Romanian Lehel Vrencian grabbed the winner’s trophy at the FIDE World Amateur Chess Championship 2013, which was played in Iasi, Romania, from 21th April (1st round) to 30th April (9th round).
Vrencian obtained 8 points in the 9 rounds played. Aron Teh Eu Wen from Malaysia got the same score but fell short on tiebreaks.
The huge field created big groups of players tied with the same score. No less than 12 participants finished on 7/9. Mongolian Erdenepurev Boldoo was the lucky one to finish third. Full standings below.
There were monetary prizes given. In the general section: 1500 EUR, 1200 EUR, 1000 EUR, 700 EUR, 600 EUR, etc. For the women: 500 EUR, 400 EUR, 300 EUR, etc.
An astounding 207 players signed up to participate, representing 37 different countries. Besides the local players, the biggest squad arrived from India – 11 players from the Asian country are participating.
Last year winners were Haralambos Tsakiris and Laura Perez
Photos by Vlad Ungureanu
Final Standings:
| 1 | Vrencian Lehel | ROU | 1966 | 8.0 |
| 2 | Aron Teh Eu Wen | MAS | 1949 | 8.0 |
| 3 | Boldoo Erdenepurev | MGL | 0 | 7.0 |
| 4 | Stoleriu George | ROU | 1772 | 7.0 |
| 5 | Tirado Juan Camilo | COL | 1983 | 7.0 |
| 6 | Malhotra Akshay | USA | 1898 | 7.0 |
| 7 | Scripcaru George-Daniel | ROU | 1970 | 7.0 |
| 8 | Joy Tomeh | SYR | 0 | 7.0 |
| 9 | Marinescu Stefan | ROU | 1967 | 7.0 |
| 10 | Sadhu S Adithya | IND | 1784 | 7.0 |
| 11 | Valderrama Quiceno Esteban Alberto | COL | 0 | 7.0 |
| 12 | Caushaj Kastriot | ALB | 1902 | 7.0 |
| 13 | Yanjinlkham Bayarsaikhan | MGL | 1786 | 7.0 |
| 14 | Orak Ersin | TUR | 1953 | 7.0 |
| 15 | Bayarkhuu Khurelchuluun | MGL | 1908 | 6.5 |
| 16 | Toculet Gheorghe-Cristache | ROU | 1835 | 6.5 |
| 17 | Ahlqvist Esa | FIN | 1859 | 6.5 |
| 18 | Vartolomei Victor | ROU | 1943 | 6.5 |
| 19 | Varshini Veileven | IND | 1923 | 6.0 |
| 20 | Zubcu Vlad-George | ROU | 1774 | 6.0 |
| 21 | Calin Alexandru | ROU | 1788 | 6.0 |
| 22 | Arghirescu Marius | ROU | 1891 | 6.0 |
| 23 | Gradinariu Lucian | ROU | 0 | 6.0 |
| 24 | Tqavadze Giorgi | GEO | 2000 | 6.0 |
| 25 | Nastasa Robert-Radu | ROU | 1920 | 6.0 |
| 26 | Stefansson Vignir Vatnar | ISL | 1678 | 6.0 |
| 27 | Stefanova Milena | BUL | 1996 | 6.0 |
| 28 | Villar Juan | PER | 1989 | 6.0 |
| 29 | Olinici Emanuel | ROU | 1828 | 6.0 |
| 30 | Adam Andrea | ROU | 1927 | 6.0 |
| 31 | Chetina Elizaveta | RUS | 1850 | 6.0 |
| 32 | Jeszenszky Jozsef | HUN | 1914 | 6.0 |
| 33 | Vega Jorge | PER | 1923 | 6.0 |
| 34 | Atomei Cristian | ROU | 1929 | 6.0 |
| 35 | Lim Kian Hwa | MAS | 1882 | 6.0 |
