Braila County Chess Championship 2025 - U12

Open SwissStandard

26 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 07 Nov 2025 to 09 Nov 2025 in Braila, Romania. Top 10 Elo average was 0.

Rares-Ionut Calin (🇷🇴 ROU, 0) won with 6.5/7, ahead of Sergiu-Gabriel Ene (5.5) and Filip Stencau (5.0). Calin won solo starting round 4.

Location

🇷🇴Braila, Romania

Dates

07 Nov 2025 → 09 Nov 2025

Time control

Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 7 rounds

Avg top 10

Participants

Federations · 1 represented

🇷🇴Romania×18

Top 3

🥇
Rares-Ionut Calin
🇷🇴ROU
6.5pts·1908perf+48.4
🥈
Sergiu-Gabriel Ene
🇷🇴ROU
5.5pts·1878perf+64.4
🥉
Filip Stencau
🇷🇴ROU
5.0pts·1607perf-18.4

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

Rares-Ionut Calin led from R4; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders

Calin6.5Ene5.5Stencau5Vank5Panait4.5Stoian4.5

R4–R7 · LEAD HELD

Rares-Ionut Calin never relinquished the lead after R4; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.

R6 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Rares-Ionut Calin drew with Sergiu-Gabriel Ene (White).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

Rares-Ionut Calin 5 wins (R1–R5)Sergiu-Gabriel Ene 4 wins (R2–R5)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Rares-Ionut Calin	*	½	1	—
2Sergiu-Gabriel Ene	½	*	—	—
3Filip Stencau	0	—	*	1
4Tudor-Stefan Vank	—	—	0	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Calin, Rares-Ionut	ROU	+12N	+10B	+9N	+5B	+3N	=2B	+6N	6.5	27.5	31.0	28.25	1908	+48.4
2	Ene, Sergiu-Gabriel	ROU	F	+24N	+18B	+6N	+9B	=1N	+5B	5.5	24.5	24.5	21.25	1878	+64.4
3	Stencau, Filip	ROU	+13B	+4N	=6B	+7N	−1B	=16N	+9B	5.0	28.0	31.5	21.00	1607	-18.4
4	Vank, Tudor-Stefan	ROU	+20N	−3B	−15N	+?B	+23N	+11B	+10N	5.0	21.0	21.0	12.50	1589	0.0
5	Panait, David-Nicolas	ROU	+15N	+8B	+11N	−1N	+16B	=10B	−2N	4.5	28.0	31.5	17.50	1542	-6.0
6	Stoian, David-Gabriel	ROU	+19N	+23B	=3N	−2B	+17N	+8B	−1B	4.5	28.0	30.0	15.50	1349	-17.6
7	Iovchev, Oleksii	ROU	=24B	+22N	=10B	−3B	=15N	+20B	+17N	4.5	21.0	22.5	13.00	883	-14.8
8	Grigore, Eduard-Petru	ROU	+?B	−5N	=14B	+18N	+21B	−6N	+?B	4.5	18.5	18.5	7.75	725	0.0
9	Ivan, Matei-Alexandru	ROU	+25B	+17N	−1B	+11N	−2N	+12B	−3N	4.0	28.0	29.0	12.00	1398	-12.4
10	Grosu, Antim	ROU	+?B	−1N	=7N	+?B	+13B	=5N	−4B	4.0	24.0	24.0	8.00	1480	0.0
11	Scarlet, Eduard-Nectarie	ROU	+26B	+21N	−5B	−9B	+14N	−4N	+23B	4.0	21.5	21.5	8.00	713	-38.0
12	Stencau, Pavel	ROU	−1B	+?N	=21B	−14N	+18B	−9N	+20B	3.5	22.5	22.5	7.25	760	0.0
13	Urse, Maya-Maria	ROU	−3N	+19B	=?N	+20B	−10N	+14B	−16B	3.5	21.5	21.5	9.00	786	0.0
14	Cercel, Ilinca	ROU	−16B	+?N	=8N	+12B	−11B	−13N	+21B	3.5	21.5	21.5	8.25	692	0.0
15	Vidovici, Denis-Mihai	ROU	−5B	+?N	+4B	−16N	=7B	−?N	+19N	3.5	20.5	20.5	10.25	1274	0.0
16	Viktorov, Teodor	ROU	+14N	F	F	+15B	−5N	=3B	+13N	3.5	20.0	20.0	13.00	1433	-5.6
17	FIDE 42230616	—	+?N	−9B	=20N	+24B	−6B	+21N	−7B	3.5	19.5	19.5	5.25	708	0.0
18	FIDE 42253802	—	=22B	+?N	−2N	−8B	−12N	+24N	+26B	3.5	17.5	17.5	2.75	721	0.0
19	FIDE 42257352	—	−6B	−13N	+?B	−21N	+25B	+26N	−15B	3.0	15.0	15.0	1.00	681	0.0
20	Onica, Ioana	ROU	−4B	+25N	=17B	−13N	+22B	−7N	−12N	2.5	22.5	23.5	5.25	785	0.0
21	FIDE 42257700	—	+?N	−11B	=12N	+19B	−8N	−17B	−14N	2.5	22.0	22.0	4.75	695	0.0
22	FIDE 42235219	—	=18N	−7B	−24N	+?B	−20N	−?B	+?N	2.5	12.0	12.0	1.75	785	0.0
23	FIDE 42230640	—	+?B	−6N	F	F	−4B	+?N	−11N	2.0	13.5	13.5	0.00	688	0.0
24	Orzaru-Tudor, Iustin-Ioan	ROU	=7N	−2B	+22B	−17N	−?N	−18B	F	1.5	19.5	19.5	4.75	1360	0.0
25	FIDE 42259380	—	−9N	−20B	F	F	−19N	F	+?B	1.0	9.5	9.5	0.00	657	0.0
26	FIDE 42259088	—	−11N	−?B	F	F	F	−19B	−18N	0.0	10.5	10.5	0.00	695	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Ene, Sergiu-GabrielROU
+64.4
5.5 pts · #2
2Calin, Rares-IonutROU
+48.4
6.5 pts · #1
3FIDE 42230616
0.0
3.5 pts · #21

Top rating losers

1Scarlet, Eduard-NectarieROU
-38.0
4.0 pts · #20
2Stencau, FilipROU
-18.4
5.0 pts · #3
3Stoian, David-GabrielROU
-17.6
4.5 pts · #8