Tuesday, 31 May 2011 01:59 |
The 3rd Limpedea Cup is taking place from 23rd May to 2nd June in Baia Sprie in Maramures County, Romania. Eleven players forming the field of average elo 2458 compete in the round robin tournament. Organizer is CS SIG-MAR Sighetu Marmatiei. Draw offers are not allowed before move 30.
IM Bryan Smith from USA, who is taking an active European tour over the next few months, is leading convincingly after nine rounds and is in excellent position to earn a GM norm.
Round 9 standings: 1. IM Smith Bryan G USA 2481 - 7.0 2-3. GM Nanu Costica-Ciprian ROU 2526 and IM Semcesen Daniel SWE 2472 - 6.0 4-5. GM Genov Petar BUL 2444 and GM Szabo Gergely-Andras-Gyula ROU 2545 - 5.0 6. GM Jianu Vlad-Cristian ROU 2534 - 4.0 7-9. IM Manea Alexandru ROU 2405, IM Soltanici Ruslan MDA 2367 and GM Shishkin Vadim UKR 2474 - 3.5 10. GM Grigore George-Gabriel ROU 2505 - 3.0 11. FM Szabo Attila ROU 2283 - 1.5
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