The FIDE World Amateur Chess Championship 2013 is currently being played in Iasi, Romania, from 21th April (1st round) to 30th April (9th round).
The tournament is played according to the Swiss System in 9 rounds. Rate of play will be according to FIDE regulations 90 minutes for 40 moves plus 30 minutes for the rest of the Game with an increment of 30 seconds per move starting from move.
There are monetary prizes. 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
City Hall in Iasi, Romania
List of participants:
| 1 | Tqavadze Giorgi | GEO | 2000 |
| 2 | Liberman Alexander | RUS | 1999 |
| 3 | Stefanova Milena | BUL | 1996 |
| 4 | Ruzicic Sinisa | SRB | 1992 |
| 5 | Antal Istvan | ROU | 1991 |
| 6 | Villar Juan | PER | 1989 |
| 7 | Istrati Iulia | ROU | 1986 |
| 8 | Moudallal Tarek | LIB | 1984 |
| 9 | Necula Iulian | ROU | 1984 |
| 10 | Tirado Juan Camilo | COL | 1983 |
| 11 | Guarin Daniela | COL | 1979 |
| 12 | Dinca Ovidiu | ROU | 1976 |
| 13 | Neagu Mihai-Cosmin | ROU | 1976 |
| 14 | Sabou Vasile | ROU | 1971 |
| 15 | Scripcaru George-Daniel | ROU | 1970 |
| 16 | Silva Jorge | COL | 1970 |
| 17 | Marinescu Stefan | ROU | 1967 |
| 18 | Vrencian Lehel | ROU | 1966 |
| 19 | Nagy Laszlo | GER | 1964 |
| 20 | Dyakov Martin | BUL | 1962 |
| 21 | Lazar Ciprian-Ioan | ROU | 1958 |
| 22 | Gibbs Dominic V | ENG | 1956 |
| 23 | Orak Ersin | TUR | 1953 |
| 24 | Martian Fanase | ROU | 1951 |
| 25 | Bilgin Murat Evrensel | TUR | 1950 |
| 26 | Aron Teh Eu Wen | MAS | 1949 |
| 27 | Calder Dennis | GER | 1946 |
| 28 | Cosmulescu Alexandru-Paul | ROU | 1944 |
| 29 | Martinez Paipa Hernan | COL | 1944 |
| 30 | Vartolomei Victor | ROU | 1943 |
| 31 | Ferenczi Sandor-Levente | ROU | 1941 |
| 32 | Ganesan K. | IND | 1933 |
| 33 | Ismail Hany | EGY | 1933 |
| 34 | Bourogaa Younes | FRA | 1932 |
| 35 | Atomei Cristian | ROU | 1929 |
| 36 | Adam Andrea | ROU | 1927 |
| 37 | Chirpii Alexandru | MDA | 1926 |
| 38 | Tiron Lucian-Ilie | ROU | 1925 |
| 39 | Tiron Calin-Andrei | ROU | 1924 |
| 40 | Elmas Mustafa | TUR | 1923 |
| 41 | Varshini V | IND | 1923 |
| 42 | Vega Jorge | PER | 1923 |
| 43 | Helawi Majed | SYR | 1920 |
| 44 | Nastasa Robert-Radu | ROU | 1920 |
| 45 | Jeszenszky Jozsef | HUN | 1914 |
| 46 | Zahariev Ognyan | BUL | 1913 |
| 47 | Cabral Denrick | BRA | 1912 |
| 48 | Sava Gabriela-Liliana | ROU | 1911 |
| 49 | Fugulyan Grigore | ROU | 1910 |
| 50 | Niklesh Kumar Jain | IND | 1910 |
| 51 | Urbanc Vinko | SLO | 1910 |
| 52 | Rafee Mohd Hayel | SYR | 1909 |
| 53 | Bayarkhuu Khurelchuluun | MGL | 1908 |
| 54 | Cornea Alexandru | ROU | 1908 |
| 55 | Wong Yee Chit | SIN | 1904 |
| 56 | Caushaj Kastriot | ALB | 1902 |
| 57 | Malhotra Akshay | USA | 1898 |
| 58 | Paveliuc Alin-Dumitru | ROU | 1897 |
| 59 | Arghirescu Marius | ROU | 1891 |
| 60 | Reis Virginia Lagrange M. | BRA | 1885 |
| 61 | Kamis Kamarunsalehin | BRU | 1884 |
| 62 | Chisacov Marin | ROU | 1883 |
| 63 | Morea Georgiana-Steluta | ROU | 1883 |
| 64 | Lim Kian Hwa | MAS | 1882 |
| 65 | Mohnblatt Daniel | FRA | 1881 |
| 66 | Gherasim Ovidiu | ROU | 1880 |
| 67 | Othman Mustapha | NGR | 1877 |
| 68 | Baasansuren Erdene | MGL | 1871 |
| 69 | Andor Jorge | BRA | 1865 |
| 70 | Egeto Janos-Lehel | ROU | 1865 |
| 71 | Bolog Iacint | ITA | 1862 |
| 72 | Ahlqvist Esa | FIN | 1859 |
| 73 | Galateanu Calin | ROU | 1857 |
| 74 | Vivek.M. | IND | 1857 |
| 75 | Ang Alphaeus Wei Ern | NZL | 1853 |
| 76 | Tazlaoanu Cezar | ROU | 1852 |
| 77 | Chetina Elizaveta | RUS | 1850 |
| 78 | Iacob Dorin | ROU | 1848 |
| 79 | Wijesuriya G.V. | AUS | 1846 |
| 80 | Okur Kadir | TUR | 1843 |
| 81 | Toculet Gheorghe-Cristache | ROU | 1835 |
| 82 | Kaunz Werner | ROU | 1828 |
| 83 | Olinici Emanuel | ROU | 1828 |
| 84 | Anton Roxana-Ana | ROU | 1826 |
| 85 | Statescu-Enescu Vlad | ROU | 1826 |
| 86 | Faranka Khaled | LBA | 1823 |
| 87 | Milian Marius-Daniel | ROU | 1821 |
| 88 | Banea Traian | ROU | 1820 |
| 89 | Avsitidiysky Andrey | CYP | 1815 |
| 90 | Havumaki Jani | FIN | 1813 |
| 91 | Altin Halis | TUR | 1811 |
| 92 | Machado Eduardo Ribeiro | BRA | 1809 |
| 93 | Lekh Mithawala | IND | 1807 |
| 94 | Simsek Hakki Kaan | TUR | 1805 |
| 95 | Ciobotaru Alexandru-Vlad | ROU | 1798 |
| 96 | Condurat Florin-Marian | ROU | 1795 |
| 97 | Calin Alexandru | ROU | 1788 |
| 98 | Dumitrascu Grigore | ROU | 1788 |
| 99 | Johnson Frank Arthur Jr. | USA | 1788 |
| 100 | Yanjinlkham Bayarsaikhan | MGL | 1786 |
| 101 | Sadhu S Adithya | IND | 1784 |
| 102 | Desormes Olivier | FRA | 1783 |
| 103 | Ossa Ramirez Jesus Antonio | COL | 1778 |
| 104 | Grigore Adrian | ROU | 1775 |
| 105 | Velez Alvarez Laura Camila | COL | 1775 |
| 106 | Zubcu Vlad-George | ROU | 1774 |
| 107 | Karthik K | IND | 1772 |
| 108 | Stoleriu George | ROU | 1772 |
| 109 | Kirmeir Andreas | GER | 1771 |
| 110 | Dumitrescu Alexandru | ROU | 1770 |
| 111 | Sandhya G | IND | 1769 |
| 112 | Zanetti Joao Carlos Pereira | BRA | 1764 |
| 113 | Cenusa Mihai | ROU | 1760 |
| 114 | Tardi Oscar | FRA | 1760 |
| 115 | Rusu Vasile | ROU | 1758 |
| 116 | Cretan Ioana | ROU | 1757 |
| 117 | Baciu Alexandru | ROU | 1755 |
| 118 | Pojar Marius | ROU | 1755 |
| 119 | Lupu Vasile | ROU | 1742 |
| 120 | Ciortan Mihail | ROU | 1739 |
| 121 | Pislariu Stefanel-Vasilica | ROU | 1737 |
| 122 | Bejan Silvestru | ROU | 1735 |
| 123 | Ionita Ioan | ROU | 1734 |
| 124 | Blacher Laurent | FRA | 1721 |
| 125 | Bauer Matthias | GER | 1717 |
| 126 | Grancea Valentin-Gheorghe | ROU | 1701 |
| 127 | Sandor Levente | ROU | 1701 |
| 128 | Tarraf Tarraf | LIB | 1701 |
| 129 | Bors Mircea | ROU | 1699 |
| 130 | Nistor Stefan | ROU | 1693 |
| 131 | Pena Mora Carlos | COL | 1692 |
| 132 | Stefansson Vignir Vatnar | ISL | 1678 |
| 133 | Pricopie Stefan | ROU | 1670 |
| 134 | Iorga Corneliu | ROU | 1666 |
