Alba Grand Prix Rapid 2026

1 Aug to 2 Aug 2026 · Alba, Romania · 10-round Swiss · 15 min + 5 sec / move Finished

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Top 100 players in this event

GM Narayanan S L ★: No. 3, 8½/10, performance 2624 (+13)
GM Igor Kovalenko ★: No. 4, 8/10, performance 2494 (-3)
GM Xiangzhi Bu ★: No. 5, 8/10, performance 2543 (+3)
GM Jaime Santos Latasa ★: No. 10, 7½/10, performance 2486 (-5)
IM Miaoyi Lu ★: No. 45, 2½/5, performance 2286 (-3)

Standings

Standings, Alba Grand Prix Rapid 2026
#	Player	Fed	Rating	Score	Games	Perf	Change
1	IM Nodar Lortkipanidze	GEO	2453	9	10	2680	+29
2	GM Cristobal Henriquez Villagra	CHI	2569	8½	10	2599	+9
3	GM Narayanan S L ★	IND	2556	8½	10	2624	+13
4	GM Igor Kovalenko ★	UKR	2592	8	10	2494	-3
5	GM Xiangzhi Bu ★	CHN	2583	8	10	2543	+3
6	GM Leon Livaic	CRO	2523	8	10	2439	-1
7	GM Vitaly Sivuk	SWE	2510	8	10	2517	+7
8	IM Filip Magold	ROU	2444	8	10	2517	+16
9	IM Jakub Fus	POL	2393	8	10	2506	+20
10	GM Jaime Santos Latasa ★	ESP	2615	7½	10	2486	-5
11	GM Constantin Lupulescu	ROU	2524	7½	10	2442	-3
12	GM Tong(QD) Xiao	CHN	2452	7½	10	2499	+12
13	IM Alexander Khripachenko	FID	2421	7½	10	2374	-1
14	GM Mamikon Gharibyan	ARM	2415	7½	10	2462	+14
15	FM Maksym Pankiv	UKR	2410	7½	10	2453	+10
16	GM Alexander Motylev	ROU	2594	7	10	2407	-13
17	GM Vitaliy Bernadskiy	UKR	2522	7	10	2441	0
18	GM Ivan Ivanisevic	SRB	2522	7	10	2337	-11
19	IM Alexandru-Bogdan Banzea	ROU	2188	7	10	2202	+13
20	GM Milos Perunovic	SRB	2560	6½	9	2389	-10
21	GM Misa Pap	SRB	2450	6½	10	2330	-8
22	FM Ilija Stanojevic	SRB	2313	6½	10	2259	-5
23	Antoni Kozak	POL	2476	6	9	2328	-11
24	Radoslaw Psyk	POL	2413	6	9	2287	-8
25	FM Mircea Talu	ROU	2400	6	9	2318	-5
26	FM Mihailo Djokic	SRB	2413	5½	9	2261	-12
27	GM Milovan Ratkovic	SRB	2442	5	7	2377	-1
28	IM Henry Edward Tudor	ROU	2386	5	8	2289	-17
29	GM Danilo Milanovic	SRB	2438	4½	7	2234	-12
30	IM Mihnea Costachi	ROU	2381	4½	7	2379	+1
31	IM Alik Vydeslaver	ISR	2374	4½	7	2442	+9
32	IM Aron Pasti	HUN	2377	4	7	2358	0
33	GM Marius Manolache	ROU	2366	4	7	2336	-2
34	IM Serghei Vedmediuc	MDA	2333	4	7	2422	+8
35	GM Deep Sengupta	IND	2403	3½	6	2134	-15
36	FM Raem Sherman	ISR	2363	3½	7	2283	-15
37	IM Matias Perez Gormaz	CHI	2347	3½	6	2268	-11
38	FM Semion Sapocinic	MDA	2315	3½	6	2517	+32
39	IM Lucian-Ioan Filip	ROU	2302	3½	6	2354	+5
40	Vladyslav Baziuk	UKR	2180	3½	7	2394	+37
41	IM Alan-Safar Ramoutar	TTO	2325	3	5	2306	-2
42	IM Qingfeng Cao	CHN	2265	3	6	2357	+14
43	FM Sasha-Matei Craciun	ROU	2256	3	6	2448	+29
44	FM Teodor-Cosmin Nedelcu	ROU	2405	2½	5	1946	-20
45	IM Miaoyi Lu ★	CHN	2309	2½	5	2286	-3
46	CM Eric-Matei Prelipcean	ROU	2164	2½	5	2369	+52
47	CM Tudor-Gabriel Danila	ROU	2155	2½	6	2361	+54
48	FM Nicodim-Cosmin Stepanencu	ROU	2346	2	4	2301	-2
49	Hongfu Dong	CHN	2271	2	4	2306	+3
50	IM Manish Anto Cristiano F	IND	2212	2	5	2352	+17
51	Bei Liu	CHN	2195	2	5	2382	+21
52	CM Matvii Sobol	UKR	2324	1½	5	2242	-12
53	IM Rao S.V. Srinath	ROU	2260	1½	5	2326	+7
54	FM Randi-Ioan Gales	ROU	2232	1½	4	2367	+20
55	FM Petar Ratkovic	SRB	2151	1½	4	2265	+10
56	Chang(CQ) Xu	CHN	2082	1½	4	2328	+39
57	Simon-Alexandru Barbu	ROU	2029	1½	4	2299	+21
58	IM Iulian Sofronie	ROU	2286	1	3	2283	-1
59	FM Pranav K P	IND	2235	1	3	2304	+9
60	FM Panesar Vedant	IND	2219	1	3	2360	+9

Showing the top 60 of 165 players, plus every top-100 player. See the full results page for everyone else.

Games

Games
Round	Game	Result
1.1	Jaime Santos Latasa – Ianis-Mihai Tarciuc	1-0
1.2	Nicolae Sandru – Igor Kovalenko	0-1
1.3	Xiangzhi Bu – Zoltan-Imre Laszlo	1-0
1.6	Jan Szumiec – Narayanan S L	0-1
2.1	Roman Molchanov – Jaime Santos Latasa	0-1
2.2	Igor Kovalenko – Razvan-Alexandru Panait	1-0
2.3	Tudor-Alexandru Ursente – Xiangzhi Bu	0-1
2.6	Narayanan S L – Bogdan-Andrei Ivancescu	1-0
3.1	Jaime Santos Latasa – Vidar Grahn	1-0
3.2	Pavel-Alexandru Nastore – Igor Kovalenko	0-1
3.3	Xiangzhi Bu – Georgi Filev	1-0
3.6	Ruslan Soltanici – Narayanan S L	0-1
4.1	Raem Sherman – Jaime Santos Latasa	0-1
4.2	Igor Kovalenko – Marius Manolache	1-0
4.3	Serghei Vedmediuc – Xiangzhi Bu	½-½
4.5	Miaoyi Lu – Cristobal Henriquez Villagra	0-1
4.6	Narayanan S L – Hongfu Dong	1-0
5.1	Jaime Santos Latasa – Vitaliy Bernadskiy	½-½
5.2	Filip Magold – Igor Kovalenko	1-0
5.4	Mihailo Djokic – Narayanan S L	0-1
5.6	Radoslaw Psyk – Xiangzhi Bu	0-1
6.2	Narayanan S L – Filip Magold	1-0
6.3	Tong(QD) Xiao – Jaime Santos Latasa	1-0
6.8	Tudor-Gabriel Danila – Igor Kovalenko	0-1
6.10	Xiangzhi Bu – Nodar Lortkipanidze	0-1
7.1	Cristobal Henriquez Villagra – Narayanan S L	0-1
7.4	Igor Kovalenko – Alik Vydeslaver	½-½
7.14	Jaime Santos Latasa – Bei Liu	1-0
7.15	Rao S.V. Srinath – Xiangzhi Bu	0-1
7.27	Robert-Gabriel Sava – Miaoyi Lu	½-½
8.1	Narayanan S L – Tong(QD) Xiao	1-0
8.5	Xiangzhi Bu – Aron Pasti	1-0
8.6	Maksym Pankiv – Jaime Santos Latasa	0-1
8.7	Igor Kovalenko – Semion Sapocinic	½-½
8.26	Miaoyi Lu – Alexandru Balaban-Voia	1-0
9.1	Nodar Lortkipanidze – Narayanan S L	1-0
9.3	Jaime Santos Latasa – Mamikon Gharibyan	½-½
9.4	Tong(QD) Xiao – Xiangzhi Bu	0-1
9.8	Matvii Sobol – Igor Kovalenko	0-1
9.14	Alexander Khripachenko – Miaoyi Lu	1-0
10.2	Narayanan S L – Vitaliy Bernadskiy	½-½
10.3	Xiangzhi Bu – Jaime Santos Latasa	½-½
10.4	Igor Kovalenko – Mircea Talu	1-0
10.29	Miaoyi Lu – Matyas Szegedy	1-0

Games involving a top-100 player. Click a game to replay it.

Standings and games from Lichess broadcasts. ★ marks a player on the FIDE top 100 lists.