Romania National Youth Championships 2026 - open U18

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32 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 02 Apr 2026 to 09 Apr 2026 in Olimp, Romania. 11 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 2280, and top seed was Filip Magold (🇷🇴 ROU, IM, 2486).

Filip Magold (🇷🇴 ROU, IM, 2486) won with 7.5/9, ahead of Robert-Gabriel Sava (6.5) and Vladimir-Alexandru Cnejev (6.5). Magold won solo starting round 6.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Viacheslav Voloshyn (1801) beat Iosif Ciocani (2201), a +400-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

🇷🇴IMFilip Magold2486

Avg top 10

2,280

Participants

Titled players · 11

IM×2

FM×3

CM×6

Federations · 1 represented

🇷🇴Romania×32

Top 3

🥇
IMFilip Magold
🇷🇴ROU·2486
7.5pts·2488perf+1.6
🥈
CMRobert-Gabriel Sava
🇷🇴ROU·2255
6.5pts·2401perf+74.0
🥉
IMVladimir-Alexandru Cnejev
🇷🇴ROU·2422
6.5pts·2372perf-2.8

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

IM Filip Magold led from R6; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R6.

Co-leaders

Magold7.5Craciun6.5Cnejev6.5Sava6.5Ciocani6Panait5.5

R6–R9 · LEAD HELD

IM Filip Magold never relinquished the lead after R6; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.

R3 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

IM Filip Magold beat FM Sasha-Matei Craciun (White).

R1–R3 · WIN STREAK

IM Filip Magold won 3 in a row (R1–R3).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1IMFilip Magold	*	1	½	½
2FMSasha-Matei Craciun	0	*	—	½
3IMVladimir-Alexandru Cnejev	½	—	*	½
4CMRobert-Gabriel Sava	½	½	½	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Magold, FilipIM	2486	ROU	+21B	+14N	+4B	=2N	=3B	+6N	=12B	+8N	+10B	7.5	46.0	50.0	41.00	2488	+1.6
2	Sava, Robert-GabrielCM	2255	ROU	+17B	+10N	+12B	=1B	=6N	=8N	=4B	=3N	+7B	6.5	47.5	52.0	36.25	2401	+74.0
3	Cnejev, Vladimir-AlexandruIM	2422	ROU	+16N	+19B	−6N	+10B	=1N	=7B	+9N	=2B	+11N	6.5	45.5	49.5	34.25	2372	-2.8
4	Craciun, Sasha-MateiFM	2212	ROU	+20N	+18B	−1N	+13B	=7N	+16B	=2N	+6B	=5N	6.5	44.5	48.5	32.00	2316	+27.6
5	Ciocani, Iosif	2201	ROU	−27N	+24B	+21N	=18B	=9N	+11B	=8B	+13N	=4B	6.0	39.0	42.0	28.25	2172	-4.4
6	Prelipcean, Eric-MateiCM	2202	ROU	+31B	+13N	+3B	=11N	=2B	−1B	=7N	−4N	+18B	5.5	46.5	49.0	26.50	2275	+39.2
7	Vedmediuc, ArtiomFM	2354	ROU	+15B	=11N	=8B	+22N	=4B	=3N	=6B	+12N	−2N	5.5	45.5	49.5	28.50	2261	-16.8
8	Tamas, Christian-ArrydanFM	2287	ROU	+23N	=9B	=7N	+19B	=11N	=2B	=5N	−1B	+16N	5.5	44.5	48.0	26.25	2257	-3.0
9	Saioc, David	2107	ROU	+22B	=8N	−11B	+14N	=5B	+20N	−3B	+15N	=12B	5.5	42.0	46.0	26.25	2177	+39.6
10	Panait, Razvan-Alexandru	2098	ROU	+26N	−2B	+20N	−3N	=15B	+18B	+23N	+16B	−1N	5.5	41.5	45.0	22.00	2135	+18.8
11	Lucaci, Alin-Marian	2150	ROU	+30N	=7B	+9N	=6B	=8B	−5N	=15B	+18N	−3B	5.0	43.5	46.0	22.75	2185	+19.6
12	Taran, SebastianCM	2192	ROU	+24B	+27N	−2N	=16B	=18N	+13B	=1N	−7B	=9N	5.0	42.0	45.0	22.25	2136	-20.0
13	Popescu, Alexandru-Mihai	2026	ROU	+32N	−6B	+27B	−4N	+22B	−12N	+19B	−5B	+25N	5.0	37.5	39.0	16.00	2007	+3.2
14	Radu, David Cr.CM	2185	ROU	+28N	−1B	−16N	−9B	+27N	−19N	+24B	+20B	+21N	5.0	36.0	39.0	17.50	2034	-58.4
15	Covaciu, Alexandru-Marian	1910	ROU	−7N	=30B	=23N	+27B	=10N	+21B	=11N	−9B	+19N	5.0	36.0	38.5	19.25	2061	+66.8
16	Mihaila, Marika-Nicolas	1962	ROU	−3B	+25N	+14B	=12N	+19B	−4N	+20B	−10N	−8B	4.5	42.0	45.5	19.00	2107	+62.4
17	Constantin, Eduard-Andrei	1863	ROU	−2N	+26B	−19N	=25B	−20N	+28B	=21N	=24B	+23N	4.5	32.5	35.5	15.50	1852	-9.6
18	Stingu, AlinCM	2049	ROU	+29B	−4N	+31B	=5N	=12B	−10N	+22B	−11B	−6N	4.0	40.5	43.0	15.00	1975	-25.6
19	Mogirzan, Matei-ValeriuCM	2179	ROU	+25B	−3N	+17B	−8N	−16N	+14B	−13N	+23B	−15B	4.0	39.5	43.0	16.50	1994	-78.8
20	Moroita, Vlad	1818	ROU	−4B	+29N	−10B	+26N	+17B	−9B	−16N	−14N	+30B	4.0	38.0	40.5	13.50	1865	+15.2
21	Vaduva, Ion-Valentin	1988	ROU	−1N	+28B	−5B	=31N	+30B	−15N	=17B	+22N	−14B	4.0	37.5	40.0	13.00	1872	-50.4
22	Dumitrache, Andrei-Augustin	1568	ROU	−9N	+23B	+30N	−7B	−13N	+31B	−18N	−21B	+29N	4.0	33.0	35.5	11.50	1820	+91.6
23	Kumar, Amrit-Darius	1895	ROU	−8B	−22N	=15B	+29N	+31B	+25N	−10B	−19N	−17B	3.5	35.0	37.5	11.50	1798	-48.4
24	Burghisan, Alecsandru-Matei	1668	ROU	−12N	−5N	−26B	+32B	=25N	+30B	−14N	=17N	=28B	3.5	33.0	34.5	9.50	1699	-0.8
25	Szekely, David-Kristof	1630	ROU	−19N	−16B	+32N	=17N	=24B	−23B	=27N	+28B	−13B	3.5	31.0	32.5	10.00	1739	+36.8
26	Bichis, Tudor	1562	ROU	−10B	−17N	+24N	−20B	−28N	−32B	+30N	=29B	+31B	3.5	28.5	30.0	10.00	1633	+23.6
27	Voloshyn, Viacheslav	1801	ROU	+5B	−12B	−13N	−15N	−14B	=29N	=25B	−31N	+32B	3.0	35.0	36.5	10.75	1759	-30.8
28	Andrei, Marius-Andrei	1667	ROU	−14B	−21N	=29B	−30N	+26B	−17N	+32B	−25N	=24N	3.0	29.5	31.0	8.25	1588	-44.4
29	Draghici, Alexandru-Denis	1551	ROU	−18N	−20B	=28N	−23B	=32N	=27B	+31N	=26N	−22B	3.0	27.5	29.0	8.00	1601	+11.6
30	Moraru, Stefan-Robert	1598	ROU	−11B	=15N	−22B	+28B	−21N	−24N	−26B	+32N	−20N	2.5	32.0	33.5	7.00	1575	-34.8
31	Petrisor, Radu-Sebastian	1802	ROU	−6N	+32B	−18N	=21B	−23N	−22N	−29B	+27B	−26N	2.5	30.5	32.0	6.50	1621	-87.2
32	Anghel, Stefan G.	1452	ROU	−13B	−31N	−25B	−24N	=29B	+26N	−28N	−30B	−27N	1.5	27.0	29.5	5.00	1413	-19.6

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Dumitrache, Andrei-AugustinROU
+91.6
4.0 pts · #21
2Sava, Robert-GabrielCMROU
+74.0
6.5 pts · #4
3Covaciu, Alexandru-MarianROU
+66.8
5.0 pts · #15

Top rating losers

1Petrisor, Radu-SebastianROU
-87.2
2.5 pts · #31
2Mogirzan, Matei-ValeriuCMROU
-78.8
4.0 pts · #22
3Radu, David Cr.CMROU
-58.4
5.0 pts · #11

Biggest upsets

R1+400 Elo gap
Voloshyn, Viacheslav1801 beat Ciocani, Iosif2201
R2+327 Elo gap
Dumitrache, Andrei-Augustin1568 beat Kumar, Amrit-Darius1895
R9+269 Elo gap
Covaciu, Alexandru-Marian1910 beat CMMogirzan, Matei-Valeriu2179