Minerva Braila Trophy 4th ed. - C

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42 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 22 Nov 2025 to 23 Nov 2025 in Braila, Romania. Top 10 Elo average was 1589, and top seed was Filip Stencau (🇷🇴 ROU, 1693).

Tudor-Iulian Chelu (🇷🇴 ROU, 1540) won with 5.5/6, ahead of Daniel Sava (5.0) and Sergiu-Gabriel Ene (5.0). Chelu shared the lead from round 5 and broke clear in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 4: Stefan Dragan (1434) beat Rares-Christian Craciun (1615), a +181-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

🇷🇴Filip Stencau1693

Avg top 10

1,589

Participants

Federations · 1 represented

🇷🇴Romania×34

Top 3

🥇
Tudor-Iulian Chelu
🇷🇴ROU·1540
5.5pts·1946perf+72.8
🥈
Daniel Sava
🇷🇴ROU·1674
5.0pts·1773perf+22.0
🥉
Sergiu-Gabriel Ene
🇷🇴ROU·1516
5.0pts·1835perf+65.6

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 6 rounds

Tudor-Iulian Chelu led from R6; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders

Chelu5.5Sava5Ene5Stencau4.5Dragan4.5Cioboata4.5

R6 · LEADER CHANGE23 Nov

Tudor-Iulian Chelu takes the sole lead (5.5/6).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

