The 2014 Romanian National Championships for men and women are taking place from 26th April to 4th of May, 2014 at the Continental Hotel, in Targu Mures, Romania.
The Open Section is an 11 round Swiss tournament, while the Women’s Section is a 9 round Swiss Open.
The Men Championship consists of 96 players, including 6 GMs, 13 IMs and 14 FMs.
The last-year winner GM Constantin Lupulescu is the top seed, followed by GM Mircea Parligras and GM Vladislav Nevednichy.
The Women’s Championship includes 32 participants, 3 of which are IM, 3 – WGMs and 4 – WIMs.
Corina-Isabela Peptan is the first seed, followed by the last-year winner IM Foisor Cristina-Adela and IM Bulmaga Irina.
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Participants – Open Section (top seeds):
1 GM Lupulescu Constantin 2660
2 GM Parligras Mircea-Emilian 2565
3 GM Nevednichy Vladislav 2552
4 GM Murariu Andrei 2518
5 IM Miron Lucian-Costin 2517
6 GM Manolache Marius 2510
7 IM Barnaure Vlad-Victor 2508
8 IM Georgescu Tiberiu-Marian 2474
9 GM Berescu Alin-Mile 2459
10 IM Filip Lucian 2455
This is a strong tournament.