My Continental Sibiu Summer Chess Festival - Classic

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53 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 13 Jun 2026 to 14 Jun 2026 in Sibiu, Romania. Top 10 Elo average was 1618, and top seed was Stefan Voicu (🇷🇴 ROU, 1721).

Stefan Voicu (🇷🇴 ROU, 1721) won with 6.0/7, ahead of Vladimir-Szilard Rotescu (5.0) and Teodor-Nicolas Haimana (5.0). Voicu won solo starting round 5.

The biggest upset came in round 5: Darius-Andrei Vamanu (1435) beat Laurentiu-Mihai Blaj (1636), a +201-point gap.

Location

🇷🇴Sibiu, Romania

Dates

13 Jun 2026 → 14 Jun 2026

Time control

Standard: 30 minutes for game with 30 seconds increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 7 rounds

Top seed

🇷🇴Stefan Voicu1721

Avg top 10

1,618

Participants

Federations · 1 represented

🇷🇴Romania×43

Top 3

🥇
Stefan Voicu
🇷🇴ROU·1721
6.0pts·1874perf+41.6
🥈
Vladimir-Szilard Rotescu
🇷🇴ROU·1581
5.0pts·1693perf+36.0
🥉
Teodor-Nicolas Haimana
🇷🇴ROU·1693
5.0pts·1658perf-7.6

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

Stefan Voicu led from R5; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 4 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.

Co-leaders

Voicu6Ghiocanu-Pirvan5Rotescu5Indrei5Haimana5Mihaila5

R5–R7 · LEAD HELD

Stefan Voicu never relinquished the lead after R5; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.

R6 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Stefan Voicu beat David-Mihai Ghiocanu-Pirvan (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

