Peruvian GM Cristhian Cruz maintained the good form he showed at the beginning of the XXXVI Abierto Internacional de Barberá del Vallés to finish in clear first place.
The tournament was played on 4th – 12th July at the chess club of this Catalan city, C/ Torre d´en Gorgs Nº 40. 9 rounds of Swiss system pairings were the rule in the main group.
Cruz finished on 7.5/9 to leave his closest followers half a point behind. A final draw against Indian IM Shardul Gagare was enough to secure first prize in this strong open. His rating performance of 2702 was enough to earn 22 points for the next FIDE rating list.
First seed Isan Ortiz and local Marc Narciso finished on second and third place, respectively, both on 7/9 points.
Francesc Nieto finished first in the B Group, while Francesc Garnica was the winner in the C Group.
Final Standings:
1 | GM | Cruz Cristhian | PER | 2499 | 7.5 |
2 | GM | Ortiz Suarez Isan Reynaldo | CUB | 2612 | 7 |
3 | GM | Narciso Dublan Marc | ESP | 2536 | 7 |
4 | IM | Gagare Shardul | IND | 2419 | 6.5 |
5 | IM | Tania Sachdev | IND | 2430 | 6.5 |
6 | IM | Narayanan Srinath | IND | 2475 | 6.5 |
7 | GM | Ivanov Sergey | RUS | 2555 | 6 |
8 | GM | Flores Rios Mauricio | CHI | 2492 | 6 |
9 | GM | Grigoryan Karen H. | ARM | 2550 | 6 |
10 | GM | Lopez Martinez Josep Manuel | ESP | 2547 | 6 |
11 | IM | Rios Cristhian Camilo | COL | 2360 | 6 |
12 | GM | Perez Mitjans Orelvis | ESP | 2495 | 6 |
13 | IM | Prasca Sosa Rafael | VEN | 2426 | 6 |
14 | IM | Valdes Leonardo | CRC | 2444 | 6 |
15 | IM | Saptarshi Roy | IND | 2447 | 5.5 |
16 | IM | Aloma Vidal Robert | ESP | 2421 | 5.5 |
17 | GM | Hayrapetyan Hovik | ARM | 2486 | 5.5 |
18 | IM | Perpinya Rofes Lluis Maria | ESP | 2400 | 5.5 |
19 | FM | Thakur Akash | IND | 2234 | 5.5 |
20 | GM | Laxman R.R. | IND | 2401 | 5.5 |
21 | Abhishek Kelkar | IND | 2274 | 5.5 | |
22 | IM | Sequera Paolini Jose | VEN | 2394 | 5.5 |
23 | IM | Escobar Forero Alder | COL | 2466 | 5.5 |
24 | GM | Cabrera Alexis | ESP | 2525 | 5 |
25 | IM | Pulvett Daniel | VEN | 2405 | 5 |
26 | IM | Asis Gargatagli Hipolito | ESP | 2487 | 5 |
27 | IM | Satyapragyan Swayangsu | IND | 2464 | 5 |
28 | IM | Vehi Bach Victor Manuel | ESP | 2308 | 5 |
29 | Aryan Chopra | IND | 2122 | 5 | |
30 | FM | Cruz Lledo Pablo | ESP | 2258 | 5 |
31 | FM | Larsen Karsten | DEN | 2270 | 5 |
32 | IM | Vassallo Barroche Mauricio | ESP | 2434 | 5 |
33 | IM | Bergez Luc | FRA | 2395 | 5 |
34 | Rishi Sardana | IND | 2316 | 5 | |
35 | Garriga Cazorla Pere | ESP | 2071 | 5 | |
36 | IM | Fluvia Poyatos Jordi | ESP | 2445 | 5 |
37 | Dalo Hermes | VEN | 2148 | 5 | |
38 | IM | Lorenzo De La Riva Lazaro | ESP | 2433 | 5 |
39 | IM | Alonso Moyano Jonathan | ESP | 2420 | 5 |
40 | FM | Martynov Pavel | RUS | 2321 | 4.5 |
41 | FM | Martinez Ramirez Erik | ESP | 2306 | 4.5 |
42 | IM | Sanchez Guirado Francisco | ESP | 2339 | 4.5 |
43 | FM | Plukkel Sjoerd | NED | 2314 | 4.5 |
44 | Basencyan Mark | ARM | 2130 | 4.5 | |
45 | Iagar Razvan-Gabriel | ROU | 2190 | 4.5 | |
46 | MK | Carrasco Rodriguez Jesus | ESP | 2183 | 4.5 |
47 | WIM | Salazar Aura Cristina | COL | 2200 | 4 |
48 | WFM | Raghavi N. | IND | 2097 | 4 |
49 | FM | Gomez Jurado Luis Alberto | ESP | 2273 | 4 |
50 | Bijlsma Nick | NED | 2166 | 4 | |
51 | FM | Anurag Mhamal | IND | 2418 | 4 |
52 | MK | Perez Manas Benjamin | ESP | 2307 | 4 |
53 | Jaramillo Ochoa Mateo | COL | 2074 | 4 | |
54 | Smith Thijmen | NED | 2193 | 4 | |
55 | CM | Arjun Bharat | IND | 2298 | 4 |
56 | Jordan Arenas Manuel | ESP | 2153 | 4 | |
57 | Porta Tovar Oriol | ESP | 2113 | 4 | |
58 | IM | Van Riemsdijk Herman C. | BRA | 2367 | 4 |
59 | Navarrete Espi Samuel | ESP | 2214 | 4 | |
60 | WIM | Bivol Alina | RUS | 2207 | 3.5 |
61 | FM | Ruiz Aguilar Pablo Alexander | COL | 2307 | 3.5 |
62 | FM | Capellades Subirana Marc | ESP | 2260 | 3.5 |
63 | Ventura Bolet Maxim | ESP | 2045 | 3.5 | |
64 | Garcia Playa David | ESP | 2005 | 3.5 | |
65 | MK | Diaz Camallonga Carles | ESP | 2216 | 3.5 |
66 | MK | Lacasta Palacio Joaquim | ESP | 2171 | 3.5 |
67 | WIM | Real Pereyra Diana Carime | MEX | 2076 | 3.5 |
68 | MK | Gonzalez Fuente Carlos | ESP | 2269 | 3 |
69 | MK | Amores Gago Javier | ESP | 2167 | 3 |
70 | MK | Fernandez Diaz Cristian | ESP | 2144 | 3 |
71 | FM | Yakushev Vladimir | RUS | 2111 | 3 |
72 | NM | Ridameya Tatche Jose Miguel | ESP | 1991 | 3 |
73 | Sanchez Dengra Jose Maria | ESP | 2134 | 3 | |
74 | MK | Gutierrez Anso Jose | ESP | 2068 | 3 |
75 | Sayrol Clols Josep Maria | ESP | 2117 | 3 | |
76 | MK | Castells Briones Miquel | ESP | 1959 | 2.5 |
77 | Saez Coma Alejandro | ESP | 2025 | 2.5 | |
78 | FM | Avila Jimenez Xavier | ESP | 2242 | 2.5 |
79 | Varela La Madrid Maria | VEN | 1927 | 2 | |
80 | Molina Morena Antonio | ESP | 2174 | 2 | |
81 | Jareno Badenas Aleix | ESP | 2114 | 2 | |
82 | MK | Campos Cayuelas Marc | ESP | 2106 | 1.5 |
83 | MK | Obon Temprano Sergi | ESP | 2301 | 0 |
