Memoriallul Inzov, editia 2026

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34 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 13 Mar 2026 to 15 Mar 2026 in Taraclia, Moldova. 1 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 1830, and top seed was Sergiu Bargan (🇲🇩 MDA, IM, 2201).

Sergiu Bargan (🇲🇩 MDA, IM, 2201) won with 7.5/9, ahead of Vladislav Ivarlac (7.5) and Iuri Tatarciuc (7.0). Bargan won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 4: Vadim Tafratov (1448) beat Evghenii Stoev (1750), a +302-point gap.

Location

🇲🇩Taraclia, Moldova

Dates

13 Mar 2026 → 15 Mar 2026

Time control

Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1 Fast Standard

System

Swiss · 9 rounds

Top seed

🇲🇩IMSergiu Bargan2201

Avg top 10

1,830

Participants

Titled players · 1

IM×1

Federations · 1 represented

🇲🇩Moldova×29

Top 3

🥇
IMSergiu Bargan
🇲🇩MDA·2201
7.5pts·2108perf-4.4
🥈
Vladislav Ivarlac
🇲🇩MDA·2084
7.5pts·2070perf+7.6
🥉
Iuri Tatarciuc
🇲🇩MDA·1943
7.0pts·1999perf+17.0

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

Tight race until R7; 2 players tied at 7.5/9, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 4 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.

Co-leaders

Ivarlac7.5Bargan7.5Mocanu7Tatarciuc7Bishir6Munteanu6

R7 · LEADER CHANGE15 Mar

Vladislav Ivarlac takes the sole lead (6.0/7).

R9 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 7.5/9. Bargan takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (49.0).

