Bitcoin Chess Romania 7th ed. - U14
14 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 11 Oct 2025 to 12 Oct 2025 in Bucuresti, Romania. Top 10 Elo average was 1576, and top seed was Luca-Marian Marinache (🇷🇴 ROU, 1772).
Luca-Marian Marinache (🇷🇴 ROU, 1772) won with 5.0/6, ahead of Andrei Malureanu (4.5) and Maria Roxana Nitu (4.5). Marinache shared the lead from round 4 and won solo starting round 5.
The biggest upset came in round 5: Antonia Maria Druta (1483) beat Daniel Sandru (1655), a +172-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 6 roundsLuca-Marian Marinache led from R5; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.
Luca-Marian Marinache takes the sole lead (4.5/5).
Luca-Marian Marinache drew with Andrei Malureanu (White).
Maria Roxana Nitu won 3 in a row (R1–R3).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Luca-Marian Marinache | * | ½ | 1 | 1 |
| 2Andrei Malureanu | ½ | * | 0 | 1 |
| 3Maria Roxana Nitu | 0 | 1 | * | ½ |
| 4Alexandru Petru Gheorghiu | 0 | 0 | ½ | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Marinache, Luca-Marian | 1772 | ROU | +6B | +7N | =2B | +3N | +4B | =5N | 5.0 | 19.0 | 22.0 | 18.00 | 1810 | +12.4 |
| 2 | Malureanu, Andrei | 1665 | ROU | +4N | +9B | =1N | +8B | −3N | +6B | 4.5 | 19.0 | 21.5 | 14.50 | 1755 | +29.2 |
| 3 | Nitu, Maria Roxana | 1634 | ROU | +13N | +14B | +10N | −1B | +2B | =4N | 4.5 | 15.5 | 15.5 | 8.75 | 1747 | +31.2 |
| 4 | Gheorghiu, Alexandru Petru | 1458 | ROU | −2B | +12N | +7B | +5N | −1N | =3B | 3.5 | 20.5 | 21.0 | 9.25 | 1640 | +55.2 |
| 5 | Costea, David-Andrei | 1410 | ROU | −9N | +13B | +12N | −4B | +7N | =1B | 3.5 | 14.5 | 14.5 | 6.00 | 1602 | +60.8 |
| 6 | Druta, Antonia Maria | 1483 | ROU | −1N | +11B | +9N | −7B | +10N | −2N | 3.0 | 17.5 | 19.0 | 6.50 | 1572 | +20.8 |
| 7 | Rusu, Ioana | 1564 | ROU | +11N | −1B | −4N | +6N | −5B | +13B | 3.0 | 16.5 | 16.5 | 4.50 | 1442 | -34.8 |
| 8 | Pavel, Mihai-Razvan | 1484 | ROU | F | =10B | +14N | −2N | +13B | =11B | 3.0 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 2.00 | 1586 | +20.8 |
| 9 | Popa-Bochis, Anisia-Teodora | 1586 | ROU | +5B | −2N | −6B | F | +11N | =10B | 2.5 | 15.0 | 15.0 | 6.25 | 1465 | -23.2 |
| 10 | Sandru, Daniel | 1655 | ROU | =12B | =8N | −3B | +11N | −6B | =9N | 2.5 | 14.5 | 15.0 | 4.50 | 1369 | -75.2 |
| 11 | Busini, Marco | 0 | ROU | −7B | −6N | +13N | −10B | −9B | =8N | 1.5 | 14.0 | 14.0 | 1.50 | 1334 | 0.0 |
| 12 | Ursache, Casian | 1455 | ROU | =10N | −4B | −5B | F | F | F | 0.5 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 1.25 | 1237 | -32.4 |
| 13 | Weis, Daria | 1449 | ROU | −3B | −5N | −11B | F | −8N | −7N | 0.0 | 15.5 | 16.0 | 0.00 | 715 | -64.8 |
| 14 | FIDE 42246130 | 0 | — | F | −3N | −8B | F | F | F | 0.0 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 0.00 | 741 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Costea, David-AndreiROU+60.83.5 pts · #4
- 2Gheorghiu, Alexandru PetruROU+55.23.5 pts · #3
- 3Nitu, Maria RoxanaROU+31.24.5 pts · #5
- 1Sandru, DanielROU-75.22.5 pts · #11
- 2Weis, DariaROU-64.80.0 pts · #13
- 3Rusu, IoanaROU-34.83.0 pts · #6
- R5+172 Elo gap
- R5+154 Elo gap
- R3+106 Elo gap