Caras Severin County Chess Championship - Semifinals
20 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 06 Nov 2025 to 09 Nov 2025 in Resita, Romania. Top 10 Elo average was 1712, and top seed was Ion-Valentin Vaduva (🇷🇴 ROU, 1944).
Albert-Marian Dragoi (🇷🇴 ROU, 1753) won with 6.5/7, ahead of Bogdan-Andrei Grecu (5.0) and Ioan-Mihai Tipania (5.0). Dragoi won solo starting round 4.
The biggest upset came in round 3: Ilie Pirvulescu (1752) beat Ion-Valentin Vaduva (1944), a +192-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 7 roundsAlbert-Marian Dragoi led from R4; +1.5-point edge over the runner-up.
Albert-Marian Dragoi never relinquished the lead after R4; final gap +1.5 over the runner-up.
Albert-Marian Dragoi beat Bogdan-Andrei Grecu (White).
Albert-Marian Dragoi 6 wins (R1–R6)Bogdan-Andrei Grecu 3 wins (R1–R3)Ioan-Mihai Tipania 3 wins (R5–R7)
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Albert-Marian Dragoi | * | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2Bogdan-Andrei Grecu | 0 | * | — | ½ |
| 3Ioan-Mihai Tipania | 0 | — | * | — |
| 4Ion-Valentin Vaduva | 0 | ½ | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dragoi, Albert-Marian | 1753 | ROU | +17N | +3B | +9N | +4B | +6N | +2B | =7N | 6.5 | 26.0 | 28.0 | 26.00 | 2144 | +96.8 |
| 2 | Grecu, Bogdan-Andrei | 1731 | ROU | +13N | +7B | +14N | =6B | +9N | −1N | =4B | 5.0 | 25.5 | 28.5 | 17.75 | 1838 | +26.0 |
| 3 | Tipania, Ioan-Mihai | 1637 | ROU | +18B | −1N | =7N | =14B | +13N | +6B | +9N | 5.0 | 24.0 | 26.0 | 16.00 | 1817 | +38.4 |
| 4 | Vaduva, Ion-Valentin | 1944 | ROU | +8N | +10B | −6N | −1N | +15B | +13B | =2N | 4.5 | 26.0 | 29.0 | 16.00 | 1735 | -55.6 |
| 5 | Turnea, Fabian | 0 | ROU | −6N | +20B | +10N | −9B | =7N | +11N | +12B | 4.5 | 22.0 | 23.0 | 13.50 | 1664 | 0.0 |
| 6 | Pirvulescu, Ilie | 1752 | ROU | +5B | +12N | +4B | =2N | −1B | −3N | =10B | 4.0 | 29.0 | 32.5 | 16.75 | 1734 | -3.0 |
| 7 | Irimia, Horia-Ion | 1798 | ROU | +11B | −2N | =3B | =10N | =5B | +15N | =1B | 4.0 | 28.0 | 31.0 | 16.25 | 1692 | -13.8 |
| 8 | Pup, Alexandru | 1480 | ROU | −4B | =16N | =15B | =11N | =10B | +19N | +13B | 4.0 | 20.0 | 22.0 | 11.25 | 1557 | +6.4 |
| 9 | Borches, Tudor-Mihail | 1584 | ROU | +19B | +15N | −1B | +5N | −2B | =12N | −3B | 3.5 | 27.5 | 29.5 | 11.25 | 1525 | -16.4 |
| 10 | Rusulescu, Iosif | 1683 | ROU | +16B | −4N | −5B | =7B | =8N | +14B | =6N | 3.5 | 24.0 | 26.5 | 11.50 | 1661 | -6.8 |
| 11 | Pup, Paul | 1407 | ROU | −7N | −14B | +18N | =8B | +16N | −5B | +17N | 3.5 | 20.0 | 22.0 | 8.50 | 1455 | +2.0 |
| 12 | Constantin, Alexandru-Leonard | 1645 | ROU | +20N | −6B | +17N | −13B | +14N | =9B | −5N | 3.5 | 20.0 | 21.0 | 7.75 | 1475 | -17.6 |
| 13 | Bacanu, Darius-Gabriel | 0 | ROU | −2B | +19N | +16B | +12N | −3B | −4N | −8N | 3.0 | 24.5 | 26.5 | 8.00 | 1453 | 0.0 |
| 14 | Lulea, Angelo-Alexandru | 0 | ROU | =15B | +11N | −2B | =3N | −12B | −10N | +18B | 3.0 | 23.5 | 25.5 | 9.50 | 1492 | 0.0 |
| 15 | Craciun, Marin | 1593 | ROU | =14N | −9B | =8N | +17B | −4N | −7B | +20B | 3.0 | 21.0 | 22.0 | 6.50 | 1384 | -19.8 |
| 16 | Bobosa, Ianis-Nicolas | 0 | ROU | −10N | =8B | −13N | +20B | −11B | −18N | +19B | 2.5 | 18.0 | 19.0 | 5.00 | 1254 | 0.0 |
| 17 | Velescu, Robert-Denis | 0 | ROU | −1B | +18N | −12B | −15N | −19B | +20N | −11B | 2.0 | 20.5 | 21.5 | 3.00 | 798 | 0.0 |
| 18 | Gavril, Antonio-Nicolas | 0 | ROU | −3N | −17B | −11B | −19N | +20N | +16B | −14N | 2.0 | 18.0 | 19.0 | 3.50 | 719 | 0.0 |
| 19 | Tipania, Maria-Alisia | 0 | ROU | −9N | −13B | −20N | +18B | +17N | −8B | −16N | 2.0 | 17.0 | 18.0 | 4.00 | 742 | 0.0 |
| 20 | Pascu, Matei | 0 | ROU | −12B | −5N | +19B | −16N | −18B | −17B | −15N | 1.0 | 17.5 | 19.5 | 2.00 | 819 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Dragoi, Albert-MarianROU+96.86.5 pts · #1
- 2Tipania, Ioan-MihaiROU+38.45.0 pts · #7
- 3Grecu, Bogdan-AndreiROU+26.05.0 pts · #5
- 1Vaduva, Ion-ValentinROU-55.64.5 pts · #3
- 2Craciun, MarinROU-19.83.0 pts · #13
- 3Constantin, Alexandru-LeonardROU-17.63.5 pts · #16
- R3+192 Elo gap
- R4+191 Elo gap
- R6+115 Elo gap