The 17th Arad Chess Open Grand Prix Classic will be held from 5-11th August at the Gemi Conference & Events in Arad, Romania.
The event is organized by the Romanian Chess Federation and Vados Chess Club Arad as a part of the national Grand Prix series. The tournament format is a single section over 9 rounds of Swiss system.
The total prize fund is 30.000 EUR, with 5000 EUR reserved for the winner.
There are already 329 players from 29 chess federations registered to compete in the event. Among them are 31 Grandmasters and 26 International Masters. Dutch champion and winner of the previous Chess Grand Prix in Brasov, GM Max Warmerdam, is the 2nd seed.
Side events:
Fischer Random โ 7 rounds, 10 min + 3 sec/move, August 5 at 10 o’clock Aniroc Hotel Event Hall (top floor)
Wine tasting at MaxiMarc Wine Cellars in Mฤderat โ Tuesday, August 6th
Football tournament: Tuesday and Thursday from 22.00.
Bughouse tournament: Wednesday: from 10.00 at the Event Hall of Hotel Aniroc (top floor)
Pairs chess tournament: Wednesday at 10 pm โ Street chess โ 1 Decembrie 1918 Street
Pub Chess Quiz โ general knowledge contest on chess topics โ Thursday, August 8, 22:00 โ Curtea Veche Restaurant
Chess Solving Competition valid for international rating by the World Federation for Chess Composition โ Friday, August 9, 9:30 at the game hall.
Table tennis tournament: Friday โ 10.00 โ CSM Arad table tennis hall
Blitz tournament (FIDE approved): Friday at 9 pm (playing hall)
School Chess Kids Tournament – Education through Chess! โ Saturday, August 10, at 9:30, at the Playing Hall
Participants:
1 GM Deac Bogdan-Daniel ROU 2683
2 GM Warmerdam Max NED 2676
3 GM Balog Imre HUN 2627
4 GM Santos Latasa Jaime ESP 2624
5 GM Mendonca Leon Luke IND 2621
6 GM Aryan Chopra IND 2619
7 GM Lagarde Maxime FRA 2615
8 GM Kozak Adam HUN 2604
9 GM Pranesh M IND 2598
10 GM Idani Pouya IRI 2595
11 GM Lupulescu Constantin ROU 2583
12 GM Can Emre TUR 2543
13 GM Petrov Martin BUL 2536
14 GM Dudin Gleb HUN 2534
15 GM Stocek Jiri CZE 2534
16 GM Nasuta Grzegorz POL 2533
17 GM Kantor Gergely HUN 2525
18 GM Stremavicius Titas LTU 2520
19 GM Petkov Momchil BUL 2518
20 GM Schitco Ivan MDA 2518
21 GM Beerdsen Thomas NED 2512
22 GM Krysa Leandro ARG 2499
23 IM Maksimovic Bojan BIH 2499
24 IM Koellner Ruben Gideon GER 2490
25 GM Salinas Herrera Pablo CHI 2487
26 IM Rozen Eytan ISR 2478
27 IM Roshka Yevgeniy UKR 2467
28 GM Nijboer Friso NED 2466
29 IM Ghimpu Samuel-Timotei ROU 2464
30 IM Kraus Tomas CZE 2462
31 GM Firat Burak TUR 2450
32 IM Krstulovic Alex HUN 2446
33 IM Bilych Olexiy UKR 2434
34 FM Magold Filip ROU 2425
35 Pyrih Roman UKR 2422
36 IM Vanczak Tamas HUN 2410
37 IM Cukrowski Filip POL 2409
38 FM Hristodoulou Panagiotis GRE 2407
39 IM Kirk Ezra ENG 2402
40 GM Manolache Marius ROU 2398
41 FM Poltorak Sebastian POL 2397
42 GM Mohr Georg SLO 2392
43 IM Toma Radu-Cristian ROU 2386
44 IM Dzida Kamil POL 2385
45 Feige Manuel GER 2380
46 GM Istratescu Andrei ROU 2377
47 IM Pasti Aron HUN 2370
48 FM Pribelszky Bence HUN 2368
49 Li Guohao CHN 2363
50 FM Egresi Mate HUN 2353
51 FM Stanciu Alexandru-Ovidiu ROU 2347
52 FM Cnejev Vladimir-Alexandru ROU 2343
53 FM Secheres Adrian-Simion ROU 2342
54 FM Tobak Mikhail UKR 2338
55 IM David Alexandru-Vasile ROU 2335
56 FM Baranciuc Alexandr MDA 2332
57 IM Filip Lucian-Ioan ROU 2327
58 FM Nedelcu Teodor-Cosmin ROU 2310
59 IM Avinash Ramesh IND 2305
60 FM Filip Andrei ROU 2302
61 WGM Radeva Viktoria BUL 2301
62 WIM Hrebenshchykova Yelyzaveta UKR 2301
63 IM Manea Alexandru ROU 2287
64 CM Negrean Andrei ROU 2279
65 FM Ciorgovean Iustin ROU 2277
66 CM Padurariu Mihai-Edward ROU 2270
67 FM Avramidou Anastasia GRE 2269
68 FM Diaz Villagran Robert CHI 2268
69 CM Sachilaru Alexandru ROU 2255
70 FM Ongut Tamas Gunes HUN 2254
71 WGM Krasteva Beloslava BUL 2252
72 IM Cernov Vadim ROU 2251
73 FM Antal Hunor-Zoltan ROU 2250
74 WGM Sandu Mihaela ROU 2246
75 FM Tancsa Tamas HUN 2236
76 FM Nastore Pavel-Alexandru ROU 2233
77 Eletskikh Alexandr MDA 2231
78 Gathi Donat HUN 2231
79 FM Domene Mulyukov Alexander ESP 2229
80 CM Coman Mihnea-George ROU 2225
81 CM Visser Henk-Jan NED 2215
82 FM Daianu Cristian-Clement ROU 2214
83 Sapocinic Semion MDA 2213
84 CM Tampea Radu ROU 2200
85 CM Prisacaru Stefan-Emilian ROU 2191
86 FM Maximov Oleg ROU 2191
87 WIM Lehaci Miruna-Daria ROU 2190
88 CM Coicev Matei-Andrei ROU 2187
89 CM Vilcu Matei-Stefan ROU 2184
90 Grzesik Gracjan POL 2184
91 Sagi Bence HUN 2183
92 Geher Koppany HUN 2182
93 IM Ardeleanu Alin ROU 2177
94 WIM Aydin Gulenay TUR 2176
95 Perets Dmytro DEN 2166
96 Foldes Marton Gabor HUN 2161
97 I Leu Dragos Stefan ROU 2160
98 WIM Ciolacu Alessia-Mihaela ROU 2152
99 CM Ciocani Iosif ROU 2152
100 CM Paraschiv Paul-Alexandru ROU 2151
101 CM Voicu Teodor-Mihnea ROU 2145
102 CM Anghel Iulian-Mihai ROU 2141
103 CM Craciun Sasha-Matei ROU 2135
104 Cernov Henrik GER 2133
105 CM Botea David-Alexandru ROU 2132
106 I Danila Tudor-Gabriel ROU 2128
107 La Barbera Manfredi ITA 2128
108 FM Voiteanu Gabriel ROU 2119
109 I Oltean Cristian-Daniel ROU 2119
110 CM Tamas Christian-Arrydan ROU 2118
111 Muntean Victor SWE 2117
112 Molnar Laszlo HUN 2114
113 WIM Dragomirescu Angela ROU 2110
114 Bezeyko Olexander UKR 2108
115 I Ignat Matei-Marius ROU 2098
116 I Veress Armand ROU 2097
117 WFM Maksimovic Masa BIH 2094
118 CM Koellner Aaron Noah GER 2093
119 I Costin Alexandru ROU 2084
120 CM Tanasie Cosmin ROU 2084
121 Xu Yuze CHN 2081
122 Miron Iurii MDA 2080
123 I Dodoi Matei-Teodor ROU 2077
124 I Saioc David ROU 2072
125 CM Samu Sorin-Mihai ROU 2071
126 CM Mazilu Stefan Fabian ROU 2067
127 I Ungureanu Sandu ROU 2060
128 Sokhor Nazar UKR 2058
129 I Tudoroiu Razvan-Catalin ROU 2055
130 I Prelipcean Eric-Matei ROU 2052
131 I Balaban-Voia Alexandru ROU 2047
132 WFM Grapsa Georgia GRE 2047
133 Gzib David SVK 2047
134 WCM Maria Lia-Alexandra ROU 2046
135 Pasti Zsombor HUN 2043
136 I Cazan Mircea-Andrei ROU 2036
137 WFM Obada Ema ROU 2035
138 Bercaru Vlad Ionut ESP 2034
139 Wierzbicki Dawid POL 2031
140 Chlpek Daniel SVK 2029
141 I Sabarez Iulian ROU 2022
142 IM Mozes Ervin ROU 2019
143 I Korcsek Alexandru-David ROU 2018
144 Gabula Adam HUN 2018
145 Csabai Viktor HUN 2017
146 Majdanski Maksymilian POL 2004
