Minerva Braila Trophy 4th ed. - A

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41 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 22 Nov 2025 to 23 Nov 2025 in Braila, Romania. 2 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1923, and top seed was Rares Gazdaru (🇷🇴 ROU, 2075).

Iustin-Petru Haineala (🇷🇴 ROU, 1851) won with 5.0/6, ahead of Rares Gazdaru (4.5) and Marius-Traian Anghelus (4.5). Haineala shared the lead from round 5 and broke clear in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Alexandru-Denis Draghici (1440) beat Jonel Bejan (1737), a +297-point gap.

Location

🇷🇴Braila, Romania

Dates

22 Nov 2025 → 23 Nov 2025

Time control

Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 6 rounds

Top seed

🇷🇴Rares Gazdaru2075

Avg top 10

1,923

Participants

Federations · 2 represented

🇷🇴Romania×38

🇲🇩Moldova×1

Top 3

🥇
Iustin-Petru Haineala
🇷🇴ROU·1851
5.0pts·2033perf+52.8
🥈
Rares Gazdaru
🇷🇴ROU·2075
4.5pts·2016perf-10.4
🥉
Marius-Traian Anghelus
🇷🇴ROU·2023
4.5pts·2237perf+22.0

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 6 rounds

Iustin-Petru Haineala led from R6; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R6.

Co-leaders

Haineala5Anghelus4.5Voinescu4.5Gazdaru4.5Cervis4.5Alexa4

R6–R6 · LEAD HELD

Iustin-Petru Haineala held the sole lead from R6 through R6 without losing it.

