Pascani Cup - 16th ed.

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103 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 22 Aug 2025 to 24 Aug 2025 in Pascani, Romania. 3 titled players from 2 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2151, and top seed was Lucian-Ioan Filip (🇷🇴 ROU, IM, 2334).

Mihai-Edward Padurariu (🇷🇴 ROU, 2240) won with 5.5/6, ahead of Rafael Ienasoaie (5.0) and Adelin-Stefan Dascalescu (5.0). Padurariu won solo starting round 5.

The biggest upset came in round 4: Matei Vatamanu (1462) beat Silvestru Bejan (1718), a +256-point gap.

Location

🇷🇴Pascani, Romania

Dates

22 Aug 2025 → 24 Aug 2025

Time control

Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 6 rounds

Top seed

🇷🇴IMLucian-Ioan Filip2334

Avg top 10

2,151

Participants

103

Titled players · 3

IM×1

CM×2

Federations · 2 represented

🇷🇴Romania×95

🇲🇩Moldova×1

Top 3

🥇
Mihai-Edward Padurariu
🇷🇴ROU·2240
5.5pts·2422perf+19.8
🥈
CMRafael Ienasoaie
🇷🇴ROU·2168
5.0pts·2243perf+13.2
🥉
Adelin-Stefan Dascalescu
🇷🇴ROU·2082
5.0pts·2164perf+20.7

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 6 rounds

Mihai-Edward Padurariu 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

Padurariu5.5Ienasoaie5Zubcu5Dascalescu5Ivancescu5Filip4.5

R5–R6 · LEAD HELD

Mihai-Edward Padurariu held the sole lead from R5 through R6 without losing it.

R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Mihai-Edward Padurariu beat CM Rafael Ienasoaie (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

Mihai-Edward Padurariu 5 wins (R1–R5)CM Rafael Ienasoaie 4 wins (R1–R4)Vlad-George Zubcu 3 wins (R1–R3)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Mihai-Edward Padurariu	*	1	½	1
2CMRafael Ienasoaie	0	*	—	—
3Vlad-George Zubcu	½	—	*	—
4Adelin-Stefan Dascalescu	0	—	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Padurariu, Mihai-Edward	2240	ROU	+94N	+30B	+8N	+3B	+2N	=5N	5.5	23.0	24.0	21.50	2422	+19.8
2	Ienasoaie, RafaelCM	2168	ROU	+32N	+44B	+15N	+34B	−1B	+13N	5.0	20.0	23.0	17.50	2243	+13.2
3	Dascalescu, Adelin-Stefan	2082	ROU	+87N	+47B	+10N	−1N	+48B	+15B	5.0	20.0	21.0	15.50	2164	+20.7
4	Ivancescu, Bogdan-Andrei	2016	ROU	+62B	+39N	=28B	+13N	=6B	+16N	5.0	19.0	21.5	17.50	2170	+34.2
5	Zubcu, Vlad-George	2215	ROU	+27B	+89N	+46B	=14N	+38N	=1B	5.0	19.0	20.0	15.25	2231	+5.4
6	Filip, Lucian-IoanIM	2334	ROU	+59N	+12B	+18N	=7B	=4N	=8B	4.5	22.5	25.0	18.00	2188	-7.7
7	Pavel, Sebastian-Ionut	2102	ROU	+55B	+17N	+16B	=6N	=14B	=10N	4.5	21.0	23.5	17.00	2117	+6.2
8	Sava, Bogdan	1979	ROU	+64B	+65N	−1B	+22N	+29B	=6N	4.5	19.5	21.5	13.75	2066	+15.6
9	Codreanu, Alex-Cosmin	1984	ROU	+25N	=26B	=29N	+41B	=12N	+28B	4.5	19.0	22.0	16.25	1924	-6.0
10	Leca Andrei, Anastasia	1884	ROU	+49B	+35N	−3B	+40N	+34N	=7B	4.5	18.5	21.5	14.25	2023	+42.0
11	Prisacaru, Stefan-EmilianCM	2251	ROU	+40B	+93N	−13B	=20N	+26B	+17N	4.5	18.5	19.5	13.50	2071	-18.0
12	Filip, Gabriel	1819	ROU	+66B	−6N	+71B	+36N	=9B	+38N	4.5	17.0	19.0	12.25	1969	+48.4
13	Albu, George	2015	ROU	+33N	+19B	+11N	−4B	+24N	−2B	4.0	22.5	26.0	16.00	2062	+10.4
14	Ienasoaie, Gabriel	2028	ROU	+43N	+21B	+24N	=5B	=7N	−23B	4.0	21.5	24.5	15.75	2032	+3.8
15	Tablan, Andrei-Damian	1953	ROU	+31B	+84N	−2B	+39N	+37B	−3N	4.0	19.5	21.0	11.00	1931	+0.8
16	Morariu, Adrian	1890	ROU	+60N	+86B	−7N	+51B	+19N	−4B	4.0	19.0	20.5	11.00	1897	+4.0
17	Arghirescu, Marius	1711	ROU	+72N	−7B	+42N	+35B	+50N	−11B	4.0	18.0	20.0	11.00	1910	+16.6
18	Ambru, Dan-Calin	2006	ROU	+54B	+56N	−6B	=26N	+67B	=20N	4.0	17.0	19.0	10.75	1898	-10.8
19	Pirvan, Maria	1707	ROU	+88B	−13N	+31B	+74N	−16B	+49N	4.0	16.5	17.5	9.50	1760	+13.6
20	Pacrita, Virgil-Aurelian	1696	ROU	+58N	−34B	+90N	=11B	+66N	=18B	4.0	16.0	17.0	9.75	1890	+21.8
21	Sfichi, Andrei	1718	ROU	+69B	−14N	+64B	+54N	−23N	+42B	4.0	15.5	17.5	9.50	1777	+14.8
22	Turcan, Gheorghe	1692	ROU	−80N	+57B	+85N	−8B	+36N	+35B	4.0	14.5	16.0	10.00	1792	+7.4
23	Pislariu, Stefanel-Vasilica	1910	ROU	F	F	+27B	+56N	+21B	+14N	4.0	14.0	14.0	14.00	2550	+24.8
24	Ferenczi, Sandor-Levente	1866	ROU	+81B	+97N	−14B	+87N	−13B	+45N	4.0	13.5	13.5	5.50	1821	-2.4
25	Otic, Mateo-Stefan	1533	ROU	−9B	−63N	+88B	+102N	+70B	+37N	4.0	12.5	12.5	6.00	1899	+51.6
26	Rangu, Daniel	1696	ROU	+63B	=9N	=37B	=18B	−11N	+68N	3.5	18.0	20.0	9.75	1875	+19.6
27	Ionescu, Daria S.	1590	ROU	−5N	+52B	−23N	+73B	=57N	+58B	3.5	17.0	19.0	8.75	1513	-15.2
28	Dinca, Ovidiu	1852	ROU	+57N	+80B	=4N	−38B	+68B	−9N	3.5	17.0	18.5	8.50	1784	-5.8
29	Sulea, Dan-Alexandru	1753	ROU	F	+68N	=9B	+43B	−8N	+40B	3.5	17.0	17.0	10.25	1886	+35.2
30	Ciomaga, Andrei	1790	ROU	+70B	−1N	−36B	+80B	+71N	=31N	3.5	16.0	17.5	7.25	1693	-27.2
31	Enache, Vlad-Alexandru	1512	ROU	−15N	+92B	−19N	+98B	+51N	=30B	3.5	15.5	15.5	5.75	1673	+13.2
32	Gurguiatu, Sandu	1588	ROU	−2B	=61N	+75B	−68N	+80B	+66N	3.5	13.5	15.0	6.75	1540	-6.4
33	Bejan, Eduard-Mihail	1541	ROU	−13B	+88N	+89B	−37N	=56B	+67N	3.5	12.5	13.5	5.25	1739	+46.8
34	Dubic, Roman	2076	ROU	+36B	+20N	+48B	−2N	−10B	F	3.0	19.5	19.5	10.00	1930	-14.2
35	Ichim, Bogdan-Ioan	0	ROU	+45N	−10B	+78B	−17N	+87B	−22N	3.0	17.5	18.5	6.00	1687	0.0
36	Gavril, Ioan	1559	ROU	−34N	+72B	+30N	−12B	−22B	+69N	3.0	17.0	19.0	7.50	1622	+8.4
37	Bulgaru, Daniel-Alexandru	1728	ROU	=73N	+91B	=26N	+33B	−15N	−25B	3.0	17.0	18.0	7.25	1599	-14.8
38	Buzenchi, Radu	1894	ROU	F	+78N	+67B	+28N	−5B	−12B	3.0	17.0	17.0	7.50	1898	+0.8
39	Andries, Ionut-Stelian	1675	ROU	+83N	−4B	+103N	−15B	+43N	−50B	3.0	16.5	16.5	4.50	1664	-3.4
40	Nistor, Eduard-Constantin	1614	ROU	−11N	+76B	+99N	−10B	+90B	−29N	3.0	15.5	15.5	3.00	1634	0.0
41	Nita, Mirela-Adriana	1682	ROU	+77B	−46N	+49B	−9N	=54B	=74N	3.0	15.0	17.0	7.25	1629	-9.2
42	Manoila, Ruslana	1517	MDA	−46B	+77N	−17B	+97N	+65B	−21N	3.0	15.0	15.0	4.00	1554	+3.6
43	Ionita, Vasile-Florinel	1551	ROU	−14B	+69N	+93B	−29N	−39B	+63N	3.0	14.5	15.5	5.00	1596	+5.2
44	Popescu, Gheorghe V.	1735	ROU	+61B	−2N	F	F	+63B	+55N	3.0	14.5	14.5	7.00	1860	+4.4
45	Bogles, Darius-Alexandru	1664	ROU	−35B	+81N	+63B	−46N	+64B	−24B	3.0	14.0	15.5	5.50	1706	+8.0
46	Tablan, Matei-Christian	1954	ROU	+42N	+41B	−5N	+45B	F	F	3.0	14.0	14.0	9.00	1971	+4.4
47	Porosniuc, Dumitru Daniel	1720	ROU	+79B	−3N	−74B	−63N	+91N	+76B	3.0	13.0	14.0	5.00	1551	-14.0
48	Bratu, Gheorghe	1872	ROU	+90N	+51B	−34N	+95B	−3N	F	3.0	13.0	13.0	5.00	1849	+0.2
49	Valean, Sofia-Ayana	1488	ROU	−10N	+101B	−41N	+99B	+95N	−19B	3.0	12.5	12.5	1.00	1531	+3.6
50	Necula, Iulian	1905	ROU	F	F	+55B	+65N	−17B	+39N	3.0	11.5	11.5	7.50	1846	-4.8
51	Calmuschi, Radu	1632	ROU	+100B	−48N	+102B	−16N	−31B	+90N	3.0	11.5	11.5	1.00	1493	-30.4