Stefan Voicu 3 wins (R1–R3)David-Mihai Ghiocanu-Pirvan 3 wins (R1–R3)Vladimir-Szilard Rotescu 3 wins (R1–R3)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Stefan Voicu	*	1	½	—
2David-Mihai Ghiocanu-Pirvan	0	*	½	—
3Vladimir-Szilard Rotescu	½	½	*	½
4David-Nicholas Indrei	—	—	½	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Voicu, Stefan	1721	ROU	+20B	+6N	+9B	=2N	+11B	+4N	=3B	6.0	29.5	33.5	28.50	1874	+41.6
2	Rotescu, Vladimir-Szilard	1581	ROU	+24N	+14B	+26N	=1B	=4N	=8B	=7N	5.0	29.5	33.5	23.00	1693	+36.0
3	Haimana, Teodor-Nicolas	1693	ROU	+34N	+5B	=16N	=4B	=7N	+12B	=1N	5.0	29.5	32.5	22.50	1658	-7.6
4	Ghiocanu-Pirvan, David-Mihai	1679	ROU	+44B	+43N	+13B	=3N	=2B	−1B	+19N	5.0	27.0	29.5	18.50	1706	+9.6
5	Simu, Alexandru	1510	ROU	+41B	−3N	+40B	+17N	+9B	=11N	=8N	5.0	26.5	29.5	19.75	1615	+22.8
6	Laze, Andrei	1506	ROU	+49N	−1B	+24N	=35B	+23N	+16B	=10N	5.0	26.0	27.5	17.50	1604	+15.2
7	Mihaila, Maria	1498	ROU	+31B	=18N	=17B	+20N	=3B	+30N	=2B	5.0	25.5	29.0	20.00	1702	+43.2
8	Indrei, David-Nicholas	1618	ROU	+40B	+19N	=30B	=29N	+13B	=2N	=5B	5.0	25.5	28.5	20.00	1670	+13.6
9	Furdui, David	1574	ROU	+47N	+12B	−1N	+38B	−5N	+33B	+21N	5.0	25.5	27.5	16.50	1535	-8.8
10	Marinescu, Rares	1568	ROU	+46B	=17N	=18B	=19N	+43B	+29N	=6B	5.0	23.0	25.5	17.00	1622	+10.8
11	Voicu, Matei	1575	ROU	+50B	+33N	=29B	+30N	−1N	=5B	=13B	4.5	25.5	26.5	14.00	1612	+10.4
12	Vamanu, Darius-Andrei	1435	ROU	+?B	−9N	+22B	=25N	+18B	−3N	+30B	4.5	25.5	25.5	13.50	1591	0.0
13	Almasan, Albert-Mihail	1522	ROU	+36N	+35B	−4N	+33B	−8N	+26B	=11N	4.5	24.5	27.5	15.25	1544	+5.6
14	Blaga, Vladimir	1470	ROU	+42B	−2N	−31B	+27N	=22B	+17N	+29B	4.5	24.0	27.0	16.50	781	-14.0
15	Vladut, Andrei-Stefan	1438	ROU	−29N	+36B	−23N	+28B	+47N	+34B	=16N	4.5	21.5	23.5	14.00	1523	+4.8
16	Stere, Darin-Gabriel	1523	ROU	+27B	+22N	=3B	=18N	=29B	−6N	=15B	4.0	26.5	30.0	16.50	1481	-10.8
17	Apolzan, Alexia-Victoria	1415	ROU	+21N	=10B	=7N	−5B	+36N	−14B	+34N	4.0	26.5	29.5	15.00	1319	0.0
18	Blaj, Laurentiu-Mihai	1636	ROU	+39N	=7B	=10N	=16B	−12N	+38B	=23N	4.0	25.5	28.5	15.00	1613	-5.6
19	Posteuca, Stefan	1474	ROU	+23N	−8B	+32N	=10B	=38N	+35B	−4B	4.0	25.5	28.5	14.50	1394	-16.4
20	Corlateanu, Tudor	0	ROU	−1N	+28B	+?N	−7B	−21N	+36B	+33N	4.0	25.0	25.0	10.00	1424	0.0
21	Sendruc, Bogdan-Nicolae	0	ROU	−17B	+27N	−33B	+50N	+20B	+25N	−9B	4.0	24.0	25.0	13.00	1386	0.0
22	Puscas, Albert-Zian	0	ROU	+38N	−16B	−12N	+39B	=14N	+44B	=24N	4.0	23.0	25.5	12.75	1492	0.0
23	Radu, Andrei-Maximilian	0	ROU	−19B	+50N	+15B	=43N	−6B	+37N	=18B	4.0	23.0	24.0	11.75	1510	0.0
24	Popescu, Tudor-Mihai	0	ROU	−2B	+42N	−6B	+53N	=37B	+43N	=22B	4.0	22.5	22.5	9.00	1436	0.0
25	Hentea, Teodor-Ioan	1532	ROU	+32N	−26B	+34N	=12B	=35N	−21B	+39N	4.0	22.0	25.0	13.25	622	-26.0
26	Jurj, David-Ioan	1422	ROU	+53B	+25N	−2B	+37N	−30B	−13N	+48B	4.0	22.0	22.0	9.00	1461	+10.0
27	Corlaciu, Ana-Maria	0	ROU	−16N	−21B	+52N	−14B	+?N	+47B	+35N	4.0	18.5	18.5	6.00	697	0.0
28	Florea, Ruben-Sorin	0	ROU	−37B	−20N	+?B	−15N	+53B	+40N	+43B	4.0	17.0	17.0	5.50	1356	0.0
29	Radu, David C.	0	ROU	+15B	+37N	=11N	=8B	=16N	−10B	−14N	3.5	27.5	30.5	14.25	1529	0.0
30	Basaraba, Mihai Sebastian	1518	ROU	+45B	+48N	=8N	−11B	+26N	−7B	−12N	3.5	25.5	27.5	11.00	1441	-17.6
31	Pascu, Patrick-Andrei	0	ROU	−7N	+39B	+14N	−34B	−33N	=32B	+44N	3.5	22.0	24.5	11.75	1340	0.0
32	Cibu-Deaconu, Vlad	0	ROU	−25B	+53N	−19B	−48N	+?B	=31N	+45B	3.5	16.0	16.0	4.25	703	0.0
33	Popescu, Dominic	1427	ROU	+51N	−11B	+21N	−13N	+31B	−9N	−20B	3.0	25.5	26.5	8.50	757	-38.8
34	Latiu, Sorana	0	ROU	−3B	+41N	−25B	+31N	+48B	−15N	−17B	3.0	24.0	26.0	8.50	754	0.0
35	Colcer, Denis-Gabriel	0	ROU	+?B	−13N	+48B	=6N	=25B	−19N	−27B	3.0	23.5	23.5	6.50	1316	0.0
36	Cormos, Andrei	0	ROU	−13B	−15N	+42B	+40N	−17B	−20N	+?B	3.0	23.0	23.0	6.00	680	0.0
37	Posteuca, George	1511	ROU	+28N	−29B	+44N	−26B	=24N	−23B	=38N	3.0	22.5	25.0	10.00	1259	-26.4
38	Buhosu, Victor-Iustin	1482	ROU	−22B	+45N	+46B	−9N	=19B	−18N	=37B	3.0	22.5	25.0	8.50	1356	-25.2
39	FIDE 42240794	0	—	−18B	−31N	+41B	−22N	+42B	+45N	−25B	3.0	21.5	24.0	8.50	784	0.0
40	FIDE 42251044	0	—	−8N	+52B	−5N	−36B	+41N	−28B	+51N	3.0	21.0	22.0	5.00	764	0.0
41	FIDE 42264391	0	—	−5N	−34B	−39N	+51B	−40B	+46N	+49N	3.0	18.0	19.0	5.00	710	0.0
42	FIDE 42264405	0	—	−14N	−24B	−36N	+52B	−39N	+53B	+47N	3.0	17.5	17.5	3.00	670	0.0
43	Popescu, Stefan-Gabriel	1493	ROU	+52N	−4B	+47N	=23B	−10N	−24B	−28N	2.5	24.0	25.0	5.00	824	-26.4
44	Trif, Stefan-Iustin I	0	ROU	−4N	+49B	−37B	=45N	+46B	−22N	−31B	2.5	20.5	22.0	5.25	795	0.0
45	Dragomir, Victor-Daniel	0	ROU	−30N	−38B	+51N	=44B	+49N	−39B	−32N	2.5	17.0	18.0	3.75	700	0.0
46	FIDE 42263891	0	—	−10N	+51B	−38N	=49B	−44N	−41B	+?N	2.5	16.0	16.0	1.75	725	0.0
47	Bengulescu, Stefan	0	ROU	−9B	+?N	−43B	+?N	−15B	−27N	−42B	2.0	19.0	19.0	0.00	702	0.0
48	Stoita, Dragos-Petru	0	ROU	F	−30B	−35N	+32B	−34N	+49B	−26N	2.0	18.5	18.5	5.00	670	0.0
49	FIDE 42260507	0	—	−6B	−44N	+50B	=46N	−45B	−48N	−41B	1.5	17.5	18.5	2.25	706	0.0
50	FIDE 42265100	0	—	−11N	−23B	−49N	−21B	+52N	−51B	F	1.0	16.0	16.0	1.00	775	0.0
51	FIDE 42265940	0	—	−33B	−46N	−45B	−41N	F	+50N	−40B	1.0	15.0	15.0	1.00	627	0.0
52	FIDE 42260515	0	—	−43B	−40N	−27B	−42N	−50B	F	+53N	1.0	13.5	13.5	0.00	693	0.0
53	FIDE 42260523	0	—	−26N	−32B	F	−24B	−28N	−42N	−52B	0.0	19.5	19.5	0.00	622	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Mihaila, MariaROU
+43.2
5.0 pts · #12
2Voicu, StefanROU
+41.6
6.0 pts · #1
3Rotescu, Vladimir-SzilardROU
+36.0
5.0 pts · #3

Top rating losers

1Popescu, DominicROU
-38.8
3.0 pts · #33
2Popescu, Stefan-GabrielROU
-26.4
2.5 pts · #41
3Posteuca, GeorgeROU
-26.4
3.0 pts · #31

Biggest upsets

R5+201 Elo gap
Vamanu, Darius-Andrei1435 beat Blaj, Laurentiu-Mihai1636
R2+110 Elo gap
Jurj, David-Ioan1422 beat Hentea, Teodor-Ioan1532