XXVIII. Caissa-A

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33 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 21 Aug 2025 to 29 Aug 2025 in Miercurea Ciuc, Romania. 15 titled players from 7 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2251, and top seed was George-Gabriel Grigore (🇷🇴 ROU, GM, 2412).

Marius Manolache (🇷🇴 ROU, GM, 2408) won with 8.0/9, ahead of Claudiu-Cristian Dobre (6.5) and George-Gabriel Grigore (6.5). Manolache won solo starting round 6.

The biggest upset came in round 1: David Saioc (2039) beat Ioan Cosma (IM, 2275), a +236-point gap.

Location

🇷🇴Miercurea Ciuc, Romania

Dates

21 Aug 2025 → 29 Aug 2025

Time control

Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 9 rounds

Top seed

🇷🇴GMGeorge-Gabriel Grigore2412

Avg top 10

2,251

Participants

Titled players · 15

GM×2

IM×5

FM×1

CM×4

WIM×1

WFM×1

WCM×1

Federations · 7 represented

🇷🇴Romania×23

🇲🇩Moldova×4

🇩🇪Germany×2

🇨🇦Canada×1

🇵🇱Poland×1

🇭🇺Hungary×1

🇫🇷France×1

Top 3

🥇
GMMarius Manolache
🇷🇴ROU·2408
8.0pts·2515perf+9.1
🥈
IMClaudiu-Cristian Dobre
🇷🇴ROU·2287
6.5pts·2330perf+13.0
🥉
GMGeorge-Gabriel Grigore
🇷🇴ROU·2412
6.5pts·2381perf-1.8

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

GM Marius Manolache led from R3; +1.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders

Manolache8Grigore6.5Dobre6.5Prelipcean6Danila5.5Coicev5.5

R3–R9 · LEAD HELD

GM Marius Manolache never relinquished the lead after R3; final gap +1.5 over the runner-up.

R4 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

GM Marius Manolache drew with GM George-Gabriel Grigore (White).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

GM Marius Manolache 3+4 wins (R1–R3, R6–R9)IM Claudiu-Cristian Dobre 3 wins (R2–R4)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1GMMarius Manolache	*	½	½	1
2GMGeorge-Gabriel Grigore	½	*	½	½
3IMClaudiu-Cristian Dobre	½	½	*	½
4CMEric-Matei Prelipcean	0	½	½	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Manolache, MariusGM	2408	ROU	+22N	+9B	+14N	=3B	=2N	+15B	+4N	+5B	+17B	8.0	43.0	47.5	41.00	2515	+9.1
2	Dobre, Claudiu-CristianIM	2287	ROU	=19N	+23B	+16N	+8B	=1B	=5N	=3N	+6B	=4N	6.5	45.5	49.5	34.25	2330	+13.0
3	Grigore, George-GabrielGM	2412	ROU	=4B	+29N	+24B	=1N	=5B	+6N	=2B	+11N	=7B	6.5	45.5	48.0	32.25	2381	-1.8
4	Prelipcean, Eric-MateiCM	2081	ROU	=3N	+18B	−6N	+23B	+30N	+8B	−1B	+14N	=2B	6.0	44.5	47.0	27.00	2336	+58.2
5	Danila, Tudor-GabrielCM	2178	ROU	+13N	+21B	=8N	=11B	=3N	=2B	+15N	−1N	=12B	5.5	45.5	50.0	28.00	2281	+23.6
6	Coicev, Matei-AndreiFM	2287	ROU	−8B	+28N	+4B	=9N	+10B	−3B	+18N	−2N	+14B	5.5	43.0	46.5	26.00	2226	-15.3
7	Ciocani, Iosif	2191	ROU	−16N	=27B	−19N	+32B	+31N	+21B	=10N	+8B	=3N	5.5	35.5	36.5	20.00	2115	-17.5
8	Lucaci, Alin-Marian	2055	ROU	+6N	+30B	=5B	−2N	+12B	−4N	+16B	−7N	=11B	5.0	43.5	46.0	22.75	2223	+74.5
9	Tudoroiu, Razvan-Catalin	2108	ROU	+26B	−1N	+20B	=6B	−15N	−10N	+22B	+18B	=13N	5.0	41.5	45.0	22.25	2165	+12.6
10	Saioc, David	2039	ROU	+11N	−14B	=30N	+19B	−6N	+9B	=7B	=12N	=15N	5.0	39.5	42.0	23.25	2204	+48.3
11	Cosma, IoanIM	2275	ROU	−10B	+25N	+22B	=5N	=17B	+24N	=14N	−3B	=8N	5.0	39.0	42.5	21.25	2165	-12.6
12	Ardeleanu, AlinIM	2141	ROU	+31N	=16B	=15N	=21B	−8N	=13B	+20N	=10B	=5N	5.0	38.5	40.5	21.00	2103	-5.0
13	Bujac, Dan	2025	MDA	−5B	+33N	=18B	−17N	+27B	=12N	+24B	=16N	=9B	5.0	36.0	36.5	17.00	2105	+36.9
14	Ovezdurdyyeva, JemalWIM	2137	ROU	+25B	+10N	−1B	−15B	+21N	+17N	=11B	−4B	−6N	4.5	43.0	46.5	20.00	2153	+3.2
15	Olariu, Luca-Stefan	2105	ROU	=27N	+32B	=12B	+14N	+9B	−1N	−5B	−17N	=10B	4.5	41.0	42.0	17.25	2074	-5.6
16	Mozes, ErvinIM	2027	ROU	+7B	=12N	−2B	=24N	=18B	+30B	−8N	=13B	=20N	4.5	39.5	42.0	19.25	2133	+12.6
17	Protopopescu, LucaCM	2099	FRA	F	=20N	=27B	+13B	=11N	−14B	+23N	+15B	−1N	4.5	39.0	39.0	20.00	2145	+19.6
18	Padurean, Daniel-CristianCM	2181	ROU	=20B	−4N	=13N	+28B	=16N	+19B	−6B	−9N	+25B	4.5	38.5	42.0	18.50	2067	-27.6
19	Miron, Iurii	2051	MDA	=2B	−24N	+7B	−10N	+20B	−18N	=21N	+23B	=26N	4.5	38.0	41.5	21.25	2100	+22.8
20	Volcov, Igor	2026	MDA	=18N	=17B	−9N	+33B	−19N	+25B	−12B	+24N	=16B	4.5	35.0	35.5	14.25	2062	+17.6
21	Iordache, Alexia-AndreeaWFM	2104	ROU	+33B	−5N	+31B	=12N	−14B	−7N	=19B	=25N	+28B	4.5	34.0	34.5	12.50	2057	-21.2
22	Leong, Aiden	2068	CAN	−1B	+26N	−11N	=31B	−23N	+33B	−9N	+32B	+29N	4.5	31.0	31.5	8.50	2035	-13.7
23	Stanescu, Christian	1980	GER	=24B	−2N	+29B	−4N	+22B	=26N	−17B	−19N	+33N	4.0	35.5	36.0	11.00	2025	+10.4
24	Sulyok, Eszter	2133	HUN	=23N	+19B	−3N	=16B	+25N	−11B	−13N	−20B	=31N	3.5	37.5	39.5	13.25	2004	-32.2
25	Berechet, Otiliu-OctavianIM	1980	ROU	−14N	−11B	+26N	+29B	−24B	−20N	+32N	=21B	−18N	3.5	32.5	33.5	9.25	1980	0.0
26	Martinenco, Sergiu	1957	MDA	−9N	−22B	−25B	F	+28N	=23B	=29N	+27N	=19B	3.5	31.0	31.0	12.50	1976	+3.4
27	Vaduva, Ion-Valentin	1855	ROU	=15B	=7N	=17N	−30B	−13N	−28B	+33N	−26B	+32N	3.5	30.0	30.5	8.75	1922	+24.4
28	Calugareanu, Ioana-DenisaWCM	2023	ROU	−30N	−6B	+32N	−18N	−26B	+27N	+31B	=29B	−21N	3.5	28.5	29.5	7.75	1947	-20.5
29	Peter, Janos	2097	ROU	=32N	−3B	−23N	−25N	F	+31B	=26B	=28N	−22B	2.5	28.5	28.5	6.00	1870	-95.2
30	Cap, Piotr	2152	POL	+28B	−8N	=10B	+27N	−4B	−16N	F	F	F	2.5	27.5	27.5	9.50	1955	-31.6
31	Popescu, Alexandru-Mihai	1980	ROU	−12B	F	−21N	=22N	−7B	−29N	−28N	+33B	=24B	2.0	29.5	29.5	4.50	1881	-28.3
32	Andrei, Gheorghe	1630	ROU	=29B	−15N	−28B	−7N	=33N	F	−25B	−22N	−27B	1.0	28.0	28.0	1.50	1654	+0.6
33	Bauer, Dieter	1839	GER	−21N	−13B	F	−20N	=32B	−22N	−27B	−31N	−23B	0.5	29.0	29.0	0.50	1515	-45.6

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Lucaci, Alin-MarianROU
+74.5
5.0 pts · #13
2Prelipcean, Eric-MateiCMROU
+58.2
6.0 pts · #4
3Saioc, DavidROU
+48.3
5.0 pts · #9

Top rating losers

1Peter, JanosROU
-95.2
2.5 pts · #29
2Bauer, DieterGER
-45.6
0.5 pts · #33
3Sulyok, EszterHUN
-32.2
3.5 pts · #25

Biggest upsets

R1+236 Elo gap
Saioc, David2039 beat IMCosma, Ioan2275
R1+232 Elo gap
Lucaci, Alin-Marian2055 beat FMCoicev, Matei-Andrei2287
R1+164 Elo gap
IMMozes, Ervin2027 beat Ciocani, Iosif2191