Braila Children's Palace Cup

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23 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 07 Jun 2025 to 08 Jun 2025 in Braila, Romania. Top 10 Elo average was 1210, and top seed was Eric Berbecel (🇷🇴 ROU, 1610).

Stelian Popov (🇷🇴 ROU, 1514) won with 6.0/6, ahead of Eduard-Petru Grigore (4.5) and Matei Voicu (4.5). Popov won solo starting round 4.

Location

🇷🇴Braila, Romania

Dates

07 Jun 2025 → 08 Jun 2025

Time control

Standard: 30 minutes for game with 30 seconds increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 6 rounds

Top seed

🇷🇴Eric Berbecel1610

Avg top 10

1,210

Participants

Federations · 1 represented

🇷🇴Romania×18

Top 3

🥇
Stelian Popov
🇷🇴ROU·1514
6.0pts·2339perf+104.8
🥈
Eduard-Petru Grigore
🇷🇴ROU·1442
4.5pts·1613perf+35.2
🥉
Matei Voicu
🇷🇴ROU
4.5pts·1532perf+3.2

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 6 rounds

Stelian Popov led from R4; +1.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders

Popov6Grigore4.5Voicu4.5Voicu4Ene4Berbecel4

R4–R6 · LEAD HELD

Stelian Popov never relinquished the lead after R4; final gap +1.5 over the runner-up.

R1–R6 · WIN STREAK

Stelian Popov won 6 in a row (R1–R6).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Stelian Popov	*	—	—	1
2Eduard-Petru Grigore	—	*	½	—
3Matei Voicu	—	½	*	—
4Stefan Voicu	0	—	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Popov, Stelian	1514	ROU	+17B	+9N	+4N	+5B	+8N	+6B	6.0	18.5	20.5	20.50	2339	+104.8
2	Grigore, Eduard-Petru	1442	ROU	+11N	−4B	+21N	=3B	+15N	+5B	4.5	17.5	18.5	12.25	1613	+35.2
3	Voicu, Matei	0	ROU	+18B	=7N	=8B	=2N	+19B	+13N	4.5	17.0	18.5	12.50	1532	+3.2
4	Berbecel, Eric	1610	ROU	+10B	+2N	−1B	+9N	−6B	+14N	4.0	20.5	23.0	13.00	1484	-25.6
5	Ene, Sergiu-Gabriel	1482	ROU	+16B	+19N	+6B	−1N	+7B	−2N	4.0	20.5	22.0	11.50	1515	+1.2
6	Voicu, Stefan	1534	ROU	+23N	+15B	−5N	+14B	+4N	−1N	4.0	18.5	18.5	8.50	1520	-8.0
7	Viktorov, Teodor	1510	ROU	+21N	=3B	=14N	+16B	−5N	+12B	4.0	16.0	17.0	9.50	1319	-22.4
8	Panait, David-Nicolas	1585	ROU	F	+20B	=3N	+10N	−1B	+9N	3.5	18.0	18.0	9.75	1482	-21.6
9	Munteanu, Eduard-Andrei D.	0	ROU	+12N	−1B	+18N	−4B	+16N	−8B	3.0	18.5	20.5	7.00	781	-33.2
10	Vank, Tudor-Stefan	0	ROU	−4N	+11B	+12N	−8B	−14N	+15B	3.0	16.0	18.0	8.00	1430	0.0
11	FIDE 42230152	0	—	−2B	−10N	−17B	+20B	+21N	+16N	3.0	13.0	14.0	4.50	648	0.0
12	Ion, Andrei	0	ROU	−9B	+17N	−10B	+22N	+23B	−7N	3.0	13.0	13.0	3.00	671	0.0
13	Popov, Matei	1	ROU	=20N	−14B	+23N	=15B	+18N	−3B	3.0	12.5	12.5	3.75	1286	0.0
14	Jugaru, Victor	0	ROU	F	+13N	=7B	−6N	+10B	−4B	2.5	18.0	18.0	8.00	1292	0.0
15	Anghel, Andrei C.	1423	ROU	+22B	−6N	=19B	=13N	−2B	−10N	2.0	16.0	17.0	3.25	703	-33.6
16	Brazhenko, Olha	0	ROU	−5N	+23B	+20N	−7N	−9B	−11B	2.0	15.5	15.5	1.50	684	0.0
17	FIDE 42230616	0	—	−1N	−12B	+11N	−18B	−22B	+23N	2.0	15.0	15.0	3.00	722	0.0
18	Nastasache, Adriana-Michaela	0	ROU	−3N	F	−9B	+17N	−13B	+19N	2.0	14.0	14.0	3.50	662	0.0
19	Vidovici, Denis-Mihai	0	ROU	F	−5B	=15N	+21B	−3N	−18B	1.5	13.5	13.5	2.00	1216	0.0
20	FIDE 42230640	0	—	=13B	−8N	−16B	−11N	F	+22B	1.5	12.5	12.5	2.50	816	0.0
21	Brazhenko, Mykola	0	ROU	−7B	+22N	−2B	−19N	−11B	F	1.0	14.0	14.0	1.00	690	0.0
22	FIDE 42215820	0	—	−15N	−21B	F	−12B	+17N	−20N	1.0	9.5	9.5	2.00	644	0.0
23	FIDE 42254086	0	—	−6B	−16N	−13B	F	−12N	−17B	0.0	14.0	14.0	0.00	757	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Popov, StelianROU
+104.8
6.0 pts · #1
2Grigore, Eduard-PetruROU
+35.2
4.5 pts · #2
3Voicu, MateiROU
+3.2
4.5 pts · #7

Top rating losers

1Anghel, Andrei C.ROU
-33.6
2.0 pts · #20
2Munteanu, Eduard-Andrei D.ROU
-33.2
3.0 pts · #15
3Berbecel, EricROU
-25.6
4.0 pts · #5