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Check & Mate - A

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29 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 21 May 2026 to 24 May 2026 in Cristian-Brasov, Romania. 15 titled players from 4 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2308, and top seed was Md Imran (🇮🇳 IND, IM, 2462).

Vladimir-Alexandru Cnejev (🇷🇴 ROU, IM, 2419) won with 4.5/6, ahead of Nicodim-Cosmin Stepanencu (4.5) and Md Imran (4.5). Cnejev shared the lead from round 1, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Mihai Veneteanu (2132) beat Md Imran (IM, 2462), a +330-point gap.

Location
🇷🇴Cristian-Brasov, Romania
Dates
21 May 2026 → 24 May 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 6 rounds
Top seed
🇮🇳IMMd Imran2462
Avg top 10
2,308
Participants
29
Titled players · 15
IM×3
FM×7
CM×2
WGM×1
WIM×1
WFM×1
Federations · 4 represented
🇷🇴Romania×26
🇺🇦Ukraine×1
🇹🇷Turkiye×1
🇮🇳India×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 6 rounds

Tight race until R5; 3 players tied at 4.5/6, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 3 at the finish.

Co-leaders
11
5
6
2
1
3
1.534.56R1R2R3R4R5R6
Cnejev4.5Imran4.5Stepanencu4.5Itkis4Tamas4Ovezdurdyyeva4
R5–R6 · LEAD HELD

IM Vladimir-Alexandru Cnejev held the sole lead from R5 through R6 without losing it.

R6 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

3 players finish on 4.5/6. Cnejev takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (20.0).

R2–R4 · WIN STREAK

IM Md Imran won 3 in a row (R2–R4).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1IMVladimir-Alexandru Cnejev*—
0
1
2IMMd Imran—*——
3FMNicodim-Cosmin Stepanencu
1
—*
½
4IMBoris Itkis
0
—
½
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Cnejev, Vladimir-AlexandruIM2419ROU+11N+14B=5N+7B+4B−2N4.520.023.016.502435+1.5
2Stepanencu, Nicodim-CosminFM2326ROU+29N=4B=7N+14B=5N+1B4.519.519.513.502446+18.6
3Md ImranIM2462IND−6B+28N+9B+15N=8B+11N4.518.518.512.502354-6.0
4Botea, David-AlexandruFM2215ROU+22B=2N+18B+10B−1N=7N4.019.021.012.252385+54.8
5Tamas, Christian-ArrydanFM2324ROU+28B+20N=1B=8N=2B=9N4.019.019.010.502336+3.6
6Veneteanu, Mihai2132ROU+3N−10B+20N+12N−7B+14B4.018.520.513.002379+38.4
7Itkis, BorisIM2242ROU+26B+25N=2B−1N+6N=4B4.018.520.011.252314+6.1
8Craciun, Sasha-MateiFM2239ROU+23N+21B=10N=5B=3N=12B4.017.519.511.752386+23.6
9Ovezdurdyyeva, JemalWIM2213ROU=27N+17B−3N+25B+22N=5B4.014.515.58.502250+6.6
10Nedelcu, Teodor-CosminFM2333ROU+16B+6N=8B−4N−11B+22N3.518.520.511.002196-19.6
11Panait, Razvan-Alexandru2117ROU−1B+24N=25B+19N+10N−3B3.517.018.58.752266+44.0
12Serban, Cristian-StefanFM2286ROU−21N+29B+16N−6B+20N=8N3.515.015.07.002163-17.8
13Doluhanova, EvgeniyaWGM2199UKR−20B−26N=17N+29B+25N+18B3.510.010.05.252108-12.8
14Dodoi, Matei-TeodorCM2225ROU+24B−1N+26B−2N+15B−6N3.018.019.56.502195-9.6
15Danila, Tudor-GabrielCM2172ROU=17N=19B+21N−3B−14N+20B3.014.516.56.502128-15.6
16Tudoroiu, Razvan-Catalin2106ROU−10N+23B−12B−24N+28N+21B3.013.013.04.002152+6.8
17Maria, Lia-AlexandraWFM1975ROU=15B−9N=13B=26N=23B=27N2.514.015.05.502067+25.6
18Teodorescu, Ion2219ROU=19N+27B−4N−22B+24B−13N2.514.015.04.252030-30.6
19Stan, Andrei-Mihaita2038ROU=18B=15NF−11B=21N+23B2.513.013.05.752134+13.0
20Samu, Sorin-Mihai1978ROU+13N−5B−6B+27N−12B−15N2.018.019.04.502062+10.6
21Melinte, Rares-Andrei2088ROU+12B−8N−15B=23N=19B−16N2.016.018.05.752027-9.6
22Ghita, Vlad-Bogdan2023ROU−4NF+27B+18N−9B−10B2.015.015.03.502125+11.8
23Ivancescu, Bogdan-Andrei2073ROU−8B−16N+28B=21B=17N−19N2.014.014.02.251965-34.4
24Trifu, Stefan2041ROU−14N−11B+29N+16B−18NF2.012.012.03.002080+9.2
25Voinescu, Marian-David1962ROUF−7B=11N−9N−13B+28B1.515.015.01.752024+13.6
26Sertbay, Huseyin2081TUR−7N+13B−14N=17BFF1.513.013.04.752073-1.6
27Aldea, Maria-Antonia2006ROU=9B−18N−22N−20BF=17B1.013.013.03.251842-40.8
28Zlate-Ion, Matei2092ROU−5N−3B−23NF−16B−25N0.015.015.00.001385-80.0
29Lupu, Ovidiu-JeanFM2092ROU−2B−12N−24B−13NFF0.013.513.50.001413-27.6

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets