Cupa Dulce 2025

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54 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 26 Dec 2025 to 30 Dec 2025 in Chisinau, Moldova. 2 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1583, and top seed was Nathaniel Andronic (🇲🇩 MDA, 1716).

Nathaniel Andronic (🇲🇩 MDA, 1716) won with 7.5/9, ahead of Andrei Bezverhnii (7.0) and Serghei Cardas (6.5). Andronic shared the lead from round 7 and won solo starting round 8.

The biggest upset came in round 2: Lev Sit (1455) beat Ilie Rusu (1643), a +188-point gap.

Location

🇲🇩Chisinau, Moldova

Dates

26 Dec 2025 → 30 Dec 2025

Time control

Standard: 50 minutes with 10 seconds increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 9 rounds

Top seed

🇲🇩Nathaniel Andronic1716

Avg top 10

1,583

Participants

Federations · 2 represented

🇲🇩Moldova×39

🇷🇺Russia×1

Top 3

🥇
Nathaniel Andronic
🇲🇩MDA·1716
7.5pts·1782perf+26.0
🥈
Andrei Bezverhnii
🇲🇩MDA·1496
7.0pts·1736perf+79.2
🥉
Serghei Cardas
🇲🇩MDA·1614
6.5pts·1672perf+26.0

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

Nathaniel Andronic led from R8; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R8.

Co-leaders

Andronic7.5Bezverhnii7Cardas6.5Turcan6.5Vozian6.5Minzat6.5

R8 · LEADER CHANGE29 Dec

Nathaniel Andronic takes the sole lead (7.0/8).

R3 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Nathaniel Andronic beat Andrei Bezverhnii (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

Nathaniel Andronic 3+4 wins (R1–R3, R5–R8)Andrei Bezverhnii 4 wins (R4–R7)Serghei Cardas 4 wins (R1–R4)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Nathaniel Andronic	*	1	1	½
2Andrei Bezverhnii	0	*	½	—
3Serghei Cardas	0	½	*	—
4Egor Turcan	½	—	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Andronic, Nathaniel	1716	MDA	+48N	+27B	+2N	−4B	+7N	+9B	+3B	+10N	=6B	7.5	49.0	51.5	41.75	1782	+26.0
2	Bezverhnii, Andrei	1496	MDA	+37B	+16N	−1B	+11N	+20N	+4B	+5N	=3B	=9N	7.0	49.0	53.0	39.25	1736	+79.2
3	Cardas, Serghei	1614	MDA	+23N	+22B	+18N	+21B	=4N	+5B	−1N	=2N	=8B	6.5	48.5	53.5	36.25	1672	+26.0
4	Vozian, Artiom	1532	MDA	+36N	+34B	+14N	+1N	=3B	−2N	=6B	=7B	+12N	6.5	48.5	52.5	36.00	1636	+44.0
5	Minzat, Victoria	1551	MDA	+52N	+11B	=7N	+12B	+8N	−3N	−2B	+15B	+16N	6.5	47.5	49.0	32.50	1553	+2.0
6	Turcan, Egor	1553	MDA	−33N	+41B	+23N	=19B	+22N	+12B	=4N	+24B	=1N	6.5	43.5	47.0	33.50	1784	+52.8
7	Sit, Lev	1455	MDA	+26N	+9B	=5B	+13N	−1B	=21N	+18B	=4N	=10B	6.0	48.0	53.0	33.50	1654	+94.0
8	Turcan, Daniil	1552	MDA	+32B	−15N	+50B	+17N	−5B	+29N	=11B	+19B	=3N	6.0	43.5	45.5	27.50	1417	-31.6
9	Rusu, Ilie	1643	MDA	+43B	−7N	=40B	+35N	+15B	−1N	+36B	+14N	=2B	6.0	43.0	46.5	27.75	1545	-27.6
10	Cravciuc, Danil	1536	MDA	+28B	−19N	+38B	+39N	=18B	+27N	+14B	−1B	=7N	6.0	42.0	46.0	28.00	1604	+22.4
11	Agapitov, Bogdan	0	MDA	+25B	−5N	+?B	−2B	+38N	+20B	=8N	−12B	+27N	5.5	43.5	43.5	21.50	1464	0.0
12	Poleacova, Alexandra	1477	MDA	+45B	=40N	+24B	−5N	+42B	−6N	+17B	+11N	−4B	5.5	42.5	46.0	24.75	1442	-8.0
13	Hariton, Luca	1529	MDA	+38B	+29N	=15B	−7B	=19N	−14B	+31N	=17N	+21B	5.5	41.5	45.5	26.00	1377	-43.2
14	Grajdieru, Ion	1441	MDA	+53N	+20B	−4B	=33N	+40B	+13N	−10N	−9B	+24N	5.5	41.5	43.0	22.50	1554	0.0
15	Urechi, Maxim	1423	MDA	+42B	+8B	=13N	−20B	−9N	+37N	+40B	−5N	+28B	5.5	41.0	44.5	24.25	1433	+1.6
16	Mereuta, Daria	0	MDA	+35B	−2B	−27N	=28N	+50B	+32N	+22B	+20N	−5B	5.5	41.0	43.0	22.75	1497	0.0
17	Nemova, Evgeniya	1438	RUS	−18N	+37B	+30N	−8B	+23N	+34B	−12N	=13B	+40N	5.5	39.5	43.0	23.75	1182	-44.8
18	Manea, David	1470	MDA	+17B	+54N	−3B	+29N	=10N	=24B	−7N	=23B	=19N	5.0	43.5	43.5	20.50	1423	-8.0
19	Talmaci, Ilinca	1411	MDA	+?N	+10B	−21B	=6N	=13B	=36N	+27B	−8N	=18B	5.0	42.5	42.5	21.00	1518	+33.2
20	Mamaliga, Paula	1602	MDA	+50B	−14N	+28B	+15N	−2B	−11N	+33N	−16B	+38N	5.0	41.5	43.5	20.00	1322	-47.6
21	Capcelea, David	1502	MDA	+46N	+33B	+19N	−3N	=27B	=7B	−24N	+34B	−13N	5.0	40.5	43.5	21.25	1255	-68.8
22	Krepak, Mykhailo	1441	MDA	+51B	−3N	+31B	=40N	−6B	+28N	−16N	+36B	=23N	5.0	40.0	42.0	19.25	803	-22.4
23	Caraman, Vlad	0	MDA	−3B	+51N	−6B	+45N	−17B	+25N	+47B	=18N	=22B	5.0	40.0	42.0	18.50	1266	0.0
24	Gorgos, Daniel	1485	MDA	=30N	+44B	−12N	+41B	+33B	=18N	+21B	−6N	−14B	5.0	39.5	43.0	20.75	1431	-14.0
25	Svartcopf, Xenia	0	MDA	−11N	+52B	−34N	−46B	+48N	−23B	+50N	+33B	+35N	5.0	30.0	31.5	14.00	1465	0.0
26	Postolatii, Chirill	0	MDA	−7B	−43N	=52N	+?B	−32N	+41B	+48N	=35B	+34N	5.0	29.5	29.5	12.75	1443	0.0
27	Gavrilov, Pavel	1454	MDA	+49B	−1N	+16B	+34N	=21N	−10B	−19N	+38B	−11B	4.5	42.5	45.0	18.50	1317	-15.6
