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Chess Weekend 1800 - 9th ed.

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27 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 01 May 2026 to 03 May 2026 in Bucuresti, Romania. 2 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1719, and top seed was Bianca-Alexandra Ciocirlan (🇷🇴 ROU, 1768).

David Gazdaru (🇷🇴 ROU, 1715) won with 5.5/7, ahead of Filip Stencau (5.0) and Marian-Constantin Puscasu (5.0). Gazdaru won solo starting round 4.

The biggest upset came in round 6: Eduard-Antonio Valeanu (1434) beat Ioan Ghitoi (1667), a +233-point gap.

Location
🇷🇴Bucuresti, Romania
Dates
01 May 2026 → 03 May 2026
Time control
Standard: 30 minutes for game with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 7 rounds
Top seed
🇷🇴Bianca-Alexandra Ciocirlan1768
Avg top 10
1,719
Participants
27
Federations · 2 represented
🇷🇴Romania×25
🇨🇦Canada×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

David Gazdaru led from R4; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
9
4
2
1
1
1
1
23.55.57R1R2R3R4R5R6R7
Gazdaru5.5Puscasu5Stencau5Groapa4.5Cocirta4.5Szatmary4.5
R4–R7 · LEAD HELD

David Gazdaru held the sole lead from R4 through R7 without losing it.

R6 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

David Gazdaru lost to Marian-Constantin Puscasu (Black).

R1–R5 · WIN STREAK

David Gazdaru won 5 in a row (R1–R5).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1David Gazdaru*
0
½
—
2Marian-Constantin Puscasu
1
*
½
½
3Filip Stencau
½
½
*
1
4Aurelian Groapa—
½
0
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Gazdaru, David1715ROU+8B+13N+4B+12N+5B−3N=2B5.526.530.022.501880+55.2
2Stencau, Filip1744ROU+18N+16B−12N+6B=3N+10B=1N5.025.528.019.251850+40.0
3Puscasu, Marian-Constantin1656ROU+10N−12B+22N+21N=2B+1B=6N5.024.526.518.251876+42.0
4Szatmary, Alex1592CAN+21B+7N−1N=13B−9N+20B+12N4.523.525.514.251761+28.2
5Cocirta, Ciprian1629ROU=6N+9B+25N=19B−1N+14B=17B4.523.023.513.001757+43.6
6Groapa, Aurelian1756ROU=5B+23N+24B−2N=12B+19N=3B4.522.023.011.501743-1.6
7Batali, Gheorghe1760ROU=11N−4B=18B=20N+25B+8N+13B4.521.021.512.501696-8.2
8Dumitrache, Elisa-Andreea1602ROU−1N+27B=10N=9B+15N−7B+19N4.023.523.59.501676+24.0
9Armeanu, Ninel-Claudiu1710ROU=23B−5N+26B=8N+4B=13N=11B4.022.022.511.501645-11.4
10Ciocirlan, Bianca-Alexandra1768ROU−3B=26N=8B+22N+18B−2N+15B4.021.522.09.751647-39.2
11Ungureanu, Sorin-Alexandru1654ROU=7B−21N+23B−17N+22B+24N=9N4.017.018.08.751713+11.8
12Dragusin, Calin-Ioan1670ROU+26B+3N+2B−1B=6N−17N−4B3.527.528.012.751659-4.0
13Calotescu, David-Andrei1659ROU+27N−1B+16N=4N=17B=9B−7N3.524.524.58.751630-10.4
14Ciordas, Andrei-Victor1672ROU−24N+15B=19B+25NF−5N+18B3.514.014.07.251580-12.0
15Valeanu, Eduard-Antonio1434ROU−19B−14N+27B+23N−8B+16N−10N3.018.518.54.501531+26.0
16Ghitoi, Ioan1667ROU+20B−2N−13B−18N+27N−15B+23N3.018.018.04.001361-76.8
17David, Alexandru1680ROUFFF+11B=13N+12B=5N3.015.515.511.501846+17.0
18Mihalache, Iulian1611ROU−2BF=7N+16B−10N+26B−14N2.520.520.55.751624+2.4
19Lazarean, Colea-Valentin1669ROU+15N=25B=14N=5NF−6B−8B2.520.020.07.251547-16.4
20Iacobas, Andrei Iani0ROU−16NF−21B=7B+26N−4N+24B2.515.515.53.7515700.0
21Craciun, Dorian-Raul1712ROU−4N+11B+20N−3BFFF2.016.016.06.501509-16.4
22Moroianu, George1663ROUFF−3B−10B−11N+27N+25B2.013.513.50.50893-27.6
23Craciun, Dimitri1559ROU=9N−6B−11N−15BF+25N−16B1.519.019.02.501278-57.6
24Badea, Ovidiu1557ROU+14BF−6NFF−11B−20N1.014.514.53.501569+1.0
25Moldovan, Rares-Andrei0ROUF=19N−5B−14B−7N−23B−22N0.518.518.51.2512580.0
26Tupilusi, Tudorel1472ROU−12N=10B−9NF−20B−18NF0.516.516.52.001368-8.0
27FIDE 422579640—−13B−8N−15NF−16B−22BF0.015.515.50.008050.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets