GM Dragan Paunovic winner in Valladolid

GM Dragan Paunovic winner in Valladolid

The 7th Torneo Internacional de Ajedrez de Valladolid took place on 27th November in Hotel “Novotel” in Valladolid, Spain.

The tournament with 112 participants was played over 8 rounds of Swiss system with the time control of 15 min + 5 sec increment. There were more than 30 money prizes with 500 EUR reserved for the first place.

GM Dragan Paunovic’s last round victory against the famous trainer IM Boris Zlotnik pushed him ahead of the rest of the field for a clear first place with 7.0 points.

Final top standings:

1 GM Paunovic Dragan SRB 2528 – 7
2 GM Granda Zuñiga Julio E. PER 2636 – 6.5
3 GM Khamrakulov Ibragim S. ESP 2518 – 6.5
4 FM Gonzalez De La Nava Amador ESP 2295 – 6.5
5 IM Zlotnik Boris A. RUS 2433 – 6
6 GM Cifuentes Parada Roberto ESP 2523 – 6
7 FM Andres Gonzalez Ivan ESP 2318 – 6
8 IM Roa Alonso Santiago ESP 2418 – 6
9 IM Barria Zuniga Daniel CHI 2438 – 6
10 FM Martin Fuentes Alberto ESP 2307 – 6
11 De Lucas Bello Federico ESP 2065 – 6
12 Iglesias Leon Francisco Javier ESP 2240 – 6
13 FM Sande Edreira Jose Antonio ESP 2356 – 6
14 IM Del Rey Diego ESP 2371 – 6
15 Ruiz Maraña Alejandro ESP 2195 – 6
16 GM Barsov Alexei UZB 2530 – 5.5
17 Marcos Pinto Luis ESP 2191 – 5.5
18 IM Sanz Alonso Francisco Javier ESP 2386 – 5.5

Plaskett and Matamoros share first in the 34th Open Vicente Bonil de Albox

Grandmasters Plaskett and Matamoros share first in the 34th Open Vicente Bonil de Albox

The 34th Open Internacional Vicente Bonil de Albox was held on 27th November in Albox, Almería province, Spain. The tournament was played over 8 rounds with the time control 20 min + 5 sec per player. The organizer was Club Ajedrez Vicente Bonil de Albox.

82 players took participation and among them were six Grandmasters. The tournament was also valid for the Andalusian Rapid Chess Championship.

GM Carlos Matamoros managed to win in the last 8th round and catch the “millionaire” GM James Plaskett on the shared first place. Plaskett is declared winner on better tie-break criteria.

Top three prizes are 1.000 €, 600 € and 400 €, respectively.

Final top 15 standings:

1 GM Plaskett H James ENG 2480 – 7
2 GM Matamoros Franco Carlos S ECU 2555 – 7
3 IM Burgos Figueroa Carlos E ESA 2303 – 6.5
4 GM Rizouk Aimen ALG 2539 – 6
5 GM Kogan Arthur ISR 2572 – 6
6 IM Granero Roca Antonio VAL 2432 – 6
7 GM Rodriguez Guerrero Enrique AND 2454 – 5.5
8 GM Oratovsky Michael ISR 2522 – 5.5
9 FM Ferrer Sanchez Pedro Jesus AND 2156 – 5.5
10 Rioboo De Larriva Alvaro AND 2257 – 5.5
11 Puertas Martin Savins AND 2081 – 5.5
12 Ruiz Sanchez Andres AND 2185 – 5.5
13 WIM Dauletova Gulmira KAZ 2283 – 5.5
14 FM Garcia Jimenez Francisco Javie AND 2312 – 5.5
15 Cantos Conejero Jose Miguel AND 2024 – 5.5
16 Arboledas Fernandez Antonio A AND 2137 – 5.5
17 WIM Gutierrez Castillo Paloma AND 2133 – 5.5

CECLUB Division de Honor

CECLUB Division de Honor

The Spanish Club Chess Championship finals, aka CECLUB Division de Honor are currently being held in the city of Melilla. Seven teams with over 40 GMs, 12 of which over 2700 ELO, are competing for the highest title of the season in Spain.

CA Sestao Naturgas Energia and Colegio Markote-EIKM are leading the table after 2 rounds, with one win and one draw each.

The ongoing round and all games from the CECLUB event can be seen with computer analysis in the Spanish Version of Chessdom.

