Romania National Championship 2025 for visual disabled players

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38 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 30 Jul 2025 to 04 Aug 2025 in Targu Mures, Romania. Top 10 Elo average was 1859, and top seed was Mihai Dima (🇷🇴 ROU, 1962).

Gheorghe Bratu (🇷🇴 ROU, 1837) won with 7.0/9, ahead of Mihai Bursuc (6.5) and Danut Mocanu (6.5). Bratu won solo starting round 6.

The biggest upset came in round 8: Vasile Carapit (1789) beat Ionel Morariu (1933), a +144-point gap.

Location

🇷🇴Targu Mures, Romania

Dates

30 Jul 2025 → 04 Aug 2025

Time control

Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 9 rounds

Top seed

🇷🇴Mihai Dima1962

Avg top 10

1,859

Participants

Federations · 1 represented

🇷🇴Romania×37

Top 3

🥇
Gheorghe Bratu
🇷🇴ROU·1837
7.0pts·2052perf+49.2
🥈
Mihai Bursuc
🇷🇴ROU·1863
6.5pts·1980perf+27.8
🥉
Danut Mocanu
🇷🇴ROU·1843
6.5pts·1982perf+33.2

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

Gheorghe Bratu led from R6; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R6.

Co-leaders

Bratu7Bursuc6.5Mocanu6.5Carapit6Dima6Vlad6

R6–R9 · LEAD HELD

Gheorghe Bratu held the sole lead from R6 through R9 without losing it.

R7 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Gheorghe Bratu drew with Mihai Bursuc (White).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

