Romania National Youth Championships 2026 - girls U10

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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 1611, and top seed was Sofia-Ayana Valean (🇷🇴 ROU, 1806).

Carla-Ioana Marchis (🇷🇴 ROU, 1682) won with 8.5/9, ahead of Sabina-Teodora Dutcovici (6.5) and Amalia-Ioana Mocanu (6.5). Marchis won solo starting round 3.

The biggest upset came in round 2: Ilinca-Natalia Oprisan (1495) beat Sofia-Ayana Valean (1806), a +311-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

🇷🇴Sofia-Ayana Valean1806

Avg top 10

1,611

Participants

Federations · 1 represented

🇷🇴Romania×29

Top 3

🥇
Carla-Ioana Marchis
🇷🇴ROU·1682
8.5pts·1992perf+83.2
🥈
Sabina-Teodora Dutcovici
🇷🇴ROU·1640
6.5pts·1676perf+20.0
🥉
Amalia-Ioana Mocanu
🇷🇴ROU·1539
6.5pts·1631perf+36.8

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

Carla-Ioana Marchis led from R3; +2.0-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders

Marchis8.5Dutcovici6.5Mocanu6.5Valean6Apostoaiei6Matala5.5

R3–R9 · LEAD HELD

Carla-Ioana Marchis never relinquished the lead after R3; final gap +2.0 over the runner-up.

R4 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Carla-Ioana Marchis beat Sabina-Teodora Dutcovici (White).

2× WIN STREAK · 4+4 wins

Carla-Ioana Marchis posted 4 in a row (R1–R4) and 4 in a row (R6–R9) — total 8 wins.

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Carla-Ioana Marchis	*	1	1	—
2Sabina-Teodora Dutcovici	0	*	—	—
3Amalia-Ioana Mocanu	0	—	*	—
4Sofia-Ayana Valean	—	—	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Marchis, Carla-Ioana	1682	ROU	+18N	+14B	+3N	+2B	=11N	+6N	+12B	+4B	+8N	8.5	45.0	49.5	47.00	1992	+83.2
2	Dutcovici, Sabina-Teodora	1640	ROU	+22B	=7N	+13B	−1N	+15B	=9N	=11B	+17N	+6B	6.5	44.5	48.5	32.00	1676	+20.0
3	Mocanu, Amalia-Ioana	1539	ROU	+20N	+29B	−1B	+21N	+17B	=11N	=9B	=6N	+15B	6.5	42.5	45.5	29.00	1631	+36.8
4	Apostoaiei, Magdalena	1552	ROU	F	+28B	+16N	+23B	=5N	=7N	+21B	−1N	+11B	6.0	41.5	44.5	26.75	1683	+39.6
5	Valean, Sofia-Ayana	1806	ROU	+21B	−11N	+22B	+7N	=4B	=12N	−6B	+20N	+17B	6.0	40.0	44.0	28.00	1592	-70.8
6	Rinescu, Maria	1502	ROU	+33N	+36B	=12B	=17N	+10N	−1B	+5N	=3B	−2N	5.5	44.5	46.0	23.00	1620	+52.8
7	Dumitru, Miruna-Ioana	1489	ROU	+31N	=2B	+25N	−5B	+8N	=4B	=17B	+11N	−9B	5.5	42.5	45.0	25.00	1520	+15.6
8	Zegrea, Ana	1409	ROU	−12B	+30N	=15B	+13N	−7B	+22N	+19B	+21N	−1B	5.5	41.5	44.5	23.00	1533	0.0
9	Matala, Sophia-Lenina	1530	ROU	F	=25B	=10N	=26B	+23N	=2B	=3N	+13B	+7N	5.5	40.0	43.0	27.25	1718	+63.6
10	Pintea, Teodora	1595	ROU	+24B	=13N	=9B	+14N	−6B	−21N	+18B	=12N	+19B	5.5	39.0	43.0	25.75	1518	-31.2
11	Oprisan, Ilinca-Natalia	1495	ROU	+34N	+5B	=17B	+12N	=1B	=3B	=2N	−7B	−4N	5.0	48.5	50.5	26.00	1594	+40.4
12	Ramureanu, Maria-Ioana	1616	ROU	+8N	+23B	=6N	−11B	+26N	=5B	−1N	=10B	=13N	5.0	45.0	48.5	24.00	1516	-40.0
13	Weis, Sara	1459	ROU	+32N	=10B	−2N	−8B	+31N	+14B	+16B	−9N	=12B	5.0	40.5	43.0	20.25	1525	+12.4
14	Korac, Victoria	1500	ROU	+19B	−1N	+24B	−10B	+29N	−13N	−20B	+28N	+21B	5.0	39.0	42.0	18.50	1366	-52.4
15	Apostoaiei, Maria	1561	ROU	F	+20B	=8N	+18B	−2N	=28B	+29N	+23B	−3N	5.0	38.0	41.0	20.25	1516	-16.4
16	Balan, Andreea-Maria	0	ROU	−17B	+35N	−4B	=19N	+27B	+24B	−13N	+25N	=20B	5.0	35.5	37.5	17.50	701	0.0
17	Slivca, Gabriela-Andreea	1585	ROU	+16N	+26B	=11N	=6B	−3N	+18B	=7N	−2B	−5N	4.5	44.5	48.0	21.00	1447	-13.6
18	Timaru, Ariana-Teodora	1446	ROU	−1B	+19N	+32B	−15N	+34B	−17N	−10N	+26B	=22B	4.5	38.0	40.0	14.50	1189	-52.8
19	Ionescu, Ilinca	0	ROU	−14N	−18B	+?N	=16B	+25N	+26B	−8N	+29B	−10N	4.5	35.5	35.5	12.50	1362	0.0
20	Caramet, Otilia-Rhea	0	ROU	−3B	−15N	−34B	+30N	+35N	+33B	+14N	−5B	=16N	4.5	34.5	36.5	14.50	1442	0.0
21	Ardeleanu, Carina	1454	ROU	−5N	+33B	+36N	−3B	+24N	+10B	−4N	−8B	−14N	4.0	40.5	42.0	13.00	1380	-22.8
22	Stirb, Natalia-Eva	1433	ROU	−2N	+34B	−5N	+25B	=28N	−8B	−26N	+31B	=18N	4.0	35.0	37.0	11.75	1354	-12.0
23	Anton, Anne-Maria	1490	ROU	+30B	−12N	+27B	−4N	−9B	+36N	+28B	−15N	−24B	4.0	35.0	36.5	11.00	770	-52.4
24	Danciu, Sofia-Maria	0	ROU	−10N	+31B	−14N	+33B	−21B	−16N	F	+35B	+23N	4.0	30.0	30.0	10.50	1340	0.0
25	Moroita, Maria	0	ROU	F	=9N	−7B	−22N	−19B	+27N	+33B	−16B	+26N	3.5	37.5	39.5	11.75	1194	0.0
26	Pestroiu-Braun, Karina	1463	ROU	+35B	−17N	+29B	=9N	−12B	−19N	+22B	−18N	−25B	3.5	34.5	36.5	11.75	1348	0.0
27	Bongea, Eva-Maria	0	ROU	F	F	−23N	=31B	−16N	−25B	+32N	+36B	+34N	3.5	26.0	26.0	7.25	640	0.0
28	Apostoaiei, Malvina	0	ROU	F	−4N	+30B	F	=22B	=15N	−23N	−14B	+35N	3.0	35.0	37.0	9.50	1286	0.0
29	Ivascu, Ilinca	0	ROU	+?B	−3N	−26N	+36B	−14B	+34N	−15B	−19N	−30N	3.0	31.0	31.0	3.50	1382	0.0
30	FIDE 42242096	0	—	−23N	−8B	−28N	−20B	−36N	F	+?B	+33N	+29B	3.0	23.5	23.5	5.00	1497	0.0
31	FIDE 42252245	0	—	−7B	−24N	F	=27N	−13B	=32N	=36B	−22N	+?B	2.5	26.0	26.0	3.75	1287	0.0
32	FIDE 42256119	0	—	−13B	F	−18N	F	−33N	=31B	−27B	+?N	+36N	2.5	22.0	22.0	2.75	1369	0.0
33	FIDE 42240794	0	—	−6B	−21N	+35B	−24N	+32B	−20N	−25N	−30B	F	2.0	29.0	29.0	4.50	674	0.0
34	FIDE 42249007	0	—	−11B	−22N	+20N	+?B	−18N	−29B	−35N	F	−27B	2.0	26.5	26.5	4.50	1289	0.0
35	FIDE 42261511	0	—	−26N	−16B	−33N	F	−20B	+?N	+34B	−24N	−28B	2.0	24.0	24.0	2.00	1573	0.0
36	FIDE 42265100	0	—	F	−6N	−21B	−29N	+30B	−23B	=31N	−27N	−32B	1.5	28.0	28.0	4.25	662	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Marchis, Carla-IoanaROU
+83.2
8.5 pts · #1
2Matala, Sophia-LeninaROU
+63.6
5.5 pts · #4
3Rinescu, MariaROU
+52.8
5.5 pts · #8

Top rating losers

1Valean, Sofia-AyanaROU
-70.8
6.0 pts · #3
2Timaru, Ariana-TeodoraROU
-52.8
4.5 pts · #29
3Korac, VictoriaROU
-52.4
5.0 pts · #27

Biggest upsets

R2+311 Elo gap
Oprisan, Ilinca-Natalia1495 beat Valean, Sofia-Ayana1806
R7+304 Elo gap
Rinescu, Maria1502 beat Valean, Sofia-Ayana1806
R6+141 Elo gap
Ardeleanu, Carina1454 beat Pintea, Teodora1595