Maksim Chigaev wins Bucharest Grand Prix Rapid 2023, Harikrishna third

by Shahid Ahmed - 01/05/2023

Maksim, Romania no.2 Bogdan-Daniel Deac and Pentala Harikrishna all three scored 8.5/10 each at Bucharest Grand Prix Rapid 2023. They were placed first, second and third according to tie-breaks. While, Maksim and Bogdan-Daniel remained undefeated, Harikrishna suffered his only loss against Raunak Sadhwani. Raunak scored 8/10 to finish fifth. His sole defeat was against the eventual champion. The total prize fund of the tournament was 150000 Lei. The top three prizes were 25000, 15000 and 10000 Lei along with a trophy each respectively. GM-elect IM Prraneeth Vuppala scored an impressive 8/10 to finish tenth. This was the first of five tournaments in the Romania Grand Prix. The next leg will take place from 16th to 22nd July 2023. Photo: Federația Română de Șah

Top three score 8.5/10

Apart from Harikrishna, Raunak and Prraneeth, IM Dhulipalla Bala Chandra Prasad and IM Sidhant Mohapatra are the two remaining prize winners. Dhulipalla continues his fantastic form from Denmark as he became one of the four IMs to make a top 20 finish in a tournament which had a strong lineup.

Second Runner-up - GM Pentala Harikrishna 8.5/10 | Photo: Federația Română de Șah

Top 3 (L to R) with the organizers: 2nd GM Bogdan-Daniel Deac (ROU), 1st GM Maksim Chigaev and 3rd GM Pentala Harikrishna | Photo: Federația Română de Șah

Harikrishna made a fantastic debut in Romania. Finishing shared first and third on tie-breaks in his first tournament at the country is definitely a great performance.

5th GM Raunak Sadhwani 8/10 | Photo: Federația Română de Șah

10th IM Prraneeth Vuppala 8/10 | Photo: Federația Română de Șah

4th to 10th (L to R): 4th GM Grigoriy Oparin (USA), 5th GM Raunak Sadhwani, 6th GM Alexey Sarana, 7th GM Kirill Shevchenko (ROU), 9th IM Ihor Samunenkov (UKR), 10th IM Prraneeth Vuppala and 8th GM Ruslan Ponomariov (UKR) | Photo: Federația Română de Șah

Rating Category 2301-2400 1st - IM Dhulipalla Bala Chandra Prasad (center) 7.5/10 | Photo: Federația Română de Șah

IM Dhulipalla Bala Chandra Prasad won the Sonflow Cup - Kolding City Championship 2023 few days ago. It will be mentioned in detail in a separate report.

Rating Category 2201-2300 Top 3 (L to R): 2nd IM Sidhant Mohapatra 6.5/10, 1st FM Nicodim-Cosmin Stepanencu (ROU) 7/10 and 3rd IM Alexandru Manea (ROU) 6.5/10 | Photo: Federația Română de Șah

Women Top 3 (L to R): 2nd FM Nadya Toncheva (BUL) 7/10, 1st IM Irina Bulmaga (ROU) 7/10 and 3rd WFM Ema Obada (ROU) 7/10 | Photo: Federația Română de Șah

Closing ceremony | Photo: Federația Română de Șah

The tournament hall at Palatul Parlamentului in Bucharest, Romania | Photo: Federația Română de Șah

A total of 317 players including 32 GMs, 21 IMs, 3 WGMs and a WIM participated from 20 countries across the world. The two-day ten-round Swiss league Rating tournament was organized by Federatia Romana de Sah at Palatul Parlamentului in Bucharest, Romania on 29th and 30th April 2023. The time control for the event was 15 minutes + 10 seconds increment from move no.1.

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Final standings

Rk.	SNo		Name	sex	FED	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	12	GM	Chigaev, Maksim		FID	2568		8,5	0	66,5	51
2	7	GM	Deac, Bogdan-Daniel		ROU	2618	Csu Ase Bucuresti	8,5	0	64,5	50,5
3	6	GM	Harikrishna, Pentala		IND	2627		8,5	0	63	48
4	2	GM	Oparin, Grigoriy		USA	2650		8	0	67,5	48
5	13	GM	Sadhwani, Raunak		IND	2550		8	0	66	48,5
6	3	GM	Sarana, Alexey		FID	2643		8	0	64,5	48
7	9	GM	Shevchenko, Kirill		ROU	2598	Csu Ase Bucuresti	8	0	62	46
8	1	GM	Ponomariov, Ruslan		UKR	2669		8	0	61,5	44,5
9	28	IM	Samunenkov, Ihor		UKR	2420		8	0	60	43,5
10	39	IM	Prraneeth, Vuppala		IND	2360		8	0	57	44
11	8	GM	Georgiev, Kiril		MKD	2618		7,5	0	63	44
12	31	GM	Petkov, Momchil		BUL	2407		7,5	0	62	44,5
13	38	IM	Dhulipalla, Bala Chandra Prasad		IND	2371		7,5	0	59	45
14	30	IM	David, Alexandru-Vasile		ROU	2408	Acs Sah Club Vados Arad	7,5	0	58,5	42
15	16	GM	Yuffa, Daniil		ESP	2526		7,5	0	57	42
16	20	GM	Nanu, Costica-Ciprian		ROU	2493	Cs Dinamo Bucuresti	7,5	0	57	41
17	11	GM	Vocaturo, Daniele		ITA	2584		7,5	0	57	41
18	5	GM	Mamedov, Rauf		AZE	2632		7	0	63	44,5
19	14	GM	Bernadskiy, Vitaliy		UKR	2538		7	0	62	44,5
20	22	GM	Pranav, V		IND	2465		7	0	61	44
21	18	IM	Gavrilescu, David		ROU	2505	Cs Sah Club Oltenia Craiova	7	0	61	43
22	10	GM	Lupulescu, Constantin		ROU	2584	Csu Ase Bucuresti	7	0	60,5	45
23	19	GM	Grigoriants, Sergey		HUN	2495		7	0	59,5	43
24	26	IM	Costachi, Mihnea		ROU	2423	Csm Unirea Alba Iulia	7	0	59,5	41,5
25	24	GM	Istratescu, Andrei		ROU	2436	Clubul De Sah Al Municipiului	7	0	59,5	41
26	32	GM	Pranav, Anand		IND	2402		7	0	59	40
27	69	CM	Padurariu, Mihai-Edward		ROU	2174	Cs Universitatea Targoviste	7	0	58	38,5
28	23	GM	Kobo, Ori		ISR	2448		7	0	57,5	41
29	78	CM	Nedelcu, Teodor-Cosmin		ROU	2135	Scm Gloria Buzau	7	0	57,5	41
30	57	FM	Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin		ROU	2243	Cs Dinamo Bucuresti	7	0	56	38,5

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