"Grand Sweden" - WGM Irina Bulmaga's Report from Golden Sands Tournament |
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| Friday, 21 June 2013 | ||||
 by WGM Irina Bulmaga  WGM Irina Bulmaga shares her impressions from the Golden Sands tournament in Bulgaria, where Natalia Pogonina has also been playing recently. Hello my dear readers! I've been relaxing the last few days, not even opening my computer. It's been soooo good to go to the beach and not worry about anything but my tan  My session at the University was so exhausting- I needed some refuel and I definitely got it. I spent some quality time with my family and my friends in Golden Sands and I enjoyed the unusual role of being just a spectator of the "Golden Sands Grand Europe Open". With my dear sister- Elena  With my good friend- Diana Baciu  Elena and me  Olga Hincu, Diana Baciu, Irene Sukandar, Elena Bulmaga, Ioana Gelip and me (from left to right) trying the chilly water Nils Grandelius of Sweden won the tournament with a 7,5p/9, 2706 performance and a very nice +17,5 Elo points! If he couldn't take the Bulgarian hot weather with him in Sweden- he definitely compensated it with some nice amount of cash- 6000 euros! How much sun can he buy with it, what do you think? Here's my photo report from there:  GM Nils Grandelius- the winner of the tournament  GM Dragan Solak-6th place with 6,5p  GM Vladislav Nevednichy- 3rd place with 7p  GM Mircea Parligras  GM Alin Berescu  GM Dmitrii Svetushkin  WGM Natalia Pogonina-2nd woman prize with 5,5p  IM Axel Rombaldoni  IM Tiberiu Georgescu  WGM Nisha Mohota  FM Bogdan Posedaru  WGM Irina Ionescu  WGM Irene Sukandar  WIM Angela Dragomirescu  WGM Maria Velcheva  IM Zura Javakhadze   GM Levente Vajda  GM Zbynek Hracek- 2nd place with 7p  The playing hall was really impressive- it was provided by one of the best 5 stars hotel and casino in Golden Sands. The organizers did a very good job and I think that it was one of the strongest and with the highest prizes Open that one could find in June in Europe! As about me, I really enjoyed my short holliday and I'm going to prepare for my next tournaments in the following week- Turkish League, Universiade, EIWCC... I hope to have a great summer and to show some serious results! Wish you all an amazing summer! Will keep you posted  Originally posted at Irina Bulmaga's blog
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