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Phoenix Cup - 12th ed. Open

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31 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 24 May 2025 to 25 May 2025 in Buzau, Romania. 6 titled players from 2 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2023, and top seed was Pavel Vavric (🇲🇩 MDA, FM, 2253).

Pavel Vavric (🇲🇩 MDA, FM, 2253) won with 5.5/6, ahead of Teodor-Mihnea Voicu (5.0) and Roman Dubic (4.5). Vavric shared the lead from round 4 and won solo starting round 5.

The biggest upset came in round 4: Toni Nuca (1477) beat Paul-Sorin Teteran (1729), a +252-point gap.

Location
🇷🇴Buzau, Romania
Dates
24 May 2025 → 25 May 2025
Time control
Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 6 rounds
Top seed
🇲🇩FMPavel Vavric2253
Avg top 10
2,023
Participants
31
Titled players · 6
FM×2
CM×3
WCM×1
Federations · 2 represented
🇷🇴Romania×30
🇲🇩Moldova×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 6 rounds

FM Pavel Vavric led from R5; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.

Co-leaders
11
6
1
2
1
1
1.534.56R1R2R3R4R5R6Vavric takes lead
R5 · LEADER CHANGE25 May

FM Pavel Vavric takes the sole lead (4.5/5).

R4 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

FM Pavel Vavric beat CM Teodor-Mihnea Voicu (White).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

FM Pavel Vavric 3 wins (R4–R6)CM Teodor-Mihnea Voicu 3 wins (R1–R3)Roman Dubic 3 wins (R2–R4)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1FMPavel Vavric*
1
1
½
2CMTeodor-Mihnea Voicu
0
*
3Roman Dubic
0
*
4FMSorin Levay
½
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Vavric, PavelFM2253MDA+19N+12B=4N+2B+3N+5B5.521.023.020.752412+16.2
2Voicu, Teodor-MihneaCM2169ROU+21B+9N+15B1N+7B+10N5.019.521.516.002209+8.6
3Dubic, Roman2073ROU=13B+14N+11N+6B1B+9N4.519.022.015.002066+3.2
4Levay, SorinFM1974ROU+22B+20N=1B=5N=10B+11N4.518.020.013.502149+27.6
5Taran, SebastianCM2139ROU+8N+23B=6N=4B+15N1N4.021.023.013.252065-15.6
6Codru, Raul Cristian1937ROU+17B+7N=5B3N=9B+26N4.018.520.011.751963+13.2
7Anistoroaei, MariaWCM1776ROU+31N6B+28N+16B2N+19B4.014.514.55.501915+26.4
8Truta, Florinel1708ROU5B+30N9B+27N+20N+12B4.014.014.06.501883+16.8
9Bratu, Gheorghe1837ROU+18N2B+8N+26B=6N3B3.520.021.510.001898+10.2
10Sabarez, IulianCM2023ROU=26N=16B+19N+20B=4N2B3.516.017.58.251916-26.4
11Gavrila, Marius-Daniel1862ROUF+29N3B+13B+14N4B3.016.016.07.001800-3.4
12Savin, Mihai1785ROU+30B1N26B+17N+22B8N3.015.515.54.501678-34.0
13Oltenescu, Georgeta-Costina1654ROU=3N19B+17B11N+24N=14B3.015.017.08.251719+7.6
14Nuca, Toni1477ROU=16N3B+29B+21N11B=13N3.015.016.05.751731+68.4
15Dobre, Mihai1962ROU+24N+28B2N+23B5BF3.014.014.05.001927-2.4
16Carapit, Vasile1813ROU=14B=10N+21B7N19B=17N2.515.017.06.501658-24.0
17Beganu, Rares-Irinel1567ROU6N+31B13N12B+30N=16B2.512.512.51.251476-12.8
18Stanica, Maria1505ROU9B21N+30B22N=27B+28N2.510.010.01.75940-25.6
19Bratu, Ioan-Valentin1742ROU1B+13N10BF+16N7N2.018.518.55.501809+5.6
20Ganea, Yanis-Andrei1791ROU+25N4B+24N10N8B21B2.016.018.04.001628-53.2
21Teteran, Paul-Sorin1729ROU2N+18B16N14BF+20N2.015.015.04.501673-18.4
22Bocaneala, Patrick1644ROU4N+25B23N+18B12NF2.014.016.04.501627-9.6
23Cioboata, Andrei1774ROU+27B5N+22B15NFF2.012.012.03.501794-0.4
24Rosu, Razvan-Mihai1624ROU15B+27N20B+28N13BF2.011.512.52.501006-34.0
25Puiu, Natalia0ROU20B22N27B+29N28B+30N2.07.57.51.001509+4.4
26Poleacu, Ioan-Alexandru1653ROU=10BF+12N9NF6B1.516.016.04.751809+26.4
27Bratulescu, Dorian-Claudiu0ROU23N24B+25N8B=18N29B1.512.513.53.2513940.0
28Cucu, Constantin0ROUF15N7B24B+25N18B1.013.513.52.0014250.0
29Calina, Niculae1449ROUF11B14N25BF+27N1.09.59.51.50795-20.4
30Zaharia, Sofia-Ana0ROU12N8B18NF17B25B0.014.014.00.008010.0
31Vasile, Darius-Alexandru0ROU7B17NFFFF0.010.510.50.008610.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets