Valcea Trophy U12 - 6th ed.
34 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 20 Mar 2026 to 22 Mar 2026 in Ramnicu Valcea, Romania. Top 10 Elo average was 1570, and top seed was Luca-Stefan Cioboata (🇷🇴 ROU, 1776).
Luca-Stefan Cioboata (🇷🇴 ROU, 1776) won with 6.0/6, ahead of Eduard-Constantin Necula (4.0) and Andrei-Constantin Ionescu (4.0). Cioboata won solo starting round 4.
The biggest upset came in round 5: Sorin-Mihai Teodorescu (1425) beat Calin-Marian Necula (1575), a +150-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 6 roundsLuca-Stefan Cioboata led from R4; +2.0-point edge over the runner-up.
Luca-Stefan Cioboata never relinquished the lead after R4; final gap +2.0 over the runner-up.
Luca-Stefan Cioboata beat Stefan-Matei Dima (White).
Luca-Stefan Cioboata 6 wins (R1–R6)Stefan-Matei Dima 3 wins (R4–R6)David-Mihai Ghiocanu-Pirvan 3 wins (R1–R4)
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Luca-Stefan Cioboata | * | 1 | 1 | — |
| 2Stefan-Matei Dima | 0 | * | — | — |
| 3David-Mihai Ghiocanu-Pirvan | 0 | — | * | — |
| 4Maria-Ioana Ramureanu | — | — | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cioboata, Luca-Stefan | 1776 | ROU | +8N | +15B | +4B | +2N | +5B | +3N | 6.0 | 19.5 | 22.5 | 22.50 | 2334 | +49.0 |
| 2 | Necula, Eduard-Constantin | 1468 | ROU | +17B | +9N | +6B | −1B | −7N | +27N | 4.0 | 20.0 | 22.0 | 12.50 | 1584 | +20.4 |
| 3 | Ionescu, Andrei-Constantin | 1545 | ROU | +12N | +24B | −11N | +8B | +10N | −1B | 4.0 | 20.0 | 22.0 | 12.50 | 1550 | +2.0 |
| 4 | Dima, Stefan-Matei | 1545 | ROU | F | +13B | −1N | +12B | +15N | +7B | 4.0 | 19.5 | 21.0 | 13.50 | 1747 | +35.2 |
| 5 | Ghiocanu-Pirvan, David-Mihai | 1654 | ROU | +25B | +19N | F | +11B | −1N | +13B | 4.0 | 18.0 | 18.0 | 12.00 | 1759 | +21.2 |
| 6 | Ramureanu, Maria-Ioana | 1591 | ROU | +20N | +7B | −2N | =10B | =18N | +16B | 4.0 | 17.0 | 20.0 | 12.75 | 1548 | -4.0 |
| 7 | Soica, Maria-Carmen | 1469 | ROU | +23B | −6N | +29B | =14N | +2B | −4N | 3.5 | 17.5 | 19.0 | 9.25 | 1424 | -10.0 |
| 8 | Vorovenci, Vladimir-Stefan | 1413 | ROU | −1B | +26N | +32B | −3N | +23B | =9N | 3.5 | 17.5 | 18.5 | 6.75 | 1341 | -10.8 |
| 9 | Popa-Cirlig, Petru | 1548 | ROU | +21N | −2B | +20N | =13B | =16N | =8B | 3.5 | 17.0 | 20.0 | 11.00 | 1352 | -42.0 |
| 10 | Vacareanu, Sabin-Iustin | 1440 | ROU | F | +18B | +16N | =6N | −3B | +17B | 3.5 | 17.0 | 17.0 | 11.00 | 1619 | +38.4 |
| 11 | Necula, Calin-Marian | 1575 | ROU | +29B | =16N | +3B | −5N | −14B | +31N | 3.5 | 16.0 | 17.0 | 8.00 | 1423 | -34.4 |
| 12 | Patru, Nadia-Andreea | 0 | ROU | −3B | +25N | +19B | −4N | +32B | =18N | 3.5 | 16.0 | 17.0 | 7.50 | 1454 | 0.0 |
| 13 | Virag, Anna-Timea | 1428 | ROU | +33B | −4N | +28B | =9N | +22B | −5N | 3.5 | 16.0 | 17.0 | 7.25 | 1472 | +5.6 |
| 14 | Teodorescu, Sorin-Mihai | 1425 | ROU | F | F | +24N | =7B | +11N | +15B | 3.5 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 10.25 | 1801 | +56.8 |