52	Minastireanu, Emilia-Elena	0	ROU	−93B	−27N	+92B	−70N	+88B	+65N	3.0	9.5	10.5	4.00	1468	0.0
53	Filip, Elena	0	ROU	−89B	−55N	+100B	−71N	+99B	+64N	3.0	7.5	7.5	2.00	1404	-0.4
54	Lipovanu, Teodor	1541	ROU	−18N	+83B	F	−21B	=41N	+59B	2.5	16.5	18.0	5.50	1654	+18.0
55	Antonesi, Gabriel	1583	ROU	−7N	+53B	−50N	+85B	=58N	−44B	2.5	16.0	17.5	5.75	1564	-10.0
56	Isac, Teodor	1669	ROU	+82N	−18B	+98N	−23B	=33N	F	2.5	15.5	15.5	3.25	1548	-9.8
57	Vatamanu, Matei	1462	ROU	−28B	−22N	+77B	+89N	=27B	−70N	2.5	15.0	16.0	4.75	1550	+8.4
58	Barabasa, Valentin	0	ROU	−20B	+62N	−65B	+81N	=55B	−27N	2.5	14.5	16.0	5.25	1530	0.0
59	Cotet-Chiperi, Gheorghe	1621	ROU	−6B	−66N	+69B	=79N	+61B	−54N	2.5	13.5	15.5	5.50	869	-28.4
60	Nastasa, Gabriel V.	1500	ROU	−16B	=75N	+61B	−67N	+84B	F	2.5	13.0	14.5	5.00	1593	+10.8
61	Ilade, Romeo	0	ROU	−44N	=32B	−60N	+83B	−59N	+82N	2.5	13.0	14.5	4.75	1290	0.0
62	Vieriu, Ianis-Andrei	1542	ROU	−4N	−58B	−72N	=82N	+81B	+91B	2.5	12.5	13.5	3.25	1709	+13.6
63	Barabasa, George-Valentin	0	ROU	−26N	+25B	−45N	+47B	−44N	−43B	2.0	16.5	19.5	7.00	1527	0.0
64	Dascalescu, Petru	1530	ROU	−8N	+82B	−21N	+72B	−45N	−53B	2.0	16.5	18.0	3.50	876	-26.4
65	Tablan, Corneliu-Victor	1637	ROU	+92N	−8B	+58N	−50B	−42N	−52B	2.0	16.0	17.0	3.50	1002	-19.0
66	Bejan, Eric	1452	ROU	−12N	+59B	F	+84N	−20B	−32B	2.0	16.0	16.0	4.00	1599	+35.2
67	Tcaciuc, Smaranda-Maria	1631	ROU	F	+73B	−38N	+60B	−18N	−33B	2.0	15.0	15.0	4.50	1544	-23.2
68	Dumitru, Rucsandra Sofia	1554	ROU	F	−29B	+91N	+32B	−28N	−26B	2.0	15.0	15.0	4.50	1530	-7.6
69	Ciobanu, Luca-Gabriel	0	ROU	−21N	−43B	−59N	+92N	+75B	−36B	2.0	14.5	15.5	3.00	812	0.0
70	Turcu, Vasile	1645	ROU	−30N	F	F	+52B	−25N	+57B	2.0	13.0	13.0	5.50	1475	-13.6
71	Radu, Andrei M.	1561	ROU	F	F	−12N	+53B	−30B	+79N	2.0	13.0	13.0	5.00	1544	-4.0
72	Vaideanu, Vlad-Alexandru	0	ROU	−17B	−36N	+62B	−64N	+97B	F	2.0	12.5	12.5	2.50	1391	0.0
73	Sufaru, Mircia	0	ROU	=37B	−67N	=94B	−27N	+77B	F	2.0	11.5	12.5	4.00	1442	0.0
74	Grama, Mara	1536	ROU	F	F	+47N	−19B	=86N	=41B	2.0	11.5	11.5	5.25	1696	+36.0
75	Gavril, Luca-Stefan	0	ROU	−86N	=60B	−32N	=76B	−69N	+98N	2.0	11.5	11.5	2.25	1353	0.0
76	Cotet-Chiperi, George-Cristian	1419	ROU	−96B	−40N	=82B	=75N	+98B	−47N	2.0	10.5	10.5	1.75	914	-19.2
77	FIDE 42228271	0	—	−41N	−42B	−57N	+101B	−73N	+97B	2.0	10.5	10.5	0.00	754	0.0
78	Mazarianu, Codrin-Andrei	1612	ROU	F	−38B	−35N	−91B	+83N	+80N	2.0	10.0	10.0	3.00	1094	-6.4
79	Otic, David George	0	ROU	−47N	−87B	+101N	=59B	=94N	−71B	2.0	9.5	9.5	1.75	1372	0.0
