The Campeonato Absoluto de Cataluña 2013 is taking place on 4th – 11th May at the Local de la Federació Catalana d’Escacs (Sant Adrià, 20 de Barcelona), Spain.
The event is being played under the knock-out format with a classical time control between the 16 qualified players to this prestigious local tournament. In case of a tie in the first two encounters, a set of accelerated games is used to determine the winner.
First seed GM Miguel Illescas was eliminated in the quarterfinals by GM Orelvis Pérez.
In the semifinal, besides Perez, we find IM Lázaro Lorenzo de la Riva, GM Josep Manuel López and second seed GM Álvar Alonso.
Defending champion GM Miguel Muñoz Pantoja has also been eliminated.
Participants:
| 1 | GM | Illescas Cordoba Miguel | ESP | 2620 |
| 2 | GM | Alonso Rosell Alvar | ESP | 2547 |
| 3 | GM | Narciso Dublan Marc | ESP | 2542 |
| 4 | GM | Alsina Leal Daniel | ESP | 2540 |
| 5 | GM | Moskalenko Viktor | ESP | 2539 |
| 6 | GM | Lopez Martinez Josep Manuel | ESP | 2535 |
| 7 | IM | Fluvia Poyatos Joan | ESP | 2492 |
| 8 | GM | Perez Mitjans Orelvis | ESP | 2483 |
| 9 | IM | Gual Pascual Antonio | ESP | 2468 |
| 10 | GM | Munoz Pantoja Miguel | ESP | 2455 |
| 11 | IM | Fluvia Poyatos Jordi | ESP | 2453 |
| 12 | IM | Lorenzo De La Riva Lazaro | ESP | 2423 |
| 13 | IM | Beltran Rueda Santiago | ESP | 2417 |
| 14 | FM | Lillo Castany Victor | ESP | 2327 |
| 15 | MK | Ramon Solans Albert | ESP | 2316 |
| 16 | WFM | Alfonso Nogue Beatriz | ESP | 2087 |