147 I Dima Ioan-Radu ROU 2002
148 I Stingu Alin ROU 2002
149 I Cruceru-Uceanu Tudor-Mihai ROU 2002
150 FM Dragomirescu Calin ROU 2000
151 Jendrowiak Maciej POL 1999
152 AIM Dovgaliuk Oleksandr UKR 1993
153 I Chima Radu-Niculin ROU 1991
154 WFM Mihailova Alina MDA 1987
155 I Taran Sebastian ROU 1983
156 NM Minescu Dragos-Olivar-Laurentiu ROU 1981
157 CM Armenciu Bogdan-Ovidiu ROU 1978
158 WCM Stanciu Andreea-Briana ROU 1975
159 I Iuga Ioan-Alexandru ROU 1975
160 I Corbu George-Alexandru ROU 1973
161 I Lup Constantin-Ionel ROU 1969
162 Bod Marton HUN 1969
163 Oyberman Mikhail UKR 1967
164 WCM Hoanca Alexia-Ioana ROU 1966
165 I Capragiu Matei-Stefan ROU 1961
166 Owoc Jakub POL 1960
167 CM Mogirzan Matei-Valeriu ROU 1955
168 CM Moldovan Gheorghe-Zamfir ROU 1953
169 NM Mircov Nicola-Alexandar ROU 1939
170 Seres Barnabas HUN 1939
171 Sacharewicz Krzysztof POL 1938
172 I Arion Ilie ROU 1937
173 Oyberman Iliia UKR 1933
174 I Costache Andrei Eugeniu ROU 1929
175 Dergausov Denis MDA 1926
176 WCM Batagan Ilinca-Petra ROU 1924
177 Zhu Zile CHN 1921
178 I Rusu Adrian ROU 1915
179 Pop Laurentius Dr. GER 1914
180 Zhang Ruijia CHN 1913
181 I Mihaila Marika-Nicolas ROU 1903
182 I Ghita Vlad-Bogdan ROU 1902
183 Somogyi Gabor HUN 1901
184 I Deac David ROU 1900
185 I Donici-Maier David ROU 1899
186 I Cazan Andrei ROU 1893
187 WCM Paraschiv Petronela-Alexandra ROU 1882
188 I Rujan Rodel-Marinel ROU 1881
189 I Ivancescu Bogdan-Andrei ROU 1875
190 WFM Petricenco Ana MDA 1872
191 Mohr Pablo SLO 1868
192 I Onofrasc Ivan ROU 1866
193 II Negotei Alin-Adrian ROU 1861
194 CM Sorbun Cristinel ROU 1857
195 Koronas Vasilios GRE 1857
196 Rascu Dmitrii MDA 1849
197 I Parasca Claudiu ROU 1836
198 I Anghelescu Teodor-Stefan ROU 1831
199 CM Bartha Andrei ROU 1828
200 WCM Aldea Maria-Antonia ROU 1827
201 I Cretu Sorin-Alexandru ROU 1826
202 II Voinescu Marian-David ROU 1825
203 I Burtea Marius-Valentin ROU 1821
204 I Miculit Vlad-Cristian ROU 1814
205 I Tarciuc Ianis-Mihai ROU 1813
206 I Dascalescu Adelin-Stefan ROU 1810
207 I Brosman Alexandru ROU 1809
208 I Cucu Ioan-Mircea ROU 1805
209 Bitca Emilia MDA 1805
210 I Iacoban Anatolie ROU 1798
211 Kun Joan GER 1797
212 I Guiu Lorena-Malina ROU 1795
213 II Codru Raul Cristian ROU 1793
214 I Hirsu Adrian ROU 1788
215 II Ponta-Facalet Zeno-Andrei ROU 1784
216 I Buzuriu Razvan-Florin ROU 1779
217 I Dragoi Tudor ROU 1773
218 II Vaduva Ion-Valentin ROU 1770
219 II Kumar Ambar-David ROU 1765
220 I Tat Alin-Sebastian ROU 1764
221 II Kumar Amrit-Darius ROU 1763
222 II Carasca Andrei-Pavel ROU 1762
223 I Sida Flavia-Maria ROU 1746
224 II Onica Victor-Dominic ROU 1744
225 I Gulias Alin-Constantin ROU 1739
226 CM Fugulyan Grigore ROU 1738
227 II Mihai Traian-Daniel ROU 1737
228 I Breaz Adrian ROU 1735
229 II Deac Victor ROU 1731
230 I Dorobat Alexia ROU 1730
231 I Marius Andra-Beatrice ROU 1729
232 I Haineala Iustin-Petru ROU 1727
233 I Isopescu Iulia Elena ROU 1723
234 II Nasui Andrei-Catalin ROU 1721
235 I Balla David ROU 1720
236 II Balaceanu David ROU 1719
237 II Sida Flavius-Ovidiu ROU 1719
238 II Dumitrescu Alexandru-Petru ROU 1714
239 Margaryan Aram ARM 1712
240 WCM Panici Karla Marina ROU 1710
241 II Mocanita Matei ROU 1697
242 II Cimpean Dragos-Lucian ROU 1696
243 I Nasui Vasile ROU 1695
244 II Halmajan Fabian-Mirel ROU 1692
245 II Grosu Tudor ROU 1691
246 II Bran Horatiu ROU 1691
247 I Mihalca Imre-Gheorghe ROU 1688
248 II Seletye Dominik ROU 1685
249 I Moldovanu Raluca ROU 1681
250 II Chira Alex ROU 1680
251 I Radu Rebecca-Aimee ROU 1677
252 II Dunca Patrick-David ROU 1676
253 II Plesca Victor ROU 1667
254 I Ionescu Daria S. ROU 1666
255 Vargas Mojica Axel Fabian BOL 1666
256 I Dumitrache Elisa-Andreea ROU 1656
257 FC Gherghe David ROU 1652
258 II Naghi Ioan Viorel ROU 1651
259 II Dragoi Gabriel-Fabius ROU 1648
260 II Matei-Catruna Andrei ROU 1641
261 Maksimovic Savo BIH 1635
262 II Colta Tudor Cristian ROU 1623
263 II Burja-Udrea Razvan-Andrei ROU 1621
264 II Jorja Mircea ROU 1617
265 II Gutu Catalin-Vlad-Aurelian ROU 1611
266 II Covaciu Alexandru-Marian ROU 1608
267 II Moldovan Alex ROU 1607
268 II Spatariu Darius ROU 1605
269 II Buliga Nelu ROU 1599
270 FC Dimeny Andrei-Radu ROU 1599
271 Cazacu Raluca-Cristiana MDA 1593
272 Poenaru Victor GER 1591
273 II Dumitru Sorin ROU 1589
274 II Carasca Mihai-Nicolae ROU 1585
275 II Abrudan Alexandru ROU 1570
276 II Halmajan Iulian-Teodor ROU 1569
277 II Soica Adrian-Cosmin ROU 1569
278 II Voda Teodor ROU 1568
279 I Vasiloi Leonard ROU 1565
280 II Donici-Maier Luca ROU 1562
281 II Breaz Albert ROU 1550
282 II Nan Simion-Nicolae ROU 1546
283 Bujdoso Erik ESP 1543
284 I Ionita Gheorghe ROU 1541
285 II Groza Razvan Sebastian ROU 1537
286 II Mihai Adam-Alexandru ROU 1531
287 II Craciun Dimitri ROU 1526
288 II Robescu Andrei-Georgian ROU 1521
289 II Liga Matei ROU 1520
290 II Cordos Lucas ROU 1517
291 II Radac Patrick Nicholas ROU 1516
292 II Balaceanu Ruben-Daniel ROU 1515
293 II Antal Iris-Ileana ROU 1511
294 II Moldovan Razvan-Vasile ROU 1511
295 III Stirb Natalia-Eva ROU 1506
296 II Nemet Ciprian-Lucian ROU 1505
297 II Borciu Luca-Daniel ROU 1502
298 II Damian Beniamin-Ephraim ROU 1492
299 II Dumitrica Radu ROU 1471
300 II Mujat Alexandru-Mihai ROU 1471
301 II Stanci David-Dacian ROU 1471
302 II Valean Sofia-Ayana ROU 1449
303 FC Gyuricza Eduard-Ioan ROU 1447
304 FC Botas Rafi-Mathias-Ionel ROU 1445
305 II Popa Alesia-Maria ROU 1436
306 II Breaz Arthur ROU 1435
307 I Sandea Dorin-Gheorghe ROU 1431
308 Vargas Mojica Roderick Thiago BOL 1428
309 II Kohn Daniel ROU 1426
310 II Bercu Razvan ROU 1425
311 II Buidoso Mihai ROU 1421
312 II Brumar Medeea Destina Ioana ROU 1416
313 II Culda Dragos-Ilie ROU 1414
314 I Toma Iustin ROU 1990
315 I Dragomir Carmen-Teodora ROU 1707
316 II Birau Cristian-Andrei ROU 1465
317 FC Hebristean Mathias ROU 1437
318 II Soica Maria-Carmen ROU 1407
319 II Mateia Benone-Nicolae ROU 1100
320 IV Foghis George-David ROU 1078
321 III Puscas Gavril-Adrian ROU 1017
322 FC Cotoc Mara-Cristina ROU 1007
323 FC Bumbaru Viorel ROU 901
324 FC Ene Alexandru-Andrei ROU 901
325 FC Groza Ianis-Petru ROU 901
326 FC Table Levin-Filip ROU 901
327 FC Truta Tudor-Vlad ROU 901
328 FC Albis Vlad-Ioan ROU 701
329 FC Enache George-Alexandru ROU 701
