The 3rd stage of the Romanian Grand Prix took place from 20-28 August in Miercurea Ciuc. Simultaneously with the Grand Prix event (open to players rated 2200+), the 25th jubilee classic chess tournament Caissa (for players rated U2200), and the youth 9th Balogh Janos Memorial (for children U12, U10, U8) were held in the same venue of Sapientia University.
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After nine swiss rounds at the third leg of the 2022 Romanian Grand Prix, seven players tied for the first place scoring 6.5 points, each. Tiebreak criteria favored GM Martin Petrov who came first, IM David Gavrilescu was second, GM Mircea Emilian Parligras clinched third place, IM Ihor Samunenkov finished fourth, GM Vladislav Nevednichy came fifth, GM Nitzan Steinberg ended in the sixth place and IM Mihnea Costachi finished seventh. Scroll down for the final rankings

Final rankings – 3rd leg of the Romanian Grand Prix 2022:
Rk. | Name | Typ | sex | FED | RtgI | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | |
1 | GM | Petrov Martin | BUL | 2523 | 6.5 | 0 | 2436 | 51 | ||
2 | IM | Gavrilescu David | U20 | ROU | 2528 | 6.5 | 0 | 2434 | 51 | |
3 | GM | Parligras Mircea-Emilian | ROU | 2569 | 6.5 | 0 | 2413 | 47 | ||
4 | IM | Samunenkov Ihor | U14 | UKR | 2454 | 6.5 | 0 | 2407 | 48 | |
5 | GM | Nevednichy Vladislav | S50 | ROU | 2473 | 6.5 | 0 | 2398 | 51 | |
6 | GM | Steinberg Nitzan | ISR | 2542 | 6.5 | 0 | 2395 | 48 | ||
7 | IM | Costachi Mihnea | ROU | 2461 | 6.5 | 0 | 2365 | 43 | ||
8 | IM | Parkhov Yair | U20 | ISR | 2469 | 6 | 0 | 2422 | 50 | |
9 | IM | Dhulipalla Bala Chandra Prasad | IND | 2431 | 6 | 0 | 2370 | 46 | ||
10 | FM | Sokolovsky Yahli | U16 | ISR | 2398 | 6 | 0 | 2344 | 46 | |
11 | GM | Kobo Ori | ISR | 2542 | 5.5 | 0 | 2461 | 53 | ||
12 | GM | David Alberto | S50 | ITA | 2535 | 5.5 | 0 | 2429 | 50 | |
13 | IM | Bronstein Or | ISR | 2463 | 5.5 | 0 | 2381 | 47 | ||
14 | GM | Manolache Marius | ROU | 2478 | 5.5 | 0 | 2372 | 45 | ||
15 | FM | Royal Shreyas | U14 | ENG | 2375 | 5.5 | 0 | 2353 | 45 | |
16 | IM | Filip Lucian-Ioan | ROU | 2377 | 5.5 | 0 | 2337 | 45 | ||
17 | GM | Tadic Branko | SRB | 2468 | 5.5 | 0 | 2317 | 44 | ||
18 | GM | Korpa Bence | HUN | 2519 | 5.5 | 0 | 2316 | 43 | ||
19 | IM | Cosma Ioan | S50 | ROU | 2392 | 5.5 | 0 | 2311 | 46 | |
20 | FM | Bilych Olexiy | U18 | UKR | 2387 | 5 | 0 | 2395 | 51 | |
21 | FM | Tarhan Adar | U16 | TUR | 2202 | 5 | 0 | 2387 | 47 | |
22 | FM | Stepanencu Nicodim-Cosmin | U18 | ROU | 2255 | 5 | 0 | 2360 | 45 | |
23 | GM | Czebe Attila | HUN | 2385 | 5 | 0 | 2336 | 43 | ||
24 | FM | Pasti Aron | U16 | HUN | 2332 | 5 | 0 | 2316 | 44 | |
25 | FM | Ghimpu Samuel-Timotei | U20 | ROU | 2428 | 5 | 0 | 2297 | 47 | |
26 | GM | Istratescu Andrei | ROU | 2427 | 5 | 0 | 2287 | 43 | ||
27 | FM | Filip Andrei | U16 | ROU | 2324 | 5 | 0 | 2255 | 42 | |
28 | IM | David Alexandru-Vasile | ROU | 2429 | 5 | 0 | 2235 | 41 | ||
29 | Bodrogi Bendeguz | U14 | HUN | 2170 | 5 | 0 | 2230 | 37 | ||
30 | IM | Ardeleanu Alin | S50 | ROU | 2283 | 5 | 0 | 2207 | 36 | |
