Lupulescu won the Romanian Chess Championship in 2007, 2010,[3] 2011, 2013[4] and 2015.

[6] He placed clear first in Bucharest 2003[7] and Bucharest 2006[8] tournaments, tied for first with Vladislav Nevednichy in Timişoara 2006,[9] placed second in the Victor Ciocaltea Memorial in Bucharest 2008 and tied for 4–8th with Tamaz Gelashvili, Anton Filippov, Nidjat Mamedov and Alexander Zubarev in the Open Romgaz Tournament in Bucharest 2008.

[10] In 2013 he tied for 1st–8th with Alexander Moiseenko, Evgeny Romanov, Alexander Beliavsky, Hrant Melkumyan, Francisco Vallejo Pons, Sergei Movsesian, Ian Nepomniachtchi, Alexey Dreev and Evgeny Alekseev in the European Individual Chess Championship.

[14] Lupulescu is an expert in dynamic openings (Benoni with Black) and regularly employs solid middlegame strategy.

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