Ploiesti Open - Rompetrol

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93 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 28 Nov 2025 to 01 Dec 2025 in Ploiesti, Romania. 6 titled players from 2 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2097, and top seed was Vasile Sanduleac (🇲🇩 MDA, GM, 2335).

David-Alexandru Botea (🇷🇴 ROU, FM, 2279) won with 6.0/7, ahead of Dragos Stefan Leu (6.0) and Vasile Sanduleac (6.0). Botea won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Daniel Podoleanu (1598) beat Vasile Sanduleac (GM, 2335), a +737-point gap.

Location

🇷🇴Ploiesti, Romania

Dates

28 Nov 2025 → 01 Dec 2025

Time control

Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 7 rounds

Top seed

🇲🇩GMVasile Sanduleac2335

Avg top 10

2,097

Participants

Titled players · 6

GM×1

FM×3

WCM×2

Federations · 2 represented

🇷🇴Romania×86

🇲🇩Moldova×2

Top 3

🥇
FMDavid-Alexandru Botea
🇷🇴ROU·2279
6.0pts·2275perf+10.0
🥈
FMDragos Stefan Leu
🇷🇴ROU·2236
6.0pts·2291perf+20.8
🥉
GMVasile Sanduleac
🇲🇩MDA·2335
6.0pts·2254perf-3.9

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

Tight race until R7; 4 players tied at 6.0/7, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 4 at the finish.

Co-leaders

Botea6Sanduleac6Grebeniuc6Leu6Telea5.5Cernencu5

R7 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

4 players finish on 6.0/7. Botea takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (29.0).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

