Classical Thursday Evenings
15 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 29 Nov 2025 to 18 Dec 2025 in Bacau, Romania. Top 10 Elo average was 752, and top seed was Andreea Lupes (🇷🇴 ROU, 1578).
Stefan Epure (🇷🇴 ROU, 0) won with 4.0/5, ahead of Vanessa-Maria Vasai (4.0) and Maria-Eveline Bodescu (3.5). Epure shared the lead from round 2, winning on tie-break.
The biggest upset came in round 5: Eyal Ciuchi (1474) beat Andreea Lupes (1578), a +104-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 5 roundsTight race until R4; 2 players tied at 4.0/5, decided on Buchholz.
Stefan Epure held the sole lead from R4 through R5 without losing it.
2 players finish on 4.0/5. Epure takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (14.0).
Stefan Epure lost to Vanessa-Maria Vasai (White).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Stefan Epure | * | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2Vanessa-Maria Vasai | 1 | * | — | — |
| 3Eyal Ciuchi | 0 | — | * | — |
| 4Maria-Eveline Bodescu | 0 | — | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Epure, Stefan | 0 | ROU | +10B | +4N | +3B | +5N | −2B | 4.0 | 14.0 | 16.0 | 12.00 | 1496 | 0.0 |
| 2 | Vasai, Vanessa-Maria | 1486 | ROU | −5N | +14B | +7N | +9B | +1N | 4.0 | 12.0 | 13.0 | 10.00 | 2301 | +19.2 |
| 3 | Bodescu, Maria-Eveline | 0 | ROU | =8N | +13B | −1N | +11B | +5N | 3.5 | 11.0 | 12.0 | 6.75 | 1488 | 0.0 |
| 4 | Ciuchi, Eyal | 1474 | ROU | +15N | −1B | =11N | +8B | +6B | 3.5 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 6.25 | 2336 | +46.8 |
| 5 | Carnu, Ilie | 0 | ROU | +2B | +6N | +12N | −1B | −3B | 3.0 | 14.5 | 15.5 | 8.00 | 1591 | 0.0 |
| 6 | Lupes, Andreea | 1578 | ROU | +14N | −5B | +8N | +12B | −4N | 3.0 | 10.0 | 11.0 | 4.50 | 1481 | -11.2 |
| 7 | Pantea, Nicolae | 0 | ROU | +9N | −12B | −2B | +15N | +10N | 3.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 4.00 | 1510 | 0.0 |
| 8 | Timaru, Ariana-Teodora | 1483 | ROU | =3B | +11N | −6B | −4N | +13B | 2.5 | 11.5 | 12.5 | 4.25 | 729 | -35.6 |
| 9 | Dogaru, Lavinia-Karis | 1500 | ROU | −7B | F | +10N | −2N | +12B | 2.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 3.00 | 718 | -19.2 |
| 10 | FIDE 42244706 | 0 | — | −1N | +15B | −9B | +13N | −7B | 2.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 1.00 | 701 | 0.0 |
| 11 | FIDE 42254795 | 0 | — | +13N | −8B | =4B | −3N | −14N | 1.5 | 10.5 | 11.5 | 2.75 | 1288 | 0.0 |
| 12 | Timaru, Andreea | 0 | ROU | F | +7N | −5B | −6N | −9N | 1.0 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 3.00 | 742 | 0.0 |
| 13 | Abageru, Teodor | 0 | ROU | −11B | −3N | +14B | −10B | −8N | 1.0 | 9.5 | 10.5 | 1.00 | 688 | 0.0 |
| 14 | FIDE 42260078 | 0 | — | −6B | −2N | −13N | F | +11B | 1.0 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 1.50 | 751 | 0.0 |
| 15 | FIDE 42260060 | 0 | — | −4B | −10N | F | −7B | F | 0.0 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 0.00 | 674 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Ciuchi, EyalROU+46.83.5 pts · #1
- 2Vasai, Vanessa-MariaROU+19.24.0 pts · #6
- 3Carnu, IlieROU0.03.0 pts · #2
- 1Timaru, Ariana-TeodoraROU-35.62.5 pts · #14
- 2Dogaru, Lavinia-KarisROU-19.22.0 pts · #10
- 3Lupes, AndreeaROU-11.23.0 pts · #4
- R5+104 Elo gap