Bitcoin Chess Romania 7th ed. - U10
34 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 11 Oct 2025 to 12 Oct 2025 in Bucuresti, Romania. Top 10 Elo average was 1610, and top seed was Darius-Cristian Pana (🇷🇴 ROU, 1863).
Darius-Cristian Pana (🇷🇴 ROU, 1863) won with 6.0/6, ahead of Victor Butochnov (4.5) and Alexandru Pruszter (4.5). Pana won solo starting round 5.
The biggest upset came in round 2: Sabina-Teodora Dutcovici (1496) beat Rares-Christian Craciun (1648), a +152-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 6 roundsDarius-Cristian Pana led from R5; +1.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.
Darius-Cristian Pana never relinquished the lead after R5; final gap +1.5 over the runner-up.
Darius-Cristian Pana beat Alexandru Pruszter (Black).
Darius-Cristian Pana 6 wins (R1–R6)Victor Butochnov 3 wins (R1–R3)
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Darius-Cristian Pana | * | 1 | 1 | — |
| 2Alexandru Pruszter | 0 | * | — | — |
| 3Victor Butochnov | 0 | — | * | — |
| 4Rares-Christian Craciun | — | — | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pana, Darius-Cristian | 1863 | ROU | +16N | +11B | +3N | +2B | +4N | +21B | 6.0 | 19.5 | 22.0 | 22.00 | 2382 | +31.5 |
| 2 | Butochnov, Victor | 1655 | ROU | +27B | +12N | +8B | −1N | =21N | +4B | 4.5 | 19.5 | 21.5 | 14.25 | 1814 | +48.8 |
| 3 | Pruszter, Alexandru | 1538 | ROU | +9B | +15N | −1B | =14N | +22B | +8N | 4.5 | 19.0 | 21.5 | 14.00 | 1721 | +49.6 |
| 4 | Oprea, Sorin-Andrei | 1653 | ROU | +18N | +5B | +10N | +6B | −1B | −2N | 4.0 | 22.0 | 25.0 | 14.50 | 1712 | +20.8 |
| 5 | Ivascu, Petru | 1469 | ROU | +31B | −4N | =9B | +24N | =11B | +14N | 4.0 | 16.5 | 18.5 | 11.00 | 1570 | +28.0 |
| 6 | Craciun, Rares-Christian | 1648 | ROU | +26B | −10N | +27B | −4N | +15N | +17B | 4.0 | 15.5 | 17.5 | 10.00 | 1634 | +3.2 |
| 7 | Constandache, Darius-Andrei | 1520 | ROU | +30B | =14N | =21B | =22N | =9B | +12N | 4.0 | 15.0 | 17.0 | 11.25 | 1563 | +7.6 |
| 8 | Chelu, Tudor-Iulian | 1532 | ROU | +23N | +20B | −2N | =10B | +19N | −3B | 3.5 | 18.5 | 21.0 | 10.25 | 1523 | -1.2 |
| 9 | Rinescu, Maria | 1415 | ROU | −3N | +33B | =5N | +23B | =7N | =10B | 3.5 | 18.5 | 19.5 | 9.25 | 1488 | +18.8 |
| 10 | Dutcovici, Sabina-Teodora | 1496 | ROU | +34N | +6B | −4B | =8N | =14B | =9N | 3.5 | 18.0 | 18.5 | 9.50 | 1534 | +14.8 |
| 11 | Grigore, Melania-Cristina | 1507 | ROU | +32B | −1N | +26B | F | =5N | +25B | 3.5 | 17.0 | 18.0 | 7.50 | 1583 | +5.2 |
| 12 | Dumitrescu, Matei | 1509 | ROU | +29N | −2B | =22N | +18B | +25N | −7B | 3.5 | 16.5 | 18.5 | 8.75 | 1426 | -20.0 |
| 13 | Niculescu, David-Gabriel | 0 | ROU | −15N | −23B | +29N | =16B | +32N | +22B | 3.5 | 13.0 | 14.0 | 7.00 | 1342 | 0.0 |
| 14 | Iorgu, Teodor-Razvan | 1453 | ROU | +33N | =7B | =19N | =3B | =10N | −5B | 3.0 | 19.0 | 20.0 | 8.50 | 1441 | -4.4 |
