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Alexey Sarana is the winner of Grand Prix PlusCity rapid

By Sergio

Posted on May 30, 2025

Yesterday Parham Maghsoodloo won Grand Prix PlusCity blitz with 2900+ performance. Today was the rapid section of the event and Alexey Sarana won clear first with 8,0/9. See the calendar of Alexey Sarana here. Baadur Jobava won yet another medal – this time it was silver – while the bronze is for Szymon Gumularz.

Top woman is Alexandra Kosteniuk, ahead of Marina Brunello and Stavroula Tsolakidou.

Final standings

1	GM	Sarana, Alexey	SRB	2603	8
2	GM	Jobava, Baadur	GEO	2638	7.5
3	GM	Gumularz, Szymon	POL	2511	7.5
4	GM	Safarli, Eltaj	AZE	2616	7.5
5	GM	Shimanov, Aleksandr	FID	2583	7.5
6	GM	Vitiugov, Nikita	ENG	2590	7.5
7	GM	Rodshtein, Maxim	ISR	2603	7.5
8	GM	Grischuk, Alexander	FID	2688	7.5
9	GM	Santos Latasa, Jaime	ESP	2645	7
10	GM	Kozul, Zdenko	CRO	2484	7
11	GM	Movsesian, Sergei	ARM	2609	7
12	GM	Maghsoodloo, Parham	IRI	2670	7
13	IM	Licznerski, Lukasz	POL	2414	7
14	GM	Jovanovic, Zoran	CRO	2545	7
15	GM	Livaic, Leon	CRO	2489	7
16	FM	Pyrih, Roman	UKR	2378	7
17	GM	Pantsulaia, Levan	GEO	2499	6.5
18	GM	Petrov, Nikita	MNE	2559	6.5
19	GM	Teclaf, Pawel	POL	2507	6.5
20	IM	Koellner, Ruben Gideon	GER	2431	6.5
21	GM	Mikhalevski, Victor	ISR	2455	6.5
22	GM	Subelj, Jan	SLO	2473	6.5
23	GM	Glek, Igor	BEL	2448	6.5
24	GM	Meier, Georg	URU	2607	6.5
25	IM	Schneider, Ilja	GER	2438	6.5
26	IM	Froewis, Georg	AUT	2478	6.5
27	GM	Kadric, Denis	MNE	2536	6.5
28	IM	Deuer, Marius	GER	2337	6.5
29	FM	Sherman, Raem	ISR	2267	6.5
30	GM	Horvath, Dominik	AUT	2432	6.5
31	GM	Krzyzanowski, Marcin	POL	2429	6.5
32	GM	Lodici, Lorenzo	ITA	2474	6.5
33	GM	Stevic, Hrvoje	CRO	2532	6.5
34	IM	Roshka, Yevgeniy	UKR	2451	6
35	IM	Peyrer, Konstantin	AUT	2464	6
36	GM	Kosteniuk, Alexandra	SUI	2483	6
37	GM	Dragnev, Valentin	AUT	2422	6
38	GM	Quparadze, Giga	GEO	2566	6
39	GM	Balog, Imre	HUN	2599	6
40	GM	Zanan, Evgeny	ISR	2370	6
41	FM	Bethke, Richard	GER	2388	6
42	GM	Stocek, Jiri	CZE	2503	6
43	GM	Pakleza, Zbigniew	POL	2419	6
44	GM	Erdos, Viktor	HUN	2525	6
45	GM	Alekseenko, Kirill	AUT	2632	6
46	GM	Palac, Mladen	CRO	2532	6
47	FM	Stork, Oliver	GER	2300	6
48	FM	Perhinig, Robert	AUT	2342	6
49	FM	Goroshkov, Maksym	SLO	2434	6
50	IM	Fromm, Marius	GER	2320	6
51	FM	Korchynskyi, Mykola	UKR	2203	6
52	IM	Piesik, Piotr	CZE	2377	6
53	IM	Brodowski, Piotr	POL	2377	6
54	FM	Hulka, Valentyn	UKR	2373	6
55		Starek, Stanislav	CZE	2182	6
56		Goessler, Markus	AUT	2090	6
57	CM	Stichter, Constantin Paul	GER	2014	6
58	GM	Mohr, Georg	SLO	2343	6
59	IM	Hacker, Jonas	GER	2361	6
60	IM	Levin, Guy	ISR	2359	6
61	IM	Brunello, Marina	ITA	2301	6
62	IM	Csonka, Balazs	HUN	2437	6
63		Pressler, Tobias	CZE	1955	6
64	GM	Zelcic, Robert	CRO	2454	5.5
65	GM	Dudin, Gleb	HUN	2454	5.5
66	FM	Sandhoefner, Florian	AUT	2248	5.5
67	FM	Lohia, Sohum	ENG	2097	5.5
68	CM	Hofstadler, Mario	AUT	1952	5.5
69	IM	Tsolakidou, Stavroula	GRE	2394	5.5
70	FM	Kundianok, Vladislav	FID	2266	5.5
71		Stoettner, Moritz	GER	2165	5.5
72	IM	Fedorovsky, Michael	GER	2323	5.5
73	IM	Soos, Arpad	HUN	2310	5.5
74		Steiner, Adam	AUT	2209	5.5
75	FM	Postlmayer, Jakob	AUT	2209	5.5
76		Smirnov, Maksim	SLO	2140	5.5
77	IM	Konopka, Michal	CZE	2353	5.5
78	GM	Nasuta, Grzegorz	POL	2411	5.5
79	WGM	Dolzhykova, Kateryna	GER	2230	5.5
80	IM	Ganaus, Hannes	AUT	2249	5.5
81	WIM	Agrest, Inna	SWE	2245	5.5
82	CM	Csernyik, Mark	HUN	2125	5.5
83	IM	Wagner, Dinara	GER	2372	5.5
84		Mcadam, Mark Dr.	GER	2008	5.5
85	FM	Hebesberger, Thomas	AUT	2231	5.5
86	FM	Schernthaner, David	AUT	2224	5.5
87	FM	Paszewski, Mateusz	POL	2240	5.5
88	IM	Risteski, Emil	MKD	2373	5.5
89		Hinterreiter, Markus	GER	2143	5.5
90	WIM	Demeter, Dorina	HUN	2091	5.5
91	IM	Krastev, Alexander	GER	2495	5.5
92	CM	Gloessl, Sota Alexander	AUT	2060	5.5
93		Kukushkin, Ivan	BUL	1956	5.5
94	WFM	Deak-Sala, Emilia	AUT	1976	5.5
95	FM	Denk, Adolf	AUT	2254	5.5
96	WGM	Movsesian, Julia	CZE	2232	5.5
97		Lehocz, Jozsef Jr.	HUN	2125	5
98	FM	Ernst, Robert	AUT	2121	5
99		Ljubic, Juro	AUT	2154	5
100	FM	Wallner, Joachim	AUT	2285	5
101	WIM	Muetsch, Annmarie	BEL	2188	5
102	FM	Lerch, Johannes	AUT	2193	5
103		Pleimer, Noah	AUT	1925	5
104		Podolskyi, Mykhailo	UKR	2224	5
105	IM	Koelle, Tobias	GER	2411	5
106	FM	Balint, Peter	AUT	2295	5
107		Manhardt, Thomas	AUT	2206	5
108		Scheffknecht, Philipp	AUT	2045	5
109	FM	Weber, Samuel	GER	2279	5
110	FM	Karas, Marek	CZE	2206	5
111	CM	Feinig, Mario	AUT	2195	5
112		Nolz, Tom	AUT	2149	5
113		Gay, Lukas	SVK	2108	5
114	FM	Fecker, Noah	SUI	2277	5
115	FM	Wohlfahrt, Herbert	AUT	2328	5
116		Weinberger, Simon	AUT	2070	5
117		Ramsbacher, David	AUT	2017	5
118		Rueger, Erhard	GER	2108	5
119		Kondrak, Christoph	AUT	2041	5
120		Kues, Hendrik	GER	2071	5
121	CM	Bauer, Thomas	AUT	2086	5
122		Vartanov, Robert	AUT	1841	5
123		Mohr, Pablo	SLO	1827	5
124		Waldmann, Gerald	AUT	2112	5
125	FM	Knechtel, Roland	GER	2189	5
126		Topalidis, Pavlos	GRE	1801	5
127		Kukku, Ramesh	IND	1776	5
128		Leser, Stefan	GER	1891	5
129		Simic, Jakov	AUT	1999	5
130		Grafenhofer, Harald	AUT	1874	5
131		Benedikt, Noah	AUT	1977	5
132		Steinerberger, Alexander	AUT	1780	5
133		Oettl, Florian	AUT	1890	5
134		Tieber, Michael	AUT	1878	5
135		Wagner, Stephan	AUT	2281	4.5
136		Hengl, Philip	AUT	2218	4.5
137	FM	Marakovits, Nico	AUT	2105	4.5
138		Hofmann, Lorenz	GER	2037	4.5
139		Wimmer, Michael	AUT	1922	4.5
140	FM	Topencik, Bruno	CZE	1905	4.5
141		Hatzl, Johannes	AUT	2085	4.5
142	FM	Leitgeb, Julian	AUT	2147	4.5
143	CM	Stoettner, Lukas	GER	2117	4.5
144		Frank, Paul	AUT	2254	4.5
145		Schallner, Marc	GER	2083	4.5
146		Breneis, Lukas	AUT	2170	4.5
147		Modric, Milos	SRB	1966	4.5
148	WFM	Bashylina, Luisa	GER	2065	4.5
149	FM	Karabalis, Harilos	GER	2252	4.5
150		Ortner, Sebastian	AUT	1909	4.5
151	CM	Bezdek, Tomas	CZE	1918	4.5
152		Lomsadze, Irakly	AUT	2108	4.5
153		Martynov, Aleksandr	FID	2007	4.5
154		Hoegl, Emanuel	AUT	2082	4.5
155		Wischounig, Laurin	AUT	1987	4.5
156		Tischler, Michel	AUT	1953	4.5
157	AFM	Ozar, Semih	TUR	1591	4.5
158		Schneider, Aron	AUT	2045	4.5
159		Zaehringer, Daniel	GER	2112	4.5
160		Waldner, Alois	AUT	2048	4.5
161	AIM	Alalidze, Saba	GEO	1726	4.5
162		Kroon, Ivo	NED	1960	4.5
163		Gold, Arthur	AUT	1831	4.5
164		Pakina, Varvara	UKR	1866	4.5
165		Huber, Guenther	AUT	1965	4.5
166	FM	Ebner, Hubert	AUT	2235	4.5
167		Zaiarski, Stepan	MDA	1712	4.5
168	CM	Maierhofer, Johann	AUT	2026	4.5
169		Matthias, Liam	AUT	1852	4.5
170		Birk, Robin	AUT	1891	4.5
171	ACM	Ljubic, Zvonomir	CRO	1676	4.5
172		Havas, Clemens	AUT	1992	4.5
173		Shiri, Mustafa	IRI	1953	4.5
174		Hoebarth, Guenter	AUT	1909	4.5
175		Hofmair, Klaus	AUT	2070	4.5
176		Kim, Thomas Jakob	AUT	1841	4.5
177		Bartl, Franz	AUT	1863	4.5
178		Stadlinger, Lea	AUT	1834	4.5
179		Pleimer, Anton	AUT	1907	4.5
180		Mazak, Ryan	SVK	1792	4.5
181		Riegler, Gregor	AUT	1826	4.5
182	WFM	Horvath, Maria	AUT	1921	4.5
183		Vorreiter, Guenter	AUT	1854	4.5
184		Poellner, Florian	GER	1796	4.5
185	FM	Tancsa, Tamas	HUN	2082	4
186	GM	Iturrizaga Bonelli, Eduardo	ESP	2624	4
187		Budjav, Enkhjargal	AUT	1919	4
