Danube Waves Trophy - C

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24 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 25 Apr 2026 to 26 Apr 2026 in Galati, Romania. Top 10 Elo average was 1522, and top seed was Razvan-Mihai Rosu (🇷🇴 ROU, 1756).

Alexandru Petrov (🇷🇴 ROU, 1499) won with 5.0/6, ahead of Razvan-Mihai Rosu (4.5) and David-Nicolas Panait (4.5). Petrov won solo starting round 4.

The biggest upset came in round 3: Tudor-Stefan Vank (1500) beat Razvan-Mihai Rosu (1756), a +256-point gap.

Location

🇷🇴Galati, Romania

Dates

25 Apr 2026 → 26 Apr 2026

Time control

Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 6 rounds

Top seed

🇷🇴Razvan-Mihai Rosu1756

Avg top 10

1,522

Participants

Federations · 1 represented

🇷🇴Romania×18

Top 3

🥇
Alexandru Petrov
🇷🇴ROU·1499
5.0pts·1714perf+44.8
🥈
Razvan-Mihai Rosu
🇷🇴ROU·1756
4.5pts·1668perf-20.4
🥉
David-Nicolas Panait
🇷🇴ROU·1526
4.5pts·1484perf-7.2

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 6 rounds

Alexandru Petrov led from R4; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders

Petrov5Rosu4.5Oprisan4.5Panait4.5Iorgu4Romanescu4

R4–R6 · LEAD HELD

Alexandru Petrov held the sole lead from R4 through R6 without losing it.

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

Alexandru Petrov 4 wins (R1–R4)Ilinca-Natalia Oprisan 3 wins (R1–R3)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Alexandru Petrov	*	—	½	½
2Razvan-Mihai Rosu	—	*	1	—
3Ilinca-Natalia Oprisan	½	0	*	1
4David-Nicolas Panait	½	—	0	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Petrov, Alexandru	1499	ROU	+11N	+17B	+8N	+7B	=4N	=3B	5.0	19.5	21.5	17.00	1714	+44.8
2	Rosu, Razvan-Mihai	1756	ROU	+13N	+6B	−7N	+4B	+9N	=5B	4.5	19.5	23.0	17.50	1668	-20.4
3	Panait, David-Nicolas	1526	ROU	+12N	+9B	−4N	+14B	+16N	=1N	4.5	19.5	22.0	15.00	1484	-7.2
4	Oprisan, Ilinca-Natalia	1495	ROU	+20B	+21N	+3B	−2N	=1B	+7B	4.5	19.0	20.0	13.00	1665	+35.2
5	Romanescu, Horia	1490	ROU	+16N	=8B	=6N	+12B	=7N	=2N	4.0	19.0	21.5	13.75	1574	+16.4
6	Iorgu, Teodor-Razvan	1474	ROU	+23B	−2N	=5B	+8B	+10N	=9B	4.0	19.0	19.0	10.75	1567	+18.4
7	Vank, Tudor-Stefan	1500	ROU	+19B	+15N	+2B	−1N	=5B	−4N	3.5	21.0	23.0	11.50	1540	+9.2
8	Costache, Alexandru	1564	ROU	+10B	=5N	−1B	−6N	+22N	+16B	3.5	19.0	20.0	9.00	1215	-52.4
9	Condurache, Efrem-Teodor	1457	ROU	+22B	−3N	+24B	+18N	−2B	=6N	3.5	16.0	16.0	5.00	1463	-2.0
10	Popov, Matei	0	ROU	−8N	=16B	+13N	+17B	−6B	+18N	3.5	15.5	17.5	8.75	1478	0.0
11	Onica, Ioana	0	ROU	−1B	−18N	+19B	+20N	+?B	=12B	3.5	14.0	14.0	5.25	671	0.0
12	Anghel, Andrei C.	0	ROU	−3B	+23N	+?B	−5N	+17B	=11N	3.5	14.0	14.0	3.75	708	0.0
13	Zaharia, Stefan-Lucian	1432	ROU	−2B	=20N	−10B	+21N	+24B	+14B	3.5	13.5	13.5	4.75	956	-5.2
14	FIDE 42264332	0	—	−15B	+19N	+21B	−3N	+18B	−13N	3.0	15.0	16.0	5.00	1272	0.0
15	Cercel, Ilinca	1459	ROU	+14N	−7B	−17N	−16B	+23N	+22B	3.0	12.0	12.0	4.00	700	-17.6
16	Botgros, Antonio-Darius	0	ROU	−5B	=10N	+20B	+15N	−3B	−8N	2.5	18.5	20.0	6.25	1317	0.0
17	Lupea, Sonia-Viviana	0	ROU	+18B	−1N	+15B	−10N	−12N	−19B	2.0	17.0	19.0	5.00	1487	0.0
18	Scarlet, Eduard-Nectarie	1442	ROU	−17N	+11B	+22N	−9B	−14N	−10B	2.0	15.5	16.5	4.50	657	-19.2
19	Balmus, Maria	0	ROU	−7N	−14B	−11N	F	+21B	+17N	2.0	13.0	13.0	3.00	700	0.0
20	FIDE 42262860	0	—	−4N	=13B	−16N	−11B	F	+?N	1.5	14.0	14.0	1.75	1271	0.0
21	FIDE 42253802	0	—	F	−4B	−14N	−13B	−19N	+23B	1.0	13.0	13.0	0.00	664	0.0
22	FIDE 42265991	0	—	−9N	F	−18B	+24N	−8B	−15N	1.0	12.0	12.0	0.00	681	0.0
23	FIDE 42254612	0	—	−6N	−12B	F	−?N	−15B	−21N	0.0	11.5	11.5	0.00	667	0.0
24	FIDE 42265983	0	—	F	F	−9N	−22B	−13N	F	0.0	8.0	8.0	0.00	645	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Petrov, AlexandruROU
+44.8
5.0 pts · #2
2Oprisan, Ilinca-NataliaROU
+35.2
4.5 pts · #4
3Iorgu, Teodor-RazvanROU
+18.4
4.0 pts · #6

Top rating losers

1Costache, AlexandruROU
-52.4
3.5 pts · #13
2Rosu, Razvan-MihaiROU
-20.4
4.5 pts · #1
3Scarlet, Eduard-NectarieROU
-19.2
2.0 pts · #21

Biggest upsets

R3+256 Elo gap
Vank, Tudor-Stefan1500 beat Rosu, Razvan-Mihai1756