Predeal City Trophy - 4th ed.

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59 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 08 Aug 2025 to 10 Aug 2025 in Predeal, Romania. 1 titled players from 3 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1895, and top seed was Dan Nandrean (🇷🇴 ROU, 1997).

Vasile Timpau (🇷🇴 ROU, 1789) won with 5.5/6, ahead of Jordi Munoz Dodin (4.5) and Leonard Vasiloi (4.5). Timpau won solo starting round 5.

The biggest upset came in round 2: Eduard-Alexandru Gavrila (1657) beat Jordi Munoz Dodin (1978), a +321-point gap.

Location

🇷🇴Predeal, Romania

Dates

08 Aug 2025 → 10 Aug 2025

Time control

Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 6 rounds

Top seed

🇷🇴Dan Nandrean1997

Avg top 10

1,895

Participants

Titled players · 1

WCM×1

Federations · 3 represented

🇷🇴Romania×54

🇲🇩Moldova×2

🇪🇸Spain×1

Top 3

🥇
Vasile Timpau
🇷🇴ROU·1789
5.5pts·2029perf+24.4
🥈
Jordi Munoz Dodin
🇪🇸ESP·1978
4.5pts·1899perf-14.8
🥉
Leonard Vasiloi
🇷🇴ROU·1845
4.5pts·1921perf+21.6

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 6 rounds

Vasile Timpau led from R5; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.

Co-leaders

Timpau5.5Bratu4.5Munoz Dodin4.5Pana4.5Vilceanu4.5Vasiloi4.5

R5–R6 · LEAD HELD

Vasile Timpau never relinquished the lead after R5; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.

R6 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Vasile Timpau drew with Gheorghe Bratu (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

