Bucharest Chess Weekend 66th ed.

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38 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 17 Apr 2026 to 19 Apr 2026 in Bucuresti, Romania. 3 titled players from 4 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2086, and top seed was Lucian-Catalin Carmaciu (🇷🇴 ROU, IM, 2347).

Teodor-Stefan Anghelescu (🇷🇴 ROU, 2045) won with 5.0/6, ahead of Cosmin Tanasie (5.0) and Marika-Nicolas Mihaila (4.5). Anghelescu shared the lead from round 4, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Ioan Ghitoi (1581) beat Stefan Mironescu (1897), a +316-point gap.

Location

🇷🇴Bucuresti, Romania

Dates

17 Apr 2026 → 19 Apr 2026

Time control

Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 6 rounds

Top seed

🇷🇴IMLucian-Catalin Carmaciu2347

Avg top 10

2,086

Participants

Titled players · 3

IM×2

CM×1

Federations · 4 represented

🇷🇴Romania×33

🇲🇩Moldova×2

🇨🇦Canada×2

🇱🇰Sri Lanka×1

Top 3

🥇
Teodor-Stefan Anghelescu
🇷🇴ROU·2045
5.0pts·2280perf+68.4
🥈
CMCosmin Tanasie
🇷🇴ROU·2287
5.0pts·2316perf+12.8
🥉
Marika-Nicolas Mihaila
🇷🇴ROU·1962
4.5pts·2106perf+44.0

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 6 rounds

Tight race until R3; 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

Tanasie5Anghelescu5Mihaila4.5Popescu4Mironescu4Pirvulescu4

R3–R6 · LEAD HELD

CM Cosmin Tanasie held the sole lead from R3 through R6 without losing it.

R6 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 5.0/6. Anghelescu takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (19.5).

