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Campionatul National al RM 2026, sah clasic, OPEN U16

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17 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 27 Feb 2026 to 05 Mar 2026 in Chisinau, Moldova. 1 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 1856, and top seed was Dmitrii Gubin (🇲🇩 MDA, FM, 2366).

Kirill Guretchii (🇲🇩 MDA, 2153) won with 6.5/7, ahead of Dmitrii Gubin (6.5) and Semion Stancev (4.5). Guretchii shared the lead from round 1, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 4: Lucian Apostol (1613) beat Ion Vrabie (1732), a +119-point gap.

Location
🇲🇩Chisinau, Moldova
Dates
27 Feb 2026 → 05 Mar 2026
Time control
Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 7 rounds
Top seed
🇲🇩FMDmitrii Gubin2366
Avg top 10
1,856
Participants
17
Titled players · 1
FM×1
Federations · 1 represented
🇲🇩Moldova×16
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

Tight race until R7; 2 players tied at 6.5/7, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.

Co-leaders
8
4
2
3
2
2
2
23.55.57R1R2R3R4R5R6R7
Gubin6.5Guretchii6.5Stancev4.5Crusca4.5Scutaru4.5Albu3.5
R7 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 6.5/7. Guretchii takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (27.0).

R4 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

FM Dmitrii Gubin drew with Kirill Guretchii (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

FM Dmitrii Gubin 3+3 wins (R1–R3, R5–R7)Kirill Guretchii 3+3 wins (R1–R3, R5–R7)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1FMDmitrii Gubin*
½
1
1
2Kirill Guretchii
½
*
1
1
3Semion Stancev
0
0
*—
4Alexandru Crusca
0
0
—*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Guretchii, Kirill2153MDA+7N+4B+5N=2B+3N+8B+6N6.527.030.527.252304+38.4
2Gubin, DmitriiFM2366MDA+12B+8N+6B=1N+7B+4N+3B6.526.029.025.752415+4.2
3Stancev, Semion1898MDA+11B=9N+8B+6N−1B+5N−2N4.528.031.016.251970+26.4
4Crusca, Alexandru1754MDA+15B−1N+9B=5N+13B−2B+7N4.527.028.012.751882+33.2
5Scutaru, Igor1736MDA+13B+12N−1B=4B+10N−3B+11N4.525.027.514.251805+20.8
6Albu, Vlad1895MDA+10N+14B−2N−3B+12N=7N−1B3.527.529.09.751798-31.2
7Apostol, Lucian1613MDA−1B+15N+17B+9N−2N=6B−4B3.525.525.56.251770+39.2
8Madan, Bogdan1743MDA+16N−2B−3N+15B+14N−1N=9B3.523.523.54.251745-7.6
9Vrabie, Ion1732MDA+17N=3B−4N−7B=11N+16B=8N3.519.019.05.501556-47.2
10Railean, Vlad1500MDA−6B=13N+15B+11N−5B−12N+16B3.517.517.55.251606+23.2
11Zbanc, Macar1525MDA−3N+16B=14N−10B=9B+13N−5B3.020.020.05.001394-23.2
12Ababii, Vlad1671MDA−2N−5BF+17N−6B+10B+14N3.019.519.55.001608-18.8
13Colosiuc, Prohor0MDA−5N=10B+16N=14B−4N−11B=15N2.518.018.03.0013750.0
14Procopisin, Damir0MDAF−6N=11B=13N−8B=15N−12B1.516.516.53.2514380.0
15Mavrodi, Ilia1449MDA−4N−7B−10N−8NF=14B=13B1.019.019.02.00851-61.6
16Sinhani, Nicolai1400MDA−8B−11N−13BFF−9N−10N0.016.016.00.008230.0
17FIDE 139213040—−9BF−7N−12BFFF0.010.010.00.008740.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
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Biggest upsets