Chess Architect Reunion 25 - A
10 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 17 Jul 2025 to 24 Jul 2025 in Bucuresti, Romania. 2 titled players from 2 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1816, and top seed was Constantin Baluta (🇷🇴 ROU, IM, 1925).
Yanis-Andrei Ganea (🇷🇴 ROU, 1817) won with 6.5/9, ahead of Marian Tomoae (6.5) and Uffe Balslev (6.0). Ganea shared the lead from round 6, winning on tie-break.
The biggest upset came in round 3: Ioan-Valentin Bratu (1726) beat Marian Tomoae (1912), a +186-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 10 · 9 roundsYanis-Andrei Ganea led from R7 onwards, the runner-up race stayed tight. Title race narrowed from 5 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.
Uffe Balslev takes the sole lead (4.0/5).
Yanis-Andrei Ganea drew with Marian Tomoae (White).
Yanis-Andrei Ganea 3 wins (R6–R9)Uffe Balslev 4 wins (R2–R5)
Cross-table
| # | Player | Elo | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Pts | SB | Bh | Δ Elo | Perf |
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| 1 | 🇷🇴Ganea, Yanis-Andrei | 1817 | * | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | — | 1 | 6.5 | 27.25 | 37.5 | +98.0 | 2073 |
| 2 | 🇷🇴Tomoae, Marian | 1912 | ½ | * | 1 | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6.5 | 24.75 | 37.5 | +15.2 | 1976 |
| 3 | 🇩🇰Balslev, Uffe | 1867 | 0 | 0 | * | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 6.0 | 21.50 | 38.0 | +12.4 | 1938 |
| 4 | 🇷🇴Bratu, Ioan-Valentin | 1726 | 0 | 1 | 0 | * | 0 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 5.5 | 19.75 | 38.5 | +44.0 | 1910 |
| 5 | 🇷🇴IMBaluta, Constantin | 1925 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 1 | * | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4.5 | 16.25 | 39.5 | -14.1 | 1809 |
| 6 | 🇷🇴WCMSava, Ana-Maria | 1798 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | * | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4.0 | 12.00 | 40.0 | -3.8 | 1780 |
| 8 | 🇷🇴Olar, Adrian | 1814 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | 0 | * | ½ | 0 | ½ | 3.5 | 16.00 | 40.5 | -18.2 | 1741 |
| 7 | 🇷🇴Ilie, Eduard Andrei | 1721 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | * | ½ | 1 | 3.5 | 13.00 | 40.5 | +8.4 | 1751 |
| 9 | 🇷🇴Simescu, Radu-Adrian | 1805 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ½ | * | 1 | 3.5 | 9.75 | 40.5 | -12.4 | 1779 |
| 10 | 🇷🇴Tupilusi, Tudorel | 1778 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | * | 0.5 | 1.75 | 43.5 | -68.4 | 1381 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Ganea, Yanis-AndreiROU+98.06.5 pts · #1
- 2Bratu, Ioan-ValentinROU+44.05.5 pts · #4
- 3Tomoae, MarianROU+15.26.5 pts · #2
- 1Tupilusi, TudorelROU-68.40.5 pts · #10
- 2Olar, AdrianROU-18.23.5 pts · #8
- 3Baluta, ConstantinIMROU-14.14.5 pts · #5
- R3+186 Elo gap
- R6+127 Elo gap
- R5+111 Elo gap