Romanian Chess Championships - Round 7

From 31st January until 7th February in Baile Olanesti, total 185 players

The 2010 Romanian Chess Championships for Women and Men are taking place from 31st January until 7th February in Baile Olanesti, under organization by ACS Elisabeta Polihroniade. Women competition is featuring 40 participants, while the men section has 145 players.

After seven rounds, the top of the men's scoreboard is crowded with eight players sharing the first with 5.5 points each. Another twelve are only half a point behind, which makes the fight for the national in the last two rounds title very exciting. In the women's section WGM Elena-Luminita Cosma is holding the lead with 6.0 points, WGM Alina Motoc and WGM Mihaela Sandu are sharing the second on 5.5.

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Round 7 top results (men):
GM Berescu Alin - GM Szabo Gergely-Andras-Gyula ½ - ½
IM Miron Lucian-Costin - IM Nanu Ciprian-Costica ½ - ½
GM Lupulescu Constantin - IM Burnoiu Nicolae-Costel 1 - 0
GM Nevednichy Vladislav - IM Manea Alexandru 1 - 0
FM Dragomirescu Robin-Alexandru - GM Parligras Mircea ½ - ½
IM Sofronie Iulian - GM Manolache Marius ½ - ½
FM Petrisor Adrian-Marian - GM Badea Bela 0 - 1
IM Dumitrache Dragos-Nicolae - FM Ungureanu Vlad 0 - 1
IM Ardelean George-Catalin - FM Pessi Emil-George 1 - 0
CM Gilea Lucian - IM Moldovan Daniel ½ - ½

Round 7 standings (men):
1-8. GM Lupulescu Constantin 2592, IM Nanu Ciprian-Costica 2506, FM Ungureanu Vlad 2316, GM Berescu Alin 2476, IM Miron Lucian-Costin 2478, GM Badea Bela 2487, GM Szabo Gergely-Andras-Gyula 2541 and GM Nevednichy Vladislav 2574 - 5.5
9-20. FM Dobre Claudiu-Cristian 2338, IM Ardelean George-Catalin 2525, GM Manolache Marius 2539, IM Sofronie Iulian 2457, GM Parligras Mircea 2555, FM Dragomirescu Robin-Alexandru 2348, FM Breahna Radu 2288, NM Ciobanu Aurelian 2297, CM Chifor Ovidiu-Emanuel 2247, NM Doros Radu-Marian 2313, NM Nemes Silviu-Virgil 2254 and CM Daianu Cristian-Clement 2290 - 5.0 etc

Round 8 top pairings (men):
GM Lupulescu Constantin - IM Miron Lucian-Costin
GM Berescu Alin - GM Nevednichy Vladislav
GM Szabo Gergely-Andras-Gyula - GM Badea Bela
IM Nanu Ciprian-Costica - FM Ungureanu Vlad
GM Parligras Mircea - NM Doros Radu-Marian
GM Manolache Marius - CM Daianu Cristian-Clement
NM Nemes Silviu-Virgil - IM Ardelean George-Catalin
NM Ciobanu Aurelian - IM Sofronie Iulian
CM Chifor Ovidiu-Emanuel - FM Dragomirescu Robin-Alexandru
FM Dobre Claudiu-Cristian - FM Breahna Radu
NM Hajbok Robert - GM Chirila Ioan-Cristian

Round 7 top results (women):
WGM Cosma Elena-Luminita - WIM Padurariu Ioana-Smaranda 1 - 0
WGM Sandu Mihaela - WGM Foisor Cristina-Adela 1 - 0
WGM Motoc Alina - WFM Baciu Anca-Otilia 1 - 0
WIM Bulmaga Irina - WGM Paulet Iozefina ½ - ½
WNM Uta Adeline-Ramona - WIM Marin Irina-Luiza 1 - 0
WCM Adam Andrea - WIM Dragomirescu Angela 0 - 1
WIM Moldovan Corina - WCM Anusca Madalina-Maria ½ - ½
WCM Lolici Iselin-Amanda - I Berintan Teodora 1 - 0

Round 7 standings (women):
1. WGM Cosma Elena-Luminita 2332 - 6.0
2-3. WGM Motoc Alina 2349 and WGM Sandu Mihaela 2259 - 5.5
4-6. WIM Dragomirescu Angela 2162, WNM Uta Adeline-Ramona 2057 and WGM Paulet Iozefina 2314 - 5.0
7-10. WGM Foisor Cristina-Adela 2440, WIM Padurariu Ioana-Smaranda 2181, WFM Baciu Anca-Otilia 2163, WIM Bulmaga Irina 2239 and WCM Lolici Iselin-Amanda 1960 - 4.5 etc

Round 8 top pairings (women):
WGM Sandu Mihaela - WGM Cosma Elena-Luminita
WGM Paulet Iozefina - WGM Motoc Alina
WIM Dragomirescu Angela - WNM Uta Adeline-Ramona
WGM Foisor Cristina-Adela - WCM Lolici Iselin-Amanda
WFM Baciu Anca-Otilia - WIM Bulmaga Irina
WIM Padurariu Ioana-Smaranda - WCM Vasilescu Maria
WCM Anusca Madalina-Maria - WFM Foisor Mihaela-Veronica
WIM Marin Irina-Luiza - I Stanciu Ioana-Georgiana