| 15 | Barsan, Aria-Petra | 1464 | ROU | +13B | −3B | −23N | +30N | −6B | +26N | 3.0 | 16.5 | 18.5 | 7.50 | 1307 | -37.6 |
| 16 | Ioan, Nicolae | 1452 | ROU | −1B | +32N | −17B | =13N | =26B | +28N | 3.0 | 16.5 | 17.5 | 5.75 | 1294 | -18.0 |
| 17 | Mocanu, Amalia-Ioana | 1468 | ROU | −20N | +30B | +16N | −19B | +23N | −6N | 3.0 | 15.5 | 17.5 | 7.50 | 1489 | +2.8 |
| 18 | Costea, Sebastian-Andrei | 1430 | ROU | −4B | =31N | +28B | −12N | =24B | +29N | 3.0 | 14.0 | 16.0 | 6.25 | 1259 | -25.2 |
| 19 | Pavel, Nicholas-Christian | 1531 | ROU | =28B | +24N | =14B | +17N | −8B | F | 3.0 | 14.0 | 14.0 | 8.00 | 1569 | +8.0 |
| 20 | Hrehorciuc, Luca-Rafael | 0 | ROU | +17B | −8N | −24B | =26N | =28B | +27N | 3.0 | 13.0 | 15.0 | 7.00 | 1480 | 0.0 |
| 21 | Nistor, Darius-Ionut | 1638 | ROU | =22N | +25B | =7N | F | =2B | −1N | 2.5 | 20.5 | 23.0 | 8.00 | 1531 | -26.0 |
| 22 | Alecu, Daniel | 1416 | ROU | =21B | +28N | =12B | =7B | −3N | −13N | 2.5 | 18.0 | 20.0 | 7.00 | 1475 | +9.6 |
| 23 | Dodi, Eduard-Mihai | 1400 | ROU | −8B | +13N | +15B | −9N | −17B | =24N | 2.5 | 16.5 | 19.0 | 7.75 | 1320 | -21.6 |
| 24 | Dumitru, Miruna-Ioana | 1521 | ROU | =25N | −19B | +20N | −5B | =18N | =23B | 2.5 | 15.5 | 18.0 | 7.00 | 1266 | -35.2 |
| 25 | Ardeleanu, Carina | 0 | ROU | =24B | −21N | +31B | +27N | −12B | −11N | 2.5 | 14.0 | 16.0 | 5.25 | 1384 | 0.0 |
| 26 | Balan, Mihai-Matei-Mario | 1424 | ROU | −6N | +34B | −11N | =20B | =16N | −15B | 2.0 | 16.5 | 17.0 | 3.50 | 1190 | -41.2 |
| 27 | Weis, Sara | 1447 | ROU | −2N | +29B | −6N | −25B | +33N | −20B | 2.0 | 16.0 | 17.0 | 3.00 | 839 | -28.8 |
| 28 | Bobe, Alexandru-Nicolae | 0 | ROU | =19N | −22B | −18N | +33B | =20N | −16B | 2.0 | 14.5 | 15.5 | 4.00 | 1126 | 0.0 |
| 29 | Sabau, Luca-Ivan | 0 | ROU | −12B | −27N | −13B | +31N | +30B | −18B | 2.0 | 14.0 | 16.0 | 4.00 | 696 | 0.0 |
| 30 | FIDE 42220440 | 0 | — | −7N | −17N | +34B | −15B | −29N | +33B | 2.0 | 13.0 | 13.5 | 1.50 | 701 | 0.0 |
| 31 | Haidau, Tudor-Andrei | 0 | ROU | −5N | =18B | −25N | −29B | =34N | +32B | 2.0 | 12.5 | 13.0 | 2.75 | 1260 | 0.0 |
| 32 | Ignat, Ilinca-Anastasia | 0 | ROU | −11N | −16B | −33N | +34N | −13B | −31N | 1.0 | 13.0 | 13.5 | 0.50 | 667 | 0.0 |
| 33 | Tomulescu, Teodor | 0 | ROU | −14B | −9N | +32B | −28N | −27B | −30N | 1.0 | 12.5 | 13.5 | 1.00 | 670 | 0.0 |
| 34 | FIDE 42258170 | 0 | — | −10B | −26N | −30N | −32B | =31B | F | 0.5 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 1.00 | 650 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Pruszter, AlexandruROU+49.64.5 pts · #2
- 2Butochnov, VictorROU+48.84.5 pts · #3
- 3Pana, Darius-CristianROU+31.56.0 pts · #1
- 1Balan, Mihai-Matei-MarioROU-41.22.0 pts · #28
- 2Barsan, Aria-PetraROU-37.63.0 pts · #23
- 3Dumitru, Miruna-IoanaROU-35.22.5 pts · #22
- R2+152 Elo gap