The 2012 edition of the Spanish club chess championship CECLUB Division de Honor is starting today in Leon, Spain. A total of 85 players and 8 clubs, with more than 60 titled players are participating. Top rated are Grandmasters Ruslan Ponomariov, Leinier Dominguez, Anish Giri, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Ivan Cheparinov, Laurent Fressinet, and Etienne Bacrot, all of them in the 2700 club. Other top players include Rustam Kasimdzhanov, Pentala Harikrishna, Loek Van Wely, Romain Edouard, Gabriel Sargissian, Eduardo Iturrizaga, Christian Bauer, Mikheil Mchedlishvili, Parimarjan Negi, Hicham Hamdouchi, Surya Shekhar Ganguly, Alexandr Shimanov, Anton Kovalyov, etc. Scroll down for the full list.
Games start at 16:30 CET and will be live daily on Chessdom.com with computer analysis. The first round starts at 17:00 CET, as there is 30 minutes opening ceremony before the round.
The CECLUB Division de Honor will have extensive coverage in the Spanish version of Chessdom.
Rules and regulations
The tournament is composed of 8 clubs that will play round robin. The time control is 90 minutes for the first 40 moves, 30 minutes for the rest of the game, and increment of 30 sec/move starting on move 1. The two last clubs in the standings will be relegated to Primera Division.
Press conference before the start of CECLUB Division de Honor 2012 in Leon
| 1. C.E. Foment Martinenc (RtgAvg:2458 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0) | ||||
| Bo. | Name | Rtg | FED | |
| 1 | GM | BRUNELLO Sabino | 2591 | ITA |
| 2 | GM | MARIN Mihail | 2547 | ROU |
| 3 | IM | JEREZ PEREZ Alfonso | 2411 | ESP |
| 4 | IM | TORRECILLAS MARTINEZ Antonio | 2406 | ESP |
| 5 | IM | VALDES Leonardo | 2414 | CRC |
| 6 | WGM | L’AMI Alina | 2381 | ROU |
| 7 | IM | GRANADOS GOMEZ Manuel | 2374 | ESP |
| 8 | FM | SANCHEZ IBERN Marc | 2332 | ESP |
| 9 | DE LA RIVA AGUADO Jorge | 2238 | ESP | |
| 10 | WIM | LLANEZA VEGA Patricia | 2250 | ESP |
| 2. Gros Xake-Taldea (RtgAvg:2682 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0) | ||||
| Bo. | Name | Rtg | FED | |
| 1 | GM | PONOMARIOV Ruslan | 2741 | UKR |
| 2 | GM | BACROT Etienne | 2702 | FRA |
| 3 | GM | KASIMDZHANOV Rustam | 2696 | UZB |
| 4 | GM | VAN WELY Loek | 2691 | NED |
| 5 | GM | BAUER Christian | 2639 | FRA |
| 6 | GM | HAMDOUCHI Hicham | 2623 | FRA |
| 7 | GM | SAN SEGUNDO CARRILLO Pablo | 2509 | ESP |
| 8 | IM | FRANCO ALONSO Alejandro | 2476 | ESP |
| 9 | IM | GONZALEZ DE LA TORRE Santiago | 2441 | ESP |
| 10 | GM | IZETA TXABARRI Felix | 2459 | ESP |
| 11 | IM | ARGANDOÑA RIVEIRO Iñigo | 2405 | ESP |
| 12 | FM | MARTIN ALVAREZ Iñigo | 2304 | ESP |
| 3. C.A. Solvay (RtgAvg:2585 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0) | ||||
| Bo. | Name | Rtg | FED | |
| 1 | GM | HARIKRISHNA Pentala | 2692 | IND |
| 2 | GM | NEGI Parimarjan | 2638 | IND |
| 3 | GM | GANGULY Surya Shekhar | 2619 | IND |
| 4 | GM | DELCHEV Aleksander | 2587 | BUL |
| 5 | GM | UBILAVA Elizbar | 2509 | ESP |
| 6 | GM | DE LA VILLA GARCIA Jesus Maria | 2463 | ESP |
| 7 | IM | BERNAL MORO Luis Javier | 2421 | ESP |
| 8 | FM | RAMO FRONTIÑAN Cristobal | 2328 | ESP |
| 9 | PEREZ LOPEZ Jesus Maria | 2276 | ESP | |
