Roxane

     It's the birthday of a very good friend of mine- Roxana and I want to tell her how amazing she is! I know for sure that my life would be with much less smiles if you were not by my side every time I needed you. I wish you all the happiness in the World, lots of love and success and never ever change! Happy Birthday, dear!

Roxana and me

Happy Birthday,Rox!

xoxo from Iasi ;)

Not enough

     Have you ever thought of what should you have in order to say "It's enough!"? Of course you did. What about the things that you can survive to- do you know your limit- the limit when "It's enough!" breaks out of your chest?
     I am such a "Never enough person"! What the hell is in my head when a win in a tournament is not enough, fulfilling a norm is not enough, getting a new title is not enough either, getting to live the love of my life is not enough, being surrounded by amazing friends is not enough, being proud of my sister is not enough, travelling to exotic locations- too little...

     Being betrayed once doesn't make me say "It's enough", nor does my being stabbed in my back. Losing my belief in the most sacred principles-too little, abandoning myself in the slough of sins- still not enough.
     I just can't say "It's enough!" and I think that it makes me a danger for myself, though, what can be more interesting than hanging out with someone who's always ready to bid for more, right?
     You say enough?
     Never.

My Universe

     I like imagining my future- designing it the way I'd want it to be.
     I create a small Universe- one only for me and for the people I want to have in my life. I have everything I need there. There's only love, respect, loyalty, friendship and peace there. There are no obstacles that can't be bypassed.
     My Universe gets new people and new colours year by year and it changes from time to time.
     I remember that I didn't want to depend on anyone, I wanted to be a successful chess player- to travel a lot, visiting new places and getting to know new people. I wanted everyone to like me and I wanted them all to wish they could become my friends.
     My Universe has got a new interface lately. I still want to become a successful GM and I want to travel to new places, but this thing with not depending on anyone...
      I've started to think that it might be not that bad to depend on someone- to make plans not only for myself. Would it be so bad having someone who loves and respects me by my side? I stopped wanting only to get things- I want to give something back. I believe that there are persons worth being given things.
     After all, life's not only about receiving- it's about maintaining a balance and I feel that mine isn't trimmed.
     I am thankful to the ones who've made me want giving things to the World.
     The good people are the ones who give you their love, respect and friendship, but the worthy ones are those who make you want giving them your love, respect and friendship.

Rainbow

     I am back in Iasi, morally preparing myself for the following 6 exams that I have to pass.
     The last weekend was so nice! I can't believe that I was still playing chess yesterday, feeling great and I have to study for my exams now. My session will last for 2 weeks. I hope that everything will be just fine and I'll be able to start enjoying my super busy summer schedule afterwards.
     I already miss the tournament atmosphere. The reason why I like to play tournaments in Romania is because I know everyone and I've got a lot of friends with whom I can hang out :)
     We were playing blitz in the first evening. It was very fun playing against such strong players and beating them time to time :D

Constantin Lupulescu vs Mircea Parligras

Vladislav Nevednichy vs Constantin Lupulescu

      The tournament ended very well for our team- we took the 1st place in the women's section and 2nd place in the men's one!

      You can see the final standings below:

1	CS Politehnica Iasi	*	*	2	1½	3	2½	3	1	2½	3	3	3	17	0	24.5	298.5
2	ACS Sah Apa Nova Bucuresti	1	1½	*	*	2	0	3	3	2½	2½	3	3	15	0	21.5	233.8
3	CSM Bucuresti	0	½	1	3	*	*	2½	2	3	2	3	3	14	0	20.0	212.0
4	Clubul Central de Sah Bucuresti	0	2	0	0	½	1	*	*	2	1	3	3	8	0	12.5	113.5
5	CS Otopeni	½	0	½	½	0	1	1	2	*	*	3	3	6	0	11.5	91.3
6	CS Snagov	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	*	*	0	0	0.0	0.0

     Here are the first 5 ranked teams in the men's section:

