Romanian Grand Prix 2023 is back with an increased budget. Starting with 2023 Bucharest Grand Prix will take place in 6 of the most beautiful cities in Romania: Bucharest, Brașov, Timișoara, Arad, Cluj, and Alba Iulia. The first event is Bucharest Grand Prix, which is rapid chess tournament with time control of 15 minutes plus 5 seconds increment for each mvoe. The tournament will take place on 29-30 April 2023 and will have total prize fund of 30 000 EUR with 5 000 EUR guaranteed for the winner. More than 160 players will participate in Bucharest Grand Prix and the top five rated players are Ruslan Ponomariov, Alexander Motylev, Grigoriy Oparin, Alexey Sarana and Yuriy Kuzubov.
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Full list of players :
| No. | Name | FED | Rtg | |
| 1 | GM | Ponomariov, Ruslan | UKR | 2669 |
| 2 | GM | Motylev, Alexander | FID | 2652 |
| 3 | GM | Oparin, Grigoriy | USA | 2650 |
| 4 | GM | Sarana, Alexey | FID | 2643 |
| 5 | GM | Kuzubov, Yuriy | UKR | 2636 |
| 6 | GM | Mamedov, Rauf | AZE | 2632 |
| 7 | GM | Harikrishna, Pentala | IND | 2627 |
| 8 | GM | Deac, Bogdan-Daniel | ROU | 2618 |
| 9 | GM | Georgiev, Kiril | MKD | 2618 |
| 10 | GM | Shevchenko, Kirill | ROU | 2598 |
| 11 | GM | Lupulescu, Constantin | ROU | 2584 |
| 12 | GM | Vocaturo, Daniele | ITA | 2584 |
| 13 | GM | Chigaev, Maksim | FID | 2568 |
| 14 | GM | Azarov, Sergei | FID | 2556 |
| 15 | GM | Sadhwani, Raunak | IND | 2550 |
| 16 | GM | Iordachescu, Viorel | MDA | 2531 |
| 17 | GM | Yuffa, Daniil | ESP | 2526 |
| 18 | IM | Gavrilescu, David | ROU | 2505 |
| 19 | GM | Grigoriants, Sergey | HUN | 2495 |
| 20 | GM | Nanu, Costica-Ciprian | ROU | 2493 |
| 21 | IM | Castellanos Rodriguez, Renier | ESP | 2476 |
| 22 | GM | Pranav, V | IND | 2465 |
| 23 | GM | Kobo, Ori | ISR | 2448 |
| 24 | GM | Istratescu, Andrei | ROU | 2436 |
| 25 | GM | Hamitevici, Vladimir | MDA | 2427 |
| 26 | IM | Costachi, Mihnea | ROU | 2423 |
| 27 | GM | Szabo, Gergely-Andras-Gyula | ROU | 2421 |
| 28 | IM | Samunenkov, Ihor | UKR | 2420 |
| 29 | FM | Kilic, Eray | TUR | 2418 |
| 30 | GM | Drazic, Sinisa | SRB | 2412 |
| 31 | IM | David, Alexandru-Vasile | ROU | 2408 |
| 32 | GM | Petkov, Momchil | BUL | 2407 |
| 33 | GM | Pranav, Anand | IND | 2402 |
| 34 | IM | Rakotomaharo, Fy Antenaina | MAD | 2395 |
| 35 | GM | Yankelevich, Lev | GER | 2381 |
| 36 | GM | Georgescu, Tiberiu-Marian | ROU | 2378 |
| 37 | GM | Nevednichy, Vladislav | ROU | 2374 |
| 38 | IM | Bulmaga, Irina | ROU | 2371 |
| 39 | IM | Dhulipalla, Bala Chandra Prasad | IND | 2371 |
| 40 | IM | Prraneeth, Vuppala | IND | 2360 |
