The 2022 Romanian Grand Prix series kicked off with the Super Chess Rapid tournament which took place from April 30 to May 1 in Bucharest, shortly before the start of the 1st Grand Chess Tour event in Romania.
More than 190 players from 14 countries battled it out through 10 rounds, fighting for a total prize fund of 20.000 euros. Baadur Jobava triumphed the event with score of 8.5/10 points, claiming the top prize of 5.000e.
Yuriy Kuzubov, David Gavrilescu and Daniel-Bogdan Deac tied for the second place with 8/10 points, each, with tiebreaks criteria deciding that Kuzubov takes second place and a prize of 3.000e, Gavrilescu wins third place and 2.000e, while Deac came fourth taking the prize of 1.500e.

Final rankings – Romanian Grand Prix Super Chess Rapid:
Rk. | Name | FED | RtgI | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | |
1 | GM | Jobava Baadur | GEO | 2664 | 8.5 | 64 | 67 |
2 | GM | Kuzubov Yuriy | UKR | 2643 | 8 | 65 | 70 |
3 | IM | Gavrilescu David | ROU | 2457 | 8 | 64 | 68 |
4 | GM | Deac Bogdan-Daniel | ROU | 2553 | 8 | 64 | 68 |
5 | GM | Berkes Ferenc | HUN | 2637 | 7.5 | 65 | 71 |
6 | GM | Sivuk Vitaly | UKR | 2499 | 7.5 | 61 | 66 |
7 | FM | Bilych Olexiy | UKR | 2284 | 7.5 | 60 | 63 |
8 | IM | Seo Jung Min | SWE | 2412 | 7.5 | 60 | 64 |
9 | IM | Costachi Mihnea | ROU | 2427 | 7.5 | 58 | 63 |
10 | GM | Jianu Vlad-Cristian | ROU | 2555 | 7.5 | 58 | 62 |
11 | CM | Cnejev Vladimir-Alexandru | ROU | 1928 | 7.5 | 57 | 60 |
12 | GM | Iordachescu Viorel | MDA | 2566 | 7 | 62 | 67 |
13 | GM | Mikhalevski Victor | ISR | 2453 | 7 | 59 | 63 |
14 | GM | Szabo Gergely-Andras-Gyula | ROU | 2482 | 7 | 59 | 64 |
15 | GM | Istratescu Andrei | ROU | 2492 | 7 | 59 | 63 |
16 | GM | Gallego Alcaraz Andres Felipe | COL | 2449 | 7 | 58 | 63 |
17 | IM | Vedmediuc Serghei | MDA | 2321 | 7 | 57 | 60 |
18 | CM | Filip Andrei L. | ROU | 1868 | 7 | 56 | 59 |
19 | GM | Georgescu Tiberiu-Marian | ROU | 2299 | 7 | 55 | 60 |
20 | FM | Secheres Adrian-Simion | ROU | 2267 | 7 | 55 | 59 |
21 | FM | Stoleriu George | ROU | 2141 | 7 | 55 | 59 |
22 | GM | Stefanova Antoaneta | BUL | 2438 | 7 | 55 | 59 |
23 | CM | Paraschiv Paul-Alexandru | ROU | 1998 | 7 | 54 | 58 |
24 | GM | Miron Lucian-Costin | ROU | 2479 | 7 | 54 | 58 |
25 | FM | Ceres Dragos | MDA | 2159 | 7 | 54 | 58 |
26 | IM | Dobre Claudiu-Cristian | ROU | 2299 | 7 | 53 | 56 |
27 | GM | Indjic Aleksandar | SRB | 2516 | 6.5 | 60 | 64 |
