The 6th Arad Open took place from 31st July to 9th August in the Great Concert Hall of the City Cultural Palace in Arad, Romania.
Ukrainian International Master Konstantin Tarlev edged Hungarian Grandmaster Attila Czebe on tie-break to claim the winner’s trophy in the main Open Tournament. Both players finished the event on 7,5 points from nine games. In the final round Tarlev defeated GM Balog Imre, winner of the previous two tournaments in Arad.
The Festival consisted of the Open Tournament, 9-round event which was held on 3-9th August, the U16 Tournament, 7-round FIDE rated event on 31st July – 3rd August, and U8-U10 Tournaments, 9-round events valid for Romanian ratings on 31st July – 3rd August.
The additional events included FIDE rated Blitz Tournament, Fischer Random Tournament, and bughouse exhibitions.
The Festival was organized by the Sah Club Vados and tournament director was IO Alin Campeanu. The total prize fund was 8000 EUR.
Final standings (top finishers):
1 IM Tarlev Konstantin UKR 2545 – 7.5
2 GM Czebe Attila HUN 2467 – 7.5
3 IM Georgescu Tiberiu-Marian ROU 2419 – 7
4 IM Enchev Ivajlo BUL 2450 – 7
5 IM Filip Lucian ROU 2453 – 7
6 NM Doros Radu-Marian ROU 2307 – 7
7 FM Dobre Claudiu-Cristian ROU 2331 – 7
8 GM Stojanovic Dalibor BIH 2514 – 7
9 IM Arngrimsson Dagur ISL 2385 – 7
10 IM Bogdan Dan ROU 2365 – 7
11 GM Shishkin Vadim UKR 2508 – 6.5
12 GM Sedlak Nikola SRB 2586 – 6.5
13 IM Cvetkovic Srdjan SRB 2352 – 6.5
14 IM Kozhuharov Spas BUL 2461 – 6.5
15 CM Deac Bogdan-Daniel ROU 2224 – 6.5
16 IM Anton Teodor ROU 2442 – 6.5
17 NM Bonte Andrei-Mihai ROU 2270 – 6.5
18 CM Dolana Andrei-Theodor ROU 2178 – 6.5
19 IM Petrisor Adrian-Marian ROU 2401 – 6.5
20 IM Szalai Kornel HUN 2419 – 6.5
21 WIM Foisor Mihaela-Veronica ROU 2212 – 6.5
22 GM Balog Imre HUN 2534 – 6
23 FM Posedaru Bogdan ROU 2272 – 6
24 GM Abramovic Bosko SRB 2429 – 6
25 IM Petenyi Tamas SVK 2480 – 6
26 FM Horvath Zsolt HUN 2397 – 6
27 GM Murariu Andrei ROU 2533 – 6
28 IM Dragomirescu Robin-Alexandru ROU 2368 – 6
29 CM Pop Alexandru ROU 2284 – 6
30 FM Rusan Paul-Cristian ROU 2289 – 6
31 FM Voiteanu Gabriel ROU 2250 – 6
32 IM Mozes Ervin ROU 2207 – 6
33 CM Vasile Claudiu-Daniel ROU 2171 – 6
34 NM Marinescu Mircea ROU 2169 – 6
35 FM Vrencian Lehel ROU 2190 – 6
36 IM Ardeleanu Alin ROU 2321 – 6
37 NM Gilea Lucian ROU 2296 – 6
38 Pulito Alberto ITA 2295 – 6
39 I Costachi Mihnea ROU 2150 – 6
40 GM Kasparov Sergey BLR 2484 – 6
41 CM Tomici Stefan ROU 2223 – 6
42 CM Secheres Adrian-Simion ROU 2140 – 6
43 Har-Even Abir ISR 2093 – 6
44 CM Dombi-Marias Rudolf ROU 1994 – 6
45 IM Baratosi Daniel ROU 2402 – 5.5
46 CM Horvat Dan-Sebastian ROU 2209 – 5.5
47 FM Balla Tamas-Kristof ROU 2376 – 5.5
48 I Chima Radu-Niculin ROU 2072 – 5.5
49 IM Florescu Codrut-Constantin ROU 2160 – 5.5
50 IM Vasiesiu Dan ROU 2426 – 5.5
51 CM Dicu Razvan-Stefan ROU 2228 – 5.5
That’s a great score.