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Vara de Aur- 2025

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24 players participated in this 8-round tournament, held from 16 Jul 2025 to 20 Jul 2025 in Ungheni, Moldova. 1 titled players from 2 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1967, and top seed was Sergiu Bargan (🇲🇩 MDA, IM, 2195).

Stanislav Cebotari (🇲🇩 MDA, 2172) won with 6.5/8, ahead of Sergiu Bargan (6.5) and Artiom Carasiov (5.5). Cebotari won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 6: Nicolae Oleinic (1604) beat Alexandra Grebeniuc (1941), a +337-point gap.

Location
🇲🇩Ungheni, Moldova
Dates
16 Jul 2025 → 20 Jul 2025
Time control
Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 8 rounds
Top seed
🇲🇩IMSergiu Bargan2195
Avg top 10
1,967
Participants
24
Titled players · 1
IM×1
Federations · 2 represented
🇲🇩Moldova×22
🇺🇦Ukraine×2
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 8 rounds

Tight race until R8; 2 players tied at 6.5/8, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.

Co-leaders
11
4
2
2
3
1
1
2
2468R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8
Cebotari6.5Bargan6.5Carasiov5.5Grebeniuc5Railean5Sevciuc5
R8 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 6.5/8. Cebotari takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (36.0).

R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Stanislav Cebotari drew with IM Sergiu Bargan (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

Stanislav Cebotari 3 wins (R6–R8)IM Sergiu Bargan 3 wins (R1–R3)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Stanislav Cebotari*
½
1
1
2IMSergiu Bargan
½
*
½
—
3Artiom Carasiov
0
½
*—
4Alexandra Grebeniuc
0
——*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Cebotari, Stanislav2172MDA+11N+18B−4N+8B=2N+3B+7N+6B6.536.039.030.752172+4.0
2Bargan, SergiuIM2195MDA+13B+19N+6B=4N=1B+5N+11B=3B6.534.537.529.002181-0.3
3Carasiov, Artiom1958MDA+23N=7B+14N=5B+4B−1N+19B=2N5.534.536.521.752053+44.8
4Sevciuc, Vladlen2011MDA+15B+9N+1B=2B−3N=19N−5B+11N5.035.538.523.252001+1.6
5Tatarciuc, Iuri1913MDA+20N=14B+7N=3N+9B−2B+4N−8B5.035.038.022.001971+11.0
6Petrov, Daniel1853MDA+16N+8B−2N−7B+18N+10B+14N−1N5.034.537.519.501924+27.2
7Railean, Sergiu1766MDA+24B=3N−5B+6N=11B+9N−1B+19N5.033.533.517.251929+68.4
8Grebeniuc, Alexandra1941MDA+21B−6N+13B−1N+17B−11N+12B+5N5.031.534.519.001845-28.0
9Bacalu, Iulian1859MDA+22N−4B+10N+18B−5N−7B=20N+13B4.529.032.015.501749-17.6
10Banin, Dmytro0UKR+17B−13N−9B+12N+21B−6N=15B+18N4.527.030.015.2517170.0
11Oleinic, Nicolae1604MDA−1B+12N=19B+15N=7N+8B−2N−4B4.035.538.516.501840+82.4
12Cebotari, Irina1502MDA−18N−11B+16N−10B+22N+23B−8N+20B4.026.028.011.501678+59.2
13Popa, Decebal1626MDA−2N+10B−8N=16B+20N−14B+24N−9N3.530.530.59.251600-10.6
14Maslov, Arteom1729MDAF=5N−3B+21N−19B+13N−6B+15N3.528.528.512.501774+8.4
15Zalevschi, Anastasia1591MDA−4N+22B−18N−11B+23N+16B=10N−14B3.526.528.510.751617+2.0
16Tarita, Dumitru1441MDA−6B=21N−12B=13N+24B−15N+17B=23N3.524.524.57.751556+56.0
17Boldisor, Constantin1730MDA−10N=20B=23N+22B−8N=18B−16N+24B3.524.024.07.001605-21.2
18Leca, Ion1858MDA+12B−1N+15B−9N−6B=17N=21B−10B3.031.534.510.751700-55.6
19Golodnii, Vlad1912MDAF−2B=11N+23B+14N=4B−3N−7B3.031.531.510.001785-45.2
20Banina, Kateryna1541UKR−5B=17N−21B+24N−13B+22N=9B−12N3.026.526.57.001551-5.6
21Barbul, Chirill1574MDA−8N=16B+20N−14B−10N+24B=18N−22B3.025.525.56.251576+3.6
22Zbanc, Macar1505MDA−9B−15N+24B−17N−12B−20B+23N+21N3.023.523.55.001507-5.6
23Lacusta, Valeriu1575MDA−3B+24N=17B−19N−15B−12N−22B=16B2.026.026.03.501433-33.2
24Slavova, Anna1425MDA−7N−23B−22N−20B−16N−21N−13B−17N0.024.526.50.00789-87.2

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
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