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Romania National Junior Championships 2025 - open U20

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24 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 11 Aug 2025 to 17 Aug 2025 in Bucuresti, Romania. 11 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 2247, and top seed was Filip Magold (🇷🇴 ROU, IM, 2454).

Vladimir-Alexandru Cnejev (🇷🇴 ROU, IM, 2321) won with 6.5/9, ahead of Teodor-Cosmin Nedelcu (6.5) and Filip Magold (6.5). Cnejev shared the lead from round 8, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 5: Eric-Matei Prelipcean (CM, 2082) beat Filip Magold (IM, 2454), a +372-point gap.

Location
🇷🇴Bucuresti, Romania
Dates
11 Aug 2025 → 17 Aug 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 9 rounds
Top seed
🇷🇴IMFilip Magold2454
Avg top 10
2,247
Participants
24
Titled players · 11
IM×2
FM×6
CM×3
Federations · 1 represented
🇷🇴Romania×24
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

Tight race until R9; 3 players tied at 6.5/9, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 3 at the finish.

Co-leaders
10
4
1
2
1
1
1
2
3
2.54.579R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9
Cnejev6.5Magold6.5Nedelcu6.5Antal6Creanga6Korcsek6
R9 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

3 players finish on 6.5/9. Cnejev takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (45.0).

R4 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

IM Vladimir-Alexandru Cnejev beat IM Filip Magold (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

IM Vladimir-Alexandru Cnejev 3 wins (R6–R8)IM Filip Magold 4 wins (R6–R9)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1IMVladimir-Alexandru Cnejev*
1
0
1
2IMFilip Magold
0
*
½
1
3FMTeodor-Cosmin Nedelcu
1
½
*
0
4FMHunor-Zoltan Antal
0
0
1
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Cnejev, Vladimir-AlexandruIM2321ROU+13B+11N−4B+3N−2B+8N+9B+5N=6B6.545.049.033.502395+18.6
2Nedelcu, Teodor-CosminFM2281ROU+17B+8N=3B=4N+1N=9B−5N+10B+14B6.543.047.032.502339+17.0
3Magold, FilipIM2454ROU+14N+5B=2N−1B−13N+12B+21B+4N+10B6.542.044.530.752328-9.7
4Creanga, Robert-IonutFM2268ROU+18N+21B+1N=2B+9N+5B=10N−3B−7N6.044.046.528.502270+5.6
5Antal, Hunor-ZoltanFM2245ROU+22B−3N+8B+19N+6B−4N+2B−1B+13N6.043.545.026.002335+22.2
6Nastore, Pavel-AlexandruFM2309ROU+12N=7B−9N+15B−5N+11B+13N+8B=1N6.041.045.028.252261-8.8
7Korcsek, Alexandru-David2154ROU+20B=6N−10B−13N=24B+15N+14B+9N+4B6.036.037.525.252163+6.0
8Dumitrescu, Daniel2097ROU+24N−2B−5N+21B+16N−1B+18B−6N+15B5.039.040.515.502097+3.2
9Tamas, Christian-ArrydanFM2145ROU=16N+23B+6B+10N−4B=2N−1N−7B=12N4.544.045.519.502129-3.5
10Zlate-Ion, Matei1862ROU+19N=16B+7N−9B=11N+13B=4B−2N−3N4.542.045.020.252150+111.7
11Danila, Tudor-GabrielCM2177ROU+15N−1B=21N=16B=10B−6N=19N=13B+17B4.536.038.517.002040-26.8
12Dima, Ioan-Radu2069ROU−6B=22N=18B+14N=19B−3N=17B+16N=9B4.535.537.016.252110+7.6
13Prelipcean, Eric-MateiCM2082ROU−1N=15B+23N+7B+3B−10N−6B=11N−5B4.044.045.518.252120+7.2
14Constantinoiu, Alexandru IoanFM2082ROU−3B=18N=16N−12B+20N+24B−7N+22B−2N4.035.537.09.752005-36.1
15Dobre, Daniel-Alexandru1935ROU−11B=13N+22B−6N=18N−7B+23N+19B−8N4.033.535.09.752054+26.0
16Panaite, Mihai-Teodor1888ROU=9B=10N=14B=11N−8B−18N+22N−12B+23N4.032.033.511.751998+47.5
17Balaban-Voia, Alexandru2068ROU−2N−19B=20N+23B−21N+22B=12N+18B−11N4.029.030.510.251984-19.2
18Ulian, Andrei-Octavian1968ROU−4B=14B=12N=24N=15B+16B−8N−17N=20B3.534.536.012.501927-20.5
19Toma, IustinCM2118ROU−10B+17N+24B−5B=12N−21N=11B−15NF3.031.531.510.001900-88.8
20Cojocaru, Filip1892ROU−7NF=17B=22N−14B+23B=24NF=18N3.022.022.06.751951+19.2
21Mironescu, Stefan1769ROUF−4N=11B−8N+17B+19B−3NFF2.530.530.59.252075+74.8
22Onofrasc, Ivan1959ROU−5N=12B−15N=20B=23N−17N−16B−14NF1.532.033.54.501773-47.8
23Badescu, Matei-Andrei2010ROUF−9N−13B−17N=22B−20N−15B+24N−16B1.526.526.52.251716-117.2
24Beldiman, Tudor1769ROU−8BF−19N=18B=7N−14N=20B−23BF1.526.026.06.251815+10.8

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets