Tasnad City Cup - 12th ed.

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84 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 07 Nov 2025 to 09 Nov 2025 in Tasnad, Romania. 4 titled players from 3 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2081, and top seed was Patryk Mrozowski (🇵🇱 POL, CM, 2186).

Andrei-Catalin Mintau (🇷🇴 ROU, 2080) won with 6.0/7, ahead of Petru-Sebastian Ursan (6.0) and Patryk Mrozowski (5.5). Mintau shared the lead from round 6, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 6: Bogdan-Andrei Moldovan (1501) beat Marius-Adrian Paul (1849), a +348-point gap.

Location

🇷🇴Tasnad, Romania

Dates

07 Nov 2025 → 09 Nov 2025

Time control

Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 7 rounds

Top seed

🇵🇱CMPatryk Mrozowski2186

Avg top 10

2,081

Participants

Titled players · 4

FM×2

CM×2

Federations · 3 represented

🇷🇴Romania×70

🇵🇱Poland×11

🇭🇺Hungary×1

Top 3

🥇
Andrei-Catalin Mintau
🇷🇴ROU·2080
6.0pts·2258perf+28.0
🥈
CMPetru-Sebastian Ursan
🇷🇴ROU·2182
6.0pts·2265perf+13.0
🥉
CMPatryk Mrozowski
🇵🇱POL·2186
5.5pts·2163perf-2.4

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

Tight race until R7; 2 players tied at 6.0/7, decided on Buchholz.

Co-leaders

Ursan6Mintau6Titu5.5Mrozowski5.5Ilonczai5.5Oltean5

R7 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 6.0/7. Mintau takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (31.5).

R4 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

CM Petru-Sebastian Ursan drew with Andrei-Catalin Mintau (White).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

