Closing Ceremony

     The tournament is over and the most of us already got home.
     My finish wasn't very successful, as I lost the last 2 rounds... Well, the most important thing- getting over 2400 has been achieved anyways, but still- it left me with a bitter taste.
     The new European Champion is Alexander Moiseenko of Ukraine, with 8p/11. He lost against Ian Nepomniachtchi in the last round, but it made no difference. Nine other players got the same number of points, but they were worse on coeffcient:

1		GM	MOISEENKO Alexander	UKR	2698	8.0	2643	71.5	72.0	6	2714	10	13.4
2		GM	ALEKSEEV Evgeny	RUS	2700	8.0	2639	72.0	76.0	5	2800	10	13.9
3		GM	ROMANOV Evgeny	RUS	2640	8.0	2637	73.0	78.5	6	2789	10	21.8
4		GM	BELIAVSKY Alexander G	SLO	2628	8.0	2629	68.5	73.5	5	2783	10	22.5
5		GM	LUPULESCU Constantin	ROU	2634	8.0	2624	69.5	74.5	5	2778	10	21.0
6		GM	VALLEJO PONS Francisco	ESP	2695	8.0	2613	68.0	73.5	5	2776	10	11.0
7		GM	MOVSESIAN Sergei	ARM	2693	8.0	2606	66.0	71.0	5	2769	10	10.3
8		GM	NEPOMNIACHTCHI Ian	RUS	2710	8.0	2596	65.0	70.0	5	2763	10	6.8
9		GM	DREEV Aleksey	RUS	2654	8.0	2594	68.0	73.0	5	2754	10	13.9
10		GM	MELKUMYAN Hrant	ARM	2622	8.0	2551	64.5	69.0	6	2709	10	12.5

     Constantin Lupulescu had a very good performance- sharing the 1st place, but being a bit unlucky and taking the 5th place. It is the best result which he has achieved so far and I wish him a lot of luck in the World Cup, which will take place in Norway, in August.

     Here are some photos from the closing ceremony:

While listening to the anthem of Ukraine- Alexander had some tears in his eyes

Taking photos during the closing ceremony

Katerina Pavlidou, Anna Iwanow and me (from right to left)

A very interesting dancing performance by some local artists

The trophees waiting for their winners

Katerina and Anna

Alexander Moiseenko, Evgeny Alekseev and Evgeny Romanov-getting their medals and checks

Anna Iwanow receiving a Performance prize 

Bogdan Deac- getting the 4th prize in the Performance category

      Here you can find the final results of all the Romanians:

21	GM	NISIPEANU Liviu-Dieter	2679	ROU	0	1	1	½	½	½	½	0	1	½	1	6.5	83	2574	10	-14.40
54	GM	LUPULESCU Constantin	2634	ROU	½	1	1	½	1	1	½	1	½	½	½	8.0	5	2778	10	21.00
102	GM	PARLIGRAS Mircea-Emilian	2570	ROU	½	1	0	1	1	½	½	½	0	0	1	6.0	110	2531	10	-4.60
112	GM	JIANU Vlad-Cristian	2555	ROU	1	½	0	1	½	½	0	1	½	½	½	6.0	98	2588	10	5.30
142	IM	ARDELEAN George-Catalin	2510	ROU	1	0	1	½	0	½	1	0	1	0	½	5.5	154	2465	10	-5.40
175	IM	ANTON Teodor	2441	ROU	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	½	5.5	160	2418	10	-3.10
199	WGM	BULMAGA Irina	2393	ROU	0	1	0	1	½	1	0	½	1	0	0	5.0	174	2432	15	10.05
201	IM	MANEA Alexandru	2389	ROU	½	0	1	½	½	0	½	0	½	1	0	4.5	203	2394	10	0.10
211	IM	PETRISOR Adrian-Marian	2378	ROU	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	½	0	4.5	212	2337	10	-3.90
219	FM	POSEDARU Bogdan	2339	ROU	½	0	0	0	½	0	1	0	1	0	1	4.0	249	2143	15	-42.00
220		STANCIU Alexandru-Ovidiu	2335	ROU	1	0	0	0	½	1	½	1	0	0	1	5.0	185	2385	15	10.80
259		DEAC Bogdan-Daniel	2183	ROU	0	0	½	½	1	½	1	1	0	0	½	5.0	186	2403	15	43.35

     I enjoyed the tournament a lot and I wish I would have the possibility to play only these kind of strong tournaments. I think that this is the best way to get a stronger player and this is the thing I want the most- to become a really strong GM!

xoxo from Romania ;)

International Master!

Here's a caricature of Duda Jan-Krysztof and me :D

     There are only 2 more rounds to go.
     Yesterday was a very good day for me- I won unexpectedly with black against Maiorov Nikita (2535). I went for a forced line-sacrificing a pawn. I got some compensation and a very unclear position. He had a nice rescource which the both of us missed even when analyzing. If he would have found it I would have had a very,very dubious position... I guess that the fate was on my side. You can see the game here:


     This way- I made another IM double norm, so I already have 6 IM norms! I have also assured getting over 2400, no matter of how the last 2 rounds will go. So, I am officially International Master!

Name	BULMAGA Irina
Title	WGM
Starting rank	199
Rating	2393
Rating national	0
Rating international	2393
Ratingperformance	2497
FIDE rtg +/-	19.6
Points	5
Rank	116
Federation	ROU
Ident-Number	0
Fide-ID	13903063

1	56	57	GM	HRACEK Zbynek	2628	CZE	6.5	s 0	15	-3.15
2	131	276		PAVLICEK Miroslav	2014	CZE	2.5	w 1	15	1.35
3	85	125	GM	PAP Gyula	2539	HUN	4.5	s 0	15	-4.50
4	116	254		LEIBER Bernard	2209	GER	3.0	w 1	15	3.90
5	74	115	GM	GRITSAK Orest	2549	UKR	5.0	s ½	15	3.15
6	81	127	IM	PRIZANT Jaroslav	2537	RUS	4.0	w 1	15	10.35
7	61	103	GM	RUCK Robert	2570	HUN	5.0	s 0	15	-4.05
8	81	144	IM	DUDA Jan-Krzysztof	2506	POL	4.5	w ½	15	2.25
9	76	128	GM	MAIOROV Nikita	2535	BLR	4.0	s 1	15	10.35
10	56	95	GM	GRIGORIANTS Sergey	2579	RUS	5.0	w

     I play against Grigoriants Sergey today (2579) with white. I hope to play well!
     Alexander Moiseenko is still leading the tournament with 7,5p/9. He made a draw against Constantin Lupulescu yesterday and will face Anton Korobov with white today.
     Here is the ranking list after the 9th round:

1		GM	MOISEENKO Alexander	UKR	2698	7.5	2627	47.0	47.5	6	2775	10	18.1
2		GM	ALEKSEEV Evgeny	RUS	2700	7.0	2631	48.0	52.0	5	2835	10	14.7
3		GM	LUPULESCU Constantin	ROU	2634	7.0	2605	46.0	50.5	5	2801	10	19.1
4		GM	KOROBOV Anton	UKR	2705	6.5	2620	45.5	48.5	5	2772	10	8.0
5		GM	LYSYJ Igor	RUS	2641	6.5	2617	45.5	49.5	4	2761	10	14.5
6		GM	BELIAVSKY Alexander G	SLO	2628	6.5	2613	45.5	49.5	4	2755	10	15.7
7		GM	VALLEJO PONS Francisco	ESP	2695	6.5	2607	46.0	50.5	4	2758	10	7.6
8		GM	MOVSESIAN Sergei	ARM	2693	6.5	2604	42.5	45.5	4	2756	10	7.4
9		GM	ARESHCHENKO Alexander	UKR	2709	6.5	2603	47.0	51.0	5	2757	10	5.9
10		GM	DREEV Aleksey	RUS	2654	6.5	2599	45.0	49.5	4	2747	10	11.1
11		GM	BALOGH Csaba	HUN	2644	6.5	2577	43.0	47.0	4	2718	10	7.6
12		GM	NAVARA David	CZE	2697	6.5	2577	41.5	45.0	4	2733	10	4.6
13		IM	KOVALEV Vladislav	BLR	2523	6.5	2571	42.5	45.0	5	2673	10	21.1
14		GM	HRACEK Zbynek	CZE	2628	6.5	2569	43.0	47.5	4	2714	10	10.9
15		GM	LAZNICKA Viktor	CZE	2679	6.5	2559	42.5	46.5	4	2715	10	4.6
16		GM	ZHIGALKO Andrey	BLR	2603	6.5	2557	40.0	43.0	5	2699	10	12.3
17		GM	ISTRATESCU Andrei	FRA	2651	6.5	2541	40.5	44.5	4	2694	10	5.4
18		GM	MELKUMYAN Hrant	ARM	2622	6.5	2527	40.5	44.5	5	2675	10	6.8
19		GM	MAMEDOV Nidjat	AZE	2602	6.5	2470	37.5	41.5	6	2620	10	3.1
20		GM	TKACHIEV Vladislav	FRA	2632	6.0	2646	46.0	50.0	3	2741	10	11.7

     Constantin Lupulescu has doubled white again and will play against Evgeny Alekseev. You can follow the live games here: http://www.eicc2013.pl/index.php/live
     Here are the pairings of all the Romanians:

10	2	54		GM	LUPULESCU Constantin	2634	7		7	GM	ALEKSEEV Evgeny	2700		11
10	46	130		GM	GABUZYAN Hovhannes	2532	5		5	GM	NISIPEANU Liviu-Dieter	2679		21
10	52	142		IM	ARDELEAN George-Catalin	2510	5		5	GM	HOVHANNISYAN Robert	2607		75
10	56	199		WGM	BULMAGA Irina	2393	5		5	GM	GRIGORIANTS Sergey	2579		95
10	57	102		GM	PARLIGRAS Mircea-Emilian	2570	5		5	GM	ZOLER Dan	2533		129
10	61	112		GM	JIANU Vlad-Cristian	2555	5		5	GM	GALLAGHER Joseph G.	2507		143
10	79	259			DEAC Bogdan-Daniel	2183	4½		4½	IM	DUDA Jan-Krzysztof	2506		144
10	90	211		IM	PETRISOR Adrian-Marian	2378	4		4	GM	FODOR Tamas Jr.	2475		160
10	91	167		IM	PETENYI Tamas	2455	4		4		STANCIU Alexandru-Ovidiu	2335		220
10	93	175		IM	ANTON Teodor	2441	4		4	FM	IZZAT Kanan	2322		223
10	114	201		IM	MANEA Alexandru	2389	3½		3½		MUSIALKIEWICZ Pawel	2160		264
10	120	219		FM	POSEDARU Bogdan	2339	3		3	WIM	IWANOW Anna	2195		257

     Will keep you posted!

xoxo from Legnica ;)