19th Arad Open Grand Prix Classic 2026

19th Arad Open Grand Prix Classic 2026 was a 109-player classical Swiss, 3–9 Aug 2026. Won by Bronstein with 7½/9 (2673 performance). Cao (2386) was the breakout, performing at 2625 and gaining 25 rating points. Top seed Kovalenko (2669) finished 17th with 5/8. Last updated 22 Oct 2026, 23:02 UTC.

Dates: 3 – 9 Aug
Format: 9-round Swiss
Time control: 90 min / 40 moves + 15 min + 30 sec / move

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Standings

#	Player	Rating	Pts	Perf	±
1	IMBronstein, OrISR	2484	7½	2673	+21
2	GMSantos Latasa, JaimeESP	2620	7	2626	+2
3	IMMagold, FilipROU	2503	7	2624	+14
4	GMSengupta, DeepIND	2480	7	2491	+2
5	GMGharibyan, MamikonARM	2485	6½	2528	+6
6	IMDotzer, LukasAUT	2474	6½	2460	−1
7	GMXiao, Tong(QD)CHN	2596	6	2534	−4
8	GMZeng, ChongshengCHN	2561	6	2449	−11
9	GMGavrilescu, DavidROU	2537	6	2469	−7
10	GMBernadskiy, VitaliyUKR	2524	6	2461	−6
11	Psyk, RadoslawPOL	2492	6	2467	−2
12	GMSivuk, VitalySWE	2481	6	2436	−5
13	IMTudor, Henry EdwardROU	2466	6	2446	−1
14	IMCao, QingfengCHN	2386	6	2625	+25
15	GMTzidkiya, YeshaayahuISR	2492	5½	2453	−3
16	IMBakhmatskyi, VladyslavUKR	2443	5½	2446	+1
17	GMKovalenko, IgorUKR	2669	5	2412	−20
18	FMPanesar VedantIND	2443	5	2427	−1
19	GMPap, MisaSRB	2435	5	2405	−3
20	Kozak, AntoniPOL	2426	5	2556	+13
21	IMFus, JakubPOL	2450	4½	2438
22	IMMohamed Anees MIND	2413	4½	2403
23	IMKhusenkhojaev, MustafokhujaTJK	2406	4	2384	−2
24	IMKhusenkhojaev, MuhammadTJK	2374	4	2549	+16
25	IMKhripachenko, AlexanderFID	2365	4	2537	+17
26	FMSherman, RaemISR	2300	4	2493	+18
27	IMSahib SinghIND	2354	3½	2496	+11
28	FMSapocinic, SemionMDA	2327	3½	2493	+27
29	FMApaar SaxenaIND	2396	3	2390
30	FMPatil PriyanshuIND	2241	3	2396	+25
31	Dong, HongfuCHN	2381	2½	2420	+2
32	IMLortkipanidze, NodarGEO	2374	2½	2497	+6
33	FMFilip, AndreiROU	2323	2½	2495	+22
34	FMSahithi Varshini MIND	2272	2½	2364	+14
35	FMNayak RajeshIND	2261	2½	2418	+20
36	FMNastore, Pavel-AlexandruROU	2330	2	2586	+20
37	IMRamoutar, Alan-SafarTTO	2318	2	2412	+6
38	CMMehta Naitik RIND	2244	2	2563	+25
39	GMHaring, FilipSVK	2466	1½	2064	−10
40	IMAvinash RameshIND	2345	1½	2334	−1
41	WIMKalyani SirinIND	2217	1½	2318	+5
42	CMTerkiewicz, BrunoPOL	2369	1	2132	−19
43	FMTamas, Christian-ArrydanROU	2362	1	2203	−13
44	FMNegrean, AndreiROU	2353	1	2266	−5
45	FMDaakshin ArunIND	2335	1	2255	−4
46	FMTanasie, CosminROU	2302	1	2508	+11
47	FMCraciun, Sasha-MateiROU	2263	1	2265
48	FMPrzybylski, BartoszPOL	2232	1	2439	+10
49	Xu, Chang(CQ)CHN	2139	1	2548	+30
