Mircea-Emilian Pârligras (born 28 December 1980) is a Romanian

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grandmaster and a two-time Romanian Chess Champion. In 2007 he tied for 2nd–7th with Kiril Georgiev, Dimitrios Mastrovasilis,

Vadim Malakhatko Vadim Volodymyrovych Malakhatko (; 22 March 1977 – 5 June 2023) was a Ukrainian chess grandmaster. He was a member of the gold medal-winning Ukrainian team at the 2001 World Team Chess Championship. In 2000, he won with the Ukrainian team ...

, Hristos Banikas and

Dmitry Svetushkin Dmitry Svetushkin (; ; 25 July 1980 – 4 September 2020) was a Moldovan chess player. He was awarded the title Grandmaster (chess), Grandmaster by FIDE in 2002. He won the Moldovan Chess Championship in 2000. He tied for first with Johan Hellste ...

in the Acropolis International Chess Tournament. In 2010, tied for 1st–6th with Yuriy Kryvoruchko,

Gabriel Sargissian Gabriel Eduardi Sargissian (, ''Gabriel Eduardi Sargsyan''; born 3 September 1983) is an Armenian chess grandmaster. He was a member of the gold medal-winning Armenian team at the Chess Olympiads in 2006, 2008 and 2012 and at the World Team Che ...

, Sergey Volkov,

Bela Khotenashvili Bella Khotenashvili ( ka, ბელა ხოტენაშვილი; born 1 June 1988), known prior to 2023 as Bela Khotenashvili, is a Georgian chess grandmaster. She competed in the Women's World Chess Championship in 2012, 2015 and 2017 ...

and Vladislav Borovikov in 2nd International Chess Tournament in

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. In 2011, he tied for 2nd–4th with Borki Predojević and

Hrant Melkumyan Hrant Slavayi Melkumyan (; born April 30, 1989, in Yerevan) is an Armenian chess Grandmaster and European Blitz Champion in 2011. Chess career He won the international Internet championship organized by the ICC chess Internet portal. In 2006, ...

in 41st International Bosna Tournament in

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. He advanced through the 3rd round of the Khanty-Mansiysk 2011 World Cup after knocking out

Yu Yangyi Yu Yangyi (; born 8 June 1994) is a Chinese chess grandmaster. He qualified for the Grandmaster title at 14 years, 11 months and 23 days old in 2009. He is a three-time Chinese Chess Champion and the 2014 Asian Chess Champion. He was a me ...

and

Zoltán Almási Zoltán Almási (born August 29, 1976) is a Hungarian chess player. Awarded the title Grandmaster by FIDE in 1993, he is a nine-time Hungarian champion, winning in 1995, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2008, 2009, and 2019. Almási has competed ...

. He was knocked out by

Peter Heine Nielsen Peter Heine Nielsen (born 24 May 1973) is a Danish chess trainer and player. He was awarded the title of Grandmaster by FIDE in 1994. He has won a record nine consecutive World Chess Championship titles as a coach, working with Viswanathan Ana ...

in the rapid tiebreaks. He played for Romania in the

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s of 2002, 2004, 2006 and 2008.

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