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Classical Thursday Evenings

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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.

Location
🇷🇴Bacau, Romania
Dates
29 Nov 2025 → 18 Dec 2025
Time control
Standard: 60 minutes for game
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Top seed
🇷🇴Andreea Lupes1578
Avg top 10
752
Participants
15
Federations · 1 represented
🇷🇴Romania×11
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Tight race until R4; 2 players tied at 4.0/5, decided on Buchholz.

Co-leaders
6
2
2
1
2
1.52.545R1R2R3R4R5
R4–R5 · LEAD HELD

Stefan Epure held the sole lead from R4 through R5 without losing it.

R5 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 4.0/5. Epure takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (14.0).

R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Stefan Epure lost to Vanessa-Maria Vasai (White).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Stefan Epure*
0
1
1
2Vanessa-Maria Vasai
1
*
3Eyal Ciuchi
0
*
4Maria-Eveline Bodescu
0
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Epure, Stefan0ROU+10B+4N+3B+5N2B4.014.016.012.0014960.0
2Vasai, Vanessa-Maria1486ROU5N+14B+7N+9B+1N4.012.013.010.002301+19.2
3Bodescu, Maria-Eveline0ROU=8N+13B1N+11B+5N3.511.012.06.7514880.0
4Ciuchi, Eyal1474ROU+15N1B=11N+8B+6B3.511.011.06.252336+46.8
5Carnu, Ilie0ROU+2B+6N+12N1B3B3.014.515.58.0015910.0
6Lupes, Andreea1578ROU+14N5B+8N+12B4N3.010.011.04.501481-11.2
7Pantea, Nicolae0ROU+9N12B2B+15N+10N3.09.09.04.0015100.0
8Timaru, Ariana-Teodora1483ROU=3B+11N6B4N+13B2.511.512.54.25729-35.6
9Dogaru, Lavinia-Karis1500ROU7BF+10N2N+12B2.010.010.03.00718-19.2
10FIDE 4224470601N+15B9B+13N7B2.010.010.01.007010.0
11FIDE 422547950+13N8B=4B3N14N1.510.511.52.7512880.0
12Timaru, Andreea0ROUF+7N5B6N9N1.011.011.03.007420.0
13Abageru, Teodor0ROU11B3N+14B10B8N1.09.510.51.006880.0
14FIDE 4226007806B2N13NF+11B1.09.59.51.507510.0
15FIDE 4226006004B10NF7BF0.08.58.50.006740.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets