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In 2001 Loek van Wely (born 7 October 1972) had a rating of 2714 and was one of the world's ten best players. After the end of his career as an active player he turned to politics, and in March 2019, he was elected to the Dutch Senate.
Loek van Wely
Moldova, the home country of the tournament winner Victor Bologan, lies in south-eastern Europe, squeezed between Romania and Ukraine and was once a "Soviet republic". Bologan, who in August 2012 had a peak rating of 2734, and in 1996 graduated with a PhD from the Russian State University of Physical Education, Sport, Youth and Tourism sits for the Socialist Party in parliament, where he is a member of the Culture Committee.
Bologan and van Wely were the top seeds and they met in round 4. Bologan won after a tactical oversight by van Wely:
With a 72-move win in round 7 against Stefanova, who had drawn in round 6 against van Wely, Bologan won the tournament. Stefanova, Women's World Champion from 2004 to 2006, was recently elected to the National Assembly of Bulgaria.
Armenia won the team competition.
| Rk. | SNo | Name | FED | Rtg | Club/City | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | ||
| 1 | 2 |
|
GM | Bologan Victor | MDA | 2574 | Republic of Moldova | 6,0 | 28,0 | 29,0 |
| 2 | 1 |
|
GM | Van Wely Loek | NED | 2620 | Netherlands | 5,5 | 28,0 | 31,0 |
| 3 | 5 |
|
Manukian Artak | ARM | 2196 | Armenia | 5,0 | 28,0 | 28,5 | |
| 4 | 29 |
|
Shtepa Sergey | UKR | 2142 | Ukraine | 5,0 | 27,5 | 30,5 | |
| 5 | 3 |
|
GM | Stefanova Antoaneta | BUL | 2470 | Bulgaria | 4,5 | 29,0 | 32,5 |
| 6 | 26 |
|
Hayrapetyan Mkhitar | ARM | 0 | Armenia | 4,5 | 25,0 | 28,0 | |
| 7 | 19 |
|
Garcia Del Blanco Iban | ESP | 0 | European | 4,5 | 24,0 | 26,5 | |
| 8 | 4 |
|
WFM | Movileanu Daniela* | ITA | 2239 | European | 4,5 | 23,5 | 25,5 |
| 9 | 18 |
|
Mamoulakis Haralabos | GRE | 0 | Greece | 4,5 | 21,0 | 21,5 | |
| 10 | 7 |
|
Surplys Giedrius | LTU | 2010 | Lithuania | 4,0 | 26,0 | 28,0 | |
| 11 | 8 |
|
Sefcik Marek | SVK | 2001 | Slovakia | 4,0 | 25,0 | 25,5 | |
| 12 | 12 |
|
Davtyan Artur | ARM | 0 | Armenia | 4,0 | 22,0 | 23,0 | |
| 13 | 32 |
|
Batrincea Vlad | MDA | 0 | Republic of Moldova | 3,5 | 24,0 | 26,5 | |
| 14 | 25 |
|
Brglez Milan | SLO | 1756 | European | 3,0 | 27,0 | 30,5 | |
| 15 | 9 |
|
Klaus Vaclav | CZE | 1964 | Czech Republic | 3,0 | 23,5 | 26,0 | |
| 16 | 14 |
|
Nielsson Brynjar Thor | ISL | 0 | Iceland | 3,0 | 23,5 | 24,0 | |
| 17 | 11 |
|
Darau Ambrozie Irineu | ROU | 0 | Romania | 3,0 | 21,5 | 22,5 | |
| 18 | 17 |
|
Lubinets Dmytro | UKR | 0 | Ukraine | 3,0 | 19,5 | 20,0 | |
| 19 | 27 |
|
Pasichnyi Oleksandr | UKR | 0 | Ukraine | 3,0 | 18,5 | 19,0 | |
| 20 | 28 |
|
Magnusson Pall | ISL | 0 | Iceland | 2,5 | 20,5 | 21,0 |
