Valcea Trophy 5th ed. - U12
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33 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 07 Nov 2025 to 09 Nov 2025 in Ramnicu Valcea, Romania. Top 10 Elo average was 1525, and top seed was David-Mihai Ghiocanu-Pirvan (🇷🇴 ROU, 1654).
Luca-Stefan Cioboata (🇷🇴 ROU, 1519) won with 5.0/6, ahead of David-Mihai Ghiocanu-Pirvan (5.0) and Nicolae-Ovidiu Jitianu (4.5). Cioboata shared the lead from round 4, winning on tie-break.
Location
🇷🇴Ramnicu Valcea, Romania
Dates
07 Nov 2025 → 09 Nov 2025
Time control
Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 6 rounds
Federations · 1 represented
🇷🇴Romania×25
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 6 roundsTight race until R6; 2 players tied at 5.0/6, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 4 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.
Co-leaders
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5
6
4
2
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R6 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER
2 players finish on 5.0/6. Cioboata takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (20.5).
R3 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND
David-Mihai Ghiocanu-Pirvan drew with Luca-Stefan Cioboata (Black).
R1–R6 · UNBEATEN
David-Mihai Ghiocanu-Pirvan went unbeaten across 6 games (R1–R6).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1David-Mihai Ghiocanu-Pirvan | * | ½ | — | ½ |
| 2Luca-Stefan Cioboata | ½ | * | 1 | — |
| 3Nicolae-Ovidiu Jitianu | — | 0 | * | 1 |
| 4Radu-Mihai Constantin | ½ | — | 0 | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cioboata, Luca-Stefan | 1519 | ROU | +19B | +17N | =2B | +6N | +3B | =8N | 5.0 | 20.5 | 23.5 | 19.00 | 1827 | +40.4 |
| 2 | Ghiocanu-Pirvan, David-Mihai | 1654 | ROU | +15N | +14B | =1N | +12B | +5N | =4B | 5.0 | 20.0 | 23.0 | 18.25 | 1693 | +8.4 |
| 3 | Jitianu, Nicolae-Ovidiu | 1508 | ROU | +25N | +4B | =5N | +9B | −1N | +13B | 4.5 | 20.5 | 22.5 | 15.50 | 1671 | +42.4 |
| 4 | Constantin, Radu-Mihai | 1413 | ROU | +32B | −3N | +11B | +24N | +26B | =2N | 4.5 | 17.5 | 17.5 | 10.50 | 1389 | -6.0 |
| 5 | Popescu, Adrian-Nicolae | 1565 | ROU | +28B | +18N | =3B | +13N | −2B | =7N | 4.0 | 19.5 | 21.5 | 12.25 | 1590 | +7.2 |
| 6 | Andrei, Rares-Gabriel | 1498 | ROU | +11B | =12N | =10B | −1B | +24N | +26N | 4.0 | 18.5 | 20.5 | 11.75 | 751 | -16.8 |
| 7 | Necula, Eduard-Constantin | 1497 | ROU | +30N | =8B | −12N | +15B | +14N | =5B | 4.0 | 17.5 | 18.5 | 11.00 | 1694 | +19.2 |
| 8 | Dima, Stefan-Matei | 0 | ROU | +?N | =7N | −13B | +25B | +16N | =1B | 4.0 | 17.0 | 17.0 | 9.50 | 1541 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Popa, David-Andrei | 1549 | ROU | =22N | +31B | +21B | −3N | =10B | +17N | 4.0 | 16.5 | 17.5 | 9.75 | 1493 | -6.4 |
| 10 | Tesuica, Eduard-George | 1412 | ROU | =23N | +?B | =6N | =16B | =9N | +27B | 4.0 | 15.5 | 15.5 | 8.75 | 1508 | 0.0 |
| 11 | Boboc, Alexandra-Claudia | 0 | ROU | −6N | +?B | −4N | +?B | +15N | +18N | 4.0 | 14.5 | 14.5 | 6.00 | 1483 | 0.0 |
| 12 | Necula, Calin-Marian | 0 | ROU | +16N | =6B | +7B | −2N | −13B | +21B | 3.5 | 19.0 | 21.5 | 11.50 | 1537 | 0.0 |
| 13 | Vacareanu, Sabin-Iustin | 1502 | ROU | F | +22B | +8N | −5B | +12N | −3N | 3.0 | 18.5 | 18.5 | 10.00 | 740 | -35.6 |
| 14 | Dobre, Andrei-Catalin | 1437 | ROU | +20B | −2N | +28B | =17N | −7B | =16N | 3.0 | 18.0 | 20.0 | 8.00 | 1272 | -22.8 |
| 15 | Beldiman, Matei-Ioan | 0 | ROU | −2B | +20N | +27B | −7N | −11B | +29N | 3.0 | 18.0 | 19.0 | 6.00 | 779 | 0.0 |
| 16 | Virag, Anna-Timea | 1489 | ROU | −12B | +23B | +25N | =10N | −8B | =14B | 3.0 | 17.0 | 19.0 | 8.00 | 1437 | -2.4 |
| 17 | Bobe, Alexandru-Nicolae | 0 | ROU | +27N | −1B | +29N | =14B | =21N | −9B | 3.0 | 16.5 | 17.5 | 5.75 | 1309 | 0.0 |
| 18 | Popescu, Alexandru-Mihail | 1418 | ROU | +33N | −5B | −26N | +30B | +29N | −11B | 3.0 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 2.00 | 765 | -12.0 |
| 19 | Almajanu, Sofia-Maria | 0 | ROU | −1N | −24B | −22N | +32B | +?N | +25B | 3.0 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 2.00 | 1560 | 0.0 |
| 20 | FIDE 42245532 | 0 | — | −14N | −15B | −?N | +31B | +30N | +24B | 3.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 4.00 | 703 | 0.0 |
| 21 | Larion, Sofia | 1465 | ROU | +24N | +29B | −9N | −26B | =17B | −12N | 2.5 | 14.5 | 15.5 | 4.50 | 749 | -15.6 |
| 22 | Tudosescu, Maria-Teodora | 0 | ROU | =9B | −13N | +19B | +23N | F | F | 2.5 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 7.50 | 1332 | 0.0 |
| 23 | FIDE 42259240 | 0 | — | =10B | −16N | +?N | −22B | −27B | +31N | 2.5 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 3.00 | 677 | 0.0 |
| 24 | Popescu, Ema-Natalia | 0 | ROU | −21B | +19N | +31N | −4B | −6B | −20N | 2.0 | 17.0 | 18.0 | 4.00 | 672 | 0.0 |
| 25 | Ivascu, Ilinca | 0 | ROU | −3B | +32N | −16B | −8N | +28B | −19N | 2.0 | 16.5 | 16.5 | 2.00 | 696 | 0.0 |
| 26 | Netoiu, Eduard-Gabriel | 0 | ROU | F | F | +18B | +21N | −4N | −6B | 2.0 | 14.0 | 14.0 | 5.50 | 1459 | 0.0 |
| 27 | FIDE 42259266 | 0 | — | −17B | F | −15N | +?B | +23N | −10N | 2.0 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 2.50 | 1589 | 0.0 |
| 28 | Alecsandrescu, Vladimir | 0 | ROU | −5N | +30B | −14N | −29B | −25N | +32N | 2.0 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 1.00 | 701 | 0.0 |
| 29 | FIDE 42247438 | 0 | — | F | −21N | −17B | +28N | −18B | −15B | 1.0 | 13.5 | 13.5 | 2.00 | 645 | 0.0 |
| 30 | FIDE 42251044 | 0 | — | −7B | −28N | +32B | −18N | −20B | −?B | 1.0 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 0.00 | 698 | 0.0 |
| 31 | FIDE 42237262 | 0 | — | F | −9N | −24B | −20N | +?B | −23B | 1.0 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 0.00 | 749 | 0.0 |
| 32 | FIDE 42250110 | 0 | — | −4N | −25B | −30N | −19N | F | −28B | 0.0 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 0.00 | 647 | 0.0 |
| 33 | FIDE 42249414 | 0 | — | −18B | F | F | F | F | F | 0.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.00 | 619 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Jitianu, Nicolae-OvidiuROU+42.44.5 pts · #1
- 2Cioboata, Luca-StefanROU+40.45.0 pts · #6
- 3Necula, Eduard-ConstantinROU+19.24.0 pts · #9
Top rating losers
- 1Vacareanu, Sabin-IustinROU-35.63.0 pts · #19
- 2Dobre, Andrei-CatalinROU-22.83.0 pts · #18
- 3Andrei, Rares-GabrielROU-16.84.0 pts · #29