The 28th International Chess Festival “M. Sadoveanu” took place on 18-24th August at the Sport Hall in Iasi, Romania.
Top-seeded GM Costica-Ciprian Nanu won the main Open A with 7,5 points from nine games. 108 players from Moldova, Italy, Bulgaria and Romania competed.
The total prize fund was 26.000 Lei (1 euro = 4,4 lei). There was also Open B event, reserved for U12 juniors.
Iasi is situated in the north-east of Romania (400 km of Bucharest). It is a university, cultural, religious and industrial centre and it is located in the area of the well-known churches and monasteries in the northern Bucovina (Putna, Voronet, Agapia).
Final standings (top finishers):
1 GM Nanu Costica-Ciprian ROU 2529 – 7.5
2 IM Georgescu Tiberiu-Marian ROU 2419 – 7
3 GM Sanduleac Vasile MDA 2417 – 6.5
4 IM Filip Lucian ROU 2453 – 6.5
5 IM Danilov Vladimir ROU 2405 – 6.5
6 GM Manolache Marius ROU 2503 – 6.5
7 IM Soltanici Ruslan MDA 2390 – 6.5
8 CM Martian Dragos-Daniel ROU 2182 – 6.5
9 I Arghirescu Andrei ROU 2045 – 6.5
10 CM Paval George ROU 2233 – 6.5
11 CM Vasile Claudiu-Daniel ROU 2171 – 6.5
12 IM Arnaudov G. Petar BUL 2494 – 6
13 Chircu Vadim MDA 2198 – 6
14 IM Itkis Boris ROU 2391 – 6
15 CM Pop Alexandru ROU 2284 – 6
Impressive.