Bloody battles

     There have been played 2 rounds in the Romanian Chess Championship. There've been a lot of surprises in the men's section so far, with a lot of draws on the top boards yesterday.

1	31	NM	Vladescu Florin-George	2225	1	0 - 1	1	GM	Parligras Mircea-Emilian	2633	1
2	2	GM	Lupulescu Constantin	2612	1	½ - ½	1	CM	Bida Mihai-Eugen	2212	35
3	32	CM	Toma Radu-Cristian	2219	1	½ - ½	1	GM	Nevednichy Vladislav	2542	3
4	4	GM	Murariu Andrei	2533	1	1 - 0	1	IM	Glodeanu Ion	2180	39
5	34	IM	Florescu Codrut-Constantin	2212	1	0 - 1	1	IM	Miron Lucian-Costin	2526	5
6	6	GM	Berescu Alin-Mile	2495	1	½ - ½	1	CM	Secheres Adrian-Simion	2160	43
7	36	CM	Stegariu Vlad-Ionut	2201	1	½ - ½	1	IM	Filip Lucian	2464	7
8	38	CM	Russu Eduard	2198	1	1 - 0	1	IM	Georgescu Tiberiu-Marian	2396	11
9	12	IM	Milu Romeo-Sorin	2392	1	½ - ½	1	I	Martian Dragos-Daniel	2145	45
10	42	FM	Pessi Emil-George	2160	1	½ - ½	1	IM	Petrisor Adrian-Marian	2392	13

     Here you can see a game that has impressed me:


There are 13 players with a 2/2 score and I guess that there will be much less after today's double round. You can follow the live games here: http://www.sahlive.ro/index.php?option=com_wrapper&view=wrapper&Itemid=440

1	1	GM	Parligras Mircea-Emilian	2633	2		2	FM	Dobre Claudiu-Cristian	2292	22
2	17	FM	Balla Tamas-Kristof	2366	2		2	GM	Murariu Andrei	2533	4
3	5	IM	Miron Lucian-Costin	2526	2		2	FM	Daianu Cristian-Clement	2283	24
4	21	NM	Doros Radu-Marian	2309	2		2	IM	Grecescu Gabriel-Andrei	2391	14
5	15	IM	Grigore Nicolae-Petre	2385	2		2	CM	Russu Eduard	2198	38
6	27	NM	Gilea Lucian	2245	2		2	NM	Stanciu Alexandru-Ovidiu	2383	16
7	29	CM	Horvat Dan-Sebastian	2229	2		1½	GM	Lupulescu Constantin	2612	2

As for the women's section, there are only 6 players with a perfect score, me being among them.

1	2	IM	Foisor Cristina-Adela	2389	2		2	WGM	Ionescu Irina	2253	5
2	6	WIM	Dragomirescu Angela	2235	2		2	WGM	Bulmaga Irina	2355	3
3	4	WGM	Cosma Elena-Luminita	2332	2		2	WGM	Sandu Mihaela	2222	7

     We've got to play only 9 rounds, unlike men- who have to play 11, so we don't have any double rounds.
     Here are some photos I took this morning:

The 5 top boards

The playing hall

The nr 1 rating favourite- Mircea Parligras, (2633) with 2/2

Lucian Miron (2526), 2/2

Doros Radu-Marian (2309), 2/2

Bida Mihai-Eugen (2212), a talented junior who made the draw against Constantin Lupulescu yesterday, 1,5/2

Alin Berescu (2495), 1,5/2

Constantin Lupulescu (2612), the nr 2 rating favourite, with 1,5/2

Grigore Nicolae-Petre (2385), 2/2

Murariu Andrei (2533), 2/2

The cups waiting for their winners

xoxo from Olanesti ;)