Check & Mate - B
Open SwissStandard
58 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 21 May 2026 to 24 May 2026 in Cristian-Brasov, Romania. 1 titled players from 4 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1921, and top seed was Aleksandar Z Arandjelovic (🇷🇸 SRB, 1980).
Alexandru-Bogdan Visoescu (🇷🇴 ROU, 1896) won with 5.5/6, ahead of Dragos-Alexandru Padure (5.0) and Cornel Uscoi (4.5). Visoescu shared the lead from round 5 and broke clear in the final round.
The biggest upset came in round 5: Natalia Puiu (1471) beat Vlad Moroita (1869), a +398-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
Titled players · 1
IM×1
Federations · 4 represented
🇷🇴Romania×50
🇲🇩Moldova×3
🇺🇦Ukraine×1
🇷🇸Serbia×1
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 6 roundsAlexandru-Bogdan Visoescu led from R6; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.
Co-leaders
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R6 · LEADER CHANGE24 May
Alexandru-Bogdan Visoescu takes the sole lead (5.5/6).
WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers
Alexandru-Bogdan Visoescu 4 wins (R3–R6)Dragos-Alexandru Padure 3 wins (R4–R6)Cornel Uscoi 4 wins (R1–R4)
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Alexandru-Bogdan Visoescu | * | — | 1 | — |
| 2Dragos-Alexandru Padure | — | * | — | — |
| 3Cornel Uscoi | 0 | — | * | — |
| 4Gabriel Popa | — | — | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Visoescu, Alexandru-Bogdan | 1896 | ROU | +43B | =14N | +28B | +32N | +11B | +3B | 5.5 | 17.5 | 19.5 | 17.75 | 2161 | +29.8 |
| 2 | Padure, Dragos-Alexandru | 1968 | MDA | +24N | +4B | −10N | +31B | +21B | +9N | 5.0 | 18.5 | 21.0 | 17.00 | 2074 | +31.2 |
| 3 | Uscoi, Cornel | 1974 | ROU | +6B | +13N | +12B | +10N | =9B | −1N | 4.5 | 22.0 | 25.5 | 18.00 | 2023 | +8.4 |
| 4 | Rosu, Razvan-Mihai | 1736 | ROU | +54B | −2N | +49B | +12N | =13B | +34N | 4.5 | 16.5 | 17.5 | 10.75 | 1909 | +47.6 |
| 5 | Popa, Gabriel | 1916 | ROU | +55B | +31N | =9B | −21N | +23B | +13N | 4.5 | 16.0 | 17.0 | 12.00 | 1985 | +11.0 |
| 6 | Cioboata, Luca-Stefan | 1633 | ROU | −3N | +42B | +56N | +41B | =7N | +22B | 4.5 | 16.0 | 16.5 | 9.75 | 1939 | +91.6 |
| 7 | Chelu, Tudor-Iulian | 1791 | ROU | +40B | =48N | =22B | +33N | =6B | +21N | 4.5 | 15.5 | 17.0 | 12.50 | 1906 | +31.6 |
| 8 | Nagy, David-Ervin | 1879 | ROU | =25B | −15N | +44B | +36N | +32B | +16N | 4.5 | 15.0 | 17.0 | 12.00 | 1777 | -22.0 |
| 9 | Arandjelovic, Aleksandar Z | 1980 | SRB | +20N | +27B | =5N | +19B | =3N | −2B | 4.0 | 21.0 | 24.0 | 14.50 | 1983 | +1.6 |
| 10 | Illes, Sandor-Ferenc | 1897 | ROU | +36B | +37N | +2B | −3B | +46N | −11N | 4.0 | 18.5 | 20.5 | 12.00 | 1941 | +8.2 |
| 11 | Rusu, Adrian | 1896 | ROU | +30N | F | +33B | +23B | −1N | +10B | 4.0 | 18.0 | 18.0 | 12.50 | 1979 | +12.4 |
| 12 | Mihai, Giani-Andrei | 1809 | ROU | +38N | +35B | −3N | −4B | +53N | +46B | 4.0 | 16.0 | 17.0 | 8.00 | 1769 | -6.0 |
| 13 | Stoica, Melina-Theodora | 1765 | ROU | +42N | −3B | +30N | +37B | =4N | −5B | 3.5 | 19.0 | 21.0 | 9.75 | 1786 | +10.0 |
