Romania National Championship 3rd League 2025 - group VIII Round 1-6
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38 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 27 Oct 2025 to 29 Oct 2025 in Romania, Romania. 1 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 1750, and top seed was Marian-Daniel Vezeteu (🇷🇴 ROU, 2075).
Marian Popa (🇷🇴 ROU, 1685) won with 4.0/6, ahead of Mihai-Gabriel Militaru (4.0) and Alexandru-Nicolae Grigoras (4.0). Popa took the lead from round 5, winning on tie-break.
The biggest upset came in round 5: Ayan Gabriel Ionita (1481) beat Mihai-Gabriel Militaru (1647), a +166-point gap.
Location
🇷🇴Romania, Romania
Dates
27 Oct 2025 → 29 Oct 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes for first 40 moves and 15 min. for the rest of the game with 30 sec. increment from move 1
System
Team · 6 rounds
Titled players · 1
FM×1
Federations · 1 represented
🇷🇴Romania×32
Top 3
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Standings
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| # | Player | Fed | Elo | Pts | Avg opp. | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | Popa, Marian | 🇷🇴ROU | 1685 | 4.0 | 1742 | 1935 | +12.2 |
| 21 | Militaru, Mihai-Gabriel | 🇷🇴ROU | 1647 | 4.0 | 1458 | 1458 | -19.6 |
| 3 | Grigoras, Alexandru-Nicolae | 🇷🇴ROU | 1732 | 4.0 | 1675 | 1800 | +5.2 |
| 1 | Vezeteu, Marian-Daniel | 🇷🇴ROU | 2075 | 3.0 | 1694 | 2494 | +5.6 |
| 11 | Popescu, Diana-Andreea | 🇷🇴ROU | 1571 | 3.0 | 1457 | 2257 | +14.0 |
| 15 | Ionita, Ianis Alexandru Gabriel | 🇷🇴ROU | 1540 | 3.0 | 1542 | 1542 | -2.0 |
| 2 | Plesea, Luca-Matias | 🇷🇴ROU | 1827 | 3.0 | 1651 | 2451 | +23.2 |
| 19 | Fleseriu, Claudiu-Matei | 🇷🇴ROU | 0 | 3.0 | 1498 | 1498 | 0.0 |
| 4 | Ionita, Ayan Gabriel | 🇷🇴ROU | 1481 | 2.5 | 1518 | 1518 | +12.8 |
| 8 | Ionita, Eric Mihai | 🇷🇴ROU | 1447 | 2.5 | 1688 | 1601 | +14.4 |
| 6 | Ciapa, Ioana-Antonia | 🇷🇴ROU | 1624 | 2.5 | 1518 | 2318 | +14.2 |
| 5 | Neagu, Mihai-Adrian | 🇷🇴ROU | 1573 | 2.5 | 1544 | 2344 | +36.0 |
| 10 | Cozma, Alexandra-Ioana | 🇷🇴ROU | 1418 | 2.0 | 1621 | 1428 | -4.0 |
| 17 | FMBarbu, Nicolai | 🇷🇴ROU | 1978 | 2.0 | 1632 | 1632 | -15.4 |
| 37 | Dudau, Sara-Gabriela | 🇷🇴ROU | 0 | 2.0 | 1522 | 722 | 0.0 |
| 14 | Calugareanu, Kevin Gabriel | 🇷🇴ROU | 0 | 2.0 | 1439 | 1439 | +4.4 |
| 28 | FIDE 42238102 | — | 0 | 2.0 | 1686 | 886 | 0.0 |
| 20 | Grigore, Melania-Cristina | 🇷🇴ROU | 1506 | 2.0 | 1437 | 2237 | +14.8 |
| 18 | Militaru, Cristian-Andrei | 🇷🇴ROU | 0 | 2.0 | 1453 | 1473 | 0.0 |
| 36 | Marin, Iustin-Constantin | 🇷🇴ROU | 0 | 2.0 | 1524 | 724 | 0.0 |
| 24 | Tincu, Alexandru-Stefan | 🇷🇴ROU | 0 | 1.5 | 1598 | 1325 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Mitu, Dorin | 🇷🇴ROU | 1771 | 1.5 | 1677 | 1677 | -9.2 |
| 12 | Tanase, Andreea | 🇷🇴ROU | 1520 | 1.0 | 1687 | 1494 | -9.6 |
| 33 | Nitu, Teodora-Stefania | 🇷🇴ROU | 1459 | 1.0 | 1552 | 752 | -30.4 |
| 35 | Matala, Anthony-Radu | 🇷🇴ROU | 1460 | 1.0 | 1710 | 910 | -17.6 |
| 13 | Dobrescu, Catalin-Daniel | 🇷🇴ROU | 0 | 1.0 | 1655 | 1655 | 0.0 |
| 30 | Dutescu, Teodora | 🇷🇴ROU | 1436 | 1.0 | 1484 | 684 | -34.8 |
| 29 | Grigorescu, Mihai | 🇷🇴ROU | 1484 | 1.0 | 1624 | 824 | -6.0 |
| 16 | Dura, David-George | 🇷🇴ROU | 1436 | 1.0 | 1437 | 2237 | +20.0 |
| 22 | Padure, Sorin | 🇷🇴ROU | 0 | 0.5 | 1721 | 1399 | 0.0 |
| 23 | FIDE 42259304 | — | 0 | 0.5 | 1467 | 1194 | 0.0 |
| 27 | Dobre, David-Nicholas | 🇷🇴ROU | 0 | 0.0 | 1645 | 845 | 0.0 |
| 25 | FIDE 42238099 | — | 0 | 0.0 | 1537 | 737 | 0.0 |
| 34 | FIDE 42240603 | — | 0 | 0.0 | 1570 | 770 | 0.0 |
| 38 | FIDE 42240611 | — | 0 | 0.0 | 1647 | 847 | 0.0 |
| 32 | FIDE 42259290 | — | 0 | 0.0 | 1498 | 698 | 0.0 |
| 26 | Grigorescu, Stefan | 🇷🇴ROU | 1585 | 0.0 | 1543 | 743 | -44.0 |
| 31 | Ion, Marius-Luca | 🇷🇴ROU | 0 | 0.0 | 1453 | 653 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Neagu, Mihai-AdrianROU+36.02.5 pts · #5
- 2Plesea, Luca-MatiasROU+23.23.0 pts · #2
- 3Dura, David-GeorgeROU+20.01.0 pts · #16
Top rating losers
- 1Grigorescu, StefanROU-44.00.0 pts · #26
- 2Dutescu, TeodoraROU-34.81.0 pts · #30
- 3Nitu, Teodora-StefaniaROU-30.41.0 pts · #33
Biggest upsets
- R5+166 Elo gap
- R1+138 Elo gap