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International Chess Tournament Mihail Sadoveanu - 37th ed.

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142 players participated in this 8-round tournament, held from 07 Jul 2025 to 13 Jul 2025 in Iasi, Romania. 10 titled players from 5 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2254, and top seed was Vasile Sanduleac (🇲🇩 MDA, GM, 2332).

Vasile Sanduleac (🇲🇩 MDA, GM, 2332) won with 6.5/8, ahead of Nicodim-Cosmin Stepanencu (6.5) and Rares Plugaru (6.5). Sanduleac won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 4: Andrei Iavorschi (1699) beat Alexandru Calin (FM, 2216), a +517-point gap.

Location
🇷🇴Iasi, Romania
Dates
07 Jul 2025 → 13 Jul 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes for game with 30 seconds delay from move 1
System
Swiss · 8 rounds
Top seed
🇲🇩GMVasile Sanduleac2332
Avg top 10
2,254
Participants
142
Titled players · 10
GM×1
IM×3
FM×2
CM×4
Federations · 5 represented
🇷🇴Romania×110
🇲🇩Moldova×22
🇫🇷France×3
🇬🇧England×2
FIDE (no federation)×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 8 rounds

Tight race until R8; 5 players tied at 6.5/8, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 5 at the finish.

Co-leaders
60
25
11
3
5
9
1
5
2468R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8
Vilcu6.5Stepanencu6.5Plugaru6.5Sanduleac6.5Baratosi6.5Apostol6— ex-leaders:Calinled R7, #7
R8 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

5 players finish on 6.5/8. Sanduleac takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (42.0).

R7 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Matei-Stefan Vilcu drew with FM Nicodim-Cosmin Stepanencu (White).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

