Union Trophy Slatina - 2nd ed.

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74 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 28 Nov 2025 to 01 Dec 2025 in Slatina, Romania. 9 titled players from 3 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2230, and top seed was Iulian Baltag (🇲🇩 MDA, IM, 2395).

Lucian-Ioan Filip (🇷🇴 ROU, IM, 2309) won with 5.5/7, ahead of Tudor-Gabriel Danila (5.5) and Mihnea-George Coman (5.5). Filip won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 6: Ionel-Casian Nitu (1653) beat Adrian Pirvulescu (1994), a +341-point gap.

Location

🇷🇴Slatina, 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

🇲🇩IMIulian Baltag2395

Avg top 10

2,230

Participants

Titled players · 9

IM×3

FM×3

CM×3

Federations · 3 represented

🇷🇴Romania×70

🇲🇩Moldova×2

🇵🇱Poland×1

Top 3

🥇
IMLucian-Ioan Filip
🇷🇴ROU·2309
5.5pts·2296perf+0.6
🥈
CMTudor-Gabriel Danila
🇷🇴ROU·2198
5.5pts·2311perf+45.2
🥉
CMMihnea-George Coman
🇷🇴ROU·2237
5.5pts·2294perf+14.4

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

Tight race until R7; 4 players tied at 5.5/7, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 7 co-leaders at R4 to 4 at the finish.

Co-leaders

Coman5.5Tanasie5.5Danila5.5Filip5.5Filip5Ileana5

R7 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

4 players finish on 5.5/7. Filip takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (30.0).

R1–R3 · WIN STREAK

CM Tudor-Gabriel Danila won 3 in a row (R1–R3).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1CMMihnea-George Coman	*	—	½	—
2CMCosmin Tanasie	—	*	—	½
3CMTudor-Gabriel Danila	½	—	*	½
4IMLucian-Ioan Filip	—	½	½	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Filip, Lucian-IoanIM	2309	ROU	+40N	+12B	+9N	=2B	=4N	=8B	+16N	5.5	30.0	33.0	25.00	2296	+0.6
2	Danila, Tudor-GabrielCM	2198	ROU	+63N	+21B	+15N	=1N	+13B	=7N	=3B	5.5	29.0	31.0	23.00	2311	+45.2
3	Coman, Mihnea-GeorgeCM	2237	ROU	+54B	=31N	+42B	+23N	=7B	+5N	=2N	5.5	26.0	28.5	21.50	2294	+14.4
4	Tanasie, CosminCM	2160	ROU	+44B	=33N	+31B	+41N	=1B	=6N	+11B	5.5	25.0	28.0	21.00	2204	+25.2
5	Filip, AndreiFM	2319	ROU	+20B	+10N	=13B	+11N	=6N	−3B	+15B	5.0	29.0	33.5	23.25	2227	-10.4
6	Ileana, GeorgeFM	2277	ROU	+43N	+18B	+22N	=7N	=5B	=4B	=8N	5.0	29.0	32.0	21.75	2243	+0.4
7	Baltag, IulianIM	2395	MDA	+51N	+32B	+14N	=6B	=3N	=2B	=9N	5.0	29.0	32.0	21.50	2267	-7.6
8	Panait, Razvan-Alexandru	1974	ROU	+58B	+24N	=11B	=13N	+22B	=1N	=6B	5.0	27.5	29.5	19.75	2166	+62.0
9	Veneteanu, Ion-CristianFM	2012	ROU	+46B	+27N	−1B	=17N	+25B	+31N	=7B	5.0	26.5	29.5	19.25	2054	+10.8
10	Russu, Eduard	1970	ROU	+55N	−5B	+43N	−12B	+54N	+27B	+26N	5.0	23.0	25.5	16.00	1909	-3.8
11	Tudoroiu, Razvan-Catalin	2056	ROU	+56N	+28B	=8N	−5B	+12N	+18B	−4N	4.5	28.5	31.0	18.00	2037	+0.8
12	Varlan, Hervig-Ioan	1908	ROU	+57B	−1N	+29B	+10N	−11B	+24N	=13B	4.5	27.5	29.5	17.25	1985	+10.0
13	Nicola, Andrei	2040	ROU	+62N	+50B	=5N	=8B	−2N	+21B	=12N	4.5	27.0	29.0	16.25	2026	+4.4
14	Stan, Andrei-Mihaita	2048	ROU	+29B	+17N	−7B	=25N	+33B	=30N	=19B	4.5	26.0	29.5	18.25	1959	-11.4
15	Iwan, Patryk	1985	POL	+34B	+53N	−2B	+26N	=32B	+17B	−5N	4.5	26.0	28.5	16.25	1961	-1.2
16	Soltanici, RuslanIM	2298	MDA	+35B	=19N	=23B	=33N	+41B	+32N	−1B	4.5	24.5	27.5	16.00	2076	-14.3
17	Gavrila, Eduard-Alexandru	1729	ROU	+70N	−14B	+47N	=9B	+42B	−15N	+31B	4.5	23.5	24.0	12.50	1935	+63.2
18	Tarabic, Yanis-Andrei	1808	ROU	+71B	−6N	+52B	=36N	+23B	−11N	+33B	4.5	23.0	23.5	12.25	1960	+47.2
19	Vlagiu, Alexandru-Andrei	1891	ROU	+67N	=16B	−41N	=21B	+44N	+40B	=14N	4.5	22.0	23.0	13.50	1902	+8.8
20	Grasu, Gigi	1615	ROU	−5N	+55B	=39N	+28B	−31B	+41N	+42B	4.5	21.5	24.0	14.00	1911	+44.0
21	Chirimbu, Alexandru-Claudiu	1737	ROU	+37B	−2N	+46B	=19N	=36B	−13N	+35B	4.0	25.0	28.0	14.00	1838	+13.6
22	Pirvulescu, Adrian	1994	ROU	+47N	+38B	−6B	+27N	−8N	−26B	+39N	4.0	24.5	27.5	13.50	1803	-24.8
23	Anghelescu, Teodor-Stefan	1982	ROU	+45N	+39B	=16N	−3B	−18N	=38B	+62N	4.0	24.0	26.0	12.00	1862	-29.6
24	Risca, Florin-Adrian	0	ROU	+48N	−8B	+40N	−32B	+43N	−12B	+44N	4.0	22.0	25.0	12.00	1762	0.0
25	Anghel, Teodor-Andrei	1718	ROU	−53N	+45B	+59N	=14B	−9N	+49B	=36N	4.0	21.5	23.5	12.00	1874	+38.8
26	Nitu, Ionel-Casian	1653	ROU	−39N	+58B	+65N	−15B	+46N	+22N	−10B	4.0	21.5	23.0	10.50	1854	+23.8
27	Stoica, Melina-Theodora	1681	ROU	+61N	−9B	+74N	−22B	+62N	−10N	+52B	4.0	20.5	20.5	6.50	1732	+10.4
28	Voloshyn, Viacheslav	1724	ROU	+64B	−11N	=34B	−20N	+59B	=52N	+47B	4.0	20.0	21.5	9.50	1565	-44.0
29	Chelu, Tudor-Iulian	1540	ROU	−14N	+73B	−12N	=45B	=39N	+57B	+58N	4.0	19.0	19.0	7.00	1618	+4.0
30	Popescu-Vava, Luca-Delian	1860	ROU	F	F	=49N	+37B	+48N	=14B	+32N	4.0	17.5	17.5	13.75	1993	+28.4
31	Beldiman, Ciprian-Dumitru	1847	ROU	+59N	=3B	−4N	+53B	+20N	−9B	−17N	3.5	27.5	29.5	11.75	1802	-18.4
32	Stegaroiu, Marcel-Florian	1932	ROU	+60B	−7N	+35B	+24N	=15N	−16B	−30B	3.5	25.5	27.5	11.75	1877	-10.6
33	Dumitru, Silviu-Mihai	1759	ROU	+73N	=4B	=36N	=16B	−14N	+45B	−18N	3.5	25.5	25.5	9.75	1869	+24.0
34	Voinea, Eduard-Stefan	1505	ROU	−15N	+61B	=28N	=50B	−40N	+54B	=38N	3.5	20.5	22.5	9.75	1630	+32.4
35	Rotescu, Vladimir-Szilard	1581	ROU	−16N	+72B	−32N	+39B	+57N	=36B	−21N	3.5	20.5	20.5	6.75	1569	-3.6
36	Cirlan, Ionut-Gheorghe	1908	ROU	+72N	F	=33B	=18B	=21N	=35N	=25B	3.5	19.5	19.5	9.75	1720	-24.0
37	Cruceru, Dragos-Beniamin	0	ROU	−21N	+63B	F	−30N	=56B	+46B	+40N	3.5	18.5	18.5	9.25	1643	0.0
38	Voicu, Stefan	1669	ROU	+65B	−22N	=64B	=57N	=52B	=23N	=34B	3.5	17.5	19.0	8.25	1660	-7.6
39	Dimulescu, Hanibal-Iulius	0	ROU	+26B	−23N	=20B	−35N	=29B	+66N	−22B	3.0	24.0	25.5	9.75	1642	0.0
40	Baltac, Constantin	1598	ROU	−1B	+68N	−24B	+58N	+34B	−19N	−37B	3.0	23.0	24.0	6.50	1722	+9.8
41	Ilie, Eduard-Alexandru	1807	ROU	F	+66N	+19B	−4B	−16N	−20B	+64N	3.0	22.0	22.0	7.50	1797	-8.4
42	Turcu, Fanel	1869	ROU	+68B	F	−3N	+49B	−17N	+48B	−20N	3.0	21.5	21.5	7.00	1687	-24.6
43	Simu, Alexandru	1576	ROU	−6B	+71N	−10B	+60N	−24B	−47N	+59B	3.0	21.0	21.5	4.50	1534	-17.6
44	Avram, Victor-Stefan	1550	ROU	−4N	−59B	+73N	+47B	−19B	+60N	−24B	3.0	21.0	21.0	5.00	1700	+24.0
45	Voicu, Matei	1503	ROU	−23B	−25N	+71B	=29N	+61B	−33N	=48N	3.0	20.5	21.0	6.00	1469	-2.8
46	Puiu, Natalia	1507	ROU	−9N	+70B	−21N	+65B	−26B	−37N	+60B	3.0	20.0	20.5	4.00	1487	-2.0
47	Laze, Andrei	1505	ROU	−22B	+69N	−17B	−44N	+67B	+43B	−28N	3.0	19.5	20.5	5.00	1551	+10.4
48	Cimpeanu, Daniel-Mihail	1643	ROU	−24B	+60N	=53B	+64N	−30B	−42N	=45B	3.0	18.5	20.0	6.25	1578	-16.4
49	Arteni, Neculai	1567	ROU	F	=52N	=30B	−42N	+64B	−25N	+55B	3.0	17.5	17.5	7.25	1609	+3.2
50	Nedelcu, Cristian	1689	ROU	+69B	−13N	=57B	=34N	+66B	F	F	3.0	12.5	12.5	5.25	1673	-2.6
51	Calugareanu, Kevin Gabriel	1635	ROU	−7B	−57N	−60B	=71N	=70B	+68N	+67B	3.0	11.5	12.0	2.50	1495	+5.2
