Romanian Chess Championships 2024 start in Eforie Nord

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The Romanian National Chess Championships 2024 starts and will be played from 23 February to 2 March at the Eforie-Nord Complex Steaua de Mare. The event is played in three sections: Open, Women’s and Amatuers, with the total prize fund of 100.000 lei (~20.000 euros).

Romanian Open and Women’s Chess Championships 2024 will be played in 9 rounds, swiss system, with the time control of 90 minutes for 40 moves, plus 15 minutes until the end of the game, with 30-second increment for each move. The time control in the Amateurs event is 60 minutes + 30-second increment, with 9 swiss rounds in the tournament.

Final rankings: Mircea Parligras and Miruna Daria Lehaci clinch titles

More than 150 players registered for the events, and there are 69 entries in the Open tournament, and 35 registered players in the Women’s event. Five-time Romanian Champion GM Constantin Lupulescu (2589), two-time Romanian Champion GM Mircea-Emilian Parligras (2537) and 20-year-old Romanian talent GM David Gavrilescu (2524) headline the field in the Open tournament, which includes IM Irina Bulmaga (2429). Bulmaga will again attack the podium after a great performance in the Romanian Open Championship last year when she lost a medal in the last round and finished the event in the 4th place. Irina Bulmaga is the 7th seed in the tournament this year, and she is the only woman player registered for the Open competition.

12-time Romanian Women’s Chess Champion IM Corina-Isabela Peptan (2314) tops the field in the Women’s tournament together with Romanian representative WGM Mihaela Sandu (2270), four-time Romanian Women’s Champion WGM Elena-Luminita Cosma and the defending Champion WIM Miruna-Daria Lehaci (2227).

Starting lists of players for both events can be seen at the bottom of the article

The Winner of the Romanian Open Championship will clinch the title and earn the money-prize of 15.000 lei (~3.000 euros), and the Women’s Champion will pocket the prize of 8.000 lei (~1.600 euros). The prizes distribution is shown below:

Tournament schedule is shown on the picture below:

Detailed information about the events and official regulations can be found on the Official website. / Chess-Results link

List of registered players – Romanian Open and Women’s Chess Championships 2024: