Campionatul National al RM 2026, sah clasic, OPEN U12
36 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 27 Feb 2026 to 05 Mar 2026 in Chisinau, Moldova. Top 10 Elo average was 1628, and top seed was Nathaniel Andronic (🇲🇩 MDA, 1759).
Serghei Larionov (🇲🇩 MDA, 1693) won with 8.0/9, ahead of Nathaniel Andronic (8.0) and Victor Stancev (6.0). Larionov shared the lead from round 1, winning on tie-break.
The biggest upset came in round 5: Egor Emelin (1440) beat Ilie Rusu (1616), a +176-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 9 roundsTight race until R4; 2 players tied at 8.0/9, decided on Buchholz.
Serghei Larionov held the sole lead from R4 through R9 without losing it.
2 players finish on 8.0/9. Larionov takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (47.0).
Serghei Larionov drew with Nathaniel Andronic (Black).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Serghei Larionov | * | ½ | 1 | ½ |
| 2Nathaniel Andronic | ½ | * | — | ½ |
| 3Artiom Vozian | 0 | — | * | 1 |
| 4Victor Stancev | ½ | ½ | 0 | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | R8 | R9 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Larionov, Serghei | 1693 | MDA | +31N | +4B | +10N | +5B | =2N | +7B | =3N | +9B | +12N | 8.0 | 47.0 | 49.5 | 42.50 | 1913 | +82.8 |
| 2 | Andronic, Nathaniel | 1759 | MDA | +19B | +15N | =3B | +8N | =1B | +5N | +12B | +6N | +7B | 8.0 | 45.5 | 50.0 | 43.00 | 1920 | +54.0 |
| 3 | Stancev, Victor | 1601 | MDA | +16B | +18N | =2N | +12B | −5N | +9B | =1B | +10N | −4N | 6.0 | 48.0 | 52.5 | 33.00 | 1694 | +50.4 |
| 4 | Vozian, Artiom | 1564 | MDA | +20B | −1N | =16B | +13N | −15B | =25N | +19B | +14N | +3B | 6.0 | 42.0 | 46.0 | 29.25 | 1637 | +33.2 |
| 5 | Burlaca, Daniil | 1660 | MDA | +26B | +23N | +25B | −1N | +3B | −2B | =7N | =12N | =8B | 5.5 | 46.0 | 50.0 | 26.00 | 1642 | -6.8 |
| 6 | Urechi, Maxim | 1598 | MDA | +17N | =7B | −12N | +31B | =9N | +14B | =10N | −2B | +16B | 5.5 | 43.5 | 46.0 | 24.75 | 1595 | +4.4 |
| 7 | Turcan, Daniil | 1528 | MDA | +22B | =6N | =29B | +25N | +27B | −1N | =5B | +15N | −2N | 5.5 | 43.0 | 45.5 | 22.75 | 1654 | +55.2 |
| 8 | Nagornii, Daniil | 1591 | MDA | =12N | +11B | =9N | −2B | −14N | +32B | +22N | +17B | =5N | 5.5 | 43.0 | 45.0 | 24.00 | 1570 | -5.2 |
| 9 | Panisco, Alexandr | 1468 | MDA | =29B | +13N | =8B | +23N | =6B | −3N | +27B | −1N | +18B | 5.5 | 42.0 | 44.5 | 23.75 | 1646 | +97.2 |
| 10 | Bezverhnii, Andrei | 1595 | MDA | +30B | +24N | −1B | =29N | =16B | +18N | =6B | −3B | +17N | 5.5 | 39.5 | 42.0 | 21.75 | 1592 | 0.0 |
| 11 | Kissa, Maxim | 1583 | MDA | =13B | −8N | =22B | −16N | +34B | +33N | =18B | +27N | +15B | 5.5 | 33.5 | 34.5 | 17.75 | 1516 | -17.2 |
| 12 | Emelin, Egor | 1440 | MDA | =8B | +19N | +6B | −3N | +29B | +15N | −2N | =5B | −1B | 5.0 | 47.5 | 50.0 | 22.50 | 1657 | +101.2 |
| 13 | Caraman, Vlad | 1432 | MDA | =11N | −9B | +21N | −4B | −31N | +35B | =23N | +25N | +26B | 5.0 | 36.0 | 37.0 | 18.25 | 1455 | +7.6 |
| 14 | Cravciuc, Danil | 1518 | MDA | +36B | −29N | +20B | −27N | +8B | −6N | +25B | −4B | +22N | 5.0 | 35.5 | 35.5 | 18.00 | 1494 | -6.0 |
| 15 | Sit, Lev | 1541 | MDA | +21N | −2B | =17N | +32B | +4N | −12B | +16N | −7B | −11N | 4.5 | 43.5 | 45.5 | 19.25 | 1475 | -29.6 |