52	Samoila, Andrei	1509	ROU	F	=49B	−18N	+74B	=38N	=28B	−27N	2.5	19.0	19.0	5.25	1536	+4.4
53	Puenea, Teodor-Valentin	0	ROU	+25B	−15B	=48N	−31N	F	F	+68B	2.5	18.5	19.5	6.50	1712	0.0
54	Mihaila, Maria	1564	ROU	−3N	=67B	=66B	+72N	−10B	−34N	=65B	2.5	18.0	18.0	2.00	1442	-28.8
55	Mihaescu, Atia-Maria	1468	ROU	−10B	−20N	+69B	−66N	+68B	=56N	−49N	2.5	17.5	18.5	3.25	1268	0.0
56	Dinca, Gheorghe	1545	ROU	−11B	−64N	+68B	=61N	=37N	=55B	F	2.5	15.0	15.0	5.00	1503	-4.2
57	Blaga, Vladimir	1414	ROU	−12N	+51B	=50N	=38B	−35B	−29N	F	2.0	21.5	23.5	6.25	1514	0.0
58	Dumitru, Mircea-Mihai	1477	ROU	−8N	−26N	+70B	−40B	F	+63N	−29B	2.0	20.5	21.0	2.50	1404	-23.2
59	Dochia, Eric-Andrei-Matei	0	ROU	−31B	+44N	−25B	=67N	−28N	=61B	−43N	2.0	19.5	20.5	4.50	1472	0.0
60	Gavrila, David-Mihai	1456	ROU	−32N	−48B	+51N	−43B	+69N	−44B	−46N	2.0	18.5	19.5	4.00	1317	-42.0
61	Turcu, Marius-Bogdan	0	ROU	−27B	−34N	F	=56B	−45N	=59N	+70B	2.0	15.5	15.5	2.75	1222	0.0
62	Balan, Ilie	1535	ROU	−13B	F	+67N	F	−27B	+65N	−23B	2.0	15.0	15.0	2.50	1581	+1.2
63	Rotaru, Alexandra Ioana	1554	ROU	−2B	−37N	F	+70N	+72B	−58B	F	2.0	13.5	13.5	0.50	908	-25.2
64	Nitulescu, Andrei-Cristian	0	ROU	−28N	+56B	=38N	−48B	−49N	F	−41B	1.5	19.0	21.5	4.25	1466	0.0
65	Ciobanu, Stefan S.	0	ROU	−38N	F	−26B	−46N	+71B	−62B	=54N	1.5	15.5	15.5	1.75	1205	0.0
66	Davidescu, Ioan	1520	ROU	F	−41B	=54N	+55B	−50N	−39B	F	1.5	15.0	15.0	3.75	1533	+8.4
67	Ispas, Darius-Andrei	0	ROU	−19B	=54N	−62B	=59B	−47N	F	−51N	1.0	17.0	17.0	2.25	1212	-80.0
68	Beldiman, Matei-Ioan	0	ROU	−42N	−40B	−56N	+73B	−55N	−51B	−53N	1.0	16.5	16.5	0.00	779	-87.6
69	Puscaciu, Nicoleta	0	ROU	−50N	−47B	−55N	F	−60B	+72N	F	1.0	12.0	12.0	0.00	725	0.0
70	Mitaru, Ilinca-Elena	0	ROU	−17B	−46N	−58N	−63B	=51N	F	−61N	0.5	16.5	16.5	1.50	1164	0.0
71	Vasuica, Teodor-Constantin	0	ROU	−18N	−43B	−45N	=51B	−65N	F	F	0.5	15.0	15.0	1.50	1250	0.0
72	Rotaru, Razvan-Andrei	1436	ROU	−36B	−35N	F	−54B	−63N	−69B	F	0.0	14.5	14.5	0.00	836	0.0
73	FIDE 42250706	0	—	−33B	−29N	−44B	−68N	F	F	F	0.0	12.5	12.5	0.00	822	0.0
74	Netoiu, Eduard-Gabriel	0	ROU	F	F	−27B	−52N	F	F	F	0.0	6.5	6.5	0.00	784	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Gavrila, Eduard-AlexandruROU
+63.2
4.5 pts · #19
2Panait, Razvan-AlexandruROU
+62.0
5.0 pts · #16
3Tarabic, Yanis-AndreiROU
+47.2
4.5 pts · #20

Top rating losers

1Beldiman, Matei-IoanROU
-87.6
1.0 pts · #71
2Ispas, Darius-AndreiROU
-80.0
1.0 pts · #65
3Voloshyn, ViacheslavROU
-44.0
4.0 pts · #36

Biggest upsets

R6+341 Elo gap
Nitu, Ionel-Casian1653 beat Pirvulescu, Adrian1994
R7+254 Elo gap
Grasu, Gigi1615 beat Turcu, Fanel1869
R2+221 Elo gap
Blaga, Vladimir1414 beat Calugareanu, Kevin Gabriel1635