Gambit Husi Cup 2025

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43 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 29 Aug 2025 to 31 Aug 2025 in Husi, Romania. 2 titled players from 4 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1932, and top seed was Matei-Teodor Dodoi (🇷🇴 ROU, CM, 2168).

Iulian Sabarez (🇷🇴 ROU, CM, 2045) won with 5.0/6, ahead of Matei-Teodor Dodoi (4.5) and Florin Paunescu (4.5). Sabarez clinched sole first place in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 2: Vlad-Andrei Rosu (1674) beat Gabriel Ienasoaie (2028), a +354-point gap.

Location

🇷🇴Husi, Romania

Dates

29 Aug 2025 → 31 Aug 2025

Time control

Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 6 rounds

Top seed

🇷🇴CMMatei-Teodor Dodoi2168

Avg top 10

1,932

Participants

Titled players · 2

CM×2

Federations · 4 represented

🇷🇴Romania×38

🇲🇩Moldova×2

🇱🇺Luxembourg×1

🇩🇰Denmark×1

Top 3

🥇
CMIulian Sabarez
🇷🇴ROU·2045
5.0pts·2093perf+16.8
🥈
CMMatei-Teodor Dodoi
🇷🇴ROU·2168
4.5pts·2082perf-16.4
🥉
Florin Paunescu
🇷🇴ROU·1891
4.5pts·1984perf+16.6

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 6 rounds

CM Iulian Sabarez 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

Sabarez5Ienasoaie4.5Paunescu4.5Dodoi4.5Gavrila4Ropota4

R6 · LEADER CHANGE31 Aug

CM Iulian Sabarez takes the sole lead (5.0/6).

R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

CM Iulian Sabarez drew with Gabriel Ienasoaie (White).

