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Romania National Youth Championships 2026 - open U16

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36 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 02 Apr 2026 to 09 Apr 2026 in Olimp, Romania. 5 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 2148, and top seed was Randi-Ioan Gales (🇷🇴 ROU, FM, 2300).

Dragos Stefan Leu (🇷🇴 ROU, FM, 2277) won with 7.0/9, ahead of Alexandru Ioan Constantinoiu (6.5) and Matei Vasile (6.5). Leu shared the lead from round 8 and broke clear in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Stefan Moroita (1492) beat Bence Pozna Tokos (1874), a +382-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
🇷🇴FMRandi-Ioan Gales2300
Avg top 10
2,148
Participants
36
Titled players · 5
FM×3
CM×2
Federations · 1 represented
🇷🇴Romania×35
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

FM Dragos Stefan Leu led from R3; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
17
7
1
1
1
1
3
4
1
2.54.579R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9
R3–R9 · LEAD HELD

FM Dragos Stefan Leu held the sole lead from R3 through R9 without losing it.

R2 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

FM Dragos Stefan Leu beat Ivan Onofrasc (White).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

FM Dragos Stefan Leu 3 wins (R1–R3)Matei Vasile 3 wins (R5–R7)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Leu, Dragos StefanFM2277ROU+22N+4B+3N=6B+11N=2B5N+9B+10N7.047.551.539.252286+6.6
2Constantinoiu, Alexandru IoanFM2115ROU+34N+24B=11N=3B+13N=1N+6B=5B=4B6.546.049.033.502238+64.8
3Vasile, Matei2057ROU+32B+18N1B=2N+26B+20N+7B4N+5B6.544.547.530.752097+32.8
4Onofrasc, Ivan1956ROU+33B1N+19B=18N+23B=7N+12B+3B=2N6.544.047.031.502059+61.2
5Dodoi, Matei-TeodorCM2226ROU+30N+14B=6N=13B=12N+8B+1B=2N3N6.047.050.032.252208-2.4
6Gales, Randi-IoanFM2300ROU+20B+7N=5B=1N+8B=12N2N=11B+13N6.046.551.033.002239-10.6
7Ivancescu, Bogdan-Andrei2040ROU+27N6B+22N+14B=18N=4B3N+12B+11N6.042.546.028.002092+32.4
8Cruceru-Uceanu, Tudor-Mihai2055ROU+26N+15B=12N=11B6N5N+18B+16B+20N6.041.044.527.502063+18.4
9Dascalescu, Adelin-Stefan1950ROU+31N11B+30N12B+24N+18B=13N1N+19B5.538.041.021.501973+18.4
10Pozna Tokos, Bence1874ROU25N13B+36N+29B+30N=11B+15N+14B1B5.537.538.520.001905+16.0
11Danila, Tudor-GabrielCM2236ROU+28B+9N=2B=8N1B=10N+20B=6N7B5.047.050.525.502074-63.2
12Harabor, David-Alexandru2133ROU+16B=17N=8B+9N=5B=6B4N7N+23B5.046.050.026.002020-43.2
13Anghelescu, Teodor-Stefan2045ROU=19B+10N+17B=5N2B=16N=9B+22N6B5.044.048.025.001962-28.8
14Kiss-Roth, Abel1939ROU+21B5N+32B7N16B+30N+23B10N+22B5.038.041.018.501801-52.4
15Cristea, Razvan Andrei1783ROU+35B8N=23B19N+21B+26N10B+17N=18B5.037.539.018.751701-33.2
16Cara, Lucas-Marian1626ROU12N=29B=28N+25B+14N=13B=17B8N+27N5.037.040.521.001814+72.4
17Gavrila, Eduard-Alexandru1799ROU+29N=12B13N26N+27B+19B=16N15B+24N5.035.539.020.501770-10.8
18Celmare, Radu-Constantin1729ROU+36N3B+31N=4B=7B9N8N+28B=15N4.542.043.016.251836+36.4
19Precup, Luca Ioan1577ROU=13N+25B4N+15B20B17N+21B+27B9N4.540.043.519.501747+68.8
20Cret, Andrei-Rares1719ROU6N+27B+25N=24B+19N3B11N+26N8B4.539.543.017.501821+35.2
21Gavrila, David-Mihai1512ROU14N30B=34N+31B15N+35B19N+29N+26B4.530.532.013.001586+27.6
22Chira, Alex1711ROU1B+33N7B23N+31B+25N+24N13B14N4.038.041.014.0017340.0
23Genes, Radu-Cristian1481ROU24N+34B=15N+22B4N=28B14N+25B12N4.037.040.015.251709+90.4
24Filip, Gabriel1839ROU+23B2N=26B=20N9B+32N22B+33N17B4.036.039.014.001681-68.4
25Moroita, Stefan1492ROU+10B19N20B16N+33B22B+32N23N+31B4.033.536.514.501584+41.6
26Chiotan, Victor1590ROU8B+35N=24N+17B3N15B+28N20B21N3.539.040.512.001648+12.8
27Gheorghiu, Alexandru Petru1567ROU7B20N=35B+36N17N+34B+30B19N16B3.532.533.57.751548-5.2
28Buse, Mihai-Cristian1680ROU11N31B=16B+33N+35B=23N26B18N=34B3.531.032.510.501505-78.8
29Neag, Raul Ilie1404ROU17B=16N=33B10N32B=31N+36N21B+35B3.530.531.58.001396-6.0
30Aldea, Florin-Alexandru1655ROU5B+21N9B+32N10B14B27N31N+36B3.036.037.08.501554-49.2
31Rus, Matei1514ROU9B+28N18B21N22N=29B=34N+30B25N3.032.535.59.751508-4.4
32Nedelcu, Stefan1608ROU3N+36B14N30B+29N24B25B=34N=33B3.032.033.07.501492-53.2
33Chiazna, Radu Stefan1535ROU4N22B=29N28B25N+36B+35N24B=32N3.030.031.05.751358-58.4
34Rus, Mihai1615ROU2B23N=21B35N+36B27N=31B=32B=28N3.029.530.58.001461-63.6
35Bold, Mihai-Catalin0ROU15N26B=27N+34B28N21N33B36B29N1.529.530.54.7513320.0
36FIDE 42262828018B32N10B27B34N33N29B+35N30N1.029.030.51.508200.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
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Biggest upsets