Romania National Youth Championships 2026 - open U8

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36 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 02 Apr 2026 to 09 Apr 2026 in Olimp, Romania. Top 10 Elo average was 1574, and top seed was Ronaldo Balog (🇷🇴 ROU, 1742).

Ronaldo Balog (🇷🇴 ROU, 1742) won with 8.5/9, ahead of David Bacos (7.0) and Mihai C. Oltean (6.5). Balog won solo starting round 4.

The biggest upset came in round 2: Tudor-Ioan Chirila (1417) beat Mihai C. Oltean (1668), a +251-point gap.

Location

🇷🇴Olimp, Romania

Dates

02 Apr 2026 → 09 Apr 2026

Time control

Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 9 rounds

Top seed

🇷🇴Ronaldo Balog1742

Avg top 10

1,574

Participants

Federations · 1 represented

🇷🇴Romania×24

Top 3

🥇
Ronaldo Balog
🇷🇴ROU·1742
8.5pts·1937perf+39.2
🥈
David Bacos
🇷🇴ROU·1520
7.0pts·1847perf+106.4
🥉
Mihai C. Oltean
🇷🇴ROU·1668
6.5pts·1563perf-31.2

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

Ronaldo Balog led from R4; +1.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders

Balog8.5Bacos7Oltean6.5Pavel6Stoian6Chirila6

R4–R9 · LEAD HELD

Ronaldo Balog never relinquished the lead after R4; final gap +1.5 over the runner-up.

R3 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Ronaldo Balog beat David Bacos (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

Ronaldo Balog 7 wins (R1–R7)David Bacos 3 wins (R7–R9)Mihai C. Oltean 3+3 wins (R3–R5, R7–R9)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Ronaldo Balog	*	1	—	½
2David Bacos	0	*	—	1
3Mihai C. Oltean	—	—	*	—
4Vlad Pavel	½	0	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Balog, Ronaldo	1742	ROU	+17N	+19B	+2N	+12B	+9N	+6B	+4N	=5B	+7B	8.5	46.0	50.5	47.50	1937	+39.2
2	Bacos, David	1520	ROU	+33B	+22N	−1B	+10N	+11B	−4N	+9B	+6B	+5N	7.0	46.5	48.5	34.00	1847	+106.4
3	Oltean, Mihai C.	1668	ROU	=4B	−8N	+35B	+23B	+27N	−9N	+17B	+10N	+11B	6.5	40.0	41.0	26.50	1563	-31.2
4	Stoian, Stefan-Mihail	0	ROU	=3N	+17B	+5N	+8B	=12N	+2B	−1B	−7N	+13B	6.0	50.0	54.5	34.25	1605	0.0
5	Pavel, Vlad	1578	ROU	+34B	=9N	−4B	+20N	+10B	+22N	+13B	=1N	−2B	6.0	46.0	48.0	28.00	1679	+33.2
6	Vorovenci, Vladimir-Stefan	1470	ROU	+32N	+7B	−11B	+18N	+13B	−1N	+22B	−2N	+9B	6.0	45.5	48.0	27.50	1589	+66.4
7	Bejan, Eric	1529	ROU	+24B	−6N	−9B	+33N	+34B	+14N	+11B	+4B	−1N	6.0	42.0	44.0	24.00	1515	-4.8
8	Chirila, Tudor-Ioan	1417	ROU	+28N	+3B	=10B	−4N	−22B	+19N	=12N	+27B	+14N	6.0	40.0	43.5	28.25	1668	+93.2
9	Bojica, Victor	1488	ROU	+35N	=5B	+7N	+11N	−1B	+3B	−2N	+12B	−6N	5.5	50.0	51.0	26.50	1613	+41.2
10	Petrusel, Vlad-Andrei	1526	ROU	+21N	+16B	=8N	−2B	−5N	+18B	+27N	−3B	+17N	5.5	44.0	47.5	25.00	1462	-25.6
11	Dutcovici, Sebastian-Andrei	1536	ROU	+20N	+14B	+6N	−9B	−2N	+12B	−7N	+16B	−3N	5.0	46.0	50.5	25.50	1513	-16.4
12	Stefan, Carol-Bogdan	1512	ROU	+15N	+18B	+13B	−1N	=4B	−11N	=8B	−9N	+23N	5.0	45.5	49.5	24.50	1398	-34.8
13	Grasu, Vlad-Stefan	1630	ROU	+23N	+27B	−12N	+14B	−6N	+16B	−5N	+18B	−4N	5.0	41.5	45.0	22.00	1478	-6.4
14	Peter, Patrick-Daniel	1445	ROU	+25B	−11N	+24B	−13N	+30B	−7B	+29N	+22N	−8B	5.0	37.5	40.5	18.50	1242	-52.4
15	FIDE 42265240	0	—	−12B	+31N	−18N	=17B	+21N	−27B	=20B	+24N	+22B	5.0	34.5	37.0	19.50	1333	0.0
16	Condurache, Efrem-Teodor	1426	ROU	+36B	−10N	+33B	=27B	=19N	−13N	+24B	−11N	+25B	5.0	33.5	34.5	15.00	1266	-46.0
17	Fasolillo, Luigi	0	ROU	−1B	−4N	+36B	=15N	+24B	+34N	−3N	+20B	−10B	4.5	42.0	43.0	14.00	1404	0.0
18	Casu, Alexandru-Andrei	0	ROU	+31B	−12N	+15B	−6B	+23N	−10N	+25B	−13N	=21B	4.5	39.0	41.5	17.75	691	0.0
19	Paslaru, Matei-Gabriel	1499	ROU	+30B	−1N	+34B	−22N	=16B	−8B	−23N	+33N	+27B	4.5	36.0	38.0	13.00	1424	-32.0
20	Tigaeru, Vladimir	0	ROU	−11B	+25N	−27N	−5B	+32N	+26B	=15N	−17N	+30B	4.5	35.0	37.5	16.00	725	0.0
21	FIDE 42262372	0	—	−10B	+36N	−22B	−30N	−15B	+35N	+33B	+26N	=18N	4.5	29.0	30.0	10.25	676	0.0
22	Marchis, Cezar	1444	ROU	+29N	−2B	+21N	+19B	+8N	−5B	−6N	−14B	−15N	4.0	44.0	47.5	18.50	1360	-18.4
23	Constantinescu, Andrei I.	0	ROU	−13B	+26N	+30B	−3N	−18B	−25N	+19B	+28N	−12B	4.0	37.0	40.0	15.00	1364	0.0
24	FIDE 42252903	0	—	−7N	+32B	−14N	+29B	−17N	+28B	−16N	−15B	+31N	4.0	35.0	37.5	12.00	679	0.0
25	FIDE 42265207	0	—	−14N	−20B	−28N	+31B	+36N	+23B	−18N	+29B	−16N	4.0	32.5	33.5	11.00	656	0.0
26	FIDE 42257964	0	—	−27N	−23B	−29N	+28B	+31N	−20N	+30B	−21B	+32N	4.0	29.0	31.5	11.50	632	0.0
27	Zaharia, Stefan-Lucian	1472	ROU	+26B	−13N	+20B	=16N	−3B	+15N	−10B	−8N	−19N	3.5	42.0	46.0	16.00	1119	-73.2
28	FIDE 42265231	0	—	−8B	−30N	+25B	−26N	+33B	−24N	+34B	−23B	=29N	3.5	30.5	32.5	9.75	1416	0.0
29	Costin, Denis-Patrick	0	ROU	−22B	−33N	+26B	−24N	+35B	+30N	−14B	−25N	=28B	3.5	29.5	30.5	9.75	637	0.0
30	FIDE 42258669	0	—	−19N	+28B	−23N	+21B	−14N	−29B	−26N	+36B	−20N	3.0	33.5	34.5	9.00	685	0.0
31	FIDE 42261562	0	—	−18N	−15B	−32N	−25N	−26B	=36N	+35B	+34N	−24B	2.5	27.0	28.0	3.50	1432	0.0
32	FIDE 42259908	0	—	−6B	−24N	+31B	−34N	−20B	−33N	=36B	+35N	−26B	2.5	26.0	27.0	4.00	610	0.0
33	FIDE 42252938	0	—	−2N	+29B	−16N	−7B	−28N	+32B	−21N	−19B	F	2.0	36.5	37.5	6.00	704	0.0
34	Adochiei, Mircea	0	ROU	−5N	+35B	−19N	+32B	−7N	−17B	−28N	−31B	F	2.0	30.5	31.5	3.50	745	-38.4
35	FIDE 42252946	0	—	−9B	−34N	−3N	+36B	−29N	−21B	−31N	−32B	F	1.0	29.0	30.0	1.00	741	0.0
36	FIDE 42265223	0	—	−16N	−21B	−17N	−35N	−25B	=31B	=32N	−30N	F	1.0	28.0	29.0	2.50	657	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Bacos, DavidROU
+106.4
7.0 pts · #2
2Chirila, Tudor-IoanROU
+93.2
6.0 pts · #5
3Vorovenci, Vladimir-StefanROU
+66.4
6.0 pts · #7

Top rating losers

1Zaharia, Stefan-LucianROU
-73.2
3.5 pts · #23
2Peter, Patrick-DanielROU
-52.4
5.0 pts · #21
3Condurache, Efrem-TeodorROU
-46.0
5.0 pts · #18

Biggest upsets

R2+251 Elo gap
Chirila, Tudor-Ioan1417 beat Oltean, Mihai C.1668
R6+180 Elo gap
Bojica, Victor1488 beat Oltean, Mihai C.1668
R5+160 Elo gap
Vorovenci, Vladimir-Stefan1470 beat Grasu, Vlad-Stefan1630