80	Sava, Paul	0	ROU	+22B	−28N	=84B	−30N	−32N	−78B	1.5	16.5	18.0	4.75	1502	0.0
81	Munteanu, Adrian	1467	ROU	−24N	−45B	=83N	−58B	−62N	+100B	1.5	13.5	13.5	0.75	888	-30.8
82	Gavriluta, Rares-Andrei	0	ROU	−56B	−64N	=76N	=62B	=85N	−61B	1.5	11.5	13.0	3.00	1345	0.0
83	Pintilie, Vlad-Ilie	0	ROU	−39B	−54N	=81B	−61N	−78B	+92N	1.5	11.5	12.5	1.75	1255	0.0
84	Arhire, Lucian	1631	ROU	+101N	−15B	=80N	−66B	−60N	−85B	1.5	11.5	11.5	0.75	832	-62.0
85	Fasniuc, Stelica	0	ROU	F	F	−22B	−55N	=82B	+84N	1.5	9.5	9.5	2.25	1511	0.0
86	Turcu, Vasile-Emanoil	1675	ROU	+75B	−16N	F	F	=74B	F	1.5	8.0	8.0	3.00	1515	-8.6
87	Loghin, Laurentiu	1566	ROU	−3B	+79N	F	−24B	−35N	F	1.0	16.0	16.0	2.00	1116	-9.2
88	FIDE 1288881	0	—	−19N	−33B	−25N	+100B	−52N	F	1.0	14.5	14.5	0.00	801	0.0
89	Bejan, Silvestru	1718	ROU	+53N	−5B	−33N	−57B	F	F	1.0	14.0	14.0	3.00	1439	-29.6
90	Dragan, Stefan	1469	ROU	−48B	+100N	−20B	F	−40N	−51B	1.0	14.0	14.0	0.00	902	-35.2
91	Vatamanu, Tudor	0	ROU	F	−37N	−68B	+78N	−47B	−62N	1.0	12.5	12.5	2.00	1392	0.0
92	FIDE 42257166	0	—	−65B	−31N	−52N	−69B	+100N	−83B	1.0	12.0	12.0	0.00	775	0.0
93	Nenciulescu, Luca-Stefan	1775	ROU	+52N	−11B	−43N	F	F	F	1.0	11.5	11.5	3.00	1064	-34.4
94	Cojocaru, Catalin-Petrica	1593	ROU	−1B	F	=73N	F	=79B	F	1.0	9.5	9.5	2.00	1193	-3.2
95	Bujor, Ion	1626	ROU	F	F	+97B	−48N	−49B	F	1.0	8.0	8.0	0.00	884	-34.8
96	Axinte, Aurel	1811	ROU	+76N	F	F	F	F	F	1.0	2.0	2.0	2.00	2219	+1.6
97	FIDE 42257190	0	—	F	−24B	−95N	−42B	−72N	−77N	0.0	12.0	12.0	0.00	870	0.0
98	FIDE 42208963	0	—	F	F	−56B	−31N	−76N	−75B	0.0	10.0	10.0	0.00	734	0.0
99	Florea-Lukacs, Victor	0	ROU	F	F	−40B	−49N	−53N	F	0.0	10.0	10.0	0.00	703	0.0
100	Pislariu, Elisa-Maria	0	ROU	−51N	−90B	−53N	−88N	−92B	−81N	0.0	9.5	10.5	0.00	695	0.0
101	FIDE 42255678	0	—	−84B	−49N	−79B	−77N	F	F	0.0	8.5	8.5	0.00	764	0.0
102	Nita, Ecaterina	0	ROU	F	F	−51N	−25B	F	F	0.0	7.0	7.0	0.00	790	0.0
103	FIDE 42257174	0	—	F	F	−39B	F	F	F	0.0	3.0	3.0	0.00	876	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Otic, Mateo-StefanROU
+51.6
4.0 pts · #41
2Filip, GabrielROU
+48.4
4.5 pts · #7
3Bejan, Eduard-MihailROU
+46.8
3.5 pts · #31

Top rating losers

1Arhire, LucianROU
-62.0
1.5 pts · #99
2Dragan, StefanROU
-35.2
1.0 pts · #103
3Bujor, IonROU
-34.8
1.0 pts · #91

Biggest upsets

R4+256 Elo gap
Vatamanu, Matei1462 beat Bejan, Silvestru1718
R3+236 Elo gap
Albu, George2015 beat CMPrisacaru, Stefan-Emilian2251
R3+231 Elo gap
Gavril, Ioan1559 beat Ciomaga, Andrei1790