Valcea Trophy 5th ed. - Open

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54 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 07 Nov 2025 to 09 Nov 2025 in Ramnicu Valcea, Romania. 2 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 1939, and top seed was Iustin Larion (🇷🇴 ROU, CM, 2017).

Yanis-Andrei Tarabic (🇷🇴 ROU, 1808) won with 5.0/6, ahead of Darius-Cristian Pana (5.0) and Alexandru-Andrei Vlagiu (5.0). Tarabic shared the lead from round 5, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 5: Elizabeth-Maria Iorga (1435) beat Pavel-Bogdan Teslarasu (1669), a +234-point gap.

Location

🇷🇴Ramnicu Valcea, Romania

Dates

07 Nov 2025 → 09 Nov 2025

Time control

Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 6 rounds

Top seed

🇷🇴CMIustin Larion2017

Avg top 10

1,939

Participants

Titled players · 2

IM×1

CM×1

Federations · 1 represented

🇷🇴Romania×54

Top 3

🥇
Yanis-Andrei Tarabic
🇷🇴ROU·1808
5.0pts·2127perf+96.8
🥈
Darius-Cristian Pana
🇷🇴ROU·1868
5.0pts·2043perf+41.7
🥉
Alexandru-Andrei Vlagiu
🇷🇴ROU·1891
5.0pts·2029perf+44.8

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 6 co-leaders at R4 to 3 at the finish.

