Campionatul National al RM 2026, sah clasic, OPEN U10
Open SwissStandard
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
Federations · 1 represented
🇲🇩Moldova×19
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 9 roundsSerghei 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
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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 | FIDE 13920383 | 0 | — | −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 | FIDE 13921380 | 0 | — | −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 | FIDE 13920111 | 0 | — | −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+64.88.5 pts · #1
- 2Gorgos, DanielMDA+19.66.0 pts · #7
- 3Grajdieru, IonMDA+13.27.0 pts · #3
Top rating losers
- 1Jurcanu, NicolaeMDA-34.44.5 pts · #27
- 2Alexandrov, MatveiMDA-20.05.5 pts · #24
- 3Cadro, NazarMDA-18.44.5 pts · #22