Gukesh D wins Menorca Open and becomes the youngest Indian ever to break into World Top 100

15-year-old Indian Grandmaster Gukesh D won the 1st Chess Menorca Open which was played from 20th to 24th April 2022 at Hotel Princesa Playa, Menorca, Spain.

Gukesh scored 6 points to be the sole winner of the event and the outstanding performance brought him 13.4 rating points. With live rating of 2660, Gukesh leaped to the 80th position on the world live rating list, thus becoming the youngest Indian to break into World Top 100 in the live ratings.

Love Spain?….kind to me?
2nd Title in a row and my 3rd open title in Spain overall in addition to my World under 12 title again here in 2018!

— Gukesh D (@DGukesh) April 24, 2022

15-year-old @DGukesh becomes the youngest Indian ever to break into World Top 100https://t.co/8AGxJkE6zz

— ChessBase India (@ChessbaseIndia) April 22, 2022

1st Chess Menorca Open 2022 final rankings:

1	GM	Gukesh D	IND	2637	6	30	24	26
2	GM	Aryan Chopra	IND	2592	5.5	31	25	25
3	GM	Sargsyan Shant	ARM	2639	5.5	31	25	24
4	GM	Martirosyan Haik M.	ARM	2633	5.5	30	24	24
5	GM	Sethuraman S.P.	IND	2610	5.5	30	24	24
6	GM	Santos Latasa Jaime	ESP	2656	5.5	29	24	24
7	GM	Sadhwani Raunak	IND	2628	5.5	29	23	24
8	GM	Nihal Sarin	IND	2648	5.5	28	23	23
9	GM	Erigaisi Arjun	IND	2675	5	30	25	23
10	GM	Adhiban B.	IND	2633	5	30	24	23
11	GM	Santos Ruiz Miguel	ESP	2597	5	29	23	23
12	GM	Vasquez Schroeder Rodrigo	CHI	2500	5	27	22	21
13	IM	Iermito Sebastian	ARG	2525	5	27	21	22
14	FM	Garcia Ramos Daniel	ESP	2429	5	27	21	21
15	GM	Budisavljevic Luka	SRB	2509	5	25	20	20
16	WIM	Alinasab Mobina	IRI	2355	5	24	19	19
17	GM	Heimann Andreas	GER	2583	4.5	29	23	21
18	GM	Alonso Rosell Alvar	ESP	2564	4.5	28	22	22
19	IM	Baskin Robert	GER	2393	4.5	28	22	21
20	GM	Batsiashvili Nino	GEO	2463	4.5	28	22	20
21	IM	Grigorian Spartak	GER	2470	4.5	27	22	20
22	GM	De La Riva Aguado Oscar	AND	2429	4.5	27	22	19
23	GM	Cuenca Jimenez Jose Fernando	ESP	2558	4.5	27	22	20
24	IM	Peng Li Min	UKR	2517	4.5	27	21	21
25	WIM	Chumpitaz Ann	PER	2244	4.5	27	21	20
26	IM	Rahal Michael A	ESP	2329	4.5	26	21	19
27	FM	Dubkov Andrej	GER	2332	4.5	26	20	19
28	FM	Martin Barcelo Carles	ESP	2228	4.5	26	21	18
29	IM	Kosakowski Jakub	POL	2452	4.5	26	21	19
30	IM	Sosa Tomas	ARG	2554	4.5	26	20	20
31	IM	Garriga Cazorla Pere	ESP	2504	4.5	26	20	20
32	GM	Nasuta Grzegorz	POL	2518	4.5	25	21	20
33		Brown Thomas	WLS	2173	4.5	25	21	19
34	IM	Minzer Claudio Javier	ARG	2427	4.5	25	20	19
35	FM	Alonso Garcia Aaron	ESP	2361	4.5	25	20	19