GM Vasile Sanduleac 6 wins (R2–R7)Alexandra Grebeniuc 4 wins (R4–R7)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1FMDavid-Alexandru Botea	*	—	—	1
2GMVasile Sanduleac	—	*	—	—
3Alexandra Grebeniuc	—	—	*	—
4FMDragos Stefan Leu	0	—	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Botea, David-AlexandruFM	2279	ROU	+32B	=30N	+28B	+5N	=6B	+17N	+2B	6.0	29.0	33.0	28.50	2275	+10.0
2	Leu, Dragos StefanFM	2236	ROU	+44N	+26B	+19N	+24B	+7N	+23B	−1N	6.0	27.5	31.0	25.00	2291	+20.8
3	Sanduleac, VasileGM	2335	MDA	−29N	+57B	+44N	+27B	+15N	+24B	+8N	6.0	25.0	28.0	24.00	2254	-3.9
4	Grebeniuc, Alexandra	1878	MDA	+86N	+31B	−23N	+71B	+41N	+15B	+6B	6.0	23.5	25.0	21.00	2100	+72.8
5	Telea, Stefan	1929	ROU	+51N	+41B	+42N	−1B	+26N	=7B	+19N	5.5	26.5	29.5	21.00	2024	+18.2
6	Gazdaru, Rares	2075	ROU	+55N	+27B	=9N	+11B	=1N	+10B	−4N	5.0	31.0	34.0	22.50	2028	-6.0
7	Popescu, Alexandru-Mihai	2002	ROU	+52N	+13B	+22N	+23B	−2B	=5N	=16N	5.0	29.5	32.5	21.50	2062	+30.8
8	Calugareanu, Ioana-DenisaWCM	1946	ROU	=57N	+68B	+43N	=9B	+22N	+16B	−3B	5.0	26.5	29.0	19.00	1964	+14.4
9	Butuza, Stefan Aurelian	1810	ROU	+62B	+56N	=6B	=8N	−17B	+21N	+23N	5.0	26.0	29.0	19.50	1999	+71.2
10	Rusu, Adrian	1931	ROU	−34B	+63N	+36B	+33N	+20B	−6N	+25B	5.0	25.5	28.5	19.50	1842	-8.8
11	Cernencu, George-Ciprian	1858	ROU	+46B	=36N	+38B	−6N	=25B	+40N	+30B	5.0	25.0	28.5	19.50	1832	-2.0
12	Ungureanu, Constantin-Gabriel	1805	ROU	+58N	−25B	+51N	+42B	−16N	+29B	+24N	5.0	23.0	26.0	17.50	1847	+10.8
13	Popescu, Erick	1670	ROU	+80B	−7N	+46B	−17N	+52B	+54N	+28B	5.0	23.0	25.0	15.50	1862	+56.8
14	Voinescu, Marian-David	1845	ROU	+47N	−42B	+52N	−41B	+50N	+31B	+26N	5.0	22.0	25.0	18.00	1766	-23.6
15	Ganea, Yanis-Andrei	1917	ROU	+37B	+53N	=25B	+18N	−3B	−4N	+45B	4.5	28.0	31.0	17.00	1873	-9.6
16	Buzbuchi, IonutFM	2032	ROU	+72B	+33N	=18B	=25N	+12B	−8N	=7B	4.5	27.5	30.0	18.25	1883	-19.6
17	Bratu, Gheorghe	1957	ROU	=68N	+78B	=35N	+13B	+9N	−1B	=18N	4.5	27.0	29.0	17.50	1885	-8.4
18	Mironescu, Stefan	1803	ROU	+64B	+34N	=16N	−15B	+38B	=28N	=17B	4.5	25.5	28.5	17.50	1863	+28.8
19	Ionita, Eduard-Gabriel	1831	ROU	+65B	+40N	−2B	=53N	+48B	+55N	−5B	4.5	25.0	28.0	15.00	1836	+5.2
20	Bratu, Ioan-Valentin	1758	ROU	+67N	+29B	−24N	+50B	−10N	=42B	+41N	4.5	23.5	26.0	15.25	1791	+7.4
21	Sandulescu, Gheorghe	1701	ROU	+77N	−23B	+47N	+59B	=39N	−9B	+43N	4.5	23.0	25.0	14.00	1855	+27.8
22	Grecu, Bogdan-Andrei	1731	ROU	+63B	+88N	−7B	+56N	−8B	=36N	+55B	4.5	23.0	24.0	12.00	1754	+5.6