CM Petru-Sebastian Ursan 3 wins (R1–R3)Andrei-Catalin Mintau 3 wins (R1–R3)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1CMPetru-Sebastian Ursan	*	½	—	—
2Andrei-Catalin Mintau	½	*	½	—
3FMMaiorescu-Dorin Titu	—	½	*	½
4CMPatryk Mrozowski	—	—	½	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Mintau, Andrei-Catalin	2080	ROU	+21B	+25N	+9B	=2N	=4B	+5N	+7B	6.0	31.5	35.5	29.75	2258	+28.0
2	Ursan, Petru-SebastianCM	2182	ROU	+49N	+47B	+22N	=1B	=5B	+25N	+6B	6.0	27.5	30.5	24.75	2265	+13.0
3	Mrozowski, PatrykCM	2186	POL	+20B	+54N	=11B	+8N	=6B	+39N	=4B	5.5	28.5	31.5	23.75	2163	-2.4
4	Titu, Maiorescu-DorinFM	1942	ROU	+34N	=40B	+46N	+10B	=1N	+23B	=3N	5.5	28.0	31.0	23.50	2140	+34.8
5	Ilonczai, Levente-David	2146	ROU	+44N	+70B	+26N	+14B	=2N	−1B	+22N	5.5	28.0	30.0	21.00	2205	+11.4
6	Iuga, Ioan-Alexandru	1983	ROU	+55B	+61N	=10N	+22B	=3N	+9B	−2N	5.0	28.5	31.0	19.75	2140	+62.0
7	Stirb, Aurel	1936	ROU	+29B	=16N	=30B	+33N	+18B	+11N	−1N	5.0	28.0	32.0	21.75	1981	+12.6
8	Samu, Sorin-Mihai	2026	ROU	+36N	+15B	+27N	−3B	−9N	+31B	+14N	5.0	27.5	31.5	21.00	2039	+5.6
9	Pozna Tokos, Bence	1933	ROU	+77N	+50B	−1N	+46B	+8B	−6N	+25B	5.0	26.0	28.0	17.00	2017	+36.0
10	Oltean, Cristian-Daniel	2153	ROU	+58B	+23N	=6B	−4N	=16B	+48N	+39B	5.0	25.5	28.5	18.25	2017	-17.2
11	Ungureanu, Sandu	2012	ROU	+51N	+48B	=3N	=39B	+28N	−7B	+24N	5.0	25.0	28.0	18.50	2057	+10.4
12	Mikula, Maciej	1998	POL	+43N	−27B	+40N	+48B	−39N	+46B	+23N	5.0	21.5	24.5	17.00	1943	-7.2
13	Mikula, Michal	1983	POL	+72N	−46B	+51N	+27B	−23N	+49B	+28N	5.0	21.0	23.0	16.00	1911	-9.2
14	Rusan, Paul-CristianFM	2020	ROU	+57B	+35N	+28B	−5N	=19B	+16N	−8B	4.5	27.5	30.5	17.75	1984	-3.2
15	Zgoda, Damian	1837	POL	+68B	−8N	=29B	+21N	=20B	=18N	+43B	4.5	26.0	28.5	17.00	1814	-2.2
16	Muresan, Andrei-Vasile	1744	ROU	+53N	=7B	=24N	+47B	=10N	−14B	+41N	4.5	25.0	28.0	16.50	1942	+60.8
17	Ponta-Facalet, Zeno-Andrei	1927	ROU	=38B	+74N	=18B	=30N	=32B	+33N	=20B	4.5	25.0	27.0	16.50	1804	-34.6
18	Chira, Alex	1731	ROU	+84N	=24B	=17N	+70B	−7N	=15B	+40N	4.5	23.5	23.5	12.00	1918	+60.4
19	Olah, Francisc	1888	ROU	F	=31B	+42N	+50B	=14N	=24B	+26N	4.5	23.0	23.0	16.75	2030	+22.2
20	Nasui, Andrei-Catalin	1730	ROU	−3N	=76B	+71N	+72B	=15N	+47B	=17N	4.5	21.5	23.5	12.50	1881	+55.6
21	Muresan, David Eduard	1685	ROU	−1N	=71B	+76N	−15B	+66N	+52B	+47N	4.5	21.0	23.0	11.50	1786	+36.4
22	Muresan, Marian-Gabriel	2002	ROU	+42B	+33N	−2B	−6N	+36B	+35N	−5B	4.0	28.5	32.0	15.50	1944	-15.2
23	Pasca, Alexandru-Daniel	1838	ROU	+75N	−10B	+34N	+41B	+13B	−4N	−12B	4.0	28.0	30.0	14.50	1865	+14.8
24	Kumar, Amrit-Darius	1887	ROU	+60B	=18N	=16B	=32N	+29B	=19N	−11B	4.0	26.5	29.0	15.25	1807	-23.6
25	Bartha, Andrei	1835	ROU	+71N	−1B	+45N	+73B	+26N	−2B	−9N	4.0	26.5	28.5	11.50	1867	+5.4
26	Kiss-Roth, Abel	1943	ROU	+37B	+59N	−5B	+35N	−25B	+30N	−19B	4.0	26.0	29.0	15.00	1888	-17.6
27	Reiz, Jozsef	1758	ROU	+66B	+12N	−8B	−13N	+38B	+54N	−30B	4.0	26.0	28.5	14.50	1868	+21.0
