The Romanian Chess Championship became a yearly event in 1946, and was held irregularly earlier. A series of national eliminating contests are played to select a 20-player field for the men's final. The women's final consists of 16 players.

Men's winners

Year City Men's winner 1926 Sibiu Alexandru Tyroler 1927 Bucharest Alexandru Tyroler 1929 Iași Alexandru Tyroler 1930 Cernăuți János Balogh 1931 Bucharest Stefan Erdélyi 1932 Bucharest Boris Kostić 1933-4 Bucharest Stefan Erdélyi 1935 Bucharest Heinrich Silbermann 1936 Bucharest Ivan Halic 1943 Bucharest Petre-Vlad Seimeanu 1946 Bucharest Octav Troianescu 1947 Brașov Traian Ichim 1948 Bucharest Toma Popa 1949 Bucharest Stefan Erdélyi 1950 Bucharest Ion Bălănel 1951 Bucharest Tudorel Flondor Gheorghe-Gică Alexandrescu 1952 Bucharest Victor Ciocâltea 1953 Bucharest Ion Bălănel 1954 Bucharest Octav Troianescu 1955 Bucharest Ion Bălănel 1956 Bucharest Octav Troianescu 1957 Bucharest Octav Troianescu 1958 Bucharest Ion Bălănel 1959 Bucharest Victor Ciocâltea 1960 Bucharest Florin Gheorghiu 1961 Bucharest Victor Ciocâltea 1962 Bucharest Florin Gheorghiu 1963 Bucharest Theodor Ghițescu 1964 Bucharest Florin Gheorghiu 1965 Bucharest Florin Gheorghiu 1966 Bucharest Florin Gheorghiu 1967 Bucharest Florin Gheorghiu 1968 Bucharest Octav Troianescu 1969 Bucharest Victor Ciocâltea 1970 Bucharest Victor Ciocâltea 1971 Bucharest Victor Ciocâltea 1972 Bucharest Carol Partoș 1973 Bucharest Florin Gheorghiu 1974 Bucharest Aurel Urzică 1975 Sinaia Victor Ciocâltea 1976 Timișoara Mihail-Viorel Ghindă 1977 Sibiu Florin Gheorghiu 1978 Herculane Mihail-Viorel Ghindă 1979 Bucharest Victor Ciocâltea 1980 Bucharest Mihai Șubă 1981 Bucharest Mihai Șubă 1982 Bucharest Ovidiu-Doru Foișor 1983 Bucharest Mihail-Viorel Ghindă 1985(1) Bucharest Sergiu-Henric Grünberg 1985(2) Timișoara Mihai Șubă 1986 Sinaia Adrian Negulescu 1987 Predeal Florin Gheorghiu 1988 Predeal Mihail Marin 1989 Eforie Mihail-Viorel Ghindă 1990 Olimp Ioan Biriescu 1991 Dragoș-Nicolae Dumitrache 1992 Andrei Istrățescu 1993 Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu 1994 Mihail Marin 1995 Romeo Sorin Milu 1996 Herculane Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu 1997 Bela Badea 1998 Bucharest Bela Badea 1999 Iași Constantin Ionescu Mihail Marin 2000 Iulian Sofronie 2001 Mircea Pârligras 2002 Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu 2003 Satu Mare Mihai-Lucian Grünberg 2004 Brașov Alin Berescu 2005 Băile Tușnad Alin Berescu 2006 Predeal Vlad-Cristian Jianu 2007 Amara Constantin Lupulescu 2008 Cluj-Napoca Vladislav Nevednichy 2009 Eforie Nord Eduard-Andrei Valeanu 2010 Băile Olănești Constantin Lupulescu 2011 Sarata Monteoru Constantin Lupulescu 2012 Sarata Monteoru Vladislav Nevednichy 2013 Olănești Constantin Lupulescu 2014 Târgu Mureș Vlad-Victor Bârnaure 2015 Călimănești-Căciulata Constantin Lupulescu 2016 Bucharest Mircea Pârligras 2017 Călimănești-Căciulata Andrei Istrățescu 2018 Olănești Tiberiu Georgescu 2019 Olănești Lucian-Costin Miron 2021 Iași Bogdan-Daniel Deac 2022 Eforie Mircea Pârligras 2023 Sebeș Kirill Shevchenko 2024 Eforie Mircea Pârligras 2025 Craiova David Gavrilescu 2026 Timișoara Bogdan-Daniel Deac

