The 2nd leg of the Romanian Grand Prix 2022 will take place from 4-11 June in Targu Mures.
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The city of Targu Mures will simultaneously host two tournaments: A (part of the Romanian Grand Prix for players rated 2200+) and B (Targu Mures Open for players rated U2200). Both events will be played in 9 rounds, swiss system, with time control: 90 minutes + 30 sec/move starting from the first move.
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The total prize fund of the events will be 100.000 Romanian lei (20.000 euros), with 75.000 lei reserved for the Grand Prix and 25.000 for the Targu Mures Open. The Winner of the 2nd Romanian Grand Prix event will win the prize of 25.000 lei (5.000 euros) with the best ranked women player winning 5.000 lei (1.100 euros).
Starting list of participants currently gathers 33 players from 7 countries, including 27 titled players. The top seeds are GM Constantin Lupulescu, GM Martin Petrov, GM Vlad-Cristian Jianu.
No. | Name | FED | Rtg | |
1 | GM | Lupulescu Constantin | ROU | 2623 |
2 | GM | Petrov Martin | BUL | 2545 |
3 | GM | Jianu Vlad-Cristian | ROU | 2527 |
4 | GM | Miron Lucian-Costin | ROU | 2510 |
5 | GM | Nevednichy Vladislav | ROU | 2496 |
6 | GM | Swayams Mishra | IND | 2489 |
7 | IM | Schitco Ivan | MDA | 2484 |
8 | GM | Manolache Marius | ROU | 2481 |
9 | IM | Macovei Andrei | MDA | 2453 |
10 | IM | Baltag Iulian | MDA | 2411 |
11 | IM | Bulmaga Irina | ROU | 2397 |
12 | IM | Filip Lucian-Ioan | ROU | 2385 |
13 | IM | Vasiesiu Dan | ROU | 2385 |
14 | IM | Soltanici Ruslan | MDA | 2379 |
15 | IM | Manea Alexandru | ROU | 2360 |
16 | FM | Secheres Adrian-Simion | ROU | 2360 |
17 | IM | Brunello Marina | ITA | 2349 |
18 | FM | Samani Yamac | TUR | 2336 |
19 | FM | Yordanov Lachezar | BUL | 2306 |
20 | WIM | Terbe Julianna | HUN | 2304 |
21 | IM | Petre Nad-Titus | ROU | 2297 |
22 | WGM | Cosma Elena-Luminita | ROU | 2277 |
23 | WGM | Sandu Mihaela | ROU | 2270 |
24 | CM | Cnejev Vladimir-Alexandru | ROU | 2187 |
25 | FM | Pribeanu Mihail-Dacian | ROU | 2175 |
26 | FM | Rusan Paul-Cristian | ROU | 2114 |
27 | I | Veress Armand | ROU | 2100 |
28 | I | Saioc David | ROU | 1897 |
29 | I | Nagy-Elek Tamas | ROU | 1880 |
30 | I | Negrean Andrei | ROU | 1846 |
31 | WCM | Puia Alexia-Teodora | ROU | 1787 |
32 | I | Bira Andrada-Paraschiva | ROU | 1685 |
33 | I | Stefan Iulia-Cristiana | ROU | 1646 |