50	GMHenriquez Villagra, CristobalCHI	2603	½	2035	−13
51	FMSachilaru, AlexandruROU	2347	½	2337
52	FMBrnusak, TomasSVK	2329	½	2272	−4
53	FMSriansh DasIND	2302	½	2180	−8
54	IMFilip, Lucian-IoanROU	2301	½	2248	−2
55	FMPranav K PIND	2292	½	2138	−10
56	FMBaranciuc, AlexandrMDA	2291	½	2172	−8
57	FMLeu, Dragos StefanROU	2283	½	2228	−3
58	FMVingris,MikelisLAT	2281	½	2168	−9
59	CMPrisacaru, Stefan-EmilianROU	2268	½	2596	+7
60	IMSoumya, SwaminathanIND	2266	½	2147	−4
61	GMDrazic, SinisaSRB	2242	½	2466	+3
62	CMDodoi, Matei-TeodorROU	2212	½	2443	+6
63	WGMLuong Phuong HanhVIE	2209	½	2226	+1
64	Ciocani, IosifROU	2197	½	2669	+8
65	Veneteanu, MihaiROU	2195	½	2603	+8
66	CMPruthu DeshpandeIND	2170	½	2256	+3
67	IMKopylov, DanielGER	2428	0	1431	−15
68	IMLjepic, AndrejSRB	2421	0	1470	−14
69	IMPerez Gormaz, MatiasCHI	2394	0	1432	−7
70	IMRadovanovic, MihajloSRB	2385	0	1463	−7
71	FMCoicev, Matei-AndreiROU	2337	0	1692	−6
72	FMStanciu, Alexandru-OvidiuROU	2315	0	1680	−6
73	WIMVelpula SarayuIND	2310	0	1705	−7
74	WGMAlinasab, MobinaIRI	2306	0	1720	−14
75	FMVyval, VolodymyrGER	2294	0	1737	−4
76	IMManea, AlexandruROU	2293	0	1685	−2
77	FMGales, Randi-IoanROU	2289	0	1669	−11
78	IMSoltanici, RuslanMDA	2269	0	1684	−2
79	CMCorbu, George-AlexandruROU	2261	0	1626	−11
80	FMValdats, ReinisLAT	2260	0	1703	−13
81	CMRobert, YoannFRA	2256	0	1623	−11
82	FMWarchol, KamilPOL	2250	0	1606	−6
83	FMCiorgovean, IustinROU	2239	0	1654	−9
84	FMTerryn, EzraBEL	2236	0	1574	−6
85	CMDanila, Tudor-GabrielROU	2225	0	1613	−10
86	Colev, IvorCRO	2220	0	1586	−11
87	FMDe Vleeschauwer, MaartenBEL	2212	0	1535	−7
88	Liu, BeiCHN	2211	0	1666	−4
89	CMPrelipcean, Eric-MateiROU	2210	0	1613	−10
90	Muntean, VictorSWE	2209	0	1591	−11
91	IMBargan, SergiuMDA	2196	0	1820	−1
92	FMSherali PattnaikIND	2192	0	1796	−2
93	WFMObada, EmaROU	2183	0	1761	−2
94	FMSetumadhav YellumahanthiIND	2180	0	1737	−2
95	CMRadu, David Cr.ROU	2175	0	1724	−4
96	CMPattnayak NilsuIND	2157	0	1692	−2
97	Abhinav AnandIND	2155	0	1692	−5
98	Ayaan PhutaneIND	2154	0	1685	−5
99	WIMDragomirescu, AngelaROU	2152	0	1684	−2
100	Oltean, Cristian-DanielROU	2151	0	1681	−2
101	Zajac, SzymonPOL	2149	0	1680	−2
102	CMAkshit Kumar JIND	2148	0	1674	−3
103	WFMSunyuktha C M NIND	2148	0	1666	−3
104	WFMPirvulescu, EkaterinaROU	2146	0
105	Kazmierowski, TymonPOL	2144	0	1650	−3
106	Korcsek, Alexandru-DavidROU	2141	0	1643	−3
107	CMMogirzan, Matei-ValeriuROU	2141	0	1643	−6
108	Dima, Ioan-RaduROU	2139	0	1635	−3
109	Tudoroiu, Razvan-CatalinROU	2113	0	1680	−2

Results

Round 88 Aug, 13:15