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Romania Individual Championship Education Through Chess 2026 - Girls 9

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20 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 23 Feb 2026 to 01 Mar 2026 in Timisoara, Romania. Top 10 Elo average was 1233, and top seed was Andreea-Maria Balan (🇷🇴 ROU, 1653).

Maria-Ioana Ramureanu (🇷🇴 ROU, 1591) won with 7.5/9, ahead of Teodora Pintea (7.5) and Ilinca-Natalia Oprisan (7.0). Ramureanu shared the lead from round 4, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 6: Sophia-Lenina Matala (1440) beat Andreea-Maria Balan (1653), a +213-point gap.

Location
🇷🇴Timisoara, Romania
Dates
23 Feb 2026 → 01 Mar 2026
Time control
Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 9 rounds
Top seed
🇷🇴Andreea-Maria Balan1653
Avg top 10
1,233
Participants
20
Federations · 1 represented
🇷🇴Romania×9
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

Tight race until R5; 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
10
3
1
2
1
2
2
1
2
2.54.579R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9Ramureanu takes lead
Ramureanu7.5Pintea7.5Oprisan7Matala6.5Minastireanu6Pestroiu-Braun5
R5 · LEADER CHANGE26 Feb

Maria-Ioana Ramureanu takes the sole lead (4.5/5).

R9 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 7.5/9. Ramureanu takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (45.5).

R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Maria-Ioana Ramureanu beat Teodora Pintea (White).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Maria-Ioana Ramureanu*
1
½
½
2Teodora Pintea
0
*
1
½
3Ilinca-Natalia Oprisan
½
0
*
½
4Sophia-Lenina Matala
½
½
½
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Ramureanu, Maria-Ioana1591ROU+13B=4N+5B+9N+2B=3B+11N+8N=6B7.545.549.540.251737+58.4
2Pintea, Teodora1567ROU+10B+14N+3B=4N−1N+13B+6N+5B+9B7.545.049.038.251715+51.2
3Oprisan, Ilinca-Natalia1582ROU+15N+16B−2N+12B=4B=1N+9B+7N+5N7.045.048.534.001593+9.2
4Matala, Sophia-Lenina1440ROU+17B=1B+6N=2B=3N+9N−5B+11B+15N6.545.548.531.501597+53.6
5Minastireanu, Emilia-Elena1537ROU+18N+12B−1N+17B+7N+6B+4N−2N−3B6.045.546.524.501453-14.4
6Pestroiu-Braun, Karina1497ROU+11B=9N−4B+8N+14B−5N−2B+10B=1N5.045.549.523.501382-41.6
7FIDE 422635300—−14B+10N+8B+13N−5B−11N+16B−3B+12N5.038.542.021.0013750.0
8Caramet, Otilia-Rhea1467ROU−12N+18B−7N−6B+19N+15B+13N−1B+11N5.034.535.514.00739-29.2
9Balan, Andreea-Maria1653ROU+20N=6B+16N−1B+15N−4B−3N+14B−2N4.545.046.015.001159-87.2
10FIDE 422634920—−2N−7B−15N+18B+16N+12B=14B−6N+19N4.534.035.011.507310.0
11FIDE 422589280—−6N−13N+20B+16B+17N+7B−1B−4N−8B4.039.540.512.506880.0
12FIDE 422635140—+8B−5N+14B−3N−13B−10N+17N+18B−7B4.038.539.513.0013750.0
13Jacota, Casiana-Sofia0ROU−1N+11B+19N−7B+12N−2N−8B−15B+18N4.038.039.010.007170.0
14FIDE 422588980—+7N−2B−12N+19B−6N+17B=10N−9N=16B4.037.038.013.007380.0
15FIDE 422634840—−3B−17N+10B+20N−9B−8N+19B+13N−4B4.035.536.510.506970.0
16FIDE 422407940—+19B−3N−9B−11N−10B+18N−7N+20B=14N3.531.032.05.007560.0
17FIDE 422635220—−4N+15B+18N−5N−11B−14N−12B+19B−20N3.030.531.56.006710.0
18FIDE 422635060—−5B−8N−17B−10NF−16B+20N−12N−13B1.031.031.01.006710.0
19FIDE 422625930—−16NF−13B−14N−8B+20B−15N−17N−10B1.029.029.01.006370.0
20FIDE 422546200—−9BF−11N−15BF−19N−18B−16N+17B1.021.021.03.007520.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
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Biggest upsets