The Classical Checkered

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27 players participated in this 4-round tournament, held on 18 May 2025 in Magura-Bacau, Romania. Top 10 Elo average was 1360, and top seed was Andrei Malureanu (🇷🇴 ROU, 1602).

Alexandru Stefan Pintilescu (🇷🇴 ROU, 1514) won with 3.5/4, ahead of Damian Petru David (3.5) and Stefan Voicu (3.5). Pintilescu shared the lead from round 1, winning on tie-break.

Location

🇷🇴Magura-Bacau, Romania

Dates

18 May 2025

Time control

Standard: All Moves in 60 Min. Incr. 2 Sec. / /

System

Swiss · 4 rounds

Top seed

🇷🇴Andrei Malureanu1602

Avg top 10

1,360

Participants

Federations · 1 represented

🇷🇴Romania×24

Top 3

🥇
Alexandru Stefan Pintilescu
🇷🇴ROU·1514
3.5pts·1701perf+19.2
🥈
Damian Petru David
🇷🇴ROU·1508
3.5pts·1684perf+18.0
🥉
Stefan Voicu
🇷🇴ROU·1518
3.5pts·2288perf+36.0

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 4 rounds

Tight race until R4; 4 players tied at 3.5/4, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 4 co-leaders at R4 to 4 at the finish.

Co-leaders

Voicu3.5David3.5Malureanu3.5Pintilescu3.5Apostu3Sava3

R4 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

4 players finish on 3.5/4. Pintilescu takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (8.5).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

Stefan Voicu 3 wins (R2–R4)Damian Petru David 3 wins (R1–R3)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Stefan Voicu	*	—	—	—
2Damian Petru David	—	*	—	½
3Andrei Malureanu	—	—	*	—
4Alexandru Stefan Pintilescu	—	½	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Pintilescu, Alexandru Stefan	1514	ROU	+18B	+6N	+13B	=2N	3.5	8.5	10.5	8.75	1701	+19.2
2	David, Damian Petru	1508	ROU	+25N	+16B	+12N	=1B	3.5	8.0	9.0	7.25	1684	+18.0
3	Voicu, Stefan	1518	ROU	=10N	+19B	+9N	+8B	3.5	7.5	9.0	7.75	2288	+36.0
4	Malureanu, Andrei	1602	ROU	+15B	=5N	+20B	+13N	3.5	7.0	8.5	7.00	1661	+5.6
5	Sava, Daniel	1436	ROU	+7N	=4B	=10N	+16B	3.0	8.5	10.5	7.50	1603	+9.2
6	Apostu, Ana-Maria	0	ROU	+?N	−1B	+22B	+14N	3.0	6.5	6.5	3.00	1554	0.0
7	Ciobanu, Andy-Gabriel	0	ROU	−5B	+15N	=11B	+?N	2.5	7.5	7.5	3.25	1475	0.0
8	Calcaianu, Maria	1444	ROU	+23B	+21N	=14B	−3N	2.5	7.0	8.0	3.50	1365	-7.6
9	Voicu, Matei	0	ROU	+24B	=14N	−3B	+20N	2.5	7.0	8.0	3.50	1365	-16.8
10	Ciuchi, Eyal	0	ROU	=3B	+?N	=5B	=?N	2.5	6.5	6.5	3.25	1479	0.0
11	Caunic, Robert-Matei	0	ROU	+?N	−13B	=7N	+19B	2.5	6.0	6.0	2.75	1546	0.0
12	Buhosu, Victor-Iustin	1486	ROU	+27B	+22N	−2B	=21N	2.5	6.0	6.0	1.75	708	-17.6
13	Dragan, Stefan	1508	ROU	+26B	+11N	−1N	−4B	2.0	9.5	9.5	2.50	758	-34.4
14	Lupes, Andreea	1582	ROU	+17N	=9B	=8N	−6B	2.0	8.0	10.0	4.50	1488	-11.6
15	Floares, Sofia-Andreea	0	ROU	−4N	−7B	+?N	+22B	2.0	7.0	7.0	1.00	803	0.0
16	Ursu, Daria Maria	0	ROU	+?B	−2N	+?B	−5N	2.0	6.5	6.5	0.00	1487	0.0
17	Gheorghe, Teodora-Maria	0	ROU	−14B	+23N	−21B	+24N	2.0	4.5	5.5	2.00	795	0.0
18	Petcu, Nicolas-Andrei	0	ROU	−1N	+?B	−?B	+23N	2.0	4.5	4.5	1.00	702	0.0
19	Stanciu, Teodora-Elena	0	ROU	=20B	−3N	+24B	−11N	1.5	7.5	8.5	1.75	721	0.0
20	FIDE 42253640	0	—	=19N	+?B	−4N	−9B	1.5	7.5	7.5	0.75	1447	0.0
21	Voaides Cajban, Gabriela Ariana	0	ROU	F	−8B	+17N	=12B	1.5	7.0	7.0	3.25	1263	0.0
22	Timaru, Ariana-Teodora	0	ROU	+?B	−12B	−6N	−15N	1.0	7.5	7.5	0.00	1495	0.0
23	Carnu, Ilie	0	ROU	−8N	−17B	+26N	−18B	1.0	6.5	6.5	0.00	644	0.0
24	Bodescu, Maria-Eveline	0	ROU	−9N	+25B	−19N	−17B	1.0	6.0	7.0	1.00	731	0.0
25	FIDE 42240743	0	—	−2B	−24N	+?B	−?N	1.0	4.5	4.5	0.00	746	0.0
26	FIDE 42239419	0	—	−13N	−?N	−23B	−?B	0.0	3.0	3.0	0.00	699	0.0
27	Ursu, Darius-Ioan	0	ROU	−12N	−?N	−?B	−?B	0.0	2.5	2.5	0.00	724	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Voicu, StefanROU
+36.0
3.5 pts · #1
2Pintilescu, Alexandru StefanROU
+19.2
3.5 pts · #5
3David, Damian PetruROU
+18.0
3.5 pts · #3

Top rating losers

1Dragan, StefanROU
-34.4
2.0 pts · #25
2Buhosu, Victor-IustinROU
-17.6
2.5 pts · #21
3Voicu, MateiROU
-16.8
2.5 pts · #14