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Nokia Open Chess Contest 2025

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33 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 21 Jun 2025 to 22 Jun 2025 in Timisoara, Romania. Top 10 Elo average was 1562, and top seed was Dragos-Mihai Ciorba (🇷🇴 ROU, 1664).

Bogdan-Iacob Santimbrean (🇷🇴 ROU, 1598) won with 4.5/5, ahead of Adrian-Robert Bucurenciu (4.0) and David Bacos (4.0). Santimbrean shared the lead from round 4 and broke clear in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 3: Adrian-Robert Bucurenciu (1529) beat Dragos-Mihai Ciorba (1664), a +135-point gap.

Location
🇷🇴Timisoara, Romania
Dates
21 Jun 2025 → 22 Jun 2025
Time control
Standard: 30 minutes for game with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Top seed
🇷🇴Dragos-Mihai Ciorba1664
Avg top 10
1,562
Participants
33
Federations · 1 represented
🇷🇴Romania×29
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Bogdan-Iacob Santimbrean led from R5; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.

Co-leaders
17
8
3
3
1
1.52.545R1R2R3R4R5
Santimbrean4.5Bucurenciu4Bacos4Trif4Patrulescu3.5Marinca3.5
R5–R5 · LEAD HELD

Bogdan-Iacob Santimbrean held the sole lead from R5 through R5 without losing it.

R4 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Bogdan-Iacob Santimbrean beat Adrian-Robert Bucurenciu (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

Adrian-Robert Bucurenciu 3 wins (R1–R3)David Bacos 4 wins (R2–R5)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Bogdan-Iacob Santimbrean*
1
——
2Adrian-Robert Bucurenciu
0
*——
3David Bacos——*—
4Filip-Antony Trif———*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Santimbrean, Bogdan-Iacob1598ROU+17B+18N=11B+2N+5B4.513.015.514.001830+38.4
2Bucurenciu, Adrian-Robert1529ROU+20N+16B+6N−1B+7N4.014.517.012.501764+37.6
3Bacos, David0ROU−12N+?B+18B+14N+11B4.011.511.58.5014710.0
4Trif, Filip-Antony1475ROU+25B+26N−5B+24N+13B4.010.512.59.00811-12.8
5Bacos, Luca1614ROU+28N+13B+4N=7B−1N3.515.017.010.751577-5.6
6Ciorba, Dragos-Mihai1664ROU+30B+10N−2B+9N=8B3.514.516.010.251600-12.0
7Marinca, Matteo-Ioan1645ROU+24B+32N+12B=5N−2B3.512.512.56.751615-8.8
8Patrulescu, Patrick1413ROU+21B=9N+22B=11N=6N3.512.014.09.001648+48.8
9Borciu, Luca-Daniel1650ROU+29N=8B+19N−6B+17N3.512.014.08.751345-31.2
10Neag, Raul Ilie1428ROU+23B−6B=17N+19B+20N3.511.013.08.25863-8.4
11Farcas, Tudor-Stefan1434ROU+33N+15B=1N=8B−3N3.015.015.07.001505+7.6
12Trif, Aliyah-Antonia1519ROU+3B+14N−7N=20B=15N3.013.516.09.75857-12.4
13Table, Levin-Filip0ROU+?B−5N+25B+21N−4N3.011.511.54.007430.0
14Sirbu, Vlad0ROU+?N−12B+23N−3B+24N3.011.011.04.007190.0
15Catanescu, Cezar-Octavian0ROU+27B−11N+26B=22N=12B3.010.012.06.5014590.0
16Dan, Natalia0ROU+?B−2N−21B+25N+22B3.010.010.04.0014990.0
17Munteanu, Alexandru-Constantin0ROU−1N+31B=10B+32N−9B2.512.512.52.7514370.0
18Crisan, Casian1401ROU+31N−1B−3N+23B=30N2.512.013.03.75798-10.0
19Terbancea, Darius-Vlad0ROU=22B+30N−9B−10N+21B2.511.012.54.5012420.0
20Brudiu, Matei-Ioan0ROU−2B+?N+32B=12N−10B2.510.510.51.5013880.0
21Dascar, Sebastian-Vlad0ROU−8N+28B+16N−13B−19N2.012.014.05.006120.0
22Popa-Voicu, Raluca1492ROU=19N+27B−8N=15B−16N2.012.014.04.751415-6.0
23Butaru, Filip0ROU−10N+29B−14B−18N+32B2.011.011.02.0012920.0
24FIDE 422370840—−7N+33B+?N−4B−14B2.010.510.50.007660.0
25Andrescu, Bogdan-Gabriel0ROU−4N+?B−13N−16B+?N2.010.010.00.006750.0
26Beko, Andras0ROU+?N−4B−15NF+27B2.09.09.02.0014460.0
27Furdui, Rares1418ROU−15N−22N+33B+28B−26N2.09.09.02.00667-17.2
28FIDE 422241100—−5B−21N+?B−27N+?B2.07.57.50.007140.0
29Bodo, Patrick0ROU−9B−23N−?B+33N+31B2.06.56.51.008480.0
30Beko, Timea0ROU−6N−19B+31NF=18B1.59.59.52.2513390.0
31FIDE 422541320—−18B−17N−30B+?N−29N1.08.58.50.006010.0
32Grosu, Teodora1418ROUF−7B−20N−17B−23N0.010.510.50.00857-8.0
33FIDE 422541080—−11B−24N−27N−29BF0.09.09.00.006260.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets