The 5th Arad PAB Romania Open is currently ongoing in the Great Concert Hall of the Arad City Cultural Palace. The 9-round open Swiss tournament is valid for international titles and the FIDE elo List.
The PAB Romania Open is organized by Sah Club Vados and tournament director is IO Alin Campeanu. The defending champion is the young player from Hungary, GM Balog Imre (2542).
This year the prize fund is doubled to more than 8000 EUR, with 1st prize being 1350 EUR (6000 lei).
182 players from 9 countries participate. Among them are 12 Grandmasters and 11 International Masters. After five rounds of play five players are sharing the lead with 4.5 points each.
Round 5, GM Chirila Ioan-Cristian - GM Sanduleac Vasile 0-1
Round 5, GM Nanu Costica-Ciprian - CM Cvetanovic Uros 0-1
Round 5, FM Georgescu Tiberiu-Marian - GM Milanovic Danilo draw
Round 5 standings:
1-5. IM Doncea Vladimir ROU 2415, WGM Peptan Corina-Isabela ROU 2420, IM Battaglini Gabriel FRA 2419, IM Itkis Boris ROU 2437 and GM Sanduleac Vasile MDA 2405 – 4.5
6-25. GM Milanovic Danilo SRB 2507, GM Manolache Marius ROU 2549, GM Balog Imre HUN 2542, FM Petrisor Adrian-Marian ROU 2397, GM Jianu Vlad-Cristian ROU 2507, FM Daianu Cristian-Clement ROU 2240, GM Szabo Gergely-Andras-Gyula ROU 2533, IM Arngrimsson Dagur ISL 2366, GM Suba Mihai ROU 2428, FM Szalai Kornel HUN 2413, Mladenovic Stefan SRB 2236, IM Vedmediuc Serghei MDA 2468, FM Georgescu Tiberiu-Marian ROU 2401, GM Cabrilo Goran SRB 2478, FM Suciu Dinu-Simi ROU 2071, IM Baltag Iulian MDA 2396, CM Sandor Petrut ROU 2227, CM Cvetanovic Uros SRB 2225, IM Meszaros Andras HUN 2296 and Strugnell Carl FRA 2234 – 4.0
26-41. GM Chirila Ioan-Cristian ROU 2504, GM Murariu Andrei ROU 2498, IM Tarlev Konstantin UKR 2524, NM Bonte Andrei-Mihai ROU 2310, CM Chirita-Mihaila Marius-Constan ROU 2075, CM Stegariu Vlad-Ionut ROU 2236, WFM Uta Adeline-Ramona ROU 2051, CM Kelly Ladislau-Endre ROU 2239, FM Chereches Marius HUN 2273, FM Pribeanu Mihail-Dacian ROU 2176, FM Levay Sorin ROU 2267, I Costachi Mihnea ROU 1972, IM Mozes Ervin ROU 2237, NM Gilea Lucian ROU 2286, Forlano Luigi ITA 1958 and I Galateanu Calin ROU 1820 – 3.5 etc
