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Suceava County Chess Championship 2025

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28 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 29 Nov 2025 to 01 Dec 2025 in Suceava, Romania. Top 10 Elo average was 1888, and top seed was Sebastian-Ionut Pavel (🇷🇴 ROU, 2124).

Andrei Sfichi (🇷🇴 ROU, 1911) won with 5.0/6, ahead of Sebastian-Ionut Pavel (5.0) and Bogdan Girmacea (4.5). Sfichi took the lead from round 5, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 4: Emanuel Roman (1443) beat Gheorghe Nicolaescu (1660), a +217-point gap.

Location
🇷🇴Suceava, Romania
Dates
29 Nov 2025 → 01 Dec 2025
Time control
Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 6 rounds
Top seed
🇷🇴Sebastian-Ionut Pavel2124
Avg top 10
1,888
Participants
28
Federations · 1 represented
🇷🇴Romania×25
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 6 rounds

Tight race until R5; 2 players tied at 5.0/6, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 4 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.

Co-leaders
12
6
2
4
1
2
1.534.56R1R2R3R4R5R6
Sfichi5Pavel5Ratiu4.5Girmacea4.5Ismail4Roman3.5
R5–R6 · LEAD HELD

Andrei Sfichi held the sole lead from R5 through R6 without losing it.

R6 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 5.0/6. Sfichi takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (21.0).

R3 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Andrei Sfichi drew with Sebastian-Ionut Pavel (White).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Andrei Sfichi*
½
1
½
2Sebastian-Ionut Pavel
½
*—
½
3Cristian Ratiu
0
—*
½
4Bogdan Girmacea
½
½
½
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Sfichi, Andrei1911ROU+13B+11N=2B+7N+4B=3N5.021.024.519.752194+75.6
2Pavel, Sebastian-Ionut2124ROU+20N+8B=1N+15B=3N+6N5.019.521.516.752039-4.4
3Girmacea, Bogdan2025ROU+19B+12N+7B=4N=2B=1B4.521.524.016.752088+10.2
4Ratiu, Cristian1991ROU+10N+9B+5N=3B−1N+8B4.520.524.016.752001+2.2
5Ismail, Claudiu1873ROU+16B+28N−4B=9N=10B+18N4.017.517.59.501675-28.8
6Anitei, Adrian0ROU−7B+24N+11B+12N=8N−2B3.519.021.010.7518650.0
7Evulet, Gheorghe1874ROU+6N+17B−3N−1B=19N+22B3.518.520.59.751656-20.8
8Tiron, Maricel1743ROU+21B−2N+19B+17N=6B−4N3.518.520.59.251792+6.8
9Miron, Ioan1737ROU+27B−4N+13B=5B=15N=14B3.518.519.59.751729-1.6
10Roman, Emanuel1443ROU−4B+27N=12B+23N=5N=11B3.517.518.58.501786+75.6
11Popescu, Gheorghe V.1742ROU+26N−1B−6N+22B+16B=10N3.517.018.07.751475-13.0
12Capatina, Cezar-Teodor1855ROU+25N−3B=10N−6B+20N+19B3.516.018.08.251718-18.4
13Balan, Silvestru-Radauti0ROU−1N+26B−9N=20B+21N+15B3.515.516.57.0014390.0
14Oancea, Iustin0ROU=23B−22N+21B=16N+17B=9N3.513.515.59.2516680.0
15Puiu, Denis Stefan0ROU+18B=23N+22B−2N=9B−13N3.017.019.07.7517570.0
16Guguta, Andrei0ROU−5N+18N=23B=14B−11N+24B3.016.018.07.7516010.0
17Urdoi, Constantin-Adrian1558ROU+24B−7N+28B−8B−14N+25N3.014.514.54.001008-14.4
18Arhire, Lucian1516ROU−15N−16B+26N+21B+24N−5B3.014.015.05.001039-4.8
19Druta, Antonia Maria1505ROU−3N+25B−8N+28B=7B−12N2.517.017.03.751521+0.4
20Barila, Cristian-Dorin1508ROU−2B−21N+27B=13N−12B=23N2.016.017.03.751532+0.4
21Roscaneanu, Sofia-Maria0ROU−8N+20B−14N−18N−13B+26B2.015.516.53.0014600.0
22Jitaru, Eduard-Gabriel0ROUF+14B−15N−11N+23B−7N2.015.515.55.5016340.0
23Nicolaescu, Gheorghe1660ROU=14N=15B=16N−10B−22N=20B2.015.017.05.751281-39.6
24FIDE 422476910—−17N−6B+25N+26B−18B−16N2.014.515.53.007270.0
25Purusniuc, Stefan0ROU−12B−19N−24B+27N+28N−17B2.012.012.01.008330.0
26FIDE 422443070—−11B−13N−18B−24N+27B−21N1.014.015.01.008260.0
27Iencian, Vlad-Ionut0ROU−9N−10B−20N−25B−26N+28B1.012.012.00.007620.0
28FIDE 422602050—F−5B−17N−19N−25B−27N0.012.512.50.008290.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

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Biggest upsets
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