International Chess Festival Eforie 2010

Three players sharing lead prior to the final round

CS Eforie Siciliana, SCM Bucharest, Apa Nova Bucharest and ACS Central Chess Club Bucharest, together with the County Sports Hall of Constanta and Authority Eforie are organizing the International Chess Festival Eforie 2010, which is taking place on 17-27th June in Eforie-Nord, on the Black Sea coastline.

The tournament will be played with Swiss pairings and over 11 rounds. Total prize fund is increased from 12000 to 13560 EUR. An impressive number of 180 players are taking participation.

Romanian Grandmaster Marius Manolache defeated the earlier leader GM Daniele Vocaturo and prior to the last round three players are sharing the first place - Manolache, GM Alexei Gavrilov and top seeded GM Maxim Turov, winner of the last year's Festival and winner of the Chennai Open 2010.

GM Aleksandr Fier scores an important victory against GM Pontus Carlsson and joins his compatriot IM Krikor Sevag Mekhitarian on the shared 4th place, half a point behind the leaders.

GM Aleksandr Fier

GM Daniele Vocaturo (photo courtesy of Scacchierando.net)

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Round 10 top results:

GM Manolache Marius - GM Fedorov Alexei ½ - ½
GM Turov Maxim - GM Nevednichy Vladislav 1 - 0
GM Chatalbashev Boris - GM Gavrilov Alexei 0 - 1
IM Mekhitarian Krikor Sevag - GM Vocaturo Daniele ½ - ½
GM Fier Alexandr - GM Carlsson Pontus 1 - 0
GM Berescu Alin-Mile - GM Lupulescu Constantin ½ - ½
GM Sulskis Sarunas - FM Georgescu Tiberiu-Marian 1 - 0
IM Vioreanu Bogdan-Gabriel - GM Dziuba Marcin ½ - ½
IM Turova Irina - GM Gajewski Grzegorz 0 - 1
IM Moldovan Daniel - GM Szabo Gergely-Andras-Gyula ½ - ½
GM Nanu Costica-Ciprian - WGM Peptan Corina-Isabela 1 - 0
GM Badea Bela - IM Grunberg Mihai-Lucian 1 - 0
IM Bogdan Dan - IM Nabaty Tamir 0 - 1
IM Berbatov Kiprian - FM Dragomirescu Robin-Alexandru 0 - 1
IM Filip Lucian - FM Dragomirescu Calin 1 - 0

Round 10 standings:

1-3. GM Turov Maxim RUS 2624, GM Gavrilov Alexei RUS 2494 and GM Manolache Marius ROU 2527 - 8.0 4-7. GM Vocaturo Daniele ITA 2493, GM Fedorov Alexei BLR 2618, IM Mekhitarian Krikor Sevag BRA 2499 and GM Fier Alexandr BRA 2581 - 7.5 8-20. GM Carlsson Pontus SWE 2479, GM Gajewski Grzegorz POL 2572, GM Chatalbashev Boris BUL 2593, GM Nevednichy Vladislav ROU 2560, GM Sulskis Sarunas LTU 2554, IM Filip Lucian ROU 2469, GM Lupulescu Constantin ROU 2593, IM Nabaty Tamir ISR 2493, GM Berescu Alin-Mile ROU 2464, GM Nanu Costica-Ciprian ROU 2515, GM Badea Bela ROU 2495, IM Thesing Matthias GER 2425 and FM Dragomirescu Robin-Alexandru ROU 2381 - 7.0 etc

Round 11 top pairings:

GM Gavrilov Alexei - GM Turov Maxim
GM Fier Alexandr - GM Manolache Marius
GM Fedorov Alexei - IM Mekhitarian Krikor Sevag
GM Lupulescu Constantin - GM Vocaturo Daniele
IM Nabaty Tamir - GM Chatalbashev Boris
GM Gajewski Grzegorz - IM Filip Lucian
GM Nevednichy Vladislav - GM Berescu Alin-Mile
IM Thesing Matthias - GM Sulskis Sarunas
FM Dragomirescu Robin-Alexandru - GM Nanu Costica-Ciprian
GM Carlsson Pontus - GM Badea Bela
FM Georgescu Tiberiu-Marian - GM Dziuba Marcin
FM Dobre Claudiu-Cristian - GM Szabo Gergely-Andras-Gyula
IM Caspi Israel - FM Ogleznev Alexandr
CM Burlacu Bogdan - IM Moldovan Daniel