Polo

     The tournament is over, but not our stay in Kazan. We've got 2 extra days to visit the city and to have some fun ;)
     I lost in the last round against the Chinese Tan Zhongyi (2478) like a kid, blundering a piece at some point. I don't remember when was the last time when I did it... I guess I was too tired- so many double rounds immediatly after the Turkish League were too much. All in all, I've finished the tournament decently, on a +3 Elo points. You can find the final standings here: http://chess-results.com/tnr106012.aspx?art=1&rd=9&lan=11&flag=30&wi=821
     I hope to have a good rest until the European Individual Women's Chess Championship, which will start on the 23rd of July in Belgrad and to play some good games there.
     Trying to forget about the "not very pleasent" loss yesterday- we went to a polo match- which was quite a delight for our eyes :P Here are some photos:

Raluca Sgircea

Teodora Vasile and me

With our Serbian friends

Teodora,Raluca and me :)

Universiade is about making new friends,right?

     xoxo from Kazan ;)

Universiade

     Here I am in Kazan! I arrived this night and there's nothing to say but that I'm amazed!
     The Universiade Village is simply fantastic! I've felt like I'm in a cool movie. The atmosphere is so nice! I like it here a lot! I wish chess would become an Olympic Sport...
     The schedule is kind of tough- we have 3 double rounds. The first round is today, at 4pm local time. I still haven't seen the link with the starting ranking list, but I'll keep you posted.
     Here are some photos we took today:

Teodora Vasile, Raluca Sgircea and Madalina Anusca

Raluca Sgircea and Madalina Anusca

Already 've made some friends :P

Should I comment this photo?

Spying on "chess players"

:D

Raluca and me 

     Will keep you posted!

xoxo from Kazan ;)

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 ;)