Top five score 7/9
Champion - GM Lucian-Costin Miron (ROU) 7/9 | Photo: Federatia Romana de Sah
Runner-up - GM Titas Stremavicius (LTU) 7/9 | Photo: Federatia Romana de Sah
Second Runner-up - GM Manish Anto Cristiano F 7/9 | Photo: Federatia Romana de Sah
Top 3 (L to R): 2nd GM Titas Stremavicius (LTU) 7/9, 1st GM Lucian-Costin Miron (ROU) 7/9 and 3rd IM Manish Anto Cristiano F 7/9 | Photo: Federatia Romana de Sah
8th FM Rohit S 6.5/9 | Photo: Federatia Romana de Sah
9th GM Raja Rithvik R 6.5/9 | Photo: Federatia Romana de Sah
Best Female: 2nd WFM Jemal Ovezdurdyyeva (TKM) 5.5/9, 1st WGM Petra Papp (HUN) 5.5/9 and 3rd WIM Miruna-Daria Lehaci (ROU) 5/8 | Photo: Federatia Romana de Sah
A total of 160 players including 7 GMs, 20 IMs, 3 WGMs and 5 WIMs took part from 25 countries across the world. The seven-day nine round Rating (>2000) tournament was organized by Romanian Chess Federation and Vados Chess Club Arad at Hotel Continental Forum in Arad, Romania from 3rd to 9th August 2025. The time control was 40 moves in 90 minutes + 15 minutes + 30 seconds increment.
Final standings in A (>2000)
| Rk. | SNo | Name | Typ | sex | FED | RtgI | RtgN | Club/City | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | TB4 | TB5 | K | rtg+/- | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | GM | Miron, Lucian-Costin | ROU | 2481 | 2481 | Csu Universitatea De Vest Timisoara | 7 | 41 | 0 | 2398 | 48 | 2496 | 10 | 12,6 | ||
| 2 | 4 | GM | Stremavicius, Titas | LTU | 2549 | 0 | 7 | 40,5 | 0 | 2312 | 47,5 | 2430 | 10 | -1,7 | |||
| 3 | 22 | IM | Manish, Anto Cristiano F | U20 | IND | 2353 | 0 | 7 | 39,5 | 0 | 2344 | 46,5 | 2443 | 10 | 20,7 | ||
| 4 | 1 | GM | Idani, Pouya | IRI | 2593 | 0 | 7 | 39 | 0 | 2350 | 46 | 2439 | 10 | 3,1 | |||
| 5 | 2 | GM | Kozak, Adam | HUN | 2586 | 0 | 7 | 35,5 | 0 | 2291 | 41,5 | 2377 | 10 | -6,4 | |||
| 6 | 7 | IM | Magold, Filip | U18 | ROU | 2454 | 2450 | Cs Dinamo Bucuresti/Sah Club Vados | 6,5 | 39 | 0 | 2300 | 46 | 2425 | 10 | -0,1 | |
| 7 | 23 | FM | Egresi, Mate | HUN | 2352 | 0 | 6,5 | 37,5 | 0 | 2337 | 44,5 | 2410 | 20 | 28,8 | |||
| 8 | 45 | FM | Rohit, S | U18 | IND | 2286 | 0 | 6,5 | 37 | 0 | 2369 | 43,5 | 2389 | 20 | 50,8 | ||
| 9 | 3 | GM | Raja, Rithvik R | IND | 2553 | 0 | 6,5 | 37 | 0 | 2251 | 43,5 | 2317 | 10 | -12,1 | |||
| 10 | 27 | FM | Stanciu, Alexandru-Ovidiu | ROU | 2329 | 2332 | Lps Satu Mare | 6,5 | 36,5 | 0 | 2282 | 43,5 | 2348 | 20 | 23,6 |
Links
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