| 15 | Popa, David-Andrei | 1523 | ROU | +26B | −1N | +31B | +22N | −4B | −14N | 3.0 | 18.5 | 19.5 | 6.00 | 1366 | -37.2 |
| 16 | Beldiman, Matei-Ioan | 1433 | ROU | +27N | =11B | −10B | +19N | =9B | −6N | 3.0 | 17.5 | 19.5 | 8.50 | 1448 | +6.4 |
| 17 | FIDE 42259266 | 0 | — | −2N | +21B | −30N | +20B | +31B | −10N | 3.0 | 14.5 | 15.5 | 7.00 | 660 | 0.0 |
| 18 | Tesuica, Eduard-George | 1460 | ROU | F | −10N | +25B | +30N | =6B | =12B | 3.0 | 14.0 | 14.0 | 6.75 | 1309 | -27.6 |
| 19 | Andrei, Rares-Gabriel | 1476 | ROU | +34N | −5B | −12N | −16B | +28N | +26B | 3.0 | 14.0 | 14.0 | 3.50 | 740 | -34.0 |
| 20 | Ivascu, Ilinca | 0 | ROU | −6B | +23N | −9B | −17N | +30B | +32N | 3.0 | 13.5 | 14.5 | 4.00 | 751 | 0.0 |
| 21 | Almajanu, Sofia-Maria | 0 | ROU | −9B | −17N | −23B | +25N | +33N | +24B | 3.0 | 12.5 | 13.5 | 5.00 | 738 | 0.0 |
| 22 | Dragomirasi, Yanis-Ion | 1468 | ROU | −24N | +30B | +33N | −15B | −13N | +23B | 3.0 | 11.5 | 12.5 | 4.00 | 691 | -37.6 |
| 23 | FIDE 42247438 | 0 | — | −7N | −20B | +21N | +34B | −8N | −22N | 2.0 | 16.0 | 16.0 | 3.00 | 649 | 0.0 |
| 24 | Vladut, Andrei-Stefan | 0 | ROU | +22B | −3N | −14B | −31N | +29B | −21N | 2.0 | 15.0 | 16.0 | 4.50 | 1351 | 0.0 |
| 25 | Tudosescu, Maria-Teodora | 0 | ROU | −5N | −12B | −18N | −21B | +34N | +30B | 2.0 | 14.5 | 14.5 | 1.00 | 816 | 0.0 |
| 26 | FIDE 42251044 | 0 | — | −15N | −8B | +34N | +33B | −27N | −19N | 2.0 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 1.00 | 679 | 0.0 |
| 27 | FIDE 42251931 | 0 | — | −16B | −28N | F | +29N | +26B | −2B | 2.0 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 3.50 | 652 | 0.0 |
| 28 | Popescu, Ema-Natalia | 0 | ROU | F | +27B | −13N | −32N | −19B | =29N | 1.5 | 14.0 | 15.0 | 2.75 | 660 | 0.0 |
| 29 | FIDE 42237262 | 0 | — | −11N | +34B | −7N | −27B | −24N | =28B | 1.5 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 0.75 | 721 | 0.0 |
| 30 | FIDE 42259240 | 0 | — | F | −22N | +17B | −18B | −20N | −25N | 1.0 | 14.0 | 14.0 | 3.00 | 721 | 0.0 |
| 31 | Pircan, Andrei-Alexandru | 0 | ROU | F | F | −15N | +24B | −17N | −11B | 1.0 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 2.00 | 760 | 0.0 |
| 32 | FIDE 42263883 | 0 | — | F | F | −8N | +28B | −12N | −20B | 1.0 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 1.50 | 613 | 0.0 |
| 33 | FIDE 42248957 | 0 | — | −13N | F | −22B | −26N | −21B | +34B | 1.0 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 0.00 | 654 | 0.0 |
| 34 | FIDE 42263484 | 0 | — | −19B | −29N | −26B | −23N | −25B | −33N | 0.0 | 10.5 | 11.5 | 0.00 | 680 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Teodorescu, Sorin-MihaiROU+56.83.5 pts · #6
- 2Cioboata, Luca-StefanROU+49.06.0 pts · #1
- 3Vacareanu, Sabin-IustinROU+38.43.5 pts · #5
- 1Popa-Cirlig, PetruROU-42.03.5 pts · #11
- 2Dragomirasi, Yanis-IonROU-37.63.0 pts · #31
- 3Popa, David-AndreiROU-37.23.0 pts · #16
- R5+150 Elo gap
- R3+123 Elo gap