Romania National Championship 3rd League 2025 - group III
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21 players participated in this 3-round tournament, held from 16 Aug 2025 to 17 Aug 2025 in Galati, Romania. Top 10 Elo average was 1935, and top seed was Rares Gazdaru (🇷🇴 ROU, 2037).
Iulian-Marinica Galatanu (🇷🇴 ROU, 1924) won with 2.5/3, ahead of Eduard-Andrei Panaite (2.5) and Marius-Traian Anghelus (2.5). Galatanu shared the lead from round 1, winning on tie-break.
The biggest upset came in round 1: Iulian-Marinica Galatanu (1924) beat Rares Gazdaru (2037), a +113-point gap.
Location
🇷🇴Galati, Romania
Dates
16 Aug 2025 → 17 Aug 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes for first 40 moves and 15 min. for the rest of the game with 30 sec. increment from move 1
System
Team · 3 rounds
Federations · 1 represented
🇷🇴Romania×21
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Standings
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| # | Player | Fed | Elo | Pts | Avg opp. | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Galatanu, Iulian-Marinica | 🇷🇴ROU | 1924 | 2.5 | 1999 | 2272 | +26.2 |
| 1 | Panaite, Eduard-Andrei | 🇷🇴ROU | 1873 | 2.5 | 1703 | 1976 | +13.2 |
| 3 | Anghelus, Marius-Traian | 🇷🇴ROU | 2018 | 2.5 | 1811 | 2084 | +5.4 |
| 4 | Miron, Dimitrie | 🇷🇴ROU | 1884 | 2.5 | 1749 | 2022 | +9.4 |
| 6 | Zanfir, Iulian | 🇷🇴ROU | 1764 | 2.0 | 1739 | 1864 | +8.0 |
| 5 | Gazdaru, Rares | 🇷🇴ROU | 2037 | 2.0 | 1859 | 1984 | -4.4 |
| 7 | Mocanita, Matei | 🇷🇴ROU | 1825 | 2.0 | 1534 | 2334 | +13.2 |
| 9 | Sarighioleanu, Sebastian-Laure | 🇷🇴ROU | 1999 | 1.5 | 1860 | 1860 | -9.4 |
| 8 | Bocaneala, Patrick | 🇷🇴ROU | 1658 | 1.5 | 1752 | 1752 | +12.8 |
| 10 | Gheorghiu, Theodora Maria | 🇷🇴ROU | 1460 | 1.0 | 1652 | 1527 | +8.8 |
| 11 | Escu, Stefan-Robert | 🇷🇴ROU | 1493 | 1.0 | 1529 | 1529 | +0.8 |
| 12 | Stencau, Filip | 🇷🇴ROU | 1616 | 1.0 | 1485 | 1485 | -13.2 |
| 13 | Racovita, Gheorghe | 🇷🇴ROU | 1775 | 0.5 | 1951 | 1758 | -1.0 |
| 16 | Celmare, Radu-Constantin | 🇷🇴ROU | 1673 | 0.5 | 1802 | 1529 | -19.6 |
| 15 | Covrig, Ionel | 🇷🇴ROU | 1959 | 0.5 | 1924 | 1924 | -1.0 |
| 14 | Boghici, Mario-Bogdan | 🇷🇴ROU | 1769 | 0.5 | 1674 | 1674 | -5.2 |
| 19 | Damaschin, Ioan-Iustin | 🇷🇴ROU | 1657 | 0.0 | 1951 | 1151 | -12.8 |
| 20 | Puia, Vlad-Filip | 🇷🇴ROU | 1614 | 0.0 | 2019 | 1219 | -7.2 |
| 21 | Sararu, Sofia-Elena | 🇷🇴ROU | 1618 | 0.0 | 1748 | 948 | -26.8 |
| 18 | Ifrim, Mihai | 🇷🇴ROU | 1813 | 0.0 | 1884 | 1084 | -8.0 |
| 17 | Lefterache, Daniel | 🇷🇴ROU | 2015 | 0.0 | 2038 | 1238 | -9.4 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Galatanu, Iulian-MarinicaROU+26.22.5 pts · #2
- 2Mocanita, MateiROU+13.22.0 pts · #7
- 3Panaite, Eduard-AndreiROU+13.22.5 pts · #1
Top rating losers
- 1Sararu, Sofia-ElenaROU-26.80.0 pts · #21
- 2Celmare, Radu-ConstantinROU-19.60.5 pts · #16
- 3Stencau, FilipROU-13.21.0 pts · #12
Biggest upsets
- R1+113 Elo gap