Amateur Chess Open - 8th ed.

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81 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 06 Dec 2025 to 07 Dec 2025 in Bucuresti, Romania. 2 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1760, and top seed was Andrei-Ninel Geafer (🇷🇴 ROU, 1794).

Victor Butochnov (🇷🇴 ROU, 1708) won with 5.0/6, ahead of Serban-Catalin Mihai (5.0) and Stefan Nastase (5.0). Butochnov shared the lead from round 3, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 2: Damian Nelipovschi (1404) beat Gheorghe Frent-Lung (1771), a +367-point gap.

Location

🇷🇴Bucuresti, Romania

Dates

06 Dec 2025 → 07 Dec 2025

Time control

Standard: 30 minutes for game with 30 seconds increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 6 rounds

Top seed

🇷🇴Andrei-Ninel Geafer1794

Avg top 10

1,760

Participants

Federations · 2 represented

🇷🇴Romania×77

🇲🇩Moldova×1

Top 3

🥇
Victor Butochnov
🇷🇴ROU·1708
5.0pts·1952perf+70.8
🥈
Serban-Catalin Mihai
🇷🇴ROU·1771
5.0pts·1941perf+23.8
🥉
Stefan Nastase
🇷🇴ROU·1676
5.0pts·2434perf+26.8

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 6 rounds

Tight race until R6; 3 players tied at 5.0/6, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 3 at the finish.

Co-leaders

Butochnov5Mihai5Nastase5Mesca4.5Geafer4.5Serbanoiu4.5

R6 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

3 players finish on 5.0/6. Butochnov takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (22.0).

R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Victor Butochnov drew with Serban-Catalin Mihai (White).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

