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XII. Balogh Janos Memorial-U12

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10 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 21 Aug 2025 to 29 Aug 2025 in Miercurea Ciuc, Romania. Top 10 Elo average was 893, and top seed was Eric Berbecel (🇷🇴 ROU, 1617).

Csanad Benedek (🇷🇴 ROU, 0) won with 7.5/9, ahead of Raul-Alexandru-Adrian Deaconu (7.5) and Eric Berbecel (6.0). Benedek won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 6: Alexandru Petrov (1432) beat Eric Berbecel (1617), a +185-point gap.

Location
🇷🇴Miercurea Ciuc, Romania
Dates
21 Aug 2025 → 29 Aug 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 9 rounds
Top seed
🇷🇴Eric Berbecel1617
Avg top 10
893
Participants
10
Federations · 1 represented
🇷🇴Romania×8
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

Tight race until R9; 2 players tied at 7.5/9, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.

Co-leaders
5
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
2
2.54.579R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9
Benedek7.5Deaconu7.5Berbecel6Petrov5.5Mocanu5Zaharia4.5
R9 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 7.5/9. Benedek takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (36.5).

R9 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Csanad Benedek beat Raul-Alexandru-Adrian Deaconu (White).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

Csanad Benedek 4 wins (R1–R4)Raul-Alexandru-Adrian Deaconu 4+3 wins (R1–R4, R6–R8)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Csanad Benedek*
1
½
1
2Raul-Alexandru-Adrian Deaconu
0
*
1
1
3Eric Berbecel
½
0
*
0
4Alexandru Petrov
0
0
1
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Benedek, Csanad0ROU+8N+7B+5N+4B−6N+9N+10B=3N+2B7.536.536.529.0015860.0
2Deaconu, Raul-Alexandru-Adrian1505ROU+10B+3N+9B+8B=7N+5B+4N+6B−1N7.536.536.527.001848+72.8
3Berbecel, Eric1617ROU+9B−2B+8N=7B+5N−4B+6N=1B+10N6.038.038.019.251459-42.0
4Petrov, Alexandru1432ROU−5N+9N=6B−1N+10B+3N−2B+8N+7B5.538.538.516.251570+39.6
5Mocanu, Amalia-Ioana1445ROU+4B−6N−1B+10N−3B−2N+8B+7N+9B5.039.039.013.501566+33.2
6Zaharia, Sofia-Ana0ROU−7N+5B=4N+9N+1B+10N−3B−2N−8B4.539.539.516.2512930.0
7Jugaru, Victor1463ROU+6B−1NF=3N=2B+8N+9B−5B−4N4.040.040.015.251419-11.6
8Oancea, Calin1465ROU−1B+10N−3B−2N+9B−7B−5N−4B+6N3.041.041.05.50691-92.0
9FIDE 139200810—−3N−4B−2N−6B−8N−1B−7N+10B−5N1.043.043.00.006860.0
10FIDE 422277550—−2N−8BF−5B−4N−6B−1N−9N−3B0.043.044.00.006910.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets