The 5th and final leg of the Romanian Grand Prix 2022 took place from 5th – 6th November in Braila, Romania. The event gathered more than 140 players, with world-known grandmasters completing the field. The event was played in 10 rounds, swiss system, with time control 15 minutes + 5 seconds of increment, and featured a total prize fund of 22.000 EUR.
GM David Navara won the event with convincing 8.5 points. Navara started slow, with three draws in the first five games, but then scored five consecutive victories to clinch the title and pocket the money prize of 25.000 lei (~5.000 EUR). Seven players tied for the second place with score of 7.5 points: GM Gadir Guseinov, GM Bogdan-Daniel Deac, GM Viorel Iordachescu, GM Rauf Mamedov, GM Dimitrios Mastrovasilis, GM Yuriy Kuzubov, and GM Sethuraman. Scroll down for the final rankings

IM Irina Bulmaga was the best ranked female player with score of 6.5 points. WGM Evgeniya Doluhanova had the same score but lower tiebreak criteria and came second, while WIM Anna Kubicka won the third place with 6 points. Scroll down for final rankings

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Final rankings – 5th leg of the Romanian Grand Prix 2022:
Rk.
Name
FED
Rtg
Pts.
TB1
TB2
TB3
1
GM
Navara David
CZE
2659
8.5
58
61
2452
2
GM
Guseinov Gadir
AZE
2616
7.5
62
67
2484
3
GM
Deac Bogdan-Daniel
ROU
2607
7.5
61
66
2499
4
GM
Iordachescu Viorel
MDA
2514
7.5
61
66
2426
5
GM
Mamedov Rauf
AZE
2567
7.5
61
66
2523
6
GM
Mastrovasilis Dimitrios
GRE
2561
7.5
60
65
2441
7
GM
Kuzubov Yuriy
UKR
2618
7.5
60
64
2446
8
GM
Sethuraman S.P.
IND
2545
7.5
56
61
2428
9
GM
Van Foreest Jorden
NED
2699
7
60
65
2479
10
FM
Stoleriu George
ROU
2292
7
55
58
2306
11
IM
Gavrilescu David
ROU
2470
7
54
58
2323
12
GM
Lupulescu Constantin
ROU
2630
7
53
58
2371
13
GM
Georgiev Kiril
MKD
2650
7
53
58
2280
14
GM
Miron Lucian-Costin
ROU
2434
7
53
57
2189
15
GM
Urkedal Frode Olav Olsen
NOR
2499
7
52
57
2222
16
GM
Istratescu Andrei
ROU
2475
7
50
54
2218
17
GM
Mastrovasilis Athanasios
GRE
2515
6.5
61
66
2469
18
GM
Pultinevicius Paulius
LTU
2538
6.5
61
64
2449
19
GM
Bernadskiy Vitaliy
UKR
2544
6.5
58
63
2435
20
GM
Erdos Viktor
HUN
2528
6.5
58
63
2397
21
IM
Bulmaga Irina
ROU
2317
6.5
57
60
2412
22
IM
Costachi Mihnea
ROU
2409
6.5
57
61
2323
23
GM
Zajic Milan
SRB
2458
6.5
55
60
2314
24
GM
Fridman Daniel
GER
2638
6.5
54
58
2312
25
GM
Parligras Mircea-Emilian
ROU
2489
6.5
53
58
2232
26
IM
Vedmediuc Serghei
MDA
2336
6.5
53
57
2296
27
NM
Martian Dragos-Daniel
ROU
2092
6.5
49
52
2177
28
WGM
Doluhanova Evgeniya
UKR
2182
6.5
49
51
2198
29
GM
Van Foreest Lucas
NED
2468
6
61
66
2452
30
IM
Gorodetzky David
ISR
2410
6
59
63
2419
31
GM
Hamitevici Vladimir
MDA
2443
6
56
60
2233
32
IM
David Alexandru-Vasile
ROU
2402
6
56
60
2328
33
GM
Kozak Adam
HUN
2539
6
55
60
2396
34
IM
Samunenkov Ihor
UKR
2373
6
53
56
2302
35
FM
Miroiu George-Catalin
ROU
2241
6
52
56
2158
36
WIM
Kubicka Anna
POL
2162
6
52
55
2364
37
WIM
Gaboyan Susanna
ARM
2125
6
52
55
2224
38
WGM
Cosma Elena-Luminita
ROU
2205
6
52
55
2202
39
FM
Daianu Cristian-Clement
ROU
2134
6
51
55
2243
40
GM
Mikhalevski Victor
ISR
2453
6
51
55
2137
41
WIM
Toncheva Nadya
BUL
2101
6
51
54
2262
42
WIM
Sliwicka Alicja
POL
2171
6
51
54
2064
43
FM
Stepanencu Nicodim-Cosmin
ROU
2185
6
50
54
2272
44
FM
Ghimpu Samuel-Timotei
ROU
2334
6
50
52
2201
45
NM
Valeanu Eduard-Andrei
ROU
2342
6
50
53
2097
46
FM
Ciorgovean Iustin
ROU
2214
6
49
52
2200
47
FM
Filip Andrei
ROU
2252
6
46
49
2029
48
I
Corbu George-Alexandru
ROU
1751
6
45
46
1969
49
IM
Castellanos Rodriguez Renier
ESP
2488
5.5
57
61
2336
50
IM
Cosma Ioan
ROU
2267
5.5
55
59
2244
51
CM
Nedelcu Teodor-Cosmin
ROU
2078
5.5
55
58
2313
52
IM
Filip Lucian-Ioan
ROU
2287
5.5
55
58
2375
53
IM
Soltanici Ruslan
MDA
2305
5.5
54
58
2324
54
GM
Manolache Marius
ROU
2394
5.5
52
55
2275
55
GM
Szabo Gergely-Andras-Gyula
ROU
2461
5.5
51
55
2159
56
WFM
Ciolacu Alessia-Mihaela
ROU
1964
5.5
51
54
2225
57
CM
Coman Mihnea-George
ROU
2092
5.5
50
53
2245
58
I
Ignat Matei-Marius
ROU
1974
5.5
50
54
1996
59
WGM
Sandu Mihaela
ROU
2120
5.5
50
52
2171
60
CM
Zubcu Vlad-George
ROU
2033
5.5
49
51
2249
61
IM
Manea Alexandru
ROU
2241
5.5
48
52
2137
62
GM
Zilka Stepan
CZE
2494
5
55
59
2279
63
CM
Padurariu Mihai-Edward
ROU
2133
5
54
57
2411
64
WIM
Sieber Fiona
GER
2265
5
54
58
2204
65
I
Barbu Simon-Alexandru
ROU
1923
5
51
55
2018
66
FM
Voiteanu Gabriel
ROU
2054
5
50
54
2130
67
I
Veneteanu Mihai
ROU
1931
5
49
53
1999
68
I
Vedmediuc Artiom
ROU
1933
5
49
52
2004
69
I
Caraba Alexandru
ROU
1802
5
49
52
2072
70
CM
Craciun Sasha-Matei
ROU
1901
5
49
52
2026
71
CM
Butolo Alexandru-Mircea
ROU
1897
5
48
51
2029
72
I
Negrean Andrei
ROU
1898
5
48
51
1999
73
WGM
Makropoulou Marina
GRE
2153
5
47
51
2053
74
WIM
Sgircea Silvia-Raluca
ROU
2152
5
47
51
2069
75
II
Toma Iustin
ROU
1736
5
47
50
1980
76
CM
Radu David Cr
ROU
1924
5
46
49
2008
77
II
Ungureanu Constantin-Gabriel
ROU
1646
5
46
49
2002
78
I
Galatanu Iulian-Marinica
ROU
1887
5
45
48
1849
79
CM
Grigore Gigi
ROU
1892
5
44
47
1933
80
Bejan Sergiu
MDA
1834
5
44
47
1891
81
I
Vitan Rares-Mihai
ROU
1673
5
43
46
1933
82
NM
Zaim Marian
ROU
1895
5
43
46
1800
83
IM
Baltag Iulian
MDA
2333
4.5
57
61
2299
84
IM
Dobre Claudiu-Cristian
ROU
2268
4.5
54
57
2238
85
CM
Ciocani Iosif
ROU
2006
4.5
48
51
1981
86
Scurtu Alexandr
MDA
1962
4.5
48
51
2016
87
I
Sachilaru Alexandru
ROU
2087
4.5
47
49
2028
88
I
Coicev Matei-Andrei
ROU
1880
4.5
46
49
1921
89
WFM
Nikanova Ekaterina
ROU
1939
4.5
46
47
1933
90
WFM
Nastase Andreea-Cristina
ROU
1945
4.5
45
46
1925
91
Talmaci Chiril
MDA
1787
4.5
43
46
1859
92
I
Taran Sebastian
ROU
1835
4.5
43
45
1929
93
I
Gazdaru Rares
ROU
1433
4.5
43
45
1873
94
Sustov Savva
MDA
1857
4.5
42
45
1830
95
CM
Anuta Elefterie-Laurentiu
ROU
1827
4.5
41
43
1769
96
I
Mocanu Victor-Valentin
ROU
1987
4.5
41
42
1820
97
I
Pirvulescu Adrian
ROU
1743
4.5
40
41
1781
98
II
Chiriac Andrei-Cosmin
ROU
1516
4.5
35
37
1716
99
Codreanu Marius
MDA
1734
4
47
51
2067
100
Ulian Andrei-Octavian
ROU
1747
4
44
47
1788
101
I
Dumbrava Victor-Andrei
ROU
1699
4
43
47
1883
102
Martinenco Nicolae
MDA
1302
4
42
44
1788
103
II
Datcu Adrian-Iulian
ROU
1308
4
41
44
1820
104
Martinenco Sergiu
MDA
1808
4
41
44
1799
105
II
Negotei Alin-Adrian
ROU
1117
4
41
44
1847
106
I
Leu Dragos Stefan
ROU
1795
4
41
44
1792
107
II
Vitan Matei-Gabriel
ROU
1445
4
41
44
1743
108
II
Matei-Catruna Andrei
ROU
1310
4
39
40
1849
109
II
Ivan Robert Ioan
ROU
1154
4
37
40
1647
110
II
Grigore Radu-Andrei
ROU
1429
4
37
39
1797
111
II
David Alexandru
ROU
1596
4
36
38
1567
112
II
Draga Laurentiu
ROU
1461
4
33
34
1432
113
I
Popa Andrada
ROU
1525
4
33
34
1465
114
I
Danila Tudor-Gabriel
ROU
1817
3.5
50
53
2036
115
I
Saioc David
ROU
1893
3.5
45
48
1884
116
Talmaci Arsenie
MDA
1370
3.5
40
43
1777
117
Trivella Maria
GRE
1205
3.5
40
42
1584
118
II
Vitan Adrian
ROU
1329
3.5
39
42
1864
119
II
Andrei Gabriel
ROU
1517
3.5
39
42
1546
120
II
Parvu Razvan-George
ROU
1376
3.5
38
39
1736
121
II
Haineala Iustin-Petru
ROU
1335
3.5
37
40
1738
122
II
Ungureanu Sorin-Alexandru
ROU
1077
3.5
36
39
1626
123
II
Nenciulescu Luca-Stefan
ROU
1276
3.5
36
38
1650
124
I
Moroianu George
ROU
1541
3.5
36
39
1584
125
Georgieva Emilia
BUL
1760
3.5
36
38
1508
126
II
Popescu Rares-Stefan
ROU
1170
3.5
34
36
1645
127
II
Radu Victor Mihai
ROU
1189
3.5
29
30
1453
128
Parpalac Vadim
MDA
1694
3
42
45
1705
129
II
Junc Ioan-Stefan
ROU
1287
3
39
42
1713
130
I
Badica Ariana
ROU
1442
3
39
40
1689
131
II
Damaschin Ioan-Iustin
ROU
1343
3
38
40
1609
132
II
Munteanu Stefan P.
ROU
1228
3
37
39
1664
133
Suparski Dmitrii
MDA
1256
3
35
36
1524
134
I
Citra Anton-Valeriu
ROU
1413
3
35
36
1566
135
I
Costea Ghita
ROU
1538
3
33
34
1429
136
II
Schmit Andrei-Marian
ROU
1369
2.5
36
38
1529
137
Madan Bogdan
MDA
1099
2.5
33
35
1546
138
II
Moroianu Stefan
ROU
1492
2.5
33
35
1417
139
I
Cretescu Emma
ROU
1171
2.5
32
34
1501
140
IV
Stefan Elena-Alexandra
ROU
1005
2
36
37
1546
141
Madan David
MDA
1035
1.5
36
37
1507
142
Bazakutsa Svyatoslav
UKR
2162
0
32
33
0
Kuzhilniy Oleksandr
UKR
2047
0
32
33
0
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