R1–R6 · UNBEATEN

CM Iulian Sabarez went unbeaten across 6 games (R1–R6).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1CMIulian Sabarez	*	½	½	—
2Gabriel Ienasoaie	½	*	—	—
3Florin Paunescu	½	—	*	0
4CMMatei-Teodor Dodoi	—	—	1	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Sabarez, IulianCM	2045	ROU	+37B	+9N	=3B	+12N	=4B	+5N	5.0	20.5	22.0	17.50	2093	+16.8
2	Dodoi, Matei-TeodorCM	2168	ROU	+19B	+17N	+5B	=7N	+3B	−11N	4.5	19.5	22.5	16.50	2082	-16.4
3	Paunescu, Florin	1891	ROU	+25N	+30B	=1N	+24B	−2N	+6B	4.5	18.5	20.5	13.50	1984	+16.6
4	Ienasoaie, Gabriel	2028	ROU	+13N	−24B	+30N	+27B	=1N	+12B	4.5	17.0	19.0	14.00	1926	-8.8
5	Codru, Raul Cristian	1912	ROU	+20B	+10N	−2N	+38B	+8N	−1B	4.0	20.5	21.5	12.00	1895	+0.8
6	Ismail, Claudiu	1775	ROU	+26N	=29B	+16N	=14B	+7B	−3N	4.0	17.5	19.5	12.25	1934	+31.6
7	Mazilu, Stefan Fabian	2098	ROU	+31N	+8B	=24N	=2B	−6N	+29B	4.0	17.0	19.0	11.50	1885	-20.2
8	Turcanu, Otilia	1723	MDA	+36B	−7N	+20B	+21N	−5B	+23N	4.0	17.0	19.0	11.00	1780	+8.0
9	Ropota, Damian-Alexandru	1710	ROU	+39N	−1B	+18N	+29B	=16N	=17B	4.0	16.0	17.0	9.00	1766	+14.8
10	Ursan, Elena-Maria	1665	ROU	+38N	−5B	+25N	−11N	+33B	+16B	4.0	15.5	16.5	8.50	1775	+29.6
11	Gavrila, Petrisor	1895	ROU	F	F	+31N	+10B	+14N	+2B	4.0	14.0	14.0	14.00	2540	+25.6
12	Popescu, Gheorghe V.	1735	ROU	=41N	+18B	+32N	−1B	+13N	−4N	3.5	18.0	18.5	8.75	1771	+2.6
13	Pomirleanu, Ioana-Cristiana	1518	ROU	−4B	+35N	=17B	+37N	−12B	+26N	3.5	15.5	17.0	7.50	1644	+18.4
14	Rosu, Razvan-Mihai	1588	ROU	=32N	+41B	+22N	=6N	−11B	=24B	3.5	15.5	16.0	7.75	1737	+29.2
15	Miron, Ioan	0	ROU	=22N	+40B	=29N	=16B	=24N	=27B	3.5	13.0	14.0	7.50	1665	0.0
16	Chiritoiu, Stefan-Adrian	1776	DEN	+33B	+21N	−6B	=15N	=9B	−10N	3.0	18.5	20.5	8.75	1566	-22.0
17	Cristea, Razvan Andrei	1736	ROU	F	−2B	=13N	+32B	+22N	=9N	3.0	17.0	17.0	8.75	1743	-2.8
18	Apostol, Narcis-Alexandru	1484	ROU	+23B	−12N	−9B	−19N	+43N	+34B	3.0	15.5	15.5	5.00	1648	+51.6
19	Adam, Ioan	1577	ROU	−2N	−25B	+26N	+18B	−29N	+33B	3.0	14.5	16.5	7.50	1599	-0.2
20	Tanase, Stefan-Darius	1480	ROU	−5N	+39B	−8N	+34B	−27N	+38B	3.0	13.5	14.5	4.00	1599	+25.2
21	Teslarasu, Pavel-Bogdan	0	ROU	+34N	−16B	+43N	−8B	−26N	+30B	3.0	13.5	13.5	4.00	1684	0.0
22	Costea, Ghita	1589	ROU	=15B	+42N	−14B	+40N	−17B	=35N	3.0	13.0	13.0	3.75	1481	-9.2
23	Arhire, Lucian	1631	ROU	−18N	−32B	+39N	+25B	+38N	−8B	3.0	12.5	13.5	4.50	1527	-21.6
24	Rosu, Vlad-Andrei	1674	ROU	F	+4N	=7B	−3N	=15B	=14N	2.5	20.0	20.0	10.00	1898	+38.4
25	Chirila, Tudor-Ioan	1461	ROU	−3B	+19N	−10B	−23N	=31B	+40N	2.5	16.5	17.5	5.00	1572	+25.6
26	Minastireanu, Emilia-Elena	0	ROU	−6B	=37N	−19B	+42N	+21B	−13B	2.5	15.0	15.0	3.75	1279	0.0
27	Palade, Marian	1682	ROU	F	F	+33B	−4N	+20B	=15N	2.5	13.0	13.0	6.75	1781	+7.0
28	Chiriac, Alexandru	1665	ROU	F	F	−38B	+31N	=35B	+37N	2.5	6.5	6.5	4.50	2331	+13.0
29	Siretchi, Viorel-Marius	0	ROU	F	=6N	=15B	−9N	+19B	−7N	2.0	18.5	18.5	6.75	1703	0.0
30	Antonesi, Gabriel	1583	ROU	+35B	−3N	−4B	−33N	+36B	−21N	2.0	16.0	18.0	4.00	979	-35.6
31	Hagiu, Arianna-Andreea	1536	ROU	−7B	+36N	−11B	−28B	=25N	=32B	2.0	15.0	17.0	4.25	1419	-24.0
32	Doboseru, Mihai	0	ROU	=14B	+23N	−12B	−17N	−37B	=31N	2.0	15.0	16.5	5.75	1501	0.0
33	Hritcu, Vasile	1461	ROU	−16N	+34B	−27N	+30B	−10N	−19N	2.0	14.5	16.5	4.00	1529	+18.8
34	Costea, Ciprian-Constantin	1642	ROU	−21B	−33N	+36B	−20N	+40B	−18N	2.0	13.0	14.0	3.00	1286	-74.4
35	Mallwitz, Noah Ioan	0	LUX	−30N	−13B	F	+43B	=28N	=22B	2.0	11.0	11.0	2.75	1521	0.0
36	Dascalu, Natalia	0	ROU	−8N	−31B	−34N	+39B	−30N	+42B	2.0	11.0	11.0	1.00	1343	0.0
37	Riciu, Ionut	1526	ROU	−1N	=26B	F	−13B	+32N	−28B	1.5	15.5	16.0	3.25	905	-18.0
38	Mihai, Victoria	0	ROU	−10B	F	+28N	−5N	−23B	−20N	1.0	16.5	16.5	2.50	1430	0.0
39	Hritcu, Neofit	1427	ROU	−9B	−20N	−23B	−36N	+42B	F	1.0	12.0	12.0	0.00	807	-33.2
40	Evtodienco, Ivan	1472	MDA	F	−15N	+42B	−22B	−34N	−25B	1.0	11.0	11.0	0.00	770	-47.6
41	Cristea, Alexandru	0	ROU	=12B	−14N	F	F	F	F	0.5	8.5	8.5	1.75	1470	0.0
42	FIDE 13919288	0	—	F	−22B	−40N	−26B	−39N	−36N	0.0	9.5	9.5	0.00	705	0.0
43	Damian, Marian	1594	ROU	F	F	−21B	−35N	−18B	F	0.0	8.0	8.0	0.00	684	-26.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Apostol, Narcis-AlexandruROU
+51.6
3.0 pts · #7
2Rosu, Vlad-AndreiROU
+38.4
2.5 pts · #16
3Ismail, ClaudiuROU
+31.6
4.0 pts · #14

Top rating losers

1Costea, Ciprian-ConstantinROU
-74.4
2.0 pts · #32
2Evtodienco, IvanMDA
-47.6
1.0 pts · #41
3Antonesi, GabrielROU
-35.6
2.0 pts · #40

Biggest upsets

R2+354 Elo gap
Rosu, Vlad-Andrei1674 beat Ienasoaie, Gabriel2028
R5+323 Elo gap
Ismail, Claudiu1775 beat Mazilu, Stefan Fabian2098
R6+273 Elo gap
Gavrila, Petrisor1895 beat CMDodoi, Matei-Teodor2168