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Smart Galati Trophy 2025 - U10

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24 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 06 Dec 2025 to 07 Dec 2025 in Galati, Romania. 2 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1556, and top seed was Sofia-Elena Sararu (🇷🇴 ROU, 1638).

Sofia-Elena Sararu (🇷🇴 ROU, 1638) won with 5.0/6, ahead of Luca-Stefan Cioboata (4.5) and Stefan Dragan (4.0). Sararu shared the lead from round 5 and broke clear in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 6: Tudor-Stefan Vank (1417) beat Sergiu Casapu (1582), a +165-point gap.

Location
🇷🇴Galati, Romania
Dates
06 Dec 2025 → 07 Dec 2025
Time control
Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 6 rounds
Top seed
🇷🇴Sofia-Elena Sararu1638
Avg top 10
1,556
Participants
24
Federations · 2 represented
🇷🇴Romania×21
🇲🇩Moldova×2
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 6 rounds

Sofia-Elena Sararu led from R6; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
8
4
1
1
3
1
1.534.56R1R2R3R4R5R6Sararu takes lead
Sararu5Cioboata4.5Talaba4Dragan4Cristea4Vank3.5
R6 · LEADER CHANGE07 Dec

Sofia-Elena Sararu takes the sole lead (5.0/6).

R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Sofia-Elena Sararu beat Luca-Stefan Cioboata (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

Sofia-Elena Sararu 5 wins (R2–R6)Luca-Stefan Cioboata 4 wins (R1–R4)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Sofia-Elena Sararu*
1
1
1
2Luca-Stefan Cioboata
0
*—
1
3David-Christian Talaba
0
—*—
4Stefan Dragan
0
0
—*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Sararu, Sofia-Elena1638ROUF+24B+10N+4B+2N+3B5.016.516.516.502324+75.2
2Cioboata, Luca-Stefan1577ROU+6B+18N+3B+17N−1B=7N4.518.521.014.251693+38.8
3Dragan, Stefan1483ROU+19B+9N−2N+7B+5B−1N4.020.021.011.501595+30.4
4Talaba, David-Christian1611ROU+5B+13N=17B−1N=9B+11N4.018.020.512.751638+11.2
5Cristea, David-Andrei1433ROU−4N+20B+21N+11B−3N+12B4.015.016.08.001515+12.8
6Iorgu, Teodor-Razvan1425ROU−2N+16B=9B=14N=10N+17B3.516.519.010.001489+18.0
7Popov, Stelian1552ROUF+22N+8B−3N+17B=2B3.515.515.59.251625+20.0
8Vank, Tudor-Stefan1417ROUF+12B−7N=10B+24N+9N3.513.513.58.501650+50.4
9Casapu, Sergiu1582MDA+11N−3B=6N+15B=4N−8B3.018.021.09.751407-6.4
10Costache, Alexandru1501ROUF+14N−1B=8N=6B+18N3.017.517.59.001570+20.4
11Barsan, Aria-Petra1431ROU−9B+19N+13B−5N+14B−4B3.017.018.07.001470+10.8
12Panait, David-Nicolas1546ROU=14B−8N+22B+18N=13B−5N3.016.017.06.501506-14.8
13Jurcanu, Nicolae1511MDA+20N−4B−11N+23B=12N=15B3.014.015.05.001252-67.6
14Ibanescu, Ianis-Anton0ROU=12N−10B+20N=6B−11N+23B3.013.514.55.251280-49.2
15Anghel, Andrei C.1412ROU−17B+23N=18B−9N+19B=13N3.012.013.04.7513210.0
16Condurache, Efrem-Teodor0ROU−18B−6N−19B+22N+20B+21N3.09.010.03.0013160.0
17Oprisan, Ilinca-Natalia1556ROU+15N+21B=4N−2B−7N−6N2.518.519.56.001214-40.8
18Zotic, Teodor-Andrei1474ROU+16N−2B=15N−12B+21N−10B2.516.517.55.50737-49.6
19FIDE 422550310—−3N−11B+16N−21B−15N−22B1.014.015.03.006430.0
20Popov, Matei0ROU−13B−5N−14BF−16N+24B1.014.014.01.0013450.0
21Onica, Ioana0ROUF−17N−5B+19N−18B−16B1.013.013.01.006590.0
22Potorac, Ianis-Andrei1466ROUF−7B−12N−16B−23N+19N1.011.511.51.00752-26.4
23Cercel, Ilinca0ROU−24N−15BF−13N+22B−14N1.011.011.01.0013370.0
24Scarlet, Eduard-Nectarie1447ROU+23B−1NFF−8B−20N1.010.510.51.00739-33.2

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets