Romania National Youth Championships 2026 - girls U18
10 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 1779, and top seed was Lia-Alexandra Maria (🇷🇴 ROU, WFM, 2019).
Daria-Ana Marcu (🇷🇴 ROU, 2003) won with 7.5/9, ahead of Lia-Alexandra Maria (6.0) and Maria-Catalina Pandelescu (5.5). Marcu shared the lead from round 6 and won solo starting round 8.
The biggest upset came in round 6: Teodora-Maria Maja (1438) beat Maria Pirvan (1737), a +299-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 10 · 9 roundsDaria-Ana Marcu led from R8 onwards, the runner-up race stayed tight. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R8.
Daria-Ana Marcu takes the sole lead (6.5/8).
Daria-Ana Marcu opens a +1.5-point gap over the chasing pack (closest: WFM Lia-Alexandra Maria); the title is out of reach before R9.
Daria-Ana Marcu beat WFM Lia-Alexandra Maria (White).
Cross-table
| # | Player | Elo | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Pts | SB | Bh | Δ Elo | Perf |
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| 1 | 🇷🇴Marcu, Daria-Ana | 2003 | * | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7.5 | 30.25 | 37.5 | +22.4 | 2045 |
| 2 | 🇷🇴WFMMaria, Lia-Alexandra | 2019 | 0 | * | 1 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6.0 | 21.75 | 39.0 | -44.0 | 1897 |
| 3 | 🇷🇴Pandelescu, Maria-Catalina | 1924 | 0 | 0 | * | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 5.5 | 20.75 | 39.5 | -25.2 | 1852 |
| 5 | 🇷🇴Pirvan, Maria | 1737 | 1 | ½ | 0 | * | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5.0 | 23.25 | 40.0 | +40.8 | 1826 |
| 4 | 🇷🇴WCMCalugareanu, Ioana-Denisa | 1805 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | * | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5.0 | 20.00 | 40.0 | +8.8 | 1819 |
| 6 | 🇷🇴Andries, Alexia | 1748 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | * | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 4.5 | 17.00 | 40.5 | +16.0 | 1782 |
| 7 | 🇷🇴Kiss, Hanna | 1735 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | * | ½ | ½ | 1 | 4.0 | 14.25 | 41.0 | +1.2 | 1740 |
| 8 | 🇷🇴Rusu, Anastasia | 1751 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | * | 1 | 1 | 3.5 | 11.00 | 41.5 | -24.8 | 1702 |
| 9 | 🇷🇴Samson, Maria | 1626 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 0 | * | 1 | 3.0 | 10.75 | 42.0 | +12.0 | 1671 |
| 10 | 🇷🇴Maja, Teodora-Maria | 1438 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | * | 1.0 | 5.00 | 44.0 | -7.2 | 1419 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Pirvan, MariaROU+40.85.0 pts · #5
- 2Marcu, Daria-AnaROU+22.47.5 pts · #1
- 3Andries, AlexiaROU+16.04.5 pts · #6
- 1Maria, Lia-AlexandraWFMROU-44.06.0 pts · #2
- 2Pandelescu, Maria-CatalinaROU-25.25.5 pts · #3
- 3Rusu, AnastasiaROU-24.83.5 pts · #8
- R6+299 Elo gap
- R5+266 Elo gap
- R5+214 Elo gap