| 14 | Ardeleanu, Calin I. | 1712 | ROU | +58N | =1B | −19N | −18B | +42N | +43B | 3.5 | 16.5 | 16.5 | 6.75 | 1680 | -3.8 |
| 15 | Rosu, Vlad-Andrei | 1678 | ROU | =47N | +8B | −34N | =17B | =26N | +37B | 3.5 | 16.0 | 18.0 | 11.25 | 1887 | +56.0 |
| 16 | Puiu, Natalia | 1471 | ROU | −41N | +53B | +27N | =26B | +19N | −8B | 3.5 | 16.0 | 17.0 | 9.00 | 1837 | +79.6 |
| 17 | Marchis, Carla-Ioana | 1766 | ROU | F | +25N | −21B | =15N | +30B | +24N | 3.5 | 15.5 | 15.5 | 10.75 | 1803 | +10.4 |
| 18 | Pascariuc, Rolan | 1605 | MDA | =22B | −21N | +50B | +14N | =34B | =23N | 3.5 | 15.0 | 16.5 | 9.25 | 1821 | +67.6 |
| 19 | Moroita, Vlad | 1869 | ROU | +56B | =32N | +14B | −9N | −16B | +48N | 3.5 | 15.0 | 15.5 | 6.75 | 1676 | -44.0 |
| 20 | Axinte, Patrick-Cristian | 1666 | ROU | −9B | −49N | +54B | =48N | +44B | +31N | 3.5 | 11.5 | 12.5 | 6.25 | 1661 | -2.8 |
| 21 | Ungureanu, Constantin-Gabriel | 1832 | ROU | F | +18B | +17N | +5B | −2N | −7B | 3.0 | 21.0 | 21.0 | 11.50 | 1881 | +7.2 |
| 22 | Panus, VictorIM | 1913 | ROU | =18N | +39B | =7N | F | +28B | −6N | 3.0 | 18.0 | 18.0 | 9.50 | 1725 | -10.5 |
| 23 | Vozneatovschi, Rudi | 1822 | ROU | =50N | +44B | +48B | −11N | −5N | =18B | 3.0 | 15.5 | 17.0 | 6.00 | 1607 | -26.0 |
| 24 | Fodor, Eric-Matei | 1625 | ROU | −2B | +54N | +29B | −46N | +41N | −17B | 3.0 | 15.5 | 16.5 | 6.00 | 1763 | +31.6 |
| 25 | Nedelcu, Stefan | 1550 | ROU | =8N | −17B | −26N | =45B | +54N | +41B | 3.0 | 15.0 | 16.0 | 6.25 | 1683 | +27.6 |
| 26 | Miklos, Norbert | 1889 | ROU | −35N | F | +25B | =16N | =15B | +33N | 3.0 | 15.0 | 15.0 | 9.00 | 1627 | -27.2 |
| 27 | Marchidan, Costica | 1752 | ROU | +49B | −9N | −16B | F | +38N | +32B | 3.0 | 14.0 | 14.0 | 6.50 | 1680 | -7.0 |
| 28 | Tkachenko, Maksym | 1703 | UKR | F | +47B | −1N | +43B | −22N | +50B | 3.0 | 14.0 | 14.0 | 5.50 | 1718 | +3.2 |
| 29 | Turcanu, Otilia | 1878 | MDA | −39N | +38B | −24N | =42B | =35N | +45B | 3.0 | 12.5 | 14.5 | 6.75 | 1527 | -92.4 |
| 30 | Schmit, Andrei-Marian | 1585 | ROU | −11B | +57N | −13B | +56N | −17N | +53B | 3.0 | 12.5 | 13.0 | 2.00 | 1546 | -4.8 |
| 31 | Serban, Viorel | 1734 | ROU | +51N | −5B | +35N | −2N | =33B | −20B | 2.5 | 18.0 | 19.5 | 5.25 | 1572 | -21.6 |
| 32 | Patrascu, Maria | 1689 | ROU | +53B | =19B | +52N | −1B | −8N | −27N | 2.5 | 18.0 | 19.0 | 4.25 | 1696 | +1.6 |
| 33 | Grasu, Vlad-Stefan | 1491 | ROU | +34N | +41B | −11N | −7B | =31N | −26B | 2.5 | 16.5 | 18.5 | 5.75 | 1768 | +70.0 |
| 34 | Szabo, Viktor | 1827 | ROU | −33B | +40N | +15B | F | =18N | −4B | 2.5 | 16.5 | 16.5 | 7.75 | 1594 | -55.2 |
| 35 | Predescu, Ioan-Tudor | 1566 | ROU | +26B | −12N | −31B | =49N | =29B | =40N | 2.5 | 15.0 | 16.5 | 6.50 | 1643 | +16.8 |
| 36 | Moroita, Stefan | 1604 | ROU | −10N | =51B | +47N | −8B | =45N | =39B | 2.5 | 15.0 | 16.5 | 5.00 | 1489 | -26.4 |
| 37 | Istrate, Ioan | 1714 | ROU | +57B | −10B | +39N | −13N | =48B | −15N | 2.5 | 15.0 | 15.5 | 3.75 | 1526 | -19.6 |
| 38 | Postolache, Maya-Stefania | 1469 | ROU | −12B | −29N | =57B | +51N | −27B | +49N | 2.5 | 13.0 | 13.5 | 3.25 | 1522 | +3.2 |
| 39 | Marin, Alexia-Iuliana | 1534 | ROU | +29B | −22N | −37B | −53N | +56B | =36N | 2.5 | 12.0 | 12.5 | 4.75 | 1727 | +22.4 |
| 40 | Gramada, Vladimir-Christian | 1459 | ROU | −7N | −34B | −45N | +58B | +57N | =35B | 2.5 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 1.75 | 1329 | -25.2 |
| 41 | Popa, Valentin | 1820 | ROU | +16B | −33N | +55B | −6N | −24B | −25N | 2.0 | 16.5 | 17.5 | 4.50 | 1440 | -57.0 |
| 42 | Moroita, Petru | 1447 | ROU | −13B | −6N | +58B | =29N | −14B | =44N | 2.0 | 16.5 | 16.5 | 2.50 | 1452 | -2.8 |
| 43 | Eisler, Darius | 1583 | ROU | −1N | F | +51B | −28N | +49B | −14N | 2.0 | 15.0 | 15.0 | 3.00 | 1492 | -20.8 |
| 44 | Bouros, Stefan | 1501 | ROU | =52B | −23N | −8N | +57B | −20N | =42B | 2.0 | 14.5 | 15.0 | 2.25 | 1488 | -8.4 |
| 45 | Sandea, Dorin-Gheorghe | 1419 | ROU | −46B | −55N | +40B | =25N | =36B | −29N | 2.0 | 13.0 | 14.0 | 5.25 | 1507 | +10.6 |
| 46 | Tipeiu, Nicolae-Adrian | 1742 | ROU | +45N | F | F | +24B | −10B | −12N | 2.0 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 5.00 | 1688 | -4.6 |
| 47 | Margarit, Cosmin | 0 | ROU | =15B | −28N | −36B | −50N | +51B | =56N | 2.0 | 12.0 | 12.5 | 3.50 | 1358 | 0.0 |
| 48 | Trandafir, Ionut-Alexandru | 0 | ROU | F | =7B | −23N | =20B | =37N | −19B | 1.5 | 17.0 | 17.0 | 5.25 | 1623 | 0.0 |
| 49 | Costache, Razvan-Mihai | 1429 | ROU | −27N | +20B | −4N | =35B | −43N | −38B | 1.5 | 16.0 | 18.0 | 4.75 | 1436 | -0.8 |
| 50 | Tudorache, Marco | 1479 | ROU | =23B | −52N | −18N | +47B | F | −28N | 1.5 | 13.0 | 14.0 | 3.50 | 1418 | -11.2 |
| 51 | FIDE 42258847 | 0 | — | −31B | =36N | −43N | −38B | −47N | +57B | 1.5 | 11.5 | 12.0 | 1.75 | 1276 | 0.0 |
| 52 | Cioroianu, Matei | 1828 | ROU | =44N | +50B | −32B | F | F | F | 1.5 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 2.50 | 1556 | -38.0 |
| 53 | Ifrim, Robert-Matei | 0 | ROU | −32N | −16N | F | +39B | −12B | −30N | 1.0 | 15.5 | 15.5 | 2.50 | 1378 | 0.0 |
| 54 | Moroita, Maria | 0 | ROU | −4N | −24B | −20N | F | −25B | +58N | 1.0 | 14.0 | 14.0 | 0.00 | 844 | 0.0 |
| 55 | Cornateanu, Marian-Catalin | 1617 | ROU | −5N | +45B | −41N | F | F | F | 1.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 2.00 | 1593 | -6.0 |
| 56 | Zaharia, Sofia-Ana | 1528 | ROU | −19N | F | −6B | −30B | −39N | =47B | 0.5 | 15.5 | 15.5 | 1.00 | 855 | -55.6 |
| 57 | FIDE 42266092 | 0 | — | −37N | −30B | =38N | −44N | −40B | −51N | 0.5 | 12.5 | 14.0 | 1.25 | 1180 | 0.0 |
| 58 | FIDE 42266467 | 0 | — | −14B | F | −42N | −40N | F | −54B | 0.0 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 0.00 | 739 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Cioboata, Luca-StefanROU+91.64.5 pts · #5
- 2Puiu, NataliaROU+79.63.5 pts · #28
- 3Grasu, Vlad-StefanROU+70.02.5 pts · #25
Top rating losers
- 1Turcanu, OtiliaMDA-92.43.0 pts · #20
- 2Popa, ValentinROU-57.02.0 pts · #35
- 3Zaharia, Sofia-AnaROU-55.60.5 pts · #58
Biggest upsets
- R5+398 Elo gap
- R1+344 Elo gap
- R1+336 Elo gap