Women's winners

Year City Winner 1936 Bucharest Rodica Manolescu (née Luția) 1949 Bucharest Lidia Habermann-Giuroiu 1950 Brașov Iolanda Szathmary 1951 Brașov Maria Albuleț 1952 Sibiu Elena Graboviețchi 1953 Satu Mare Lidia Giuroiu 1954 Bucharest Lidia Giuroiu 1955 Oradea Maria Albuleț 1956 Cluj Maria Albuleț 1957 Ploiești Rodica Manolescu 1958 Bucharest Lidia Giuroiu 1959 Bucharest Margareta Teodorescu 1960 Timișoara Alexandra Nicolau 1961 Bucharest Alexandra Nicolau 1962 Brașov Margareta Perevoznic 1963 Ploiești Alexandra Nicolau 1964 Oradea Alexandra Nicolau 1965 Herculane Alexandra Nicolau 1966 Constanța Elisabeta Polihroniade 1967 Arad Gertrude Baumstark 1968 Oradea Margareta Teodorescu 1969 Piatra Neamț Margareta Teodorescu 1970 Ploiești Elisabeta Polihroniade 1971 Brașov Elisabeta Polihroniade 1972 Cluj Elisabeta Polihroniade 1973 Brașov Alexandra Nicolau 1974 Timișoara Margareta Teodorescu 1975 Alexandria Elisabeta Polihroniade 1976 Piatra Neamț Elisabeta Polihroniade 1977 Sinaia Elisabeta Polihroniade 1978 Mediaș Daniela Nuțu 1979 Satu Mare Daniela Nuțu 1980 Eforie Daniela Nuțu 1981 Herculane Gertrude Baumstark 1982 Mediaș Eugenia Ghindă 1983 Herculane Margareta Mureșan 1984 Marina Pogorevici 1985 Herculane Margareta Mureșan 1986 Ligia Jicman 1987 Margareta Mureșan 1988 Gabriela Olărașu 1989 Gabriela Olărașu Cristina Adela Foișor 1990 Mariana Ioniță 1991 Elena Luminița Radu-Cosma 1992 Elena Luminița Radu-Cosma 1993 Gabriela Olărașu 1994 Corina Peptan 1995 Corina Peptan 1996 Gabriela Olărașu 1997 Corina Peptan 1998 Cristina Adela Foișor Ligia Jicman 1999 Gabriela Olărașu 2000 Corina Peptan 2001 Iulia Ionică 2002 Irina Ionescu Brandis 2003 Gabriela Olărașu 2004 Corina Peptan 2005 Angela Dragomirescu 2006 Ioana-Smaranda Pădurariu 2007 Corina Peptan 2008 Napoca Corina Peptan 2009 Eforie Nord Corina Peptan 2010 Băile Olănești Elena-Luminița Cosma 2011 Sarata Monteoru Cristina Adela Foișor 2012 Sarata Monteoru Cristina Adela Foișor 2013 Olănești Cristina Adela Foișor 2014 Târgu Mureș Corina Peptan 2015 Călimănești-Căciulata Corina Peptan 2016 Bucharest Elena-Luminița Cosma 2017 Călimănești-Căciulata Corina Peptan 2018 Olănești Irina Bulmaga 2019 Olănești Corina Peptan 2021 Iași Alessia-Mihaela Ciolacu 2022 Eforie Alessia-Mihaela Ciolacu 2023 Sebeș Miruna-Daria Lehaci 2024 Eforie Miruna-Daria Lehaci 2025 Craiova Elena-Luminița Cosma 2026 Timișoara Corina Peptan

External links

  • Hartston, William R. (1977), "Romania", in Golombek, Harry (ed.), Golombek's Encyclopedia of Chess, Crown Publishing, p. 278, ISBN 0-517-53146-1 (brief background, winners through 1976)
  • Whyld, Ken (1986), Chess: The Records, Guinness Books, pp. 110–1, ISBN 0-85112-455-0 (winners and locales through 1985)
  • Sunnucks, Anne (1970), The Encyclopaedia of Chess, St. Martin's Press, pp. 408–9, LCCN (background and winners through 1968)
  • 2018-03-17 at the Wayback Machine from the Romanian Chess Federation
  • Chessdom.com