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Pitesti Chess Classic V - Open

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27 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 24 Apr 2026 to 26 Apr 2026 in Pitesti, Romania. 1 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 1909, and top seed was Daniel Baratosi (πŸ‡·πŸ‡΄ ROU, IM, 2320).

Mihai-Teodor Panaite (πŸ‡·πŸ‡΄ ROU, 1905) won with 5.0/6, ahead of Daniel-Alexandru Dobre (5.0) and Daniel Baratosi (4.5). Panaite shared the lead from round 1, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Irina Ruja (1620) beat Eduard-Vasile Chira (1821), a +201-point gap.

Location
πŸ‡·πŸ‡΄Pitesti, Romania
Dates
24 Apr 2026 β†’ 26 Apr 2026
Time control
Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss Β· 6 rounds
Top seed
πŸ‡·πŸ‡΄IMDaniel Baratosi2320
Avg top 10
1,909
Participants
27
Titled players Β· 1
IMΓ—1
Federations Β· 1 represented
πŸ‡·πŸ‡΄RomaniaΓ—27
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 Β· 6 rounds

Tight race until R6; 2 players tied at 5.0/6, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.

Co-leaders
8
3
2
2
1
2
1.534.56R1R2R3R4R5R6
Dobre5Panaite5Baratosi4.5Ursan4Marcoci4Moroita3.5
R6 Β· TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 5.0/6. Panaite takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (17.5).

WIN STREAKS Β· 3 top finishers

Daniel-Alexandru Dobre 4 wins (R3–R6)Mihai-Teodor Panaite 3 wins (R1–R3)IM Daniel Baratosi 4 wins (R2–R5)

Key matchups Β· top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Daniel-Alexandru Dobre*β€”β€”β€”
2Mihai-Teodor Panaiteβ€”*
Β½
1
3IMDaniel Baratosiβ€”
Β½
*
1
4Radu-Doru Ursanβ€”
0
0
*

Grille amΓ©ricaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΞ”
1Panaite, Mihai-Teodor1905ROU+7B+13N+4B=6N+15B=3N5.017.520.016.002172+73.2
2Dobre, Daniel-Alexandru1936ROU+5Bβˆ’6N+7B+13N+12B+8N5.016.018.515.002075+18.8
3Baratosi, DanielIM2320ROUF+9N+16B+4N+6B=1B4.517.517.515.002286-1.0
4Ursan, Radu-Doru1902ROU+23N+12Bβˆ’1Nβˆ’3B+20N+10B4.016.517.58.001982+11.2
5Marcoci, Ioan1759ROUβˆ’2N+23B=18N=14B+21N+6N4.014.515.58.251830+22.4
6Moroita, Vlad1817ROU+24N+2B+8N=1Bβˆ’3Nβˆ’5B3.521.522.511.501936+36.8
7Nistor, Darius-Ionut1724ROUβˆ’1N+24Bβˆ’2N+25B=14N=20B3.015.016.04.001706-6.8
8Fulger, Ionut-Alexandru1905ROU+11NFβˆ’6B+19N+16Bβˆ’2B3.015.015.06.501837-6.4
9Ruja, Irina1620ROU+10Nβˆ’3Bβˆ’12N+23Bβˆ’11B+24N3.014.015.05.001768+42.0
10Chira, Eduard-Vasile1821ROUβˆ’9B+27N+21Bβˆ’16N+17Bβˆ’4N3.012.513.54.501675-19.6
11Prignea, David-Cristian1740ROUβˆ’8B+26N=19BF+9N=15N3.011.011.06.001735+2.8
12Podea, Andrei1810ROU+26Bβˆ’4N+9BFβˆ’2N=14B2.515.515.55.251712-23.2
13Statescu-Enescu, Vlad1796ROU+19Nβˆ’1B+14Nβˆ’2BF=22N2.515.515.54.751666-14.0
14Plesa, Maria1567ROUF+17Nβˆ’13B=5N=7B=12N2.514.014.06.751769+51.6
15Vlaicu, Aurel1849ROUF+25N+20BFβˆ’1N=11B2.510.510.54.001826-4.4
16Beldiman, Tudor1829ROUFFβˆ’3N+10Bβˆ’8N+17B2.012.512.55.001928+16.4
17Serban, Viorel1755ROUFβˆ’14B+22N+18Bβˆ’10Nβˆ’16N2.011.011.03.501598-20.6
18Ramureanu, Maria-Ioana1618ROUFF=5Bβˆ’17N=19B+27N2.08.58.53.751516-16.0
19Vorovenci, Vladimir-Stefan1408ROUβˆ’13BF=11Nβˆ’8B=18N=21B1.512.012.03.251569+30.4
20Baltac, Constantin1640ROUF+22Bβˆ’15NFβˆ’4B=7N1.511.011.03.001661+0.8
21Stilpeanu, Nicolae1628ROUFFβˆ’10N+24Bβˆ’5B=19N1.59.59.51.751548-9.2
22Ramureanu, Ioan-Vladimir1516ROUFβˆ’20Nβˆ’17BF+25N=13B1.57.07.02.251621+19.2
23Andrei, Marius-Andrei1666ROUβˆ’4Bβˆ’5N+26Bβˆ’9Nβˆ’27BF1.013.013.01.001511-32.4
24Varsescu, Andrei Alexandru1551ROUβˆ’6Bβˆ’7NFβˆ’21N+26Bβˆ’9B1.012.012.01.001425-30.4
25Tirlea, Cristian-Daniel1639ROUFβˆ’15B+27Nβˆ’7Nβˆ’22Bβˆ’26N1.09.09.01.00856-76.8
26Teodorescu, Sorin-Mihai1534ROUβˆ’12Nβˆ’11Bβˆ’23NFβˆ’24N+25B1.08.58.51.001441-22.8
27Netoiu, Adrian0ROUFβˆ’10Bβˆ’25BF+23Nβˆ’18B1.07.07.01.0014930.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets β€” the story behind the numbers.

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