Campionatul mun. Chisinau 2025, sah clasic, Open

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70 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 01 Oct 2025 to 05 Oct 2025 in Chisinau, Moldova. 3 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 2011, and top seed was Lukas George Sprincean (🇷🇴 ROU, 2171).

Lukas George Sprincean (🇷🇴 ROU, 2171) won with 7.0/7, ahead of Mihai Cecoi (5.5) and Evgenii Prociuc (5.5). Sprincean won solo starting round 5.

The biggest upset came in round 2: Arianna Bahmuteanu (1592) beat Arsenie Talmaci (2048), a +456-point gap.

Location

🇲🇩Chisinau, Moldova

Dates

01 Oct 2025 → 05 Oct 2025

Time control

Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 7 rounds

Top seed

🇷🇴Lukas George Sprincean2171

Avg top 10

2,011

Participants

Federations · 3 represented

🇲🇩Moldova×61

🇷🇴Romania×2

🇺🇦Ukraine×1

Top 3

🥇
Lukas George Sprincean
🇷🇴ROU·2171
7.0pts·2709perf+57.2
🥈
Mihai Cecoi
🇲🇩MDA·2011
5.5pts·2034perf+14.0
🥉
Evgenii Prociuc
🇲🇩MDA·1897
5.5pts·2028perf+23.6

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

Lukas George Sprincean led from R5; +1.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.

Co-leaders

Sprincean7Prociuc5.5Nicora5.5Cecoi5.5Siretanu5Martinenco5

R5–R7 · LEAD HELD

Lukas George Sprincean never relinquished the lead after R5; final gap +1.5 over the runner-up.

R4 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Lukas George Sprincean beat Evgenii Prociuc (White).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

