The 1st “Neoclassical Chess” Open Tournament took place on July 19, 2015, at Hotel NH Principe de Vergara – Madrid****, situated in the Spanish capital.
The event was an 8-round Swiss tournament with time control 15′ + 5″.
40 players from 6 different countries took part in the tournament but the Spaniard GM Orelvis Perez Mitjans emerged a clear winner at 6.5 points.
The second place was shared in a three-way tie by FM Pedro Ramon Martinez Reyes of Venezuela, Javier Longa Yauca of Peru and FM Jose Miguel Ortega Ruiz of Spain, after the whole group finished the event with 6 points each.
Neoclassical chess is an evolution of the game of chess. The only difference with chess is that in Neoclassical Chess the first three full moves are obtained in a random manner just before the game starts through a software program designed for this purpose, among positions taken from recent chess master practice and, as a consequence, the game starts on fourth move, by White.
Final standings:
1 GM Perez Mitjans Orelvis 2503 ESP 6½
2 FM Martinez Reyes Pedro Ramon 2314 VEN 6
3 Longa Yauca Javier 2255 PER 6
4 FM Ortega Ruiz Jose Miguel 2432 ESP 6
5 FM Suarez Uriel Adrian 2345 ESP 5½
6 FM Aranda Marin Cristian 2382 ESP 5½
7 IM Barria Zuniga Daniel 2450 CHI 5½
8 Uribe Arteaga Daniel 2260 COL 5½
9 Valles Moreno Ivan 2450 ESP 5
10 Arauz Alonso Fernando 2098 ESP 5
11 Vilarnovo Caamano Jose 2092 ESP 5
12 Sanz Menendez Juan Carlos 1998 ESP 5
13 Coleto Calderon Jose Antonio 2080 ESP 5
14 Barraza Caracuel Ignacio 2166 ESP 4½
15 Garcia Dorado Alberto 2088 ESP 4½
16 Martin Garcia Guillermo 2117 ESP 4½
17 Marin Bellon Federico 2074 ESP 4½
18 Gamez Cenzano Andres 2154 ESP 4
19 Barria Arbunic Manuel 1669 ESP 4
20 Blanco Samaniego Alejandro 1852 ESP 4
21 CM Fernandez De Bobadilla Gabrie 2087 ESP 4
22 Quispe Arteaga Gabriel 1564 ESP 4
23 Gutierrez Diaz Pablo 1753 ESP 4
24 Perez Diez Victor 1841 ESP 4
25 Martin Espeja Jorge J. 1792 ESP 4
26 CM Fernandez De Bobadilla Jaime 2097 ESP 3½
27 Perdomo Araujo Angel Eduardo 2021 VEN 3½
28 Ibanez Moreno Sergio 1844 ESP 3
29 Cuellar Gutierrez Raul 1743 ESP 3
30 Lopez De Turiso Jose Angel 2042 ESP 3
31 Ruiz Rescalvo Jose 1952 ESP 3
32 Martinez Caballero Monica 1653 ESP 3
33 Bento Iglesias Pablo 1700 ESP 3
34 Zhou Lulu 1362 ESP 2½
35 Spitzer Isbert Ramon 2045 ESP 2
36 Afana Adham Jj 2036 PLE 2
37 Perez de Tudela Jose 0 ESP 2
38 Jimenez Manzano Emiliano 1548 ESP 2
39 Valero Perez Gustavo 0 ESP 1
40 Berrocal Exposito Fernando 1815 ESP 0
