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Diosig Cup 2025

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24 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 18 Oct 2025 to 19 Oct 2025 in Diosig, Romania. 2 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1729, and top seed was Cristinel Sorbun (🇷🇴 ROU, 1796).

Ferenc Pal (🇭🇺 HUN, 1745) won with 5.0/6, ahead of Cristinel Sorbun (4.5) and Darius-Bogdan Paul (4.5). Pal won solo starting round 5.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Ronaldo Balog (1546) beat Cristinel Sorbun (1796), a +250-point gap.

Location
🇷🇴Diosig, Romania
Dates
18 Oct 2025 → 19 Oct 2025
Time control
Standard: 30 minutes for game with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 6 rounds
Top seed
🇷🇴Cristinel Sorbun1796
Avg top 10
1,729
Participants
24
Federations · 2 represented
🇷🇴Romania×20
🇭🇺Hungary×3
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 6 rounds

Ferenc Pal led from R3; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
10
5
1
2
1
1
1.534.56R1R2R3R4R5R6
Pal5Sorbun4.5Paul4.5Stefoni4.5Kovalcsik4Goia4— ex-leaders:Palled R3–R6, #11
R3–R6 · LEAD HELD

Ferenc Pal held the sole lead from R3 through R6 without losing it.

R6 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Ferenc Pal drew with Cristinel Sorbun (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

Ferenc Pal 3 wins (R1–R3)Cristinel Sorbun 4 wins (R2–R5)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Ferenc Pal*
½
——
2Cristinel Sorbun
½
*——
3Darius-Bogdan Paul——*
½
4Marius-Horatiu Stefoni——
½
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Pal, Ferenc1745HUN+13B+15N+5B=11N+8B=2N5.018.020.516.751868+9.8
2Sorbun, Cristinel1796ROU−9B+16N+7B+5N+11B=1B4.519.522.016.001844+9.0
3Paul, Darius-Bogdan1738ROU+23N−8B+22N+6B=4N+9B4.517.018.012.251895+12.4
4Stefoni, Marius-Horatiu1755ROU+22B−9N+13B+19N=3B+8N4.516.518.012.251684-12.4
5Sarac, Ionut-Andrei1698ROU+14N+24B−1N−2B+10N+12B4.019.019.09.501608-11.2
6Goia, Vlad1507ROU=7B=10N+17B−3N+15B+11N4.017.520.011.751753+36.4
7Kovalcsik, Zoltan Mihaly1767HUN=6N+18B−2N+22B=12N+14B4.016.518.010.001684-9.0
8Forro, Mozes0ROU+19B+3N=11B+10B−1N−4B3.520.522.511.5017280.0
9Balog, Ronaldo1546ROU+2N+4B−10N=12B+18N−3N3.520.022.012.501872+86.4
10Markot, David Bence0HUN+20N=6B+9B−8N−5B+18N3.517.019.09.5016340.0
11Gardo, Francisc1753ROU+16N+12B=8N=1B−2N−6B3.020.022.59.751626-30.4
12Andronache, Sorin1659ROU+17B−11N+15B=9N=7B−5N3.017.019.58.751493-17.0
13Siklodi, Andrei0ROU−1N+21B−4N−18B+20N+19N3.015.517.56.0016820.0
14Pall, Arnold0ROU−5B−22N+16B+23N+19B−7N3.014.015.05.5015170.0
15Martin, Krisztian0ROU+21N−1B−12N+24B−6N=16B2.516.516.53.2514580.0
16Blandul, Valentin-Cosmin1420ROU−11B−2B−14N+17N+23B=15N2.515.516.54.75975-4.2
17Dioszegi, Akos0ROU−12N+20B−6N−16B=22N+23N2.513.014.03.7513690.0
18Paraschiv, Andrei-Cristian1673ROUF−7N+21B+13N−9B−10B2.016.016.05.001546-9.6
19Balaj, Radu Alin1647ROU−8N+23B+24N−4B−14N−13B2.015.015.01.00955-14.0
20Kozma, Carol-Nicolae1574ROU−10B−17N−23B+21N−13B+24N2.012.012.02.002502+26.8
21Fodor, Zoltan1702ROU−15B−13N−18N−20B+24N+22B2.011.011.01.501431-42.0
22Slivca, Gabriela-Andreea1433ROU−4N+14B−3B−7N=17B−21N1.518.520.54.25941-22.4
23Cotutiu, Pavel-Florin-Marcel0ROU−3B−19N+20N−14B−16N−17B1.014.516.52.0014020.0
24FIDE 422583750—F−5N−19B−15N−21B−20B0.012.512.50.008500.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets