Brasov Grand Prix Classic 2026

Brasov Grand Prix Classic 2026 was a 127-player classical Swiss in Brașov, Romania, 25–31 Jul 2026. Won by Kovalenko with 7½/9 (2663 performance). Liu (2175) was the breakout, performing at 2459 and gaining 59 rating points. Last updated 22 Oct 2026, 22:47 UTC.

Dates: 25 – 31 Jul
Place: Brașov, Romania
Format: 9-round Swiss
Time control: 90 min + 30 sec / move

Standings

#	Player	Rating	Pts	Perf	±
1	GMKovalenko, IgorUKR	2672	7½	2663	+2
2	GMPranav AnandIND	2588	7½	2714	+15
3	GMSantos Latasa, JaimeESP	2620	7	2628	+3
4	GMXiao, Tong(QD)CHN	2599	7	2594	+1
5	IMLu, MaximillianUSA	2458	7	2535	+10
6	GMHenriquez Villagra, CristobalCHI	2603	6½	2524	−6
7	GMOhanyan, EminARM	2516	6½	2502
8	IMCamlar, ArdaTUR	2497	6½	2554	+8
9	IMLumachi, GabrieleITA	2465	6½	2418	−4
10	Kozak, AntoniPOL	2426	6½	2570	+18
11	GMNarayanan S LIND	2581	6	2488	−9
12	GMGavrilescu, DavidROU	2537	6	2486	−3
13	IMFus, JakubPOL	2450	6	2410	−3
14	IMLortkipanidze, NodarGEO	2374	6	2407	+4
15	IMKhripachenko, AlexanderFID	2363	6	2409	+7
16	IMMagold, FilipROU	2501	5½	2420	−8
17	GMGharibyan, MamikonARM	2485	5½	2385	−10
18	GMManolache, MariusROU	2433	5½	2298	−14
19	FMGubin, DmitriiMDA	2385	5½	2435	+7
20	Dong, HongfuCHN	2353	5½	2505	+18
21	GMSonis, FrancescoITA	2540	5	2466	−6
22	FMApaar SaxenaIND	2396	5	2293	−20
23	IMManish Anto Cristiano FIND	2376	5	2492	+13
24	Liu, BeiCHN	2175	5	2459	+59
25	IMGhimpu, Samuel-TimoteiROU	2463	4½	2385	−7
26	IMPerez Gormaz, MatiasCHI	2388	4½	2373	−1
27	FMSapocinic, SemionMDA	2355	4½	2304	−9
28	FMMica, MarekCZE	2349	4½	2248	−19
29	FMStanciu, Alexandru-OvidiuROU	2328	4½	2285	−7
30	FMDaakshin ArunIND	2327	4	2359	+4
31	Psyk, RadoslawPOL	2492	3½	2239	−21
32	GMTzidkiya, YeshaayahuISR	2492	3½	2357	−9
33	FMTalu, MirceaROU	2399	3½	2186	−38
34	FMUzdemir, Ali PoyrazTUR	2265	3½	2458	+35
35	FMPop, AlexandruROU	2249	3½	2452	+34
36	Ciocani, IosifROU	2197	3½	2384	+33
37	IMLu, MiaoyiCHN	2392	3	2207	−17
38	CMSava, Robert-GabrielROU	2313	3	2268	−7
39	FMEugene, NathaelFRA	2310	3	2272	−6
40	FMPankiv, MaksymUKR	2302	3	2457	+21
41	FMSherali PattnaikIND	2174	3	2313	+23
42	Afek, ItayISR	2171	3	2275	+38
43	FMGales, Randi-IoanROU	2289	2½	2248	−7
44	WIMVelpula SarayuIND	2280	2½	2528	+12
45	Vilcu, Matei-StefanROU	2214	2½	2355	+21
46	CMVolcov, IgorMDA	2193	2½	2437	+52
47	FMSetumadhav YellumahanthiIND	2178	2½	2417	+29
48	FMSachilaru, AlexandruROU	2347	2	2285	−10
49	IMFilip, Lucian-IoanROU	2313	2	2174	−10
50	IMCosma, IoanROU	2252	2	2389	+8
51	Padurariu, Mihai-EdwardROU	2219	2	3148	+27
52	FMAntal, Hunor-ZoltanROU	2212	2	2325	+13
53	Guretchii, KirillMDA	2196	2	2279	+10
54	WIMKalyani SirinIND	2150	2	2295	+8
55	IMFrank, AdamCZE	2358	1½	2090	−29
56	FMSherman, RaemISR	2300	1½	2313
57	CMRobert, YoannFRA	2272	1½	2400	+9
58	CMPrisacaru, Stefan-EmilianROU	2260	1½	2345	+8
59	FMDaianu, Cristian-ClementROU	2202	1½	2213	+1
60	Manyevich, RomISR	1993	1½	2315	+22
61	WGMMkrtchyan, MariamARM	2353	1	2200	−6
62	FMFilip, AndreiROU	2323	1	2072	−20
63	FMSamani, YamacTUR	2316	1	2168	−16
64	FMPetcu, GabrielITA	2295	1	2332	+1
65	IMSrinath, Rao S.V.ROU	2288	1	2094	−7
66	FMSeiger, VidarSWE	2287	1	2388	+4
67	FMCraciun, Sasha-MateiROU	2263	1	2189	−8
68	CMPrelipcean, Eric-MateiROU	2210	1	2188	−4
69	Ignat, Matei-MariusROU	2128	1	2419	+14
70	Hyron, ArtemUKR	2045	1	2339	+28
71	Tretiak, IgorUKR	1867	1	1553	−3
72	IMCao, QingfengCHN	2365	½	2092	−3
73	IMManea, AlexandruROU	2304	½	1908	−15
74	IMRojas Keim, LuisCHI	2303	½	1981	−8
75	CMSobol, MatviiUKR	2283	½	2208	−5
76	IMPoley, VladimirFID	2276	½	2165	−5
77	FMVrencian, LehelROU	2253	½	2150	−8
78	Szegedy, MatyasHUN	2235	½	2252	+2
79	FMNastase, Robert-PaulROU	2232	½	2104	−10
80	WGMSrija, SeshadriIND	2207	½	2090	−8
81	Veneteanu, MihaiROU	2195	½	2106	−6
82	WIMCosman, Andreea-MarioaraROU	2187	½	2118	−3
83	WFMObada, EmaROU	2183	½	2070	−7
84	WIMLahav, MichalISR	2181	½	2087	−6
85	FMConstantinoiu, Alexandru IoanROU	2180	½	2152	−2
86	Korcsek, Alexandru-DavidROU	2171	½	2136	−2
87	IMDumitrache, Dragos-NicolaeROU	2170	½	2299	+1
88	Panait, Razvan-AlexandruROU	2161	½	2263	+5
89	CMDanila, Tudor-GabrielROU	2158	½	2051	−20
90	WIMDragomirescu, AngelaROU	2152	½	2249	+2
91	Marzakov, MihailBUL	2119	½	2463	+15
92	FMPisu, Robert-DanielROU	2106	½	2396	+7
93	Wolak, JanPOL	2095	½	2193	+8
94	Anirudh RIND	2092	½	2365	+13
95	Aryan MehtaIND	1979	½	2145	+12
96	FMPranav K PIND	2287	0	1770	−6
97	FMBotea, David-AlexandruROU	2270	0	1799	−5
98	IMSoltanici, RuslanMDA	2269	0	1663	−2
99	Hancu, AndreiUSA	2255	0	1701	−4
100	Baziuk, VladyslavUKR	2247	0	1600	−12
101	FMVeress, ArmandROU	2222	0	1596	−11
102	CMDodoi, Matei-TeodorROU	2215	0	1671	−8
103	WGMDoluhanova, EvgeniyaUKR	2210	0	1582	−11
104	CMRusu, LucasROU	2191	0	1516	−13
105	Muntean, VictorSWE	2170	0	1820	−2
106	WFMAnishka VikramIND	2163	0	1803	−2
107	Tampea, RaduROU	2157	0	1527	−6
108	CMAkshit Kumar JIND	2150	0	1737	−2
109	Dimitrov, MartinBUL	2144	0	1716	−4
110	Saioc, DavidROU	2137	0	1701	−4
111	Grabinsky, YoniISR	2136	0	1697	−2
112	Marzano, CarloITA	2125	0	1685	−2
113	Xu, Chang(CQ)CHN	2125	0	1665	−5
114	Magen, OfekISR	2115	0	1650	−5
115	FMMuller-Moingt, BastienFRA	2115	0	1658	−5
116	Tudoroiu, Razvan-CatalinROU	2113	0	1633	−3
117	Zawisza, AlanPOL	2112	0	1626	−6
118	Golan, OriISR	2107	0	1599	−6
119	Balaban-Voia, AlexandruROU	2106	0	1592	−3
120	Danut, RaduROU	2105	0	1588	−3
121	Onica, Victor-DominicROU	2101	0	1585	−6
122	CMSabarez, IulianROU	2092	0	1574	−6
123	Harabor, David-AlexandruROU	2091	0	1563	−7
124	CMPersson, AndreasSWE	2082	0	1558	−3
125	FMPetroff, VladROU	2078	0	1555	−7
126	Vardi, DanielISR	1989	0	1528	−5
127	Molchanov, RomanUKR	1882	0	1489	−3

Results

Round 226 Jul, 6:45