R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Vladislav Ivarlac drew with IM Sergiu Bargan (White).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Vladislav Ivarlac	*	½	1	½
2IMSergiu Bargan	½	*	½	½
3Andrian Mocanu	0	½	*	1
4Iuri Tatarciuc	½	½	0	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Bargan, SergiuIM	2201	MDA	+14N	+5B	=4N	+7B	=2N	+6B	=3N	+11B	+15N	7.5	49.0	54.0	43.25	2108	-4.4
2	Ivarlac, Vladislav	2084	MDA	+29B	+10N	+9B	=3N	=1B	+4B	+11N	+5B	=6N	7.5	48.5	51.5	41.25	2070	+7.6
3	Tatarciuc, Iuri	1943	MDA	+13N	+30B	+6N	=2B	−4N	+17B	=1B	+12N	+9B	7.0	47.5	50.5	36.00	1999	+17.0
4	Mocanu, Andrian	1845	MDA	+25B	+26N	=1B	+17N	+3B	−2N	+9B	+7N	=8B	7.0	46.0	49.5	35.50	1998	+71.2
5	Munteanu, Stanislav	1638	MDA	+28B	−1N	+12B	+9N	=8B	=7N	+10B	−2N	+18N	6.0	45.5	49.0	28.50	1866	+86.4
6	Bishir, Ivan	1746	MDA	+27B	+19N	−3B	+29N	+25B	−1N	=7B	+13N	=2B	6.0	44.0	47.0	26.00	1854	+23.2
7	Comur, Dmitrii	1828	MDA	+20N	=17B	+11N	−1N	+10B	=5B	=6N	−4B	+25N	5.5	45.0	48.5	25.75	1747	-24.0
8	Burlaca, Daniil	1660	MDA	+31N	+16B	−17N	+19B	=5N	−11B	+26N	=10B	=4N	5.5	40.5	43.5	25.00	1657	-0.4
9	Azman, Alexandr	0	MDA	+18N	+14B	−2N	−5B	+16N	+25B	−4N	+26B	−3N	5.0	45.5	49.0	21.50	1739	+12.0
10	Stancev, Victor	1601	MDA	+15N	−2B	+13N	+16B	−7N	+14B	−5N	=8N	=12B	5.0	44.5	49.5	25.25	1671	+29.6
11	Barbul, Chirill	1515	MDA	+23B	=12N	−7B	+28N	+26B	+8N	−2B	−1N	=13B	5.0	43.5	47.0	21.50	1671	+50.4
12	Stoev, Evghenii	1750	MDA	+21N	=11B	−5N	−20B	+28N	+29B	+17N	−3B	=10N	5.0	39.0	42.0	20.00	1532	-77.2
13	Militan, Dmitrii	1455	MDA	−3B	+33N	−10B	+24N	=19N	+18B	+30N	−6B	=11N	5.0	39.0	40.5	17.75	1573	+36.8
14	Panisco, Alexandr	1468	MDA	−1B	−9N	+23B	+31N	+22B	−10N	−15B	+27N	+20B	5.0	38.0	41.0	18.50	1601	+43.6
15	Manaf, Grigorii	0	MDA	−10B	−18B	−21N	+34N	+31B	+28B	+14N	+20N	−1B	5.0	36.5	36.5	15.50	1615	0.0
16	Artimenco, Iurii	1481	MDA	+34B	−8N	+27B	−10N	−9B	+22N	−20B	+30B	+24N	5.0	34.0	34.0	14.50	1469	-45.2
17	Casapu, Sergiu	1521	MDA	+24N	=7N	+8B	−4B	+20N	−3N	−12B	−25B	+26N	4.5	41.5	45.0	19.75	1647	+59.2
18	Borimecicov, Maxim	1561	MDA	−9B	+15N	F	+27N	=29B	−13N	+21B	+19N	−5B	4.5	36.5	39.5	18.50	1502	-21.2
19	Jurcanu, Nicolae	1482	MDA	+22N	−6B	+31N	−8N	=13B	=20B	=25N	−18B	+30N	4.5	35.5	38.5	16.25	1518	+3.6
20	Tafratov, Vadim	1448	MDA	−7B	+23N	=26B	+12N	−17B	=19N	+16N	−15B	−14N	4.0	38.5	42.0	18.00	1545	+31.2
21	Voinschii, Victor	0	MDA	−12B	=28N	+15B	−25N	+27B	−26N	−18N	=22B	+31N	4.0	32.5	35.5	15.25	1452	0.0
22	FIDE 13921541	0	—	−19B	−27N	+33B	+23N	−14N	−16B	=29N	=21N	+32B	4.0	31.0	32.5	11.00	1156	0.0
23	Iurovschii, Alexandr	0	MDA	−11N	−20B	−14N	−22B	=33B	+34N	=27B	+32N	+29B	4.0	28.0	28.0	7.50	1339	0.0
24	Iliev, Egor	0	MDA	−17B	−25N	+34B	−13B	−30N	+33N	+32B	+29N	−16B	4.0	27.5	27.5	6.50	1257	0.0
25	Mavrodi, Ilia	1449	MDA	−4N	+24B	F	+21B	−6N	−9N	=19B	+17N	−7B	3.5	41.0	45.0	14.75	1489	-24.4
26	Kissa, Maxim	1583	MDA	+32N	−4B	=20N	+30B	−11N	+21B	−8B	−9N	−17B	3.5	38.0	40.0	11.00	1374	-68.8
27	Panicerschii, Nikita	1441	MDA	−6N	+22B	−16N	−18B	−21N	+31B	=23N	−14B	+34N	3.5	35.5	35.5	9.00	1325	-60.8
28	FIDE 13918532	0	—	−5N	=21B	+32N	−11B	−12B	−15N	−31N	+34B	+33B	3.5	31.5	31.5	5.50	787	0.0
29	Sipitco, Nicolai	1462	MDA	−2N	+32B	+30N	−6B	=18N	−12N	=22B	−24B	−23N	3.0	38.0	40.0	9.25	1560	+13.6
30	Caireac, Vasilii	1595	MDA	+33B	−3N	−29B	−26N	+24B	+32N	−13B	−16N	−19B	3.0	34.0	35.5	7.50	794	-124.8
31	Gospodinov, Bogdan	1435	MDA	−8B	+34N	−19B	−14B	−15N	−27N	+28B	+33N	−21B	3.0	32.5	32.5	5.00	745	-61.2
32	FIDE 13921517	0	—	−26B	−29N	−28B	+33N	+34B	−30B	−24N	−23B	−22N	2.0	26.5	26.5	1.50	750	0.0
33	FIDE 13920243	0	—	−30N	−13B	−22N	−32B	=23N	−24B	+34N	−31B	−28N	1.5	28.5	28.5	2.00	703	0.0
34	FIDE 13921550	0	—	−16N	−31B	−24N	−15B	−32N	−23B	−33B	−28N	−27B	0.0	30.0	31.5	0.00	744	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Munteanu, StanislavMDA
+86.4
6.0 pts · #9
2Mocanu, AndrianMDA
+71.2
7.0 pts · #2
3Casapu, SergiuMDA
+59.2
4.5 pts · #11

Top rating losers

1Caireac, VasiliiMDA
-124.8
3.0 pts · #30
2Stoev, EvgheniiMDA
-77.2
5.0 pts · #16
3Kissa, MaximMDA
-68.8
3.5 pts · #24

Biggest upsets

R4+302 Elo gap
Tafratov, Vadim1448 beat Stoev, Evghenii1750
R6+145 Elo gap
Barbul, Chirill1515 beat Burlaca, Daniil1660
R7+140 Elo gap
Militan, Dmitrii1455 beat Caireac, Vasilii1595