Tudor-Iulian Chelu 3 wins (R1–R3)Daniel Sava 3 wins (R1–R3)Sergiu-Gabriel Ene 4 wins (R1–R4)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Tudor-Iulian Chelu	*	—	—	½
2Daniel Sava	—	*	0	1
3Sergiu-Gabriel Ene	—	1	*	0
4Filip Stencau	½	0	1	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Chelu, Tudor-Iulian	1540	ROU	+30N	+15B	+7N	=4B	+5N	+8B	5.5	20.5	22.5	20.25	1946	+72.8
2	Sava, Daniel	1674	ROU	+19N	+12B	+10N	−3N	+11B	+4B	5.0	21.5	24.5	19.50	1773	+22.0
3	Ene, Sergiu-Gabriel	1516	ROU	+20B	+18N	+8N	+2B	−4N	+7B	5.0	20.5	23.5	19.00	1835	+65.6
4	Stencau, Filip	1693	ROU	+23B	+11N	+9B	=1N	+3B	−2N	4.5	23.5	26.5	18.75	1711	+7.6
5	Cioboata, Luca-Stefan	1519	ROU	+34N	=17B	+16N	+21B	−1B	+15N	4.5	19.0	21.0	13.75	1459	-15.2
6	Dragan, Stefan	1434	ROU	+26B	−8B	+34N	+13N	+10B	=9N	4.5	18.5	20.5	14.50	1677	+51.2
7	Sararu, Sofia-Elena	1630	ROU	+28B	+22N	−1B	+14N	+12B	−3N	4.0	21.5	24.0	13.50	1381	-38.0
8	Popov, Stelian	1571	ROU	+35B	+6N	−3B	+22N	+19B	−1N	4.0	21.0	23.0	12.50	1378	-33.6
9	Panait, David-Nicolas	1550	ROU	+33B	+14N	−4N	=15B	+17N	=6B	4.0	20.0	22.0	13.50	1506	-9.6
10	Costache, Alexandru	1539	ROU	+40B	+24N	−2B	+23N	−6N	+20B	4.0	18.5	19.5	10.00	757	-37.2
11	Cristea, David-Andrei	1482	ROU	+31N	−4B	+27B	+18N	−2N	+29B	4.0	17.0	19.0	9.50	1483	-1.2
12	Iorgu, Teodor-Razvan	1444	ROU	+42B	−2N	+35B	+29N	−7N	+18B	4.0	16.0	16.0	7.00	849	-18.8
13	Craciun, Rares-Christian	1615	ROU	−16N	+37B	+32N	−6B	+33N	+23B	4.0	15.0	17.0	9.00	634	-30.8
14	Vank, Tudor-Stefan	1423	ROU	+?N	−9B	+31N	−7B	+30N	+19N	4.0	15.0	15.0	7.00	794	0.0
15	Grigore, Eduard-Petru	1405	ROU	+39B	−1N	+33B	=9N	+21N	−5B	3.5	19.0	20.0	8.00	1436	0.0
16	Buteica, Tudor-Stefan	0	ROU	+13B	=27N	−5B	−17B	+32N	+28N	3.5	17.0	19.0	9.75	1427	0.0
17	Oprisan, Ilinca-Natalia	0	ROU	+29B	=5N	−21B	+16N	−9B	+36N	3.5	17.0	19.0	9.75	1444	+7.6
18	Apostolatu, Stefan	0	ROU	+25N	−3B	+37N	−11B	+24B	−12N	3.0	19.0	21.0	8.00	1294	0.0
19	Ibanescu, Ianis-Anton	0	ROU	−2B	+26N	+20B	+27N	−8N	−14B	3.0	18.5	21.0	8.00	1451	0.0
20	Craciun, Daria-Maria	0	ROU	−3N	+25B	−19N	+32B	+22B	−10N	3.0	18.0	20.0	8.00	1391	0.0
21	Zegrea, Ana	1410	ROU	F	+32B	+17N	−5N	−15B	+26B	3.0	16.0	16.0	8.00	1477	+6.0
22	Anghel, Andrei C.	1435	ROU	+38N	−7B	+30N	−8B	−20N	+33B	3.0	15.0	17.0	6.00	803	0.0
23	Stamate, Miruna	0	ROU	−4N	+41B	+?N	−10B	+31N	−13N	3.0	14.5	14.5	2.00	819	0.0
24	Popov, Matei	0	ROU	+?N	−10B	−29N	+34B	−18N	+30B	3.0	13.0	13.0	4.00	732	0.0
25	Scarlet, Eduard-Nectarie	1483	ROU	−18B	−20N	−26B	+41N	+27B	+39N	3.0	12.0	12.0	3.50	2262	+18.0
26	Onica, Ioana	0	ROU	−6N	−19B	+25N	+37B	=28B	−21N	2.5	16.0	18.0	6.25	1325	0.0
27	Potorac, Ianis-Andrei	1509	ROU	+41N	=16B	−11N	−19B	−25N	+31B	2.5	15.5	15.5	3.75	691	-36.8
28	Zaharia, Stefan-Lucian	0	ROU	−7N	−31B	+38N	+?B	=26N	−16B	2.5	14.0	14.0	3.25	819	0.0
29	Balaban, Sergiu-Andrei	0	ROU	−17N	F	+24B	−12B	+35N	−11N	2.0	16.5	16.5	5.00	644	0.0
30	Urse, Maya-Maria	0	ROU	−1B	+39N	−22B	+42N	−14B	−24N	2.0	16.5	16.5	1.00	753	0.0
31	Cercel, Ilinca	0	ROU	−11B	+28N	−14B	+36N	−23B	−27N	2.0	16.0	18.0	4.50	1386	0.0
32	Panait, Ioan-Gabriel	0	ROU	+36B	−21N	−13B	−20N	−16B	+42N	2.0	15.5	15.5	2.00	1424	0.0
33	FIDE 42252903	0	—	−9N	+?B	−15N	+?B	−13B	−22N	2.0	14.5	14.5	0.00	805	0.0
34	Condurache, Efrem-Teodor	0	ROU	−5B	+36N	−6B	−24N	−?B	+?N	2.0	14.0	14.0	2.00	1398	0.0
35	FIDE 42246571	0	—	−8N	+38B	−12N	+39B	−29B	−?N	2.0	13.0	13.0	3.00	715	0.0
36	Iovchev, Oleksii	1561	ROU	−32N	−34B	+41N	−31B	+38N	−17B	2.0	11.5	11.5	2.00	602	-29.6
37	FIDE 42235219	0	—	F	−13N	−18B	−26N	+?B	+40B	2.0	10.5	10.5	1.00	841	0.0
38	FIDE 42257352	0	—	−22B	−35N	−28B	+40N	−36B	+41N	2.0	10.5	10.5	1.00	785	0.0
39	FIDE 42253802	0	—	−15N	−30B	F	−35N	+42B	−25B	1.0	10.5	10.5	0.00	695	0.0
40	FIDE 42255031	0	—	−10N	−?B	−?N	−38B	+41B	−37N	1.0	8.0	8.0	0.00	732	0.0
41	FIDE 42254612	0	—	−27B	−23N	−36B	−25B	−40N	−38B	0.0	12.5	13.5	0.00	714	0.0
42	FIDE 42259088	0	—	−12N	F	F	−30B	−39N	−32B	0.0	9.0	9.0	0.00	643	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Chelu, Tudor-IulianROU
+72.8
5.5 pts · #3
2Ene, Sergiu-GabrielROU
+65.6
5.0 pts · #4
3Dragan, StefanROU
+51.2
4.5 pts · #5

Top rating losers

1Sararu, Sofia-ElenaROU
-38.0
4.0 pts · #19
2Costache, AlexandruROU
-37.2
4.0 pts · #24
3Potorac, Ianis-AndreiROU
-36.8
2.5 pts · #28

Biggest upsets

R4+181 Elo gap
Dragan, Stefan1434 beat Craciun, Rares-Christian1615
R4+158 Elo gap
Ene, Sergiu-Gabriel1516 beat Sava, Daniel1674
R6+114 Elo gap
Ene, Sergiu-Gabriel1516 beat Sararu, Sofia-Elena1630