Mosnita Noua Cup

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37 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 13 Sept 2025 to 14 Sept 2025 in Mosnita Noua - Timis, Romania. Top 10 Elo average was 1606, and top seed was Ionut-Andrei Sarac (🇷🇴 ROU, 1699).

Ruben-Daniel Balaceanu (🇷🇴 ROU, 1522) won with 5.5/6, ahead of Alexandru-Mihai Mujat (5.0) and Razvan Sebastian Groza (4.5). Balaceanu won solo starting round 5.

The biggest upset came in round 4: Alexandru-Mihai Mujat (1514) beat Ionut-Andrei Sarac (1699), a +185-point gap.

Location

🇷🇴Mosnita Noua - Timis, Romania

Dates

13 Sept 2025 → 14 Sept 2025

Time control

Standard: All Moves in 40 Min. Incr. 20 Sec. / /

System

Swiss · 6 rounds

Top seed

🇷🇴Ionut-Andrei Sarac1699

Avg top 10

1,606

Participants

Federations · 1 represented

🇷🇴Romania×36

Top 3

🥇
Ruben-Daniel Balaceanu
🇷🇴ROU·1522
5.5pts·1845perf+48.4
🥈
Alexandru-Mihai Mujat
🇷🇴ROU·1514
5.0pts·1791perf+58.4
🥉
Razvan Sebastian Groza
🇷🇴ROU·1522
4.5pts·1668perf+32.8

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 6 rounds

Ruben-Daniel Balaceanu 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

Balaceanu5.5Mujat5Marinca4.5Ile4.5Groza4.5Borciu4— ex-leaders:Balaceanuled R5–R6, #9

R5–R6 · LEAD HELD

Ruben-Daniel Balaceanu held the sole lead from R5 through R6 without losing it.

R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Ruben-Daniel Balaceanu beat Alexandru-Mihai Mujat (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

