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.
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.
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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.
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 |
