Pitesti Chess Classic IV - U1800
Open SwissStandard
43 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 20 Sept 2025 to 21 Sept 2025 in Pitesti, Romania. Top 10 Elo average was 1753, and top seed was Ioana-Teodora Stoenescu (🇷🇴 ROU, 1786).
Ciprian-Dumitru Beldiman (🇷🇴 ROU, 1738) won with 5.5/6, ahead of Ciprian-Nicusor Stancu (4.5) and Eduard-Alexandru Ilie (4.5). Beldiman won solo starting round 4.
The biggest upset came in round 4: Maria Plesa (1526) beat Alexandru-Claudiu Chirimbu (1768), a +242-point gap.
Location
🇷🇴Pitesti, Romania
Dates
20 Sept 2025 → 21 Sept 2025
Time control
Standard: 30 minutes for game with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 6 rounds
Federations · 1 represented
🇷🇴Romania×43
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 6 roundsCiprian-Dumitru Beldiman led from R4; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up.
Co-leaders
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R4–R6 · LEAD HELD
Ciprian-Dumitru Beldiman never relinquished the lead after R4; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.
R6 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND
Ciprian-Dumitru Beldiman drew with Vlad Statescu-Enescu (White).
R1–R5 · WIN STREAK
Ciprian-Dumitru Beldiman won 5 in a row (R1–R5).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Ciprian-Dumitru Beldiman | * | ½ | — | 1 |
| 2Vlad Statescu-Enescu | ½ | * | ½ | — |
| 3Ninel-Claudiu Armeanu | — | ½ | * | — |
| 4Ciprian-Nicusor Stancu | 0 | — | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Beldiman, Ciprian-Dumitru | 1738 | ROU | +24N | +17B | +7N | +2B | +3N | =4B | 5.5 | 20.5 | 23.0 | 20.75 | 2075 | +78.8 |
| 2 | Stancu, Ciprian-Nicusor | 1701 | ROU | +29B | +28N | +5B | −1N | +7B | =8N | 4.5 | 20.5 | 23.0 | 15.50 | 1853 | +47.2 |
| 3 | Ilie, Eduard-Alexandru | 1773 | ROU | =19B | +40N | +20B | +6N | −1B | +11N | 4.5 | 19.5 | 20.5 | 13.50 | 1836 | +17.2 |
| 4 | Statescu-Enescu, Vlad | 1783 | ROU | +25N | =6B | =16N | +15B | +21N | =1N | 4.5 | 19.0 | 21.5 | 15.00 | 1873 | +13.6 |
| 5 | Podea, Andrei | 1758 | ROU | +32N | +11B | −2N | =18B | +16N | +10B | 4.5 | 17.5 | 19.5 | 13.50 | 1841 | +25.2 |
| 6 | Armeanu, Ninel-Claudiu | 1665 | ROU | +34N | =4N | +23B | −3B | +18N | +15B | 4.5 | 17.5 | 19.0 | 12.25 | 1895 | +35.6 |
| 7 | Bosinceanu, Iosif | 1597 | ROU | +35B | +8N | −1B | +23N | −2N | +16B | 4.0 | 19.5 | 21.0 | 11.00 | 1839 | +72.0 |
| 8 | Moldovanu, Raluca | 1694 | ROU | +38N | −7B | +25N | +17B | =10N | =2B | 4.0 | 17.5 | 18.5 | 10.50 | 1758 | +10.0 |
| 9 | Dumitrache, Elisa-Andreea | 1643 | ROU | +43N | −15B | +24N | −10B | +32N | +36B | 4.0 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 6.00 | 1737 | +30.0 |
| 10 | Gavrila, Eduard-Alexandru | 1739 | ROU | +14B | −21N | +13B | +9N | =8B | −5N | 3.5 | 19.5 | 22.5 | 13.00 | 1706 | -8.8 |
| 11 | Paraschiv, Andrei-Cristian | 1656 | ROU | +42B | −5N | =12B | +19N | +26N | −3B | 3.5 | 18.0 | 18.5 | 7.75 | 1708 | +8.8 |
| 12 | Plesa, Maria | 1526 | ROU | =18N | =26B | =11N | +35B | =15N | =21B | 3.5 | 15.0 | 16.5 | 9.00 | 1754 | +73.6 |
| 13 | Popescu, Patrick | 1596 | ROU | −15N | +34B | −10N | +27B | =31B | +23N | 3.5 | 14.0 | 15.5 | 7.75 | 1730 | +44.4 |
| 14 | Andrei, Marius-Andrei | 1579 | ROU | −10N | +43B | +37N | −16B | +17N | =33B | 3.5 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 5.50 | 1701 | +40.4 |
| 15 | Grecu, Bogdan-Andrei | 1761 | ROU | +13B | +9N | =21B | −4N | =12B | −6N | 3.0 | 20.0 | 23.0 | 10.75 | 1638 | -45.2 |
| 16 | Nitu, Ionel-Casian | 1667 | ROU | =39B | +19N | =4B | +14N | −5B | −7N | 3.0 | 19.5 | 20.5 | 9.25 | 1643 | -4.0 |
| 17 | Ruja, Irina | 1617 | ROU | +22B | −1N | +41B | −8N | −14B | +28N | 3.0 | 18.5 | 19.0 | 6.00 | 1589 | -8.8 |
| 18 | Nistor, Darius-Ionut | 1637 | ROU | =12B | +39N | =31B | =5N | −6B | =20N | 3.0 | 18.0 | 19.0 | 7.75 | 1648 | +4.4 |
| 19 | Baltac, Constantin | 1601 | ROU | =3N | −16B | +30N | −11B | =27N | +40B | 3.0 | 16.0 | 17.0 | 7.00 | 1613 | +2.6 |
| 20 | Buse, Mihai-Cristian | 1615 | ROU | =27N | +30B | −3N | −26B | +41N | =18B | 3.0 | 15.0 | 15.5 | 5.75 | 1604 | -7.6 |
| 21 | Ghiocanu-Pirvan, David-Mihai | 1625 | ROU | +41N | +10B | =15N | F | −4B | =12N | 3.0 | 15.0 | 15.0 | 7.25 | 1734 | +31.6 |
| 22 | Ivascu, Petru | 1512 | ROU | −17N | −24B | +34N | +25B | −36N | +32B | 3.0 | 11.5 | 13.0 | 6.00 | 1564 | +36.4 |
| 23 | Tiloiu, Darius-Lucian | 1710 | ROU | =30N | +27B | −6N | −7B | +29N | −13B | 2.5 | 17.0 | 19.5 | 6.25 | 1519 | -31.4 |
| 24 | Damian, Beniamin-Ephraim | 1573 | ROU | −1B | +22N | −9B | +38N | −33B | =27N | 2.5 | 17.0 | 18.0 | 5.25 | 1529 | -10.0 |
| 25 | Belegan, Albert-Nicola-Matei | 1609 | ROU | −4B | +29N | −8B | −22N | =38B | +34N | 2.5 | 15.5 | 16.5 | 4.50 | 1535 | -23.6 |
| 26 | Popescu, Erick | 1714 | ROU | −28B | =12N | +42B | +20N | −11B | −31N | 2.5 | 15.0 | 15.5 | 5.25 | 1560 | -53.6 |
| 27 | Savu, Luca-Christian-David | 1495 | ROU | =20B | −23N | +40B | −13N | =19B | =24B | 2.5 | 14.5 | 15.5 | 5.25 | 1552 | +8.2 |
| 28 | Haimana, Teodor-Nicolas | 1566 | ROU | +26N | −2B | −35N | =41B | +37N | −17B | 2.5 | 13.0 | 13.5 | 4.25 | 1603 | +5.2 |
| 29 | Popescu, Adrian-Nicolae | 1559 | ROU | −2N | −25B | +43N | =37B | −23B | +41N | 2.5 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 1.25 | 1556 | -6.8 |
| 30 | Athyridis, Aristotelis | 1560 | ROU | =23B | −20N | −19B | =39N | =34B | +42N | 2.5 | 11.0 | 11.5 | 3.00 | 1528 | +4.0 |
| 31 | Stoenescu, Ioana-Teodora | 1786 | ROU | F | F | =18N | =36B | =13N | +26B | 2.5 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 6.50 | 1733 | -11.2 |
| 32 | Virag, Eva-Maria | 1584 | ROU | −5B | =42N | +39B | =33N | −9B | −22N | 2.0 | 14.5 | 15.0 | 2.25 | 1469 | -7.2 |
| 33 | Toculet, Gheorghe-Cristache | 1661 | ROU | F | F | F | =32B | +24N | =14N | 2.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 5.25 | 1666 | +0.2 |
| 34 | Voican, Antonia-Stefania | 1535 | ROU | −6B | −13N | −22B | +42N | =30N | −25B | 1.5 | 16.0 | 16.5 | 1.75 | 1366 | -49.6 |
| 35 | Chirimbu, Alexandru-Claudiu | 1768 | ROU | −7N | =38B | +28B | −12N | F | F | 1.5 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 3.00 | 1475 | -30.8 |
| 36 | Toculet, Erika-Andreea | 1599 | ROU | F | F | F | =31N | +22B | −9N | 1.5 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 4.25 | 1627 | +4.0 |
| 37 | Stilpeanu, Nicolae | 1668 | ROU | F | F | −14B | =29N | −28B | +38N | 1.5 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 2.25 | 1478 | -21.2 |
| 38 | Dicu, Teodor-Florentin | 1546 | ROU | −8B | =35N | F | −24B | =25N | −37B | 1.0 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 2.00 | 1417 | -25.6 |
| 39 | Virag, Anna-Timea | 1535 | ROU | =16N | −18B | −32N | =30B | −40N | F | 1.0 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 2.75 | 1333 | -46.8 |
| 40 | Balan, Ilie | 1569 | ROU | F | −3B | −27N | F | +39B | −19N | 1.0 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 1.00 | 1405 | -34.0 |
| 41 | Dobre, Andrei-Catalin | 1525 | ROU | −21B | F | −17N | =28N | −20B | −29B | 0.5 | 14.0 | 14.0 | 1.25 | 1237 | -48.0 |
| 42 | Basaraba, Mihai Sebastian | 1529 | ROU | −11N | =32B | −26N | −34B | F | −30B | 0.5 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 1.00 | 1215 | -65.2 |
| 43 | Luca, David Gabriel | 1527 | ROU | −9B | −14N | −29B | F | F | F | 0.0 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 0.00 | 799 | -45.6 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Beldiman, Ciprian-DumitruROU+78.85.5 pts · #1
- 2Plesa, MariaROU+73.63.5 pts · #11
- 3Bosinceanu, IosifROU+72.04.0 pts · #8
Top rating losers
- 1Basaraba, Mihai SebastianROU-65.20.5 pts · #42
- 2Popescu, ErickROU-53.62.5 pts · #24
- 3Voican, Antonia-StefaniaROU-49.61.5 pts · #34
Biggest upsets
- R4+242 Elo gap
- R1+171 Elo gap
- R1+148 Elo gap