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UVT Cup - 3rd stage

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17 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 22 Aug 2025 to 24 Aug 2025 in Timisoara, Romania. 2 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1730, and top seed was Mihai-Lucian Grunberg (🇷🇴 ROU, IM, 2400).

Alexandru Balaban-Voia (🇷🇴 ROU, 2068) won with 6.0/7, ahead of Tudor Grosu (4.5) and Daniel-Ioan Gabor (4.5).

The biggest upset came in round 7: Bogdan Ghise (1495) beat Eugen Stein (1778), a +283-point gap.

Location
🇷🇴Timisoara, Romania
Dates
22 Aug 2025 → 24 Aug 2025
Time control
Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 7 rounds
Avg top 10
1,730
Participants
17
Federations · 2 represented
🇷🇴Romania×16
🇩🇪Germany×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

Alexandru Balaban-Voia led from R3; +1.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
8
4
1
2
1
1
1
23.55.57R1R2R3R4R5R6R7Grunberg takes lead
Balaban-Voia6Gabor4.5Grosu4.5Santimbrean4Santimbrean4Brudiu3.5
R5 · LEADER CHANGE24 Aug

IM Mihai-Lucian Grunberg takes the sole lead (4.5/5).

R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Alexandru Balaban-Voia beat Daniel-Ioan Gabor (White).

2× WIN STREAK · 3+3 wins

Alexandru Balaban-Voia posted 3 in a row (R1–R3) and 3 in a row (R5–R7) — total 6 wins.

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Alexandru Balaban-Voia*
1
1
—
2Daniel-Ioan Gabor
0
*
½
—
3Tudor Grosu
0
½
*—
4Bogdan-Iacob Santimbrean———*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Balaban-Voia, Alexandru2068ROU+9N+2B+4N−?B+3B+8N+6N6.023.023.023.002558+18.0
2Grosu, Tudor1700ROU+13B−1N+12B+7N−?N+4B=3B4.523.023.014.751940+23.4
3Gabor, Daniel-Ioan1866ROU+16N+11B=?N+4B−1N=7B=2N4.522.522.512.501873+2.8
4Santimbrean, Mihnea-Nicolae1876ROU+14B+6N−1B−3N+5B−2N+9B4.025.527.512.501773-29.6
5Santimbrean, Bogdan-Iacob1645ROU−11N+16B−7N+10B−4N+15B+12N4.018.019.59.001866+54.8
6Iucu, Mihai1769ROU+7N−4B+10B=9N+12B−?N−1B3.522.022.010.501708-7.6
7Brudiu, Matei-Ioan0ROU−6B+14N+5B−2B+10N=3N−?B3.521.521.511.2516700.0
8Cordos, Lucas1486ROUF−10N+14B+17N+9B−1B=11N3.517.517.57.001635+33.2
9Berchesan, Alina-Ioana1534ROU−1B+13N+15B=6B−8N=11B−4N3.022.524.57.751622+13.6
10Ghise, Bogdan1495ROUF+8B−6N−5N−7B+14N+15B3.018.518.57.501694+50.8
11Paun, Grigore-Titel0ROU+5B−3NFF+13B=9N=8B3.017.517.59.7516360.0
12Bucurenciu, Adrian-Robert1567ROU−?N+17B−2N+15B−6N=13B−5B2.517.017.03.751600+7.2
13Terbancea, Darius-Vlad0ROU−2N−9B+16N=14B−11N=12N=17B2.516.517.04.0014600.0
14Neag, Raul Ilie1424ROU−4N−7B−8N=13N+17B−10B=16N2.018.018.52.501389-13.6
15Stein, Eugen1778GER+17B−?B−9N−12N+16B−5N−10N2.014.514.52.001395-57.0
16Grosu, Teodora1409ROU−3B−5N−13BF−15N+17N=14B1.515.515.51.501475+8.4
17Zaha, Leontin0ROU−15N−12NF−8B−14N−16B=13N0.514.014.01.25735-84.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets