The 8th Arad International Chess Festival 2015 (Arad Open) took place from August 6 – 12, in Arad, a city in western Romania, situated near Hungarian border, 250 KM from Budapest.
The event was a 9-round Swiss open with prize fund of over 9,000 Euro and first prize in the amount of nearly 2,400 Euro.
GM Alexander Zubov (Ukraine), IM Lucian-Costin Miron(Romania) and GM Ulvi Bajarani (Azerbaijan) tied for the first place at 7.5 points each, but Zubov prevailed on a superior tie-break score to take the gold, Miron finished second, while Bajarani remained third.
IM Irina Bulmaga from Romania was the best female player with 6 points.
You can see the full standings and replay the games below.
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