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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 (🇷🇴 ROU, IM, 2320).

Mihai-Teodor Panaite (🇷🇴 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
🇷🇴Pitesti, Romania
Dates
24 Apr 2026 → 26 Apr 2026
Time control
Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 6 rounds
Top seed
🇷🇴IMDaniel Baratosi2320
Avg top 10
1,909
Participants
27
Titled players · 1
IM×1
Federations · 1 represented
🇷🇴Romania×27
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 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
R6 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

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

WIN STREAKS · 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 · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Panaite, Mihai-Teodor1905ROU+7B+13N+4B=6N+15B=3N5.017.520.016.002172+73.2
2Dobre, Daniel-Alexandru1936ROU+5B6N+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+12B1N3B+20N+10B4.016.517.58.001982+11.2
5Marcoci, Ioan1759ROU2N+23B=18N=14B+21N+6N4.014.515.58.251830+22.4
6Moroita, Vlad1817ROU+24N+2B+8N=1B3N5B3.521.522.511.501936+36.8
7Nistor, Darius-Ionut1724ROU1N+24B2N+25B=14N=20B3.015.016.04.001706-6.8
8Fulger, Ionut-Alexandru1905ROU+11NF6B+19N+16B2B3.015.015.06.501837-6.4
9Ruja, Irina1620ROU+10N3B12N+23B11B+24N3.014.015.05.001768+42.0
10Chira, Eduard-Vasile1821ROU9B+27N+21B16N+17B4N3.012.513.54.501675-19.6
11Prignea, David-Cristian1740ROU8B+26N=19BF+9N=15N3.011.011.06.001735+2.8
12Podea, Andrei1810ROU+26B4N+9BF2N=14B2.515.515.55.251712-23.2
13Statescu-Enescu, Vlad1796ROU+19N1B+14N2BF=22N2.515.515.54.751666-14.0
14Plesa, Maria1567ROUF+17N13B=5N=7B=12N2.514.014.06.751769+51.6
15Vlaicu, Aurel1849ROUF+25N+20BF1N=11B2.510.510.54.001826-4.4
16Beldiman, Tudor1829ROUFF3N+10B8N+17B2.012.512.55.001928+16.4
17Serban, Viorel1755ROUF14B+22N+18B10N16N2.011.011.03.501598-20.6
18Ramureanu, Maria-Ioana1618ROUFF=5B17N=19B+27N2.08.58.53.751516-16.0
19Vorovenci, Vladimir-Stefan1408ROU13BF=11N8B=18N=21B1.512.012.03.251569+30.4
20Baltac, Constantin1640ROUF+22B15NF4B=7N1.511.011.03.001661+0.8
21Stilpeanu, Nicolae1628ROUFF10N+24B5B=19N1.59.59.51.751548-9.2
22Ramureanu, Ioan-Vladimir1516ROUF20N17BF+25N=13B1.57.07.02.251621+19.2
23Andrei, Marius-Andrei1666ROU4B5N+26B9N27BF1.013.013.01.001511-32.4
24Varsescu, Andrei Alexandru1551ROU6B7NF21N+26B9B1.012.012.01.001425-30.4
25Tirlea, Cristian-Daniel1639ROUF15B+27N7N22B26N1.09.09.01.00856-76.8
26Teodorescu, Sorin-Mihai1534ROU12N11B23NF24N+25B1.08.58.51.001441-22.8
27Netoiu, Adrian0ROUF10B25BF+23N18B1.07.07.01.0014930.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
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Biggest upsets