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Phoenix Cup 13th ed. - U14

Open Round-RobinStandard

6 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 16 May 2026 to 17 May 2026 in Sarata Monteoru, Romania. Top 10 Elo average was 534, and top seed was Vlad-Filip Puia (🇷🇴 ROU, 1700).

Vlad-Filip Puia (🇷🇴 ROU, 1700) won with 5.0/5, ahead of Paul-Filip Manolescu (4.0) and Sophia Grigore (2.0). Puia won solo starting round 2.

Location
🇷🇴Sarata Monteoru, Romania
Dates
16 May 2026 → 17 May 2026
Time control
Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Round-robin · 5 rounds
Top seed
🇷🇴Vlad-Filip Puia1700
Avg top 10
534
Participants
6
Federations · 1 represented
🇷🇴Romania×4
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Vlad-Filip Puia led from R2; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
2
1
1
1
1
1.52.545R1R2R3R4R5
Puia5Manolescu4Grigore2Brinzea1.50.50
R2–R5 · LEAD HELD

Vlad-Filip Puia never relinquished the lead after R2; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.

R1 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Vlad-Filip Puia beat Paul-Filip Manolescu (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

Vlad-Filip Puia 5 wins (R1–R5)Paul-Filip Manolescu 4 wins (R2–R5)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Vlad-Filip Puia*
1
1
1
2Paul-Filip Manolescu
0
*
1
1
3Sophia Grigore
0
0
*
0
4Razvan-Mihai Brinzea
0
0
1
*

Cross-table

#PlayerElo123456PtsSBBhΔ EloPerf
1🇷🇴Puia, Vlad-Filip1700*111115.08.008.0+10.02305
4🇷🇴Manolescu, Paul-Filip15050*11114.04.009.0-10.0900
5🇷🇴Grigore, Sophia000*0112.00.5011.00.0803
6🇷🇴Brinzea, Razvan-Mihai0001*½—1.52.2511.50.0803
2FIDE 422667260000½*—0.50.7512.50.0803
3FIDE 422631900000——*0.00.0013.00.0803

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
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