| 36 | Rafee Mohd Hayel | SYR | 1909 | 6.0 |
| 37 | Elmas Mustafa | TUR | 1923 | 6.0 |
| 38 | Tiron Lucian-Ilie | ROU | 1925 | 6.0 |
| 39 | Fugulyan Grigore | ROU | 1910 | 6.0 |
| 40 | Sava Gabriela-Liliana | ROU | 1911 | 6.0 |
| 41 | Neagu Mihai-Cosmin | ROU | 1976 | 5.5 |
| 42 | Tiron Calin-Andrei | ROU | 1924 | 5.5 |
| 43 | Lekh Mithawala | IND | 1807 | 5.5 |
| 44 | Dinca Ovidiu | ROU | 1976 | 5.5 |
| 45 | Ismail Hany | EGY | 1933 | 5.5 |
| 46 | Kaunz Werner | ROU | 1828 | 5.5 |
| 47 | Nagy Laszlo | GER | 1964 | 5.5 |
| 48 | Cabral Denrick | BRA | 1912 | 5.5 |
| 49 | Egeto Janos-Lehel | ROU | 1865 | 5.5 |
| 50 | Bourogaa Younes | FRA | 1932 | 5.5 |
| 51 | Bilgin Murat Evrensel | TUR | 1950 | 5.5 |
| 52 | Onyango Adia | USA | 0 | 5.5 |
| 53 | Zahariev Ognyan | BUL | 1913 | 5.5 |
| 54 | Comsa Razvan-Lucian | ROU | 1571 | 5.5 |
| 55 | Calder Dennis | GER | 1946 | 5.5 |
| 56 | Tardi Oscar | FRA | 1760 | 5.5 |
| 57 | Niklesh Kumar Jain | IND | 1910 | 5.0 |
| 58 | Wong Yee Chit | SIN | 1904 | 5.0 |
| Galateanu Calin | ROU | 1857 | 5.0 | |
| 60 | Cosmulescu Alexandru-Paul | ROU | 1944 | 5.0 |
| 61 | Necula Iulian | ROU | 1984 | 5.0 |
| 62 | Vivek.M. | IND | 1857 | 5.0 |
| 63 | Belinchis Valerii | MDA | 0 | 5.0 |
| 64 | Evulet Gheorghe | ROU | 0 | 5.0 |
| 65 | Ang Alphaeus Wei Ern | NZL | 1853 | 5.0 |
| 66 | Dumitrescu Matei-Pavel | ROU | 1573 | 5.0 |
| 67 | Morea Georgiana-Steluta | ROU | 1883 | 5.0 |
| 68 | Lazar Ciprian-Ioan | ROU | 1958 | 5.0 |
| 69 | Tazlaoanu Cezar | ROU | 1852 | 5.0 |
| 70 | Grigore Adrian | ROU | 1775 | 5.0 |
| 71 | Okur Kadir | TUR | 1843 | 5.0 |
| 72 | Martian Fanase | ROU | 1951 | 5.0 |
| 73 | Wijesuriya G.V. | AUS | 1846 | 5.0 |
| 74 | Dyakov Martin | BUL | 1962 | 5.0 |
| 75 | Othman Mustapha | NGR | 1877 | 5.0 |
| 76 | Kamis Kamarunsalehin | BRU | 1884 | 5.0 |
| 77 | Guarin Daniela | COL | 1979 | 5.0 |
| 78 | Casillas Orona Federico Moctezuma | MEX | 0 | 5.0 |
| 79 | Ozkan Salih | TUR | 0 | 5.0 |
| 80 | Avsitidiysky Andrey | CYP | 1815 | 5.0 |
| 81 | Silva Jorge | COL | 1970 | 5.0 |
| 82 | Reis Virginia Lagrange M. | BRA | 1885 | 5.0 |
| 83 | Havumaki Jani | FIN | 1813 | 4.5 |
| 84 | Antal Istvan | ROU | 1991 | 4.5 |
| 85 | Moudallal Tarek | LIB | 1984 | 4.5 |
| 86 | Ganesan K. | IND | 1933 | 4.5 |
| 87 | Karthik K | IND | 1772 | 4.5 |
| 88 | Meleg Victor | ROU | 0 | 4.5 |
| 89 | Faranka Khaled | LBA | 1823 | 4.5 |
| 90 | Helawi Majed | SYR | 1920 | 4.5 |
| 91 | Muntianu Razvan-Gavril | ROU | 1628 | 4.5 |
| 92 | Urbanc Vinko | SLO | 1910 | 4.5 |
| 93 | Iacob Dorin | ROU | 1848 | 4.5 |
| 94 | Gibbs Dominic V | ENG | 1956 | 4.5 |
| 95 | Simsek Hakki Kaan | TUR | 1805 | 4.5 |
| 96 | Andor Jorge | BRA | 1865 | 4.5 |
| 97 | Mohnblatt Daniel | FRA | 1881 | 4.5 |
| 98 | Baasansuren Erdene | MGL | 1871 | 4.5 |
| 99 | Liberman Alexander | RUS | 1999 | 4.5 |
| 100 | Baciu Alexandru | ROU | 1755 | 4.5 |
| 101 | Sandhya G | IND | 1769 | 4.5 |
| 102 | Rosca Victor-Adrian | ROU | 0 | 4.5 |
| 103 | Sabou Vasile | ROU | 1971 | 4.5 |
| 104 | Desormes Olivier | FRA | 1783 | 4.5 |
| 105 | Albu George | ROU | 1618 | 4.5 |
| 106 | Kruger Israel | BRA | 0 | 4.5 |
| 107 | Velez Alvarez Laura Camila | COL | 1775 | 4.5 |
| 108 | Martinez Paipa Hernan | COL | 1944 | 4.5 |
| 109 | Fotache Tudor-Felix | ROU | 1524 | 4.5 |
| 110 | Altin Halis | TUR | 1811 | 4.5 |
| 111 | Bolog Iacint | ITA | 1862 | 4.5 |
| 112 | Anshuman Singh | IND | 1580 | 4.5 |
| 113 | Cretan Ioana | ROU | 1757 | 4.5 |
| 114 | Gherasim Ovidiu | ROU | 1880 | 4.5 |
| 115 | Cornea Alexandru | ROU | 1908 | 4.5 |
| 116 | Amgalanbaatar Khadbaatar | MGL | 0 | 4.5 |
| 117 | Rosero Hugo Alberto | COL | 1655 | 4.5 |
| 118 | Ciortan Mihail | ROU | 1739 | 4.5 |
| 119 | Cenusa Mihai | ROU | 1760 | 4.0 |
| 120 | Statescu-Enescu Vlad | ROU | 1826 | 4.0 |
| 121 | Condurat Florin-Marian | ROU | 1795 | 4.0 |
| 122 | Pislariu Stefanel-Vasilica | ROU | 1737 | 4.0 |
| 123 | Dumitrascu Grigore | ROU | 1788 | 4.0 |
| 124 | Anton Roxana-Ana | ROU | 1826 | 4.0 |
| 125 | Tarraf Tarraf | LIB | 1701 | 4.0 |
| 126 | Paveliuc Alin-Dumitru | ROU | 1897 | 4.0 |
| 127 | Thomre Abhishek | IND | 1560 | 4.0 |
| 128 | Bors Mircea | ROU | 1699 | 4.0 |
| 129 | Istrati Iulia | ROU | 1986 | 4.0 |
| 130 | Machado Eduardo Ribeiro | BRA | 1809 | 4.0 |
| 131 | Maksak Vladimir | RUS | 0 | 4.0 |
| 132 | Rusu Vasile | ROU | 1758 | 4.0 |
| 133 | Pascaru Alexandru-Arthur | ROU | 1624 | 4.0 |
| 134 | Nistor Stefan | ROU | 1693 | 4.0 |
| 135 | Iorga Corneliu | ROU | 1666 | 4.0 |
| 136 | Pojar Marius | ROU | 1755 | 4.0 |
| 137 | Banea Traian | ROU | 1820 | 4.0 |
| 138 | Johnson Frank Arthur Jr. | USA | 1788 | 4.0 |
| 139 | Ciobotaru Alexandru-Vlad | ROU | 1798 | 4.0 |
| 140 | Saxena Anshul | IND | 1608 | 4.0 |
| 141 | Blacher Laurent | FRA | 1721 | 4.0 |
| 142 | Al Hamed Saif Edrees | UAE | 1633 | 4.0 |
| 143 | Abdulla Al-Hamed | UAE | 1663 | 4.0 |
| 144 | Oloeriu Delia-Ioana | ROU | 1379 | 4.0 |
| 145 | Al Hosani Saed | UAE | 0 | 4.0 |
| 146 | Ruzicic Sinisa | SRB | 1992 | 3.5 |
| 147 | Hriscu Alexandru-Gabriel | ROU | 1525 | 3.5 |
| 148 | Gorea Stefan-Alin | ROU | 1640 | 3.5 |
| 149 | Chisacov Marin | ROU | 1883 | 3.5 |
| 150 | Chirpii Alexandru | MDA | 1926 | 3.5 |
