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Buzau Cup -17th ed. - U16

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21 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 08 Aug 2025 to 10 Aug 2025 in Buzau, Romania. Top 10 Elo average was 1620, and top seed was Stefan-Adrian Popescu (🇷🇴 ROU, 1734).

Ion-Marian Pertea (🇷🇴 ROU, 1478) won with 6.0/7, ahead of Stefan-Adrian Popescu (5.5) and Ioan-Iustin Damaschin (5.0). Pertea shared the lead from round 4 and won solo starting round 5.

The biggest upset came in round 5: Ion-Marian Pertea (1478) beat Vlad-Andrei Rosu (1680), a +202-point gap.

Location
🇷🇴Buzau, Romania
Dates
08 Aug 2025 → 10 Aug 2025
Time control
Standard: 30 minutes for game with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 7 rounds
Top seed
🇷🇴Stefan-Adrian Popescu1734
Avg top 10
1,620
Participants
21
Federations · 1 represented
🇷🇴Romania×21
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

Ion-Marian Pertea led from R5; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.

Co-leaders
8
4
1
2
1
1
1
23.55.57R1R2R3R4R5R6R7Pertea takes lead
Pertea6Popescu5.5Damaschin5Iordachescu4.5Rosu4Rotaru4
R5 · LEADER CHANGE09 Aug

Ion-Marian Pertea takes the sole lead (4.5/5).

R6 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Ion-Marian Pertea drew with Stefan-Adrian Popescu (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

Ion-Marian Pertea 4 wins (R2–R5)Stefan-Adrian Popescu 3 wins (R1–R3)Ioan-Iustin Damaschin 3 wins (R5–R7)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Ion-Marian Pertea*
½
1
½
2Stefan-Adrian Popescu
½
*
1
½
3Ioan-Iustin Damaschin
0
0
*—
4George-Matei Iordachescu
½
½
—*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Pertea, Ion-Marian1478ROU=4B+16N+6B+3N+5B=2N+8B6.027.029.524.501922+137.6
2Popescu, Stefan-Adrian1734ROU+11B+10N+3B=5N=4B=1B+7N5.527.030.523.251828+31.6
3Damaschin, Ioan-Iustin1657ROU+14N+9B−2N−1B+12N+6B+10N5.026.529.518.001699+16.4
4Iordachescu, George-Matei1719ROU=1N+14B=10N+9B=2N=7B=5B4.527.030.018.501680-10.0
5Rosu, Vlad-Andrei1680ROU+12B+8NF=2B−1N+9B=4N4.027.529.516.501707+9.2
6Neagu, Mihai-Adrian1540ROU+21N=7B−1N+13B=8B−3N+15B4.025.025.010.001469-19.6
7Rotaru, Luca-Gabriel1585ROU=16B=6N+15B=8N+10B=4N−2B4.024.527.014.001652+20.8
8Nita, Catalin-Andrei1567ROU+18N−5B+13N=7B=6N+15B−1N4.024.025.511.501468-26.0
9Lipovanu, Teodor1540ROU+20B−3N+19B−4N+16B−5N+13B4.020.521.58.00886-36.8
10Zoican, Alesia-Maria1586ROU+13N−2B=4B+12N−7N+11B−3B3.526.029.012.251555-11.2
11Ratea, Otilia-Elena1485ROU−2N−13B=14N+18B+20N−10N+16B3.519.020.06.501316-25.6
12Zidarescu, Andrei-Emanuil1476ROU−5N+18B+20N−10B−3B=16N+19B3.518.019.05.25842-34.0
13Marcu, Emilian0ROU−10B+11N−8B−6N+18B+14N−9N3.022.023.58.0014040.0
14Buhosu, Victor-Iustin1467ROU−3B−4N=11B=19N+21N−13B+20N3.018.518.53.501351-14.0
15Nita, Alice Maria1431ROU−17N+21B−7N+20B+19B−8N−6N3.016.516.52.50771-50.0
16Dutescu, Teodora0ROU=7N−1B=18N+21B−9N=12B−11N2.522.522.54.5012730.0
17Rosu, Razvan-Mihai1594ROU+15B+19NFFFFF2.08.58.54.502231+11.6
18Grigore, Sophia0ROU−8B−12N=16B−11N−13N−20B+21N1.517.517.51.257120.0
19Stroe, Vladimir-Octavian0ROUF−17B−9N=14B−15N+21B−12N1.515.515.51.5011320.0
20Stoica, Bogdan0ROU−9NF−12B−15N−11B+18N−14B1.018.518.51.506790.0
21Pertea, Rares-Mihaita0ROU−6B−15NF−16N−14B−19N−18B0.015.515.50.006730.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
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Biggest upsets
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