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Romania National Youth Championships 2026 - girls U16

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16 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 02 Apr 2026 to 09 Apr 2026 in Olimp, Romania. 2 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 1820, and top seed was Maria-Antonia Aldea (🇷🇴 ROU, 1970).

Maria-Antonia Aldea (🇷🇴 ROU, 1970) won with 7.5/9, ahead of Karla Marina Panici (7.0) and Vasylyna Semenova (6.5). Aldea won solo starting round 4.

The biggest upset came in round 8: Karla Marina Panici (1729) beat Vasylyna Semenova (WCM, 1955), a +226-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
🇷🇴Maria-Antonia Aldea1970
Avg top 10
1,820
Participants
16
Titled players · 2
WCM×2
Federations · 1 represented
🇷🇴Romania×16
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

Maria-Antonia Aldea led from R4; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
4
8
3
1
1
1
1
1
1
2.54.579R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9
Aldea7.5Panici7Semenova6.5Vajda5Ciocirlan5Isopescu5
R4–R9 · LEAD HELD

Maria-Antonia Aldea held the sole lead from R4 through R9 without losing it.

R1 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Maria-Antonia Aldea drew with Karla Marina Panici (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

Maria-Antonia Aldea 4 wins (R2–R5)Karla Marina Panici 4 wins (R6–R9)WCM Vasylyna Semenova 3 wins (R5–R7)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Maria-Antonia Aldea*
½
1
1
2Karla Marina Panici
½
*
1
—
3WCMVasylyna Semenova
0
0
*—
4Iulia-Alexandra Vajda
0
——*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Aldea, Maria-Antonia1970ROU=2N+15B+7N+3B+5N=4B+12B+10N=8B7.540.542.534.252054+36.4
2Panici, Karla Marina1729ROU=1B−11N+16B+9N=6B+10N+4B+3B+5N7.041.543.032.751998+123.2
3Semenova, VasylynaWCM1955ROU=4B+16N+9B−1N+11B+6N+5B−2N+10B6.542.043.526.501919-9.6
4Kiss, Abigel1696ROU=3N+12B=5B=11N+13B=1N−2N=6B=9N5.043.046.523.251824+58.0
5Isopescu, Iulia Elena1883ROU+6N=13B=4N+8B−1B+11N−3N+12B−2B5.043.046.521.251829-22.8
6Ciocirlan, Bianca-Alexandra1694ROU−5B+10N=8N+12B=2N−3B=7N=4N+11B5.041.044.522.251845+69.6
7Vajda, Iulia-Alexandra1751ROU+14B=9N−1B=13N−10B+16N=6B=8N+15B5.034.536.015.751748-2.0
8Badica, ArianaWCM1864ROU−9B+14N=6B−5N+15B−12N+13N=7B=1N4.537.539.517.751720-63.6
9Ionescu, Daria S.1646ROU+8N=7B−3N−2B−12N+15N=14B+16N=4B4.537.038.514.751724+38.0
10Moldovan, Maia-Rut1806ROU−13N−6B+14N+16B+7N−2B+11N−1B−3N4.042.043.514.001696-51.6
11Sida, Flavia-Maria1762ROU=15N+2B+13N=4B−3N−5B−10B+14N−6N4.039.541.517.501682-37.6
12Vitelar, Bianca Andreea1786ROU=16B−4N+15B−6N+9B+8B−1N−5N−14B3.537.038.511.751641-66.8
13Brumar, Medeea Destina Ioana1637ROU+10B=5N−11B=7B−4N−14N−8B+15B=16N3.533.034.511.751642+5.6
14Rusu, Ioana1573ROU−7N−8B−10B=15N=16N+13B=9N−11B+12N3.531.032.511.001631+26.0
15Doncu Petcu, Adriana Aylin1580ROU=11B−1N−12N=14B−8N−9B+16B−13N−7N2.036.037.55.251508-34.8
16Caraghete, Ana-Marina1598ROU=12N−3B−2N−10N=14B−7B−15N−9B=13B1.537.539.55.251441-68.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
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Biggest upsets