Open Drobeta - Severnav Trophy A

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42 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 16 May 2026 to 17 May 2026 in Drobeta Turnu Severin, Romania. 5 titled players from 2 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2094, and top seed was Daniel Baratosi (🇷🇴 ROU, IM, 2319).

Alexandru-David Korcsek (🇷🇴 ROU, 2154) won with 5.5/6, ahead of Alexandru Manea (4.5) and Marcel-Florian Stegaroiu (4.5). Korcsek won solo starting round 4.

The biggest upset came in round 2: Radu Stefan Chiazna (1480) beat Maria-Magdalena Rohlicek (1803), a +323-point gap.

Location

🇷🇴Drobeta Turnu Severin, Romania

Dates

16 May 2026 → 17 May 2026

Time control

Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 6 rounds

Top seed

🇷🇴IMDaniel Baratosi2319

Avg top 10

2,094

Participants

Titled players · 5

IM×4

CM×1

Federations · 2 represented

🇷🇴Romania×40

🇷🇸Serbia×2

Top 3

🥇
Alexandru-David Korcsek
🇷🇴ROU·2154
5.5pts·2304perf+17.2
🥈
IMAlexandru Manea
🇷🇴ROU·2297
4.5pts·2436perf+7.0
🥉
Marcel-Florian Stegaroiu
🇷🇴ROU·1951
4.5pts·1972perf+8.2

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 6 rounds

Alexandru-David Korcsek led from R4; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders

Korcsek5.5Stegaroiu4.5Manea4.5Sandu4.5Ionescu4Modric4

R4–R6 · LEAD HELD

Alexandru-David Korcsek never relinquished the lead after R4; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.

R3 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Alexandru-David Korcsek beat Marcel-Florian Stegaroiu (White).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

Alexandru-David Korcsek 4 wins (R1–R4)IM Alexandru Manea 3 wins (R2–R4)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Alexandru-David Korcsek	*	1	½	—
2Marcel-Florian Stegaroiu	0	*	—	—
3IMAlexandru Manea	½	—	*	—
4Andrei-Stefan Sandu	—	—	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Korcsek, Alexandru-David	2154	ROU	+17B	+10N	+3B	+15N	=2B	+6N	5.5	19.5	22.5	20.25	2304	+17.2
2	Manea, AlexandruIM	2297	ROU	F	+9B	+6N	+8B	=1N	+5B	4.5	20.5	20.5	17.75	2436	+7.0
3	Stegaroiu, Marcel-Florian	1951	ROU	+30N	+29B	−1N	+14B	=32N	+27B	4.5	14.0	15.5	9.25	1972	+8.2
4	Sandu, Andrei-Stefan	1860	ROU	+31N	+42B	+24N	=5B	−8N	+32B	4.5	13.0	13.0	7.50	2035	+44.4
5	Ionescu, MihaiIM	2226	ROU	+28B	+18N	+7B	=4N	=11B	−2N	4.0	19.5	21.5	13.00	2158	-2.2
6	Popescu-Vava, Luca-Delian	1905	ROU	+35B	+38N	−2B	+16N	+7B	−1B	4.0	18.5	19.5	9.50	2017	+38.8
7	Modric, NesaCM	2070	SRB	+19N	+20B	−5N	+22B	−6N	+14B	4.0	17.0	20.0	12.00	1938	-13.0
8	Nicola, Andrei	2170	ROU	F	+16N	+27B	−2N	+4B	=12B	3.5	17.5	17.5	11.25	2108	-8.4
9	Korcsek, Daniel-Cristian	1846	ROU	+23B	−2N	+37B	=10N	+15B	−11N	3.5	17.0	18.5	8.75	1894	+6.0
10	Popescu, Erick	1711	ROU	+39N	−1B	+42N	=9B	−12N	+30B	3.5	15.0	15.0	4.25	1779	+8.0
11	Baratosi, DanielIM	2319	ROU	F	F	+28N	+13B	=5N	+9B	3.5	13.0	13.0	11.00	2332	+1.1
12	Radulescu, Andrei	1890	ROU	F	F	+25B	+23N	+10B	=8N	3.5	12.0	12.0	10.25	2082	+17.2
13	Nistor, Darius-Ionut	1715	ROU	+40B	−27N	+38B	−11N	+31B	=21N	3.5	11.0	12.0	5.00	1740	+2.0
14	Neagu, Iustin-Alex	1488	ROU	−16B	+17N	+18B	−3N	+28B	−7N	3.0	17.5	19.5	8.00	1780	+80.0
15	Cordos, Lucas	1728	ROU	F	+21B	+33N	−1B	−9N	+23N	3.0	16.0	16.0	7.00	1789	+14.4
16	Buzganovic, Jovan	1791	SRB	+14N	−8B	+40N	−6B	−21N	+31B	3.0	15.0	16.0	5.50	1673	-16.4
17	Andronache, Sorin	1641	ROU	−1N	−14B	+34B	+41N	−18B	+38N	3.0	14.0	15.0	3.50	1620	-5.2
18	Grecu, Bogdan-Andrei	1803	ROU	F	−5B	−14N	+30B	+17N	+24B	3.0	14.0	14.0	7.00	1793	-3.6
19	Popescu, Adrian-Nicolae	1637	ROU	−7B	−23N	=26B	+34N	+36N	=20B	3.0	13.5	15.0	5.75	1674	+7.6
20	Haimana, Teodor-Nicolas	1730	ROU	+34B	−7N	−23B	+38N	=37B	=19N	3.0	12.5	13.5	4.75	1623	-34.4
21	Baran, Andrei-Razvan	1630	ROU	F	−15N	+35B	=33N	+16B	=13B	3.0	12.5	12.5	7.00	1722	+25.2
22	Haldea, Tudor	1675	ROU	F	=25N	+41B	−7N	=23B	+37N	3.0	11.5	11.5	5.00	1713	+7.2
23	Mazilu, Ioan-Casian	1503	ROU	−9N	+19B	+20N	−12B	=22N	−15B	2.5	16.0	19.0	7.50	1694	+50.8
24	Ghise, Bogdan	1656	ROU	F	+36N	−4B	=31N	+33B	−18N	2.5	12.0	12.0	3.75	1634	-6.0
25	Buse, Mihai-Cristian	1601	ROU	F	=22B	−12N	+40B	−27N	+29B	2.5	11.5	11.5	4.50	1668	+7.6
26	Rohlicek, Maria-Magdalena	1803	ROU	−29N	−33B	=19N	+39B	F	+35N	2.5	9.5	10.5	4.00	1450	-35.6
27	Berechet, Otiliu-OctavianIM	1958	ROU	F	+13B	−8N	F	+25B	−3N	2.0	15.5	15.5	6.00	1859	-4.3
28	Popescu, Patrick	1670	ROU	−5N	F	−11B	+29B	−14N	+33B	2.0	14.0	14.0	3.50	1649	-7.6
29	Dicu, Teodor-Florentin	1497	ROU	+26B	−3N	−32B	−28N	+41B	−25N	2.0	13.0	14.0	3.50	1585	+18.8
30	Cojanu, Ion	1617	ROU	−3B	=34N	+36B	−18N	F	−10N	1.5	15.0	16.5	2.25	1539	-12.2
31	Basaraba, Mihai Sebastian	1534	ROU	−4B	F	+39N	=24B	−13N	−16N	1.5	14.5	14.5	2.25	1434	-16.0
32	Beldiman, Tudor	1845	ROU	F	F	+29N	F	=3B	−4N	1.5	13.0	13.0	4.25	1769	-9.2
33	Chiazna, Radu Stefan	1480	ROU	F	+26N	−15B	=21B	−24N	−28N	1.5	13.0	13.0	4.00	1548	+14.4
34	Iorga, Elizabeth-Maria	1479	ROU	−20N	=30B	−17N	−19B	=39N	=36B	1.5	12.0	13.0	2.00	1384	-22.4
35	Ramureanu, Ioan-Vladimir	1535	ROU	−6N	=39B	−21N	−36B	+42N	−26B	1.5	12.0	12.0	0.50	908	-48.0
36	Politic, Eduard	1494	ROU	F	−24B	−30N	+35N	−19B	=34N	1.5	10.0	10.0	2.25	1436	-15.6
37	Pup, Alexandru	1586	ROU	F	F	−9N	+42B	=20N	−22B	1.5	9.5	9.5	1.50	1477	-14.8
38	Ancuta, Daria Alina	1465	ROU	F	−6B	−13N	−20B	+40N	−17B	1.0	14.5	14.5	1.00	938	-28.8
39	Ionica, Gabriel-Stefan	0	ROU	−10B	=35N	−31B	−26N	=34B	−41N	1.0	10.5	11.5	1.50	1312	0.0
40	Florea-Pirvescu, David-Mihai	0	ROU	−13N	F	−16B	−25N	−38B	+42N	1.0	10.0	10.0	0.00	843	0.0
41	Stoica, Beatrice Karina	1446	ROU	F	F	−22N	−17B	−29N	+39B	1.0	9.0	9.0	1.00	804	-35.6
42	Mihai-Manolache, Patrick-Theodor	0	ROU	F	−4N	−10B	−37N	−35B	−40B	0.0	12.0	12.0	0.00	873	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Neagu, Iustin-AlexROU
+80.0
3.0 pts · #17
2Mazilu, Ioan-CasianROU
+50.8
2.5 pts · #21
3Sandu, Andrei-StefanROU
+44.4
4.5 pts · #10

Top rating losers

1Ramureanu, Ioan-VladimirROU
-48.0
1.5 pts · #38
2Rohlicek, Maria-MagdalenaROU
-35.6
2.5 pts · #28
3Stoica, Beatrice KarinaROU
-35.6
1.0 pts · #40

Biggest upsets

R2+323 Elo gap
Chiazna, Radu Stefan1480 beat Rohlicek, Maria-Magdalena1803
R3+315 Elo gap
Neagu, Iustin-Alex1488 beat Grecu, Bogdan-Andrei1803
R1+306 Elo gap
Dicu, Teodor-Florentin1497 beat Rohlicek, Maria-Magdalena1803