23	Ivancescu, Bogdan-Andrei	2118	ROU	+66B	+21N	+4B	−7N	+35B	−2N	−9B	4.0	30.5	33.5	17.50	1934	-54.0
24	Tatar, Marius Lucian	1993	ROU	+54B	+45N	+20B	−2N	+30B	−3N	−12B	4.0	29.0	32.0	15.00	1920	-19.2
25	Gazdaru, David	1613	ROU	+91B	+12N	=15N	=16B	=11N	=39B	−10N	4.0	28.0	28.0	14.00	1893	+80.8
26	Ciocirlan, Bianca-Alexandra	1705	ROU	+79B	−2N	+34B	+32N	−5B	+56N	−14B	4.0	27.5	29.5	13.00	1772	+22.8
27	Craciun, Dorian-Raul	1687	ROU	+69B	−6N	+37B	−3N	+44B	+32N	−39N	4.0	26.5	29.0	14.00	1777	+16.6
28	Anuta, Elefterie-Laurentiu	1819	ROU	+49N	=43B	−1N	+77B	+53N	=18B	−13N	4.0	25.5	27.5	12.50	1744	-12.2
29	Podoleanu, Daniel	1598	ROU	+3B	−20N	+73B	−30N	+64B	−12N	+74B	4.0	25.0	27.5	14.00	1722	+38.4
30	Matei, Mihai-Florin	1723	ROU	+70N	=1B	=59N	+29B	−24N	+51B	−11N	4.0	25.0	27.5	14.00	1831	+18.2
31	Popescu, Patrick	1637	ROU	+87B	−4N	+64B	−35N	+37B	−14N	+54B	4.0	25.0	26.5	11.50	1687	+13.2
32	Dumitru, Rucsandra Sofia	1593	ROU	−1N	+70B	+75N	−26B	+60N	−27B	+51N	4.0	22.5	25.0	11.00	1586	-5.6
33	David, Alexandru	1645	ROU	+61N	−16B	+49N	−10B	−51N	+58B	+52N	4.0	22.0	25.0	12.50	1662	0.0
34	Cioboata, Luca-Stefan	1519	ROU	+10N	−18B	−26N	=70B	+67N	=53B	+56B	4.0	22.0	24.5	13.25	1700	+52.0
35	Gavrila, Vlad-Cristian	1827	ROU	F	+76N	=17B	+31B	−23N	=41B	+42N	4.0	22.0	22.0	14.00	1874	+8.2
36	Szasz, Aida	1618	ROU	+89N	=11B	−10N	=85B	+58N	=22B	=71N	4.0	21.5	22.5	10.75	1731	+27.6
37	Athyridis, Aristotelis	1517	ROU	−15N	+60B	−27N	+78B	−31N	+85B	+53N	4.0	20.5	22.0	9.50	1596	+12.4
38	Tcaciuc, Smaranda-Maria	1572	ROU	F	+85B	−11N	+67B	−18N	+69N	+48B	4.0	19.5	19.5	10.00	1712	+35.6
39	Badica, ArianaWCM	1842	ROU	F	F	+54B	+45N	=21B	=25N	+27B	4.0	19.0	19.0	14.75	1874	+7.2
40	Grigorescu, Stefan	1614	ROU	+92N	−19B	−77N	+73B	+85N	−11B	+57N	4.0	18.5	18.5	7.00	1551	-18.0
41	Curca, Maria-Magdalena	1642	ROU	+81B	−5N	+62B	+14N	−4B	=35N	−20B	3.5	28.0	30.0	12.00	1729	+28.0
42	Anghel, Robert	1622	ROU	+84B	+14N	−5B	−12N	+62B	=20N	−35B	3.5	27.0	29.0	12.25	1717	+26.4
43	Buse, Mihai-Cristian	1616	ROU	+90B	=28N	−8B	−55N	+47B	+46N	−21B	3.5	23.5	24.5	10.00	1617	-6.0
44	Pasat, Rares-Stefan	1582	ROU	−2B	+79N	−3B	+87N	−27N	+73B	=75N	3.5	23.0	24.5	7.25	1630	+2.4
45	Haimana, Teodor-Nicolas	1639	ROU	+60N	−24B	+58N	−39B	=49N	+68B	−15N	3.5	22.0	24.5	10.25	1644	-5.2
46	Jugaru, Victor	1509	ROU	−11N	+83B	−13N	=61B	+70N	−43B	+67N	3.5	21.5	23.5	8.50	1533	+2.0
47	Ghita, Petre-Gabriel	1488	ROU	−14B	+84N	−21B	=69N	−43N	+86B	+68N	3.5	20.0	21.5	7.25	1543	+4.2
48	Romosan, Cristian	1686	ROU	−78N	=67B	+69N	+68B	−19N	+49B	−38N	3.5	19.5	21.5	9.75	1533	-26.6
49	Paun, David	1482	ROU	−28B	+90N	−33B	+80N	=45B	−48N	+72B	3.5	19.5	20.5	7.25	1525	+10.8
50	Fodor, Eric-Matei	1593	ROU	F	=73N	+88B	−20N	−14B	+82B	+61N	3.5	18.0	18.0	7.25	1533	-15.2
51	Chiazna, Radu Stefan	1519	ROU	−5B	+81N	−12B	+79N	+33B	−30N	−32B	3.0	24.5	26.5	8.00	1556	+9.6
52	Bumbaru, Viorel	1556	ROU	−7B	+80N	−14B	+63N	−13N	+77B	−33B	3.0	24.0	26.0	7.00	1546	-16.0
53	Pila, Denis-Ionut	1629	ROU	+83N	−15B	+82N	=19B	−28B	=34N	−37B	3.0	23.0	25.0	8.25	1553	-26.4
54	Tudor, George S.	1555	ROU	−24N	+61B	−39N	+82B	+71N	−13B	−31N	3.0	22.5	24.5	7.50	1573	+0.2
55	Popescu, Diana-Andreea	1568	ROU	−6B	F	+86N	+43B	+59N	−19B	−22N	3.0	22.0	22.0	8.00	1767	+54.4
56	Scarlat, Alexandru-Marian	1601	ROU	+93N	−9B	+78N	−22B	+77N	−26B	−34N	3.0	21.5	21.5	4.00	1498	-36.0
57	Matala, Anthony-Radu	1524	ROU	=8B	−3N	−87B	+88N	=74B	+79N	−40B	3.0	21.0	22.0	6.75	1600	+9.2
58	Basaraba, Mihai Sebastian	1478	ROU	−12B	+91N	−45B	+81N	−36B	−33N	+69B	3.0	21.0	21.0	4.50	1382	-19.6
59	Bohiltea, Florin-Viorel	1947	ROU	=76B	+74N	=30B	−21N	−55B	+62N	F	3.0	20.0	22.5	8.75	1606	-45.2
60	Buteica, Tudor-Stefan	0	ROU	−45B	−37N	+72B	+65N	−32B	−74N	+79B	3.0	19.5	21.5	7.50	1482	0.0
61	Mustafa, Esna	0	ROU	−33B	−54N	+90B	=46N	=72B	+65N	−50B	3.0	19.5	20.5	7.00	1438	0.0
62	Grigorescu, Mihai	1479	ROU	−9N	+92B	−41N	+75B	−42N	−59B	+78N	3.0	19.5	19.5	4.50	1442	-6.0
63	Dobre, Andrei-Catalin	1437	ROU	−22N	−10B	+83N	−52B	−75N	+90B	+85N	3.0	18.5	19.5	4.50	919	-21.2
64	Mocanu, Amalia-Ioana	1460	ROU	−18N	+93B	−31N	+91B	−29N	−71B	+80N	3.0	17.0	17.0	2.00	880	-40.0
65	Ivascu, George-Sorin	1486	ROU	−19N	+89B	−71N	−60B	+90N	−61B	+77N	3.0	16.0	17.0	4.00	1522	+1.0
66	Nitu, Lucas-Andrei	1581	ROU	−23N	−77B	−67N	+89B	+80N	+78B	F	3.0	15.5	16.5	5.00	1398	-43.2
67	Gimurtu, Stelian	1456	ROU	−20B	=48N	+66B	−38N	−34B	+87N	−46B	2.5	22.5	24.0	6.25	1417	-5.6
68	Ivascu, Petru	1550	ROU	=17B	−8N	+74B	−48N	+87B	−45N	−47B	2.5	22.5	24.0	6.25	1497	-15.6
69	Matala, Sophia-Lenina	1403	ROU	−27N	+72N	−48B	=47B	+86N	−38B	−58N	2.5	20.5	22.0	5.75	1465	+18.0
70	Stanciu, Rares-Ionut	1423	ROU	−30B	−32N	+84B	=34N	−46B	−72N	+86N	2.5	20.0	21.5	5.50	1383	-13.6
71	Radu, Victor Mihai	1665	ROU	F	F	+65B	−4N	−54B	+64N	=36B	2.5	19.0	19.0	8.00	1604	-16.8
72	Iovchev, Oleksii	1561	ROU	−16N	−69B	−60N	+92B	=61N	+70B	−49N	2.5	19.0	19.0	4.00	1379	-47.6