Vasile Timpau 5 wins (R1–R5)Gheorghe Bratu 4 wins (R2–R5)Jordi Munoz Dodin 3 wins (R3–R5)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Vasile Timpau	*	½	—	—
2Gheorghe Bratu	½	*	—	—
3Jordi Munoz Dodin	—	—	*	½
4Darius-Cristian Pana	—	—	½	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Timpau, Vasile	1789	ROU	+39B	+41N	+25B	+11N	+9B	=7N	5.5	17.5	19.5	17.25	2029	+24.4
2	Munoz Dodin, Jordi	1978	ESP	+32N	−8B	+46N	+14B	+10N	=5B	4.5	19.0	21.0	14.75	1899	-14.8
3	Vasiloi, Leonard	1845	ROU	+26B	+28N	=15B	=13N	=12B	+17N	4.5	17.0	20.0	14.75	1921	+21.6
4	Martinenco, Sergiu	1956	MDA	+27B	−11N	+26B	+41N	=13B	+9N	4.5	17.0	19.0	13.75	1815	-13.4
5	Pana, Darius-Cristian	1888	ROU	+37N	+45B	−8N	+34B	+11N	=2N	4.5	17.0	19.0	12.75	1840	-4.4
6	Vilceanu, Marius-Costel	1935	ROU	F	=21B	+35N	+19B	+16N	+8B	4.5	17.0	17.0	15.25	1996	+10.4
7	Bratu, Gheorghe	1872	ROU	F	+52B	+43N	+15N	+20B	=1B	4.5	16.0	16.0	13.25	2109	+23.2
8	Gavrila, Eduard-Alexandru	1657	ROU	+36B	+2N	+5B	−9B	+18N	−6N	4.0	21.0	23.5	15.00	1925	+82.4
9	Ilie, Eduard-Alexandru	1736	ROU	+33B	+34N	+12B	+8N	−1N	−4B	4.0	20.5	23.0	13.00	1854	+37.6
10	Popa, Valentin	1819	ROU	+48B	+19N	−11B	+40N	−2B	+32N	4.0	16.5	18.5	10.50	1726	-9.6
11	Sandulescu, Gheorghe	1666	ROU	+24N	+4B	+10N	−1B	−5B	=16N	3.5	22.0	25.5	13.75	1834	+27.4
12	Nandrean, Dan	1997	ROU	F	+14B	−9N	+21B	=3N	+15N	3.5	19.0	19.0	12.75	1892	-10.8
13	Badica, ArianaWCM	1809	ROU	F	+31B	+22N	=3B	=4N	=20N	3.5	19.0	19.0	12.75	1865	+18.4
14	Plesea, Luca-Matias	1721	ROU	+47B	−12N	+33B	−2N	+27B	=19N	3.5	17.5	19.5	9.75	1714	0.0
15	Simulescu, Andrei	1731	ROU	+51N	+42B	=3N	−7B	+30N	−12B	3.5	17.5	19.0	8.75	1750	+10.0
16	Ioan, Cezar-Octavian	1747	ROU	=18B	=40N	+27B	+36N	−6B	=11B	3.5	17.0	19.0	10.00	1699	-4.8
17	Serban, Viorel	1745	ROU	+46N	=30B	−20N	+25B	+29N	−3B	3.5	17.0	19.0	9.50	1688	-6.4
18	Socaci, Dominik	1837	ROU	=16N	+55B	+30N	−20B	−8B	+37N	3.5	16.5	17.5	8.25	1687	-19.8
19	Virag, Eva-Maria	1575	ROU	+54B	−10B	+44N	−6N	+40B	=14B	3.5	16.0	17.0	6.75	1625	+24.4
20	Gherghe, David	1818	ROU	F	+53N	+17B	+18N	−7N	=13B	3.5	16.0	16.0	9.75	1910	+9.6
21	Moldoveanu, Marian	1683	ROU	F	=6N	+47B	−12N	+35B	+25B	3.5	15.5	15.5	9.75	1819	+13.6
22	Podoleanu, Daniel	1462	ROU	=43B	+58N	−13B	=23N	=28B	+38N	3.5	14.5	15.0	7.25	1724	+78.8
23	Scarlat, Alexandru-Marian	1636	ROU	−42N	+51B	=49N	=22B	=31N	+34B	3.5	13.0	14.5	8.25	1524	-36.8
24	Matala, Anthony-Radu	1448	ROU	−11B	−27N	+48B	=26N	+56B	+55N	3.5	12.5	13.0	5.00	1564	+21.6
25	Precup, Luca Ioan	0	ROU	+38B	+29B	−1N	−17N	+41B	−21N	3.0	18.0	20.0	7.50	1671	0.0
26	Stoian, David-Gabriel	1519	ROU	−3N	+57B	−4N	=24B	+42N	=30B	3.0	17.5	18.0	5.75	1576	0.0
27	Avram, Victor-Stefan	1541	ROU	−4N	+24B	−16N	+46B	−14N	+44B	3.0	17.0	19.0	7.50	1601	+9.2
28	Serban, Stelian	1584	ROU	+44N	−3B	=42N	=49B	=22N	=31B	3.0	15.0	17.0	7.25	1465	-16.4
29	Ardeleanu, Calin I.	1729	ROU	+35B	−25N	−34B	+33N	−17B	+40N	3.0	14.5	16.5	7.50	1602	-14.4
30	Chelu, Tudor-Iulian	1557	ROU	+59B	=17N	−18B	+55N	−15B	=26N	3.0	14.5	14.5	4.25	1626	+11.6
31	Ivascu, Vladimir	1469	ROU	=58B	−13N	+50B	=43N	=23B	=28N	3.0	14.0	14.5	6.50	1622	+30.8