Matei-Stefan Vilcu 3 wins (R1–R3)FM Nicodim-Cosmin Stepanencu 4 wins (R1–R4)Rares Plugaru 3 wins (R1–R3)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Sanduleac, VasileGM2332MDA+62N+21B+7N+4B=2N=5B=10N+6B6.542.046.036.752374+5.7
2Stepanencu, Nicodim-CosminFM2318ROU+116B+9N+41B+3N=1B=10B=4N+14N6.541.043.534.252356+10.2
3Plugaru, Rares2165ROU+32N+22B+37N−2B+39N+11B=5N+10B6.538.543.033.252268+24.8
4Vilcu, Matei-Stefan2145ROU+84B+98N+35B−1N+8B+23N=2B+12N6.537.540.530.752264+27.2
5Baratosi, DanielIM2304ROU+60B+58N+40B=36N+14B=1N=3B+24N6.536.540.531.752358+7.0
6Calin, AlexandruFM2216ROU+53B+18N+8B−38N+36B+56N+13B−1N6.037.041.030.002149-6.0
7Sabarez, IulianCM1996ROU+101B+95N−1B+27N+26B+21N=19B=13N6.035.538.526.502116+50.0
8Dranga, Victor-Andrei1876ROU+129N+78B−6N+95B−4N+64B+38N+21B6.033.035.022.502013+55.6
9Apostol, Ioan1841ROU+89N−2B+74N+102B−13N+57B+56B+28N6.032.535.523.501997+65.6
10Dodoi, Matei-TeodorCM2142ROU+72N+45B=39N+59B+12B=2N=1B−3N5.538.042.026.752174+25.6
11Mogirzan, Matei-ValeriuCM2092ROU+52B+17N+26B=12N+24B−3N+44B−19N5.537.542.027.252146+33.6
12Prisacaru, Stefan-EmilianCM2271ROU+51N+127B+23N=11B−10N+22B+36N−4B5.536.538.523.752137-19.6
13Carasiov, Artiom1958MDA+70B=42N=25B+60N+9B+38N−6N=7B5.536.040.026.251965+10.0
14Zubcu, Vlad-George2228ROU+102N=59B+34N+20B−5N+81B+79N−2B5.535.038.023.002116-13.2
15Bujac, Dan2047MDA+68B=81N+28B=31N=35B=37N+26B=18N5.533.537.025.501972-25.2
16Tablan, Matei-Christian1972ROU+66B−27N+84B−43N+63B+71N=37B+35N5.530.534.022.251858-17.8
17Mocanita, Matei1795ROU+85N−11B=70N+83B=57N+82B=23B+40N5.530.033.521.501856+30.4
18Matei, Stefan-Razvan1818ROU+119N−6B+68N+73B−56N+115B+110N=15B5.529.031.518.751940+26.4
19Soltanici, RuslanIM2311MDA+76N+46B+56NF+38BF=7N+11B5.528.528.525.502363+1.8
20Dincov, Ioan1924FRA=87B+109N+42B−14N−93B+96N+95B+37N5.527.530.519.751866-6.2
21Dumitru, Luca-Serban1841ROU+82B−1N+52B+96N+40B−7B+31N−8N5.036.039.020.501922+31.6
22Leca Andrei, Anastasia1801ROU+107B−3N+66B+41N=30B−12N+42B=33N5.035.038.021.001988+64.8
23Morariu, Adrian1888ROU+120B+71N−12B+63N+43B−4B=17N=44N5.034.537.020.001895+1.6
24Itkis, BorisIM2249ROU+115B+49N+47BF−11N+33N+35B−5B5.033.033.021.002140-6.4
25Padure, Dragos-Alexandru1871MDA+94N=57B=13N−61B+32N=50B+51N=29B5.032.536.022.501833-7.3
26Zlate-Ion, Matei1854ROU+105N+99B−11N+64B−7N+43B−15N+57B5.032.535.518.501867+8.8
27Bitca, Emilia1746MDA+126N+16B−36N−7B+88N=41B=46N+56B5.032.534.519.501961+76.8
28Radulescu, Andrei1908ROU=97N+106B−15N=32B+68N+48B+59N−9B5.032.035.019.501827-13.6
29Soilita, Nichita2082MDA+63B+67N−38B+98N=37B−35N+45B=25N5.031.034.020.251887-59.2
30Codru, Raul Cristian1949ROU=74N+97B+57N=39B=22N−36B=34N+64B5.031.034.020.251837-36.4
31Martici, Teodor1916ROU=88N+134B+83N=15B−44N+61B−21B+71N5.030.031.517.501801-37.2
32Stan, Dante-Alexandru1642ROU−3B+124N=58B=28N−25B+125N+98B+69N5.029.531.515.501855+87.6
33Vasilache, Dan-Andrei2004MDA=83N+88B−59N+62B+67N−24B+81N=22B5.029.032.519.251877-26.0
34Madan, Bogdan1763MDA=86B+128N−14B−93N+92B+66N=30B+60N5.029.031.017.751753+23.6
35Mohonea, Alexandru1870ROU+65B+44N−4N+48B=15N+29B−24N−16B4.536.540.520.751958+37.6
