Romanian Chess Championship

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[1]
2023	Sebeș	Kirill Shevchenko[2]

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[1]
2023	Sebeș	Miruna-Daria Lehaci[2]