Victor Butochnov 4 wins (R1–R4)Serban-Catalin Mihai 4 wins (R1–R4)Stefan Nastase 4 wins (R3–R6)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Victor Butochnov	*	½	—	—
2Serban-Catalin Mihai	½	*	—	—
3Stefan Nastase	—	—	*	—
4Liviu-Stefanita Mesca	—	—	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Butochnov, Victor	1708	ROU	+9N	+17B	+15N	+4B	=2B	=6N	5.0	22.0	26.0	21.25	1952	+70.8
2	Mihai, Serban-Catalin	1771	ROU	+46N	+36B	+61N	+7B	=1N	=4B	5.0	19.5	21.5	16.75	1941	+23.8
3	Nastase, Stefan	1676	ROU	+63N	−22B	+54N	+14B	+10N	+12B	5.0	17.5	19.5	16.00	2434	+26.8
4	Geafer, Andrei-Ninel	1794	ROU	+59B	+41N	+27B	−1N	+17B	=2N	4.5	20.5	22.5	15.00	1846	+7.8
5	David, Teodor-Spiridon	1615	ROU	+52N	+39B	=11N	+18B	=16N	=7B	4.5	19.5	22.0	15.75	1884	+67.2
6	Ivan, Robert Ioan	1785	ROU	=32N	+71B	+22N	+11B	=12N	=1B	4.5	19.5	21.0	15.00	1794	+4.4
7	Serbanoiu, Constantin	1683	ROU	+45B	+68N	+29B	−2N	+30B	=5N	4.5	18.0	19.5	12.25	1764	+12.8
8	Mesca, Liviu-Stefanita	1742	ROU	+30B	−29N	+47B	+19N	=48N	+9B	4.5	16.5	19.0	14.75	1742	+0.4
9	Moraru, Stefan-Robert	1440	ROU	−1B	+69N	+37B	+29N	+13B	−8N	4.0	19.5	21.0	11.50	1748	+51.2
10	Mihai, Giani-Andrei	0	ROU	=28B	+20N	+76B	=13N	−3B	+29N	4.0	19.5	20.5	11.75	1726	0.0
11	Rada, Florin-Iulian	1732	ROU	+31B	+37N	=5B	−6N	=25B	+34N	4.0	18.5	21.5	13.00	1657	-8.0
12	Dragusin, Calin-Ioan	1744	ROU	=23B	+57N	+50B	+40N	=6B	−3N	4.0	18.5	20.5	11.50	1711	-6.4
13	Butochnov, Andriy	1735	ROU	+55N	=33B	+24N	=10B	−9N	+31B	4.0	17.5	19.5	12.00	1695	-8.4
14	Craciun, Dorian-Raul	1687	ROU	+70B	=50N	+23B	−3N	+45B	=22N	4.0	17.0	18.5	10.50	1663	+0.6
15	Marinescu, Octavian	1585	ROU	+75B	+76N	−1B	+27N	+26B	−16N	4.0	17.0	18.0	9.00	1710	+13.8
16	Marinache, Luca-Marian	1756	ROU	+79N	=24B	+43N	F	=5B	+15B	4.0	17.0	17.0	11.00	1828	+16.4
17	Dragoi, Aaron-Mathias	1580	ROU	+69N	−1N	+60B	+35B	−4N	+56B	4.0	16.5	18.0	8.50	1612	+5.6
18	Milea, Florian	1743	ROU	+54N	+38B	F	−5N	+23B	+40N	4.0	16.0	16.0	11.50	1819	+8.6
19	Moroianu, Stefan	1583	ROU	−22N	+64B	+49N	−8B	+62N	+42B	4.0	15.5	17.5	9.50	1692	+8.8
20	Ioan, Cezar-Octavian	1722	ROU	F	−10B	+71N	+59B	+33N	+48B	4.0	13.0	13.0	9.00	2358	+22.6
21	Frent-Lung, Gheorghe	1771	ROU	−68B	−45N	+72B	+70N	+47B	+30N	4.0	11.0	12.5	8.50	1538	-25.6
22	Ferariu, Liviu-Andrei	0	ROU	+19B	+3N	−6B	F	+24N	=14B	3.5	21.0	21.0	14.50	1708	0.0
23	Dumitrescu, Matei	1492	ROU	=12N	+58B	−14N	+43B	−18N	+51B	3.5	17.5	19.5	9.50	1705	+68.0
24	Voicu, Stefan	1626	ROU	+34B	=16N	−13B	+68N	−22B	+45N	3.5	17.0	18.5	9.00	1700	+16.4
25	Alecu, Daniel	1458	ROU	+35N	−40B	+36N	=33B	=11N	=27N	3.5	16.5	19.5	11.25	1727	+90.8
26	Constantin, Radu	0	ROU	−33N	+55B	+32N	+41B	−15N	=28N	3.5	16.5	18.5	9.75	1602	0.0
27	Chelaru, Cristian	1658	ROU	+64N	+56B	−4N	−15B	+46N	=25B	3.5	16.5	18.5	8.25	1494	-35.6
28	Szemeredi, Cristian	1652	ROU	=10N	=32B	+74N	=46B	=56N	=26B	3.5	15.0	16.0	8.50	1632	-1.6
29	Rizea, Laurentiu-Mihai	1602	ROU	+80N	+8B	−7N	−9B	+49N	−10B	3.0	19.5	19.5	7.00	1597	-1.2
30	Petroff, Mihai-Marcilian	1486	ROU	−8N	+80B	+39N	+38B	−7N	−21B	3.0	19.0	19.0	6.00	1640	+35.6
31	Pavel, Mihai-Razvan	1472	ROU	−11N	+53B	−35N	+69B	+39N	−13N	3.0	16.5	18.0	7.00	1541	+10.4
32	Tanasa, Vlad	1539	ROU	=6B	=28N	−26B	−34N	+73B	+57N	3.0	16.5	17.5	7.00	1743	+31.2
33	Marinescu, Andrei	1595	ROU	+26B	=13N	F	=25N	−20B	+78N	3.0	16.0	16.0	8.25	1506	-15.6
34	Malureanu, Stefan	0	ROU	−24N	+79B	−48N	+32B	+35N	−11B	3.0	16.0	16.0	6.00	1613	0.0
35	Enache, George-Alexandru	1708	ROU	−25B	+63N	+31B	−17N	−34B	+71N	3.0	15.5	17.0	6.50	1497	-21.4
36	Vintila, Ionut-Vicentiu	1652	ROU	+66B	−2N	−25B	+60N	+44B	F	3.0	15.5	15.5	7.00	802	-22.4
37	Stefanescu, Andrada-Maria	1587	ROU	+53N	−11B	−9N	−49B	+64N	+55B	3.0	15.0	17.0	6.50	1348	-51.2
38	Perisoara, Matei	1606	ROU	+44B	−18N	+70B	−30N	−42B	+65N	3.0	15.0	16.5	6.50	1428	-28.4
39	Bratu, Ioan-Valentin	1758	ROU	+47B	−5N	−30B	+73N	−31B	+54N	3.0	15.0	16.0	5.50	1500	-37.4
40	Moroianu, George	1671	ROU	+73B	+25N	F	−12B	+51N	−18B	3.0	15.0	15.0	7.00	1655	-0.4
41	Mihalea, Stefan	1644	ROU	+65N	−4B	F	−26N	+68B	+50N	3.0	14.0	14.0	6.00	1755	+8.8
42	Frunza, Adrian	0	ROU	+51N	−61B	−58N	+54B	+38N	−19N	3.0	13.5	15.5	7.50	1579	0.0
43	Corciu, Radu-Andrei	1596	ROU	F	+72N	−16B	−23N	+57B	+46B	3.0	13.5	13.5	6.00	1461	-22.0
44	Biru, David-Adrian	0	ROU	−38N	−54B	+79N	+55B	−36N	+58B	3.0	12.0	12.0	4.00	1545	0.0
45	Nelipovschi, Damian	1404	MDA	−7N	+21B	=51N	+58B	−14N	−24B	2.5	18.5	20.5	7.25	1591	+50.8
46	Hamdan, Mustafa	1515	ROU	−2B	+66N	+57B	=28N	−27B	−43N	2.5	17.0	19.0	5.75	1347	-26.8
47	Zamfirescu, Vlad-Constantin	1503	ROU	−39N	+52B	−8N	+63B	−21N	=49B	2.5	16.5	18.5	5.75	1347	-26.0
48	Marinescu, Rares	1557	ROU	+77N	−67N	+34B	F	=8B	−20N	2.5	15.5	16.5	6.25	1441	-16.4
49	Caramet, Cristian-Valentin	1406	ROU	−67B	+77N	−19B	+37N	−29B	=47N	2.5	14.5	15.5	5.25	1441	+7.6
50	Pana, Alexandru-Ioan	1563	ROU	+81N	=14B	−12N	−56B	+72N	−41B	2.5	14.5	14.5	3.50	1412	-22.0
51	Fulga, Marius-Valentin	1580	ROU	−42B	+73N	=45B	+78N	−40B	−23N	2.5	13.0	14.0	3.25	1409	-19.0
52	Alexe, Dragos-Ionut	0	ROU	−5B	−47N	−62N	=53B	+79N	+69B	2.5	13.0	13.0	2.75	1353	0.0
53	Dragomir, Andrei D.	0	ROU	−37B	−31N	−73B	=52N	+80B	+68N	2.5	11.0	11.0	2.75	1310	0.0
54	Ivascu, George-Sorin	1490	ROU	−18B	+44N	−3B	−42N	+60B	−39B	2.0	18.0	20.0	5.00	927	-12.4
55	Burghelea, Stefan-Andrei	1475	ROU	−13B	−26N	+75B	−44N	+66B	−37N	2.0	15.5	16.5	3.00	865	-20.0
56	Mihalache, Iulian	0	ROU	F	−27N	=68B	+50N	=28B	−17N	2.0	15.0	15.0	5.00	1524	0.0
