emilian-Paul	1967	ROU	−31B	+52N	+26B	+35N	+15B	=7N	4.5	18.0	20.5	15.25	1902	-6.8
11	Telea, Stefan	1942	ROU	−48N	+63B	+25N	+24B	+14N	=9B	4.5	18.0	20.0	15.25	1877	-6.8
12	Munteanu, Stefan P.	1728	ROU	+72B	−6N	+60B	+42N	=23B	+21N	4.5	16.5	18.0	11.75	1930	+52.8
13	Chesaru, Ioan-Constantin	1754	ROU	+58B	+65B	+2N	−1N	+19B	−8N	4.0	21.0	23.0	12.50	1950	+30.6
14	Sandu, Razvan-Nicolae	1764	ROU	+77B	=5N	+32B	=19N	−11B	+31N	4.0	18.5	19.5	11.00	1883	+19.4
15	Bobu, Stefan-Valentin	1767	ROU	+57N	=48B	+54N	=8B	−10N	+40B	4.0	17.0	19.5	11.50	1795	+4.6
16	Cervis, Jean-Mihai	1824	ROU	+60B	+26N	=31B	=49N	+47B	−3B	4.0	17.0	19.0	11.25	1818	+0.8
17	Cherepynskyi, Kyrylo	1670	UKR	+69N	+55B	−4N	+65B	−8N	+36B	4.0	16.5	18.5	9.50	1937	+72.4
18	Celmare, Radu-Constantin	1689	ROU	+75B	−19N	+80B	+30N	+55B	−2B	4.0	15.5	16.5	8.00	1830	+39.2
19	Panaite, Eduard-Andrei	1831	ROU	+39N	+18B	=21N	=14B	−13N	=24B	3.5	19.0	22.0	12.50	1755	-22.0
20	Gheorghita, Stefan	1698	ROU	+73N	+36B	=6B	−5N	=31B	=30N	3.5	18.5	20.0	10.00	1831	+34.0
21	Gusyev, Dmytro	1662	UKR	+82B	+23N	=19B	−6N	+50B	−12B	3.5	18.5	19.5	8.75	1753	+24.4
22	Guriencu, Gabriel-Alexandru	1615	ROU	−4N	+78B	+36N	−2B	=35B	+51N	3.5	18.0	19.0	8.00	1821	+52.8
23	Savin, Mihai	1785	ROU	+66N	−21B	+43N	+59B	=12N	−5B	3.5	17.5	19.5	9.25	1758	-6.8
24	Dirmon-Diaconu, David-Marian	1722	ROU	+56B	−8N	+64B	−11N	+61B	=19N	3.5	17.0	19.0	8.25	1765	+11.2
25	Grigore, Ioana-Catalina	1626	ROU	−1B	+74N	−11B	=58N	+73B	+50N	3.5	16.5	18.0	6.50	1681	+10.4
26	Toma, Maria C.	1686	ROU	+79N	−16B	−10N	+63B	+64N	=27B	3.5	16.0	17.0	6.75	1758	+16.8
27	Turcu, Fanel	1855	ROU	+45B	=29N	−49B	=61N	+34B	=26N	3.5	15.5	17.5	10.50	1723	-19.0
28	Tuzlaru, Darius-Mihai	1749	ROU	+74B	−1N	=61B	−50N	+52B	+53N	3.5	15.5	17.0	7.50	1683	-20.0
29	Moldoveanu, Paul	1713	ROU	+83N	=27B	−9N	=48B	=39N	+67B	3.5	15.5	15.5	6.50	1690	-3.2
30	Arghirescu, Marius	1813	ROU	+67N	−59B	+41N	−18B	+48N	=20B	3.5	15.0	17.0	9.25	1709	-15.6
31	Anghel, Robert	1653	ROU	+10N	+37B	=16N	−9B	=20N	−14B	3.0	20.5	23.5	11.25	1802	+44.4
32	Puscasu, Marian-Constantin	1651	ROU	+3N	=9B	−14N	+54B	−37N	=39B	3.0	19.5	22.0	11.25	1701	+5.4
33	Ilie, Radu-Maricel	1779	ROU	+63N	+34B	−1B	−47N	=53B	=45N	3.0	17.5	19.5	7.75	1656	-19.2
34	Stencau, Filip	1658	ROU	+42B	−33N	−3N	+68B	−27N	+64B	3.0	16.5	18.5	7.00	1766	+31.6
35	Matei, Mihai-Florin	1733	ROU	−54N	+57B	+66N	−10B	=22N	=41B	3.0	16.0	18.0	7.75	1736	+0.2
36	Malureanu, Andrei	1831	ROU	+61B	−20N	−22B	+60N	+46B	−17N	3.0	16.0	18.0	7.00	1635	-60.8
37	Dumitrascu, Daniel	1782	ROU	+52B	−31N	F	+45N	+32B	−6N	3.0	16.0	16.0	8.50	1747	-4.2
38	Marinescu, Iustin	1763	ROU	=50N	=54B	+40N	+39B	−3N	F	3.0	16.0	16.0	8.50	1755	0.0
39	Escu, Stefan-Robert	1580	ROU	−19B	+75N	+51B	−38N	=29B	=32N	3.0	15.5	16.5	6.75	1669	+18.8
40	Popa, Nicolae	1588	ROU	−7B	+70N	−38B	+75N	+62B	−15N	3.0	15.5	16.5	5.00	1581	-1.0
41	Militaru, Andreea-Elena	1623	ROU	−6B	+72N	−30B	+80N	=51B	=35N	3.0	15.0	16.0	5.25	1655	+6.4
42	Raducanu, Andrei-Augustin	1981	ROU	−34N	+50B	+44N	−12B	+59N	F	3.0	15.0	15.0	7.50	1732	-26.6
43	Caraghete, Ana-Marina	1609	ROU	−8B	+56N	−23B	=73N	=58B	+68N	3.0	14.5	16.0	6.25	1571	-11.2
44	Pertea, Ion-Marian	1653	ROU	−5B	+77N	−42B	−52N	+80B	+58N	3.0	13.0	14.0	4.00	1655	-4.0
45	Bocaneala, Patrick	1603	ROU	−27N	+83B	=55N	−37B	+77N	=33B	3.0	13.0	13.0	3.75	1677	+16.4
46	Moraru, Stefan-Robert	1634	ROU	−65N	−58B	+56N	+78B	−36N	+66B	3.0	11.5	12.5	5.50	1515	-30.8
47	Dospin, Nicola-Diana	1551	ROU	F	F	+76N	+33B	−16N	+49B	3.0	10.5	10.5	6.50	1952	+82.4
48	Pomirleanu, Ioana-Cristiana	1640	ROU	+11B	=15N	−5B	=29N	−30B	=52N	2.5	20.0	22.5	9.50	1733	+23.6
49	Dragomir, Sorin	1731	ROU	F	+71B	+27N	=16B	−2N	−47N	2.5	17.5	17.5	7.50	1749	+2.0
50	Draghici, Alexandru-Denis	1507	ROU	=38B	−42N	+71N	+28B	−21N	−25B	2.5	16.5	18.5	7.00	1664	+39.6
51	Popovici, Cristinel-Adrian	1752	ROU	+68N	−2B	−39N	+66B	=41N	−22B	2.5	16.5	18.5	5.50	1573	-28.6
52	Kacean, Serghei	1568	MDA	−37N	−10B	+83N	+44B	−28N	=48B	2.5	16.5	16.5	4.25	1609	+4.6
53	Athyridis, Aristotelis	1625	ROU	−2N	+68B	−65N	+79B	=33N	−28B	2.5	15.5	16.5	4.50	1616	-8.4
54	Butacu, Maria	0	ROU	+35B	=38N	−15B	−32N	−67B	+72N	2.5	15.0	16.5	6.00	1550	0.0
55	Frunza, Ionel	1809	ROU	+64B	−17N	=45B	+67N	−18N	F	2.5	15.0	15.0	5.50	1622	-24.2
56	Miron, Marian	0	ROU	−24N	−43B	−46B	+81N	=60B	+74N	2.5	13.0	14.0	3.50	1472	0.0
57	Dita, Maria-Del-Carmen	1536	ROU	−15B	−35N	−75B	+70N	+82B	=60N	2.5	12.0	13.0	4.00	1420	-16.0
58	Mohonea, Maria	1501	ROU	−13N	+46N	−62B	=25B	=43N	−44B	2.0	16.5	18.5	6.25	1549	+14.0
59	Radu, Victor Mihai	1683	ROU	+81B	+30N	−7B	−23N	−42B	F	2.0	16.5	17.5	4.50	1662	-3.6
60	Ursu, Bogdan	1579	ROU	−16N	+79B	−12N	−36B	=56N	=57B	2.0	16.5	17.5	3.50	1408	-30.0
61	Puia, Vlad-Filip	1588	ROU	−36N	+73B	=28N	=27B	−24N	F	2.0	15.5	17.0	5.00	1598	-1.2
62	Patrascu, Maria	1722	ROU	+78N	−4B	+58N	−3B	−40N	F	2.0	15.5	15.5	3.00	1536	-40.4
