IM Irina Bulmaga wins Queens Rapid Chess Challenge 2024

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The Queens Rapid Chess Challenge 2024 took place yesterday in Bucharest, Romania with the participation of 50 players. The event was organized by the CSU ASE sports club, and it was the first among the series of chess tournaments for female chess players as the club continues the tradition of organizing events to promote female excellence in chess.

IM Irina Bulmaga (Romania, 2365 Rapid rating) convincingly won the tournament scoring perfect 7/7 points! She was point and a half ahead of WIM Elitsa Raeva (Bulgaria, 2087 Rapid rating) and WGM Elena-Luminita Cosma (Romania, 2074 Rapid rating) who tied for second with 5.5 points.

The total prize fund of the tournament was 2.600 euros, with 800 euros reserved for the Winner. Detailed information about the tournament are available here / Chess-results.

Final rankings – Queens Rapid Chess Challenge 2024:

Rk.		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.
1	IM	Bulmaga, Irina	ROU	2365	7
2	WIM	Raeva, Elitsa	BUL	2087	5.5
3	WGM	Cosma, Elena-Luminita	ROU	2074	5.5
4	WFM	Obada, Ema	ROU	2163	5
5	WIM	Sgircea, Silvia-Raluca	ROU	2109	5
6	WIM	Ciolacu, Alessia-Mihaela	ROU	1970	5
7	WCM	Maria, Lia-Alexandra	ROU	1951	5
8	I	Hoanca, Alexia-Ioana	ROU	1839	5
9	WCM	Stanciu, Andreea-Briana	ROU	1919	5
10	WFM	Pirvulescu, Ekaterina	ROU	1962	4.5
11	WFM	Cosman, Andreea-Marioara	ROU	2064	4.5
12	WGM	Sandu, Mihaela	ROU	2074	4.5
13	I	Pandelescu, Maria-Catalina	ROU	1713	4.5
14	WCM	Iordache, Alexia-Andreea	ROU	2029	4
15	WCM	Batagan, Ilinca-Petra	ROU	1812	4
16	I	Popa, Andra-Maria	ROU	1773	4
17	I	Mihalea, Maria-Ioana	ROU	1687	4
18	WCM	Schiopu, Andreea-Alexandra	ROU	1793	4
19	WCM	Schiopu, Oana-Magdalena	ROU	1783	4
20	I	Cretescu, Emma	ROU	1628	4
21	WCM	Chicarosie, Ioana-Bianca	ROU	1771	4
22	I	Rata, Anamaria	ROU	1800	3.5
23	I	Aldea, Maria-Antonia	ROU	1795	3.5
24	WNM	Didiliuc, Dariana-Gabriela	ROU	1872	3.5
25	AIM	Dobre, Ana-Margareta-Alexandra	ROU	1848	3.5
26	I	Fileru, Maria	ROU	1752	3.5
27		Ivanova, Elena	BUL	1531	3.5
28	WCM	Patru, Alexandra-Ioana	ROU	1755	3.5
29	I	Badica, Ariana	ROU	1746	3
30	I	Petculescu, Diana-Silvana	ROU	1732	3
31	WCM	Sava, Ana-Maria	ROU	1863	3
32	IV	Constantin, Mara-Madeleine	ROU	1420	3
33	I	Calugareanu, Ioana-Denisa	ROU	1645	3
34	II	Tani, Selina	ROU	1437	3
35	II	Miron, Andreea-Parascheva	ROU	1425	3
36	II	Marin, Alexia-Iuliana	ROU	1512	3
37	II	Popescu, Diana-Andreea	ROU	1499	3
38	II	Malaieru, Alexandra-Gabriela	ROU	1498	2.5
39	II	Ivascu, Andreea-Catalina	ROU	1515	2.5
40	II	Raduinea, Cristina-Alexandra	ROU	1487	2.5
41		Stan, Anastasia	UKR	1001	2.5
42	II	Gheorghe, Raisa-Maria	ROU	1483	2.5
43	FC	Tancu, Ana-Mihaela	ROU	1007	2
44	FC	Murtaza, Iman	ROU	1001	2
45	II	Lazar, Sara	ROU	1050	2
46	FC	Burtumac, Maia	ROU	1001	2
47	IV	Voicu, Adelina-Maria	ROU	1044	2
48	FC	Dutescu, Teodora	ROU	1001	2
49	FC	Burtumac, Thea	ROU	1001	1
50	II	Ferar, Cezara-Maria	ROU	1556	0