The 2nd International Chess Festival Iasi Open was held from 29th May to 6th June at the Polyvalent Hall in Iasi, Romania.
The tournament has attracted 129 players from 14 countries, and among them 22 Grandmasters and 15 International Masters.
Latvian Grandmaster Igor Kovalenko took the winner’s trophy after the last-round victory with black pieces against GM Baris Esen. Kovalenko concluded the event with 7,5/9 points, leaving the group of followers half a point behind.
The festival offered a total prize fund of 23.000 EUR, with 4000 EUR reserved for the winner.
Final standings (top finishers):
1 GM Kovalenko Igor LAT 2650 – 7.5
2 GM Yilmaz Mustafa TUR 2570 – 7
3 GM Sengupta Deep IND 2571 – 7
4 GM Kovchan Alexander UKR 2585 – 7
5 GM Esen Baris TUR 2563 – 6.5
6 GM Onischuk Vladimir UKR 2669 – 6.5
7 GM Kuzubov Yuriy UKR 2650 – 6.5
8 GM Oleksiyenko Mykhaylo UKR 2629 – 6.5
9 GM Kulaots Kaido EST 2574 – 6.5
10 GM Gabrielian Artur RUS 2576 – 6.5
11 GM Parligras Mircea-Emilian ROU 2581 – 6.5
12 GM Demchenko Anton RUS 2589 – 6.5
13 GM Gupta Abhijeet IND 2603 – 6
14 IM Georgescu Tiberiu-Marian ROU 2475 – 6
15 IM Miron Lucian-Costin ROU 2484 – 6
16 GM Sundararajan Kidambi IND 2427 – 6
17 GM Lupulescu Constantin ROU 2635 – 6
18 IM Soltanici Ruslan MDA 2384 – 6
19 IM Filip Lucian ROU 2428 – 6
20 FM Morozov Nichita MDA 2269 – 6
21 IM Manea Alexandru ROU 2383 – 6
22 GM Can Emre TUR 2548 – 5.5
23 GM Zubarev Alexander UKR 2565 – 5.5
24 GM Vishnu Prasanna. V IND 2482 – 5.5
25 GM Nevednichy Vladislav ROU 2574 – 5.5