Campionatul National al RM 2026, sah clasic, OPEN U10

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34 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 27 Feb 2026 to 05 Mar 2026 in Chisinau, Moldova. Top 10 Elo average was 1240, and top seed was Serghei Cardas (🇲🇩 MDA, 1661).

Serghei Cardas (🇲🇩 MDA, 1661) won with 8.5/9, ahead of Iaroslav Zolotarev (7.0) and Ion Grajdieru (7.0). Cardas shared the lead from round 4 and won solo starting round 5.

Location

🇲🇩Chisinau, Moldova

Dates

27 Feb 2026 → 05 Mar 2026

Time control

Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 9 rounds

Top seed

🇲🇩Serghei Cardas1661

Avg top 10

1,240

Participants

Federations · 1 represented

🇲🇩Moldova×22

Top 3

🥇
Serghei Cardas
🇲🇩MDA·1661
8.5pts·1949perf+64.8
🥈
Iaroslav Zolotarev
🇲🇩MDA·1618
7.0pts·1641perf+3.2
🥉
Ion Grajdieru
🇲🇩MDA·1615
7.0pts·1662perf+13.2

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

Serghei Cardas led from R5; +1.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.

Co-leaders

Cardas8.5Grajdieru7Zolotarev7Turcan6.5Gorgos6Ceban6— ex-leaders:Cebanled R3, #8

R5 · LEADER CHANGE01 Mar

Serghei Cardas takes the sole lead (4.5/5).

R3 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Serghei Cardas drew with Ion Grajdieru (White).

R4–R9 · WIN STREAK

Serghei Cardas won 6 in a row (R4–R9).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Serghei Cardas	*	½	1	1
2Ion Grajdieru	½	*	½	0
3Iaroslav Zolotarev	0	½	*	1
4Egor Turcan	0	1	0	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Cardas, Serghei	1661	MDA	+8B	+15N	=3B	+6N	+7B	+21N	+2B	+4B	+5N	8.5	49.0	53.0	49.50	1949	+64.8
2	Zolotarev, Iaroslav	1618	MDA	+20B	+19N	=10B	+4N	=3B	+6N	−1N	+11B	+14N	7.0	47.5	52.0	37.50	1641	+3.2
3	Grajdieru, Ion	1615	MDA	+24N	+14B	=1N	+5B	=2N	+11B	−4N	+17B	+12N	7.0	47.5	51.5	37.25	1662	+13.2
4	Turcan, Egor	1647	MDA	+16N	+27B	=5N	−2B	+17N	+18B	+3B	−1N	+10B	6.5	47.5	51.0	32.50	1627	-4.4
5	Gorgos, Daniel	1428	MDA	+22B	+7N	=4B	−3N	=9B	+8N	+6B	+10N	−1B	6.0	50.0	54.0	32.50	1519	+19.6
6	Ceban, Alexandru	0	MDA	+25N	+18B	+17N	−1B	+23N	−2B	−5N	+19B	+11N	6.0	44.0	47.5	26.00	1489	0.0
7	Clipa, Victor	0	MDA	+30N	−5B	+33N	+13B	−1N	−12B	+24N	+22B	+18N	6.0	40.0	41.0	21.50	1409	-18.0
8	Galben, Gheorghe	0	MDA	−1N	+32B	+?N	+12B	−11N	−5B	+13N	=18B	+17N	5.5	40.5	40.5	18.75	1558	0.0
9	Alexandrov, Matvei	1500	MDA	−13N	+26B	+16N	−23B	=5N	+25B	−17N	+20B	+19N	5.5	37.0	40.5	24.00	1317	-20.0
10	Ivasiuc, Kiril	0	MDA	+32N	+11B	=2N	−21B	=18N	+14B	+12N	−5B	−4N	5.0	43.0	45.0	22.75	1291	0.0
11	FIDE 13917579	0	—	+?B	−10N	+19B	+29N	+8B	−3N	+21B	−2N	−6B	5.0	42.0	42.0	17.00	1533	0.0
12	Rusu, Mark	0	MDA	−21B	+?N	+15B	−8N	+20B	+7N	−10B	+?N	−3B	5.0	37.0	37.0	15.50	1401	0.0
13	Petrov, Damir E.	0	MDA	+9B	=21N	=29B	−7N	=19B	=?N	−8B	+27B	+22N	5.0	36.0	36.0	18.75	1521	0.0
14	FIDE 13917560	0	—	+?B	−3N	−22B	+33N	+29B	−10N	+23B	+21N	−2B	5.0	35.0	35.0	12.00	1435	0.0
15	Nicolaescu, Tristan	0	MDA	+34B	−1B	−12N	−17B	+30N	−?N	+32B	+25N	+23B	5.0	31.5	31.5	13.50	821	0.0
16	FIDE 13920286	0	—	−4B	+34N	−9B	+?B	+27N	−22N	−?B	+29N	+21B	5.0	27.5	27.5	11.50	1553	0.0
17	Cadro, Nazar	0	MDA	+28B	=29N	−6B	+15N	−4B	+23N	+9B	−3N	−8B	4.5	43.0	46.0	19.50	1467	-18.4
18	Jurcanu, Nicolae	1482	MDA	+23B	−6N	=21B	+28N	=10B	−4N	+29B	=8N	−7B	4.5	40.5	43.5	17.75	1264	-34.4
19	FIDE 13918958	0	—	+33N	−2B	−11N	+24B	=13N	+26B	+22B	−6N	−9B	4.5	40.0	41.0	15.00	767	0.0
20	FIDE 13920324	0	—	−2N	−33B	=25N	+34B	−12N	+?N	+?B	−9N	+31B	4.5	25.5	25.5	5.25	1548	0.0
21	Tafratov, Vadim	1448	MDA	+12N	=13B	=18N	+10N	+22B	−1B	−11N	−14B	−16N	4.0	43.0	47.0	18.75	1389	-5.6
22	FIDE 13921169	0	—	−5N	+30B	+14N	+26B	−21N	+16B	−19N	−7N	−13B	4.0	39.0	42.0	16.50	667	0.0
23	Riseacov, Igor	0	MDA	−18N	+25B	+27N	+9N	−6B	−17B	−14N	+24B	−15N	4.0	38.0	41.5	16.50	1407	0.0
24	Moraru, Gabriel	0	MDA	−3B	−?N	+?B	−19N	+33B	+28N	−7B	−23N	+29B	4.0	29.0	29.0	7.50	769	0.0
25	Perepelchin, Mihail	0	MDA	−6B	−23N	=20B	+31N	+?B	−9N	+26N	−15B	−?B	3.5	31.0	31.0	8.25	1482	0.0
26	FIDE 13918532	0	—	=31B	−9N	+?B	−22N	+28B	−19N	−25B	−?N	+30N	3.5	26.5	26.5	7.75	1399	0.0
27	Cirnat, Platon	0	MDA	+?B	−4N	−23B	+32N	−16B	−29N	+33B	−13N	=?B	3.5	26.5	26.5	3.00	1435	0.0
28	FIDE 13921274	0	—	−17N	=?N	+31B	−18B	−26N	−24B	−30N	+34N	+33B	3.5	24.0	24.0	4.50	1239	0.0
29	Panas, Robert	0	MDA	+?N	=17B	=13N	−11B	−14N	+27B	−18N	−16B	−24N	3.0	36.5	36.5	8.25	1564	0.0
30	FIDE 13921240	0	—	−7B	−22N	+34B	−?N	−15B	−32N	+28B	+33N	−26B	3.0	26.0	26.0	5.50	686	0.0
31	FIDE 13919628	0	—	=26N	−?B	−28N	−25B	−?N	+34B	+?B	F	−20N	2.5	18.0	18.0	2.75	1530	0.0
32	FIDE 13920081	0	—	−10B	−8N	+?B	−27B	−?N	+30B	−15N	F	F	2.0	24.5	24.5	3.00	808	0.0
33	FIDE 13919709	0	—	−19B	+20N	−7B	−14B	−24N	F	−27N	−30B	−28N	1.0	34.0	34.0	4.50	721	0.0
34	Bolgar, Ilia	0	MDA	−15N	−16B	−30N	−20N	−?B	−31N	F	−28B	+?N	1.0	23.5	23.5	0.00	1471	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Cardas, SergheiMDA
+64.8
8.5 pts · #1
2Gorgos, DanielMDA
+19.6
6.0 pts · #7
3Grajdieru, IonMDA
+13.2
7.0 pts · #3

Top rating losers

1Jurcanu, NicolaeMDA
-34.4
4.5 pts · #27
2Alexandrov, MatveiMDA
-20.0
5.5 pts · #24
3Cadro, NazarMDA
-18.4
4.5 pts · #22