The 3rd Azores International Chess Open is scheduled to take place from March 29 to April 2, 2016, in Pavilhão do Mar – Ponta Delgada, S. Miguel, Azores.
The event is organized by AXRA Azores and AX Portugal in a 7-round Swiss FIDE format and a prize fund in the amount of 3,000 EUR will be awarded to the winners.
Preliminary list of players:
1 GM SPRAGGETT Kevin Barry CAN 2522
2 GM FRANCO OCAMPOS Zenon PAR 2507
3 IM FERREIRA Jorge João Viterbo POR 2493
4 IM DIAS Paulo Jorge Guimaraes POR 2375
5 CM DIAS Ivo Rodrigues POR 2257
6 WIM HERNANDEZ ESTEVEZ Yudania ESP 2220
7 NM SANTOS José Luis Machado Alve POR 2151
8 COSTA Paulo Jorge Lopes Da POR 2114
9 SANTIAGO PEREIRA Miguel Angel ESP 1945
10 GUERRA José António Goulart D POR 1778
11 CAMPOS Rui Carlos De Oliveira POR 1774
12 ANDRADE Cristóvão Almeida POR 1641
13 CRUZ António Carlos Quental C POR 1622
14 GARCIA ALVAREZ Paula ESP 1548
15 MELO Luis Miguel Soares POR 0
16 REGO João Rui Farias Soares D POR 1499
17 BELCHIOR Nuno Miguel Bettenco POR 1472
18 MELO Fernando José Soares POR 1379
19 GUERRA Rui Pedro POR 1370