32	Nitu, Lucas-Andrei	1548	ROU	−2B	−47N	+59B	+54N	+36B	−10B	3.0	14.0	14.0	3.50	1474	-20.0
33	Matala, Sophia-Lenina	1474	ROU	−9N	+56B	−14N	−29B	+53N	+45B	3.0	13.5	14.0	3.50	1504	+3.6
34	Zafiu, George-Razvan	1499	ROU	+53B	−9B	+29N	−5N	=43B	−23N	2.5	17.0	18.0	5.00	1593	+18.8
35	Ene, Sergiu-Gabriel	1469	ROU	−29N	+38N	−6B	+45B	−21N	=39N	2.5	16.0	18.0	5.75	1593	+27.2
36	Gavrila, David-Mihai	1428	ROU	−8N	+37B	+52N	−16B	−32N	=42B	2.5	15.0	16.5	5.00	1527	+26.8
37	Ciochina, Rares-Gabriel	1526	ROU	−5B	−36N	+53B	=56N	+50B	−18B	2.5	13.5	14.0	3.25	909	-28.8
38	Samoila, Andrei	1555	ROU	−25N	−35B	+51N	+42B	=49N	−22B	2.5	13.0	14.5	4.50	1460	-18.8
39	Burtumac, Maia	1497	ROU	−1N	−54B	+57N	−44B	+51N	=35B	2.5	12.5	13.0	3.25	1579	+14.0
40	Balan, Viorel Andrei	1458	ROU	=52N	=16B	+45N	−10B	−19N	−29B	2.0	16.0	17.5	4.50	1546	+23.6
41	Virag, Anna-Timea	1566	ROU	+56N	−1B	+54N	−4B	−25N	−46B	2.0	16.0	16.5	1.50	945	-35.6
42	Blandul, Valentin-Cosmin	1424	ROU	+23B	−15N	=28B	−38N	−26B	=36N	2.0	15.5	18.0	6.25	1511	+9.8
43	Szemeredi, Cristian	1708	ROU	=22N	F	−7B	=31B	=34N	=49B	2.0	15.5	17.5	5.50	1485	-29.0
44	Zaharia, Sofia-Ana	0	ROU	−28B	+48N	−19B	+39N	−55B	−27N	2.0	14.0	15.0	4.50	1393	0.0
45	Savu, Gheorghe-Dorin	1600	ROU	+57B	−5N	−40B	−35N	+47B	−33N	2.0	14.0	14.5	2.50	1315	-36.8
46	Jitianu, Nicolae-Ovidiu	1484	ROU	−17B	+59N	−2B	−27N	F	+41N	2.0	14.0	14.0	2.00	1491	-4.0
47	Munteanu, Adrian	1463	ROU	−14N	+32B	−21N	−52B	−45N	+59B	2.0	13.5	13.5	3.00	1402	-18.0
48	Silaghi, Matias-Radu	1507	ROU	−10N	−44B	−24N	−50N	+59B	+53B	2.0	12.5	12.5	1.00	840	-28.0
49	Jugaru, Victor	1462	ROU	F	F	=23B	=28N	=38B	=43N	2.0	11.0	11.0	5.50	1617	+32.8
50	Bejenuta Sergiu	0	MDA	F	F	−31N	+48B	−37N	+56B	2.0	10.0	10.0	2.50	1362	0.0
51	Gimurtu, Stelian	1472	ROU	−15B	−23N	−38B	+59N	−39B	=57N	1.5	12.5	12.5	0.25	797	-26.6
52	Morar-Triandafil, Teodor-Adrian	1668	ROU	=40B	−7N	−36B	+47N	F	F	1.5	12.0	12.0	3.00	1469	-42.4
53	FIDE 42257000	0	—	−34N	−20B	−37N	+57B	−33B	−48N	1.0	13.5	14.0	0.50	753	0.0
54	Buscu, Matei-Daniel	0	ROU	−19N	+39N	−41B	−32B	F	F	1.0	13.0	14.5	2.50	1318	0.0
55	Muntean, Adrian	1539	ROU	F	−18N	F	−30B	+44N	−24B	1.0	12.5	12.5	2.00	818	-49.6
56	Matei, Octavian	0	ROU	−41B	−33N	F	=37B	−24N	−50N	0.5	13.0	13.0	1.25	1169	0.0
57	Valahu, Dan	0	ROU	−45N	−26N	−39B	−53N	F	=51B	0.5	10.0	10.0	0.75	1241	0.0
58	Groapa, Aurelian	1724	ROU	=31N	−22B	F	F	F	F	0.5	7.5	7.5	1.50	1287	-22.2
59	FIDE 42228522	0	—	−30N	−46B	−32N	−51B	−48N	−47N	0.0	12.0	13.5	0.00	707	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Gavrila, Eduard-AlexandruROU
+82.4
4.0 pts · #6
2Podoleanu, DanielROU
+78.8
3.5 pts · #10
3Ilie, Eduard-AlexandruROU
+37.6
4.0 pts · #8

Top rating losers

1Muntean, AdrianROU
-49.6
1.0 pts · #54
2Morar-Triandafil, Teodor-AdrianROU
-42.4
1.5 pts · #41
3Savu, Gheorghe-DorinROU
-36.8
2.0 pts · #45

Biggest upsets

R2+321 Elo gap
Gavrila, Eduard-Alexandru1657 beat Munoz Dodin, Jordi1978
R2+290 Elo gap
Sandulescu, Gheorghe1666 beat Martinenco, Sergiu1956
R2+262 Elo gap
Podoleanu, Daniel1462 beat Groapa, Aurelian1724