28 | GM | Manolache Marius | ROU | 2428 | 6.5 | 56 | 61 |
29 | IM | Soltanici Ruslan | MDA | 2311 | 6.5 | 56 | 60 |
30 | IM | Manea Alexandru | ROU | 2230 | 6.5 | 55 | 59 |
31 | I | Padurean Daniel-Cristian | ROU | 1957 | 6.5 | 55 | 59 |
32 | FM | Antonica Dragos-Andrei | ROU | 1983 | 6.5 | 54 | 59 |
33 | IM | Baltag Iulian | MDA | 2286 | 6.5 | 54 | 58 |
34 | FM | Ognean Mihnea-Ionut | ROU | 2020 | 6.5 | 54 | 59 |
35 | Lozynskyi Bohdan | UKR | 2120 | 6.5 | 53 | 57 | |
36 | IM | Filip Lucian-Ioan | ROU | 2400 | 6.5 | 52 | 57 |
37 | I | Stan Andrei-Mihaita | ROU | 1929 | 6.5 | 52 | 55 |
38 | FM | Ghimpu Samuel-Timotei | ROU | 2158 | 6.5 | 51 | 55 |
39 | I | Sarighioleanu Sebastian-Laurentiu | ROU | 1834 | 6.5 | 51 | 54 |
40 | GM | Nevednichy Vladislav | ROU | 2425 | 6 | 59 | 63 |
41 | IM | Cosma Ioan | ROU | 2273 | 6 | 58 | 63 |
42 | CM | Padurariu Mihai-Edward | ROU | 1943 | 6 | 58 | 62 |
43 | WGM | Cosma Elena-Luminita | ROU | 2177 | 6 | 57 | 60 |
44 | FM | Miroiu George-Catalin | ROU | 2259 | 6 | 56 | 61 |
45 | CM | Magold Filip | ROU | 1929 | 6 | 55 | 59 |
46 | CM | Radu David Cr | ROU | 1713 | 6 | 55 | 59 |
47 | GM | Badea Bela | ROU | 2431 | 6 | 55 | 59 |
48 | NM | Martian Dragos-Daniel | ROU | 2197 | 6 | 54 | 58 |
49 | Laptii Nazar | UKR | 2099 | 6 | 53 | 56 | |
50 | IM | Burnoiu Nicolae-Costel | ROU | 2252 | 6 | 52 | 56 |
51 | I | Coicev Matei-Andrei | ROU | 1793 | 6 | 51 | 55 |
52 | FM | Tomici Stefan | ROU | 2326 | 6 | 51 | 54 |
53 | WFM | Ciolacu Alessia-Mihaela | ROU | 1970 | 6 | 51 | 54 |
54 | FM | Nastase Robert-Paul | ROU | 2131 | 6 | 51 | 54 |
55 | CM | Creanga Robert-Ionut | ROU | 1974 | 6 | 51 | 54 |
56 | WCM | Trifoi Mihaela-Ioana | ROU | 1627 | 6 | 50 | 53 |
57 | I | Gheorghiu Alexandru-Dan | ROU | 1811 | 6 | 49 | 50 |
58 | WCM | Obada Ema | ROU | 1804 | 6 | 48 | 50 |
59 | WFM | Nikanova Ekaterina | ROU | 1920 | 6 | 47 | 51 |
60 | Bizovi Mihai | MDA | 2125 | 6 | 46 | 48 | |
61 | IM | Anton Teodor | ROU | 2476 | 5.5 | 56 | 60 |
62 | I | Craciun Sasha-Matei | ROU | 1842 | 5.5 | 53 | 56 |
63 | IM | Grunberg Mihai-Lucian | ROU | 2366 | 5.5 | 53 | 56 |
64 | I | Barbu Simon-Alexandru | ROU | 1695 | 5.5 | 53 | 56 |
65 | CM | Ciocani Iosif | ROU | 1580 | 5.5 | 52 | 56 |
66 | WIM | Lehaci Miruna-Daria | ROU | 1861 | 5.5 | 52 | 55 |
67 | I | Tudor Henry Edward | ROU | 1778 | 5.5 | 52 | 55 |
68 | Vasynda Oleksandr | UKR | 1854 | 5.5 | 52 | 55 | |
69 | FM | Ceteras Marius-Nicolae | ROU | 2339 | 5.5 | 51 | 55 |
70 | FM | Stepanencu Nicodim-Cosmin | ROU | 1903 | 5.5 | 49 | 53 |
71 | I | Prisacaru Stefan-Emilian | ROU | 1766 | 5.5 | 49 | 52 |
72 | I | Dorache Florin | ROU | 1904 | 5.5 | 48 | 52 |
73 | CM | Vilcu Matei-Stefan | ROU | 1978 | 5.5 | 48 | 51 |
74 | NM | Nita Lucian | ROU | 2097 | 5.5 | 48 | 51 |
75 | I | Vrajitoru Vlad-Laurentiu-Florin | ROU | 1945 | 5.5 | 48 | 52 |
76 | Capata Ion | ITA | 1989 | 5.5 | 47 | 50 | |
77 | II | Tanasie Cosmin | ROU | 1537 | 5.5 | 47 | 50 |
78 | I | Cordea David | ROU | 2040 | 5.5 | 45 | 49 |
79 | I | Veneteanu Mihai | ROU | 1813 | 5.5 | 45 | 47 |
80 | Khrinovskyi Yurii | UKR | 1836 | 5.5 | 44 | 47 | |
81 | I | Saioc David | ROU | 1683 | 5.5 | 43 | 46 |
82 | CM | Casangiu Paul-Horatiu | ROU | 2055 | 5.5 | 42 | 44 |
83 | FM | Ciorgovean Iustin | ROU | 2093 | 5 | 59 | 62 |
84 | I | Ghita Vlad-Bogdan | ROU | 1786 | 5 | 55 | 59 |
85 | I | Corbu George-Alexandru | ROU | 1623 | 5 | 54 | 58 |
86 | CM | Carasca Bogdan-Petru | ROU | 1796 | 5 | 54 | 58 |
87 | Toroptseva Yevheniia | UKR | 1572 | 5 | 51 | 55 | |
88 | FM | Voiteanu Gabriel | ROU | 2026 | 5 | 50 | 54 |
89 | Larchikov Maksym | UKR | 1622 | 5 | 49 | 52 | |
90 | II | Busuioc Stelian-Marian | ROU | 1659 | 5 | 49 | 52 |
91 | WCM | Maria Lia-Alexandra | ROU | 1694 | 5 | 48 | 52 |
92 | II | Leu Dragos Stefan | ROU | 1545 | 5 | 48 | 50 |
93 | I | Sava Robert-Gabriel | ROU | 1704 | 5 | 48 | 51 |
94 | CM | Andronescu Madalin | ROU | 1989 | 5 | 47 | 51 |
95 | Vedmediuc Artiom | ROU | 1413 | 5 | 47 | 50 | |
96 | I | Toculet Gheorghe-Cristache | ROU | 1756 | 5 | 46 | 50 |
97 | CM | Antal Hunor-Zoltan | ROU | 1861 | 5 | 46 | 50 |
98 | I | Pirvulescu Adrian | ROU | 1753 | 5 | 46 | 49 |
99 | I | Morariu Adrian | ROU | 1710 | 5 | 45 | 49 |
100 | II | Grigoras Alexandru-Nicolae | ROU | 1665 | 5 | 45 | 46 |
101 | I | Badescu Cristian | ROU | 1875 | 5 | 44 | 47 |
102 | WGM | Sandu Mihaela | ROU | 2092 | 5 | 44 | 47 |
103 | I | Gales Randi-Ioan | ROU | 1451 | 5 | 43 | 46 |
104 | I | Rata Anamaria | ROU | 1557 | 5 | 42 | 45 |
105 | I | Anghelescu Teodor-Stefan | ROU | 1491 | 5 | 42 | 45 |
106 | II | David Alexandru | ROU | 1618 | 5 | 38 | 41 |
107 | II | Mihalea Maria-Ioana | ROU | 1336 | 5 | 37 | 38 |
108 | Kucuk Dogukan | TUR | 1722 | 4.5 | 51 | 54 | |
109 | I | Tudoroiu Razvan-Catalin | ROU | 1610 | 4.5 | 51 | 54 |
110 | II | Stefanescu George-Cristian | ROU | 1668 | 4.5 | 49 | 52 |