28	Erdodi, Peter-Stefan	1882	ROU	+56N	+73B	−14N	+36B	−11B	+32N	−13B	4.0	25.5	27.5	13.00	1831	-12.8
29	Kulak, Przemyslaw	1615	POL	−7N	+53B	=15N	+40B	−24N	=51B	+49N	4.0	23.0	26.0	13.25	1797	+54.8
30	Sorbun, Cristinel	1806	ROU	+69B	F	=7N	=17B	+59N	−26B	+27N	4.0	23.0	23.0	14.25	1923	+20.0
31	Bonte, Arghir	1762	ROU	=74B	=19N	=60B	+37N	=54B	−8N	+55B	4.0	22.0	24.0	13.00	1777	+3.6
32	Popa, Andra-Maria	1758	ROU	−41N	+56B	+82N	=24B	=17N	−28B	+52N	4.0	22.0	22.5	10.75	1709	-5.2
33	Seletye, Dominik	1783	ROU	+52N	−22B	+75N	−7B	+80N	−17B	+51N	4.0	21.5	22.5	9.00	1778	+3.2
34	Jacodi, Tudor-Andrei	1616	ROU	−4B	+66N	−23B	+64N	−47N	+53B	+50N	4.0	21.0	23.5	11.00	1721	+28.0
35	Zgoda, Aleksandra	1825	POL	+67N	−14B	+80N	−26B	+56N	−22B	+57N	4.0	21.0	22.0	9.50	1796	-4.8
36	Macioca, Laurentiu-Daniel	1674	ROU	−8B	+65N	+64B	−28N	−22N	+80B	+48B	4.0	21.0	22.0	9.00	1806	+22.8
37	Mala, Marcin	1623	POL	−26N	+78B	=70N	−31B	+44N	=50B	+46N	4.0	19.5	21.0	10.50	1792	+25.8
38	Chis, Alexandru-Gabriel	1581	ROU	=17N	=49B	−48N	+82B	−27N	+73B	+61N	4.0	19.0	19.5	8.75	1735	+45.2
39	Casangiu, Paul-Horatiu	1918	ROU	+45N	+41B	F	=11N	+12B	−3B	−10N	3.5	27.5	27.5	14.50	1962	+11.0
40	Liga, Matei	1748	ROU	+83B	=4N	−12B	−29N	+73N	+42B	−18B	3.5	24.5	24.5	8.25	1642	-28.0
41	Contiu, Vlad Bogdan	1477	ROU	+32B	−39N	+61B	−23N	=50N	+77B	−16B	3.5	21.5	23.5	10.00	1757	+93.6
42	Mujat, Alexandru-Mihai	1667	ROU	−22N	+52B	−19B	=62N	+65B	−40N	+63B	3.5	20.0	22.5	9.25	1668	-2.8
43	Stanci, David-Dacian	1666	ROU	−12B	=62N	+74B	−54N	+70N	+59B	−15N	3.5	20.0	22.0	8.25	1749	+29.2
44	Pop, Ioan I.	1706	ROU	−5B	−63N	+69B	=60N	−37B	+62N	+65B	3.5	19.5	22.0	8.75	1620	-17.8
45	Ile, Andi	1567	ROU	−39B	+83N	−25B	−53N	+64B	=60N	+71B	3.5	17.5	17.5	5.75	1656	+19.6
46	Paul, Darius-Bogdan	1751	ROU	+64B	+13N	−4B	−9N	+60B	−12N	−37B	3.0	27.0	29.5	10.00	1736	-3.4
47	Didiliuc, Dariana-Gabriela	1867	ROU	+63B	−2N	+55B	−16N	+34B	−20N	−21B	3.0	26.5	29.0	9.50	1688	-33.6
48	Kovacs, Balazs	1825	ROU	+62B	−11N	+38B	−12N	+55B	−10B	−36N	3.0	26.0	28.5	9.50	1743	-31.6
49	Guiu, Lorena-Malina	1726	ROU	−2B	=38N	=62B	+63N	+53B	−13N	−29B	3.0	24.5	27.0	8.75	1596	-22.6
50	Maier, Alexandru Sever	1734	ROU	+81B	−9N	+63B	−19N	=41B	=37N	−34B	3.0	23.5	24.5	7.25	1556	-58.0
51	Sarac, Ionut-Andrei	1669	ROU	−11B	+68N	−13B	=65N	+62B	=29N	−33B	3.0	23.0	25.5	8.25	1655	-12.0
52	Kadzielawa, Jakub	1484	POL	−33B	−42N	+58B	+57N	+61B	−21N	−32B	3.0	22.0	24.5	8.50	1667	+61.2
53	Tanasescu, Mircea	0	ROU	−16B	−29N	+68B	+45B	−49N	−34N	+77B	3.0	21.5	23.5	8.00	1579	0.0
54	Marchis, Arghil	1865	HUN	+76N	−3B	=72N	+43B	=31N	−27B	F	3.0	21.0	21.0	8.50	1762	-16.0
55	Nasui, Vasile	1660	ROU	−6N	+79B	−47N	+67B	−48N	+75B	−31N	3.0	19.5	20.5	5.50	1620	-7.8
56	Tamas, Alexandru-Marius	1554	ROU	−28B	−32N	+79B	+81N	−35B	=61N	=58B	3.0	18.5	19.5	4.75	1545	-0.6
57	Salagean, Viorel	1673	ROU	−14N	+67B	−73N	−52B	+72N	+76B	−35B	3.0	18.0	20.0	6.50	1670	-1.2
58	Tat, Alin-Sebastian	1707	ROU	−10N	−75B	−52N	+74N	=71B	+67B	=56N	3.0	17.5	19.5	7.00	1541	-32.2
59	Moroz, Cristian-Andrei	1750	ROU	+78N	−26B	+81N	F	−30B	−43N	+60B	3.0	16.5	16.5	5.00	1550	-40.4
60	Brumar, Medeea Destina Ioana	1555	ROU	−24N	+84B	=31N	=44B	−46N	=45B	−59N	2.5	21.0	21.0	5.50	1543	-6.8
61	Bighe, Victor Nicolae	1758	ROU	+79N	−6B	−41N	+75B	−52N	=56B	−38B	2.5	20.5	21.5	4.50	1406	-53.2
62	Soica, Maria-Carmen	1498	ROU	−48N	=43B	=49N	=42B	−51N	−44B	+79N	2.5	19.5	20.5	6.00	1517	+8.8
63	Sobon, Karol	1551	POL	−47N	+44B	−50N	−49B	=67N	+78B	−42N	2.5	18.5	20.0	6.25	1506	-7.2
64	Radu, Vlad-Ionut	1455	ROU	−46N	+77B	−36N	−34B	−45N	+84B	=76N	2.5	18.5	18.5	3.00	1432	-11.2
65	Moldovan, Alina-Cristina	1536	ROU	−70N	−36B	+78N	=51B	−42N	+79B	−44N	2.5	17.5	18.5	4.00	1347	-35.2
66	Stana, Rares-Andrei	1472	ROU	−27N	−34B	+77N	F	−21B	=72B	+80N	2.5	17.5	17.5	4.00	1587	+33.2
67	Sobon, Tymon	1491	POL	−35B	−57N	+83B	−55N	=63B	−58N	+78B	2.5	17.0	17.0	2.75	1315	-32.8
68	Muntean, Cristian	1511	ROU	−15N	−51B	−53N	F	=74B	+81N	+72B	2.5	15.5	15.5	4.00	1571	+4.0
69	Taut, Catalin-Ionut	1490	ROU	−30N	−72B	−44N	=78B	−79N	+83B	+82N	2.5	12.5	12.5	1.25	1452	-9.6
70	Paul, Marius-Adrian	1849	ROU	+65B	−5N	=37B	−18N	−43B	−71N	=74B	2.0	22.0	24.0	5.50	1510	-60.0
71	Moldovan, Bogdan-Andrei	1501	ROU	−25B	=21N	−20B	F	=58N	+70B	−45N	2.0	21.5	21.5	5.75	1602	+26.0
72	Bompa, Flaviu	1659	ROU	−13B	+69N	=54B	−20N	−57B	=66N	−68N	2.0	20.5	23.0	5.25	1519	-27.0
73	Grieb, Daniel-Robert	0	ROU	F	−28N	+57B	−25N	−40B	−38N	+75B	2.0	20.5	20.5	5.00	1582	0.0
74	Bercu, Razvan	1483	ROU	=31N	−17B	−43N	−58B	=68N	=82B	=70N	2.0	19.5	20.0	4.50	1529	+9.2
75	Unc, Matteo-Adrian	1536	ROU	−23B	+58N	−33B	−61N	+84B	−55N	−73N	2.0	18.5	18.5	3.00	1508	-7.2
76	Negrea, Iulian-Eugen	1545	ROU	−54B	=20N	−21B	F	+82N	−57N	=64B	2.0	18.0	18.0	4.00	1513	-6.0
77	Pall, Arnold	1600	ROU	−9B	−64N	−66B	+83N	+81B	−41N	−53N	2.0	17.5	17.5	1.00	786	-86.0
78	Ratiu, Raluca-Elena	1403	ROU	−59B	−37N	−65B	=69N	+83B	−63N	−67N	1.5	17.0	17.0	1.25	1172	0.0
79	Negrea, Iosif	1458	ROU	−61B	−55N	−56N	F	+69B	−65N	−62B	1.0	16.0	16.0	2.50	1305	0.0
80	Bruma, Ioan	1551	ROU	F	F	−35B	+84N	−33B	−36N	−66B	1.0	14.5	14.5	0.00	888	-26.4
81	FIDE 42259517	0	—	−50N	F	−59B	−56B	−77N	−68B	+84N	1.0	13.5	13.5	0.00	833	0.0
82	Blandul, Valentin-Cosmin	1409	ROU	F	F	−32B	−38N	−76B	=74N	−69B	0.5	14.5	14.5	1.00	1203	-21.0
83	FIDE 42254426	0	—	−40N	−45B	−67N	−77B	−78N	−69N	F	0.0	15.5	15.5	0.00	777	0.0
84	Mala, Karolina	0	POL	−18B	−60N	F	−80B	−75N	−64N	−81B	0.0	13.5	13.5	0.00	769	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Contiu, Vlad BogdanROU
+93.6
3.5 pts · #31
2Iuga, Ioan-AlexandruROU
+62.0
5.0 pts · #13
3Kadzielawa, JakubPOL
+61.2
3.0 pts · #49

Top rating losers

1Pall, ArnoldROU
-86.0
2.0 pts · #84
2Paul, Marius-AdrianROU
-60.0
2.0 pts · #56
3Maier, Alexandru SeverROU
-58.0
3.0 pts · #60

Biggest upsets

R6+348 Elo gap
Moldovan, Bogdan-Andrei1501 beat Paul, Marius-Adrian1849
R3+281 Elo gap
Contiu, Vlad Bogdan1477 beat Bighe, Victor Nicolae1758
R1+281 Elo gap
Contiu, Vlad Bogdan1477 beat Popa, Andra-Maria1758