R2–R4 · WIN STREAK

Marius-Traian Anghelus won 3 in a row (R2–R4).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Iustin-Petru Haineala	*	—	—	—
2Marius-Traian Anghelus	—	*	—	½
3Marian-David Voinescu	—	—	*	0
4Rares Gazdaru	—	½	1	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Haineala, Iustin-Petru	1851	ROU	+25B	=15N	+9B	=14N	+17B	+7N	5.0	18.0	21.0	17.50	2033	+52.8
2	Gazdaru, Rares	2075	ROU	+19B	+17N	=7B	+4N	=3B	=5N	4.5	20.5	23.5	17.00	2016	-10.4
3	Anghelus, Marius-Traian	2023	ROU	F	+21B	+13N	+8B	=2N	+14B	4.5	19.0	19.0	16.75	2237	+22.0
4	Voinescu, Marian-David	1845	ROU	+29N	+24B	=6N	−2B	+27N	+18B	4.5	17.0	19.5	13.00	1995	+45.2
5	Cervis, Jean-Mihai	1751	ROU	+38N	−6B	+33N	+32B	+18N	=2B	4.5	15.5	16.5	10.25	1941	+50.4
6	Galatanu, Iulian-Marinica	1960	ROU	+16B	+5N	=4B	−7N	=11B	+19N	4.0	20.5	23.5	15.25	1876	-10.8
7	Dascalescu, Adelin-Stefan	1872	ROU	+30N	+22B	=2N	+6B	=14N	−1B	4.0	20.0	22.5	13.50	1989	+38.4
8	Jamba, Alexandru	1889	ROU	+33B	=9N	+15B	−3N	+23B	=11N	4.0	19.0	21.0	12.50	1819	-7.6
9	Hurmuzache, Mihnea	1710	ROU	+40N	=8B	−1N	+30B	=12B	+27N	4.0	18.0	18.0	9.00	1877	+45.2
10	Croitoru, Matei-Andrei	1752	ROU	+35B	=14N	=12B	−11N	+26B	+20N	4.0	17.5	19.0	11.25	1846	+32.0
11	Bejan, Jonel	1737	ROU	−28N	+20B	+41N	+10B	=6N	=8B	4.0	17.5	17.5	11.00	1798	+17.6
12	Alexa, Cosmin-Alex	1960	ROU	=21N	+27B	=10N	=18B	=9N	+22B	4.0	17.0	19.5	12.50	1853	-14.4
13	Gurnov, Cristian	1783	ROU	+20N	=28B	−3B	=19N	+15B	+17N	4.0	17.0	19.5	12.25	1816	+6.2
14	Bratu, Gheorghe	1957	ROU	+26N	=10B	+28N	=1B	=7B	−3N	3.5	20.5	23.0	12.00	1832	-15.2
15	Munteanu, Stanislav	1665	MDA	+37N	=1B	−8N	+28B	−13N	+29B	3.5	18.0	19.0	8.50	1749	+28.0
16	Ion, Darius-Ionut	1639	ROU	−6N	+38B	−17B	=29N	+35N	+30B	3.5	13.5	14.5	6.25	1703	+19.6
17	Sandu, Razvan-Nicolae	1764	ROU	+34N	−2B	+16N	+22B	−1N	−13B	3.0	20.0	22.0	8.50	1764	-0.6
18	Dumitrascu, Daniel	1798	ROU	=32B	+39N	+23B	=12N	−5B	−4N	3.0	18.0	18.5	6.50	1669	-17.4
19	Celmare, Radu-Constantin	1659	ROU	−2N	+34B	=31N	=13B	+32N	−6B	3.0	17.0	19.0	7.25	1773	+30.4
20	Lalu, Valerica	1572	ROU	−13B	−11N	+40B	+34N	+24N	−10B	3.0	17.0	17.0	5.00	1614	+5.0
21	Gondrea, Victor	1652	ROU	=12B	−3N	+35B	−27B	+28N	=23N	3.0	16.5	18.0	7.50	1733	+8.0
22	Malureanu, Andrei	1739	ROU	+36B	−7N	+25B	−17N	+33B	−12N	3.0	16.0	17.0	6.00	1709	-8.4
23	Burlacu, Bogdan-Andrei	0	ROU	=27N	+26B	−18N	+31B	−8N	=21B	3.0	15.5	18.0	8.25	1740	0.0
24	Guriencu, Gabriel-Alexandru	1668	ROU	+41B	−4N	−32B	+25N	−20B	+33N	3.0	14.5	14.5	5.00	1569	-28.0
25	Brasoveanu, Emilian	1599	ROU	−1N	+37B	−22N	−24B	+36N	+32B	3.0	14.0	15.0	4.00	1646	+14.4
26	Gazdaru, David	1613	ROU	−14B	−23N	+34B	+36N	−10N	+37B	3.0	13.5	14.5	4.00	1720	+28.0
27	Matei, Mihai-Florin	1723	ROU	=23B	−12N	+36B	+21N	−4B	−9B	2.5	18.5	19.5	5.50	1652	-10.0
28	Draghici, Alexandru-Denis	1440	ROU	+11B	=13N	−14B	−15N	−21B	+35N	2.5	18.0	19.5	7.50	1641	+46.8
29	Paparuz, Vasile	1578	ROU	−4B	−36N	+38B	=16B	+31N	−15N	2.5	15.0	16.0	5.25	1584	-1.8
30	Popa, Nicolae	1603	ROU	−7B	=35N	+39B	−9N	+41B	−16N	2.5	13.5	13.5	1.25	1505	-13.8
31	Paun, Bogdan-Andrei	1765	ROU	=39B	=32N	=19B	−23N	−29B	+41N	2.5	11.0	11.0	2.75	1509	-27.6
32	Costea, Ghita	1575	ROU	=18N	=31B	+24N	−5N	−19B	−25N	2.0	16.5	19.0	5.75	1582	+0.2
33	Ion, Patric Stefan	1606	ROU	−8N	+40B	−5B	+37N	−22N	−24B	2.0	15.5	15.5	1.00	1486	-28.8
34	Florea, Adrian S.	1497	ROU	−17B	−19N	−26N	−20B	+40N	+36B	2.0	13.0	13.0	1.00	1371	-15.6
35	Casalean, David-Ioan	1490	ROU	−10N	=30B	−21N	+40N	−16B	−28B	1.5	15.5	15.5	1.25	1254	-46.8
36	Badulescu, Lucas-Cristian	1455	ROU	−22N	+29B	−27N	−26B	−25B	−34N	1.0	14.0	16.0	2.50	1352	-28.0
37	Radacina, Bogdan-Marian	0	ROU	−15B	−25N	F	−33B	+38N	−26N	1.0	12.5	12.5	1.00	1349	-58.8
38	Radu, Matei-Ionut	1473	ROU	−5B	−16N	−29N	F	−37B	+40B	1.0	12.0	12.0	0.00	840	-44.8
39	Calinoiu, Constantin	1562	ROU	=31N	−18B	−30N	F	F	F	0.5	9.0	9.0	1.25	1449	-7.6
40	FIDE 42240263	0	—	−9B	−33N	−20N	−35B	−34B	−38N	0.0	12.5	13.5	0.00	757	0.0
41	FIDE 42251818	0	—	−24N	F	−11B	F	−30N	−31B	0.0	12.0	12.0	0.00	893	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Haineala, Iustin-PetruROU
+52.8
5.0 pts · #1
2Cervis, Jean-MihaiROU
+50.4
4.5 pts · #5
3Draghici, Alexandru-DenisROU
+46.8
2.5 pts · #24

Top rating losers

1Radacina, Bogdan-MarianROU
-58.8
1.0 pts · #33
2Casalean, David-IoanROU
-46.8
1.5 pts · #37
3Radu, Matei-IonutROU
-44.8
1.0 pts · #39

Biggest upsets

R1+297 Elo gap
Draghici, Alexandru-Denis1440 beat Bejan, Jonel1737
R5+187 Elo gap
Paparuz, Vasile1578 beat Paun, Bogdan-Andrei1765
R2+123 Elo gap
Badulescu, Lucas-Cristian1455 beat Paparuz, Vasile1578