Bitcoin Chess Romania 7th ed. - U8
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36 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 11 Oct 2025 to 12 Oct 2025 in Bucuresti, Romania. 3 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1571, and top seed was Vlad Tanasa (🇷🇴 ROU, 1657).
Daniel Sava (🇷🇴 ROU, 1584) won with 6.0/6, ahead of Vlad Tanasa (5.0) and Luca-Stefan Cioboata (5.0). Sava won solo starting round 5.
The biggest upset came in round 3: Levin-Filip Table (1436) beat Karina Pestroiu-Braun (1643), a +207-point gap.
Location
🇷🇴Bucuresti, Romania
Dates
11 Oct 2025 → 12 Oct 2025
Time control
Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 6 rounds
Federations · 3 represented
🇷🇴Romania×31
🇹🇷Turkiye×1
🇬🇷Greece×1
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 6 roundsDaniel Sava led from R5; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.
Co-leaders
18
9
4
2
1
1
R5–R6 · LEAD HELD
Daniel Sava never relinquished the lead after R5; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.
R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND
Daniel Sava beat Vlad Tanasa (White).
WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers
Daniel Sava 6 wins (R1–R6)Vlad Tanasa 4 wins (R1–R4)Luca-Stefan Cioboata 3 wins (R4–R6)
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Daniel Sava | * | 1 | — | — |
| 2Vlad Tanasa | 0 | * | 1 | — |
| 3Luca-Stefan Cioboata | — | 0 | * | 1 |
| 4Levin-Filip Table | — | — | 0 | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sava, Daniel | 1584 | ROU | +31B | +25N | +5B | +17N | +2B | +6N | 6.0 | 18.5 | 20.5 | 20.50 | 2340 | +85.6 |
| 2 | Tanasa, Vlad | 1657 | ROU | +30N | +14B | +3N | +13B | −1N | +12B | 5.0 | 21.5 | 23.5 | 17.50 | 1735 | +16.0 |
| 3 | Cioboata, Luca-Stefan | 1520 | ROU | +22B | +27N | −2B | +4N | +7B | +5N | 5.0 | 20.5 | 22.5 | 17.50 | 1719 | +34.4 |
| 4 | Table, Levin-Filip | 1436 | ROU | =12N | +9B | +21N | −3B | +26N | +13B | 4.5 | 19.0 | 21.5 | 14.75 | 1766 | +69.6 |
| 5 | Puscasu, Iosif-Calin | 1519 | ROU | +16N | +20B | −1N | +12B | +19N | −3B | 4.0 | 21.0 | 24.0 | 13.00 | 772 | -34.0 |
| 6 | Dutcovici, Sebastian-Andrei | 1493 | ROU | −8B | +33N | +28B | +16N | +17B | −1B | 4.0 | 18.5 | 19.5 | 9.50 | 1588 | +7.2 |
| 7 | Tudorache, David-Andrei | 1492 | ROU | +34N | +23B | −13N | +24B | −3N | +21B | 4.0 | 17.5 | 17.5 | 9.00 | 1444 | -8.8 |
| 8 | Oltean, Mihai C. | 0 | ROU | +6N | −19B | +18N | +14B | −12N | +17N | 4.0 | 17.0 | 20.0 | 13.50 | 1589 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Bojica, Victor | 1598 | ROU | −27N | −4N | +34B | +28N | +20B | +15N | 4.0 | 15.0 | 15.0 | 8.50 | 634 | -28.0 |
| 10 | Ramureanu, Maria-Ioana | 1548 | ROU | −20N | −12B | +35N | +27B | +23N | +18B | 4.0 | 14.5 | 14.5 | 8.00 | 2228 | +14.0 |
| 11 | Kaliskami, Sophia | 0 | GRE | −18N | −28N | +?B | +34N | +29B | +19B | 4.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 5.00 | 628 | 0.0 |
| 12 | Gulbaz, Poyraz | 0 | TUR | =4B | +10N | +15B | −5N | +8B | −2N | 3.5 | 21.5 | 25.0 | 13.75 | 1449 | 0.0 |
| 13 | Stefan, Carol-Bogdan | 1549 | ROU | +28B | +29N | +7B | −2N | =15B | −4N | 3.5 | 19.0 | 21.0 | 9.75 | 1404 | -18.8 |