Ruben-Daniel Balaceanu 5 wins (R1–R5)Alexandru-Mihai Mujat 4 wins (R1–R4)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Ruben-Daniel Balaceanu	*	1	1	—
2Alexandru-Mihai Mujat	0	*	—	1
3Matteo-Ioan Marinca	0	—	*	—
4Andi Ile	—	0	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Balaceanu, Ruben-Daniel	1522	ROU	+29N	+37B	+4N	+7B	+2N	=3B	5.5	19.5	19.5	17.25	1845	+48.4
2	Mujat, Alexandru-Mihai	1514	ROU	+32B	+30N	+5B	+6N	−1B	+8N	5.0	19.5	21.0	15.50	1791	+58.4
3	Groza, Razvan Sebastian	1522	ROU	+17B	+12N	=6B	+24N	=11B	=1N	4.5	19.5	22.0	15.50	1668	+32.8
4	Marinca, Matteo-Ioan	1698	ROU	+16B	+21N	−1B	=9N	+24B	+11N	4.5	19.0	21.5	14.00	1736	+13.6
5	Ile, Andi	1618	ROU	+36N	+22B	−2N	=10B	+7N	+15B	4.5	19.0	19.5	12.50	1567	-6.8
6	Sarac, Ionut-Andrei	1699	ROU	+10N	+20B	=3N	−2B	=13N	+16B	4.0	20.0	23.0	14.00	1628	-19.6
7	Tipania, Ioan-Mihai	0	ROU	+14B	+27N	+15B	−1N	−5B	+21N	4.0	19.5	21.5	11.50	1560	0.0
8	Bucurenciu, Adrian-Robert	1589	ROU	+33B	−24N	+13B	+16N	+12N	−2B	4.0	17.5	18.5	11.00	1566	-1.6
9	Borciu, Luca-Daniel	1572	ROU	+11B	−15N	+19N	=4B	+20N	=18B	4.0	17.0	20.0	13.25	1693	+40.8
10	Neag, Raul Ilie	1406	ROU	−6B	+32N	+30B	=5N	=15B	+17N	4.0	16.0	17.5	9.75	1490	+11.6
11	Ciorba, Dragos-Mihai	1652	ROU	−9N	+26B	+25N	+22B	=3N	−4B	3.5	18.5	21.0	10.25	1554	-25.6
12	Constantin, Alexandru-Leonard	0	ROU	+19N	−3B	+20N	+21N	−8B	=13B	3.5	18.0	21.0	10.75	1541	0.0
13	Pup, Alexandru	1524	ROU	+23N	=18B	−8N	+27B	=6B	=12N	3.5	17.5	19.5	10.25	1469	-8.8
14	Popa, Alesia-Maria	1532	ROU	−7N	=29B	+26N	+23B	−18N	+25B	3.5	15.0	16.5	8.75	1544	+1.6
15	Zamfirescu, Vlad-Constantin	1557	ROU	+25N	+9B	−7N	=18B	=10N	−5N	3.0	19.5	22.0	10.00	1520	-6.4
16	Beko, Andras	1596	ROU	−4N	+34B	+28N	−8B	+19N	−6N	3.0	17.5	18.5	6.00	1435	-33.2
17	Catanescu, Cezar-Octavian	0	ROU	−3N	−19B	+36N	+28B	+22N	−10B	3.0	16.5	17.0	5.50	1279	0.0
18	Trif, Aliyah-Antonia	1506	ROU	F	=13N	=24B	=15N	+14B	=9N	3.0	16.5	16.5	10.00	1591	+22.8
19	Terbancea, Darius-Vlad	1547	ROU	−12B	+17N	−9B	+31N	−16B	+33N	3.0	15.0	16.0	5.50	1401	-22.8
20	Mocan, Luca	1481	ROU	+31B	−6N	−12B	+37N	−9B	+27N	3.0	15.0	15.0	3.50	833	-22.8
21	Ene, Alexandru-Andrei	1510	ROU	+34N	−4B	+37N	−12B	+33N	−7B	3.0	14.0	14.0	2.00	1554	+4.8
22	Pup, Paul	1426	ROU	+35B	−5N	+31B	−11N	−17B	+34N	3.0	13.5	14.5	3.50	824	-19.2
23	Bacanu, Darius-Gabriel	0	ROU	−13B	F	+34N	−14N	+30B	+24N	3.0	12.0	12.0	5.00	1367	0.0
24	Table, Levin-Filip	1422	ROU	+28N	+8B	=18N	−3B	−4N	−23B	2.5	19.0	21.0	7.50	1485	+10.8
25	Bacos, David	0	ROU	−15B	+35N	−11B	=30N	+29B	−14N	2.5	13.0	14.0	3.25	777	0.0
26	Dan, Natalia	1529	ROU	=27B	−11N	−14B	−29N	+36B	+31N	2.5	12.0	12.5	3.00	791	-38.8
27	Mocan, Antonie-Nectarie	0	ROU	=26N	−7B	+29N	−13N	=31B	−20B	2.0	14.5	16.0	3.50	1250	0.0
28	Pascu, Matei	0	ROU	−24B	+33N	−16B	−17N	+37B	−32N	2.0	11.0	11.0	1.00	1353	0.0
29	Dascar, Sebastian-Vlad	0	ROU	−1B	=14N	−27B	+26B	−25N	−30N	1.5	16.0	17.5	4.25	1544	0.0
30	Pavel, Cezar-Alexandru	0	ROU	F	−2B	−10N	=25B	−23N	+29B	1.5	16.0	16.0	2.75	660	0.0
31	Bobosa, Ianis-Nicolas	0	ROU	−20N	+36B	−22N	−19B	=27N	−26B	1.5	13.5	14.0	1.50	703	0.0
32	Andrescu, Bogdan-Gabriel	0	ROU	−2N	−10B	−33B	=36N	F	+28B	1.5	12.5	12.5	2.25	645	0.0
33	Jacota, Albert-Tudor	1418	ROU	−8N	−28B	+32N	F	−21B	−19B	1.0	13.5	14.5	1.50	741	-40.0
34	FIDE 42254108	0	—	−21B	−16N	−23B	F	+35N	−22B	1.0	13.0	13.0	1.00	706	0.0
35	Lenghyel, David-Andrei	0	ROU	−22N	−25B	F	F	−34B	+37N	1.0	7.5	7.5	0.00	620	0.0
36	Gherman, Mihai	0	ROU	−5B	−31N	−17B	=32B	−26N	F	0.5	13.0	13.0	0.75	789	0.0
37	Jacota, Casiana-Sofia	0	ROU	F	−1N	−21B	−20B	−28N	−35B	0.0	14.5	14.5	0.00	696	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Mujat, Alexandru-MihaiROU
+58.4
5.0 pts · #5
2Balaceanu, Ruben-DanielROU
+48.4
5.5 pts · #9
3Borciu, Luca-DanielROU
+40.8
4.0 pts · #2

Top rating losers

1Jacota, Albert-TudorROU
-40.0
1.0 pts · #35
2Dan, NataliaROU
-38.8
2.5 pts · #29
3Beko, AndrasROU
-33.2
3.0 pts · #16

Biggest upsets

R4+185 Elo gap
Mujat, Alexandru-Mihai1514 beat Sarac, Ionut-Andrei1699
R3+176 Elo gap
Balaceanu, Ruben-Daniel1522 beat Marinca, Matteo-Ioan1698
R2+167 Elo gap
Table, Levin-Filip1422 beat Bucurenciu, Adrian-Robert1589