| 151 | Pricopie Stefan | ROU | 1670 | 3.5 |
| 152 | Grancea Valentin-Gheorghe | ROU | 1701 | 3.5 |
| 153 | Olinici Ecaterina | ROU | 1399 | 3.5 |
| 154 | Bejan Silvestru | ROU | 1735 | 3.5 |
| 155 | Bauer Matthias | GER | 1717 | 3.5 |
| 156 | Cristian Codrut | ROU | 1555 | 3.5 |
| 157 | Kirmeir Andreas | GER | 1771 | 3.5 |
| 158 | Constantin Filip | ROU | 0 | 3.5 |
| 159 | Zanetti Joao Carlos Pereira | BRA | 1764 | 3.5 |
| 160 | Al Hosani Omran | UAE | 0 | 3.5 |
| 161 | Dogan Halit | TUR | 1507 | 3.5 |
| 162 | Cotruta Alexandru-Mihai | ROU | 1650 | 3.5 |
| 163 | Bulgariu Andrei | ROU | 0 | 3.5 |
| 164 | Al-Zaabi Sultan | UAE | 1447 | 3.5 |
| 165 | Ersoz Celalettin | TUR | 1623 | 3.5 |
| 166 | Mirosnicencu Mihai-Viorel | ROU | 1391 | 3.5 |
| 167 | Radu Daniel | ROU | 1552 | 3.5 |
| 168 | Pascaru Catalin | ROU | 0 | 3.0 |
| 169 | Ossa Ramirez Jesus Antonio | COL | 1778 | 3.0 |
| 170 | Sonfalean Maria-Laura | ROU | 1593 | 3.0 |
| 171 | Hrib Andrada-Ioana | ROU | 1545 | 3.0 |
| 172 | Poncu Constantin | ROU | 0 | 3.0 |
| 173 | Negureanu Valentin | ROU | 1603 | 3.0 |
| 174 | Dumitru Sorin | ROU | 1456 | 3.0 |
| 175 | Bichir Ionel | ROU | 0 | 3.0 |
| 176 | Sandor Levente | ROU | 1701 | 3.0 |
| 177 | Sandor Tamas | ROU | 1485 | 3.0 |
| 178 | Pope Jessica | USA | 1584 | 3.0 |
| 179 | Boboc Thea-Elena | ROU | 1321 | 3.0 |
| 180 | Milian Marius-Daniel | ROU | 1821 | 3.0 |
| 181 | Pena Mora Carlos | COL | 1692 | 3.0 |
| 182 | Attir Abdurrahman | LBA | 0 | 3.0 |
| 183 | Lupascu Diana-Elena | ROU | 1334 | 3.0 |
| 184 | Lehaci Miruna-Daria | ROU | 1478 | 3.0 |
| 185 | Enache Tudor-Eduard | ROU | 1544 | 3.0 |
| 186 | Morsy Nader | EGY | 1626 | 3.0 |
| 187 | Toma Traian | ROU | 0 | 3.0 |
| 188 | Wilson F Leon | USA | 1655 | 2.5 |
| 189 | Ionita Gheorghe | ROU | 1616 | 2.5 |
| 190 | Sultan Al Darmaki | UAE | 0 | 2.5 |
| 191 | Lupu Vasile | ROU | 1742 | 2.5 |
| 192 | Ionita Ioan | ROU | 1734 | 2.5 |
| 193 | Ciobanu Eugen | ROU | 0 | 2.5 |
| 194 | Klitorakis Ioannis | GRE | 1259 | 2.5 |
| 195 | Chiriac Matei | ROU | 1363 | 2.5 |
| 196 | Ferenczi Sandor-Levente | ROU | 1941 | 2.0 |
| 197 | Cojocaru Emanuel | ROU | 0 | 2.0 |
| 198 | Azamfirei Smaranda-Georgiana | ROU | 0 | 2.0 |
| 199 | Yousef Jasem | UAE | 0 | 2.0 |
| 200 | Comsa Tinu Florin | ROU | 0 | 2.0 |
| 201 | Al Husani Zayed | UAE | 0 | 2.0 |
| 202 | Mihut Maria-Emilia | ROU | 0 | 2.0 |
| 203 | Sabau Ioan | CAN | 0 | 1.0 |
| 204 | Maties Andrei | ROU | 0 | 1.0 |
| 205 | Hordila Malina-Teodora | ROU | 0 | 1.0 |
| 206 | Dumitrescu Alexandru | ROU | 1770 | 0.0 |
| Paraschiv Calin | ROU | 0 | 0.0 | |