| 41 | GM | Manolache, Marius | ROU | 2352 |
| 42 | IM | Vedmediuc, Serghei | MDA | 2343 |
| 43 | FM | Stoleriu, George | ROU | 2339 |
| 44 | FM | Ghimpu, Samuel-Timotei | ROU | 2328 |
| 45 | IM | Baltag, Iulian | MDA | 2328 |
| 46 | Roubalik, Jakub | CZE | 2320 | |
| 47 | FM | Secheres, Adrian-Simion | ROU | 2309 |
| 48 | IM | Filip, Lucian-Ioan | ROU | 2295 |
| 49 | IM | Soltanici, Ruslan | MDA | 2294 |
| 50 | FM | Antonica, Dragos-Andrei | ROU | 2285 |
| 51 | IM | Cosma, Ioan | ROU | 2258 |
| 52 | IM | Sidhant, Mohapatra | IND | 2255 |
| 53 | IM | Manea, Alexandru | ROU | 2246 |
| 54 | FM | Filev, Georgi | BUL | 2246 |
| 55 | FM | Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin | ROU | 2243 |
| 56 | WGM | Papp, Petra | HUN | 2236 |
| 57 | IM | Itkis, Boris | ROU | 2234 |
| 58 | FM | Patrascu, Catalin-Lucian | ROU | 2221 |
| 59 | WGM | Cosma, Elena-Luminita | ROU | 2212 |
| 60 | FM | Ognean, Mihnea-Ionut | ROU | 2199 |
| 61 | FM | Breahna, Radu | ROU | 2199 |
| 62 | FM | Magold, Filip | ROU | 2196 |
| 63 | FM | Ignatescu, Radu | ROU | 2194 |
| 64 | FM | Toncheva, Nadya | BUL | 2191 |
| 65 | FM | Miroiu, George-Catalin | ROU | 2177 |
| 66 | FM | Nastase, Robert-Paul | ROU | 2175 |
| 67 | CM | Padurariu, Mihai-Edward | ROU | 2174 |
| 68 | I | Sava, Catalin-Vasile | ROU | 2164 |
| 69 | IM | Dumitrache, Dragos-Nicolae | ROU | 2159 |
| 70 | FM | Filip, Andrei | ROU | 2157 |
| 71 | FM | Daianu, Cristian-Clement | ROU | 2157 |
| 72 | CM | Bulau, Andrei-Cristian | ROU | 2153 |
| 73 | Niezhentsev, Kyrylo | UKR | 2149 | |
| 74 | WIM | Sgircea, Silvia-Raluca | ROU | 2133 |
| 75 | FM | Antal, Hunor-Zoltan | ROU | 2133 |
| 76 | NM | Martian, Dragos-Daniel | ROU | 2132 |
| 77 | WGM | Sandu, Mihaela | ROU | 2131 |
| 78 | CM | Coman, Mihnea-George | ROU | 2126 |
| 79 | FM | Cnejev, Vladimir-Alexandru | ROU | 2125 |
| 80 | FM | Pisu, Robert-Daniel | ROU | 2125 |
| 81 | FM | Nastore, Pavel-Alexandru | ROU | 2120 |
| 82 | FM | Coca, Cristi-Iulian | ROU | 2117 |
| 83 | Schain, Randolph | CAM | 2116 | |
| 84 | FM | Mitev, Valentin | BUL | 2093 |
| 85 | CM | Stefan, Romulus-Cristian | ROU | 2080 |
| 86 | Hnatyshyn, Anastasiia | UKR | 2078 | |
| 87 | Berin, Artem | UKR | 2077 | |
| 88 | IM | Vasilescu, Lucian-Mihail | ROU | 2069 |
| 89 | CM | Dulman, Egmond-Gabriel | ROU | 2061 |
| 90 | CM | Zubcu, Vlad-George | ROU | 2058 |
| 91 | WFM | Ciolacu, Alessia-Mihaela | ROU | 2048 |
| 92 | CM | Prisacaru, Stefan-Emilian | ROU | 2033 |
| 93 | I | Tampea, Radu | ROU | 2033 |
| 94 | CM | Sachilaru, Alexandru | ROU | 2027 |
| 95 | I | Oltean, Cristian-Daniel | ROU | 2024 |
| 96 | CM | Pavel, Sebastian-Ionut | ROU | 2011 |
| 97 | Baranciuc, Alexandr | MDA | 2000 | |
| 98 | IM | Mozes, Ervin | ROU | 1990 |
| 99 | CM | Anghel, Iulian-Mihai | ROU | 1986 |
| 100 | I | Coicev, Matei-Andrei | ROU | 1981 |
| 101 | I | Balaban-Voia, Alexandru | ROU | 1963 |
| 102 | CM | Ciocani, Iosif | ROU | 1962 |
| 103 | I | Caraba, Alexandru | ROU | 1962 |
| 104 | AIM | Stan, Andrei-Mihaita | ROU | 1956 |
| 105 | CM | Armenciu, Bogdan-Ovidiu | ROU | 1951 |
| 106 | WCM | Matasaru, Stephanie | ROU | 1951 |
| 107 | WCM | Lolici, Iselin-Amanda | ROU | 1950 |
| 108 | I | Danila, Stefan | ROU | 1946 |
| 109 | I | Barbu, Simon-Alexandru | ROU | 1940 |
| 110 | Scurtu, Alexandr | MDA | 1926 | |
| 111 | I | Vedmediuc, Artiom | ROU | 1924 |
| 112 | WFM | Pirvulescu, Ekaterina | ROU | 1914 |
| 113 | I | Ghita, Vlad-Bogdan | ROU | 1913 |
| 114 | I | Mihailiuc, Flavius-Iulian | ROU | 1903 |
| 115 | Lauda, Alexandr | MDA | 1903 | |
| 116 | I | Negrean, Andrei | ROU | 1895 |
| 117 | II | Tanasie, Cosmin | ROU | 1894 |
| 118 | I | Galatanu, Iulian-Marinica | ROU | 1879 |
| 119 | I | Corbu, George-Alexandru | ROU | 1874 |
| 120 | CM | Tudor, Henry Edward | ROU | 1872 |
| 121 | I | Leu, Dragos Stefan | ROU | 1868 |
| 122 | I | Ienasoaie, Rafael | ROU | 1865 |
| 123 | CM | Grigore, Gigi | ROU | 1861 |
| 124 | I | Costescu, Mihnea-Constantin | ROU | 1859 |
| 125 | I | Tudoroiu, Razvan-Catalin | ROU | 1838 |
| 126 | I | Prelipcean, Eric-Matei | ROU | 1821 |
| 127 | WCM | Stanciu, Andreea-Briana | ROU | 1818 |
| 128 | I | Nagy, Janos-Nandor | ROU | 1817 |
| 129 | I | Rusu, Lucas | ROU | 1814 |
| 130 | I | Pavelescu, Dumitru-Stefan | ROU | 1811 |
| 131 | Sustov, Savva | MDA | 1809 | |
| 132 | I | Danila, Tudor-Gabriel | ROU | 1808 |
| 133 | I | Gales, Randi-Ioan | ROU | 1801 |
| 134 | Gobjila, Nicolai | MDA | 1800 | |
| 135 | I | Sava, Robert-Gabriel | ROU | 1792 |
| 136 | CM | Tomoae, Marian | ROU | 1790 |
| 137 | I | Ciobanu, Bogdan | ROU | 1789 |
| 138 | AIM | Dobre, Ana-Margareta-Alexandr | ROU | 1788 |
| 139 | NM | Craciun, Ovidiu | ROU | 1782 |
| 140 | II | Ienasoaie, Gabriel | ROU | 1779 |
| 141 | Bejan, Sergiu | MDA | 1779 | |
| 142 | I | Vitan, Rares-Mihai | ROU | 1768 |
| 143 | II | Ionica, Robert | ROU | 1767 |
| 144 | I | Lup, Constantin-Ionel | ROU | 1764 |
| 145 | Kucuk, Dogukan | TUR | 1764 | |
| 146 | I | Pitigoi, Sabina-Andreea | ROU | 1761 |
| 147 | I | Oprea, Florea | ROU | 1754 |
| 148 | I | Stan, Luciana-Gabriela | ROU | 1744 |
| 149 | WFM | Sariteanu, Sabina | ROU | 1740 |
| 150 | I | Pirvulescu, Adrian | ROU | 1735 |