| 14 | Oprea, Luca-Stefan | 1487 | ROU | +24B | −2N | +22B | −8N | =16B | +26N | 3.5 | 18.5 | 21.0 | 10.25 | 852 | -12.0 |
| 15 | Balan, Andreea-Maria | 1483 | ROU | +35N | +21B | −12N | +23B | =13N | −9B | 3.5 | 17.0 | 17.0 | 7.75 | 1580 | 0.0 |
| 16 | Peter, Patrick-Daniel | 0 | ROU | −5B | +?N | +32B | −6B | =14N | +25B | 3.5 | 16.0 | 16.0 | 6.25 | 1406 | 0.0 |
| 17 | Rusu, Anastasia-Sofia | 1580 | ROU | +26N | +18B | +19N | −1B | −6N | −8B | 3.0 | 20.0 | 22.5 | 8.50 | 1389 | -30.8 |
| 18 | Oprisan, Ilinca-Natalia | 1414 | ROU | +11B | −17N | −8B | +22N | +24B | −10N | 3.0 | 18.0 | 21.0 | 10.00 | 761 | -25.6 |
| 19 | Pasca, Tudor-Petru | 1507 | ROU | +33B | +8N | −17B | +20N | −5B | −11N | 3.0 | 18.0 | 19.0 | 8.00 | 750 | 0.0 |
| 20 | Ion, Albert-Andrei | 0 | ROU | +10B | −5N | +29B | −19B | −9N | +30N | 3.0 | 17.0 | 19.0 | 8.00 | 1422 | 0.0 |
| 21 | Pestroiu-Braun, Karina | 1643 | ROU | +32B | −15N | −4B | +31N | +30B | −7N | 3.0 | 16.0 | 18.0 | 6.00 | 668 | -57.6 |
| 22 | Paslaru, Matei-Gabriel | 0 | ROU | −3N | +?B | −14N | −18B | +32B | +29N | 3.0 | 15.5 | 15.5 | 4.00 | 694 | 0.0 |
| 23 | Ngo, Minh-Nhat | 0 | ROU | +?B | −7N | +27B | −15N | −10B | +28B | 3.0 | 15.5 | 15.5 | 4.00 | 720 | 0.0 |
| 24 | Pavel, Vlad | 0 | ROU | −14N | +30B | +31B | −7N | −18N | +27B | 3.0 | 14.5 | 16.5 | 6.00 | 677 | 0.0 |
| 25 | Constantinescu, Andrei I. | 1462 | ROU | +36B | −1B | =26N | −29N | +31B | −16N | 2.5 | 16.0 | 16.0 | 3.25 | 793 | -11.2 |
| 26 | Ionescu, Ilinca | 0 | ROU | −17B | +36N | =25B | +32N | −4B | −14B | 2.5 | 15.5 | 15.5 | 3.25 | 1165 | 0.0 |
| 27 | Ivascu, Ilinca | 0 | ROU | +9B | −3B | −23N | −10N | +33B | −24N | 2.0 | 19.0 | 20.0 | 5.00 | 1433 | 0.0 |
| 28 | Balint, Ionut-Cezar | 0 | ROU | −13N | +11B | −6N | −9B | +35B | −23N | 2.0 | 18.5 | 18.5 | 4.00 | 743 | 0.0 |
| 29 | Tarcatu, Horia-David | 0 | ROU | +?N | −13B | −20N | +25B | −11N | −22B | 2.0 | 16.0 | 16.0 | 2.50 | 1475 | 0.0 |
| 30 | Buteica, Tudor-Stefan | 0 | ROU | −2B | −24N | +36B | +33N | −21N | −20B | 2.0 | 15.0 | 15.0 | 1.00 | 844 | 0.0 |
| 31 | Caramet, Otilia-Rhea | 0 | ROU | −1N | +35B | −24N | −21B | −25N | +?B | 2.0 | 14.5 | 14.5 | 0.00 | 752 | 0.0 |
| 32 | Caiali, Zayra | 0 | ROU | −21N | +34B | −16N | −26B | −22N | +35B | 2.0 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 0.00 | 835 | 0.0 |
| 33 | Siriteanu, Victor-Alexandru | 0 | ROU | −19N | −6B | +?N | −30B | −27N | −?B | 1.0 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 0.00 | 722 | 0.0 |
| 34 | FIDE 42258189 | 0 | — | −7B | −32N | −9N | −11B | −?N | F | 0.0 | 14.0 | 14.0 | 0.00 | 743 | 0.0 |
| 35 | FIDE 42258197 | 0 | — | −15B | −31N | −10B | F | −28N | −32N | 0.0 | 13.5 | 13.5 | 0.00 | 739 | 0.0 |
| 36 | FIDE 42254060 | 0 | — | −25N | −26B | −30N | F | F | F | 0.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 0.00 | 628 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Sava, DanielROU+85.66.0 pts · #1
- 2Table, Levin-FilipROU+69.64.5 pts · #5
- 3Cioboata, Luca-StefanROU+34.45.0 pts · #4
Top rating losers
- 1Pestroiu-Braun, KarinaROU-57.63.0 pts · #34
- 2Puscasu, Iosif-CalinROU-34.04.0 pts · #35
- 3Rusu, Anastasia-SofiaROU-30.83.0 pts · #16
Biggest upsets
- R3+207 Elo gap
- R2+162 Elo gap
- R2+160 Elo gap