The 3rd stage of the Romanian Grand Prix took place from 20-28 August in Miercurea Ciuc. Simultaneously with the Grand Prix event (open to players rated 2200+), the 25th jubilee classic chess tournament Caissa (for players rated U2200), and the youth 9th Balogh Janos Memorial (for children U12, U10, U8) were held in the same venue of Sapientia University.
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After nine swiss rounds at the third leg of the 2022 Romanian Grand Prix, seven players tied for the first place scoring 6.5 points, each. Tiebreak criteria favored GM Martin Petrov who came first, IM David Gavrilescu was second, GM Mircea Emilian Parligras clinched third place, IM Ihor Samunenkov finished fourth, GM Vladislav Nevednichy came fifth, GM Nitzan Steinberg ended in the sixth place and IM Mihnea Costachi finished seventh. Scroll down for the final rankings

Final rankings – 3rd leg of the Romanian Grand Prix 2022:
Rk.
Name
Typ
sex
FED
RtgI
Pts.
TB1
TB2
TB3
1
GM
Petrov Martin
BUL
2523
6.5
0
2436
51
2
IM
Gavrilescu David
U20
ROU
2528
6.5
0
2434
51
3
GM
Parligras Mircea-Emilian
ROU
2569
6.5
0
2413
47
4
IM
Samunenkov Ihor
U14
UKR
2454
6.5
0
2407
48
5
GM
Nevednichy Vladislav
S50
ROU
2473
6.5
0
2398
51
6
GM
Steinberg Nitzan
ISR
2542
6.5
0
2395
48
7
IM
Costachi Mihnea
ROU
2461
6.5
0
2365
43
8
IM
Parkhov Yair
U20
ISR
2469
6
0
2422
50
9
IM
Dhulipalla Bala Chandra Prasad
IND
2431
6
0
2370
46
10
FM
Sokolovsky Yahli
U16
ISR
2398
6
0
2344
46
11
GM
Kobo Ori
ISR
2542
5.5
0
2461
53
12
GM
David Alberto
S50
ITA
2535
5.5
0
2429
50
13
IM
Bronstein Or
ISR
2463
5.5
0
2381
47
14
GM
Manolache Marius
ROU
2478
5.5
0
2372
45
15
FM
Royal Shreyas
U14
ENG
2375
5.5
0
2353
45
16
IM
Filip Lucian-Ioan
ROU
2377
5.5
0
2337
45
17
GM
Tadic Branko
SRB
2468
5.5
0
2317
44
18
GM
Korpa Bence
HUN
2519
5.5
0
2316
43
19
IM
Cosma Ioan
S50
ROU
2392
5.5
0
2311
46
20
FM
Bilych Olexiy
U18
UKR
2387
5
0
2395
51
21
FM
Tarhan Adar
U16
TUR
2202
5
0
2387
47
22
FM
Stepanencu Nicodim-Cosmin
U18
ROU
2255
5
0
2360
45
23
GM
Czebe Attila
HUN
2385
5
0
2336
43
24
FM
Pasti Aron
U16
HUN
2332
5
0
2316
44
25
FM
Ghimpu Samuel-Timotei
U20
ROU
2428
5
0
2297
47
26
GM
Istratescu Andrei
ROU
2427
5
0
2287
43
27
FM
Filip Andrei
U16
ROU
2324
5
0
2255
42
28
IM
David Alexandru-Vasile
ROU
2429
5
0
2235
41
29
Bodrogi Bendeguz
U14
HUN
2170
5
0
2230
37
30
IM
Ardeleanu Alin
S50
ROU
2283
5
0
2207
36
31
FM
Nastore Pavel-Alexandru
U16
ROU
2283
5
0
2204
38
32
Levitan Tal
ISR
2200
5
0
2150
34
33
FM
Karacsonyi Gellert
U18
HUN
2355
4.5
0
2414
49
34
FM
Pasztor Balazs
U16
HUN
2311
4.5
0
2329
45
35
IM
Dumitrache Dragos-Nicolae
S50
ROU
2258
4.5
0
2306
42
36
CM
Kostov Deyan Samuil
U16
BUL
2230
4.5
0
2298
41
37
FM
Talu Mircea
U20
ROU
2343
4.5
0
2287
44
38
IM
Manea Alexandru
ROU
2353
4.5
0
2280
40
39
FM
Stoleriu George
U20
ROU
2411
4.5
0
2263
41
40
Konyves Almos
U16
HUN
2202
4.5
0
2262
40
41
FM
Ciorgovean Iustin
ROU
2276
4.5
0
2252
38
42
CM
Cnejev Vladimir-Alexandru
U14
ROU
2165
4.5
0
2239
37
43
CM
Nedelcu Teodor-Cosmin
U16
ROU
2179
4
0
2346
44
44
FM
Prokofiev Valentyn
U16
UKR
2279
4
0
2305
41
45
WGM
Cosma Elena-Luminita
S50
w
ROU
2248
4
0
2276
39
46
CM
Kanov Nikola
U16
BUL
2140
4
0
2264
39
47
IM
Vajda Albert
ROU
2336
4
0
2247
41
48
IM
Tadic Stefan
U18
SRB
2345
4
0
2242
41
49
IM
Dobre Claudiu-Cristian
ROU
2285
4
0
2236
38
50
I
Sachilaru Alexandru
U16
ROU
2128
4
0
2227
38
51
FM
Juhasz Agoston
U18
HUN
2372
4
0
2219
38
52
FM
Fishchuk Vladyslav
U16
UKR
2200
4
0
2205
39
53
I
Coman Mihnea-George
U20
ROU
2154
4
0
2204
37
54
CM
Vilcu Matei-Stefan
U18
ROU
2170
4
0
2203
36
55
CM
Ipek Egehan
U14
TUR
2172
4
0
2170
40
56
WFM
Karacsonyi Kata
U16
w
HUN
2149
4
0
2160
36
57
WCM
Obada Ema
U18
w
ROU
2033
4
0
2158
33
58
I
Veress Armand
U16
ROU
2185
4
0
2141
32
59
IM
Glodeanu Ion
S65
ROU
2139
4
0
2103
32
60
I
Coicev Matei-Andrei
U14
ROU
2062
3.5
0
2243
38
61
I
Ignat Matei-Marius
U20
ROU
2040
3.5
0
2140
32
62
I
Prelipcean Eric-Matei
U14
ROU
2108
3
0
2198
37
63
WFM
Nikanova Ekaterina
w
ROU
2120
3
0
2180
36
64
NM
Stanca Adrian
ROU
2205
3
0
2125
34
65
CM
Craciun Sasha-Matei
U14
ROU
2018
3
0
2124
35
66
WCM
Maria Lia-Alexandra
U14
w
ROU
1714
3
0
2075
37
67
WCM
Bucur Denisa-Andreea
U20
w
ROU
1951
3
0
2007
32
68
I
Negrean Andrei
U10
ROU
1919
3
0
1968
29
69
CM
Radu David Cr
U14
ROU
2136
3
0
1959
31
70
I
Saioc David
U14
ROU
2017
3
0
1951
29
71
I
Sava Robert-Gabriel
U12
ROU
1774
2.5
0
2184
36
72
Leonard Timo
U18
GER
2110
2.5
0
2009
31
73
CM
Juncu Nicolae
S65
ROU
1777
1
0
1993
31
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