CECLUB team composition

1. Gros Xake Taldea (RtgAvg:2691 / TB1: 2 / TB2: 3.5)
Bo.		Name	Rtg	FED
1	GM	Ponomariov Ruslan	2723	UKR
2	GM	Shirov Alexei	2705	ESP
3	GM	Bacrot Etienne	2714	FRA
4	GM	Van Wely Loek	2686	NED
5	GM	Kasimdzhanov Rustam	2675	UZB
6	GM	Bauer Christian	2641	FRA
7	GM	San Segundo Carrillo Pablo	2509	ESP
8	IM	Franco Alonso Alejandro	2454	ESP
9	IM	Gonzalez De La Torre Santiago	2431	ESP
10	IM	Argandoña Riveiro Iñigo	2387	ESP
11	FM	Martin Alvarez Iñigo	2262	ESP
2. CA Reverte Albox (RtgAvg:2580 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 4)
Bo.		Name	Rtg	FED
1	GM	Dreev Aleksey	2710	RUS
2	GM	Mchedlishvili Mikheil	2636	GEO
3	GM	Krasenkow Michal	2608	POL
4	GM	Rivas Pastor Manuel	2556	ESP
5	IM	Ibarra Jerez Jose Carlos	2515	ESP
6	GM	Lalic Bogdan	2454	CRO
7		Galindo Rodriguez Francisco	2237	ESP
8		Rubio Tapia Jose Juan	2102	ESP
9		Martinez Sola Juan	2090	ESP
10		Capel Fernandez Manuel	1901	ESP
11		Lozano Vita Jesus	1828	ESP
12		Jimenez Del Pino Alejandro	0	ESP
3. Colegio Markote-EIKM (RtgAvg:2695 / TB1: 3 / TB2: 7)
Bo.		Name	Rtg	FED
1	GM	Gashimov Vugar	2757	AZE
2	GM	Vallejo Pons Francisco	2705	ESP
3	GM	Naiditsch Arkadij	2712	GER
4	GM	Jobava Baadur	2678	GEO
5	GM	Inarkiev Ernesto	2686	RUS
6	GM	Salgado Lopez Ivan	2621	ESP
7	GM	Graf Alexander	2633	GER
8	GM	Galego Luis	2482	POR
9		Outerelo Ucha Manuel	2197	ESP
10		Marcote Nunez Jesus Javier	2102	ESP
4. CA Linex-Magic (RtgAvg:2550 / TB1: 2 / TB2: 5.5)
Bo.		Name	Rtg	FED
1	GM	Sargissian Gabriel	2671	ARM
2	GM	Bologan Viktor	2665	MDA
3	GM	Svetushkin Dmitry	2621	MDA
4	GM	Perez Candelario Manuel	2558	ESP
5	IM	Rocha Sergio	2410	POR
6	IM	Carrasco Martinez Juan M.	2375	ESP
7		Garcia Loro Marcos J.	2073	ESP
8		Montero Aleu Juan Antonio	1967	ESP
5. Cajacanarias (RtgAvg:2596 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 1.5)
Bo.		Name	Rtg	FED
1	GM	Fedorchuk Sergey A.	2632	UKR
2	GM	Kuzubov Yuriy	2621	UKR
3	GM	Aleksandrov Aleksej	2626	BLR
4	GM	Illescas Cordoba Miguel	2609	ESP
5	GM	Korneev Oleg	2608	RUS
6	GM	Vera Gonzalez-Quevedo Reynaldo	2482	CUB
7	GM	Fernandez Garcia Jose Luis	2434	ESP
8	IM	Cabrera Trujillo Jorge Juan	2353	ESP
9	IM	Villavicencio Martinez Adalber	2308	ESP
10		Meneses Gonzalez Kevin	2247	ESP
11		Molina Rodriguez Borja	2123	ESP
12		Perez Barreto Adrian	1940	ESP
6. CA Solvay (RtgAvg:2584 / TB1: 2 / TB2: 7)
Bo.		Name	Rtg	FED
1	GM	Harikrishna P	2673	IND
2	GM	Ganguly Surya Shekhar	2625	IND
3	GM	Negi Parimarjan	2617	IND
4	GM	Delchev Aleksander	2629	BUL
5	GM	Ubilava Elizbar	2527	ESP
6	IM	Bernal Moro Luis Javier	2431	ESP
7	FM	Ramo Frontiñan Cristobal	2326	ESP
8	FM	Martin Fuentes Alberto	2307	ESP
9		Perez Lopez Jesus Maria	2280	ESP
10		Tejedor Fuentes Enrique	2225	ESP
11		Pozueta Alegria Adrian	2098	ESP
12		Gonzalez Laso Adrian	2066	ESP
7. CA Sestao Naturgas Energia (RtgAvg:2705 / TB1: 3 / TB2: 7.5)
Bo.		Name	Rtg	FED
1	GM	Nakamura Hikaru	2758	USA
2	GM	Dominguez Perez Leinier	2712	CUB
3	GM	Vachier-Lagrave Maxime	2710	FRA
4	GM	Giri Anish	2714	NED
5	GM	Moiseenko Alexander	2715	UKR
6	GM	Edouard Romain	2621	FRA
7	GM	Conquest Stuart	2521	ENG
8	GM	Del Rio De Angelis Salvador G	2534	ESP
9	GM	Romero Holmes Alfonso	2488	ESP
10	GM	Gomez Esteban Juan Mario	2488	ESP
11		Del Olmo Alonso Miguel Angel	0	ESP

34th Open Internacional Vicente Bonil de Albox

34th Open Internacional Vicente Bonil de Albox

The 34th Open Internacional Vicente Bonil de Albox is scheduled to take place on 27th November in Albox, Almería province, Spain. The tournament will be played over 8 rounds with the time control 20 min + 5 sec per player.

The organizer is Club Ajedrez Vicente Bonil de Albox. 66 players are pre-registered and among them are five Grandmasters (list bellow). The tournament is also valid for the Andalusian Rapid Chess Championship and the best local finisher will be declared champion.

Top three prizes are 1.000 €, 600 € and 400 €, respectively.

On the same day the 7th Valladolid International Rapid will take place.

Top 10 seeds:

1 GM Kogan Arthur ISR 2572
2 GM Matamoros Franco Carlos S ECU 2555
3 GM Rizouk Aimen ALG 2539
4 GM Plaskett H James ENG 2480
5 GM Rodriguez Guerrero Enrique AND 2454
6 IM Granero Roca Antonio VAL 2432
7 IM Kovacevic Slobodan SRB 2321
8 FM Garcia Jimenez Francisco Javie AND 2312
9 IM Burgos Figueroa Carlos E ESA 2303
10 WIM Dauletova Gulmira KAZ 2283

7th Valladolid International

7th Valladolid International

The 7th Torneo Internacional de Ajedrez de Valladolid is scheduled to take place on 27th November in Hotel “Novotel” in Valladolid, Spain.

The tournament will be played over 8 rounds of Swiss system with the time control of 15 min + 5 sec increment. There will be more than 30 money prizes with 500 EUR reserved for the first place.

Pre-registered (top 10) players:

1 GM Granda Zuñiga Julio E. PER 2636
2 GM Barsov Alexei UZB 2530
3 GM Paunovic Dragan SRB 2528
4 GM Cifuentes Parada Roberto ESP 2523
5 GM Khamrakulov Ibragim S. ESP 2518
6 IM Barria Zuniga Daniel CHI 2438
7 IM Zlotnik Boris A. RUS 2433
8 IM Roa Alonso Santiago ESP 2418
9 FM Sande Edreira Jose Antonio ESP 2356
10 FM Santos Latasa Jaime ESP 2351

Upset galore

What if someone would have told you before round 4 at the European Team Championship that Spain will hold Azerbaijan while Bulgaria and Germany will crush Russia and Ukraine? Would you have believed it? Well, it did happen.

Illescas defeated Guisenov to give Spain a 2-2 tie against Azerbaijan.

But the bigger news is Topalov, Cheparinov, and Delchev defeated Svidler, Karjakin, and Morozevich to give Bulgaria a 3-1 win over Russia.

However, the biggest news of the round is Germany with wins by Naiditsch, Meier (Texas Tech freshman), and Gustafsson over Ponomariov, Eljanov, and Efimenko crushed Ukraine 3.5 - 0.5!

What a day at the European Team Championship!

IM Alvar Alonso Rosell wins Spanish Championship

The 76th Spanish Chess Championship was held from 15th to 23rd October in Arenal den Castell, Menorca. 53 players competed in the 9-round Swiss event.

GM Miguel Illescas, also top seed in the Championship, held the lead throughout the tournament, but in the last round he drew IM Olga Alexandrova and allowed IM Alvar Alonso Rosell to catch on the shared first place with 7 points each.

Alonso Rosell grabs the winner's trophy on better tie-break. He also takes 3000 EUR home.

Official website

Final top 25 standings:

1 IM Alonso Rosell Alvar 2501 - 7
2 GM Illescas Cordoba Miguel 2601 - 7
3 IM Alexandrova Olga 2392 - 6.5
4 GM Perez Candelario Manuel 2556 - 6
5 GM Arizmendi Martinez Julen Luis 2568 - 6
6 GM Del Rio De Angelis Salvador G 2527 - 6
7 GM Cifuentes Parada Roberto 2518 - 6
8 GM Lopez Martinez Josep Manuel 2519 - 6
9 IM Moreno Ruiz Javier 2536 - 5.5
10 GM De La Villa Garcia Jesus Maria 2486 - 5.5
11 IM Gonzalez De La Torre Santiago 2445 - 5.5
12 IM Carrasco Martinez Juan M 2374 - 5.5
13 FM Fenollar Jorda Manuel 2352 - 5.5
14 Fernandez Garcia Jose Miguel 2325 - 5.5
15 Meneses Gonzalez Kevin Moises 2192 - 5.5
16 IM Mascaro March Pedro 2391 - 5.5
17 Ladron De Guevara Pinto Paolo 2292 - 5.5
18 GM Vila Gazquez Xavier 2465 - 5
19 IM Teran Alvarez Ismael 2435 - 5
20 IM Espinosa Aranda Angel 2398 - 5
21 IM Garza Marco Sergio 2402 - 5
22 FM Pazos Porta Antonio 2310 - 5
23 Gutierrez Olivares Daniel 2257 - 5
24 FM Cubas Pons Juan Miguel 2340 - 5
25 FM Espineira Gonzalez Diego 2399 - 5