Gheorghe Bratu 3 wins (R1–R3)Danut Mocanu 3 wins (R1–R3)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Gheorghe Bratu	*	½	½	½
2Mihai Bursuc	½	*	½	½
3Danut Mocanu	½	½	*	—
4Vasile Carapit	½	½	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Bratu, Gheorghe	1837	ROU	+27B	+21N	+7B	=3N	+5B	+8N	=2B	=4N	=6B	7.0	46.5	50.5	38.00	2052	+49.2
2	Bursuc, Mihai	1863	ROU	+32B	=6N	+15B	=5N	+14B	=3N	=1N	+12B	=4B	6.5	46.5	50.0	34.25	1980	+27.8
3	Mocanu, Danut	1843	ROU	+22N	+19B	+10N	=1B	+4N	=2B	=12N	=13B	=5N	6.5	45.5	50.0	35.25	1982	+33.2
4	Dima, Mihai	1962	ROU	+24B	+9N	=5B	+13N	−3B	=6N	+7B	=1B	=2N	6.0	48.0	52.0	32.75	1945	-4.0
5	Vlad, Dumitru	1836	ROU	+20N	+29B	=4N	=2B	−1N	+10B	=6N	+11B	=3B	6.0	47.5	51.5	32.00	1898	+13.2
6	Carapit, Vasile	1789	ROU	+31N	=2B	=12N	+10B	=9N	=4B	=5B	+8N	=1N	6.0	47.0	50.5	32.50	1951	+39.4
7	Strete, Ciprian-Iulian	1851	ROU	+18N	+16B	−1N	−12B	+17N	+9B	−4N	=14B	+13N	5.5	42.5	47.0	26.50	1871	+5.6
8	Morariu, Ionel	1933	ROU	+25N	=12B	−13N	+32B	+16N	−1B	+18N	−6B	+20N	5.5	40.5	44.0	23.50	1828	-22.2
9	Canea, Petrea	1799	ROU	+26B	−4B	+20N	+28N	=6B	−7N	−11B	+24N	+16B	5.5	40.0	44.0	24.00	1832	+8.4
10	Munteanu, Alexandru S.	1812	ROU	+30B	+28N	−3B	−6N	+26B	−5N	+31B	=17N	+12N	5.5	40.0	43.5	22.75	1804	-1.6
11	Maneci, Dumitru	1667	ROU	−13N	+31B	=16N	+19B	+25N	−12B	+9N	−5N	+17B	5.5	39.0	42.5	24.25	1828	+78.4
12	Marchidan, Costica	1780	ROU	+23B	=8N	=6B	+7N	=13B	+11N	=3B	−2N	−10B	5.0	46.0	50.5	27.00	1842	+15.0
13	Melniciuc, Iuliu-Rudolf	1845	ROU	+11B	=15N	+8B	−4B	=12N	=14N	+21B	=3N	−7B	5.0	44.0	48.5	26.25	1863	+4.2
14	Paun, Tiberiu	1812	ROU	=17N	=24B	+22N	+18B	−2N	=13B	=16N	=7N	=15B	5.0	40.0	44.0	23.25	1799	-3.8
15	Tupilusi, Tudorel	1778	ROU	+37N	=13B	−2N	=17B	=31N	=18B	+25N	=16B	=14N	5.0	37.5	39.5	19.50	1761	-3.8
16	Curticapean, Pavel	1767	ROU	+35B	−7N	=11B	+27N	−8B	+20N	=14B	=15N	−9N	4.5	40.5	43.5	19.25	1734	-7.0
17	Radu, Florea	1641	ROU	=14B	=32N	=21B	=15N	−7B	+28N	+23B	=10B	−11N	4.5	39.5	43.0	20.25	1744	+24.8
18	Lasc, Ioan-Cornel	1674	ROU	−7B	+36N	+26B	−14N	+30B	=15N	−8B	=19B	=22N	4.5	38.0	41.0	18.00	1725	+12.0
19	Andras, Francisc	1744	ROU	+38B	−3N	=27B	−11N	+28B	=23N	=26B	=18N	=21B	4.5	37.5	37.5	14.75	1650	-21.0
20	Odorheian, Petrea-Alexandru	1652	ROU	−5B	+38N	−9B	=23N	+24B	−16B	+33N	+26N	−8B	4.5	37.5	37.5	13.75	1649	-2.2
21	Constantin, Iulian	1757	ROU	+34N	−1B	=17N	−25B	=22N	+30B	−13N	+31B	=19N	4.5	37.0	40.0	17.25	1669	-19.8
22	Lupascu, Maria	1661	ROU	−3B	+35N	−14B	=30N	=21B	−26N	+38B	+34N	=18B	4.5	34.5	34.5	12.50	1585	-14.8
23	Tatar, Stefan	1584	ROU	−12N	−25B	+34N	=20B	+37N	=19B	−17N	+29B	=24B	4.5	33.5	35.5	15.50	1582	-2.8
24	Ursu, Ioan	1719	ROU	−4N	=14N	−32B	+29B	−20N	+36N	+27B	−9B	=23N	4.0	37.0	40.0	15.75	1617	-23.2
25	Mihaila, Gheorghe	1706	ROU	−8B	+23N	=30B	+21N	−11B	=31N	−15B	=32N	=27B	4.0	36.5	40.0	16.50	1660	-11.4
26	Patru, Aurel	1617	ROU	−9N	+33B	−18N	+37B	−10N	+22B	=19N	−20B	=31N	4.0	36.0	38.0	14.00	1600	-10.4
27	Simionca, Gavril	1657	ROU	−1N	+37B	=19N	−16B	=32N	=29B	−24N	+33B	=25N	4.0	35.0	37.0	13.50	1613	-18.0
28	Olteanu, Niculae	1744	ROU	+33N	−10B	+29N	−9B	−19N	−17B	−34N	+38B	+35N	4.0	33.5	33.5	10.50	1451	-36.2
29	Mironescu, Andrei-Mihai	0	ROU	+36B	−5N	−28B	−24N	+35B	=27N	+32B	−23N	=30B	4.0	33.0	36.0	13.50	1603	0.0
30	Soldan, Florin	1651	ROU	−10N	+34B	=25N	=22B	−18N	−21N	=35B	+37B	=29N	4.0	33.0	35.0	12.75	1557	-36.8
31	Tatar, Maria	1611	ROU	−6B	−11N	+35B	+33N	=15B	=25B	−10N	−21N	=26B	3.5	38.0	41.0	13.00	1557	-23.2
32	Fesnic, Cornel	1688	ROU	−2N	=17B	+24N	−8N	=27B	=33B	−29N	=25B	=36N	3.5	36.0	39.0	13.50	1664	-11.2
33	Hunyadi, Laurentiu	0	ROU	−28B	−26N	+36B	−31B	+34N	=32N	−20B	−27N	+38N	3.5	29.5	29.5	7.75	1406	0.0
34	Rujan, Eduard-Stefan	0	ROU	−21B	−30N	−23B	+36N	−33B	+38N	+28B	−22B	−37N	3.0	30.0	30.0	7.00	1474	0.0
35	Pandelea, Petru	1457	ROU	−16N	−22B	−31N	+38B	−29N	+37B	=30N	=36B	−28B	3.0	29.5	29.5	5.50	1479	+2.8
36	Stanciu, Nicolae	1479	ROU	−29N	−18B	−33N	−34B	+38N	−24B	+37N	=35N	=32B	3.0	27.5	27.5	5.25	1545	+15.2
37	Bora, Ladislau	1545	ROU	−15B	−27N	+38B	−26N	−23B	−35N	−36B	−30N	+34B	2.0	30.5	30.5	3.00	803	-119.2
38	FIDE 42256909	0	—	−19N	−20B	−37N	−35N	−36B	−34B	−22N	−28N	−33B	0.0	30.0	32.0	0.00	812	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Maneci, DumitruROU
+78.4
5.5 pts · #6
2Bratu, GheorgheROU
+49.2
7.0 pts · #1
3Carapit, VasileROU
+39.4
6.0 pts · #4

Top rating losers

1Bora, LadislauROU
-119.2
2.0 pts · #38
2Soldan, FlorinROU
-36.8
4.0 pts · #31
3Olteanu, NiculaeROU
-36.2
4.0 pts · #36

Biggest upsets

R8+144 Elo gap
Carapit, Vasile1789 beat Morariu, Ionel1933
R7+132 Elo gap
Maneci, Dumitru1667 beat Canea, Petrea1799
R5+119 Elo gap
Mocanu, Danut1843 beat Dima, Mihai1962