CChessStats

Chess in School final stage Cluj - Classic V-XII

Open SwissStandard

9 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 30 May 2026 to 31 May 2026 in Cluj-Napoca, Romania. Top 10 Elo average was 826, and top seed was Gabriel Stanescu (🇷🇴 ROU, 1562).

Ioan-Andrei Jurjiu (🇷🇴 ROU, 1477) won with 5.5/6, ahead of Natalia-Elena Bal (5.0) and Andrei Bochis (4.0). Jurjiu won solo starting round 4.

The biggest upset came in round 5: Alexia-Victoria Apolzan (1415) beat Gabriel Stanescu (1562), a +147-point gap.

Location
🇷🇴Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Dates
30 May 2026 → 31 May 2026
Time control
Standard: 45 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 6 rounds
Top seed
🇷🇴Gabriel Stanescu1562
Avg top 10
826
Participants
9
Federations · 1 represented
🇷🇴Romania×6
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 6 rounds

Ioan-Andrei Jurjiu led from R4; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
5
3
2
1
1
1
1.534.56R1R2R3R4R5R6
Jurjiu5.5Bal5Bochis4Apolzan3.53Stanescu3
R4–R6 · LEAD HELD

Ioan-Andrei Jurjiu held the sole lead from R4 through R6 without losing it.

R4 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Ioan-Andrei Jurjiu beat Natalia-Elena Bal (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

Ioan-Andrei Jurjiu 5 wins (R1–R5)Natalia-Elena Bal 3 wins (R1–R3)Andrei Bochis 3 wins (R2–R4)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Ioan-Andrei Jurjiu*
1
1
½
2Natalia-Elena Bal
0
*
1
1
3Andrei Bochis
0
0
*—
4Alexia-Victoria Apolzan
½
0
—*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Jurjiu, Ioan-Andrei1477ROU+9B+8N+7B+2N+3B=4N5.516.516.514.752337+23.2
2Bal, Natalia-Elena1537ROU+3N+4B+5N−1B+6N+7B5.019.022.016.501520-2.0
3Bochis, Andrei0ROU−2B+9N+8B+5B−1N+6B4.017.517.57.0014000.0
4Apolzan, Alexia-Victoria1415ROU+?B−2N+9B−6N+5N=1B3.516.516.55.7515250.0
5Stanescu, Gabriel1562ROU+6B+7N−2B−3N−4B+9N3.018.518.56.00737-21.2
6FIDE 422343950—−5N+?B+?N+4B−2B−3N3.015.515.53.507500.0
7Baluta, Ianis-Constantin1439ROU+?N−5B−1N+?B+8N−2N3.014.514.51.007250.0
8FIDE 422673660—F−1B−3NF−7B+?N1.012.512.50.006770.0
9FIDE 422627390—−1N−3B−4NF−?B−5B0.016.016.00.007200.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets