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Braila County Chess Championship 2025 - Open

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9 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 07 Nov 2025 to 09 Nov 2025 in Braila, Romania. Top 10 Elo average was 1675, and top seed was Rares Gazdaru (🇷🇴 ROU, 2075).

Rares Gazdaru (🇷🇴 ROU, 2075) won with 6.5/7, ahead of Robert Ioan Ivan (5.5) and Jean-Mihai Cervis (5.0). Gazdaru won solo starting round 4.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Luca Bratu (1576) beat Paul Angel Andrei Oprea (1799), a +223-point gap.

Location
🇷🇴Braila, 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
🇷🇴Rares Gazdaru2075
Avg top 10
1,675
Participants
9
Federations · 1 represented
🇷🇴Romania×9
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

Rares Gazdaru led from R4; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
4
1
2
1
1
1
1
23.55.57R1R2R3R4R5R6R7Gazdaru takes lead
R4 · LEADER CHANGE08 Nov

Rares Gazdaru takes the sole lead (3.5/4).

R2 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Rares Gazdaru drew with Robert Ioan Ivan (Black).

R3–R7 · WIN STREAK

Rares Gazdaru won 5 in a row (R3–R7).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Gazdaru, Rares2075ROU+7B=2N+3N+4B+5B+6N+8B6.520.521.018.252136+9.6
2Ivan, Robert Ioan1729ROU+8N=1B+6N=3B=4N+9B+7B5.519.019.512.251913+60.8
3Cervis, Jean-Mihai1751ROU+5B+9N1B=2N+8B=7N+6B5.019.520.09.751805+18.9
4Oprea, Paul Angel Andrei1799ROU6N+8B+7N1N=2BF=5N3.019.519.56.751680-37.6
5Lalu, Valerica1572ROU3NF+9B=6B1N+8N=4B3.017.517.53.501673+13.2
6Bratu, Luca1576ROU+4B=7N2B=5NF1B3N2.025.025.05.501621+10.0
7Ion, Darius-Ionut1639ROU1N=6B4BF+9N=3B2N2.022.522.54.001601-16.8
8Grosu, Petru1487ROU2B4NF=9B3N5B1N0.523.523.50.251299-40.4
9Spita, Aurel1450ROUF3B5N=8N7B2NF0.516.016.00.251271-33.6

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets