Tudor Henry Edward is the Romanian Blitz Chess Champion at just 14 years old

The Romanian National Blitz Chess Championship 2025 was held at Hotel Rin Airport – Otopeni, where over 180 players participated in this year’s competition At just 14 years old, Tudor Henry Edward (CSU ASE București) is the new Romanian National Blitz Champion in the open section. He scored 8.5/10 and continues his remarkable rise as Romania’s youngest International Master. Tudor Henry Edward is FIDE Master since 2023 and International Master since 2025. His current rating is 2430 elo. Scroll down for the full standings of the event

Talent alert! At just 14 years old, Tudor Henry Edward (CSU ASE București) is the new Romanian National Blitz Champion. He scored 8.5/10 and continues his remarkable rise as Romania’s youngest International Master.pic.twitter.com/3YJLAOXN5d

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Open section medalists:
1) IM Tudor Henry Edward (Csu Ase Bucharest)
2) GM David Gavrilescu (Csu Ase Bucharest)
3) FM Vladimir-Alexandru Cnejev (Oxygen Access)

Women section medalists:
1) WIM Andreea-Marioara Cosman (Cus West University Timisoara)
2) WGM Elena-Luminița Cosma (Csu Ase Bucharest)
3) WFM Alexia-Andreea Iordache (Acsarina ChessIT)

National Team Rapid Chess Championship

OPEN
1) CSU ASE Bucharest I – 16 pct
2) Chess Club Vados Arad – 12 pct
3) CS of Baia Mare – 11 pct

WOMEN
1) CSU ASE Bucharest – 14 pt
2) Arnia Chess IT – 13 pct
3) CSU Univ. de Vest Timișoara – 13 pct

National Blitz Team Championship of Blitz

OPEN
1) CSU ASE Bucharest I – 13 pct
2) Chess Club Vados Arad – 13 pct
3) CS Dinamo – 12 pct

WOMEN
1) CSU ASE Bucharest I – 14 pct
2) CS Dinamo – 13 pct
3) Arnia Chess IT – 13 pct

Romanian Blitz Chess Championship final standings

Rk.		Name	FED	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.
1	IM	Tudor, Henry Edward	ROU	2341	Csu Ase Bucuresti	8.5
2	GM	Gavrilescu, David	ROU	2502	Csu Ase Bucuresti	8
3	FM	Cnejev, Vladimir-Alexandru	ROU	2212	Acs Oxygen	8
4	FM	Talu, Mircea	ROU	2343	Cs Sah Club Oltenia Craiova	7.5
5	CM	Sava, Robert-Gabriel	ROU	2316	Acs Arnia Chessit	7.5
6	GM	Lupulescu, Constantin	ROU	2554	Csu Ase Bucuresti	7.5
7	IM	Costachi, Mihnea	ROU	2477	Csm Unirea Alba Iulia	7
8	IM	Dragomirescu, Robin-Alexandru	ROU	2355	Csu Universitatea De Vest Timisoara	7
9	IM	David, Alexandru-Vasile	ROU	2354	Acs Sah Club Vados Arad	7
10	GM	Sanduleac, Vasile	MDA	2239		7
11	FM	Negrean, Andrei	ROU	2037	Clubul Central De Sah Bucuresti	7
12	GM	Szabo, Gergely-Andras-Gyula	ROU	2458	Acs Arnia Chessit	6.5
13	FM	Secheres, Adrian-Simion	ROU	2299	Csu Universitatea De Vest Timisoara	6.5
14	FM	Stoleriu, George	ROU	2310	Cs Politehnica Iasi	6.5
15	FM	Craciun, Sasha-Matei	ROU	2282	Cs Otopeni	6.5
16	FM	Coicev, Matei-Andrei	ROU	2205	Cs Dinamo Bucuresti	6.5
17	IM	Grecescu, Gabriel-Andrei	ROU	2295	Acs Chess Masters	6.5
18	IM	Magold, Filip	ROU	2276	Cs Dinamo Bucuresti	6.5
19	IM	Ghimpu, Samuel-Timotei	ROU	2356	Csu Ase Bucuresti	6.5
20	FM	Nastore, Pavel-Alexandru	ROU	2163	Csu Universitatea De Vest Timisoara	6.5
21	CM	Voicu, Teodor-Mihnea	ROU	2208	Ac De Sah Alfil Pitesti	6.5
22	FM	Gales, Randi-Ioan	ROU	2107	Cs Dinamo Bucuresti	6.5
23	CM	Coman, Mihnea-George	ROU	2114	Csu Ase Bucuresti	6.5
24	IM	Bida, Mihai-Eugen	ROU	2244	Cs Universitatea Craiova	6.5
25	GM	Nanu, Costica-Ciprian	ROU	2452	Cs Dinamo Bucuresti	6
26	I	Ignat, Matei-Marius	ROU	2122	Cs Spartac Bucuresti	6
27	CM	Radu, David Cr.	ROU	2003	Cs Dinamo Bucuresti	6
28	I	Costin, Alexandru	ROU	2152	Ac De Sah Alfil Pitesti	6
29	I	Busuioc, Stelian-Marian	ROU	2059	Cs Alcor Bucuresti	6
30	IM	Anton, Teodor	ROU	2420	Cs Sah Club Oltenia Craiova	6
31	I	Nicola, Andrei	ROU	1970	Cs Universitatea Craiova	6
32	I	Saioc, David	ROU	1964	Acs Arnia Chessit	6
33	CM	Pavel, Sebastian-Ionut	ROU	2065	Csm Raraul Campulung Moldovenesc	5.5
34	I	Stan, Andrei-Mihaita	ROU	2028	Scm Gloria Buzau	5.5
35	I	Danila, Stefan	ROU	2000	Cs Universitar De Sah Bucuresti	5.5
36	I	Stegaroiu, Marcel-Florian	ROU	2023	Cs Universitatea Craiova	5.5
37	I	Miculit, Vlad-Cristian	ROU	1931	Cs Universitatea Craiova	5.5
38	CM	Cazacu, Iustin-Nicolas	ROU	1972	Cs Politehnica Iasi	5.5
39	CM	Leu, Dragos Stefan	ROU	1992	Csm Galati	5.5
40	I	Badescu, Matei-Andrei	ROU	1915	Acs Arnia Chessit	5.5
41	CM	Popescu, Daniel-Vasilica	ROU	1904	Acs Pheonix Buzau	5.5
42	CM	Grigore, Gigi	ROU	1937	Cs Alcor Bucuresti	5.5
43	I	Popescu-Vava, Luca-Delian	ROU	1802	Cs Universitatea Craiova	5.5
44	FM	Fluerariu, Radu-Cristian	ROU	1941	Csu Ase Bucuresti	5
45	CM	Danila, Tudor-Gabriel	ROU	2057	Clubul Central De Sah Bucuresti	5
46	FM	Constantinoiu, Alexandru Ioan	ROU	1974	Csm Ploiesti	5
47	I	Dascalescu, Adelin-Stefan	ROU	2034	Cs Universitar De Sah Bucuresti	5
48	FM	Ciorgovean, Iustin	ROU	2155	Csu Universitatea De Vest Timisoara	5
49	I	Cojocaru, Filip	ROU	1783	Clubul Central De Sah Bucuresti	5
50	I	Codreanu, Alex-Cosmin	ROU	1886	Acs Mmi Andrei Murariu	5
51	NM	Micu, Iulian	ROU	2204	Cs Sah Club Oltenia Craiova	5
52	I	Ciobanu, Sebastian-Stefan	ROU	1811	Csu Ase Bucuresti	5
53	II	Grigoras, Alexandru-Nicolae	ROU	1919	Cs Universitar Ploiesti	5
54	I	Popescu, Alexandru-Mihai	ROU	1836	Clubul De Sah Al Municipiului Baia	5
55	I	Dranga, Victor-Andrei	ROU	1808	Csm Raraul Campulung Moldovenesc	5
56	I	Tarabic, Yanis-Andrei	ROU	1808	Cs Sah Club Oltenia Craiova	5
57	I	Vasiloi, Leonard	ROU	1891	Acs M.M. Mihail Marin Bucuresti	5
58	I	Olteanu, Adrian	ROU	1833	Acs Elidor Bucuresti	5
59	I	Sfichi, Andrei	ROU	1842	Cs Sah Suceava	5
60	I	Stanica, Andrei	ROU	1900	Css Ilfov	4.5
61	NM	Jiroveanu, George	ROU	2254	Cs Sah Club Oltenia Craiova	4.5
62	II	Anghenie, Toma-Horia	ROU	1746	Acs Oxygen	4.5
63	I	Grigore, Radu-Andrei	ROU	1762	Cs Alcor Bucuresti	4.5
64	I	Anghel, Teodor-Andrei	ROU	1821	Cs Alcor Bucuresti	4.5
65	CM	Harabor, David-Alexandru	ROU	1931	Clubul Central De Sah Bucuresti	4.5
66	I	Ilie, Eduard Andrei	ROU	1713	Acs Oxygen	4.5
67	I	Harnagea, Stefan-Constantin	ROU	1846	Cs Politehnica Iasi	4.5
68	I	Fulger, Ionut-Alexandru	ROU	1846	Ac De Sah Alfil Pitesti	4.5
69	I	Zlate-Ion, Matei	ROU	2038	Clubul Central De Sah Bucuresti	4
70	II	Ilie, Eduard-Alexandru	ROU	1615	Clubul Central De Sah Bucuresti	4
71	I	Sementov, Andrei	ROU	1776	Acs Master Mind Bucuresti	4
72	I	Onofrasc, Ivan	ROU	1758	Clubul Central De Sah Bucuresti	4
73	I	Bosinceanu, Iosif	ROU	1679	Cs Alcor Bucuresti	4
74	II	Simulescu, Andrei	ROU	1625	Csm Galati	4
75	II	Szabo, Viktor	ROU	1635	Acs Arnia Chessit	4
76	II	Matei-Catruna, Andrei	ROU	1791	Clubul Central De Sah Bucuresti	4
77	II	David, Teodor-Spiridon	ROU	1724	Cs Universitar De Sah Bucuresti	4
78	I	Jugaru, Lucian	ROU	1805	Csm Galati	4
79	I	Timpau, Vasile	ROU	1732	Csm Raraul Campulung Moldovenesc	4
80	II	Babadita, Andrei	ROU	1776	Acs Elidor Bucuresti	4
81	II	Genes, Radu-Cristian	ROU	1503	Acs Elidor Bucuresti	4
82		Aman, Bhargav	IND	1522		4
83	II	Pavel, Mihai-Razvan	ROU	1405	Cs Universitar De Sah Bucuresti	4
84	I	Cernencu, George-Ciprian	ROU	1746	Csm Galati	3.5
85	II	Tudor, Remus-Ion	ROU	1641	Acs Elidor Bucuresti	3.5
86	II	Pruszter, Alexandru	ROU	1629	Cs Alcor Bucuresti	3.5
87	II	Berbecel, Eric	ROU	1573	Csm Galati	3.5
88	II	Bostina, Vladimir-Ioan	ROU	1621	Csm Ploiesti	3.5
89	I	Anusca, Vasile	ROU	1760	Acs Mmi Andrei Murariu	3.5
90	II	Matala, Anthony-Radu	ROU	1537	Csm Ploiesti	3.5
91	I	Olteanu, Gabriel-Luca	ROU	1676	Clubul Central De Sah Bucuresti	3
92	II	Anghel, Rares-Mihai	ROU	1609	Csm Ploiesti	3
93	FC	Grigorescu, Colin	ROU	701	Csu Ase Bucuresti	3
94	II	Ilie, Alexandru-Stefan	ROU	1601	Acs Oxygen	3
95	II	Radu, Victor	ROU	1597	Csm Galati	3
96	II	Paraipan, Eric-Andrei	ROU	1530	Acs Elidor Bucuresti	3
97	IV	Serafinceanu, Ionut	ROU	1030	Acs Hannibal Bucuresti	3
98	II	Mirzac, Patric-Florentin	ROU	1482	Acs Elidor Bucuresti	2.5
99	II	Ursu, Adrian-Dumitru	ROU	1478	Acs Hannibal Bucuresti	2.5
100	FC	Dobre, Tiberiu-Costin	ROU	1516	Csm Ploiesti	2
101	II	Jugaru, Victor	ROU	1489	Csm Galati	2
102	FC	Melenciuc, Luca-Alexandru	ROU	1465	Csm Ploiesti	0

Romanian Blitz Chess Championship women

Rk.		Name	FED	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.
1	WIM	Cosman, Andreea-Marioara	ROU	2143	Csu Universitatea De Vest Timisoara	8.5
2	WGM	Cosma, Elena-Luminita	ROU	2086	Csu Ase Bucuresti	7.5
3	WFM	Iordache, Alexia-Andreea	ROU	1874	Acs Arnia Chessit	7.5
4	WCM	Stan, Luciana-Gabriela	ROU	1933	Cs Dinamo Bucuresti	7
5	WFM	Maria, Lia-Alexandra	ROU	1902	Csu Ase Bucuresti	6.5
6	WCM	Stanciu, Andreea-Briana	ROU	1857	Cs Otopeni	6.5
7	WCM	Dobre, Ana-Margareta-Alexandra	ROU	1765	Acs Arnia Chessit	6
8	WFM	Ovezdurdyyeva, Jemal	ROU	2097	CSU ASE Bucuresti	6
9	WCM	Hoanca, Alexia-Ioana	ROU	1941	Csu Universitatea De Vest Timisoara	6
10	WCM	Calugareanu, Ioana-Denisa	ROU	1831	Clubul De Sah Al Municipiului Baia	6
11	WCM	Semenova, Vasylyna	ROU	1875	Acs Oxygen	6
12	WCM	Pandelescu, Maria-Catalina	ROU	1681	Acs Oxygen	6
13	WCM	Fileru, Maria	ROU	1874	Clubul Central De Sah Bucuresti	5.5
14	WCM	Batagan, Ilinca-Petra	ROU	1860	Csu Universitatea De Vest Timisoara	5.5
15	I	Stanica, Maria	ROU	1554	Css Ilfov	5.5
16	I	Marius, Andra-Beatrice	ROU	1532	Cs Universitatea Craiova	5
17	WCM	Aldea, Maria-Antonia	ROU	1816	Cs Dinamo Bucuresti	5
18	WCM	Trifoi, Mihaela-Ioana	ROU	1803	Cs Dinamo Bucuresti	5
19	I	Patrascu, Maria	ROU	1665	Cs Universitar De Sah Bucuresti	5
20	I	Ciocirlan, Bianca-Alexandra	ROU	1606	Css Ilfov	5
21	WCM	Badescu, Eliza-Ioana	ROU	1727	Acs Arnia Chessit	5
22	I	Toba, Andreea-Valentina	ROU	1711	Cs Universitatea Craiova	4.5
23	WCM	Patru, Alexandra-Ioana	ROU	1805	Cs Universitar Ploiesti	4.5
24	I	Popescu, Diana-Andreea	ROU	1428	Csm Ploiesti	4.5
25	I	Grigore, Ioana-Catalina	ROU	1646	Cs Universitatea Craiova	4
26	I	Cretescu, Emma	ROU	1623	Cs Universitar De Sah Bucuresti	4
27	I	Tani, Selina	ROU	1664	Acs Elidor Bucuresti	4
28	II	Burtumac, Maia	ROU	1467	Clubul Central De Sah Bucuresti	4
29	I	Curca, Maria-Magdalena	ROU	1800	Csm Constanta	4
30	II	Sava, Natalia-Maria	ROU	1509	Acs Elidor Bucuresti	3.5
31	I	Matala, Sophia-Lenina	ROU	1408	Csm Ploiesti	3
32	FC	Carligel, Cornelia	ROU	823	Acs Elidor Bucuresti	2
33	FC	Iordache, Clava	ROU	701	Acs Elidor Bucuresti	2