Safir Trophy - 10th ed.

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38 players participated in this 8-round tournament, held from 04 Sept 2025 to 07 Sept 2025 in Vaslui, Romania. 2 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 1896, and top seed was Stefan-Emilian Prisacaru (🇷🇴 ROU, CM, 2187).

Stefan-Emilian Prisacaru (🇷🇴 ROU, CM, 2187) won with 7.5/8, ahead of Cosmin-Alex Alexa (6.5) and Gheorghe Bratu (6.0). Prisacaru won solo starting round 4.

The biggest upset came in round 8: Ioan Lazanu (1537) beat Razvan Andrei Cristea (1737), a +200-point gap.

Location

🇷🇴Vaslui, Romania

Dates

04 Sept 2025 → 07 Sept 2025

Time control

Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 8 rounds

Top seed

🇷🇴CMStefan-Emilian Prisacaru2187

Avg top 10

1,896

Participants

Titled players · 2

FM×1

CM×1

Federations · 1 represented

🇷🇴Romania×35

Top 3

🥇
CMStefan-Emilian Prisacaru
🇷🇴ROU·2187
7.5pts·2320perf+14.0
🥈
Cosmin-Alex Alexa
🇷🇴ROU·1926
6.5pts·2083perf+33.4
🥉
Gheorghe Bratu
🇷🇴ROU·1944
6.0pts·1978perf+9.4

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 8 rounds

CM Stefan-Emilian Prisacaru led from R4; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders

Prisacaru7.5Alexa6.5Bratu6Panait5.5Dominte5.5Romascanu5

R4–R8 · LEAD HELD

CM Stefan-Emilian Prisacaru never relinquished the lead after R4; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.

R4 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

CM Stefan-Emilian Prisacaru beat Cosmin-Alex Alexa (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

CM Stefan-Emilian Prisacaru 6 wins (R1–R6)Cosmin-Alex Alexa 3+3 wins (R1–R3, R5–R7)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1CMStefan-Emilian Prisacaru	*	1	½	1
2Cosmin-Alex Alexa	0	*	1	½
3Gheorghe Bratu	½	0	*	—
4Razvan-Alexandru Panait	0	½	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Prisacaru, Stefan-EmilianCM	2187	ROU	+12B	+9N	+14B	+2N	+5B	+4N	=3B	+8N	7.5	37.5	41.5	38.50	2320	+14.0
2	Alexa, Cosmin-Alex	1926	ROU	+16B	+29N	+3B	−1B	+15N	+6N	+11B	=4N	6.5	36.5	38.5	28.25	2083	+33.4
3	Bratu, Gheorghe	1944	ROU	+21N	+8B	−2N	+7B	=11N	+10B	=1N	+15B	6.0	37.0	40.5	28.00	1978	+9.4
4	Panait, Razvan-Alexandru	1992	ROU	+17B	=24N	+20B	=6N	+14B	−1B	+7N	=2B	5.5	35.5	38.0	23.50	1912	-20.8
5	Dominte, MarianFM	1997	ROU	+23N	=6B	=7N	+8B	−1N	+16B	=15N	+18B	5.5	34.5	37.5	23.00	1879	-15.8
6	Romascanu, Iulian	1729	ROU	+19B	=5N	+24B	=4B	+20N	−2B	−8N	+17N	5.0	34.0	36.5	19.50	1832	+20.6
7	Ropota, Damian-Alexandru	1711	ROU	=30B	+26N	=5B	−3N	+13B	+9N	−4B	+29N	5.0	30.5	32.0	17.00	1799	+35.2
8	Maftei, Nita	1644	ROU	+34B	−3N	+29B	−5N	+35B	+24N	+6B	−1B	5.0	29.5	30.5	11.50	1808	+21.6
9	Carare, Cristinel	1711	ROU	+22N	−1B	−11N	+27B	+32N	−7B	=10N	+20B	4.5	31.0	32.5	13.25	1744	+5.2
10	Mihai, Iustin	0	ROU	−24B	=16N	+18B	+31N	+19B	−3N	=9B	=12N	4.5	29.5	31.0	16.00	1658	0.0
11	Gavrila, Petrisor	1895	ROU	F	F	+9B	+12N	=3B	+14N	−2N	+28B	4.5	28.0	28.0	18.50	1972	+12.2
12	Toma, Ionut-Cristian	1615	ROU	−1N	+27B	+37N	−11B	+38N	−15B	+16N	=10B	4.5	27.0	27.0	8.75	1683	+5.6
13	Lazanu, Ioan	1537	ROU	−15B	=18N	F	+37B	−7N	+27B	+32N	+14N	4.5	21.0	21.0	10.00	1717	+57.2
14	Cristea, Razvan Andrei	1737	ROU	+27N	+25B	−1N	+17B	−4N	−11B	+21N	−13B	4.0	32.0	34.5	12.50	1691	-22.0
15	Zarnescu, Marius	1810	ROU	+13N	=20B	+30N	F	−2B	+12N	=5B	−3N	4.0	32.0	32.0	15.00	1777	-2.8
16	Padurariu, Gelu	1576	ROU	−2N	=10B	+26B	=19N	+33B	−5N	−12B	+25N	4.0	30.0	31.5	10.75	1637	+5.0
17	Adam, Ioan	1578	ROU	−4N	+22B	+25N	−14N	+36B	=28B	=18N	−6B	4.0	27.0	27.5	9.75	1652	+11.0
18	Rusu, Diana-Andreea	1629	ROU	−25N	=13B	−10N	+22N	+29B	+31N	=17B	−5N	4.0	26.5	28.0	11.25	1679	+5.4
19	Toma, Vlad-Nicolae	1471	ROU	−6N	+23B	+21N	=16B	−10N	+20B	−28N	=26B	4.0	26.0	28.5	13.25	1674	+75.2
20	Arteni, Neculai	1627	ROU	+31B	=15N	−4N	+23B	−6B	−19N	+25B	−9N	3.5	28.5	30.0	9.00	1526	-17.0
21	Arhire, Lucian	1576	ROU	−3B	+34N	−19B	−29N	+26B	+36N	−14B	=33N	3.5	21.0	21.5	4.75	1536	-18.4
22	Furnica, Dragos-George	1442	ROU	−9B	−17N	−23N	−18B	+37N	+34B	+38N	=32B	3.5	18.0	18.0	1.75	1256	-33.6
23	Ionita, Ioan	1604	ROU	−5B	−19N	+22B	−20N	+34N	+38B	F	F	3.0	19.5	19.5	4.50	1441	-18.4
24	Ghita, Levi	1657	ROU	+10N	=4B	−6N	+30B	−28N	−8B	F	F	2.5	26.5	26.5	8.75	1560	-14.2
25	Dinu, Andrei-Cristian	0	ROU	+18B	−14N	−17B	−26N	=27N	+37B	−20N	−16B	2.5	24.5	24.5	5.25	1363	0.0
26	Toma, Nicu-Marius	1529	ROU	F	−7B	−16N	+25B	−21N	+30B	F	=19N	2.5	23.0	23.0	6.00	1405	-16.6
27	Teodor, Matei	1478	ROU	−14B	−12N	+34B	−9N	=25B	−13N	+30N	F	2.5	22.5	23.0	3.75	1368	-27.2
28	Craescu, Tiberiu-Cezar	1740	ROU	F	F	F	F	+24B	=17N	+19B	−11N	2.5	15.0	15.0	8.50	1745	+1.0
29	Gheorghe, Teodora-Maria	1516	ROU	F	−2B	−8N	+21B	−18N	+33N	F	−7B	2.0	28.5	28.5	5.00	1555	+18.8
30	Sticea, Stefan-Petru	1434	ROU	=7N	F	−15B	−24N	−31B	−26N	−27B	+38B	1.5	18.0	18.0	2.50	1271	-32.8
31	Ursu, Paul-Valentin	0	ROU	−20N	F	F	−10B	+30N	−18B	=36N	F	1.5	14.0	14.0	1.75	1502	0.0
32	Damian, Marian	1594	ROU	F	F	F	F	−9B	+35N	−13B	=22N	1.5	13.5	13.5	2.75	1291	-44.8
33	Cristea, Neculai	1645	ROU	F	F	F	F	−16N	−29B	+35N	=21B	1.5	10.5	10.5	2.75	1269	-28.4
34	FIDE 42245974	0	—	−8N	−21B	−27N	F	−23B	−22N	+37B	−35B	1.0	18.5	18.5	0.00	746	0.0
35	FIDE 42229170	0	—	F	F	F	F	−8N	−32B	−33B	+34N	1.0	9.0	9.0	1.00	827	0.0
36	Isac, Teodor	1660	ROU	F	F	F	F	−17N	−21B	=31B	F	0.5	11.5	11.5	0.75	773	-24.6
37	FIDE 42257719	0	—	F	F	−12B	−13N	−22B	−25N	−34N	F	0.0	16.0	16.0	0.00	732	0.0
38	Braniste, Horatiu-Andrei	0	ROU	F	F	F	F	−12B	−23N	−22B	−30N	0.0	12.5	12.5	0.00	725	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Toma, Vlad-NicolaeROU
+75.2
4.0 pts · #9
2Lazanu, IoanROU
+57.2
4.5 pts · #12
3Ropota, Damian-AlexandruROU
+35.2
5.0 pts · #6

Top rating losers

1Damian, MarianROU
-44.8
1.5 pts · #30
2Furnica, Dragos-GeorgeROU
-33.6
3.5 pts · #32
3Sticea, Stefan-PetruROU
-32.8
1.5 pts · #31

Biggest upsets

R8+200 Elo gap
Lazanu, Ioan1537 beat Cristea, Razvan Andrei1737
R6+156 Elo gap
Toma, Vlad-Nicolae1471 beat Arteni, Neculai1627
R2+133 Elo gap
Toma, Vlad-Nicolae1471 beat Ionita, Ioan1604