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
Federations · 1 represented
🇷🇴Romania×23
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 9 roundsRonaldo Balog led from R4; +1.5-point edge over the runner-up.
Co-leaders
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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 | FIDE 42265215 | 0 | — | −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+106.47.0 pts · #2
- 2Chirila, Tudor-IoanROU+93.26.0 pts · #5
- 3Vorovenci, Vladimir-StefanROU+66.46.0 pts · #7
Top rating losers
- 1Zaharia, Stefan-LucianROU-73.23.5 pts · #23
- 2Peter, Patrick-DanielROU-52.45.0 pts · #21
- 3Condurache, Efrem-TeodorROU-46.05.0 pts · #18
Biggest upsets
- R2+251 Elo gap
- R6+180 Elo gap
- R5+160 Elo gap