28	Efros, Stefan	0	MDA	−10N	+?B	−20N	=16B	+41N	−22B	+43N	+39B	−15N	4.5	38.0	38.0	13.75	1357	0.0
29	Bors, Liviu	0	MDA	+47N	−13B	+44N	−18B	+46N	−8B	−38N	+42B	=31N	4.5	35.0	38.0	15.25	715	0.0
30	Lomaca, Alex	0	MDA	=24B	=31N	−17B	+50N	−34B	=35N	−32B	+43B	+46N	4.5	34.0	36.0	15.25	1324	0.0
31	Poiata, Ion	0	MDA	=41N	=30B	−22N	−36B	+54N	+39N	−13B	+47N	=29B	4.5	34.0	34.0	13.25	1376	0.0
32	Cojuhari, Stanislav	0	MDA	−8N	=42B	−41N	+?N	+26B	−16B	+30N	−40B	+?B	4.5	31.5	31.5	11.25	707	0.0
33	Ciocan, Beatrisa	0	MDA	+6B	−21N	+35B	=14B	−24N	=42N	−20B	−25N	+51N	4.0	39.5	41.5	17.00	1458	0.0
34	Bors, Sergiu	0	MDA	+?B	−4N	+25B	−27B	+30N	−17N	+42B	−21N	−26B	4.0	39.5	39.5	13.00	679	0.0
35	Canter, Alexandru	1470	MDA	−16N	+46B	−33N	−9B	+44N	=30B	+37B	=26N	−25B	4.0	37.5	40.5	15.25	843	-9.6
36	Eldarov, Ilia	0	MDA	−4B	−?N	+53B	+31N	+39B	=19B	−9N	−22N	=37B	4.0	36.5	36.5	14.50	1314	0.0
37	FIDE 13921010	0	—	−2N	−17N	+?B	+44B	=43N	−15B	−35N	+41B	=36N	4.0	36.5	36.5	10.75	1209	0.0
38	FIDE 13919288	0	—	−13N	+47B	−10N	+49B	−11B	+?N	+29B	−27N	−20B	4.0	36.5	36.5	10.00	731	0.0
39	Cotofan, Ilia	1431	MDA	−44N	+45B	+49N	−10B	−36N	−31B	+46N	−28N	+47B	4.0	32.0	34.5	12.00	731	-14.0
40	Petrov, Damir E.	0	MDA	F	=12B	=9N	=22B	−14N	+43B	−15N	+32N	−17B	3.5	41.0	41.0	16.25	1280	-48.4
41	Lupanciuc, David	1461	MDA	=31B	−6N	+32B	−24N	−28B	−26N	+52B	−37N	+53B	3.5	35.5	37.0	9.75	732	-31.6
42	FIDE 13917129	0	—	−15N	=32N	+48B	+43B	−12N	=33B	−34N	−29N	=44B	3.5	35.0	37.5	12.00	646	0.0
43	FIDE 13919369	0	—	−9N	+26B	+54B	−42N	=37B	−40N	−28B	−30N	+48B	3.5	33.5	33.5	9.50	843	0.0
44	FIDE 13920448	0	—	+39B	−24N	−29B	−37N	−35B	+51N	+45B	−?N	=42N	3.5	30.5	30.5	11.25	1320	0.0
45	FIDE 13919180	0	—	−12N	−39N	+47B	−23B	−?N	+52B	−44N	=48B	+49N	3.5	27.5	27.5	8.25	646	0.0
46	Ghitu, Arina	0	MDA	−21B	−35N	+51B	+25N	−29B	−47N	−39B	+52N	−30B	3.0	32.0	33.5	8.50	664	0.0
47	FIDE 13920758	0	—	−29B	−38N	−45N	+52B	+49N	+46B	−23N	−31B	−39N	3.0	31.0	32.5	7.00	621	0.0
48	FIDE 13920987	0	—	−1B	−49N	−42N	+51B	−25B	+53N	−26B	=45N	−43N	2.5	32.5	34.0	5.25	912	0.0
49	FIDE 13920871	0	—	−27N	+48B	−39B	−38N	−47B	+?N	−?B	=53N	−45B	2.5	23.0	23.0	3.25	627	0.0
50	FIDE 13920995	0	—	−20N	+53B	−8N	−30B	−16N	F	−25B	−51B	+52N	2.0	31.0	31.0	3.00	792	0.0
51	FIDE 13921002	0	—	−22N	−23B	−46N	−48N	+?B	−44B	F	+50N	−33B	2.0	25.0	25.0	2.00	639	0.0
52	FIDE 13916238	0	—	−5B	−25N	=26B	−47N	+53B	−45N	−41N	−46B	−50B	1.5	31.5	33.0	4.00	703	0.0
53	FIDE 13920790	0	—	−14B	−50N	−36N	+54B	−52N	−48B	F	=49B	−41N	1.5	21.5	21.5	1.25	644	0.0
54	FIDE 13920812	0	—	F	−18B	−43N	−53N	−31B	F	F	F	F	0.0	18.5	18.5	0.00	650	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Sit, LevMDA
+94.0
6.0 pts · #4
2Bezverhnii, AndreiMDA
+79.2
7.0 pts · #6
3Turcan, EgorMDA
+52.8
6.5 pts · #3

Top rating losers

1Capcelea, DavidMDA
-68.8
5.0 pts · #30
2Petrov, Damir E.MDA
-48.4
3.5 pts · #23
3Mamaliga, PaulaMDA
-47.6
5.0 pts · #29

Biggest upsets

R2+188 Elo gap
Sit, Lev1455 beat Rusu, Ilie1643
R4+184 Elo gap
Vozian, Artiom1532 beat Andronic, Nathaniel1716
R2+161 Elo gap
Grajdieru, Ion1441 beat Mamaliga, Paula1602