| 16 | Capcelea, David | 1458 | MDA | −3N | +35B | =4N | +11B | =10N | =27N | −15B | +29B | −6N | 4.5 | 39.0 | 40.0 | 16.50 | 1535 | +32.4 |
| 17 | Revenco, Damir | 1445 | MDA | −6B | +34N | =15B | −18N | +20B | +23B | +24N | −8N | −10B | 4.5 | 38.0 | 39.0 | 15.75 | 1490 | +26.0 |
| 18 | Zazuc, Matei | 1520 | MDA | +35N | −3B | =32N | +17B | =23N | −10B | =11N | +24B | −9N | 4.5 | 37.0 | 38.0 | 15.25 | 1465 | -24.0 |
| 19 | Agapitov, Bogdan | 1507 | MDA | −2N | −12B | +28N | +35B | −24N | +30B | −4N | =20B | +29N | 4.5 | 35.5 | 36.5 | 11.25 | 1358 | -47.2 |
| 20 | Gavrilov, Pavel | 1413 | MDA | −4N | +33B | −14N | =24B | −17N | =21B | +28N | =19N | +27B | 4.5 | 35.0 | 37.0 | 15.00 | 1389 | -8.4 |
| 21 | Bors, Liviu | 0 | MDA | −15B | =26N | −13B | +34N | −22B | =20N | +32N | +28B | =24N | 4.5 | 31.0 | 32.0 | 12.25 | 1407 | 0.0 |
| 22 | Talpa, Artiom | 0 | MDA | −7N | =31B | =11N | −30B | +21N | +26N | −8B | +36N | −14B | 4.0 | 35.0 | 35.0 | 12.50 | 1400 | 0.0 |
| 23 | Madan, David | 1523 | MDA | +28N | −5B | +30N | −9B | =18B | −17N | =13B | −26N | +32B | 4.0 | 34.5 | 36.5 | 12.25 | 1323 | -74.8 |
| 24 | Brenici, Miroslav | 1507 | MDA | +33N | −10B | −27B | =20N | +19B | +29N | −17B | −18N | =21B | 4.0 | 34.0 | 36.0 | 13.50 | 1418 | -36.0 |
| 25 | Casapu, Sergiu | 1521 | MDA | +34B | +27N | −5N | −7B | =30N | =4B | −14N | −13B | +36N | 4.0 | 34.0 | 34.0 | 8.75 | 1351 | -38.0 |
| 26 | Mardari, Andrei | 1473 | MDA | −5N | =21B | −31N | +28B | =32N | −22B | +33N | +23B | −13N | 4.0 | 30.5 | 32.5 | 12.25 | 1350 | -35.2 |
| 27 | Mironiuc, Gabriel | 1582 | MDA | +32N | −25B | +24N | +14B | −7N | =16B | −9N | −11B | −20N | 3.5 | 38.5 | 40.5 | 13.25 | 1399 | -81.6 |
| 28 | Neagul, Nicolai | 0 | MDA | −23B | −30N | −19B | −26N | +36B | +34N | −20B | −21N | +33B | 3.0 | 27.0 | 27.0 | 3.00 | 681 | 0.0 |
| 29 | Rusu, Ilie | 1616 | MDA | =9N | +14B | =7N | =10B | −12N | −24B | F | −16N | −19B | 2.5 | 39.5 | 42.0 | 13.25 | 1358 | -110.0 |
| 30 | Topal, Emir | 1444 | MDA | −10N | +28B | −23B | +22N | =25B | −19N | F | F | F | 2.5 | 27.5 | 27.5 | 9.00 | 1202 | 0.0 |
| 31 | Hariton, Luca | 1479 | MDA | −1B | =22N | +26B | −6N | +13B | F | F | F | F | 2.5 | 26.5 | 26.5 | 11.00 | 1547 | +14.4 |
| 32 | Peev, Chiril | 1418 | MDA | −27B | +36N | =18B | −15N | =26B | −8N | −21B | F | −23N | 2.0 | 31.5 | 31.5 | 4.25 | 1261 | -38.4 |
| 33 | FIDE 13919857 | 0 | — | −24B | −20N | −34B | +36N | +35N | −11B | −26B | F | −28N | 2.0 | 23.0 | 23.0 | 1.00 | 694 | 0.0 |
| 34 | FIDE 13921312 | 0 | — | −25N | −17B | +33N | −21B | −11N | −28B | F | F | F | 1.0 | 23.5 | 23.5 | 2.00 | 690 | 0.0 |
| 35 | FIDE 13918974 | 0 | — | −18B | −16N | +36B | −19N | −33B | −13N | F | F | F | 1.0 | 22.5 | 22.5 | 0.00 | 678 | 0.0 |
| 36 | FIDE 13921258 | 0 | — | −14N | −32B | −35N | −33B | −28N | F | F | −22B | −25B | 0.0 | 22.0 | 22.0 | 0.00 | 662 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Emelin, EgorMDA+101.25.0 pts · #8
- 2Panisco, AlexandrMDA+97.25.5 pts · #5
- 3Larionov, SergheiMDA+82.88.0 pts · #1
- 1Rusu, IlieMDA-110.02.5 pts · #20
- 2Mironiuc, GabrielMDA-81.63.5 pts · #12
- 3Madan, DavidMDA-74.84.0 pts · #23
- R5+176 Elo gap
- R9+169 Elo gap
- R8+158 Elo gap