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Romania Individual Championship Education Through Chess 2026 - Girls 13

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16 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 23 Feb 2026 to 01 Mar 2026 in Timisoara, Romania. Top 10 Elo average was 1575, and top seed was Maria-Magdalena Curca (🇷🇴 ROU, 1726).

Nicola-Diana Dospin (🇷🇴 ROU, 1551) won with 6.5/9, ahead of Noelia-Alexandra Cristurean (6.5) and Maria-Magdalena Curca (6.0). Dospin took the lead from round 7, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 8: Teodora Grosu (1410) beat Maria-Magdalena Curca (1726), a +316-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
🇷🇴Maria-Magdalena Curca1726
Avg top 10
1,575
Participants
16
Federations · 1 represented
🇷🇴Romania×13
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

Tight race until R3; 2 players tied at 6.5/9, decided on Buchholz.

Co-leaders
8
3
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
2.54.579R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9Cristurean takes leadDospin takes lead
Dospin6.5Cristurean6.5Curca6Ratea5.5Grama5.5Cristurean5.5
R6 · LEADER CHANGE26 Feb

Noelia-Alexandra Cristurean takes the sole lead (5.0/6).

R9 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 6.5/9. Dospin takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (44.0).

R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Nicola-Diana Dospin drew with Noelia-Alexandra Cristurean (Black).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Nicola-Diana Dospin*
½
1
0
2Noelia-Alexandra Cristurean
½
*
0
1
3Maria-Magdalena Curca
0
1
*
½
4Otilia-Elena Ratea
1
0
½
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Dospin, Nicola-Diana1551ROU+13N+3B+5N+7B=2N−4N+10B+9B−6N6.544.047.032.751703+64.8
2Cristurean, Noelia-Alexandra1585ROU+16N+4B=7N+11B=1B+5N−3B=8N+10B6.542.543.529.001708+47.2
3Curca, Maria-Magdalena1726ROU+12B−1N+8B=6N=4B+7B+2N−10N+5N6.044.548.031.501687-13.6
4Ratea, Otilia-Elena1551ROU+11B−2N+10B=8N=3N+1B+7N−5B=12N5.543.547.027.751631+29.2
5Grama, Mara1575ROU+15B=8N−1B+12N+6B−2B+11N+4N−3B5.542.543.522.001586+0.8
6Cristurean, Andreea-Nuria1511ROU+14N−7B+9N=3B−5N=10N=8B+13B+1B5.541.042.023.251585+25.6
7Toma, Maria C.1686ROU+10B+6N=2B−1N+8B−3N−4B+15N+14N5.540.541.520.251582-38.8
8Nanu, Alexandra-Gabriela1715ROU+9N=5B−3N=4B−7N+13B=6N=2B+15B5.042.543.520.501533-68.0
9Popa-Voicu, Raluca1419ROU−8B+15N−6B+14NF+12B+16N−1N+13B5.026.526.59.501363-12.4
10Grosu, Teodora1410ROU−7N+14B−4N+13B+11N=6B−1N+3B−2N4.542.543.516.7514120.0
11Lupu-Cimpoiesiu, Damaris0ROU−4NF+12B−2N−10B+15N−5B+14B+16N4.028.528.56.5012780.0
12Ionescu, Maria1434ROU−3N+13B−11N−5BF−9N+14N+16B=4B3.531.031.07.751251-33.2
13FIDE 422630850—−1B−12N+16B−10N+14B−8N+15B−6N−9N3.032.033.03.007090.0
14Nicorici, Bianca-Maria0ROU−6B−10N+15B−9B−13N−16N−12B−11N−7B1.032.033.01.006950.0
15FIDE 422630770—−5N−9B−14N+16BF−11B−13N−7B−8N1.030.030.01.008020.0
16FIDE 422589010—−2BF−13N−15NF+14B−9B−12N−11B1.024.024.01.006830.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets