Romania National Junior Championships 2025 - girls U20
17 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 11 Aug 2025 to 17 Aug 2025 in Bucuresti, Romania. 2 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 1880, and top seed was Luciana-Gabriela Stan (🇷🇴 ROU, 1993).
Luciana-Gabriela Stan (🇷🇴 ROU, 1993) won with 7.0/9, ahead of Mihaela-Ioana Trifoi (6.5) and Alexia-Ioana Hoanca (6.0). Stan won solo starting round 6.
The biggest upset came in round 5: Andra-Maria Palos (1799) beat Luciana-Gabriela Stan (1993), a +194-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 9 roundsLuciana-Gabriela Stan led from R3; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.
Luciana-Gabriela Stan held the sole lead from R3 through R9 without losing it.
Luciana-Gabriela Stan beat Mihaela-Ioana Trifoi (Black).
Luciana-Gabriela Stan posted 4 in a row (R1–R4) and 3 in a row (R6–R8) — total 7 wins.
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Luciana-Gabriela Stan | * | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2Mihaela-Ioana Trifoi | 0 | * | ½ | ½ |
| 3Maria-Antonia Aldea | 0 | ½ | * | 0 |
| 4WCMAlexia-Ioana Hoanca | 0 | ½ | 1 | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | R8 | R9 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stan, Luciana-Gabriela | 1993 | ROU | +8N | +3B | +2N | +4B | −12N | +9B | +11N | +6B | −5N | 7.0 | 42.5 | 46.0 | 37.00 | 2074 | +18.0 |
| 2 | Trifoi, Mihaela-Ioana | 1953 | ROU | +14N | +12B | −1B | +5N | +7B | =4N | =6N | +10B | =3B | 6.5 | 42.0 | 44.5 | 29.00 | 2006 | +13.6 |
| 3 | Hoanca, Alexia-IoanaWCM | 1921 | ROU | +6N | −1N | =8B | =9B | =10N | +13N | +5B | +4B | =2N | 6.0 | 43.5 | 46.0 | 29.00 | 1977 | +14.4 |
| 4 | Aldea, Maria-Antonia | 1981 | ROU | =7B | +13N | +5B | −1N | +8B | =2B | +12N | −3N | +9B | 6.0 | 43.0 | 45.5 | 26.75 | 1976 | +0.3 |
| 5 | Pandelescu, Maria-Catalina | 1803 | ROU | +16N | +9B | −4N | −2B | =6N | +12B | −3N | +14B | +1B | 5.5 | 41.0 | 42.5 | 21.50 | 1924 | +61.6 |
| 6 | Rusu, Anastasia | 1706 | ROU | −3B | −8B | +15N | +14N | =5B | +7N | =2B | −1N | +16B | 5.0 | 40.0 | 41.5 | 17.50 | 1849 | +64.4 |
| 7 | Mihalea, Maria-Ioana | 1786 | ROU | =4N | +11B | −9N | +10B | −2N | −6B | +17N | +12B | =8N | 5.0 | 38.5 | 38.5 | 17.00 | 1847 | +31.2 |
| 8 | Petculescu, Diana-Silvana | 1791 | ROU | −1B | +6N | =3N | +17B | −4N | −11B | +15B | +13N | =7B | 5.0 | 38.0 | 38.0 | 15.50 | 1823 | +17.6 |
| 9 | Batagan, Ilinca-Petra | 1948 | ROU | +15B | −5N | +7B | =3N | +13B | −1N | −10B | +11N | −4N | 4.5 | 40.0 | 42.5 | 17.00 | 1832 | -26.8 |
| 10 | Pitigoi, Sabina-Andreea | 1823 | ROU | −13B | +15N | =16B | −7N | =3B | F | +9N | −2N | +14B | 4.0 | 31.0 | 31.0 | 13.25 | 1786 | -7.0 |
| 11 | Badescu, Eliza-IoanaWCM | 1791 | ROU | F | −7N | +14B | −13N | +16B | +8N | −1B | −9B | +15N | 4.0 | 30.5 | 30.5 | 11.50 | 1775 | -6.4 |
| 12 | Palos, Andra-Maria | 1799 | ROU | +17B | −2N | =13B | +16N | +1B | −5N | −4B | −7N | F | 3.5 | 34.0 | 34.0 | 9.75 | 1729 | -14.0 |
| 13 | Ciocirlan, Bianca-Alexandra | 1672 | ROU | +10N | −4B | =12N | +11B | −9N | −3B | F | −8B | F | 2.5 | 33.0 | 33.0 | 9.75 | 1762 | +27.6 |
| 14 | Marius, Andra-Beatrice | 1782 | ROU | −2B | +17N | −11N | −6B | F | =15N | +16B | −5N | −10N | 2.5 | 29.0 | 29.0 | 2.75 | 1582 | -48.7 |
| 15 | Moldovanu, Raluca | 1722 | ROU | −9N | −10B | −6B | F | +17N | =14B | −8N | +16N | −11B | 2.5 | 26.5 | 26.5 | 2.75 | 1584 | -28.8 |
| 16 | Tanase, Andreea | 1543 | ROU | −5B | F | =10N | −12B | −11N | +17B | −14N | −15B | −6N | 1.5 | 27.0 | 27.0 | 2.00 | 1479 | -24.4 |
| 17 | Grigore, Melania-Cristina | 1447 | ROU | −12N | −14B | F | −8N | −15B | −16N | −7B | F | F | 0.0 | 20.0 | 20.0 | 0.00 | 931 | -41.2 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Rusu, AnastasiaROU+64.45.0 pts · #8
- 2Pandelescu, Maria-CatalinaROU+61.65.5 pts · #5
- 3Mihalea, Maria-IoanaROU+31.25.0 pts · #7
- 1Marius, Andra-BeatriceROU-48.72.5 pts · #14
- 2Grigore, Melania-CristinaROU-41.20.0 pts · #17
- 3Moldovanu, RalucaROU-28.82.5 pts · #13
- R5+194 Elo gap
- R9+190 Elo gap
- R1+151 Elo gap