Aayiu Atindrya Shetty perfect at 31st Mircea Pavlov Techirghiol Trophy Under-10 Rating 2025

by Shahid Ahmed - 03/08/2025

Aayiu Atindrya Shetty scored a perfect 7/7 to win 31st Mircea Pavlov Techirghiol Trophy Under-10 Rating 2025. The nine-year-old finished a staggering two points ahead of the rest. Ilio-Phoem Stanculet (ROU) scored sole 5/7 to secure second place. Six players scored 4.5/7 each. Out of them, the top seed of the event, Christian Toma (ROU) was placed third according to tie-breaks. Aayiu defeated both of them in the last two rounds. The top three prizes were 800, 600 and 500 Lei. The three-day seven round Under-10 Rating tournament was organized by CS Sparta Techirghiol and the Local Council of Techirghiol, the Techirghiol City Hall, with the support of DJS Constanța at Techirghiol, Techirghiol Sports Hall & CS Sparta Techirghiol Hall in Techirghiol, Constanța County, Northern Dobruja, Romania from 4th to 6th July 2025. This is Aayiu's second rating tournament triumph in consecutive months. Photo: CSM Constanța

Aayiu's second rating tournament triumph

Aayiu Atindrya Shetty made a scorching start by scoring a double hat-trick of wins. He had a full point lead going into the last round. Ilio-Phoem Stanculet (ROU) was the sole player trailing him by a full point at 5/6. Aayiu defeated Ilio-Phoem to become a clear champion with a 100% score. The total prize fund combining all four tournaments was €5000. The total participation was - 137, 73 in Open, 18 in Under-8, 26 in Under-10 and 20 in Under-12.

Champion - Aayiu Atindrya Shetty (second from right) 7/7 | Photo: CSM Constanța

Aayiu Atindrya Shetty in action | Photo: Christian Mariuca Toma

Aayiu Atindrya Shetty scored a perfect 7/7, finished a whopping two points ahead of the rest and gained 74.09 Elo rating points

A total of 26 players took part from India, Romania and Ukraine. The three-day seven round Under-10 Rating tournament was organized by CS Sparta Techirghiol and the Local Council of Techirghiol, the Techirghiol City Hall, with the support of DJS Constanța at Techirghiol, Techirghiol Sports Hall & CS Sparta Techirghiol Hall in Techirghiol, Constanța County, Northern Dobruja, Romania from 4th to 6th July 2025. The time control of the event was 60 minutes + 5 seconds increment from move no.1.

Final standings

Rk.	SNo		Name	FED	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	2		Aayiu, Atindrya Shetty	IND	1634		7	27	30	29,00
2	3	II	Stanculet, Ilio-Phoem	ROU	1623	Csm Constanta	5	27,5	30,5	20,50
3	1	II	Toma, Christian	ROU	1685	Csm Constanta	4,5	27,5	30,5	18,25
4	14	I	Sararu, Sofia-Elena	ROU	1466	Acs Genius Galati	4,5	26	27,5	14,50
5	4	II	Pistol, Robert-Andrei	ROU	1600	Cs Poseidon Limanu-2mai	4,5	26	27	14,00