73	Doncu Petcu, Adriana Aylin	1452	ROU	F	=50B	−29N	−40N	+81B	−44N	+88B	2.5	18.0	18.0	4.75	1279	-28.4
74	Balan, Viorel Andrei	1485	ROU	F	−59B	−68N	+83B	=57N	+60B	−29N	2.5	17.5	17.5	6.50	1313	-30.4
75	Dima, Stefan-Matei	0	ROU	F	F	−32B	−62N	+63B	+76N	=44B	2.5	16.0	16.0	7.25	1524	-33.6
76	Gramada, Vladimir-Christian	1532	ROU	=59N	−35B	−85N	−86B	+89N	−75B	+87N	2.5	14.0	15.0	4.00	1480	-11.2
77	Constantin, Radu-Mihai	1413	ROU	−21B	+66N	+40B	−28N	−56B	−52N	−65B	2.0	21.5	24.5	7.00	1469	+2.8
78	Catrina, Petre-Gabriel	0	ROU	+48B	−17N	−56B	−37N	+88B	−66N	−62B	2.0	21.0	22.0	4.50	1355	-38.0
79	Popescu, Alexandru-Mihail	1418	ROU	−26N	−44B	+89N	−51B	+91N	−57B	−60N	2.0	17.5	17.5	1.00	780	-46.8
80	Diaconu, Tudor-Andrei	0	ROU	−13N	−52B	+92N	−49B	−66B	+93N	−64B	2.0	17.5	17.5	0.00	756	0.0
81	Gheorghe, Vladut-Catalin	0	ROU	−41N	−51B	+93N	−58B	−73N	+91B	−82N	2.0	14.0	14.0	0.00	691	0.0
82	Zaharia, Sofia-Ana	1425	ROU	F	F	−53B	−54N	+84B	−50N	+81B	2.0	13.5	13.5	4.00	793	0.0
83	Vladut, Andrei-Stefan	0	ROU	−53B	−46N	−63B	−74N	+92B	−88N	+91N	2.0	13.0	13.0	0.00	713	0.0
84	FIDE 42243700	0	—	−42N	−47B	−70N	+93B	−82N	−89B	+92N	2.0	12.5	12.5	0.00	691	0.0
85	Ion, Maria-Ines	0	ROU	F	−38N	+76B	=36N	−40B	−37N	−63B	1.5	21.5	21.5	4.50	1358	-40.8
86	Tacu, Alexandra	1515	ROU	−4B	=87N	−55B	+76N	−69B	−47N	−70B	1.5	20.0	21.5	3.25	1279	-66.8
87	Ion, Andrei	0	ROU	−31N	=86B	+57N	−44B	−68N	−67B	−76B	1.5	18.0	19.5	3.75	1307	0.0
88	Tigaeru, Vladimir	0	ROU	F	−22B	−50N	−57B	−78N	+83B	−73N	1.0	17.5	17.5	2.00	760	0.0
89	Botgros, Antonio-Darius	0	ROU	−36B	−65N	−79B	−66N	−76B	+84N	F	1.0	16.5	16.5	2.00	728	0.0
90	FIDE 42260930	0	—	−43N	−49B	−61N	F	−65B	−63N	+93B	1.0	16.0	16.0	0.00	704	0.0
91	FIDE 42260949	0	—	−25N	−58B	F	−64N	−79B	−81N	−83B	0.0	16.0	16.0	0.00	691	0.0
92	FIDE 42251389	0	—	−40B	−62N	−80B	−72N	−83N	F	−84B	0.0	15.5	15.5	0.00	756	0.0
93	FIDE 42260957	0	—	−56B	−64N	−81B	−84N	F	−80B	−90N	0.0	13.0	13.0	0.00	746	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Gazdaru, DavidROU
+80.8
4.0 pts · #38
2Grebeniuc, AlexandraMDA
+72.8
6.0 pts · #3
3Butuza, Stefan AurelianROU
+71.2
5.0 pts · #10

Top rating losers

1Tacu, AlexandraROU
-66.8
1.5 pts · #72
2Ivancescu, Bogdan-AndreiROU
-54.0
4.0 pts · #27
3Iovchev, OleksiiROU
-47.6
2.5 pts · #71

Biggest upsets

R1+737 Elo gap
Podoleanu, Daniel1598 beat GMSanduleac, Vasile2335
R1+412 Elo gap
Cioboata, Luca-Stefan1519 beat Rusu, Adrian1931
R5+379 Elo gap
Popescu, Diana-Andreea1568 beat Bohiltea, Florin-Viorel1947