GM Aleksander Mista winner of Railway Bank Open in Arad
The Railway Bank Open, formerly Arad Open, was organized by the ACS Sah Club Vados from 4-10th August at the Cultural Palace in Arad, Romania.
The event consisted of four sections: Main Open, U12, U10 and U8 youth tournaments. All groups were played over nine rounds of Swiss system.
The main section had 230 participants. GM Aleksandar Mista of Poland took a clear first place with 8,0 points, half a point ahead of GMs Andrey Vovk (UKR) and Krzysztof Jakubowski (POL).
Mista earned 5000 lei + 1000 eur for the effort.
Final standings (top finishers):
1 GM Mista Aleksander POL 2613 – 8
2 GM Vovk Andrey UKR 2614 – 7.5
3 GM Jakubowski Krzysztof POL 2530 – 7.5
4 GM Berkes Ferenc HUN 2658 – 7
5 GM Balog Imre HUN 2520 – 7
6 IM Battaglini Gabriel FRA 2431 – 7
7 IM Baratosi Daniel ROU 2384 – 7
8 GM Abramovic Bosko SRB 2457 – 7
9 IM Doncea Vladimir ROU 2405 – 7
10 CM Costachi Mihnea ROU 2293 – 7
11 IM Bogdan Dan ROU 2369 – 6.5
12 FM Gledura Benjamin HUN 2407 – 6.5
13 IM Manea Alexandru ROU 2369 – 6.5
14 IM Georgescu Tiberiu-Marian ROU 2478 – 6.5
15 IM Cioara Andrei-Nestor ROU 2394 – 6.5
16 FM Horvath Zsolt HUN 2393 – 6.5
17 NM Bonte Andrei-Mihai ROU 2251 – 6.5
18 IM Anton Teodor ROU 2435 – 6
19 GM Tadic Branko SRB 2495 – 6
20 IM Milu Romeo-Sorin ROU 2372 – 6
21 IM Filip Lucian ROU 2454 – 6
22 IM Ramiro Ovejero Juan Luis ESP 2364 – 6
23 IM Mijovic Stefan MNE 2404 – 6
24 IM Balla Tamas-Kristof ROU 2363 – 6
25 GM Piorun Kacper POL 2560 – 6
Quite strong.