36Mazilu, Stefan Fabian2090ROU+103NF+27B=5B−6N+30N−12B+39B4.536.539.520.752104+7.4
37Oasenegre, Mircea1875ROU+104B+43N−3B+65N=29N=15B=16N−20B4.536.539.519.501899+8.8
38Iavorschi, Andrei1699ROU+132N+110B+29N+6B−19N−13B−8B=47N4.535.537.518.251989+95.6
39Iacob, Ivan-Alexandru1842ROU+55B+140N=10B=30N−3B+60N=40B−36N4.534.534.516.001927+29.6
40Dincov, Matei1970FRA+114N+48B−5N+45B−21N+93B=39N−17B4.534.037.017.751861-20.0
41Panait, Razvan-Alexandru1988ROU+77N+61B−2N−22B+42B=27N=69B=48N4.533.537.519.251844-52.8
42Ropota, Damian-Alexandru1732ROU+136N=13B−20N+74B−41N+70B−22N+88B4.532.033.015.251769+12.4
43Sfichi, Andrei1686ROU+113N−37B+105N+16B−23N−26N+65B=46B4.531.534.517.751776+31.6
44Apostol, Lucian1613MDA+54B−35B+127N+49N+31BF−11N=23B4.531.031.018.502009+134.8
45Gupta, Aditya1792ENG+91B−10N+75B−40N=66B+84N−29N+103B4.530.033.016.001806+5.2
46Ciomaga, Andrei1826ROU+125B−19N−63B+55N=84B+106N=27B=43N4.530.032.016.001732-35.6
47Panaite, Mihai-Teodor1936ROU+73N+50B−24N=67B−81N=62B+115N=38B4.529.532.017.251805-49.2
48Cazacu, Raluca-Cristiana1723MDA+130B−40N+120B−35N+75B−28N+68B=41B4.529.031.014.751781+19.2
49Gorea, Stefan-Alin1824ROU+90N−24B+103N−44B=101N+72B−50N+83B4.528.031.015.501723-20.2
50Vrabie, Ion1696MDA+96B−47N=104B+117N=58B=25N+49B−79N4.528.030.516.001758+15.8
51Vajda, Iulia-Alexandra1662ROU−12B+125N−96B+112N+86B=58N−25B+82N4.527.529.514.001750+34.8
52Balta, Radu1628ROU−11N+121B−21N−100B+85N=97B+90N+81B4.527.029.514.501665+13.2
53Ghita, Levi1644ROU−6N+90B+141N−56B−54N=99B+97N+109B4.527.027.011.001757+12.6
54Varaciuc, Vivian-Nicolae2061ROU−44NF+107B=82N+53B=95N=67B+61B4.526.526.516.751766-36.4
55Cebotari, Irina1502MDA−39N−62B+126N−46B=108N+128B+101N+127B4.523.025.010.501641+34.8
56Grebeniuc, Alexandra1941MDA+75B+64N−19B+53N+18B−6B−9N−27N4.036.540.518.001858-34.4
57Dumitrache, Elisa-Andreea1683ROU+141B=25N−30B+104N=17B−9N+89B−26N4.033.033.011.751704+5.6
58Beldiman, Tudor1830ROU+100N−5B=32N+72B=50N=51B=93NF4.032.035.015.751762-24.0
59Andries, Alexia1808ROU+124B=14N+33B−10N=82B+65N−28B−93N4.032.034.015.501785-6.8
60Moisei, David Andrei1666ROU−5N+89B+99N−13B+100N−39B+127N−34B4.031.033.011.501712+7.6
61Vorniceanu, Alina1733ROU+117B−41N+92B+25N−79B−31N+63B−54N4.030.533.015.001798+9.4
62Oncescu, Vlad-Norin1682ROU−1B+55N=117B−33N+104B=47N+99BF4.030.533.014.001793+11.4
63Bogles, Darius-Alexandru1627ROU−29N+85B+46N−23B−16N+105B−61N+134B4.030.532.012.501733+38.0
64Manolachi, Tudor-Gabriel1708ROU+131B−56B+94N−26N+120B−8N+74B−30N4.030.032.012.001699-6.4
65Portariuc, Gheorghe1510ROU−35N+80N+71B−37B+78N−59B−43N+115B4.029.532.014.501757+47.6
66Belegan, Albert-Nicola-Matei1594ROU−16N+126B−22N+90B=45N−34B+119N=95B4.029.031.011.751648+17.2
67Barbulescu, Robert-Cristian1785ROU+108N−29BF=47N−33B+101B=54N+76B4.029.029.014.501863+15.2
68Damaschin, Gheorghe1608ROU−15N+108B−18B+133N−28B+124N−48N+112B4.028.530.09.501625-0.6
69Turcu, Florin1772ROU+111BF−73N=97B+109N+77B=41N−32B4.028.031.013.751655-18.4
70Tcaciuc, Smaranda-Maria1573ROU−13N+130B=17B−81N+118B−42N+86B=123N4.027.529.512.001601+4.0
