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Romania National Youth Championships 2026 - open U20

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12 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 02 Apr 2026 to 09 Apr 2026 in Olimp, Romania. 4 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 2156, and top seed was Andrei Filip (🇷🇴 ROU, FM, 2342).

Teodor-Cosmin Nedelcu (🇷🇴 ROU, FM, 2311) won with 7.5/9, ahead of Alexandru Sachilaru (7.5) and Andrei Filip (6.0). Nedelcu shared the lead from round 1, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 3: Radu-Andrei Grigore (1789) beat Daniel Dumitrescu (2134), a +345-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
🇷🇴FMAndrei Filip2342
Avg top 10
2,156
Participants
12
Titled players · 4
FM×4
Federations · 1 represented
🇷🇴Romania×12
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

Tight race until R2; 2 players tied at 7.5/9, decided on Buchholz.

Co-leaders
4
1
2
1
1
1
2
2
2
2.54.579R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9
Nedelcu7.5Sachilaru7.5Filip6Botea5.5Oltean5.5Dima5
R2–R9 · LEAD HELD

FM Teodor-Cosmin Nedelcu held the sole lead from R2 through R9 without losing it.

R9 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 7.5/9. Nedelcu takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (40.0).

R3 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

FM Teodor-Cosmin Nedelcu drew with FM Alexandru Sachilaru (Black).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1FMTeodor-Cosmin Nedelcu*
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½
½
2FMAlexandru Sachilaru
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½
3FMAndrei Filip
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0
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½
4FMDavid-Alexandru Botea
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½
½
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Nedelcu, Teodor-CosminFM2311ROU+10N+5B=2N+9N+11B=3B=4N+6B+7N7.540.041.031.502405+22.2
2Sachilaru, AlexandruFM2332ROU=5N+9N=1B+11N+10B=4N+7B+3B+8N7.539.540.531.252386+14.8
3Filip, AndreiFM2342ROU+8N=4N−7B+6N+12B=1N+11B−2N+10B6.038.039.020.502220-20.0
4Botea, David-AlexandruFM2254ROU=6N=3B+12N+7B=8N=2B=1B−5N+11N5.541.542.521.752189-2.4
5Oltean, Cristian-Daniel2129ROU=2B−1N+11B+10N=9B−7N=6B+4B+12N5.537.038.018.002148+9.4
6Dima, Ioan-Radu2141ROU=4B+12B=8N−3B=7N+10B=5N−1N+9B5.039.540.517.002119-2.2
7Melinte, Rares-Andrei2072ROU+12N=8B+3N−4N=6B+5B−2N=9N−1B4.545.046.019.002137+16.4
8Ulian, Andrei-Octavian1950ROU−3B=7N=6B+12N=4B=9N=10N+11B−2B4.535.536.512.502058+22.8
9Dumitrescu, Daniel2134ROU+11N−2B−10N−1B=5N=8B+12N=7B−6N3.538.039.09.251959-38.8
10Grigore, Radu-Andrei1789ROU−1B+11N+9B−5B−2N−6N=8B−12N−3N2.540.541.56.751881+10.4
11Flora, Andrei1890ROU−9B−10B−5N−2B−1N+12B−3N−8N−4B1.042.543.51.001726-33.4
12Cret, George-Christian1600ROU−7B−6N−4B−8B−3N−11N−9B+10B−5B1.037.038.02.501612-0.4

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
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Biggest upsets