31 | FM | Nastore Pavel-Alexandru | U16 | ROU | 2283 | 5 | 0 | 2204 | 38 | |
32 | Levitan Tal | ISR | 2200 | 5 | 0 | 2150 | 34 | |||
33 | FM | Karacsonyi Gellert | U18 | HUN | 2355 | 4.5 | 0 | 2414 | 49 | |
34 | FM | Pasztor Balazs | U16 | HUN | 2311 | 4.5 | 0 | 2329 | 45 | |
35 | IM | Dumitrache Dragos-Nicolae | S50 | ROU | 2258 | 4.5 | 0 | 2306 | 42 | |
36 | CM | Kostov Deyan Samuil | U16 | BUL | 2230 | 4.5 | 0 | 2298 | 41 | |
37 | FM | Talu Mircea | U20 | ROU | 2343 | 4.5 | 0 | 2287 | 44 | |
38 | IM | Manea Alexandru | ROU | 2353 | 4.5 | 0 | 2280 | 40 | ||
39 | FM | Stoleriu George | U20 | ROU | 2411 | 4.5 | 0 | 2263 | 41 | |
40 | Konyves Almos | U16 | HUN | 2202 | 4.5 | 0 | 2262 | 40 | ||
41 | FM | Ciorgovean Iustin | ROU | 2276 | 4.5 | 0 | 2252 | 38 | ||
42 | CM | Cnejev Vladimir-Alexandru | U14 | ROU | 2165 | 4.5 | 0 | 2239 | 37 | |
43 | CM | Nedelcu Teodor-Cosmin | U16 | ROU | 2179 | 4 | 0 | 2346 | 44 | |
44 | FM | Prokofiev Valentyn | U16 | UKR | 2279 | 4 | 0 | 2305 | 41 | |
45 | WGM | Cosma Elena-Luminita | S50 | w | ROU | 2248 | 4 | 0 | 2276 | 39 |
46 | CM | Kanov Nikola | U16 | BUL | 2140 | 4 | 0 | 2264 | 39 | |
47 | IM | Vajda Albert | ROU | 2336 | 4 | 0 | 2247 | 41 | ||
48 | IM | Tadic Stefan | U18 | SRB | 2345 | 4 | 0 | 2242 | 41 | |
49 | IM | Dobre Claudiu-Cristian | ROU | 2285 | 4 | 0 | 2236 | 38 | ||
50 | I | Sachilaru Alexandru | U16 | ROU | 2128 | 4 | 0 | 2227 | 38 | |
51 | FM | Juhasz Agoston | U18 | HUN | 2372 | 4 | 0 | 2219 | 38 | |
52 | FM | Fishchuk Vladyslav | U16 | UKR | 2200 | 4 | 0 | 2205 | 39 | |
53 | I | Coman Mihnea-George | U20 | ROU | 2154 | 4 | 0 | 2204 | 37 | |
54 | CM | Vilcu Matei-Stefan | U18 | ROU | 2170 | 4 | 0 | 2203 | 36 | |
55 | CM | Ipek Egehan | U14 | TUR | 2172 | 4 | 0 | 2170 | 40 | |
56 | WFM | Karacsonyi Kata | U16 | w | HUN | 2149 | 4 | 0 | 2160 | 36 |
57 | WCM | Obada Ema | U18 | w | ROU | 2033 | 4 | 0 | 2158 | 33 |
58 | I | Veress Armand | U16 | ROU | 2185 | 4 | 0 | 2141 | 32 | |
59 | IM | Glodeanu Ion | S65 | ROU | 2139 | 4 | 0 | 2103 | 32 | |
60 | I | Coicev Matei-Andrei | U14 | ROU | 2062 | 3.5 | 0 | 2243 | 38 | |
61 | I | Ignat Matei-Marius | U20 | ROU | 2040 | 3.5 | 0 | 2140 | 32 | |
62 | I | Prelipcean Eric-Matei | U14 | ROU | 2108 | 3 | 0 | 2198 | 37 | |
63 | WFM | Nikanova Ekaterina | w | ROU | 2120 | 3 | 0 | 2180 | 36 | |
64 | NM | Stanca Adrian | ROU | 2205 | 3 | 0 | 2125 | 34 | ||
65 | CM | Craciun Sasha-Matei | U14 | ROU | 2018 | 3 | 0 | 2124 | 35 | |
66 | WCM | Maria Lia-Alexandra | U14 | w | ROU | 1714 | 3 | 0 | 2075 | 37 |
67 | WCM | Bucur Denisa-Andreea | U20 | w | ROU | 1951 | 3 | 0 | 2007 | 32 |
68 | I | Negrean Andrei | U10 | ROU | 1919 | 3 | 0 | 1968 | 29 | |
69 | CM | Radu David Cr | U14 | ROU | 2136 | 3 | 0 | 1959 | 31 | |
70 | I | Saioc David | U14 | ROU | 2017 | 3 | 0 | 1951 | 29 | |
71 | I | Sava Robert-Gabriel | U12 | ROU | 1774 | 2.5 | 0 | 2184 | 36 | |
72 | Leonard Timo | U18 | GER | 2110 | 2.5 | 0 | 2009 | 31 | ||
73 | CM | Juncu Nicolae | S65 | ROU | 1777 | 1 | 0 | 1993 | 31 |
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