71Scutaru, Igor1690MDA+138N−23B−65N+137B+97N−16B+73N−31B4.027.528.08.501656-26.8
72Birladeanu, Alexandru1630ROU−10B=107N+122B−58N+91B−49N=87B+100N4.027.029.512.251662+7.6
73Raileanu, Rafael-Constantin1565ROU−47B+131N+69B−18N−95B+111N−71B+96N4.027.029.012.001609+8.8
74Berbecel, Eric1570ROU=30B+133N−9B−42N+117B=123N−64N+124B4.026.528.09.751599+1.6
75Pomirleanu, Ioana-Cristiana1567ROU−56N+142B−45N+85B−48N=100B=91N+108B4.026.026.09.751563-12.0
76Axinte, Patrick-Cristian1670ROU−19B−82N+118B−125N+112B+134N+96B−67N4.023.525.010.001496-58.8
77Ionita, Ioan1596ROU−41B=118N=86B+140N=98B−69N=100B+99N4.023.523.59.001539-9.0
78Isac, Teodor1689ROU+135B−8N−82B+89N−65B+137N+129NF4.023.024.07.501568-19.2
79Bejan, Sergiu1940MDAF+87N+81BF+61NF−14B+50B4.021.021.015.502035+12.4
80Parvulescu, Nicu1754ROU−99N−65B−85N+126B−124N+133B+125N+105B4.019.521.08.501390-44.4
81Dorobat, Alexia1764ROU+122N=15B−79N+70B+47B−14N−33B−52N3.533.035.513.751787+7.6
82Gavril, Ioan1482ROU−21N+76B+78N=54B=59N−17N=106B−51B3.531.534.513.751704+81.6
83Trifan, Nicolae1605ROU=33B+86N−31B−17N+107B=98N=123B−49N3.529.532.011.751671+16.8
84Coropceanu, Eduard1633MDA−4N+119B−16N+105B=46N−45B−109N+121B3.529.532.010.251647-2.0
85Trifan, Petru1432ROU−17B−63N+80B−75N−52B+135N+104B=87N3.528.529.59.751531+29.2
86Alexa, Sebastian-Ioan1410ROU=34N−83B=77N+103B−51N=88B−70N+120N3.527.530.011.751562+60.4
87Radu, Andrei M.1563ROU=20N−79B=100N=99B=113N=90B=72N=85B3.526.529.512.751583-2.8
88Talaba, David-Christian1561ROU=31B−33N+136B=139N−27B=86N+116B−42N3.526.527.08.001629+14.0
89Kassem, Mahmoud1486FID−9B−60N+130N−78B+141N+102B−57N=106B3.526.026.06.501502+1.0
90Sit, Lev1455MDA−49B−53N+131B−66N+135B=87N−52B+116N3.525.526.57.251460+0.8
91Codrean, Gloria1432MDA−45N−103B=114N+128B−72N+92N=75B=102B3.525.027.010.501521-1.6
92Nedelcu, Stefan1547ROU−110N+132B−61N=113B−34N−91B+136N+119B3.523.024.07.001418-34.4
93Porosniuc, Dumitru Daniel1680ROUFFF+34B+20N−40N=58B+59B3.523.023.016.501990+40.2
94Mohonea, Maria1510ROU−25B+135N−64B=116N−106N+136B−103N+118B3.521.022.05.751339-29.2
95Simulescu, Andrei1746ROU+118B−7BF−8N+73N=54B−20N=66N3.032.533.510.751710-15.6
96Bulbeck, George0ENG−50N+129B+51N−21B+102N−20B−76N−73B3.030.532.59.5016010.0
97Bejan, Eduard-Mihail1543ROU=28B−30N+128B=69N−71B=52N−53B=111N3.030.032.010.251561-6.8
98Prignea, David-Cristian1803ROU+121N−4B+101N−29B=77N=83B−32NF3.029.531.59.251674-49.6
99Arhire, Lucian0ROU+80B−26N−60B=87N+116B=53N−62N−77B3.029.031.510.5015920.0
100Ivan, Victor-Stefan1472ROU−58B=115N=87B+52N−60B=75N=77N−72B3.028.030.511.501556+30.4
101Dumitru, Rucsandra Sofia1599ROU−7N+111B−98B+135N=49B−67N−55B=107N3.028.029.07.751527-26.0
102Ionescu, Daria S.1649ROU−14B+112N+140B−9N−96B−89N=111B=91N3.027.527.56.251496-48.8
103Varzari, Tudor-Constantin1628ROU−36B+91N−49B−86NF+107N+94B−45N3.027.027.010.001553-28.4
104Minzat, Victoria1512MDA−37N+113B=50N−57B−62N=108B−85N+133B3.026.528.08.251357-40.4
105Boanta, Albert-Petrus1505ROU−26B+116N−43B−84N+133B−63N+122B−80N3.026.027.56.501502-6.0
106Litcanu, Daria-Tiana1648ROUF−28N+109B−110N+94B−46B=82N=89N3.026.026.010.001610-18.4