188	WFM	Orshonova, Elena	SRB	1934	4
189		Moerwald, Magdalena	AUT	1944	4
190		Wimmer, Johann	AUT	2077	4
191		Fischer, Erik	GER	1990	4
192		Bumberger, Emmerich	AUT	1941	4
193	WIM	Mira, Helene	AUT	1974	4
194	IM	Marusenko, Petr	UKR	2019	4
195		Schwabeneder, Alois	AUT	1956	4
196		Ganic, Martin	CRO	2064	4
197		Hahn, Tobias	AUT	1643	4
198	FM	Kandic, Milan	SRB	1987	4
199		Pedevilla, Luis	AUT	1948	4
200		Squasi, Ernesto	AUT	1809	4
201		Smutny, Connor	USA	1835	4
202		Preundler, Florian	AUT	1865	4
203		Fassmann, Klaus Juergen	AUT	2000	4
204		Pruell, Lukas	AUT	1910	4
205		Kreilinger, Erich	GER	1844	4
206		Juricevic, Ante	AUT	1909	4
207		Valean, David-Andrei	GER	1857	4
208		Herter, Leonhard	GER	1869	4
209		Sah, Eray	TUR	1677	4
210		Ojiah, Marzuk	NGR	0	4
211		Kinoshita, Kanako	JPN	1809	4
212		Matisons, Janis Mihaels	LAT	1864	4
213		Schiefermueller, Walter	AUT	1815	4
214		Abesadze, Tamaz	GEO	0	4
215		Potocnik, Fabian	AUT	1731	4
216		Bachler, Wilhelm	AUT	1791	4
217		Fuchs, Franz	AUT	1845	4
218		Niedermayer, Benedikt	AUT	1807	4
219		Sohn, Benedikt	AUT	1912	3.5
220		Lehocz, Jozsef	HUN	1960	3.5
221		Pollak, Tony	AUT	1600	3.5
222		Kotliar, Anfisa	AUT	1753	3.5
223		Bokros, Christopher	AUT	0	3.5
224		Wieser, Vincent	AUT	1995	3.5
225	WIM	Batyte, Daiva	LTU	2008	3.5
226		Wiesinger, Harald	AUT	0	3.5
227	FM	Wahedi, Ahmad Siar	GER	2239	3.5
228		Hainzinger, Johann	AUT	1960	3.5
229		Koban, Markus	AUT	1947	3.5
230		Mandzhieva, Altana	AUT	1702	3.5
231		Raber, Eduard	AUT	1844	3.5
232		Donets, Alina	AUT	1812	3.5
233		Soelkner, Julian	AUT	1870	3.5
234		Karigl, Marcel	AUT	1959	3.5
235		Pelekanakis, Konstantinos	AUT	1771	3.5
236		Jeitler, Selina	AUT	1660	3.5
237		Ruescher, Anton	AUT	1777	3.5
238		Buchhas, Johann	AUT	1843	3.5
239		Almer, Guenter	AUT	1794	3.5
240		Chen, Qingxia	AUT	1862	3.5
241		Fernandez Escabia, Victor	ESP	1809	3.5
242		Fuereder, David	AUT	1721	3.5
243		Hegedues, Hugo	AUT	1556	3.5
244		Eder, Simon	AUT	1785	3.5
245		Hoelzl, Bernhard	AUT	1965	3.5
246		Gernert, Tomas	CZE	1683	3.5
247		Misak, Vojtech	CZE	1458	3.5
248		Hashme, Sayed Masud	AFG	0	3.5
249		Spitzl, Robert	AUT	1775	3.5
250		Amatschek, Jan	AUT	1619	3.5
251		Spritzendorfer, Alexander	AUT	1658	3.5
252		Lang, Maximilian	AUT	1633	3.5
253	GM	Hansen, Eric	CAN	2582	3
254		Fernandez Escabia, Eloi	ESP	1610	3
255		Hammami, Ahmad	AUT	1792	3