1	2	Clubul de Sah al Municipiului Baia Mare	9	8	0	1	16	0	27.5	553.5
2	3	CS Politehnica Iasi	9	7	1	1	15	2	26.0	530.5
3	1	CS AEM Luxten Timisoara	9	7	1	1	15	0	26.0	527.3
4	10	Clubul Central de Sah Bucuresti	9	5	1	3	11	0	22.0	386.0
5	5	CSM Lugoj	9	5	0	4	10	0	23.5	438.3

     Here are some photos from the last day and from the closing ceremony:

COnstantin Lupulescu following the game of Crisitian Chirila vs Dieter Nisipeanu

Sergiu Grunberg following the games of his team- "AEM"

Erwin l'Ami with white vs Andrei Cioara

Deac Bogdan vs Stegariu Vlad

Corina Peptan

Madalina Anusca with white

Georgiana Morea with black

Luminita Cosma vs Luiza Marin

Teodora Vasile

Alina l'Ami

Smaranda Padurariu and Jan Smeets

The team of "Politehnica Iasi"

The youngest team

3rd place- CSM Bucuresti

2nd place- ACS Sah Apa Nova Bucuresti

1st place- Politehnica Iasi

3rd place in men's section: CS AEM Luxten Timisoara

2nd place- Politehnica Iasi

1st place- Clubul de Sah al Municipiului Baia Mare

Smaranda Padurariu

Rainbow on our way back :)

Playing vs Marin Luiza

Against Corina Peptan

     It's been a very nice weekend!

xoxo from Iasi ;)

     

Romanian Rapid Club Cup

     I am at the Romanian Rapid Club Cup with my team- "Politehnica Iasi', in Snagov now.
     There are 6 teams playing in the women section:

1. Clubul Central de Sah Bucuresti (RtgAvg:2016 / TB1: 2 / TB2: 2)
Bo.		Name	Rtg	FED	Pts.	Games
1	WIM	Marin Irina-Luiza	2145	ROU	1.0	3.0
2	WFM	Baciu Anca-Otilia	2062	ROU	1.0	3.0
3	WNM	Vasilescu Maria	1842	ROU	0.5	3.0
4	I	Nastase Andreea-Cristina	1620	ROU	0.0	0.0
2. CSM Bucuresti (RtgAvg:2241 / TB1: 4 / TB2: 0)
Bo.		Name	Rtg	FED	Pts.	Games
1	IM	Peptan Corina-Isabela	2419	ROU	1.0	2.0
2	WGM	Ionescu Irina	2239	ROU	1.5	3.0
3	WNM	Anusca Madalina-Maria	2065	ROU	1.0	1.0
4	WCM	Morea Georgiana-Steluta	1866	ROU	2.0	3.0
3. CS Otopeni (RtgAvg:1792 / TB1: 2 / TB2: 0)
Bo.		Name	Rtg	FED	Pts.	Games
1	WCM	Vasile Teodora	1952	ROU	1.0	3.0
2	I	Stanciu Andreea-Briana	1741	ROU	2.0	3.0
3	I	Firaru Roxana-Maria	1684	ROU	1.5	3.0
4. ACS Sah Apa Nova Bucuresti (RtgAvg:2112 / TB1: 4 / TB2: 0)
Bo.		Name	Rtg	FED	Pts.	Games
1	WGM	Cosma Elena-Luminita	2301	ROU	3.0	3.0
2	WFM	Chirita Andra-Marina	2022	ROU	1.5	3.0
3	WCM	Ilie Maria-Ruxandra	2012	ROU	0.0	0.0
4	WCM	Serbanescu Diana-Maria	1944	ROU	2.0	3.0
5. CS Snagov (RtgAvg:1108 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0)
Bo.		Name	Rtg	FED	Pts.	Games
1	II	Rata Anamaria	1209	ROU	0.0	3.0
2	III	Dragomir Carmen-Teodora	1115	ROU	0.0	3.0
3	III	Istrate Camelia-Elena	1001	ROU	0.0	3.0
6. CS Politehnica Iasi (RtgAvg:2325 / TB1: 6 / TB2: 0)
Bo.		Name	Rtg	FED	Pts.	Games
1	WGM	Bulmaga Irina	2363	ROU	2.0	3.0
2	WGM	L'ami Alina	2405	ROU	3.0	3.0
3	WIM	Padurariu Ioana-Smaranda	2208	ROU	3.0	3.0
4	WCM	Gelip Ioana	2047	ROU	0.0	0.0

     Our team haw 3 wins out of 3 so far. You can follow the results here: http://chess-results.com/tnr101903.aspx?art=8&lan=1&wi=821

     The men's section has gathered a lot of strong teams with all the best Romanian GMs playing.