Co-leaders

Vlagiu5Tarabic5Pana5Covaciu4.5Larion4.5Berechet4

R6 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

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

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

Alexandru-Andrei Vlagiu 3 wins (R4–R6)Yanis-Andrei Tarabic 3 wins (R1–R3)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Alexandru-Andrei Vlagiu	*	—	—	—
2Yanis-Andrei Tarabic	—	*	½	1
3Darius-Cristian Pana	—	½	*	—
4Alexandru-Marian Covaciu	—	0	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Tarabic, Yanis-Andrei	1808	ROU	+33N	+9B	+8N	=4B	+5N	=2B	5.0	22.0	24.5	19.75	2127	+96.8
2	Pana, Darius-Cristian	1868	ROU	+20B	+45N	=6B	+10N	+7B	=1N	5.0	20.0	21.5	17.00	2043	+41.7
3	Vlagiu, Alexandru-Andrei	1891	ROU	+28B	+38N	−7B	+19N	+35B	+4B	5.0	17.0	19.0	15.00	2029	+44.8
4	Larion, IustinCM	2017	ROU	+25B	+11N	+15B	=1N	+6B	−3N	4.5	21.5	24.5	17.00	2019	+3.2
5	Covaciu, Alexandru-Marian	1831	ROU	+39B	+10N	+44B	=7N	−1B	+22N	4.5	18.0	20.0	13.00	2042	+68.8
6	Panaite, Mihai-Teodor	1905	ROU	+40N	+17B	=2N	+12B	−4N	=9B	4.0	21.0	23.0	14.00	1923	+10.4
7	Dutu, Florian	1919	ROU	+21N	+37B	+3N	=5B	−2N	=27B	4.0	20.5	23.0	14.25	1935	+3.8
8	Stegaroiu, Marcel-Florian	1932	ROU	+18B	+14N	−1B	+23N	=15B	=11N	4.0	20.0	23.0	14.25	1881	-7.4
9	Berechet, Otiliu-OctavianIM	1971	ROU	+24B	−1N	=19B	+18N	+16B	=6N	4.0	19.0	22.0	13.50	1853	-7.3
10	Russu, Eduard	1970	ROU	+42N	−5B	+21N	−2B	+30N	+20B	4.0	18.5	20.5	11.00	1809	-18.8
11	Beldiman, Ciprian-Dumitru	1847	ROU	+31N	−4B	=40N	+47B	+17N	=8B	4.0	16.5	18.0	10.50	1824	+0.4
12	Nitu, Ionel-Casian	1653	ROU	+50B	=35N	+16B	−6N	=29N	+26B	4.0	16.0	17.0	10.25	1876	+35.6
13	Fulger, Ionut-Alexandru	1852	ROU	+51B	=44N	=23B	−22N	+24B	+15N	4.0	14.5	15.0	9.50	1890	+7.8
14	Gavrila, Eduard-Alexandru	1729	ROU	+46N	−8B	+38N	−27B	+42N	+21B	4.0	14.0	15.5	8.50	1795	+22.0
15	Popescu-Vava, Luca-Delian	1860	ROU	+32N	+48B	−4N	+26B	=8N	−13B	3.5	18.0	19.5	9.00	1814	-10.0
16	Chirimbu, Alexandru-Claudiu	1737	ROU	=41N	+49B	−12N	+31B	−9N	+34B	3.5	15.0	16.0	7.00	1651	-11.4
17	Toma, Mihail	1718	ROU	+52B	−6N	=45B	+32N	−11B	+36N	3.5	14.5	15.0	6.25	1674	-4.6
18	Buse, Mihai-Cristian	1616	ROU	−8N	=31B	+54N	−9B	+49N	+32N	3.5	14.0	14.0	4.75	1708	+24.0
19	Ruja, Irina	1660	ROU	+47N	=22B	=9N	−3B	+40N	−29B	3.0	17.0	18.5	7.00	1764	+30.0
20	Avram, Victor-Stefan	1550	ROU	−2N	+53B	−27N	+41B	+25B	−10N	3.0	17.0	17.5	5.50	1757	+56.4
21	Belegan, Albert-Nicola-Matei	1593	ROU	−7B	+52N	−10B	+48N	+23B	−14N	3.0	16.5	17.0	5.00	1689	+21.2
22	Varlan, Hervig-Ioan	1908	ROU	+43B	=19N	F	+13B	=27N	−5B	3.0	16.5	16.5	9.00	1836	-7.6
23	Popescu, Erick	1670	ROU	=36N	+41B	=13N	−8B	−21N	+40B	3.0	15.5	17.5	7.25	1649	-7.2
24	Popescu, Patrick	1637	ROU	−9N	=32B	+33N	=37B	−13N	+38B	3.0	15.5	17.5	7.00	1689	+12.8
25	Cimpeanu, Daniel-Mihail	1643	ROU	−4N	+34B	+48N	−29B	−20N	+39B	3.0	15.0	16.5	6.00	1600	-16.8
26	Grecu, Bogdan-Andrei	1731	ROU	−38B	+36B	+46N	−15N	+43B	−12N	3.0	14.0	15.5	6.00	1590	-45.2
27	Radulescu, Andrei	1899	ROU	F	F	+20B	+14N	=22B	=7N	3.0	14.0	14.0	10.50	1970	+8.6