63	Iorgoiu, Minuviu	1567	ROU	−33B	−11N	+70B	−26N	+69B	−71N	2.0	15.0	17.0	4.00	955	-22.6
64	Bors, Alexia	1576	ROU	−55N	+69B	−24N	+76B	−26B	−34N	2.0	14.5	15.5	3.00	1475	-22.4
65	Cirlan, Ionut-Gheorghe	1923	ROU	+46B	−13N	+53B	−17N	F	F	2.0	13.5	13.5	5.50	1680	-23.8
66	Costea, Ghita	1574	ROU	−23B	+82N	−35B	−51N	+75B	−46N	2.0	13.0	14.0	2.00	932	-23.8
67	Paparuz, Vasile	1578	ROU	−30B	+81N	F	−55B	+54N	−29N	2.0	13.0	13.0	3.50	979	-14.8
68	Munteanu, Eduard-Andrei D.	1467	ROU	−51B	−53N	+81B	−34N	+76N	−43B	2.0	12.0	13.0	2.00	1431	-8.0
69	FIDE 42264243	0	—	−17B	−64N	=72B	=74N	−63N	+78B	2.0	11.0	12.0	2.50	1263	0.0
70	Serban, Sebastian-Cristian	0	ROU	−76N	−40B	−63N	−57B	+81N	+79B	2.0	9.5	10.5	2.00	800	0.0
71	Ciorici, Eugen	1611	ROU	F	−49N	−50B	F	+78N	+63B	2.0	8.0	8.0	3.00	1483	-10.2
72	Gagiu, Elena-Antonia	0	ROU	−12N	−41B	=69N	−77B	+79N	−54B	1.5	13.0	14.0	2.00	824	0.0
73	Anghel, Bianca-Maria	0	ROU	−20B	−61N	F	=43B	−25N	+77B	1.5	13.0	13.0	2.50	1462	0.0
74	Valahu, Dan	1402	ROU	−28N	−25B	−79N	=69B	+83N	−56B	1.5	12.5	12.5	1.00	891	-24.0
75	Constantin, Dragos	0	ROU	−18N	−39B	+57N	−40B	−66N	−80N	1.0	14.5	15.5	2.50	1297	0.0
76	Negrus, Eduard	1701	ROU	+70B	−7N	−47B	−64N	−68B	F	1.0	13.5	13.5	2.00	807	-49.4
77	Davidescu, Ioan	1519	ROU	−14N	−44B	F	+72N	−45B	−73N	1.0	13.0	13.0	1.50	875	-35.6
78	Sbarcea, Rebecca	0	ROU	−62B	−22N	+82B	−46N	−71B	−69N	1.0	12.5	13.5	1.00	853	0.0
79	FIDE 42264227	0	—	−26B	−60N	+74B	−53N	−72B	−70N	1.0	11.5	13.0	1.50	1417	0.0
80	Lazar, Sara	1432	ROU	F	F	−18N	−41B	−44N	+75B	1.0	11.0	11.0	1.00	856	-26.0
81	FIDE 42254965	0	—	−59N	−67B	−68N	−56B	−70B	+82N	1.0	10.5	11.5	1.00	775	0.0
82	FIDE 42264251	0	—	−21N	−66B	−78N	+83B	−57N	−81B	1.0	10.0	10.0	0.00	792	0.0
83	FIDE 42240263	0	—	−29B	−45N	−52B	−82N	−74B	F	0.0	11.5	11.5	0.00	803	0.0
84	Costea, Gheorghe	1562	ROU	−9N	−3B	F	F	F	F	0.0	11.0	11.0	0.00	1062	-12.4

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Dospin, Nicola-DianaROU
+82.4
3.0 pts · #27
2Cherepynskyi, KyryloUKR
+72.4
4.0 pts · #28
3Munteanu, Stefan P.ROU
+52.8
4.5 pts · #17

Top rating losers

1Malureanu, AndreiROU
-60.8
3.0 pts · #31
2Negrus, EduardROU
-49.4
1.0 pts · #71
3Patrascu, MariaROU
-40.4
2.0 pts · #66

Biggest upsets

R1+323 Elo gap
Stencau, Filip1658 beat Raducanu, Andrei-Augustin1981
R1+314 Elo gap
Anghel, Robert1653 beat Ionita, Emilian-Paul1967
R1+302 Elo gap
Pomirleanu, Ioana-Cristiana1640 beat Telea, Stefan1942