107Doncu Petcu, Adriana Aylin1434ROU−22N=72B−54N+136B−83N−103B+128N=101B3.025.026.06.5014470.0
108Bohan, Ionut-Dumitru1416ROU−67B−68N−116B+131N=55B=104N+137B−75N3.024.025.06.751439+2.8
109Ionita, Gheorghe1516ROUF−20B−106N+138N−69B+118N+84B−53N3.023.523.56.501480-4.2
110Rusu, Adrian1915ROU+92B−38NF+106B+123NF−18BF3.023.023.09.001755-17.8
111Bejan, Eric1414ROU−69N−101N+129B−115B+114N−73B=102N=97B3.022.524.58.001519+40.4
112Balan, Viorel Andrei1447ROU−127N−102B+132N−51B−76N+126B+139B−68N3.021.522.04.501407-10.4
113Levinta, Maria0MDA−43B−104N+124B=92N=87B−116N−134B+137N3.020.521.56.5014620.0
114Gazzi, Casian1583ROU−40B−117N=91B=122N−111B+132N−124B+130N3.020.022.07.001295-68.0
115Carp, Alexandru1656ROU−24N=100BF+111N+125B−18N−47B−65N2.527.027.06.501563-41.6
116Petriman, Ion1675ROU−2N−105B+108N=94B−99N+113B−88N−90B2.526.029.07.751392-45.8
117Bohan, Rares-Nicolae0ROU−61N+114B=62N−50B−74N−119B−126N+138B2.524.024.55.5014200.0
118Jugaru, Victor0ROU−95N=77B−76N+119B−70N−109B+138N−94N2.524.024.55.0013460.0
119Diaconu, Tudor-Andrei1446ROU−18B−84N=138B−118N+140B+117N−66B−92N2.522.022.02.75844-41.2
120Tacu, Alexandra1543ROU−23N+138B−48N+141B−64N−127B=121N−86B2.522.022.01.751265-64.8
121Zamfirachi, Matei-Dorian1436ROU−98B−52N−135B+130N−129B+140N=120B−84N2.518.518.53.251259-36.0
122Barnusca, Tudor-Calin1412ROU−81BF−72N=114B−137N+141B−105N+125B2.516.516.53.501379-8.8
123Afloarei, Jenica1709ROU+142NFFF−110B=74B=83N=70B2.514.514.55.751582-14.8
124Vrabie, Loredana1446MDA−59N−32B−113NF+80B−68B+114N−74N2.027.029.07.001529+31.2
125Dincov, Christian1459FRA−46N−51B+142N+76B−115N−32B−80B−122N2.027.027.04.001347-32.8
126Bruckner, Ingrid0ROU−27B−66N−55B−80N+131B−112N+117BF2.025.025.54.508050.0
127Scutaru, Mihai-Alexandru1824ROU+112B−12N−44BFF+120N−60B−55N2.024.024.05.501542-43.4
128Ciobanu, Andy-Gabriel0ROUF−34B−97N−91N+130B−55N−107B+135N2.022.022.03.007640.0
129Dutcovici, Sabina-Teodora1513ROU−8B−96N−111N+142B+121NF−78BF2.022.022.02.501412-25.2
130Rezmerita, Radu-Alexandru0ROU−48N−70N−89B−121B−128N+131N+135B−114B2.021.522.53.007560.0
131Capatina, Sara-Eleonora0ROU−64N−73B−90N−108B−126N−130B+142B+140N2.018.518.50.007350.0
132FIDE 422550900—−38B−92N−112BF+142N−114B+141NF2.017.017.00.007580.0
133Ciobanu, Dominic-Andrei0ROUF−74B=134N−68B−105N−80N+140B−104N1.519.519.50.7511700.0
134Hritcu, Vasile1487ROUF−31N=133BFF−76B+113N−63N1.517.517.53.75927-26.4
135Doncu, Ion-Alexandru0ROU−78N−94B+121N−101B−90N−85B−130N−128B1.022.024.02.5012460.0
136FIDE 422380640—−42BF−88N−107N+138B−94N−92BF1.020.520.50.507860.0
137Silivestru, Dominic-Andrei1525ROUFFF−71N+122B−78B−108N−113B1.019.519.52.501365-35.2
138Diaconu, Vlad-Stefan0ROU−71B−120N=119N−109B−136NF−118B−117N0.518.018.01.2512330.0
139Rusu, Vasile1686ROUFFF=88BFF−112NF0.510.510.51.751312-19.2
140FIDE 422551040—F−39B−102N−77B−119N−121B−133N−131B0.020.020.00.007910.0
141FIDE 422445870—−57NF−53B−120N−89B−122N−132BF0.019.019.00.007520.0
142Covalciuc, Ermina-Ioana0ROU−123B−75N−125B−129N−132BF−131NF0.015.015.00.007660.0

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