European School Chess Championship 2025 - Open 17&Girls 17
21 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 30 May 2025 to 07 Jun 2025 in Mamaia, Romania. 3 titled players from 2 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2019, and top seed was Christian-Arrydan Tamas (🇷🇴 ROU, FM, 2219).
Matei-Valeriu Mogirzan (🇷🇴 ROU, CM, 2046) won with 6.5/9, ahead of Ozgur Deniz Hasirci (6.5) and Victor-Dominic Onica (6.5). Mogirzan shared the lead from round 2, winning on tie-break.
The biggest upset came in round 7: Viacheslav Voloshyn (1540) beat Eduard-Andrei Constantin (1874), a +334-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 9 roundsTight race until R9; 3 players tied at 6.5/9, decided on Buchholz.
3 players finish on 6.5/9. Mogirzan takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (45.0).
Victor-Dominic Onica drew with Ozgur Deniz Hasirci (Black).
Victor-Dominic Onica 3 wins (R2–R4)CM Matei-Valeriu Mogirzan 4 wins (R1–R4)
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Victor-Dominic Onica | * | ½ | 1 | 0 |
| 2Ozgur Deniz Hasirci | ½ | * | 1 | ½ |
| 3CMMatei-Valeriu Mogirzan | 0 | 0 | * | ½ |
| 4FMSerdar Murat Yildiz | 1 | ½ | ½ | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | R8 | R9 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mogirzan, Matei-ValeriuCM | 2046 | ROU | +8B | +21N | +9B | +7N | =4B | +5N | +6B | −2B | −3N | 6.5 | 45.0 | 45.0 | 29.00 | 2151 | +46.0 |
| 2 | Hasirci, Ozgur Deniz | 2149 | TUR | +11N | +18B | =6N | −5B | +9N | =3B | +10B | +1N | =4B | 6.5 | 43.5 | 46.5 | 32.00 | 2159 | +12.0 |
| 3 | Onica, Victor-Dominic | 1844 | ROU | −4N | +16B | +20N | +12B | =6N | =2N | =5B | +11B | +1B | 6.5 | 42.0 | 43.0 | 28.25 | 2093 | +115.2 |
| 4 | Yildiz, Serdar MuratFM | 2208 | TUR | +3B | −7N | +15B | +10N | =1N | −6B | +9N | +5B | =2N | 6.0 | 45.0 | 48.5 | 31.00 | 2112 | -33.2 |
| 5 | Tamas, Christian-ArrydanFM | 2219 | ROU | +12N | −6B | +11N | +2N | +7B | −1B | =3N | −4N | +10B | 5.5 | 45.5 | 49.5 | 28.25 | 2050 | -63.2 |
| 6 | Akkaya, Atakan | 2010 | TUR | +17B | +5N | =2B | =9N | =3B | +4N | −1N | +13B | −7N | 5.5 | 45.0 | 48.0 | 27.25 | 2075 | +34.4 |
| 7 | Torun, Kagan | 1892 | TUR | +19B | +4B | +18N | −1B | −5N | −10N | =14B | +17N | +6B | 5.5 | 37.5 | 40.5 | 22.25 | 1984 | +46.0 |
| 8 | Criveanu, Maria | 1743 | ROU | −1N | −15B | +13B | +16N | −10B | =17N | +21B | +14N | =9B | 5.0 | 33.0 | 33.0 | 14.75 | 1804 | +23.2 |
| 9 | Cotoros, Eduard | 2013 | ROU | +15N | +14B | −1N | =6B | −2B | +12N | −4B | =16N | =8N | 4.5 | 40.5 | 44.0 | 18.00 | 1886 | -49.6 |
| 10 | Karadas, Hena | 1903 | TUR | −14N | +13N | +21B | −4B | +8N | +7B | −2N | =19B | −5N | 4.5 | 39.0 | 39.0 | 16.00 | 1865 | -18.8 |
| 11 | Simescu, Radu-Adrian | 1814 | ROU | −2B | +19N | −5B | +21N | =17B | =14N | +12B | −3N | =18N | 4.5 | 35.0 | 35.0 | 11.75 | 1809 | -9.6 |
| 12 | Marcu, Daria-Ana | 1860 | ROU | −5B | +17N | +14B | −3N | +15B | −9B | −11N | F | +19N | 4.0 | 34.0 | 34.0 | 13.00 | 1811 | -20.4 |
| 13 | Moroita, Vlad | 1880 | ROU | =16N | −10B | −8N | F | =14B | +15N | +17B | −6N | +20B | 4.0 | 29.5 | 29.5 | 11.00 | 1718 | -61.6 |
| 14 | Croitoru, Matei-Andrei | 1646 | ROU | +10B | −9N | −12N | +18B | =13N | =11B | =7N | −8B | F | 3.5 | 35.0 | 35.0 | 14.50 | 1830 | +74.8 |
| 15 | Dumitrache, Elisa-Andreea | 1721 | ROU | −9B | +8N | −4N | +19B | −12N | −13B | F | +20N | =16B | 3.5 | 31.0 | 31.0 | 10.75 | 1732 | -2.4 |
| 16 | Voloshyn, Viacheslav | 1540 | ROU | =13B | −3N | −17B | −8B | F | +20N | +18N | =9B | =15N | 3.5 | 30.5 | 30.5 | 10.00 | 1733 | +67.6 |
| 17 | Kiss, Hanna | 1701 | ROU | −6N | −12B | +16N | +20B | =11N | =8B | −13N | −7B | F | 3.0 | 33.0 | 33.0 | 9.25 | 1693 | -8.0 |
| 18 | Constantin, Eduard-Andrei | 1874 | ROU | +20B | −2N | −7B | −14N | =19N | F | −16B | +21N | =11B | 3.0 | 27.5 | 27.5 | 4.75 | 1566 | -108.4 |
| 19 | Szekely, David-Kristof | 1540 | ROU | −7N | −11B | F | −15N | =18B | +21N | +20B | =10N | −12B | 3.0 | 26.0 | 26.0 | 4.75 | 1637 | +21.2 |
| 20 | Moraru, Stefan-Robert | 1482 | ROU | −18N | F | −3B | −17N | +21B | −16B | −19N | −15B | −13N | 1.0 | 26.5 | 26.5 | 0.00 | 929 | -65.2 |
| 21 | Butoi, David-Mihai | 0 | ROU | F | −1B | −10N | −11B | −20N | −19B | −8N | −18B | F | 0.0 | 31.0 | 31.0 | 0.00 | 953 | -60.8 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Onica, Victor-DominicROU+115.26.5 pts · #1
- 2Croitoru, Matei-AndreiROU+74.83.5 pts · #16
- 3Voloshyn, ViacheslavROU+67.63.5 pts · #13
- 1Constantin, Eduard-AndreiROU-108.43.0 pts · #19
- 2Moraru, Stefan-RobertROU-65.21.0 pts · #20
- 3Tamas, Christian-ArrydanFMROU-63.25.5 pts · #5
- R7+334 Elo gap
- R2+316 Elo gap
- R1+257 Elo gap