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diff --git a/.workbench/scenarie9.html b/.workbench/scenarie9.html
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+++ b/.workbench/scenarie9.html
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+<swp-event-group class="cols-2 stack-level-0" data-stack-link="{&quot;stackLevel&quot;:0}" style="top: 481px; margin-left: 0px; z-index: 100;"><div style="position: relative;"><swp-event data-event-id="S9A" data-title="Scenario 9: Event A" data-start="2025-10-09T10:00:00.000Z" data-end="2025-10-09T11:00:00.000Z" data-type="work" data-duration="60" style="position: absolute; top: 0px; height: 77px; left: 0px; right: 0px;">
+      <swp-event-time data-duration="60">12:00 - 13:00</swp-event-time>
+      <swp-event-title>Scenario 9: Event A</swp-event-title>
+    </swp-event></div><div style="position: relative;"><swp-event data-event-id="S9B" data-title="Scenario 9: Event B" data-start="2025-10-09T10:30:00.000Z" data-end="2025-10-09T11:30:00.000Z" data-type="work" data-duration="60" style="position: absolute; top: 40px; height: 77px; left: 0px; right: 0px;">
+      <swp-event-time data-duration="60">12:30 - 13:30</swp-event-time>
+      <swp-event-title>Scenario 9: Event B</swp-event-title>
+    </swp-event></div></swp-event-group>
+    <swp-event data-event-id="S9C" data-title="Scenario 9: Event C" data-start="2025-10-09T11:15:00.000Z" data-end="2025-10-09T13:00:00.000Z" data-type="work" data-duration="105" data-stack-link="{&quot;stackLevel&quot;:1}" style="position: absolute; top: 581px; height: 137px; left: 2px; right: 2px; margin-left: 15px; z-index: 101;">
+      <swp-event-time data-duration="105">13:15 - 15:00</swp-event-time>
+      <swp-event-title>Scenario 9: Event C</swp-event-title>
+    </swp-event>
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diff --git a/src/managers/EventLayoutCoordinator.ts b/src/managers/EventLayoutCoordinator.ts
index 8d4da38..b210876 100644
--- a/src/managers/EventLayoutCoordinator.ts
+++ b/src/managers/EventLayoutCoordinator.ts
@@ -54,18 +54,51 @@ export class EventLayoutCoordinator {
       const firstEvent = remaining[0];
 
       // Find events that could be in GRID with first event
-      // (start within threshold AND overlap)
+      // Use expanding search to find chains (A→B→C where each conflicts with next)
       const gridSettings = calendarConfig.getGridSettings();
       const thresholdMinutes = gridSettings.gridStartThresholdMinutes;
 
       const gridCandidates = [firstEvent];
-      for (let i = 1; i < remaining.length; i++) {
-        const candidate = remaining[i];
-        const startDiff = Math.abs(candidate.start.getTime() - firstEvent.start.getTime()) / (1000 * 60);
+      let candidatesChanged = true;
 
-        // Only add if starts within threshold AND overlaps with firstEvent
-        if (startDiff <= thresholdMinutes && this.stackManager.doEventsOverlap(firstEvent, candidate)) {
-          gridCandidates.push(candidate);
+      // Keep expanding until no new candidates can be added
+      while (candidatesChanged) {
+        candidatesChanged = false;
+
+        for (let i = 1; i < remaining.length; i++) {
+          const candidate = remaining[i];
+
+          // Skip if already in candidates
+          if (gridCandidates.includes(candidate)) continue;
+
+          // Check if candidate conflicts with ANY event in gridCandidates
+          for (const existingCandidate of gridCandidates) {
+            let hasConflict = false;
+
+            // Check 1: Start-to-start conflict (starts within threshold)
+            const startToStartDiff = Math.abs(candidate.start.getTime() - existingCandidate.start.getTime()) / (1000 * 60);
+            if (startToStartDiff <= thresholdMinutes && this.stackManager.doEventsOverlap(candidate, existingCandidate)) {
+              hasConflict = true;
+            }
+
+            // Check 2: End-to-start conflict (candidate starts within threshold before existingCandidate ends)
+            const endToStartMinutes = (existingCandidate.end.getTime() - candidate.start.getTime()) / (1000 * 60);
+            if (endToStartMinutes > 0 && endToStartMinutes <= thresholdMinutes) {
+              hasConflict = true;
+            }
+
+            // Check 3: Reverse end-to-start (existingCandidate starts within threshold before candidate ends)
+            const reverseEndToStart = (candidate.end.getTime() - existingCandidate.start.getTime()) / (1000 * 60);
+            if (reverseEndToStart > 0 && reverseEndToStart <= thresholdMinutes) {
+              hasConflict = true;
+            }
+
+            if (hasConflict) {
+              gridCandidates.push(candidate);
+              candidatesChanged = true;
+              break; // Found conflict, move to next candidate
+            }
+          }
         }
       }