| 10 | GONZALEZ LASO Adrian | 2119 | ESP | |
| 4. Sestao Naturgas Energia (RtgAvg:2675 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0) | ||||
| Bo. | Name | Rtg | FED | |
| 1 | GM | DOMINGUEZ PEREZ Leinier | 2726 | CUB |
| 2 | GM | VACHIER-LAGRAVE Maxime | 2711 | FRA |
| 3 | GM | GIRI Anish | 2715 | NED |
| 4 | GM | FRESSINET Laurent | 2703 | FRA |
| 5 | GM | EDOUARD Romain | 2688 | FRA |
| 6 | GM | DEL RIO DE ANGELIS Salvador G | 2484 | ESP |
| 7 | GM | ROMERO HOLMES Alfonso | 2505 | ESP |
| 8 | GM | GOMEZ ESTEBAN Juan Mario | 2466 | ESP |
| 9 | TRIGO URQUIJO Sergio | 2237 | ESP | |
| 10 | TAMAYO AGUIRRE Enrique | 2138 | ESP | |
| 11 | VIQUEIRA FERNANDEZ Juan | 2070 | ESP | |
| 12 | GUERRERO TAMAYO Luis Alberto | 0 | ESP | |
| 5. Linex-Magic Extremadura (RtgAvg:2575 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0) | ||||
| Bo. | Name | Rtg | FED | |
| 1 | GM | CHEPARINOV Ivan | 2710 | BUL |
| 2 | GM | SARGISSIAN Gabriel | 2679 | ARM |
| 3 | GM | SVETUSHKIN Dmitry | 2589 | MDA |
| 4 | GM | TER-SAHAKYAN Samvel | 2580 | ARM |
| 5 | GM | PEREZ CANDELARIO Manuel | 2579 | ESP |
| 6 | FM | CABEZAS AYALA Ivan | 2315 | ESP |
| 7 | FM | GARCIA-ORTEGA MENDEZ Jose M. | 2307 | ESP |
| 8 | GARCIA LORO Marcos J. | 2073 | ESP | |
| 9 | MONTERO ALEU Juan Antonio | 1950 | ESP | |
| 6. C.A. Reverté Albox (RtgAvg:2566 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0) | ||||
| Bo. | Name | Rtg | FED | |
| 1 | GM | MCHEDLISHVILI Mikheil | 2639 | GEO |
| 2 | GM | SHIMANOV Aleksandr | 2597 | RUS |
| 3 | GM | IVANOV Sergey | 2542 | RUS |
| 4 | GM | RIVAS PASTOR Manuel | 2557 | ESP |
| 5 | IM | GOGANOV Aleksey | 2530 | RUS |
| 6 | IM | IBARRA JEREZ Jose Carlos | 2528 | ESP |
| 7 | GALINDO RODRIGUEZ Francisco | 2232 | ESP | |
| 8 | RUBIO TAPIA Jose Juan | 2115 | ESP | |
| 9 | ORTIZ AVILES Javier | 2039 | ESP | |
| 10 | MARTINEZ SOLA Juan | 2086 | ESP | |
| 11 | LAZARO GARCIA Roberto | 2020 | ESP | |
| 12 | CAPEL FERNANDEZ Manuel | 1901 | ESP | |
| 7. Equigoma Caja Social Catolica (RtgAvg:2530 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0) | ||||
| Bo. | Name | Rtg | FED | |
| 1 | GM | ITURRIZAGA Eduardo | 2656 | VEN |
| 2 | GM | KOVALYOV Anton | 2596 | ARG |
| 3 | GM | FIER Alexandr | 2567 | BRA |
| 4 | IM | CASTELLANOS RODRIGUEZ Renier | 2515 | ESP |
| 5 | IM | ALVAREZ MARQUEZ Johann | 2407 | VEN |
| 6 | FM | CORRAL BLANCO Juan Antonio | 2436 | ESP |
| 7 | FM | HERNANDO PERTIERRA Jose Carlos | 2375 | ESP |
| 8 | FM | GONZALEZ DE LA NAVA Amador | 2262 | ESP |
| 9 | GALAN HERNANDEZ Pedro A. | 2069 | ESP | |
| 10 | DE LA ORDEN ALCOCER Alejandro | 1895 | ESP | |
| 8. C.E. Barcelona Uga (RtgAvg:2485 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0) | ||||
| Bo. | Name | Rtg | FED | |
| 1 | GM | ALSINA LEAL Daniel | 2536 | ESP |
| 2 | IM | FLUVIA POYATOS Joan | 2490 | ESP |
| 3 | IM | CUENCA JIMENEZ Jose Fernando | 2490 | ESP |
| 4 | IM | ASIS GARGATAGLI Hipolit | 2474 | ESP |
| 5 | IM | FLUVIA POYATOS Jordi | 2467 | ESP |
| 6 | GM | VILA GAZQUEZ Xavier | 2455 | ESP |
| 7 | IM | ALEXANDROVA Olga | 2409 | ESP |
| 8 | GM | RODRIGUEZ VARGAS Orestes | 2378 | ESP |
| 9 | IM | MARTIN GONZALEZ Angel | 2336 | ESP |
| 10 | IM | MESTRE BELLIDO Hector | 2317 | ESP |
