Victor Ciocaltea Memorial

International Chess Tournament "Victor Ciocaltea Memorial" took place on 6-19 March in Bucharest, Romania. Four players ended tied on first place, point and half ahead of rest of the field.


The standings:
1-4. GM Alin Berescu (ROM 2510), IM Vadim Shishkin (UKR 2474), GM George-Gabriel Grigore (ROM 2496) and GM Constantin Lupulescu (ROM 2566) 7.5/12
5-7. IM Gergely Szabo (ROM 2496), IM Petar Benkovic (SRB 2433) and IM Vlad-Victor Barnaure (ROM 2440) 6.0
8. IM Vlad-Cristian Jianu (ROM 2493) 5.5
9-12. IM Danilo Milanovic (SRB 2499), GM Vasile Sanduleac (MDA 2478), IM Mihai-Lucian Grunberg (ROM 2424) and IM Alexey Ivanov (RUS 2458) 5.0
13. IM Ciprian-Costica Nanu (ROM 2505) 4.5

IM Petar Benkovic