Romania National Youth Championships 2026 - girls U12
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32 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 02 Apr 2026 to 09 Apr 2026 in Olimp, Romania. 1 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 1642, and top seed was Maria Anistoroaei (🇷🇴 ROU, WCM, 1932).
Maria Anistoroaei (🇷🇴 ROU, WCM, 1932) won with 7.0/9, ahead of Mara Grama (7.0) and Melania-Cristina Grigore (6.5). Anistoroaei shared the lead from round 7, winning on tie-break.
The biggest upset came in round 4: Melania-Cristina Grigore (1504) beat Maria Anistoroaei (WCM, 1932), a +428-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
Titled players · 1
WCM×1
Federations · 1 represented
🇷🇴Romania×30
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 9 roundsTight race until R9; 2 players tied at 7.0/9, decided on Buchholz.
Co-leaders
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R9 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER
2 players finish on 7.0/9. Anistoroaei takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (44.5).
R3 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND
WCM Maria Anistoroaei beat Mara Grama (White).
WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers
WCM Maria Anistoroaei 3+3 wins (R1–R3, R5–R7)Mara Grama 5 wins (R5–R9)Melania-Cristina Grigore 4 wins (R1–R4)
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1WCMMaria Anistoroaei | * | 1 | 0 | — |
| 2Mara Grama | 0 | * | 1 | 1 |
| 3Melania-Cristina Grigore | 1 | 0 | * | — |
| 4Lavinia-Karis Dogaru | — | 0 | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | R8 | R9 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anistoroaei, MariaWCM | 1932 | ROU | +14B | +23N | +2B | −3N | +11B | +9B | +7N | −4N | +10B | 7.0 | 44.5 | 48.5 | 36.00 | 1826 | -29.3 |
| 2 | Grama, Mara | 1570 | ROU | +24N | +20B | −1N | −4B | +19N | +14B | +5N | +3B | +9N | 7.0 | 43.0 | 47.0 | 34.00 | 1749 | +58.8 |
| 3 | Grigore, Melania-Cristina | 1504 | ROU | +22B | +26N | +11B | +1B | =9N | +13N | =4B | −2N | =7B | 6.5 | 44.0 | 47.5 | 32.25 | 1752 | +87.6 |
| 4 | Stoica, Melina-Theodora | 1814 | ROU | −20N | +24B | +17B | +2N | =13B | +10N | =3N | +1B | −5N | 6.0 | 44.5 | 48.5 | 33.00 | 1738 | -14.0 |
| 5 | Dogaru, Lavinia-Karis | 1421 | ROU | −10N | +29B | +15N | −7B | +23N | +8N | −2B | +11N | +4B | 6.0 | 42.5 | 45.0 | 27.50 | 1710 | +101.2 |
| 6 | Avram-Corbu, Ioana | 1559 | ROU | =25B | −17N | +26B | =8N | −14B | +30N | +13B | +21N | +15B | 6.0 | 35.0 | 37.0 | 23.25 | 1618 | +17.6 |
| 7 | Ratea, Otilia-Elena | 1592 | ROU | F | +25N | =13B | +5N | =10B | +21N | −1B | +9B | =3N | 5.5 | 42.0 | 42.0 | 27.00 | 1658 | +19.2 |
| 8 | Vasai, Vanessa-Maria | 1504 | ROU | −19N | =30B | +22N | =6B | +20N | −5B | =27N | +18N | +13B | 5.5 | 36.5 | 38.5 | 22.75 | 1538 | +0.8 |
| 9 | Tanase, Andreea | 1532 | ROU | +30N | +19B | =10N | +20B | =3B | −1N | +11B | −7N | −2B | 5.0 | 44.0 | 46.0 | 20.75 | 1532 | -7.2 |
| 10 | Stangu, Sofia-Maria | 1681 | ROU | +5B | +16N | =9B | =13N | =7N | −4B | =21B | +12N | −1N | 5.0 | 43.5 | 47.5 | 25.00 | 1643 | -16.0 |
| 11 | Sararu, Sofia-Elena | 1636 | ROU | +27N | +31B | −3N | +19B | −1N | +16B | −9N | −5B | +14B | 5.0 | 41.0 | 43.0 | 18.50 | 1532 | -45.6 |
| 12 | Tudosescu, Maria-Teodora | 1491 | ROU | −26N | =22B | +30N | −15B | +31N | =27B | +20N | −10B | +19B | 5.0 | 30.5 | 32.5 | 15.75 | 1454 | -14.0 |
| 13 | Stanica, Maria | 1470 | ROU | +18N | +15B | =7N | =10B | =4N | −3B | −6N | +26B | −8N | 4.5 | 43.5 | 47.0 | 20.75 | 1547 | +26.8 |
| 14 | Gavrila, Anastasia-Maria | 1457 | ROU | −1N | +28B | −19N | +26B | +6N | −2N | =15B | +16B | −11N | 4.5 | 41.5 | 44.5 | 19.25 | 1560 | +21.2 |
| 15 | Zaharia, Sofia-Ana | 1601 | ROU | +21B | −13N | −5B | +12N | −16N | +24B | =14N | +27B | −6N | 4.5 | 38.5 | 42.0 | 18.75 | 1426 | -78.8 |
| 16 | Tacu, Alexandra | 1475 | ROU | +29B | −10B | =27N | =21N | +15B | −11N | =18B | −14N | +22B | 4.5 | 35.0 | 37.5 | 17.00 | 1419 | -16.4 |
| 17 | Georgescu, Alexandra | 1482 | ROU | F | +6B | −4N | −27B | =30N | +19B | −26B | +25N | +21N | 4.5 | 33.0 | 33.0 | 19.00 | 1464 | 0.0 |
| 18 | Lupu-Cimpoiesiu, Damaris | 0 | ROU | −13B | −21N | +28N | =31B | =26N | +23B | =16N | −8B | +27N | 4.5 | 32.5 | 34.5 | 15.50 | 1469 | +9.2 |
| 19 | Cozma, Alexandra-Ioana | 0 | ROU | +8B | −9N | +14B | −11N | −2B | −17N | +32B | +24B | −12N | 4.0 | 40.5 | 42.5 | 16.00 | 1477 | 0.0 |
| 20 | Omer, Sofia | 1422 | ROU | +4B | −2N | +23B | −9N | −8B | +28N | −12B | −22N | +32B | 4.0 | 39.5 | 41.5 | 15.00 | 1450 | 0.0 |
| 21 | Neamtu, Ioana-Sofia | 1419 | ROU | −15N | +18B | +31N | =16B | +27N | −7B | =10N | −6B | −17B | 4.0 | 38.0 | 40.0 | 14.75 | 1525 | 0.0 |
| 22 | Postolache, Maya-Stefania | 0 | ROU | −3N | =12N | −8B | =24B | =32N | =31B | +23N | +20B | −16N | 4.0 | 35.5 | 37.5 | 14.50 | 1376 | 0.0 |
| 23 | Grigore, Miruna-Ioana | 1503 | ROU | +28B | −1B | −20N | +25N | −5B | −18N | −22B | +29N | +30N | 4.0 | 35.0 | 37.0 | 11.50 | 789 | -44.4 |
| 24 | Popa-Voicu, Raluca | 1404 | ROU | −2B | −4N | =25B | =22N | +29B | −15N | +30B | −19N | +28B | 4.0 | 35.0 | 37.0 | 11.50 | 866 | -23.6 |
| 25 | Bruckner, Ingrid | 0 | ROU | =6N | −7B | =24N | −23B | −28N | +29B | +31N | −17B | +26N | 4.0 | 33.0 | 35.0 | 13.00 | 1418 | 0.0 |
| 26 | Dosoftei, Anastasia-Elisa | 0 | ROU | +12B | −3B | −6N | −14N | =18B | +32B | +17N | −13N | −25B | 3.5 | 39.5 | 41.5 | 13.75 | 1297 | 0.0 |
| 27 | Virag, Anna-Timea | 1420 | ROU | −11B | +32N | =16B | +17N | −21B | =12N | =8B | −15N | −18B | 3.5 | 37.5 | 39.5 | 14.00 | 1340 | -23.6 |
| 28 | Craciun, Bianca-Maria | 0 | ROU | −23N | −14N | −18B | +32N | +25B | −20B | −29N | +31B | −24N | 3.0 | 29.5 | 31.5 | 8.00 | 1208 | 0.0 |
| 29 | FIDE 42234336 | 0 | — | −16N | −5N | =32B | −30B | −24N | −25N | +28B | −23B | +31N | 2.5 | 29.5 | 31.5 | 6.00 | 1210 | 0.0 |
| 30 | Larion, Sofia | 0 | ROU | −9B | =8N | −12B | +29N | =17B | −6B | −24N | −32N | −23B | 2.0 | 36.5 | 38.5 | 7.50 | 1098 | 0.0 |
| 31 | Burtumac, Maia | 1468 | ROU | +32B | −11N | −21B | =18N | −12B | =22N | −25B | −28N | −29B | 2.0 | 32.0 | 34.0 | 6.25 | 1257 | -28.0 |
| 32 | FIDE 42249570 | 0 | — | −31N | −27B | =29N | −28B | =22B | −26N | −19N | +30B | −20N | 2.0 | 26.5 | 28.5 | 5.25 | 636 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Dogaru, Lavinia-KarisROU+101.26.0 pts · #2
- 2Grigore, Melania-CristinaROU+87.66.5 pts · #6
- 3Grama, MaraROU+58.87.0 pts · #3
Top rating losers
- 1Zaharia, Sofia-AnaROU-78.84.5 pts · #11
- 2Sararu, Sofia-ElenaROU-45.65.0 pts · #7
- 3Grigore, Miruna-IoanaROU-44.44.0 pts · #30
Biggest upsets
- R4+428 Elo gap
- R9+393 Elo gap
- R1+392 Elo gap