36	WFM	Galvan Cipriani Viviana	ESP	1937	4.5	24	20	16
37	FM	Barzen Pascal	GER	2324	4.5	23	17	17
38		Campins Machado Francesc	ESP	2163	4.5	22	18	17
39	FM	Jimenez Ruano Adrian	ESP	2245	4	27	21	18
40	WGM	Nandhidhaa P V	IND	2291	4	26	21	18
41		Martinez Piqueras Carlos	ESP	2193	4	26	21	18
42		Aguado Doncel Pablo Luis	ESP	2123	4	26	21	16
43	GM	Narciso Dublan Marc	ESP	2477	4	25	20	19
44		Laux Dominik	GER	2260	4	25	20	18
45	FM	Schenderowitsch Michael	GER	2335	4	25	20	18
46		Frederic Clement	FRA	2210	4	24	20	17
47	FM	Cubas Pons Juan Miguel	ESP	2125	4	24	19	17
48	CM	Kett Tim	WLS	2168	4	24	19	16
49		Alvarez Albiol Victor	ESP	2366	4	23	19	17
50		Van Der Valk Niklas	GER	2188	4	23	18	17
51		Kardoeus David	GER	2144	4	23	18	15
52	IM	Pilaj Herwig	AUT	2333	4	23	18	17
53	FM	Koskinen Henri	FIN	2215	4	23	18	17
54	IM	Damia Angelo	ITA	2233	4	23	18	17
55		Aniruddh Chatterjee	IND	2195	4	23	18	16
56		Amengual Perello Jordi	ESP	2164	4	22	17	16
57		Ribera Veganzones Serni	AND	2159	4	21	16	16
58		Cornelisse John	NED	2179	4	21	16	15
59		Raptis Filippos	BEL	1915	4	20	15	12
60		Pousada Garcia Daniel	ESP	1924	4	19	15	12
61	GM	Romanishin Oleg M	UKR	2415	3.5	28	23	19
62		Hagner Bennet	GER	2151	3.5	25	20	17
63		Ermachenko Manuel	ESP	2125	3.5	23	19	15
64		Gonzalvez Tamarit Ruben	ESP	2076	3.5	23	18	13
65		Comellas Martos Lidia	ESP	2103	3.5	23	18	13
66		Morros Faura Ricard	ESP	2233	3.5	23	18	14
67		Queirolo Perez Manuel	ESP	2120	3.5	23	17	14
68		Perea Fruet Lorenzo	ESP	2239	3.5	22	18	16
69	FM	Paasikangas Johanna	FIN	2164	3.5	22	18	15
70		Ponseti Lluch Joan	ESP	1941	3.5	22	17	13
71		Barranco Cara Francisco Javier	ESP	2188	3.5	21	16	15
72		Vinent Juanico Marc	ESP	1827	3.5	21	16	13
73		Sureda Gonzalez Miquel	ESP	1729	3.5	20	16	13
74		Gomila Benejam Teodoro	ESP	1981	3.5	19	15	12
75		Krauchi Romero Martin	ESP	1423	3.5	19	15	13
76		Nieto Foresti Julian	ESP	1556	3.5	18	14	10
77		Prill Gerhard	GER	1909	3.5	18	14	10
78		Follana Albelda Lucia	ESP	1898	3.5	18	14	8.5
79		Perez Bolanos Joel	ESP	2120	3	25	20	14
80		Martinez Rubi Alberto	ESP	2078	3	25	20	13
81		Marin Ferragut Pau	ESP	2120	3	25	19	13
82		Prill Daniel	GER	2214	3	23	18	14
83		Van De Lagemaat Arend	NED	1982	3	23	18	13
84		Ribeiro Bruno	POR	2072	3	23	17	12
85		Garcia Feore Daniel James	ESP	1760	3	22	18	13
86		Yuste Valenzuela Alejandro	ESP	1999	3	22	17	12
87		Jukes Sam	WLS	1850	3	21	17	10
88		Shearsby Jude	ENG	1814	3	21	17	12
89		Vinuesa Sorli Ruben	ESP	2068	3	21	16	9.5
90		Perkampus Laurin	GER	2061	3	21	16	11
91		Fraga Pons Albert Borja	ESP	2019	3	20	16	12
92		Moll Pons Jana	ESP	1731	3	20	16	11
93		Perez Bolanos David	ESP	1943	3	20	15	11
94		Aledo Yanguas David	ESP	1926	3	20	15	11
95	WFM	Lorente Serrano Rosa Adela	ESP	1923	3	19	14	9
96	IM	Mannion Stephen R	SCO	2245	2.5	23	18	13
97		Masip Tressera Oriol	ESP	2156	2.5	23	18	14
98		Zubizarreta Landera Amets	ESP	1855	2.5	23	18	13
99		Faverey Eddy	NED	1623	2.5	22	18	9.5
100		Salord Guillen Joan	ESP	1586	2.5	21	17	9.5
101		Rossello Sanchez Bartolome	ESP	1623	2.5	21	16	11
102		Umaran Del Campo Enrique	ESP	1707	2.5	21	16	9.5
103		Stichlberger Tim	AUT	1848	2.5	20	16	9.5
104		Dias Savin	ENG	1968	2.5	20	15	10
105		Bland David I	ENG	2021	2.5	20	15	9
106		Ribon Calabia Mariano	ESP	1772	2.5	19	15	7
107		Camison Zornoza Cesar	ESP	1892	2.5	19	15	10
108		Altieri Danilo Mario	ITA	1906	2.5	19	14	8
109		Mercadal Benejam Josep	ESP	1807	2.5	19	15	9.5
110		Sureda Gonzalez Cristina	ESP	1762	2.5	18	14	9
111		Clotet Mas Dan	ESP	1910	2.5	18	14	8.5
112		Moll Gener Joan	ESP	1929	2.5	18	14	8.5
113		Arroyo Arellano Antonio	ESP	1944	2.5	18	13	6.5
114	WFM	Samaganova Alexandra	KGZ	1917	2.5	18	13	9.5
115		Hansen Anders Bork	DEN	1991	2.5	18	13	9
116		Coll Fullana Pau	ESP	1787	2.5	18	13	5.5
117		Moerwald Magdalena	AUT	1909	2.5	17	13	7
118		Gerona Maura Jesus	ESP	1743	2.5	17	13	6.5
119		Attinger Roman	NED	1681	2.5	17	13	5.5
120		Fabregas Oliver	GER	1935	2.5	16	11	8
121		Fauland Peter	AUT	2186	2	25	20	13
122	WFM	Rodriguez Redondo Adhara	ESP	2086	2	23	17	9.5
123		Pichler Gerhard	AUT	1731	2	21	17	10
124		Roig Roig Marc	ESP	1789	2	20	16	7.5
125		Bagur Moll Guillem Uriel	ESP	1700	2	19	15	7.5
126		Ormerod Stephen	ENG	1763	2	17	13	5.5
127		Van Staden Mildo	NED	1941	2	15	11	4.5
128		Caliz Morales Felipe	ESP	1665	1.5	19	15	6.5
129		Marin Badenas Vicente	ESP	1702	1.5	18	14	5
130		Ferenczi Robert Frank	ESP	1872	1.5	18	13	5.5
131		Coll Pons Damian	ESP	1882	1.5	18	13	5
132		Oliver Amengual Adria	ESP	1894	1.5	17	13	4.5
133		Tourino Muxi Juan Francisco	ESP	1708	1.5	17	13	5.5
134		Bagur Bosch Maria	ESP	1768	1	19	15	6
135		Najar Arrieta Oriol	ESP	1805	1	19	15	5
136		Ramirez Ramirez Oscar	ESP	1232	1	18	14	6
137		Kollmann Christoph	AUT	2053	0.5	20	15	3

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The 1st Chess Menorca Open was a 7-round Swiss tournament taking place from 20–24 April 2022 in Ciutadella de Menorca, Spain. 137 players from 25 countries fought for the total prize fund of 8.000 euros.

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