R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

CM Cosmin Tanasie drew with Teodor-Stefan Anghelescu (Black).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1CMCosmin Tanasie	*	½	—	—
2Teodor-Stefan Anghelescu	½	*	—	½
3Marika-Nicolas Mihaila	—	—	*	—
4Daniel-Vasilica Popescu	—	½	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Anghelescu, Teodor-Stefan	2045	ROU	+28N	+19B	=6N	+4B	=2B	+12N	5.0	19.5	21.5	17.00	2280	+68.4
2	Tanasie, CosminCM	2287	ROU	+13N	+11B	+16N	=17B	=1N	+24B	5.0	18.0	20.5	16.50	2316	+12.8
3	Mihaila, Marika-Nicolas	1962	ROU	+20N	+26B	−4N	+31B	=24N	+11B	4.5	15.0	16.5	11.25	2106	+44.0
4	Vasilescu, Lucian-MihailIM	2065	ROU	+14B	=5N	+3B	−1N	+23B	=8N	4.0	21.0	23.5	14.50	2021	-2.4
5	Pirvulescu, Adrian	1942	ROU	+27N	=4B	−12N	+13B	=9N	+19B	4.0	18.0	20.0	12.50	2024	+14.0
6	Popescu, Daniel-Vasilica	1989	ROU	+21B	+35N	=1B	=7N	−12B	+25N	4.0	18.0	19.0	11.00	1984	+3.6
7	Mazilu, Stefan Fabian	2120	ROU	F	+18B	+9N	=6B	=11N	+17B	4.0	17.5	17.5	13.75	2156	+5.4
8	Ganea, Yanis-Andrei	1926	ROU	−26N	+21B	+18N	+16B	=17N	=4B	4.0	16.0	18.0	12.50	1960	+13.2
9	Cirlan, Ionut-Gheorghe	1883	ROU	=30B	+29N	−7B	+14N	=5B	+22N	4.0	16.0	17.5	10.75	1920	+7.4
10	Mironescu, Stefan	1897	ROU	−18N	+20B	+26N	−11B	+27N	+16B	4.0	14.5	16.5	10.00	1877	-1.6
11	Dascalescu, Adelin-Stefan	1951	ROU	+22B	−2N	+34B	+10N	=7B	−3N	3.5	20.0	21.0	9.50	1989	+14.4
12	Ghita, Vlad-Bogdan	2016	ROU	+33B	=15N	+5B	F	+6N	−1B	3.5	17.5	17.5	10.75	2063	+7.2
13	Kalubowila, K H N	1837	SRI	−2B	=22N	+29B	−5N	+34B	+23N	3.5	16.0	17.0	6.75	1856	+2.0
14	Ilie, Eduard Andrei	1835	ROU	−4N	=27B	+36N	−9B	+30N	+28B	3.5	13.5	14.0	5.00	1813	-3.6
15	Ciuca, Ianis-Cristian	1877	ROU	+37N	=12B	−17N	+32B	−16N	+31B	3.5	12.5	12.5	4.75	1932	+23.2
16	Rosca, Dragos-Ioan	1992	ROU	+25N	+32B	−2B	−8N	+15B	−10N	3.0	19.0	20.5	7.50	1931	-20.0
17	Codreanu, Alex-Cosmin	2037	ROU	F	+30N	+15B	=2N	=8B	−7N	3.0	18.0	18.0	9.50	2041	+2.8
18	Ghitoi, Ioan	1581	ROU	+10B	−7N	−8B	+20N	−25B	+34N	3.0	17.5	18.5	8.00	1809	+64.0
19	Martinenco, Sergiu	1934	MDA	+23B	−1N	+38B	−24B	+26N	−5N	3.0	16.0	16.0	4.50	1876	-9.0
20	Constantin-Ciuntu, Anne-Sophie	1685	ROU	−3B	−10N	+28N	−18B	+33N	+26B	3.0	15.5	16.5	5.00	1759	+21.6
21	Patrascu, Maria	1690	ROU	−6N	−8N	+37B	−26B	+35N	+27B	3.0	13.0	13.0	3.00	1689	-1.2
22	Ciordas, Andrei-Victor	1662	ROU	−11N	=13B	=27N	+29B	=31N	−9B	2.5	15.0	16.5	5.50	1736	+9.6
23	Lazarean, Colea-Valentin	1648	ROU	−19N	+28B	=32N	+33B	−4N	−13B	2.5	14.0	15.0	3.75	1809	+21.4
24	Carmaciu, Lucian-CatalinIM	2347	ROU	F	F	+33B	+19N	=3B	−2N	2.5	13.5	13.5	6.25	2131	-8.3
25	Ceruta, Alexandra	1696	MDA	−16B	=36N	+30B	F	+18N	−6B	2.5	12.0	12.0	4.75	1749	+10.0
26	Ungureanu, Sorin-Alexandru	1644	ROU	+8B	−3N	−10B	+21N	−19B	−20N	2.0	18.5	21.5	7.00	1724	+9.6
27	Cirstea, Radu	1656	ROU	−5B	=14N	=22B	+38N	−10B	−21N	2.0	17.0	17.0	3.00	1653	-1.8
28	Dragusin, Calin-Ioan	1751	ROU	−1B	−23N	−20B	+37N	+38B	−14N	2.0	14.0	14.0	0.00	1603	-48.4
29	Moroianu, George	1640	ROU	F	−9B	−13N	−22N	+36B	+30B	2.0	12.0	12.0	2.00	1641	-1.0
30	Ilie, Alexandru-Stefan	1573	ROU	=9N	−17B	−25N	+36B	−14B	−29N	1.5	15.0	15.5	2.50	1580	-3.6
31	Anghel, Robert	1788	ROU	F	F	+35B	−3N	=22B	−15N	1.5	11.5	11.5	2.25	1639	-29.2
32	Fulger, Ionut-Alexandru	1905	ROU	+36B	−16N	=23B	−15N	F	F	1.5	9.5	9.5	1.75	1695	-21.8
33	Sandulescu, Gheorghe	1719	ROU	−12N	+37B	−24N	−23N	−20B	F	1.0	11.5	11.5	0.00	1556	-22.8
34	Toma, Maria C.	1666	ROU	F	F	−11N	+35B	−13N	−18B	1.0	11.0	11.0	1.00	1500	-34.8
35	Ion, Gianina-Andreea	1403	ROU	F	−6B	−31N	−34N	−21B	+37B	1.0	9.5	9.5	0.00	1452	+5.6
36	Szatmary, Alex	1610	CAN	−32N	=25B	−14B	−30N	−29N	F	0.5	11.0	11.0	1.25	1364	-25.2
37	Tupilusi, Tudorel	1513	ROU	−15B	−33N	−21N	−28B	F	−35N	0.0	10.5	10.5	0.00	888	-29.2
38	Verma, Raj	1643	CAN	F	F	−19N	−27B	−28N	F	0.0	7.0	7.0	0.00	980	-39.2

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Anghelescu, Teodor-StefanROU
+68.4
5.0 pts · #2
2Ghitoi, IoanROU
+64.0
3.0 pts · #19
3Mihaila, Marika-NicolasROU
+44.0
4.5 pts · #3

Top rating losers

1Dragusin, Calin-IoanROU
-48.4
2.0 pts · #27
2Verma, RajCAN
-39.2
0.0 pts · #38
3Toma, Maria C.ROU
-34.8
1.0 pts · #33

Biggest upsets

R1+316 Elo gap
Ghitoi, Ioan1581 beat Mironescu, Stefan1897
R1+282 Elo gap
Ungureanu, Sorin-Alexandru1644 beat Ganea, Yanis-Andrei1926
R6+110 Elo gap
Ion, Gianina-Andreea1403 beat Tupilusi, Tudorel1513