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Champion Pawn Classic May 2025

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15 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 23 May 2025 to 25 May 2025 in Targu Mures, Romania. Top 10 Elo average was 1758, and top seed was Ioan-Gheorghe Duma (πŸ‡·πŸ‡΄ ROU, 1875).

Bence Pozna Tokos (πŸ‡·πŸ‡΄ ROU, 1851) won with 5.5/7, ahead of David-Ervin Nagy (5.5) and David Donici-Maier (5.0). Pozna Tokos shared the lead from round 6, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 2: Razvan-Nicolae Popa (1649) beat Ioan-Gheorghe Duma (1875), a +226-point gap.

Location
πŸ‡·πŸ‡΄Targu Mures, Romania
Dates
23 May 2025 β†’ 25 May 2025
Time control
Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss Β· 7 rounds
Top seed
πŸ‡·πŸ‡΄Ioan-Gheorghe Duma1875
Avg top 10
1,758
Participants
15
Federations Β· 1 represented
πŸ‡·πŸ‡΄RomaniaΓ—14
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 Β· 7 rounds

Tight race until R7; 2 players tied at 5.5/7, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.

Co-leaders
7
2
1
2
1
2
2
23.55.57R1R2R3R4R5R6R7Nagy takes lead
Pozna Tokos5.5Nagy5.5Donici-Maier5Butuza4.5Flora4Popa3.5
R5 Β· LEADER CHANGE24 May

David-Ervin Nagy takes the sole lead (4.5/5).

R7 Β· TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 5.5/7. Pozna Tokos takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (26.0).

R2 Β· HEAD-TO-HEAD Β· WINNER VS 2ND

Bence Pozna Tokos drew with David-Ervin Nagy (White).

Key matchups Β· top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Bence Pozna Tokos*
Β½
1
Β½
2David-Ervin Nagy
Β½
*
1
1
3David Donici-Maier
0
0
*
1
4Stefan Aurelian Butuza
Β½
0
0
*

Grille amΓ©ricaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΞ”
1Pozna Tokos, Bence1851ROU+6N=2B+5N+3B=8B=4N+9B5.526.029.522.751971+36.0
2Nagy, David-Ervin1704ROU+11B=1N+10B+4N+3Bβˆ’5N+6B5.525.528.521.751988+89.2
3Donici-Maier, David1810ROU+15B+7N+4Bβˆ’1Nβˆ’2N+8B+5B5.026.526.515.501917+34.4
4Butuza, Stefan Aurelian1803ROU+14N+10Bβˆ’3Nβˆ’2B+12N=1B+7N4.524.525.512.251795-3.6
5Flora, Andrei1829ROU+13NFβˆ’1B+7N+6B+2Bβˆ’3N4.024.524.514.001807-4.0
6Popa, Razvan-Nicolae1649ROUβˆ’1B+8N=7B+10Nβˆ’5N+12Bβˆ’2N3.525.027.010.251760+43.3
7Donici-Maier, Luca1676ROU+9Nβˆ’3B=6Nβˆ’5B+11B+10Nβˆ’4B3.523.526.511.251635-11.2
8Duma, Ioan-Gheorghe1875ROUFβˆ’6B+13N+9B=1Nβˆ’3N+11B3.522.022.010.751492-28.4
9Szilveszter, Marton-Laszlo0ROUβˆ’7B+15N=11Bβˆ’8N+13N+14Bβˆ’1N3.518.018.04.0010010.0
10Moga, Victor-Emilian1834ROU+12Bβˆ’4Nβˆ’2Nβˆ’6B+14Nβˆ’7B+15N3.020.020.03.001435-50.2
11Osvath, Erik-Andras0ROUβˆ’2N=13B=9N+14Bβˆ’7N+15Bβˆ’8N3.018.518.53.509510.0
12Szabo, Levente1549ROUβˆ’10N+14BFFβˆ’4Bβˆ’6N+13B2.013.513.52.50961-29.2
13Gorea, Mihaela-Elena0ROUβˆ’5B=11Nβˆ’8B+15Nβˆ’9BFβˆ’12N1.516.016.01.509500.0
14Tordan, Istvan-Lajos0ROUβˆ’4Bβˆ’12N+15Bβˆ’11Nβˆ’10Bβˆ’9NF1.016.016.00.009330.0
15FIDE 12880830β€”βˆ’3Nβˆ’9Bβˆ’14Nβˆ’13BFβˆ’11Nβˆ’10B0.017.017.00.0010220.0

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