111 | II | Cruceru-Uceanu Tudor-Mihai | ROU | 1408 | 4.5 | 49 | 53 |
112 | Parpalac Vadim | MDA | 1646 | 4.5 | 48 | 51 | |
113 | FM | Ignatescu Radu | ROU | 2294 | 4.5 | 47 | 51 |
114 | I | Capragiu Matei-Stefan | ROU | 1756 | 4.5 | 45 | 48 |
115 | I | Prelipcean Eric-Matei | ROU | 1612 | 4.5 | 45 | 48 |
116 | Portnov Dmytro | UKR | 1693 | 4.5 | 45 | 48 | |
117 | CM | Chiricuta Ion | ROU | 1626 | 4.5 | 44 | 46 |
118 | I | Matei Adrian | ROU | 1596 | 4.5 | 44 | 45 |
119 | I | Pavelescu Dumitru-Stefan | ROU | 1875 | 4.5 | 44 | 47 |
120 | I | Breitkopf Ioan-Francisc | ROU | 1900 | 4.5 | 44 | 47 |
121 | WCM | Paraschiv Petronela-Alexandra | ROU | 1718 | 4.5 | 43 | 46 |
122 | I | Martis Octavian-Mihai | ROU | 1641 | 4.5 | 42 | 44 |
123 | II | Nedelcu Florin | ROU | 1610 | 4.5 | 42 | 45 |
124 | I | Morar Ciprian | ROU | 1747 | 4.5 | 41 | 44 |
125 | I | Borodi Cosmin-Alin | ROU | 1755 | 4.5 | 40 | 43 |
126 | I | Timpau Vasile | ROU | 1636 | 4.5 | 39 | 42 |
127 | CM | Tasu Traian-Nicolae | ROU | 2226 | 4.5 | 38 | 39 |
128 | NM | Zaim Marian | ROU | 1939 | 4 | 49 | 53 |
129 | NM | Craciun Ovidiu | ROU | 1723 | 4 | 48 | 52 |
130 | I | Tamas Christian-Arrydan | ROU | 1712 | 4 | 48 | 51 |
131 | I | Pop Ioan I | ROU | 1611 | 4 | 46 | 50 |
132 | II | Ungureanu Constantin-Gabriel | ROU | 1638 | 4 | 46 | 47 |
133 | Arandjelovic Aleksandar Z | SRB | 1890 | 4 | 45 | 48 | |
134 | CM | Osianu Tudor | ROU | 1797 | 4 | 45 | 48 |
135 | II | Balaban Nicolae-Adrian | ROU | 1338 | 4 | 43 | 46 |
136 | II | Grigore Radu-Andrei | ROU | 1384 | 4 | 43 | 46 |
137 | II | Nacu Mihai | ROU | 1339 | 4 | 43 | 46 |
138 | I | Strugari Vasile | ROU | 1760 | 4 | 42 | 45 |
139 | I | Antal Attila-Laszlo | ROU | 1648 | 4 | 41 | 44 |
140 | I | Hoanca Alexia-Ioana | ROU | 1562 | 4 | 41 | 42 |
141 | Chiritoiu Stefan-Adrian | DEN | 1626 | 4 | 40 | 43 | |
142 | WCM | Dobre Ana-Margareta-Alexandra | ROU | 1826 | 4 | 40 | 41 |
143 | WCM | Iordache Alexia-Andreea | ROU | 1361 | 4 | 38 | 41 |
144 | II | Butuc Raoul-Adalbert | ROU | 1308 | 4 | 38 | 39 |
145 | II | Cioraneanu Cristian-Marian | ROU | 1421 | 4 | 33 | 34 |
146 | Kryshtafor Maksym | UKR | 1285 | 4 | 32 | 35 | |
147 | I | Tanasa Remus | ROU | 2044 | 3.5 | 45 | 48 |
148 | II | Petroff Vlad | ROU | 1337 | 3.5 | 45 | 47 |
149 | I | Rusu Lucas | ROU | 1482 | 3.5 | 43 | 46 |
150 | II | Matei-Catruna Andrei | ROU | 1188 | 3.5 | 41 | 44 |