1. CS AEM Luxten Timisoara (RtgAvg:2556 / TB1: 4 / TB2: 0)
Bo.		Name	Rtg	FED	Pts.	Games
1	GM	Lupulescu Constantin	2634	ROU	1.5	3.0
2	GM	Parligras Mircea-Emilian	2632	ROU	2.5	3.0
3	GM	Nevednichy Vladislav	2580	ROU	3.0	3.0
4	IM	Grunberg Sergiu-Henric	2379	ROU	0.0	0.0
5	CM	Toma Radu-Cristian	2143	ROU	2.0	3.0
2. Clubul de Sah al Municipiului Baia Mare (RtgAvg:2555 / TB1: 6 / TB2: 0)
Bo.		Name	Rtg	FED	Pts.	Games
1	GM	Nisipeanu Liviu-Dieter	2625	ROU	2.5	3.0
2	GM	Vajda Levente	2550	ROU	3.0	3.0
3	GM	Szabo Gergely-Andras-Gyula	2555	ROU	2.5	3.0
4	GM	Grigore George-Gabriel	2491	ROU	0.5	1.0
5	FM	Hajbok Robert	2365	ROU	2.0	2.0
6	FM	Szabo Attila	2290	ROU	0.0	0.0
3. CS Politehnica Iasi (RtgAvg:2477 / TB1: 6 / TB2: 0)
Bo.		Name	Rtg	FED	Pts.	Games
1	GM	L'ami Erwin	2642	NED	3.0	3.0
2	IM	Mateuta Gabriel	2477	ROU	2.5	3.0
3	IM	Danilov Vladimir	2434	ROU	1.0	2.0
4	FM	Ungureanu Vlad	2324	ROU	0.5	1.0
5	FM	Manole Vasile	2355	ROU	0.0	0.0
6	CM	Stegariu Vlad-Ionut	2279	ROU	3.0	3.0
4. CSU Ploiesti (RtgAvg:2406 / TB1: 4 / TB2: 0)
Bo.		Name	Rtg	FED	Pts.	Games
1	IM	Cioara Andrei-Nestor	2471	ROU	2.0	3.0
2	IM	Tomescu Vlad	2389	ROU	2.0	3.0
3	IM	Baratosi Daniel	2432	ROU	0.0	0.0
4	IM	Ionescu Doru-Alexandru	2331	ROU	1.5	2.0
5	FM	Voiteanu Gabriel	2278	ROU	1.0	1.0
6	CM	Deac Bogdan-Daniel	2173	ROU	2.0	3.0
5. CSM Lugoj (RtgAvg:2391 / TB1: 4 / TB2: 0)
Bo.		Name	Rtg	FED	Pts.	Games
1	GM	Jianu Vlad-Cristian	2525	ROU	2.0	3.0
2	FM	Balla Tamas-Kristof	2382	ROU	1.5	3.0
3	IM	Dragomirescu Robin-Alexandru	2372	ROU	3.0	3.0
4	IM	Vasilescu Lucian-Mihail	2283	ROU	1.0	2.0
5	CM	Domanyek Ernest-Iosif	2206	ROU	1.0	1.0
6	I	Neagu Mihai-Cosmin	1992	ROU	0.0	0.0

     You can follow the results here: http://chess-results.com/tnr101901.aspx?art=0&lan=11&wi=821

Here are some photos:

Erwin l'Ami playing with white

Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu

Levente Vajda

Vlad Jianu with white

Cristian Chirila with black

Lucian Miron vs Tiberiu Georgescu

"Politehnica Iasi" with Vladimir Danilov, Gabriel Mateuta and Erwin l'Ami

"AEM" with Vladislav Nevednichy, Mircea Parligras and Constantin Lupulescu

     A big photo report from last night's blitz matches will follow!