Cupa Ion Solonar - 2026

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35 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 04 Jun 2026 to 07 Jun 2026 in Chisinau, Moldova. 3 titled players from 3 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2016, and top seed was Ruslan Soltanici (🇲🇩 MDA, IM, 2274).

Dragos-Alexandru Padure (🇲🇩 MDA, 1997) won with 5.5/7, ahead of Boris Itkis (5.5) and Ruslan Soltanici (5.5). Padure took the lead from round 5, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 2: Vladislav Siretanu (1866) beat Ruslan Soltanici (IM, 2274), a +408-point gap.

Location

🇲🇩Chisinau, Moldova

Dates

04 Jun 2026 → 07 Jun 2026

Time control

Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 7 rounds

Top seed

🇲🇩IMRuslan Soltanici2274

Avg top 10

2,016

Participants

Titled players · 3

IM×3

Federations · 3 represented

🇲🇩Moldova×29

🇸🇰Slovakia×1

🇷🇴Romania×1

Top 3

🥇
Dragos-Alexandru Padure
🇲🇩MDA·1997
5.5pts·2140perf+50.8
🥈
IMBoris Itkis
🇷🇴ROU·2248
5.5pts·2182perf-2.8
🥉
IMRuslan Soltanici
🇲🇩MDA·2274
5.5pts·2178perf-4.7

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

Tight race until R7; 3 players tied at 5.5/7, decided on Buchholz.

Co-leaders

Itkis5.5Soltanici5.5Padure5.5Martinenco5Vasilache5Cecoi4.5— ex-leaders:Siretanuled R4, #13

R5 · LEADER CHANGE06 Jun

Dragos-Alexandru Padure takes the sole lead (4.5/5).

R7 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

3 players finish on 5.5/7. Padure takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (28.0).

