The XXXVI Abierto Internacional de Barberá del Vallés is being played on 4th – 12th July at the chess club of this Catalan city, C/ Torre d´en Gorgs Nº 40.
Peruvian GM Christian Cruz is leading the event with 5.5 points after six rounds. He beat two very strong Spanish GMs in the last two rounds in order to rise to the top. He faces Chilean Mauricio Flores in the seventh round in an Andean battle.
Another Latin american player is in sole second place, Cuban Isán Ortiz. He arrived as the first seed and drew his games against Cruz and Indian IM Roy Saptarshi.
It is remarkable that among the ten first places, there are eight different nationalities represented: Peru, Cuba, Chile, Spain, Russia, Armenia, India and Venezuela.
Standings after 6 rounds:
1 | GM | Cruz Cristhian | PER | 2499 | 5.5 |
2 | GM | Ortiz Suarez Isan Reynaldo | CUB | 2612 | 5 |
3 | GM | Narciso Dublan Marc | ESP | 2536 | 4.5 |
4 | GM | Ivanov Sergey | RUS | 2555 | 4.5 |
5 | GM | Flores Rios Mauricio | CHI | 2492 | 4.5 |
6 | GM | Hayrapetyan Hovik | ARM | 2486 | 4.5 |
7 | IM | Gagare Shardul | IND | 2419 | 4.5 |
8 | IM | Aloma Vidal Robert | ESP | 2421 | 4.5 |
9 | IM | Pulvett Daniel | VEN | 2405 | 4.5 |
10 | IM | Saptarshi Roy | IND | 2447 | 4 |
11 | GM | Grigoryan Karen H. | ARM | 2550 | 4 |
12 | GM | Cabrera Alexis | ESP | 2525 | 4 |
13 | IM | Narayanan Srinath | IND | 2475 | 4 |
14 | IM | Rios Cristhian Camilo | COL | 2360 | 4 |
15 | IM | Sequera Paolini Jose | VEN | 2394 | 4 |
16 | IM | Satyapragyan Swayangsu | IND | 2464 | 4 |
17 | IM | Vassallo Barroche Mauricio | ESP | 2434 | 4 |
18 | GM | Laxman R.R. | IND | 2401 | 4 |
19 | Abhishek Kelkar | IND | 2274 | 4 | |
20 | GM | Perez Mitjans Orelvis | ESP | 2495 | 4 |
21 | FM | Anurag Mhamal | IND | 2418 | 4 |
22 | IM | Perpinya Rofes Lluis Maria | ESP | 2400 | 4 |
23 | IM | Asis Gargatagli Hipolito | ESP | 2487 | 3.5 |
24 | Aryan Chopra | IND | 2122 | 3.5 | |
25 | IM | Prasca Sosa Rafael | VEN | 2426 | 3.5 |
26 | IM | Vehi Bach Victor Manuel | ESP | 2308 | 3.5 |
27 | FM | Cruz Lledo Pablo | ESP | 2258 | 3.5 |
28 | IM | Valdes Leonardo | CRC | 2444 | 3.5 |
29 | IM | Tania Sachdev | IND | 2430 | 3.5 |
30 | FM | Martinez Ramirez Erik | ESP | 2306 | 3.5 |
31 | FM | Martynov Pavel | RUS | 2321 | 3.5 |
32 | IM | Bergez Luc | FRA | 2395 | 3.5 |
33 | FM | Gomez Jurado Luis Alberto | ESP | 2273 | 3.5 |
34 | FM | Plukkel Sjoerd | NED | 2314 | 3.5 |
35 | WIM | Salazar Aura Cristina | COL | 2200 | 3 |
36 | GM | Lopez Martinez Josep Manuel | ESP | 2547 | 3 |
37 | WIM | Bivol Alina | RUS | 2207 | 3 |
38 | FM | Thakur Akash | IND | 2234 | 3 |
39 | IM | Sanchez Guirado Francisco | ESP | 2339 | 3 |
40 | MK | Rishi Sardana | IND | 2316 | 3 |
41 | IM | Escobar Forero Alder | COL | 2466 | 3 |
42 | IM | Fluvia Poyatos Jordi | ESP | 2445 | 3 |
43 | MK | Gonzalez Fuente Carlos | ESP | 2269 | 3 |
44 | IM | Alonso Moyano Jonathan | ESP | 2420 | 3 |
45 | Bijlsma Nick | NED | 2166 | 3 | |
46 | FM | Capellades Subirana Marc | ESP | 2260 | 3 |
47 | IM | Lorenzo De La Riva Lazaro | ESP | 2433 | 3 |
48 | MK | Perez Manas Benjamin | ESP | 2307 | 3 |
49 | CM | Arjun Bharat | IND | 2298 | 3 |
50 | FM | Larsen Karsten | DEN | 2270 | 3 |
51 | Smith Thijmen | NED | 2193 | 3 | |
52 | Navarrete Espi Samuel | ESP | 2214 | 3 | |
53 | Garriga Cazorla Pere | ESP | 2071 | 2.5 | |
54 | Ventura Bolet Maxim | ESP | 2045 | 2.5 | |
55 | Dalo Hermes | VEN | 2148 | 2.5 | |
56 | MK | Castells Briones Miquel | ESP | 1959 | 2.5 |
57 | Garcia Playa David | ESP | 2005 | 2.5 | |
58 | FM | Avila Jimenez Xavier | ESP | 2242 | 2.5 |
59 | MK | Diaz Camallonga Carles | ESP | 2216 | 2.5 |
60 | MK | Carrasco Rodriguez Jesus | ESP | 2183 | 2.5 |
61 | WFM | Raghavi N. | IND | 2097 | 2 |
62 | Basencyan Mark | ARM | 2130 | 2 | |
63 | Saez Coma Alejandro | ESP | 2025 | 2 | |
64 | Iagar Razvan-Gabriel | ROU | 2190 | 2 | |
65 | Jaramillo Ochoa Mateo | COL | 2074 | 2 | |
66 | Porta Tovar Oriol | ESP | 2113 | 2 | |
67 | MK | Amores Gago Javier | ESP | 2167 | 2 |
68 | FM | Ruiz Aguilar Pablo Alexander | COL | 2307 | 2 |
69 | Jordan Arenas Manuel | ESP | 2153 | 2 | |
70 | MK | Fernandez Diaz Cristian | ESP | 2144 | 2 |
71 | MK | Lacasta Palacio Joaquim | ESP | 2171 | 2 |
72 | IM | Van Riemsdijk Herman C. | BRA | 2367 | 2 |
73 | NM | Ridameya Tatche Jose Miguel | ESP | 1991 | 2 |
74 | WIM | Real Pereyra Diana Carime | MEX | 2062 | 2 |
75 | Varela La Madrid Maria | VEN | 1927 | 1.5 | |
76 | MK | Campos Cayuelas Marc | ESP | 2106 | 1.5 |
77 | Sanchez Dengra Jose Maria | ESP | 2134 | 1.5 | |
78 | Molina Morena Antonio | ESP | 2174 | 1.5 | |
79 | FM | Yakushev Vladimir | RUS | 2111 | 1 |
80 | Jareno Badenas Aleix | ESP | 2114 | 1 | |
81 | Sayrol Clols Josep Maria | ESP | 2117 | 1 | |
82 | MK | Gutierrez Anso Jose | ESP | 2068 | 1 |
83 | MK | Obon Temprano Sergi | ESP | 2301 | 0 |
