Gheorghe Varabiescu Memorial 3rd ed. - U2400
13 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 14 Nov 2025 to 16 Nov 2025 in Pitesti, Romania. 1 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 1917, and top seed was Daniel Baratosi (🇷🇴 ROU, IM, 2321).
Daniel Baratosi (🇷🇴 ROU, IM, 2321) won with 4.5/6, ahead of Zeno-Andrei Ponta-Facalet (4.0) and Daniel-Alexandru Dobre (4.0). Baratosi shared the lead from round 4 and broke clear in the final round.
The biggest upset came in round 3: Ioana-Teodora Stoenescu (1703) beat Radu-Doru Ursan (1934), a +231-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 6 roundsIM Daniel Baratosi led from R6; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R6.
IM Daniel Baratosi takes the sole lead (4.5/6).
IM Daniel Baratosi won 3 in a row (R1–R4).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1IMDaniel Baratosi | * | — | ½ | 1 |
| 2Daniel-Alexandru Dobre | — | * | 0 | ½ |
| 3Zeno-Andrei Ponta-Facalet | ½ | 1 | * | — |
| 4Ciprian-Dumitru Beldiman | 0 | ½ | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Baratosi, DanielIM | 2321 | ROU | +12B | F | +6N | +5B | =2B | +4N | 4.5 | 14.0 | 14.0 | 12.00 | 2288 | -1.0 |
| 2 | Ponta-Facalet, Zeno-Andrei | 1927 | ROU | =5B | =7N | +10B | +3B | =1N | =8N | 4.0 | 16.5 | 17.5 | 11.25 | 2040 | +30.8 |
| 3 | Dobre, Daniel-Alexandru | 1924 | ROU | =10N | +13B | =4B | −2N | +6N | +7B | 4.0 | 14.0 | 14.0 | 7.75 | 1932 | +1.8 |
| 4 | Beldiman, Ciprian-Dumitru | 1847 | ROU | +8B | =6B | =3N | +11N | =5B | −1B | 3.5 | 17.0 | 18.0 | 8.50 | 1976 | +38.0 |
| 5 | Beldiman, Tudor | 1798 | ROU | =2N | +9B | +7B | −1N | =4N | −6B | 3.0 | 17.5 | 19.0 | 7.75 | 1908 | +30.8 |
| 6 | Panaite, Mihai-Teodor | 1905 | ROU | +11B | =4N | −1B | =12N | −3B | +5N | 3.0 | 16.0 | 16.5 | 6.00 | 1913 | -2.0 |
| 7 | Dumitrache, Elisa-Andreea | 1736 | ROU | F | =2B | −5N | +10N | +11B | −3N | 2.5 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 4.00 | 1826 | +24.4 |
| 8 | Ursan, Radu-Doru | 1934 | ROU | −4N | =10B | −11N | +13N | =9B | =2B | 2.5 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 3.25 | 1734 | -32.0 |
| 9 | Pantazi, Adrian | 1837 | ROU | F | −5N | F | F | =8N | +11B | 1.5 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 2.25 | 1812 | -2.0 |
| 10 | Marcoci, Ioan | 1777 | ROU | =3B | =8N | −2N | −7B | F | F | 1.0 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 3.25 | 1687 | -18.0 |
| 11 | Stoenescu, Ioana-Teodora | 1703 | ROU | −6N | F | +8B | −4B | −7N | −9N | 1.0 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 2.50 | 1612 | -21.2 |
| 12 | Radulescu, Andrei | 1899 | ROU | −1N | F | F | =6B | F | F | 0.5 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 1.50 | 1909 | -1.4 |
| 13 | Tirlea, Cristian-Daniel | 1658 | ROU | F | −3N | F | −8B | F | F | 0.0 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 0.00 | 1129 | -13.2 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Beldiman, Ciprian-DumitruROU+38.03.5 pts · #4
- 2Ponta-Facalet, Zeno-AndreiROU+30.84.0 pts · #3
- 3Beldiman, TudorROU+30.83.0 pts · #5
- 1Ursan, Radu-DoruROU-32.02.5 pts · #7
- 2Stoenescu, Ioana-TeodoraROU-21.21.0 pts · #11
- 3Marcoci, IoanROU-18.01.0 pts · #10
- R3+231 Elo gap