Techirghiol Trophy 31st ed. U12

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20 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 04 Jul 2025 to 06 Jul 2025 in Techirghiol, Romania. 2 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1544, and top seed was Kyrylo Cherepynskyi (🇺🇦 UKR, 1603).

Vladimir Balan (🇷🇴 ROU, 1585) won with 6.5/7, ahead of David-Mihai Ghiocanu-Pirvan (5.5) and Maria C. Toma (5.0). Balan won solo starting round 5.

Location

🇷🇴Techirghiol, Romania

Dates

04 Jul 2025 → 06 Jul 2025

Time control

Standard: 60 minutes for game

System

Swiss · 7 rounds

Top seed

🇺🇦Kyrylo Cherepynskyi1603

Avg top 10

1,544

Participants

Federations · 2 represented

🇷🇴Romania×16

🇺🇦Ukraine×2

Top 3

🥇
Vladimir Balan
🇷🇴ROU·1585
6.5pts·1927perf+77.6
🥈
David-Mihai Ghiocanu-Pirvan
🇷🇴ROU·1601
5.5pts·1708perf+38.8
🥉
Maria C. Toma
🇷🇴ROU·1540
5.0pts·1617perf+16.0

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

Vladimir Balan led from R5; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.

Co-leaders

Balan6.5Ghiocanu-Pirvan5.5Toma5Cherepynskyi4.5Vacareanu4.5Simu4.5

R5–R7 · LEAD HELD

Vladimir Balan never relinquished the lead after R5; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.

R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Vladimir Balan beat David-Mihai Ghiocanu-Pirvan (White).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

Vladimir Balan 5 wins (R1–R5)David-Mihai Ghiocanu-Pirvan 4 wins (R1–R4)Maria C. Toma 3 wins (R1–R3)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Vladimir Balan	*	1	1	1
2David-Mihai Ghiocanu-Pirvan	0	*	1	—
3Maria C. Toma	0	0	*	—
4Kyrylo Cherepynskyi	0	—	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Balan, Vladimir	1585	ROU	+13B	+15N	+11B	+3N	+2B	=4N	+5B	6.5	26.0	28.0	25.75	1927	+77.6
2	Ghiocanu-Pirvan, David-Mihai	1601	ROU	+17N	+8B	+7N	+6B	−1N	+3B	=4N	5.5	28.5	29.0	20.25	1708	+38.8
3	Toma, Maria C.	1540	ROU	+19N	+6B	+14N	−1B	+8B	−2N	+11B	5.0	27.0	27.0	15.00	1617	+16.0
4	Vacareanu, Sabin-Iustin	1458	ROU	=5N	−12B	+17N	+10B	+11N	=1B	=2B	4.5	27.0	27.5	16.25	1597	+48.4
5	Cherepynskyi, Kyrylo	1603	UKR	=4B	−11N	+13B	+15N	+7B	+9N	−1N	4.5	25.5	27.5	15.25	1559	-10.8
6	Simu, Alexandru	0	ROU	+14B	−3N	+9B	−2N	+19B	+10N	=8N	4.5	25.5	25.5	13.00	1538	0.0
7	Grama, Mara	1531	ROU	+16B	+9N	−2B	=11N	−5N	=8B	+14N	4.0	24.5	26.5	12.75	1533	+3.2
8	Ratea, Otilia-Elena	1491	ROU	+20B	−2N	+16B	+12B	−3N	=7N	=6B	4.0	24.0	24.0	9.25	1464	-9.6
9	Jitianu, Nicolae-Ovidiu	1482	ROU	+10N	−7B	−6N	+18B	+14N	−5B	+12N	4.0	23.0	23.5	10.50	1558	+19.2
10	Khotomlianskyi, Andrii	0	UKR	−9B	+13N	+15B	−4N	+12N	−6B	+19N	4.0	21.0	21.0	8.00	1490	0.0
11	Grigore, Miruna-Ioana	0	ROU	+12N	+5B	−1N	=7B	−4B	+16N	−3N	3.5	27.5	29.5	11.50	1488	+3.2
12	Radu, Vlad-Ionut	1542	ROU	−11B	+4N	+19B	−8N	−10B	+13N	−9B	3.0	23.0	23.0	7.50	1283	-54.4
13	Balan, Anastasia	1430	ROU	−1N	−10B	−5N	+16N	+17B	−12B	+18N	3.0	20.5	21.0	3.00	1354	0.0
14	Safta, Alexandru-Adrian	1568	ROU	−6N	+18B	−3B	+19N	−9B	+15N	−7B	3.0	20.0	20.0	2.50	1320	-53.6
15	Taut, Catalin-Ionut	1493	ROU	+18N	−1B	−10N	−5B	F	−14B	+17N	2.0	19.0	19.0	1.00	1362	-26.4
16	Ratiu, Raluca-Elena	0	ROU	−7N	+17B	−8N	−13B	+18N	−11B	F	2.0	15.5	15.5	1.00	1297	0.0
17	Plaveti, Matei	1448	ROU	−2B	−16N	−4B	F	−13N	=18B	−15B	0.5	17.5	17.5	0.25	709	-51.6
18	FIDE 42255007	0	—	−15B	−14N	F	−9N	−16B	=17N	−13B	0.5	14.5	14.5	0.25	1177	0.0
19	Baltag-Adochitei, Lorin-Nicolas	0	ROU	−3B	F	−12N	−14B	−6N	F	−10B	0.0	19.5	19.5	0.00	758	0.0
20	FIDE 42254981	0	—	−8N	F	F	F	F	F	F	0.0	4.0	4.0	0.00	705	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Balan, VladimirROU
+77.6
6.5 pts · #1
2Vacareanu, Sabin-IustinROU
+48.4
4.5 pts · #4
3Ghiocanu-Pirvan, David-MihaiROU
+38.8
5.5 pts · #2

Top rating losers

1Radu, Vlad-IonutROU
-54.4
3.0 pts · #12
2Safta, Alexandru-AdrianROU
-53.6
3.0 pts · #14
3Plaveti, MateiROU
-51.6
0.5 pts · #18