57	Vrabie, Iona-Mihail	0	ROU	+62N	−12B	−46N	+74B	−43N	−32B	2.0	14.5	15.5	3.00	1444	0.0
58	Stroe, Vladimir-Octavian	1557	ROU	=72B	−23N	+42B	−45N	=71B	−44N	2.0	13.5	15.0	4.50	1193	-54.8
59	Robescu, Mihail	1554	ROU	−4N	+65B	F	−20N	−78B	+63B	2.0	13.5	13.5	4.00	960	-9.8
60	Purta, Grigore-Zaharia	0	ROU	−61N	+62B	−17N	−36B	−54N	+74B	2.0	13.0	14.0	3.00	1442	0.0
61	Constantin, Tudor	1653	ROU	+60B	+42N	−2B	F	F	F	2.0	12.5	12.5	5.00	971	-14.0
62	Tudor, George S.	1555	ROU	−57B	−60N	+52B	+66N	−19B	F	2.0	12.5	12.5	4.50	782	-9.2
63	Tuduruta, Ovidiu	0	ROU	−3B	−35B	+80N	−47N	+81B	−59N	2.0	12.5	12.5	0.00	810	0.0
64	Musat, Roman-Constantin	0	ROU	−27B	−19N	−69B	+80N	−37B	+81N	2.0	12.0	12.0	0.00	811	0.0
65	Caramet, Otilia-Rhea	0	ROU	−41B	−59N	−77B	+75N	+74N	−38B	2.0	10.0	11.0	2.00	1377	0.0
66	Caiali, Zayra	0	ROU	−36N	−46B	+81N	−62B	−55N	+80B	2.0	9.5	9.5	0.00	746	0.0
67	Barsmos, Shenouda Adel Abdelmasee	1686	ROU	+49N	+48B	F	F	F	F	2.0	9.0	9.0	5.00	2286	+20.8
68	Bojica, Victor	1525	ROU	+21N	−7B	=56N	−24B	−41N	−53B	1.5	17.5	19.5	5.00	1488	-7.2
69	FIDE 42246130	0	—	−17B	−9B	+64N	−31N	=70B	−52N	1.5	15.5	17.0	2.75	1188	0.0
70	Ursache, Casian	1423	ROU	−14N	+81B	−38N	−21B	=69N	−72B	1.5	14.0	14.0	0.75	882	-22.8
71	Ghita, Petre-Gabriel	1488	ROU	F	−6N	−20B	+79B	=58N	−35B	1.5	13.5	13.5	1.00	1507	-0.6
72	Satmari, Radu-Valentin	0	ROU	=58N	−43B	−21N	F	−50B	+70N	1.5	13.0	14.0	2.50	1435	0.0
73	Ciochina, Rares-Gabriel	0	ROU	−40N	−51B	+53N	−39B	−32N	−75B	1.0	14.0	15.0	2.50	838	-36.8
74	Rusu, Anastasia-Sofia	1460	ROU	−76B	+75N	−28B	−57N	−65B	−60N	1.0	10.5	11.5	1.00	887	-18.0
75	Enuca, Radu-Liviu	0	ROU	−15N	−74B	−55N	−65B	F	+73N	1.0	10.0	10.0	1.00	1290	0.0
76	Vladescu, Ovidiu-Viorel	1722	ROU	+74N	−15B	−10N	F	F	F	1.0	9.0	9.0	1.00	1526	-10.0
77	FIDE 42260620	0	—	−48B	−49B	+65N	F	F	F	1.0	8.5	8.5	2.00	686	0.0
78	Popescu, George-Valentin	0	ROU	F	F	F	−51B	+59N	−33B	1.0	7.5	7.5	2.00	1457	0.0
79	Peter, Patrick-Daniel	1500	ROU	−16B	−34N	−44B	−71N	−52B	F	0.0	14.0	14.0	0.00	828	-27.6
80	FIDE 42254515	0	—	−29B	−30N	−63B	−64B	−53N	−66N	0.0	12.5	14.5	0.00	745	0.0
81	Ousta-Yaakov, Omer	0	ROU	−50B	−70N	−66B	F	−63N	−64B	0.0	10.0	10.0	0.00	699	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Alecu, DanielROU
+90.8
3.5 pts · #14
2Butochnov, VictorROU
+70.8
5.0 pts · #1
3Dumitrescu, MateiROU
+68.0
3.5 pts · #13

Top rating losers

1Stroe, Vladimir-OctavianROU
-54.8
2.0 pts · #60
2Stefanescu, Andrada-MariaROU
-51.2
3.0 pts · #58
3Bratu, Ioan-ValentinROU
-37.4
3.0 pts · #20

Biggest upsets

R2+367 Elo gap
Nelipovschi, Damian1404 beat Frent-Lung, Gheorghe1771
R5+295 Elo gap
Moraru, Stefan-Robert1440 beat Butochnov, Andriy1735
R5+286 Elo gap
Pavel, Mihai-Razvan1472 beat Bratu, Ioan-Valentin1758