151 | II | Ciobanu Claudiu-Jan | ROU | 1382 | 3.5 | 41 | 43 |
152 | I | Puia Alexia-Teodora | ROU | 1634 | 3.5 | 41 | 42 |
153 | I | Anghel Teodor-Andrei | ROU | 1371 | 3.5 | 41 | 42 |
154 | Sementov Gabriel | ROU | 0 | 3.5 | 39 | 42 | |
155 | II | Munos Jean Marc Lucien Jose | ROU | 1507 | 3.5 | 38 | 41 |
156 | II | Carasca Andrei-Pavel | ROU | 1425 | 3.5 | 38 | 40 |
157 | I | Pruszter Rudolf | ROU | 1471 | 3.5 | 37 | 39 |
158 | II | Bouda Francisc | ROU | 1335 | 3.5 | 37 | 39 |
159 | II | Apostu Rares-Stefan | ROU | 1239 | 3.5 | 35 | 38 |
160 | CM | Grigore Gigi | ROU | 1790 | 3 | 46 | 50 |
161 | Siddharth Gopakumar | ENG | 1760 | 3 | 44 | 46 | |
162 | II | Koteles Gabriel-Dorian | ROU | 1613 | 3 | 41 | 42 |
163 | II | Grasu Gigi | ROU | 1500 | 3 | 40 | 43 |
164 | I | Mesca Liviu-Stefanita | ROU | 1669 | 3 | 39 | 42 |
165 | Sarba Dacian-Flaviu | ROU | 1294 | 3 | 39 | 40 | |
166 | I | Buciuman Aurel | ROU | 1480 | 3 | 37 | 40 |
167 | II | Craciun Dorian-Raul | ROU | 1323 | 3 | 36 | 38 |
168 | I | Sandea Dorin-Gheorghe | ROU | 1246 | 3 | 36 | 37 |
169 | I | Pandelescu Maria-Catalina | ROU | 1238 | 3 | 35 | 37 |
170 | Mihoc Iustin | ROU | 0 | 3 | 35 | 35 | |
171 | Madan Vlad | MDA | 0 | 3 | 32 | 33 | |
172 | I | Dan Silviu-Aurelian | ROU | 1908 | 2.5 | 42 | 45 |
173 | I | Atomei Cristian | ROU | 1852 | 2.5 | 40 | 43 |
174 | I | Radulescu Gabriel | ROU | 1684 | 2.5 | 38 | 41 |
175 | I | Clotan Marius-Lilian | ROU | 1820 | 2.5 | 38 | 39 |
176 | I | Chira Eduard-Vasile | ROU | 1599 | 2.5 | 37 | 40 |
177 | II | Dumitrache Elisa-Andreea | ROU | 1121 | 2.5 | 32 | 32 |
178 | I | Sandru Nicolae | ROU | 1802 | 2 | 40 | 42 |
179 | II | Corneanu Radu-Nicolae | ROU | 1583 | 2 | 38 | 39 |
180 | II | Ivan Daniel | ROU | 1301 | 2 | 35 | 36 |
181 | Mihoc Ecaterina | ROU | 0 | 2 | 34 | 36 | |
182 | Madan Bogdan | MDA | 0 | 2 | 32 | 33 | |
183 | IM | Dumitrache Dragos-Nicolae | ROU | 2241 | 1.5 | 39 | 41 |
184 | II | David Cristian-Viorel | ROU | 1738 | 1.5 | 36 | 38 |
185 | Madan David | MDA | 0 | 1.5 | 33 | 34 | |
186 | Chirica Teodor-Ionel | ROU | 0 | 1.5 | 30 | 31 | |
187 | II | Mioara Robert-Cristian | ROU | 1565 | 1 | 35 | 37 |
188 | II | Dumitrache Dragos-Alexandru | ROU | 1050 | 1 | 32 | 33 |
189 | CM | Grigore Mitica | ROU | 1950 | 0 | 32 | 33 |
II | Gavrilas Florin | ROU | 1577 | 0 | 32 | 33 | |
Vardanian Yurii | UKR | 1574 | 0 | 32 | 33 | ||
Pirse Aurelian | ROU | 0 | 0 | 32 | 33 |
