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Minerva Braila Trophy 4th ed. - B

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27 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 1685, and top seed was Darius-Cristian Pana (🇷🇴 ROU, 1868).

Paul Angel Andrei Oprea (🇷🇴 ROU, 1799) won with 5.0/6, ahead of Darius-Cristian Pana (5.0) and Maria-Magdalena Curca (4.5). Oprea shared the lead from round 5, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Nikola-Evgeniy Srebrov (1443) beat Robert Ioan Ivan (1729), a +286-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
🇷🇴Darius-Cristian Pana1868
Avg top 10
1,685
Participants
27
Federations · 2 represented
🇷🇴Romania×25
🇲🇩Moldova×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 6 rounds

Tight race until R6; 2 players tied at 5.0/6, decided on Buchholz.

Co-leaders
11
5
2
1
2
2
1.534.56R1R2R3R4R5R6
Oprea5Pana5Curca4.5Ivan4.5Gheorghita4.5Mocanu4
R6 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 5.0/6. Oprea takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (21.0).

R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Paul Angel Andrei Oprea beat Darius-Cristian Pana (Black).

R1–R4 · WIN STREAK

Darius-Cristian Pana won 4 in a row (R1–R4).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Paul Angel Andrei Oprea*
1
½
½
2Darius-Cristian Pana
0
*
1
—
3Maria-Magdalena Curca
½
0
*—
4Robert Ioan Ivan
½
——*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Oprea, Paul Angel Andrei1799ROU+14N+11B=3N+6B+2N=4B5.021.024.019.501937+37.6
2Pana, Darius-Cristian1868ROU+17B+10N+6B+7N−1B+3B5.020.022.517.501922+12.6
3Curca, Maria-Magdalena1642ROU+24B+8N=1B+9N+7B−2N4.520.522.014.501816+50.4
4Ivan, Robert Ioan1729ROU−8B+23B+13N+19N+12B=1N4.517.018.512.501675-9.2
5Gheorghita, Stefan1691ROU+18B=12N−7B+16N+8B+10N4.515.518.013.001672-2.4
6Mocanu, Andrian1707MDA+13N+22B−2N−1N+20B+11B4.018.020.010.001714+5.2
7Calin, Rares-Ionut1661ROU+21N+25B+5N−2B−3N=9B3.519.520.59.251600-15.6
8Srebrov, Nikola-Evgeniy1443ROU+4N−3B+22N=11B−5N+17N3.519.021.010.501657+68.4
9Bors, Alexia1563ROU=23N=16B+21N−3B+13N=7N3.515.517.08.751539-4.4
10Puia, Vlad-Filip1611ROU+15N−2B=16N+14B=11N−5B3.018.521.08.751537-25.6
11Bratu, Luca1576ROU+20B−1N+12B=8N=10B−6N3.018.520.58.251535-11.6
12Ivan, Matei-Alexandru1515ROU+26N=5B−11N+23B−4N=15B3.016.517.56.251394-8.4
13Stan, Madalin-Robert1436ROU−6B+20N−4B+27N−9B+21N3.016.016.04.00866-26.4
14Stoian, David-Gabriel1453ROU−1B=24N+18B−10N=16B+20N3.015.016.56.501349-20.0
15Mustafa, Esna0ROU−10B=17N+24B=18N=19B=12N3.013.515.06.7514180.0
16Gheorghiu, Theodora Maria1433ROUF=9N=10B−5B=14N+22B2.516.016.06.751578+37.6
17Neamtu, Ioana-Sofia1500ROU−2N=15B−23N+24B+21N−8B2.515.016.55.00843-23.6
18Grosu, Antim0ROU−5N+26B−14N=15B+23N−19N2.514.515.54.007550.0
19Viktorov, Teodor1486ROUFF+25N−4B=15N+18B2.511.011.05.00934-8.0
20Dumitru, David-Gabriel0ROU−11N−13B+26N+22B−6N−14B2.015.016.03.0013040.0
21Halasag, Gabriel0ROU−7B+27N−9B+25N−17B−13B2.013.513.51.007270.0
22Munteanu, Eduard-Andrei D.1536ROU+27B−6N−8B−20N+25B−16N2.013.013.01.00724-60.8
23Paraschiv, Eduard-Alexandru0ROU=9B−4N+17B−12N−18B−24N1.516.017.54.2514630.0
24Gagiu, Elena-Antonia0ROU−3N=14B−15N−17NF+23B1.514.514.53.0012450.0
25Serban, Sebastian-Cristian0ROUF−7N−19B−21B−22N+27N1.010.010.00.007590.0
26Drutu, Darius-Gabriel0ROU−12B−18N−20BF+27BF1.07.57.50.006570.0
27FIDE 422542210—−22N−21BF−13B−26N−25B0.09.09.00.006820.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
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Biggest upsets
Minerva Braila Trophy 4th ed. - B (2025) — Braila, Romania | Chess Tournament Results | ChessStats