XIX International Open Villa de Roquetas

The XIX Internation Open Villa de Roquetas chess tournament will be organized from January 2-6.

Leading participants:
1 GM GRANDA ZUÑIGA Julio PER 2592
2 GM UBILAVA Elizbar ESP 2551
3 GM BARSOV Alexei UZB 2526
4 GM CIFUENTES PARADA Roberto ESP 2499
5 GM MEIJERS Viesturs LAT 2490
6 GM DJURIC Stefan SCG 2463
7 IM GAPONENKO Inna UKR 2440
8 IM COSSIN Sebastien FRA 2437
9 FM DOLEZAL Cristian ARG 2424
10 IM KOVACEVIC Slobodan SCG 2414

Ciudad de Pamplona open category

In the very strong open tournament that is running in parallel, IM Ivan Salgado Lopez was placed first on tie break. Lopez stole a march over several strong GMs such as San Segundo, GRANDA ZUÑIGA, Li Chao, Pogorelov, Krivoshey and others.