256		Doersieb, Bianca	AUT	1598	3
257		Slivova, Linda	CZE	1663	3
258		Mnyshenko, Oleksandr	AUT	1504	3
259		Voropai, Mykyta	UKR	1863	3
260		Kastner, Felix	AUT	0	3
261		Geworgyan, Derenick	AUT	1645	3
262		Mazak, Vladimir	SVK	1660	3
263		Aichinger, Johannes	AUT	1666	3
264		Ploechl, Mario	AUT	0	3
265		Weber, Karl	AUT	1714	3
266		Kamptner, Wolfgang	AUT	1865	3
267		Pierecker, Diego	AUT	1534	3
268		Stueckler, Ferdinand	AUT	2015	3
269		Geiblinger, Lorenz	AUT	1841	3
270		Ragchaasuren, Boerte	AUT	1623	3
271		Peneder, Hans	AUT	1945	3
272		Ertl, Taliesin	AUT	1702	3
273		Hinterreiter, Stefan	AUT	1632	3
274		Walch, Julian	AUT	0	3
275		Geworgyan, Daniela	AUT	1537	3
276		Purgin, Dmitriy	AUT	1689	3
277		Karlhuber, Richard	AUT	1777	3
278		Kilzer, Silke-Dorothea	AUT	1794	3
279	AFM	Liu, Philipp	AUT	1676	3
280		Lenhard, Alexander	GER	1759	3
281		Gabrielyan, Eduard	AUT	1624	3
282		Angerer, Werner	AUT	1744	3
283		Sovago, Philipp	AUT	2042	2.5
284		Dumancic, Stanko	AUT	1890	2.5
285		Kainz, Leopold	AUT	1818	2.5
286		Grissenberger, Georg	AUT	1742	2.5
287		Grenzlehner, Riccardo	AUT	1557	2.5
288		Atta, Adam	AUT	0	2.5
289		Hörleinsberger, Jakob	AUT	0	2.5
290		Podolsky, Daniel	SVK	1628	2.5
291		Elgit, Ahmed	AUT	1596	2.5
292		Schinwald, Florian	AUT	1794	2.5
293		Mueller, Hannes	AUT	1561	2.5
294		Mueller, Maximilian	AUT	1521	2.5
295		Hegedues-Moederndorfer, Theodor	AUT	0	2.5
296		Ertl, Karin	AUT	0	2.5
297		Mayer, Clemens	AUT	1839	2
298		Topencikova, Ellen	CZE	1425	2
299		Schinwald, Eva	AUT	1455	2
300		Richter, Filip	CZE	1535	2
301		Marcos Herrero, Francisco	ESP	1742	2
302		Omer, Hogr	AUT	1566	2
303		Alshiba, Yussef	AUT	0	2
304		Raber, Ulrich	AUT	1581	2
305		Totter, Harald	AUT	0	2
306		Schaufler, Elias	AUT	1674	2
307		Bachaew, Mussa	AUT	0	2
308		Niedermayer, Andreas	AUT	0	2
309		Spadi, Eliana	AUT	1480	2
310		Hafiz, Benjamin	AUT	0	1.5
311		Kurz, Alexander Harald	AUT	0	1.5
312		Werdecker, Roland	AUT	1948	1.5
313		Korte, Gero	GER	0	1.5
314		Perner, Christa	AUT	1518	1.5
315		Hemanth Gowda, Parinitha	AUT	0	1
316		Gruenwald, Franz	AUT	1709	0
317		Jagtap, Nirmal	AUT	0	0
318		Cabala, Nathan	AUT	1951	0
319		Winterauer, Maximilian	AUT	1944	0
320		Blazicek, Yannik	AUT	1662	0
321	IM	Costa, Leonardo	GER	2310	0
322	WFM	Polterauer, Chiara	AUT	2081	0
323		Monschein, Wolfgang	AUT	1986	0

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