| 135 | Abdulla Al-Hamed | UAE | 1663 |
| 136 | Rosero Hugo Alberto | COL | 1655 |
| 137 | Wilson F Leon | USA | 1655 |
| 138 | Cotruta Alexandru-Mihai | ROU | 1650 |
| 139 | Gorea Stefan-Alin | ROU | 1640 |
| 140 | Al Hamed Saif Edrees | UAE | 1633 |
| 141 | Muntianu Razvan-Gavril | ROU | 1628 |
| 142 | Morsy Nader | EGY | 1626 |
| 143 | Pascaru Alexandru-Arthur | ROU | 1624 |
| 144 | Ersoz Celalettin | TUR | 1623 |
| 145 | Albu George | ROU | 1618 |
| 146 | Ionita Gheorghe | ROU | 1616 |
| 147 | Saxena Anshul | IND | 1608 |
| 148 | Negureanu Valentin | ROU | 1603 |
| 149 | Sonfalean Maria-Laura | ROU | 1593 |
| 150 | Pope Jessica | USA | 1584 |
| 151 | Anshuman Singh | IND | 1580 |
| 152 | Dumitrescu Matei-Pavel | ROU | 1573 |
| 153 | Comsa Razvan-Lucian | ROU | 1571 |
| 154 | Thomre Abhishek | IND | 1560 |
| 155 | Cristian Codrut | ROU | 1555 |
| 156 | Radu Daniel | ROU | 1552 |
| 157 | Hrib Andrada-Ioana | ROU | 1545 |
| 158 | Enache Tudor-Eduard | ROU | 1544 |
| 159 | Hriscu Alexandru-Gabriel | ROU | 1525 |
| 160 | Fotache Tudor-Felix | ROU | 1524 |
| 161 | Dogan Halit | TUR | 1507 |
| 162 | Sandor Tamas | ROU | 1485 |
| 163 | Lehaci Miruna-Daria | ROU | 1478 |
| 164 | Dumitru Sorin | ROU | 1456 |
| 165 | Al-Zaabi Sultan | UAE | 1447 |
| 166 | Olinici Ecaterina | ROU | 1399 |
| 167 | Mirosnicencu Mihai-Viorel | ROU | 1391 |
| 168 | Oloeriu Delia-Ioana | ROU | 1379 |
| 169 | Chiriac Matei | ROU | 1363 |
| 170 | Lupascu Diana-Elena | ROU | 1334 |
| 171 | Boboc Thea-Elena | ROU | 1321 |
| 172 | Klitorakis Ioannis | GRE | 1259 |
| 173 | Al Hosani Omran | UAE | 0 |
| 174 | Al Hosani Saed | UAE | 0 |
| 175 | Al Husani Zayed | UAE | 0 |
| 176 | Amgalanbaatar Khadbaatar | MGL | 0 |
| 177 | Attir Abdurrahman | LBA | 0 |
| 178 | Azamfirei Smaranda-Georgiana | ROU | 0 |
| 179 | Belinchis Valerii | MDA | 0 |
| 180 | Bichir Ionel | ROU | 0 |
| 181 | Boldoo Erdenepurev | MGL | 0 |
| 182 | Bulgariu Andrei | ROU | 0 |
| 183 | Casillas Orona Federico Moctezuma | MEX | 0 |
| 184 | Ciobanu Eugen | ROU | 0 |
| 185 | Cojocaru Emanuel | ROU | 0 |
| 186 | Comsa Tinu Florin | ROU | 0 |
| 187 | Constantin Filip | ROU | 0 |
| 188 | Evulet Gheorghe | ROU | 0 |
| 189 | Gradinariu Lucian | ROU | 0 |
| 190 | Hordila Malina-Teodora | ROU | 0 |
| 191 | Joy Tomeh | SYR | 0 |
| 192 | Kruger Israel | BRA | 0 |
| 193 | Maksak Vladimir | RUS | 0 |
| 194 | Maties Andrei | ROU | 0 |
| 195 | Meleg Victor | ROU | 0 |
| 196 | Mihut Maria-Emilia | ROU | 0 |
| 197 | Onyango Adia | USA | 0 |
| 198 | Ozkan Salih | TUR | 0 |
| 199 | Paraschiv Calin | ROU | 0 |
| 200 | Pascaru Catalin | ROU | 0 |
| 201 | Poncu Constantin | ROU | 0 |
| 202 | Rosca Victor-Adrian | ROU | 0 |
| 203 | Sabau Ioan | CAN | 0 |
| 204 | Sultan Al Darmaki | UAE | 0 |
| 205 | Toma Traian | ROU | 0 |
| 206 | Valderrama Quiceno Esteban Alberto | COL | 0 |
| 207 | Yousef Jasem | UAE | 0 |