28	Pavelescu, Darius-Marian	1565	ROU	−3N	−46B	=34N	=33B	+41N	+52B	3.0	13.5	14.0	5.00	1563	-3.6
29	Beldiman, Tudor	1798	ROU	F	F	=39B	+25N	=12B	+19N	3.0	12.0	12.0	9.00	1810	+2.4
30	Haimana, Teodor-Nicolas	1639	ROU	−44B	+51N	=47B	=39N	−10B	+43N	3.0	11.5	12.0	4.25	1671	+5.6
31	Chiazna, Radu Stefan	1519	ROU	−11B	=18N	+36B	−16N	+45B	−35N	2.5	16.0	17.5	5.75	1610	+24.4
32	Ivascu, Petru	1550	ROU	−15B	=24N	+49N	−17B	+47N	−18B	2.5	15.0	16.0	4.00	1566	+8.8
33	Vidan, Elena	1518	ROU	−1B	=43N	−24B	=28N	=48B	+45N	2.5	14.5	16.0	4.75	1538	+8.0
34	Virag, Eva-Maria	1553	ROU	−35B	−25N	=28B	+52N	+39B	−16N	2.5	14.0	14.5	4.00	1585	+27.2
35	Cirjan, Daniel	1884	ROU	+34N	=12B	F	F	−3N	+31B	2.5	14.0	14.0	7.00	1727	-12.2
36	Vidan, Rares	1457	ROU	=23B	−26N	−31N	+53B	+46N	−17B	2.5	13.5	14.0	3.50	1575	+33.6
37	Statescu-Enescu, Vlad	1794	ROU	+54B	−7N	F	=24N	F	+42B	2.5	9.0	9.0	3.50	1769	-2.0
38	Ancuta, Daria Alina	1498	ROU	+26N	−3B	−14B	−43N	+51B	−24N	2.0	17.0	17.5	3.50	1561	+14.8
39	Zafiu, George-Razvan	1519	ROU	−5N	+42B	=29N	=30B	−34N	−25N	2.0	16.0	18.0	5.00	1543	+6.0
40	Andries, Nicolae	1575	ROU	−6B	+50N	=11B	=44N	−19B	−23N	2.0	16.0	17.0	4.00	1622	+9.6
41	Samoila, Andrei	1509	ROU	=16B	−23N	=43B	−20N	−28B	+51N	2.0	14.5	15.0	3.25	1481	-9.2
42	Nistor, Darius-Ionut	1619	ROU	−10B	−39N	+50B	+45N	−14B	−37N	2.0	14.0	15.0	2.50	1526	-32.8
43	Plesa, Maria	1589	ROU	−22N	=33B	=41N	+38B	−26N	−30B	2.0	13.5	15.5	4.25	1507	-27.6
44	Tanase, Andrei V.	1979	ROU	+30N	=13B	−5N	=40B	F	F	2.0	13.5	13.5	6.00	1723	-46.8
45	Gavrila, David-Mihai	1456	ROU	+53N	−2B	=17N	−42B	−31N	−33B	1.5	15.5	16.0	2.25	1451	-6.0
46	Ivascu, George-Sorin	1486	ROU	−14B	+28N	−26B	=51N	−36B	−47N	1.5	14.0	14.5	3.25	1385	-16.6
47	Doncu Petcu, Adriana Aylin	1452	ROU	−19B	F	=30N	−11N	−32B	+46B	1.5	14.0	14.0	3.00	1482	+3.2
48	Stoica, Beatrice Karina	0	ROU	F	−15N	−25B	−21B	=33N	+49B	1.5	13.0	13.0	2.25	1457	0.0
49	Mihaescu, Atia-Maria	1468	ROU	F	−16N	−32B	+50N	−18B	−48N	1.0	12.0	12.0	1.00	1387	-13.6
50	Iorga, Elizabeth-Maria	1435	ROU	−12N	−40B	−42N	−49B	+53N	F	1.0	9.5	9.5	0.50	1350	-20.8
51	Donita, Andrei-Cristian	1532	ROU	−13N	−30B	F	=46B	−38N	−41B	0.5	12.5	12.5	0.75	1230	-65.2
52	Tuduruta, Ovidiu	1482	ROU	−17N	−21B	=53N	−34B	F	−28N	0.5	12.5	12.5	0.25	1235	-56.8
53	Teslarasu, Pavel-Bogdan	1669	ROU	−45B	−20N	=52B	−36N	−50B	F	0.5	8.5	8.5	0.25	1117	-128.4
54	Tioaje, Nicolae	1517	ROU	−37N	F	−18B	F	F	F	0.0	6.0	6.0	0.00	908	-10.6

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Tarabic, Yanis-AndreiROU
+96.8
5.0 pts · #2
2Covaciu, Alexandru-MarianROU
+68.8
4.5 pts · #4
3Avram, Victor-StefanROU
+56.4
3.0 pts · #19

Top rating losers

1Teslarasu, Pavel-BogdanROU
-128.4
0.5 pts · #53
2Donita, Andrei-CristianROU
-65.2
0.5 pts · #52
3Tuduruta, OvidiuROU
-56.8
0.5 pts · #51

Biggest upsets

R5+234 Elo gap
Iorga, Elizabeth-Maria1435 beat Teslarasu, Pavel-Bogdan1669
R1+233 Elo gap
Ancuta, Daria Alina1498 beat Grecu, Bogdan-Andrei1731
R1+213 Elo gap
Gavrila, David-Mihai1456 beat Teslarasu, Pavel-Bogdan1669