Lukas George Sprincean 7 wins (R1–R7)Evgenii Prociuc 3 wins (R1–R3)Cristi Nicora 4 wins (R1–R4)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Lukas George Sprincean	*	1	1	1
2Evgenii Prociuc	0	*	—	—
3Cristi Nicora	0	—	*	—
4Mihai Cecoi	0	—	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Sprincean, Lukas George	2171	ROU	+39N	+30B	+8N	+3B	+4N	+2B	+5B	7.0	30.0	33.0	33.00	2709	+57.2
2	Cecoi, Mihai	2011	MDA	+32B	+24N	+14B	=11N	+6B	−1N	+13B	5.5	29.5	33.0	23.75	2034	+14.0
3	Prociuc, Evgenii	1897	MDA	+44B	+37N	+16B	−1N	+9B	+7N	=6B	5.5	29.5	32.5	23.00	2028	+23.6
4	Nicora, Cristi	2058	MDA	+33B	+36N	+49B	+7N	−1B	=5N	+14B	5.5	28.5	31.0	21.50	2095	+10.2
5	Soilita, Nichita	2082	MDA	+28N	=17B	+62N	+9N	+11B	=4B	−1N	5.0	30.5	32.0	20.00	2064	+7.2
6	Padure, Dragos-Alexandru	1874	MDA	+31N	+41B	=12N	+10B	−2N	+18B	=3N	5.0	28.5	31.5	21.00	1889	+13.6
7	Martinenco, Sergiu	1946	MDA	+38N	+23B	+15N	−4B	+12N	−3B	+24N	5.0	28.0	31.0	20.00	1894	-3.4
8	Apostol, Lucian	1779	MDA	+66B	+27N	−1B	=22N	+41B	+30N	=11B	5.0	26.0	27.0	15.75	1844	+28.0
9	Turcanu, Otilia	1733	MDA	+55N	+61B	+10N	−5B	−3N	+26B	+23N	5.0	25.5	27.0	16.50	1864	+32.8
10	Siretanu, Vladislav	1826	MDA	+25B	+26N	−9B	−6N	+43B	+37N	+22B	5.0	25.0	28.0	18.00	1778	-8.8
11	Albu, Vlad	1872	MDA	+48N	+47B	+19N	=2B	−5N	=12B	=8N	4.5	27.0	29.5	17.00	1841	-1.2
12	Larionov, Serghei	1703	MDA	+54B	+40N	=6B	+13N	−7B	=11N	=16B	4.5	26.5	28.5	16.50	1824	+31.2
13	Burlaka, Ivan	1699	ROU	+20N	=62B	+17N	−12B	+38N	+15B	−2N	4.5	26.5	28.0	17.25	1835	+39.6
14	Chirpii, Alexandru	1760	MDA	+59B	+22N	−2N	=41B	+47N	+19B	−4N	4.5	25.0	26.5	14.00	1772	+2.2
15	Vrabie, Ion	1738	MDA	+35B	+34N	−7B	+27N	=30B	−13N	+33B	4.5	24.0	27.5	16.25	1718	-4.4
16	Dabija, Paula	1734	MDA	+50N	+56B	−3N	+39B	=18N	=23B	=12N	4.5	24.0	26.0	14.00	1676	-13.2
17	Pascariuc, Rolan	1630	MDA	+65B	=5N	−13B	+35N	=22B	=34N	+48B	4.5	23.0	24.0	13.25	1668	+4.4
18	Lungu, Vladimir	1653	MDA	−40B	+59N	+44B	+43N	=16B	−6N	+34B	4.5	22.0	23.5	13.25	1767	+14.4
19	Bahmuteanu, Arianna	1592	MDA	+70B	+51N	−11B	=49N	+31B	−14N	+35B	4.5	21.0	21.0	10.75	1770	+52.8
20	Garbuziuc, Evgheni	0	MDA	−13B	−43N	+69B	=33N	+32B	+41N	+37B	4.5	20.5	20.5	11.25	1577	0.0
21	Barbier, Emilia	1559	MDA	−53N	+55B	=29N	−38B	+25B	+31N	+30B	4.5	20.0	22.0	15.00	1648	+22.8
22	Tomuz, Boris	1542	MDA	+67N	−14B	+42N	=8B	=17N	+47B	−10N	4.0	24.5	25.5	11.25	1638	+22.0
23	Ababii, Vlad	1560	MDA	+57B	−7N	+25B	=51N	+49B	=16N	−9B	4.0	23.5	25.5	12.00	1769	+57.6
24	Pascari, Ana	1643	MDA	+64N	−2B	=38N	=48B	+39N	+27B	−7B	4.0	23.0	24.0	10.75	1649	-2.4
25	Manea, David	1447	MDA	−10N	+68B	−23N	+53B	−21N	+46B	+39N	4.0	21.5	22.0	8.50	1417	-11.6
26	Poleacova, Anastasia	1592	MDA	+58N	−10B	−48N	+54B	+45N	−9N	+44B	4.0	20.5	22.5	10.00	1517	-22.4
27	Prociuc, Mihail	1547	MDA	+68N	−8B	+50N	−15B	+63B	−24N	+40B	4.0	20.0	20.5	7.00	1529	-8.0
28	Levinta, Egor	1497	MDA	−5B	+60N	−51B	+40N	−37B	+53N	+42B	4.0	18.5	20.0	9.50	1007	-19.2
29	Gorgos, Daniel	1428	MDA	−49B	+69N	=21B	−47B	=42N	+63N	+43B	4.0	16.5	16.5	7.75	1565	+31.2
30	Coropceanu, Eduard	1689	MDA	+60B	−1N	+32B	+34N	=15N	−8B	−21N	3.5	28.0	29.5	10.75	1635	-22.0
31	Leva, Octavian-Cristian	1447	MDA	−6B	+70N	+37B	=36N	−19N	−21B	+47N	3.5	23.0	23.0	7.25	1580	+34.8
32	Solomonenco, Valeria	1476	MDA	−2N	+46B	−30N	=42B	−20N	+50B	+59N	3.5	22.0	23.5	8.50	1527	+4.4
33	Albu, Radu	1495	MDA	−4N	−42B	+53N	=20B	+50N	+59B	−15N	3.5	22.0	23.5	8.25	1555	+4.4
34	Smochina, Vladislav	1519	MDA	+63N	−15B	+56N	−30B	+44N	=17B	−18N	3.5	22.0	23.0	8.25	1549	+7.6
35	Bahmuteanu, Alexandru	1422	MDA	−15N	+63B	=47N	−17B	+52N	+38B	−19N	3.5	21.5	22.5	7.75	1513	+24.4
