held on 19-28th June in Bucharest, Romania
The International Chess Festival Eforie Nord 2009, under management of CS Siciliana Bucuresti and Dan Pasarelu, was held on 19-28th June. 173 players took participation, with many Romanian and foreign Grandmasters among them.
GM Maxim Turov and 13th-seeded Romanian GM Marius Manolache shared the first place with 9.0 points each after 11 rounds of exhausting race. Alexei Fedorov of Belorusia finished sole third and then follows a group of players with 8.0 points each.
Top round 11 results:
GM Turov Maxim - GM Svetushkin Dmitry 1 – 0
GM Manolache Marius - IM Valeanu Eduard-Andrei 1 – 0
GM Ulibin Mikhail - GM Fedorov Alexei 0 – 1
GM Nevednichy Vladislav - GM Gleizerov Evgeny ½ – ½
GM Iordachescu Viorel - IM Neubauer Martin 1 – 0
IM Doncea Vladimir - GM Lupulescu Constantin 0 – 1
IM Itkis Boris - GM Berescu Alin ½ – ½
GM Murariu Andrei - IM Miron Lucian-Costin ½ – ½
IM Vioreanu Bogdan-Gabriel - GM Badea Bela 0 – 1
IM Soltanici Ruslan - IM Nanu Ciprian-Costica ½ – ½
GM Savchenko Stanislav - wIM Paulet Iozefina ½ – ½
IM Szabo Gergely-Andras-Gyula - Taras Iulian-Ioan 1 – 0
IM Hoffmann Michael - IM Turova Irina ½ – ½
IM Vedmediuc Serghei - FM Ionesi Cristian 1 – 0
IM Burnoiu Nicolae-Costel - Hajbok Robert 1 – 0
Garbea Bogdan - IM Manea Alexandru ½ – ½
IM Vasilescu Lucian-Mihail - IM Butunoi Alexandru-Victor 0 – 1
Jiroveanu George - IM Peptan Corina-Isabela ½ – ½
Schmidt Raul - Taras Dan-Gheorghe 1 – 0
Final standings:
1-2. GM Turov Maxim RUS 2582 and GM Manolache Marius ROU 2495 – 9.0
3. GM Fedorov Alexei BLR 2611 – 8.5
4-8. GM Nevednichy Vladislav ROU 2585, GM Gleizerov Evgeny RUS 2538, GM Iordachescu Viorel MDA 2608, GM Lupulescu Constantin ROU 2608 and GM Badea Bela ROU 2485 - 8.0
9-18. GM Ulibin Mikhail RUS 2516, GM Murariu Andrei ROU 2490, IM Valeanu Eduard-Andrei ROU 2451, IM Miron Lucian-Costin ROU 2444, GM Svetushkin Dmitry MDA 2615, IM Szabo Gergely-Andras-Gyula ROU 2510, IM Vedmediuc Serghei MDA 2444, IM Itkis Boris ROU 2430, IM Burnoiu Nicolae-Costel ROU 2435 and GM Berescu Alin ROU 2503 - 7.5
19-34. IM Neubauer Martin AUT 2414, IM Turova Irina RUS 2396, GM Savchenko Stanislav UKR 2529, IM Nanu Ciprian-Costica ROU 2535, Schmidt Raul ROU 2376, IM Hoffmann Michael GER 2487, IM Doncea Vladimir ROU 2438, Garbea Bogdan ROU 2186, IM Vioreanu Bogdan-Gabriel ROU 2423, IM Butunoi Alexandru-Victor ROU 2396, WIM Paulet Iozefina ROU 2322, Dragomirescu Robin-Alexandru ROU 2329, FM Lauridsen Jesper Morch DEN 2287, IM Soltanici Ruslan MDA 2401, WGM Sandu Mihaela ROU 2305 and Anton Teodor ROU 2365 - 7.0 etc