Petra Chess Weekend 43
27 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 16 Oct 2025 to 19 Oct 2025 in Satu Mare, Romania. 2 titled players from 3 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1911, and top seed was Attila Szabo (🇷🇴 ROU, FM, 2101).
Attila Szabo (🇷🇴 ROU, FM, 2101) won with 5.5/7, ahead of Marian-Gabriel Muresan (5.0) and Margareta Sarivan (5.0). Szabo shared the lead from round 6 and broke clear in the final round.
The biggest upset came in round 4: Amalia-Maria Zamfirache (1778) beat Petrica Costin (FM, 1944), a +166-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 7 roundsFM Attila Szabo led from R7; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 4 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R7.
FM Attila Szabo takes the sole lead (5.5/7).
FM Attila Szabo beat Marian-Gabriel Muresan (Black).
Marian-Gabriel Muresan won 4 in a row (R1–R5).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1FMAttila Szabo | * | 1 | ½ | ½ |
| 2Marian-Gabriel Muresan | 0 | * | 1 | 1 |
| 3Ioan-Alexandru Iuga | ½ | 0 | * | — |
| 4Margareta Sarivan | ½ | 0 | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Szabo, AttilaFM | 2101 | ROU | +10B | =3N | +16B | =4N | =12B | +2N | +5B | 5.5 | 26.0 | 28.5 | 22.00 | 2090 | -1.0 |
| 2 | Muresan, Marian-Gabriel | 1947 | ROU | +9B | F | +11N | +3N | +4B | −1B | +6N | 5.0 | 27.0 | 27.0 | 21.50 | 2134 | +54.8 |
| 3 | Sarivan, Margareta | 1847 | MDA | +25N | =1B | +5N | −2B | =6N | +14B | +8B | 5.0 | 26.0 | 27.0 | 17.00 | 1972 | +25.0 |
| 4 | Iuga, Ioan-Alexandru | 1966 | ROU | +14N | =5B | +15N | =1B | −2N | +13B | +16N | 5.0 | 24.0 | 26.5 | 16.50 | 1992 | +16.4 |
| 5 | Kiss-Roth, Abel | 1940 | ROU | +26B | =4N | −3B | +10N | +16B | +12N | −1N | 4.5 | 24.5 | 25.5 | 12.50 | 1931 | +3.2 |
| 6 | Marchis, Arghil | 1853 | HUN | +17B | =19N | =12B | +20N | =3B | +7N | −2B | 4.5 | 21.5 | 23.5 | 13.50 | 1898 | +11.0 |
| 7 | Sogor, Andras-Csaba | 1923 | ROU | =13N | F | +25B | =8N | +14B | −6B | +15N | 4.0 | 18.0 | 18.0 | 10.25 | 1799 | -14.8 |
| 8 | Cret, Andrei-Rares | 1634 | ROU | F | =16B | +18N | =7B | =19N | +9B | −3N | 3.5 | 19.5 | 19.5 | 10.25 | 1847 | +65.2 |
| 9 | Marchis, Carla-Ioana | 1648 | ROU | −2N | F | =22B | +17N | +11B | −8N | +13B | 3.5 | 19.5 | 19.5 | 10.00 | 1711 | +23.6 |
| 10 | Maier, Alexandru Sever | 1737 | ROU | −1N | F | +17B | −5B | =21N | +24N | +20B | 3.5 | 18.0 | 18.0 | 7.00 | 1738 | -4.0 |
| 11 | Moroz, Cristian-Andrei | 1769 | ROU | +27N | F | −2B | =13B | −9N | +25N | +12B | 3.5 | 15.5 | 15.5 | 5.50 | 1687 | -19.6 |
| 12 | Zamfirache, Amalia-Maria | 1778 | ROU | +23B | F | =6N | +19B | =1N | −5B | −11N | 3.0 | 21.5 | 21.5 | 8.50 | 1848 | +16.8 |
| 13 | Tamas, Alexandru-Marius | 1560 | ROU | =7B | +24N | −20B | =11N | +25B | −4N | −9N | 3.0 | 19.5 | 20.5 | 6.25 | 1602 | +3.8 |
| 14 | Pop, Marius-Ionut | 1697 | ROU | −4B | F | +23N | +15B | −7N | −3N | +25B | 3.0 | 19.5 | 19.5 | 5.50 | 1737 | +8.8 |
| 15 | Grad, Gheorghe | 1783 | ROU | +22N | F | −4B | −14N | +20B | +18N | −7B | 3.0 | 18.5 | 18.5 | 6.50 | 1697 | -12.0 |
| 16 | Seletye, Dominik | 1810 | ROU | +21B | =8N | −1N | +26B | −5N | F | −4B | 2.5 | 22.5 | 23.5 | 4.75 | 1729 | -25.6 |
| 17 | Muntean, Cristian | 1551 | ROU | −6N | F | −10N | −9B | +23N | =22B | +27B | 2.5 | 15.0 | 15.0 | 2.50 | 1349 | -41.6 |
| 18 | Chis, Alexandru-Gabriel | 1586 | ROU | −19B | +21N | −8B | F | +26N | −15B | =22N | 2.5 | 13.5 | 13.5 | 4.00 | 1590 | -3.6 |
| 19 | Costin, PetricaFM | 1944 | ROU | +18N | =6B | F | −12N | =8B | F | F | 2.0 | 16.0 | 16.0 | 6.50 | 1711 | -22.0 |
| 20 | Cret, George-Christian | 1567 | ROU | F | F | +13N | −6B | −15N | +21B | −10N | 2.0 | 16.0 | 16.0 | 5.00 | 1615 | +11.6 |
| 21 | Sandea, Dorin-Gheorghe | 1479 | ROU | −16N | −18B | F | =22N | =10B | −20N | +24B | 2.0 | 14.0 | 14.0 | 4.25 | 1389 | -15.4 |
| 22 | Stana, Rares-Andrei | 1459 | ROU | −15B | F | =9N | =21B | F | =17N | =18B | 2.0 | 13.5 | 13.5 | 5.25 | 1545 | +22.0 |
| 23 | Takacs, David-Antal | 0 | ROU | −12N | F | −14B | =24N | −17B | +26B | F | 1.5 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 1.75 | 1460 | 0.0 |
| 24 | Asztalnok, Robert-Levente | 0 | ROU | F | −13B | −26N | =23B | +27N | −10B | −21N | 1.5 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 0.75 | 792 | 0.0 |
| 25 | Ianiga, David | 1530 | ROU | −3B | F | −7N | +27B | −13N | −11B | −14N | 1.0 | 18.5 | 18.5 | 0.00 | 956 | -46.4 |
| 26 | Bruma, Ioan | 1567 | ROU | −5N | F | +24B | −16N | −18B | −23N | F | 1.0 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 1.50 | 977 | -15.4 |
| 27 | FIDE 1280775 | 0 | — | −11B | F | F | −25N | −24B | F | −17N | 0.0 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 0.00 | 823 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Cret, Andrei-RaresROU+65.23.5 pts · #8
- 2Muresan, Marian-GabrielROU+54.85.0 pts · #2
- 3Sarivan, MargaretaMDA+25.05.0 pts · #4
- 1Ianiga, DavidROU-46.41.0 pts · #26
- 2Muntean, CristianROU-41.62.5 pts · #23
- 3Seletye, DominikROU-25.62.5 pts · #13
- R4+166 Elo gap
- R5+121 Elo gap