36	Focsa, Iurie	1654	MDA	+42N	−4B	+45N	=31B	+48N	F	F	3.5	17.5	17.5	10.25	1702	+3.2
37	Turcan, Robert	1628	MDA	+46N	−3B	−31N	+55B	+28N	−10B	−20N	3.0	25.5	27.5	9.00	1475	-32.8
38	Budan, David	1471	MDA	−7B	+65N	=24B	+21N	−13B	−35N	=41B	3.0	24.5	25.5	9.00	1497	+6.8
39	Levinta, Maria	1517	MDA	−1B	+54N	+40B	−16N	−24B	+65N	−25B	3.0	24.5	25.5	6.00	883	-44.8
40	Istru, Artiom	0	MDA	+18N	−12B	−39N	−28B	+69N	+45B	−27N	3.0	23.0	23.0	7.50	1440	0.0
41	Saraban, Ermac	1544	MDA	+69B	−6N	+66B	=14N	−8N	−20B	=38N	3.0	23.0	23.0	4.75	1588	+2.8
42	Grajdieru, Ion	0	MDA	−36B	+33N	−22B	=32N	=29B	+60N	−28N	3.0	22.5	24.0	8.75	1390	0.0
43	Urechi, Maxim	1503	MDA	−62N	+20B	+61N	−18B	−10N	+54B	−29N	3.0	21.5	23.0	8.00	907	-43.6
44	Arseni, Adelina	1455	MDA	−3N	+58B	−18N	+64B	−34B	+56N	−26N	3.0	21.5	22.5	5.00	858	-42.4
45	Lavrynenko, Olena	1488	UKR	−51B	+64N	−36B	+56N	−26B	−40N	+61B	3.0	16.5	17.5	4.50	913	-28.4
46	Moraru, Gabriel	0	MDA	−37B	−32N	−52B	+60N	+68B	−25N	+63B	3.0	15.5	16.0	3.00	1306	0.0
47	Hariton, Luca	1539	MDA	+52B	−11N	=35B	+29N	−14B	−22N	−31B	2.5	24.0	26.5	8.25	1388	-50.4
48	Chircu, David	1432	MDA	−11B	+57N	+26B	=24N	−36B	F	−17N	2.5	23.0	25.0	8.00	1526	+17.6
49	Chitoroga, Sergiu	1780	MDA	+29N	+53B	−4N	=19B	−23N	F	F	2.5	22.5	22.5	8.25	1575	-43.2
50	Capcelea, David	1404	MDA	−16B	+52N	−27B	=61N	−33B	−32N	+68N	2.5	19.5	20.0	3.75	761	-48.4
51	Talmaci, Arsenie	2048	MDA	+45N	−19B	+28N	=23B	F	F	F	2.5	15.5	15.5	9.00	1744	-47.2
52	Svartcopf, Xenia	0	MDA	−47N	−50B	+46N	=59B	−35B	−61N	+60B	2.5	14.5	16.0	5.25	654	0.0
53	Poleacova, Alexandra	0	MDA	+21B	−49N	−33B	−25N	+55N	−28B	−54N	2.0	20.5	22.5	6.50	1319	0.0
54	Cirnat, Platon	0	MDA	−12N	−39B	F	−26N	+57B	−43N	+53B	2.0	18.5	20.5	4.00	774	0.0
55	Ceban, Alexandru	0	MDA	−9B	−21N	+57B	−37N	−53B	+69N	−56B	2.0	18.5	18.5	2.00	841	0.0
56	Rusu, Ilie	0	MDA	F	−16N	−34B	−45B	+64N	−44B	+55N	2.0	17.0	17.0	3.00	750	0.0
57	Petrov, Damir E.	0	MDA	−23N	−48B	−55N	+67B	−54N	F	+65B	2.0	12.5	13.5	2.00	698	0.0
58	FIDE 13918060	0	—	−26B	−44N	F	F	−60B	+70N	+69B	2.0	10.5	10.5	0.00	728	0.0
59	Caraman, Vlad	0	MDA	−14N	−18B	F	=52N	+61B	−33N	−32B	1.5	20.0	20.0	2.75	795	0.0
60	Ghitu, Arina	0	MDA	−30N	−28B	=68N	−46B	+58N	−42B	−52N	1.5	18.0	18.5	2.25	793	0.0
61	Turcan, Edvard	0	MDA	F	−9N	−43B	=50B	−59N	+52B	−45N	1.5	17.5	17.5	3.75	1210	0.0
62	Gidicov, Artiom	2146	MDA	+43B	=13N	−5B	F	F	F	F	1.5	12.5	12.5	5.25	1858	-18.6
63	Talmaci, Ilinca	0	MDA	−34B	−35N	+65B	F	−27N	−29B	−46N	1.0	19.0	20.0	1.00	682	-70.4
64	FIDE 13918001	0	—	−24B	−45B	+67N	−44N	−56B	F	F	1.0	15.0	15.0	1.00	730	0.0
65	FIDE 13920430	0	—	−17N	−38B	−63N	+68B	F	−39B	−57N	1.0	14.5	15.0	0.50	710	0.0
66	Bordei, Alexandru	1429	MDA	−8N	+67B	−41N	F	F	F	F	1.0	11.0	11.0	1.00	863	-18.4
67	FIDE 13920448	0	—	−22B	−66N	−64B	−57N	+70B	F	F	1.0	8.5	8.5	0.00	687	0.0
68	Seremet, Nikita	0	MDA	−27B	−25N	=60B	−65N	−46N	F	−50B	0.5	16.0	17.0	0.75	672	0.0
69	FIDE 13920472	0	—	−41N	−29B	−20N	F	−40B	−55B	−58N	0.0	18.5	18.5	0.00	694	0.0
70	FIDE 13918052	0	—	−19N	−31B	F	F	−67N	−58B	F	0.0	12.5	12.5	0.00	721	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Ababii, VladMDA
+57.6
4.0 pts · #20
2Sprincean, Lukas GeorgeROU
+57.2
7.0 pts · #1
3Bahmuteanu, AriannaMDA
+52.8
4.5 pts · #13

Top rating losers

1Talmaci, IlincaMDA
-70.4
1.0 pts · #55
2Hariton, LucaMDA
-50.4
2.5 pts · #39
3Capcelea, DavidMDA
-48.4
2.5 pts · #62

Biggest upsets

R2+456 Elo gap
Bahmuteanu, Arianna1592 beat Talmaci, Arsenie2048
R5+220 Elo gap
Ababii, Vlad1560 beat Chitoroga, Sergiu1780
R3+181 Elo gap
Leva, Octavian-Cristian1447 beat Turcan, Robert1628