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Spring Cup Napocensis - 4th ed.

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25 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 18 Apr 2026 to 19 Apr 2026 in Cluj-Napoca, Romania. 3 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1827, and top seed was Ionel Miron (🇷🇴 ROU, 1941).

Ionel Miron (🇷🇴 ROU, 1941) won with 5.5/6, ahead of Vlad-Alexandru Enache (5.0) and Eduard Hale (4.5). Miron won solo starting round 4.

The biggest upset came in round 6: Vlad-Alexandru Enache (1525) beat Vasile-Adrian Velcherean (1899), a +374-point gap.

Location
🇷🇴Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Dates
18 Apr 2026 → 19 Apr 2026
Time control
Standard: All Moves in 60 Min. Incr. 10 Sec. / /
System
Swiss · 6 rounds
Top seed
🇷🇴Ionel Miron1941
Avg top 10
1,827
Participants
25
Federations · 3 represented
🇷🇴Romania×22
🇭🇺Hungary×2
🇩🇪Germany×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 6 rounds

Ionel Miron led from R4; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
7
4
2
1
1
1
1.534.56R1R2R3R4R5R6
Miron5.5Enache5Hale4.5Strugari4Blaga4David3.5
R4–R6 · LEAD HELD

Ionel Miron held the sole lead from R4 through R6 without losing it.

R3 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Ionel Miron beat Vlad-Alexandru Enache (White).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

Ionel Miron 5 wins (R1–R5)Vlad-Alexandru Enache 3 wins (R4–R6)Eduard Hale 4 wins (R2–R5)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Ionel Miron*
1
½
—
2Vlad-Alexandru Enache
0
*
1
—
3Eduard Hale
½
0
*—
4Vasile Strugari———*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Miron, Ionel1941ROU+14B+7N+2B+8N+13B=3N5.518.520.518.252052+10.0
2Enache, Vlad-Alexandru1525ROU+3B+4B−1N+12N+8B+9N5.020.023.017.502047+74.8
3Hale, Eduard1746ROU−2N+20B+21N+23B+4N=1B4.516.517.59.751825+26.4
4Blaga, Mate1722ROU+20B−2N+16B+6N−3B+13N4.017.518.59.001801+28.0
5Strugari, Vasile1893ROU+17N+10B−8N+18B=7B=6N4.015.017.010.501801-11.2
6David, Lucian-Marius1848ROU−8N+15N+14B−4B+11N=5B3.516.018.09.001781-9.4
7Bindea, Robert-Alexandru1577ROU+11N−1BF+22B=5N+14B3.515.515.58.001916+33.6
8Paraschiv, Andrei-Cristian1604ROU+6B+22N+5B−1B−2N−12N3.021.022.08.501718+12.0
9Velcherean, Vasile-Adrian1899ROUF−18N+15B+10B+16N−2B3.014.014.07.001736-17.6
10Haldea, Tudor1562ROU+16B−5N=25B−9N=15B+17N3.013.013.55.251790+66.4
11Pal, Ferenc1764HUN−7B−14N+24B+17N−6B+15N3.013.013.54.501665-15.4
12Capota, Radu-Mircea0ROUFF+23N−2B+14N+8B3.011.011.06.001788+8.4
13Vitan, Daniel-Attila1759ROU=24B+25NF+21B−1N−4B2.511.511.51.751732-6.4
14Pau, Emanuel1687ROU−1N+11B−6N+25B−12B−7N2.018.519.03.501659-5.0
15Ghise, Bogdan1674ROU=19N−6B−9N+24B=10N−11B2.014.014.52.751621-18.4
16Beres, Ferenc1761HUN−10N+17B−4NF−9B+21N2.013.514.53.001625-18.8
17Pacurar, Iulian1676ROU−5B−16N+20N−11B+22N−10B2.013.014.02.001439-58.4
18Ciciovean, Paul-Nicolae1797ROUF+9B+19N−5NFF2.08.58.54.502010+17.2
19Dohon, Marius1864GER=15B+24N−18BFFF1.56.56.51.501669-14.2
20Sandea, Dorin-Gheorghe1413ROU−4N−3N−17BF−21B+24N1.012.012.00.5014210.0
21Tamas, Alexandru-Marius1626ROUFF−3B−13N+20N−16B1.010.010.01.001477-15.0
22Oprean, Lucian-Daniel0ROUF−8BF−7N−17B+23N1.09.59.51.0014110.0
23Luca, Vlad-Codrin1565ROUFF−12B−3N+25N−22B1.09.09.00.501651+12.4
24Politic, Eduard1536ROU=13N−19B−11N−15NF−20B0.510.010.01.251329-41.6
25Ferenczi, Sandor-Levente0ROUF−13B=10N−14N−23BF0.58.58.51.501321-49.4

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets