The Brasov Grand Prix Chess Clasic 2024 took place from 15-21st July at the Casa Armatei in Brasov, Romania.
The event was organized by the Romanian Chess Federation as a part of the national Grand Prix series. The games from 20th July were counted for the Guinness World Record for the most chess games played in 24 hours.
The tournament was a massive 9-round Swiss with 323 participants from 18 federations. Among them were 8 Grandmasters and 15 International Masters.
Newly crowned Dutch Chess Champion GM Max Warmerdam was declared winner after edging Moldovan FM Jegor Lashkin on tie-break. The two players completed the race with 8/9 points each.
The total prize fund was 30,000 EUR, with 5000 EUR dedicated to the winner.
Final standings:
1 GM Warmerdam Max NED 2663 – 8
2 FM Lashkin Jegor MDA 2451 – 8
3 GM Schitco Ivan MDA 2511 – 7.5
4 IM Ghimpu Samuel-Timotei ROU 2452 – 7.5
5 GM Bernadskiy Vitaliy UKR 2548 – 7.5
6 GM Kozak Adam HUN 2601 – 7
7 GM Manolache Marius ROU 2388 – 7
8 IM Raahul V S IND 2314 – 7
9 FM Mitev Valentin BUL 2261 – 7
10 FM Secheres Adrian-Simion ROU 2349 – 7
11 FM Stanciu Alexandru-Ovidiu ROU 2354 – 7
12 IM Bazakutsa Svyatoslav UKR 2490 – 6.5
13 FM Nedelcu Teodor-Cosmin ROU 2283 – 6.5
14 IM David Alexandru-Vasile ROU 2333 – 6.5
15 IM Chen Qi B CHN 2481 – 6.5
16 GM Hamitevici Vladimir MDA 2442 – 6.5
17 IM Ardelean George-Catalin ROU 2436 – 6.5
18 IM Brunello Marina ITA 2358 – 6.5
19 FM Daianu Cristian-Clement ROU 2198 – 6.5
20 GM Van Foreest Lucas NED 2535 – 6.5
21 CM Sachilaru Alexandru ROU 2248 – 6.5
22 FM Cnejev Vladimir-Alexandru ROU 2367 – 6.5
23 I Toma Iustin ROU 1990 – 6.5
24 IM Cosma Ioan ROU 2314 – 6.5
25 FM Cruz De La Osa Reyder CUB 2217 – 6.5
26 CM Negrean Andrei ROU 2299 – 6.5
27 FM Nastore Pavel-Alexandru ROU 2244 – 6.5
28 FM Vavric Pavel MDA 2312 – 6.5
29 I Gazdaru Rares ROU 1983 – 6.5
30 CM Craciun Sasha-Matei ROU 2171 – 6.5
31 I Veress Armand ROU 2111 – 6.5
32 Gubin Dmitrii MDA 2136 – 6.5
33 WIM Zubova Mariya UKR 2146 – 6
34 I Danila Tudor-Gabriel ROU 1949 – 6
35 I Ignat Matei-Marius ROU 2099 – 6
36 Guretchii Kirill MDA 1958 – 6
37 I Leu Dragos Stefan ROU 2053 – 6
38 I Busuioc Stelian-Marian ROU 1975 – 6
39 CM Radu David Cr ROU 2151 – 6
40 FM Vrencian Lehel ROU 2187 – 6
41 I Cruceru-Uceanu Tudor-Mihai ROU 1907 – 6
42 CM Grigore Gigi ROU 2019 – 6
43 I Gales Randi-Ioan ROU 2049 – 6
44 WIM Dragomirescu Angela ROU 2111 – 6
45 FM Filev Georgi BUL 2210 – 6
46 Martinenco Sergiu MDA 1923 – 6
47 I Cazan Mircea-Andrei ROU 1890 – 6
48 WGM Ionescu Irina ROU 2144 – 6
49 I Rusu Adrian ROU 1877 – 6
50 NM Zaim Marian ROU 1963 – 6
51 I Neghiu Cristian-Andrei ROU 1920 – 6
52 I Arion Ilie ROU 1919 – 6
53 I Melinte Rares-Andrei ROU 2133 – 6
54 I Stanica Andrei ROU 2050 – 6
55 ACM Birladeanu Alexandru ROU 1626 – 6
56 CM Botea David-Alexandru ROU 2062 – 5.5
57 Chen Hongsen CHN 2092 – 5.5
58 CM Balan Bogdan C. ROU 2103 – 5.5
59 Volcov Igor MDA 1814 – 5.5
60 Soilita Nichita MDA 1922 – 5.5
61 I Taran Sebastian ROU 1949 – 5.5
62 I Stingu Alin ROU 1925 – 5.5
63 CM Tamas Christian-Arrydan ROU 2084 – 5.5
64 CM Pit-Rada Mihail-Cosmin ROU 2103 – 5.5
65 I Lucaci Alin-Marian ROU 2035 – 5.5
66 Oyberman Iliia UKR 1819 – 5.5
67 WFM Obada Ema ROU 2018 – 5.5
68 Sharapova Polina UKR 1826 – 5.5
69 CM Tanasie Cosmin ROU 2078 – 5.5
70 WIM Ciolacu Alessia-Mihaela ROU 2167 – 5.5
71 NM Sandor Petrut ROU 2099 – 5.5
72 Bujac Dan MDA 1947 – 5.5
73 I Sabarez Iulian ROU 1922 – 5.5
74 WCM Maria Lia-Alexandra ROU 2012 – 5.5
75 I Corbu George-Alexandru ROU 1945 – 5.5
76 Muntean Victor SWE 2136 – 5.5
77 WIM Lehaci Miruna-Daria ROU 2229 – 5.5
78 I Sprincean Lukas George ROU 1971 – 5.5
79 I Larion Iustin ROU 1834 – 5.5
80 I Vasile Matei ROU 1956 – 5.5
81 CM Prisacaru Stefan-Emilian ROU 2233 – 5.5
82 I Costin Alexandru ROU 2099 – 5.5
83 Oyberman Mikhail UKR 1962 – 5.5
84 IM Ardeleanu Alin ROU 2201 – 5.5
85 Cecoi Mihai MDA 1914 – 5.5
86 FM Buzbuchi Ionut ROU 2007 – 5.5
87 I Donici-Maier David ROU 1894 – 5.5
88 I Costache Andrei Eugeniu ROU 1911 – 5.5
89 WCM Hoanca Alexia-Ioana ROU 1919 – 5.5
90 I Prelipcean Eric-Matei ROU 2097 – 5.5
91 Protopopescu Luca FRA 1896 – 5.5
92 CM Samu Sorin-Mihai ROU 2018 – 5.5
93 I Zlate-Ion Matei ROU 1902 – 5.5
94 Andreev Simeon BUL 1966 – 5.5
95 I Harabor David-Alexandru ROU 1875 – 5.5
96 Dincov Matei FRA 1946 – 5.5
97 WCM Stanciu Andreea-Briana ROU 1989 – 5.5
98 I Rusu Lucas ROU 1887 – 5.5
99 WCM Chicarosie Ioana-Bianca ROU 1879 – 5.5
100 I Dodoi Matei-Teodor ROU 2077 – 5
101 CM Andronescu Madalin ROU 1969 – 5
102 CM Coicev Matei-Andrei ROU 2273 – 5
103 II Panait Razvan-Alexandru ROU 1771 – 5
104 Hristova Ivelina BUL 1773 – 5
105 CM Nandrean Dan ROU 1981 – 5
106 I Mintau Andrei-Catalin ROU 2007 – 5
107 Andries Leia DEN 1911 – 5
108 I Ulian Andrei-Octavian ROU 1868 – 5
109 Marzakov Mihail BUL 1955 – 5
110 I Fileru Maria ROU 1807 – 5
111 AFM Onofrasc Ivan ROU 1826 – 5
112 FM Dragomirescu Calin ROU 2018 – 5
113 ACM Ciuca Ianis-Cristian ROU 1767 – 5
114 I Petroff Vlad ROU 2031 – 5
115 I Visanescu Dragos-Nicholas ROU 1930 – 5
116 I Sunea Sara Maria ROU 1811 – 5
117 Dincov Ioan FRA 1864 – 5
118 Bercaru Vlad Ionut ESP 2088 – 5
119 I Dinca Ovidiu ROU 1858 – 5
120 I Cazacu Iustin-Nicolas ROU 1850 – 5
121 I Constantinoiu Alexandru Ioan ROU 1915 – 5
122 I Costescu Mihnea-Constantin ROU 1940 – 5
123 Arsene Fabian MDA 1850 – 5
124 I Moldovan Maia-Rut ROU 1748 – 5
125 I Antal Attila-Laszlo ROU 1731 – 5
126 II Rad Solomon-Marcus ROU 1758 – 5
127 I Dascalescu Adelin-Stefan ROU 1824 – 5
128 WCM Anghel Maria ROU 1875 – 5
129 I Antohe Gheorghe ROU 1960 – 5
130 II Costianu Claudiu ROU 1688 – 5
131 II Grasu Denis-Gabriel ROU 1750 – 5
132 CM Russu Eduard ROU 2105 – 5
133 IM Panus Victor ROU 1918 – 5
134 II Bostina Vladimir-Ioan ROU 1643 – 5
135 II Ionita Alexandru A. ROU 1789 – 5
136 WCM Aldea Maria-Antonia ROU 1864 – 5
137 I Badica Ariana ROU 1778 – 5
138 IM Biro Sandor ROU 2082 – 5
139 II Calin Rares-Ionut ROU 1652 – 5
140 I Anusca Vasile ROU 1641 – 5
141 I Iuga Ioan-Alexandru ROU 1871 – 4.5
142 II Lungu Cristian ROU 1728 – 4.5
143 I Burtea Marius-Valentin ROU 1793 – 4.5
144 CM Armenciu Bogdan-Ovidiu ROU 1997 – 4.5
145 II Apostol Ioan ROU 1752 – 4.5
146 I Isopescu Iulia Elena ROU 1655 – 4.5
147 AIM Ivancescu Bogdan-Andrei ROU 1854 – 4.5
148 I Girmacea Bogdan ROU 2076 – 4.5
149 II Pirvu Ciprian-Valentin ROU 1737 – 4.5
150 I Voinescu Marian-David ROU 1806 – 4.5
151 II Parvu Razvan-George ROU 1717 – 4.5
152 II Constantin Eduard-Andrei ROU 1763 – 4.5
153 I Sida Flavia-Maria ROU 1691 – 4.5
154 I Marchidan Costica ROU 1783 – 4.5
155 II Chira Alex ROU 1581 – 4.5
156 I Litcanu Daria-Tiana ROU 1593 – 4.5
157 II Necsoiu Alexandru-Stefan ROU 1640 – 4.5
158 II Popescu Diana-Andreea ROU 1546 – 4.5
159 II Toculet Erika-Andreea ROU 1472 – 4.5
160 II Grigore Radu-Andrei ROU 1763 – 4.5
161 II Dunca Patrick-David ROU 1646 – 4.5
162 I Bolog Iulian ROU 1977 – 4.5
163 I Ionica Robert ROU 1790 – 4.5
164 II Cazacu Maria-Sofia ROU 1538 – 4.5
165 II Negotei Alin-Adrian ROU 1785 – 4.5
166 I Anistoroaei Maria ROU 1676 – 4.5
167 I Gulias Alin-Constantin ROU 1763 – 4.5
168 Manoila Ruslana MDA 1484 – 4.5
169 II Iorga Flavius Stefan ROU 1626 – 4.5
170 II Grosu Tudor ROU 1779 – 4.5
171 Reissner Alexander GER 1833 – 4.5
172 II Stoica Melina-Theodora ROU 1468 – 4.5
173 II Porosniuc Dumitru Daniel ROU 1687 – 4.5
174 II Ionescu Catalin I. ROU 1707 – 4.5
175 II Nedelcu Teodor Vasile ROU 1549 – 4.5
176 I Linca Ionel ROU 1775 – 4.5
177 I Leca Andrei Anastasia ROU 1710 – 4
178 I Marcu Daria-Ana ROU 1701 – 4
179 Kyparissopoulos Spyridon GRE 1874 – 4
180 II Dranga Victor-Andrei ROU 1751 – 4
181 II Butuza Stefan Aurelian ROU 1730 – 4
182 II Cimpean Dragos-Lucian ROU 1678 – 4
183 II Marc Adrian ROU 1711 – 4
184 II Bosinceanu Iosif ROU 1638 – 4
185 I Groapa Aurelian ROU 1814 – 4
186 Andries Alf DEN 2133 – 4
187 Razdorojnii Nikita MDA 1748 – 4
188 I Tatar Marius Lucian ROU 1823 – 4
189 CM Raducanu Andrei-Augustin ROU 2022 – 4
190 II Pila Denis-Ionut ROU 1614 – 4
191 WCM Puia Alexia-Teodora ROU 1749 – 4
192 I Afloarei Jenica ROU 1728 – 4
193 II Cioroianu Matei ROU 1709 – 4
194 WCM Panici Karla Marina ROU 1735 – 4
195 II Donici-Maier Luca ROU 1575 – 4
196 II Kerekes Aron ROU 1516 – 4
197 I Petculescu Diana-Silvana ROU 1703 – 4
198 I Moroita Vlad ROU 1807 – 4
199 CM Raduica Remus ROU 1816 – 4
200 I Moldovanu Raluca ROU 1682 – 4
201 II Iucu Mihai ROU 1788 – 4
202 Popa Decebal MDA 1694 – 4
203 II Kumar Amrit-Darius ROU 1792 – 4
204 Lie Nicolas USA 1476 – 4
205 II Bocaneala Patrick ROU 1580 – 4
206 I Nedelcu Cristian ROU 1694 – 4
207 I Toculet Gheorghe-Cristache ROU 1752 – 4
208 Coropceanu Eduard MDA 1574 – 4
209 I Mironescu Stefan ROU 1591 – 4
210 II Pozna Tokos Bence ROU 1563 – 4
211 ACM Manolachi Petrica ROU 1586 – 4
212 ACM Manolachi Tudor-Gabriel ROU 1684 – 4
213 II Bucurenciu Adrian-Robert ROU 1534 – 4
214 II Matei-Catruna Andrei ROU 1687 – 4
215 II Ionita Eduard-Gabriel ROU 1703 – 4
216 II Nicula Rebeca ROU 1583 – 4
217 I Tipeiu Nicolae-Adrian ROU 1767 – 4
218 I Veltan Mirel-Emanuel ROU 2014 – 4
219 II Breazu Tudor-Ioan ROU 1527 – 4
220 II Pana Darius-Cristian ROU 1565 – 4
221 I Andries Ionut-Stelian ROU 1716 – 4
222 II Tcaciuc Smaranda-Maria ROU 1565 – 4
223 II Stan Dante-Alexandru ROU 1558 – 4
224 FC Anistoroaei Bogdan-Ioan ROU 901 – 4
225 I Campeanu Daniel ROU 1632 – 4
226 NM Dutu Florian ROU 1996 – 4
227 II Ion Darius-Ionut ROU 1603 – 4
228 FC Burnete Elias-Gabriel ROU 701 – 4
229 FC Tanase Cristian ROU 901 – 4
230 II Valean Sofia-Ayana ROU 1435 – 4
231 II Arhire Lucian ROU 1491 – 4
232 II Nanu Alexandra-Gabriela ROU 1462 – 4
233 II Coseraru Daria Ecaterina ROU 1555 – 4
234 I Moroianu George ROU 1616 – 3.5
235 Maillot Gregory FRA 1858 – 3.5
236 II Simescu Radu-Adrian ROU 1708 – 3.5
237 II Popescu Rares-Stefan ROU 1720 – 3.5
238 Evtodienko Feodor MDA 1735 – 3.5
239 II Ivan Robert Ioan ROU 1628 – 3.5
240 I Vajda Iulia-Alexandra ROU 1567 – 3.5
241 I Ghita Vlad-Bogdan ROU 1942 – 3.5
242 I Cristofor Costin ROU 1801 – 3.5
243 II Balan Vladimir ROU 1590 – 3.5
244 II Chihai Adrian-Valentin ROU 1512 – 3.5
245 II Sfichi Andrei ROU 1604 – 3.5
246 II Borciu Luca-Daniel ROU 1494 – 3.5
247 II Mircea Marius-Ionut ROU 1608 – 3.5
248 II Ardeleanu Teodor-Stefan ROU 1445 – 3.5
249 II Cret George-Christian ROU 1552 – 3.5
250 II Obreja Andrei-Daniel-Stefan ROU 1603 – 3.5
251 II Dascalescu Petru ROU 1538 – 3.5
252 I Borsos Gabriel ROU 1812 – 3.5
253 I Stanica Maria ROU 1413 – 3.5
254 II Moisei David Andrei ROU 1484 – 3.5
255 II Davideanu Alexandru ROU 1578 – 3.5
256 FC Fabian-Smolievski Alexandru ROU 901 – 3.5
257 FC Kovacs Egon ROU 901 – 3.5
258 II Ionita Eric Mihai ROU 1424 – 3.5
259 II Pomirleanu Ioana-Cristiana ROU 1484 – 3.5
260 I Sandea Dorin-Gheorghe ROU 1471 – 3.5
261 II Colta Tudor Cristian ROU 1589 – 3
262 Barbier Emilia MDA 1472 – 3
263 FC Turktan Berke TUR 701 – 3
264 II Dobrin Mihai-Octavian ROU 1628 – 3
265 FC Dimeny Andrei-Radu ROU 701 – 3
266 II Sutu-Demetriade Filip-George ROU 1606 – 3
267 II Albu Tudor-Stefan ROU 1510 – 3
268 II Draghici Ligia-Elena ROU 1547 – 3
269 II Cret Andrei-Rares ROU 1488 – 3
270 II Popa Alesia-Maria ROU 1458 – 3
271 II Portariuc Gheorghe ROU 1516 – 3
272 I Kokosi Daniel ROU 1823 – 3
273 II Bratu Agnes-Andreea ROU 1443 – 3
274 IV Ilie Alexandru-Stefan ROU 1113 – 3
275 Kyparissopoulos Nikolaos GRE 1406 – 3
276 II Chelu Tudor-Iulian ROU 1418 – 3
277 I Grigore Melania-Cristina ROU 1418 – 3
278 FC Slavu Mattia-Davide ROU 701 – 3
279 II Ionita Ayan Gabriel ROU 1461 – 3
280 I Dutcovici Sabina-Teodora ROU 1501 – 3
281 FC Kovacs Natan ROU 701 – 3
282 II Rotescu Vladimir-Szilard ROU 1482 – 3
283 FC Tudorache Marco ROU 901 – 3
284 II Grigorescu Mihai ROU 1544 – 3
285 FC Stanciu Alexandru-Petrut ROU 901 – 3
286 II Ilie Eduard Andrei ROU 1427 – 3
287 II Grigorescu Stefan ROU 1458 – 3
288 II Plopeanu Antonia-Maria ROU 1433 – 3
289 II Munteanu Vladimir ROU 1460 – 3
290 II Tanase Andreea ROU 1449 – 3
291 II Guo Aris-Dian ROU 1424 – 3
292 II Dura David-George ROU 1474 – 3
293 II Bercu Razvan ROU 1401 – 3
294 II Moroita Stefan ROU 1470 – 2.5
295 II Stencau Filip ROU 1444 – 2.5
296 II Stroia David-Calin ROU 1426 – 2.5
297 FC Toader Vlad-Ionut ROU 701 – 2.5
298 IV Ion Gianina-Andreea ROU 1040 – 2.5
299 II Tanasa Vlad ROU 1403 – 2.5
300 II Grosu Antim ROU 1438 – 2.5
301 II Maja Teodora-Maria ROU 1370 – 2.5
302 II Petculescu Silvan-Dorian ROU 1493 – 2.5
303 I Avram-Corbu Ioana ROU 1492 – 2.5
304 II Rinescu Maria ROU 1413 – 2.5
305 IV Stirb Natalia-Eva ROU 1079 – 2
306 FC Kovacs Attila ROU 701 – 2
307 FC Varga Adorjan ROU 701 – 2
308 II Muraru-Teberean David ROU 1508 – 2
309 II Szabo Viktor ROU 1474 – 2
310 II Petcu Ina ROU 1405 – 2
311 FC Nagy Edward ROU 901 – 2
312 FC Grosu Petru ROU 898 – 2
313 II Balan Anastasia ROU 1411 – 2
314 FC Voican Antonia-Stefania ROU 901 – 2
315 FC Moroita Maria ROU 1013 – 2
316 II Ivan Matei-Alexandru ROU 1438 – 2
317 II Podasca Petru-Andrei ROU 1416 – 2
318 II Burtumac Maia ROU 1142 – 1.5
319 IV Moroita Petru ROU 1004 – 1.5
320 FC Catrina Petre-Gabriel ROU 901 – 1.5
321 II Dobrea Alexandru ROU 1496 – 1.5
322 II Laslo Lucia-Laura ROU 1412 – 1
323 FC Batrinca Lucas-Alexandru ROU 901 – 0