The 1st International Chess Festival Iasi Open is set to take place on 10-18th May at the Palas Mall in Iasi, Romania.

The Festival is organized by the AJ Sah Iasi and consists of Open A (9 round Swiss), Open B (U12 juniors, 9 round Swiss) and Open C (blitz).

The total prize fund is 25,000 EUR with 21,000 EUR allocated for Open A. The top prize is 5000 EUR.

More information:
Website: www.ajsiasi.ro
Vlad Ungureanu – phone: +40741/665 384
Vladimir Danilov – phone: +40745 00 96 23
Vasile Manole – phone: +40740/277 850 and +40723144998
e-mail: iasitel@yahoo.com

Participants (top seeds):

1 GM Dreev Aleksey RUS 2673
2 GM Lysyj Igor RUS 2666
3 GM Sjugirov Sanan RUS 2657
4 GM L’ami Erwin NED 2647
5 GM Lupulescu Constantin ROU 2636
6 GM Azarov Sergei BLR 2616
7 GM Iordachescu Viorel MDA 2611
8 GM Nevednichy Vladislav ROU 2603
9 GM Banusz Tamas HUN 2593
10 GM Solodovnichenko Yuri UKR 2591
11 GM Svetushkin Dmitry MDA 2586
12 GM Grigoryan Karen H. ARM 2584
13 GM Bachmann Axel PAR 2577
14 GM Prohaszka Peter HUN 2577
15 GM Sedlak Nikola SRB 2576
16 GM Fier Alexandr BRA 2572
17 GM Parligras Mircea-Emilian ROU 2571
18 GM Kulaots Kaido EST 2560
19 GM Anton Guijarro David ESP 2557
20 GM Popovic Dusan SRB 2547
21 GM Kunin Vitaly GER 2545
22 GM Gabuzyan Hovhannes ARM 2538
23 GM Nanu Costica-Ciprian ROU 2533
24 GM Chatalbashev Boris BUL 2533
25 GM Greenfeld Alon ISR 2532
26 IM Ardelean George-Catalin ROU 2504
27 GM Manolache Marius ROU 2495
28 IM Filip Lucian ROU 2451
29 IM Peptan Corina-Isabela ROU 2438
30 WGM Kashlinskaya Alina RUS 2437

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