R3 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

IM Boris Itkis drew with IM Ruslan Soltanici (White).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1IMBoris Itkis	*	½	½	1
2IMRuslan Soltanici	½	*	—	—
3Dragos-Alexandru Padure	½	—	*	—
4Sergiu Martinenco	0	—	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Padure, Dragos-Alexandru	1997	MDA	+14B	+10N	+7B	=4N	+12N	=9B	=2B	5.5	28.0	32.0	24.50	2140	+50.8
2	Itkis, BorisIM	2248	ROU	+17B	=13N	=3B	+16B	+5N	+12B	=1N	5.5	27.5	31.0	23.50	2182	-2.8
3	Soltanici, RuslanIM	2274	MDA	+19N	−12B	=2N	+25B	+16N	+6B	+9N	5.5	25.5	28.0	21.25	2178	-4.7
4	Vasilache, Dan-Andrei	2055	MDA	+26N	+9B	=16N	=1B	−8N	+15B	+12N	5.0	26.0	28.5	19.50	1986	-7.8
5	Martinenco, Sergiu	1901	MDA	+27N	+34B	+6N	−12B	−2B	+14N	+8N	5.0	25.0	26.0	16.50	1972	+15.6
6	Petrenko, SvetlanaIM	1982	MDA	+23B	+15N	−5B	+17N	=10B	−3N	+20B	4.5	26.0	29.0	16.25	1885	-11.8
7	Cecoi, Mihai	1935	MDA	+25N	+8B	−1N	+15B	−9N	+21B	=10N	4.5	26.0	28.5	16.25	1855	-19.6
8	Holban, Razvan	1781	MDA	+28B	−7N	+23B	+13N	+4B	=10N	−5B	4.5	26.0	27.5	15.75	1909	+42.0
9	Albu, Vlad	1862	MDA	+32B	−4N	+14B	+33N	+7B	=1N	−3B	4.5	25.5	26.5	13.25	1946	+29.2
10	Larionov, Serghei	1796	MDA	+31N	−1B	+26N	+21B	=6N	=8B	=7B	4.5	24.5	25.5	13.25	1883	+25.9
11	Earle, Dominic James	1993	SVK	=21N	+20B	−12N	+28B	=13N	=19B	+18N	4.5	21.5	23.0	13.75	1754	-56.4
12	Siretanu, Vladislav	1866	MDA	+22B	+3N	+11B	+5N	−1B	−2N	−4B	4.0	31.0	34.0	18.00	2077	+59.2
13	Andronic, Nathaniel	1864	MDA	+24N	=2B	=21N	−8B	=11B	=17N	+22B	4.0	24.0	27.0	14.25	1791	-22.8
14	Urechi, Maxim	1607	MDA	−1N	+24B	−9N	+35B	+22N	−5B	+21N	4.0	24.0	24.0	9.00	1645	+2.0
15	Pascariuc, Rolan	1711	MDA	+30N	−6B	+29B	−7N	+23B	−4N	+24N	4.0	21.5	23.0	9.00	1726	-0.8
16	Prociuc, Evgenii	1911	MDA	+33B	+29N	=4B	−2N	−3B	−18N	+30N	3.5	22.5	23.5	6.50	1833	-12.0
17	Bahmuteanu, Arianna	1703	MDA	−2N	+27B	+35N	−6B	−21N	=13B	+29B	3.5	21.0	21.0	6.00	1689	-10.8
18	Chitoroga, Sergiu	1738	MDA	=20N	−21B	−19N	+27B	+28N	+16B	−11B	3.5	20.5	22.0	9.25	1663	-20.8
19	Vrabie, Ion	1708	MDA	−3B	−22N	+18B	+32N	+33B	=11N	F	3.5	18.5	18.5	7.75	1924	+40.4
20	Prisacaru, Stanislav	0	MDA	=18B	−11N	−28B	+31N	+29B	+25N	−6N	3.5	18.0	19.0	6.75	1731	0.0
21	Kacean, Serghei	1592	MDA	=11B	+18N	=13B	−10N	+17B	−7N	−14B	3.0	25.0	28.5	11.25	1755	+25.2
22	FIDE 13922750	0	—	−12N	+19B	−25N	+26B	−14B	+23N	−13N	3.0	21.0	23.5	9.00	1629	0.0
23	Albu, Radu	1559	MDA	−6N	+31B	−8N	+24B	−15N	−22B	+28B	3.0	20.5	21.5	5.50	1017	-24.0
24	Andronache, Serghei	0	MDA	−13B	−14N	+31B	−23N	+32B	+26N	−15B	3.0	18.5	19.5	4.50	1442	0.0
25	Vrabie, Loredana	1481	MDA	−7B	=28N	+22B	−3N	+30N	−20B	F	2.5	19.5	19.5	5.25	1081	-6.4
26	Arseni, Adelina	1670	MDA	−4B	+32N	−10B	−22N	+35N	−24B	=27N	2.5	19.0	19.0	2.25	1501	-27.2
27	Prociuc, Mihail	1472	MDA	−5B	−17N	−32B	−18N	+31B	+35N	=26B	2.5	16.5	16.5	2.25	1424	-8.4
28	Panas, Robert	0	MDA	−8N	=25B	+20N	−11N	−18B	−30B	−23N	1.5	21.5	23.0	4.75	1344	0.0
29	Krepak, Mykhailo	1460	MDA	F	−16B	−15N	=30B	−20N	+33B	−17N	1.5	17.0	17.0	1.75	1495	+2.4
30	FIDE 13921622	0	—	−15B	−33N	F	=29N	−25B	+28N	−16B	1.5	14.0	14.0	2.25	1242	0.0
31	FIDE 13921657	0	—	−10B	−23N	−24N	−20B	−27N	+32B	F	1.0	17.5	17.5	1.00	809	0.0
32	Minascurta, Eugeniu	0	MDA	−9N	−26B	+27N	−19B	−24N	−31N	F	1.0	17.0	17.0	2.50	1485	0.0
33	Levinta, Egor	1478	MDA	−16N	+30B	F	−9B	−19N	−29N	F	1.0	15.5	15.5	1.50	927	-36.4
34	Timotin, Mihai	1714	MDA	+35B	−5N	F	F	F	F	F	1.0	6.0	6.0	0.00	1101	-10.4
35	FIDE 13921770	0	—	−34N	F	−17B	−14N	−26B	−27B	F	0.0	14.5	14.5	0.00	833	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Siretanu, VladislavMDA
+59.2
4.0 pts · #13
2Padure, Dragos-AlexandruMDA
+50.8
5.5 pts · #3
3Holban, RazvanMDA
+42.0
4.5 pts · #10

Top rating losers

1Earle, Dominic JamesSVK
-56.4
4.5 pts · #14
2Levinta, EgorMDA
-36.4
1.0 pts · #35
3Arseni, AdelinaMDA
-27.2
2.5 pts · #26

Biggest upsets

R2+408 Elo gap
Siretanu, Vladislav1866 beat IMSoltanici, Ruslan2274
R5+274 Elo gap
Holban, Razvan1781 beat Vasilache, Dan-Andrei2055
R6+173 Elo gap
Chitoroga, Sergiu1738 beat Prociuc, Evgenii1911