Sah Activ Cup

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69 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 28 Nov 2025 to 30 Nov 2025 in Valea Lupului - Iasi, Romania. Top 10 Elo average was 1732, and top seed was Dan-Alexandru Sulea (🇷🇴 ROU, 1788).

Constantin Barbascu (🇷🇴 ROU, 0) won with 5.5/6, ahead of Patrick-Cristian Axinte (5.0) and Ioana-Cristiana Pomirleanu (5.0). Barbascu shared the lead from round 4 and won solo starting round 5.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Andy-Gabriel Ciobanu (1418) beat Damian-Alexandru Ropota (1764), a +346-point gap.

Location

🇷🇴Valea Lupului - Iasi, Romania

Dates

28 Nov 2025 → 30 Nov 2025

Time control

Standard: 45 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 6 rounds

Top seed

🇷🇴Dan-Alexandru Sulea1788

Avg top 10

1,732

Participants

Federations · 1 represented

🇷🇴Romania×50

Top 3

🥇
Constantin Barbascu
🇷🇴ROU
5.5pts·1739perf0.0
🥈
Patrick-Cristian Axinte
🇷🇴ROU·1612
5.0pts·1929perf+56.0
🥉
Ioana-Cristiana Pomirleanu
🇷🇴ROU·1553
5.0pts·1938perf+98.0

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 6 rounds

Constantin Barbascu led from R5; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.

Co-leaders

Barbascu5.5Nistor5Pomirleanu5Manoila5Axinte5Cristea4.5

R5–R6 · LEAD HELD

Constantin Barbascu held the sole lead from R5 through R6 without losing it.

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

Constantin Barbascu 5 wins (R1–R5)Ioana-Cristiana Pomirleanu 3 wins (R4–R6)

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Barbascu, Constantin	0	ROU	+11B	+48N	+18B	+42N	+10B	=2N	5.5	19.0	21.0	18.50	1739	0.0
2	Axinte, Patrick-Cristian	1612	ROU	+56B	+49N	+3B	=8B	+6N	=1B	5.0	21.0	23.0	18.25	1929	+56.0
3	Pomirleanu, Ioana-Cristiana	1553	ROU	+47N	+12B	−2N	+21B	+11B	+8N	5.0	20.5	22.5	17.50	1938	+98.0
4	Nistor, Eduard-Constantin	1611	ROU	+53N	=9B	+19N	+20B	=8N	+15B	5.0	19.0	21.0	17.00	1776	+20.0
5	Manoila, Catalin-Petrisor	1629	ROU	+50B	+31N	+24B	−10N	+27B	+9N	5.0	17.0	19.0	15.00	1799	+41.2
6	Cristea, Razvan Andrei	1716	ROU	+37B	+22N	=13B	+34N	−2B	+10N	4.5	19.5	22.5	15.50	1689	-4.8
7	Lintes, Albert-Ioan	1618	ROU	+55N	=19B	−9N	+59B	+29B	+23N	4.5	16.0	18.0	12.25	1642	+8.8
8	Niculescu, Stefan-Gabriel	1711	ROU	+39B	+29N	+14B	=2N	=4B	−3B	4.0	22.0	25.0	15.00	1646	+7.6
9	Alexa, Sebastian-Ioan	1483	ROU	+68B	=4N	+7B	=13N	+26B	−5B	4.0	21.5	21.5	12.00	1701	+58.8
10	Tumurug, Bogdan-Ioan	1510	ROU	+52B	+33N	+26B	+5B	−1N	−6B	4.0	21.0	23.0	13.00	1881	+77.2
11	Turcan, Gheorghe	1710	ROU	−1N	+47B	+30N	+22B	−3N	+32B	4.0	20.0	22.0	11.50	1665	-3.4
12	Sulea, Dan-Alexandru	1788	ROU	F	−3N	+23B	+24N	+13B	+14B	4.0	19.5	19.5	14.50	1803	+3.6
13	Bejan, Eduard-Mihail	1592	ROU	+57N	+30B	=6N	=9B	−12N	+25B	4.0	18.5	20.5	12.25	1620	+5.2
14	Gavril, Ioan	1588	ROU	+51B	+28N	−8N	+49B	+17B	−12N	4.0	17.0	19.0	11.00	1687	+26.8
15	Minastireanu, Emilia-Elena	1472	ROU	+67N	−20B	+57N	+35B	+18B	−4N	4.0	17.0	17.0	8.50	1624	+31.6
16	Tulbure, Vasile-Iustin	0	ROU	−25N	+36B	=59N	=19B	+49N	+24N	4.0	14.5	16.5	10.75	1528	0.0
17	Ichim, Bogdan-Ioan	1716	ROU	−43N	+60B	+28N	+32B	−14N	+48B	4.0	14.5	16.5	10.00	1735	+4.4
18	Caraiman, Cezar-Cristian	1634	ROU	+36N	+46B	−1N	+25B	−15N	=19B	3.5	19.0	21.5	10.25	1584	-11.2
19	Muntean, Adrian	1489	ROU	+61B	=7N	−4B	=16N	+47B	=18N	3.5	19.0	21.0	10.00	1493	+1.2
20	Carp, Alexandru	1609	ROU	+45B	+15N	=42B	−4N	+34B	F	3.5	17.5	20.0	10.75	1672	+11.6
21	Ropota, Damian-Alexandru	1764	ROU	−28B	+51N	+37B	−3N	+38B	=22N	3.5	17.5	19.5	9.75	1411	-70.8
22	Silivestru, Dominic-Andrei	1535	ROU	+62N	−6B	+40N	−11N	+54B	=21B	3.5	17.0	19.0	8.75	1454	-10.8
23	Dascalescu, Petru	1499	ROU	+65N	=35B	−12N	+45B	+44N	−7B	3.5	16.5	17.5	7.50	1404	-6.6
24	Manolachi, Petrica	1585	ROU	+60N	+43B	−5N	−12B	+30N	−16B	3.0	18.5	20.5	7.50	909	-13.6
25	Boanta, Albert-Petrus	1499	ROU	+16B	−26N	+56B	−18N	+36B	−13N	3.0	17.5	19.5	9.00	844	-37.2
26	Manolachi, Tudor-Gabriel	1702	ROU	+40N	+25B	−10N	+31B	−9N	F	3.0	17.0	20.0	9.00	1498	-42.0
27	Arhire, Petru	1723	ROU	−30N	+44B	+38N	+48B	−5N	F	3.0	17.0	19.0	7.50	1676	-3.0
28	Ciobanu, Andy-Gabriel	1418	ROU	+21N	−14B	−17B	+56N	−33N	+60B	3.0	16.5	18.5	7.50	1500	+5.2
29	Nedelcu, Stefan	1507	ROU	+64N	−8B	+50N	+33B	−7N	F	3.0	16.5	17.5	6.00	1520	+1.2
30	Barnusca, Tudor-Calin	0	ROU	+27B	−13N	−11B	+53N	−24B	+50N	3.0	16.0	18.0	7.00	1460	0.0
31	Chirila, Tudor-Ioan	1489	ROU	+41N	−5B	+55N	−26N	+51B	−33B	3.0	16.0	18.0	7.00	880	-31.6
32	Gazzi, Casian	1551	ROU	+63B	−42N	+54B	−17N	+39B	−11N	3.0	15.5	17.5	7.00	935	-28.4
33	Iavorschi, Andrei	1709	ROU	F	−10B	+43N	−29N	+28B	+31N	3.0	15.5	15.5	8.50	1496	-43.2
34	Lazar, Nicolae C.	1427	ROU	F	+58B	+35N	−6B	−20N	+46B	3.0	15.5	15.5	7.50	1613	+35.2
35	Isac, Teodor	1635	ROU	+54B	=23N	−34B	−15N	+58B	=44B	3.0	15.0	17.0	7.00	1199	-32.8
36	Carabus, Yanis-Gabriel	0	ROU	−18B	−16N	+64B	+52N	−25N	+49B	3.0	14.5	15.5	5.00	1416	0.0
37	Zamfirachi, Matei-Dorian	0	ROU	−6N	+62B	−21N	+57B	−48N	+47B	3.0	14.0	16.0	6.00	887	0.0
38	Buhosu, Victor-Iustin	1451	ROU	−42B	+63N	−27B	+55N	−21N	+57B	3.0	13.0	15.0	6.00	954	-16.4
39	FIDE 42259673	0	—	−8N	+64B	−48B	+60N	−32N	+52B	3.0	13.0	14.0	5.00	779	0.0
40	Covalciuc, Ermina-Ioana	0	ROU	−26B	+52N	−22B	−47N	+64B	+61N	3.0	12.5	13.5	5.00	821	0.0
41	FIDE 42260167	0	—	−31B	−50N	+63B	−58N	+53B	+54N	3.0	11.0	13.0	6.00	697	0.0
42	Scutaru, Mihai-Alexandru	1780	ROU	+38N	+32B	=20N	−1B	F	F	2.5	15.0	15.0	7.75	1800	+1.8
43	Sufaru, Mircia	0	ROU	+17B	−24N	−33B	−51N	+63B	=45N	2.5	14.5	16.5	7.25	1544	0.0
44	Silica, David-Stefan	0	ROU	F	−27N	+58N	+46B	−23B	=35N	2.5	14.0	14.0	6.00	1500	0.0
45	Bordei, Alexandru-Sebastian	0	ROU	−20N	+67B	=46N	−23N	=59B	=43B	2.5	14.0	14.0	3.50	1328	0.0
46	Buhosu, Eduard-Stefan	1491	ROU	+69B	−18N	=45B	−44N	+50B	−34N	2.5	13.5	13.5	3.25	739	-35.2
47	FIDE 42260760	0	—	−3B	−11N	+61B	+40B	−19N	−37N	2.0	18.5	20.5	5.00	784	0.0
48	Portariuc, Gheorghe	1573	ROU	F	−1B	+39N	−27N	+37B	−17N	2.0	18.5	18.5	6.00	919	-13.0
49	Dascalu, Natalia	1486	ROU	+66N	−2B	+53N	−14N	−16B	−36N	2.0	18.0	19.0	3.00	799	-27.6
50	FIDE 42248590	0	—	−5N	+41B	−29B	+67N	−46N	−30B	2.0	16.5	16.5	3.00	744	0.0
51	FIDE 42259487	0	—	−14N	−21B	+65N	+43B	−31N	−58B	2.0	15.0	16.0	3.50	815	0.0
52	FIDE 42260787	0	—	−10N	−40B	+66N	−36B	+56B	−39N	2.0	15.0	16.0	3.00	711	0.0
53	FIDE 42256119	0	—	−4B	+61N	−49B	−30B	−41N	+64N	2.0	15.0	16.0	3.00	749	0.0
54	Ciobanu, Dominic-Andrei	0	ROU	−35N	+65B	−32N	+62B	−22N	−41B	2.0	14.5	15.5	3.00	768	0.0
55	FIDE 42260698	0	—	−7B	+69N	−31B	−38B	+62N	−59N	2.0	14.5	14.5	2.00	705	0.0
56	FIDE 42260728	0	—	−2N	+66B	−25N	−28B	−52N	+68B	2.0	14.0	14.0	1.00	725	0.0
57	FIDE 42260701	0	—	−13B	+68N	−15B	−37N	+67B	−38N	2.0	14.0	14.0	0.00	702	0.0
58	Hritcu, Neofit	0	ROU	F	−34N	−44B	+41B	−35N	+51N	2.0	13.5	13.5	5.00	739	0.0
59	Hritcu, Vasile	1480	ROU	F	F	=16B	−7N	=45N	+55B	2.0	13.0	13.0	5.25	807	-13.2
60	Guguianu, Evan-Andrei	0	ROU	−24B	−17N	+69B	−39B	+68N	−28N	2.0	13.0	13.0	0.00	788	0.0
61	FIDE 42260736	0	—	−19N	−53B	−47N	+65B	+69N	−40B	2.0	11.5	11.5	1.00	689	0.0
62	FIDE 42260779	0	—	−22B	−37N	+68B	−54N	−55B	+66N	2.0	11.5	11.5	1.00	740	0.0
63	FIDE 42255953	0	—	−32N	−38B	−41N	+69B	−43N	+67B	2.0	11.5	11.5	0.00	683	0.0
64	FIDE 42247942	0	—	−29B	−39N	−36N	+66B	−40N	−53B	1.0	14.0	15.0	1.00	712	0.0
65	FIDE 42260817	0	—	−23B	−54N	−51B	−61N	−66B	+69N	1.0	10.5	10.5	0.00	699	0.0
66	FIDE 42260744	0	—	−49B	−56N	−52B	−64N	+65N	−62B	1.0	9.0	10.0	1.00	687	0.0
67	FIDE 42260795	0	—	−15B	−45N	F	−50B	−57N	−63N	0.0	12.5	12.5	0.00	675	0.0
68	FIDE 42260752	0	—	−9N	−57B	−62N	F	−60B	−56N	0.0	12.0	12.0	0.00	682	0.0
69	FIDE 42260710	0	—	−46N	−55B	−60N	−63N	−61B	−65B	0.0	10.5	11.5	0.00	690	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Pomirleanu, Ioana-CristianaROU
+98.0
5.0 pts · #4
2Tumurug, Bogdan-IoanROU
+77.2
4.0 pts · #12
3Alexa, Sebastian-IoanROU
+58.8
4.0 pts · #11

Top rating losers

1Ropota, Damian-AlexandruROU
-70.8
3.5 pts · #26
2Iavorschi, AndreiROU
-43.2
3.0 pts · #18
3Manolachi, Tudor-GabrielROU
-42.0
3.0 pts · #24

Biggest upsets

R1+346 Elo gap
Ciobanu, Andy-Gabriel1418 beat Ropota, Damian-Alexandru1764
R2+235 Elo gap
Pomirleanu, Ioana-Cristiana1553 beat Sulea, Dan-Alexandru1788
R5+219 Elo gap
Alexa, Sebastian-Ioan1483 beat Manolachi, Tudor-Gabriel1702