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Petra Chess Weekend - 41st ed.

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26 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 15 May 2025 to 18 May 2025 in Satu Mare, Romania. 3 titled players from 3 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1931, and top seed was Alexandru-Ovidiu Stanciu (πŸ‡·πŸ‡΄ ROU, FM, 2332).

Alexandru-Ovidiu Stanciu (πŸ‡·πŸ‡΄ ROU, FM, 2332) won with 6.0/7, ahead of Sorin-Mihai Samu (5.0) and Arghil Marchis (5.0). Stanciu broke clear in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 4: Sorin-Mihai Samu (2032) beat Alexandru-Ovidiu Stanciu (FM, 2332), a +300-point gap.

Location
πŸ‡·πŸ‡΄Satu Mare, Romania
Dates
15 May 2025 β†’ 18 May 2025
Time control
Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss Β· 7 rounds
Top seed
πŸ‡·πŸ‡΄FMAlexandru-Ovidiu Stanciu2332
Avg top 10
1,931
Participants
26
Titled players Β· 3
FMΓ—3
Federations Β· 3 represented
πŸ‡·πŸ‡΄RomaniaΓ—23
πŸ‡²πŸ‡©MoldovaΓ—1
πŸ‡­πŸ‡ΊHungaryΓ—1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 Β· 7 rounds

FM Alexandru-Ovidiu Stanciu led from R3; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
9
3
1
5
2
2
1
23.55.57R1R2R3R4R5R6R7
Stanciu6Samu5Torzsas5Marchis5Kiss-Roth4Levay4
R3–R7 Β· LEAD HELD

FM Alexandru-Ovidiu Stanciu never relinquished the lead after R3; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.

R4 Β· HEAD-TO-HEAD Β· WINNER VS 2ND

FM Alexandru-Ovidiu Stanciu lost to Sorin-Mihai Samu (Black).

WIN STREAKS Β· 2 top finishers

FM Alexandru-Ovidiu Stanciu 3+3 wins (R1–R3, R5–R7)Sorin-Mihai Samu 5 wins (R2–R6)

Key matchups Β· top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1FMAlexandru-Ovidiu Stanciu*
0
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1
2Sorin-Mihai Samu
1
*
0
β€”
3Ludovic Torzsasβ€”
1
*β€”
4Arghil Marchis
0
β€”β€”*

Grille amΓ©ricaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΞ”
1Stanciu, Alexandru-OvidiuFM2332ROU+8B+7N+5Bβˆ’2N+3B+10N+6B6.026.029.524.502265-6.4
2Samu, Sorin-Mihai2032ROUF+9N+6B+1B+7N+5Bβˆ’4N5.026.526.521.502220+27.4
3Marchis, Arghil1831HUN+23Bβˆ’5N+15B+6Nβˆ’1N+12B+9N5.023.024.014.001950+15.8
4Torzsas, Ludovic1867ROU=9B+10N+17Bβˆ’5N=14B+15N+2B5.021.524.016.751918+10.4
5Levay, SorinFM1974ROU+16N+3Bβˆ’1N+4BFβˆ’2N+10B4.027.027.016.002030+9.2
6Costin, PetricaFM1962ROU+18B+24Nβˆ’2Nβˆ’3B+19N+8Bβˆ’1N4.024.025.09.001840-16.4
7Kiss-Roth, Abel1918ROU+13Nβˆ’1B+20N+12Bβˆ’2BF+11N4.023.025.011.501983+22.0
8Paal, Gavril1719ROUβˆ’1N+23B+19Nβˆ’9B+13Bβˆ’6N+15B4.021.022.08.501632-13.4
9Balog, Ronaldo1463ROU=4Nβˆ’2B+22B+8Nβˆ’10B+18Nβˆ’3B3.524.525.59.501702+59.6
10Moroz, Cristian-Andrei1784ROU+22Nβˆ’4B+16N=11B+9Nβˆ’1Bβˆ’5N3.524.525.58.751761-10.8
11Sarivan, Margareta1841MDA=15NF+24B=10N=17B+14Nβˆ’7B3.516.516.58.251800-4.8
12Remetean, Vasile1763ROU+21NF=14Bβˆ’7N=18Bβˆ’3N+16B3.018.518.57.001648-15.0
13Stana, Rares-Andrei1478ROUβˆ’7BF=18N+25Bβˆ’8N=16N+22B3.014.514.54.251477-4.4
14Bonte, Arghir1766ROU+26BF=12NF=4Nβˆ’11B+18B3.013.513.56.001744-1.4
15Muntean, Cristian0ROU=11BFβˆ’3N+16B+22Nβˆ’4Bβˆ’8N2.521.021.05.2516190.0
16Ciocirlie, Alin-Cristian1581ROUβˆ’5B+25Nβˆ’10Bβˆ’15N+23N=13Bβˆ’12N2.517.018.03.501428-28.8
17Maier, Alexandru Sever1723ROU+25BFβˆ’4N+20B=11NFF2.515.515.54.751796+10.0
18Masznica, Ioan1539ROUβˆ’6N+21B=13BF=12Nβˆ’9Bβˆ’14N2.018.518.55.001434-21.2
19Moldovan, Bogdan-Andrei1504ROUFFβˆ’8B+26Nβˆ’6B+24Nβˆ’20B2.011.011.01.00967-23.2
20Orban, Vasile-Gheorghe1679ROUFFβˆ’7Bβˆ’17NF+25B+19N2.09.59.53.001593-7.0
21Bara, Marius-Vlad0ROUβˆ’12Bβˆ’18NFFF+26N+25B2.07.07.01.008330.0
22Socolan, Luca-Ioan0ROUβˆ’10BFβˆ’9NFβˆ’15B+23Bβˆ’13N1.013.513.51.007740.0
23Marc, Claudiu0ROUβˆ’3Nβˆ’8NF+24Bβˆ’16Bβˆ’22NF1.013.513.51.009100.0
24Takacs, David-Antal0ROUFβˆ’6Bβˆ’11Nβˆ’23NFβˆ’19B+26B1.012.512.50.009700.0
25Asztalnok, Robert-Levente0ROUβˆ’17Nβˆ’16BFβˆ’13N+26Bβˆ’20Nβˆ’21N1.012.012.00.008180.0
26FIDE 12807750β€”βˆ’14NFFβˆ’19Bβˆ’25Nβˆ’21Bβˆ’24N0.09.09.00.008360.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets β€” the story behind the numbers.

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Biggest upsets
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