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Hans Niemann and Gukesh are top seeded at Menorca Chess 2023

The II Open Internacional Chess Menorca will take place from 11-16 April 2023 in Ciutadella (Menorca), Spain. More than 190 players are registered for now, among them top seeded are Gukesh and Hans Niemann. Additionally, we will see GM Jorden Van Forrest, GM Maksim Chigaev, GM Max Varmerdam, GM Vitaliy Bernadskiy, GM Thai Dai Van Nguyen, GM Rinat Jumabayev, GM Harsha Bharathakoti, GM Aryan Chopra, GM Alexandr Fier, etc. Scroll down for the full participants list. Chessdom will provide daily coverage with live games with analysis here and all the fun happening in our #TweetOftheDay section

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The time control is 90 minutes plus a 30-second increment starting from move one. The total prize fund of 2023’s edition of the tournament is 16 000 EUR with 3000 EUR plus trophy for the winner.

Menorca Chess 2023 participants

1GMGukesh DIND2730
2GMNiemann Hans MokeUSA2706
3GMVan Foreest JordenNED2680
4GMFedoseev VladimirFID2674
5GMNguyen Thai Dai VanCZE2649
6GMBernadskiy VitaliyUKR2619
7GMChigaev MaksimFID2617
8GMJumabayev RinatKAZ2609
9GMHarsha BharathakotiIND2608
10GMAryan ChopraIND2607
11GMWarmerdam MaxNED2605
12GMFier AlexandrBRA2599
13GMCan EmreTUR2594
14GMSantos Ruiz MiguelESP2590
15GMXu XiangyuCHN2587
16GMAlbornoz Cabrera Carlos DanielCUB2586
17GMSanal VahapTUR2582
18GMJacobson BrandonUSA2556
19GMCuenca Jimenez Jose FernandoESP2553
20GMVisakh N RIND2552
21GMKobo OriISR2549
22GMPranav VIND2545
23GMSosa TomasARG2544
24IMIermito SebastianARG2533
25GMPultinevicius PauliusLTU2532
26GMPranav AnandIND2525
27IMBeerdsen ThomasNED2523
28IMKoustav ChatterjeeIND2520
29GMKarthik VenkataramanIND2516
30GMIniyan PIND2515
31GMKrzyzanowski MarcinPOL2511
32GMHenderson De La Fuente LanceAND2506
33GMXu YiCHN2505
34IMAditya MittalIND2505
35IMTiglon BryceUSA2502
36IMVignesh N RIND2497
37IMChen Qi BCHN2493
38GMSolodovnichenko YuriUKR2489
39IMGurel EdizTUR2489
40IMShyaamnikhil PIND2476
41GMRaja Rithvik RIND2472
42IMSousa Andre VenturaPOR2470
43IMSokolovsky YahliISR2464
44IMFernandez Guillen Ernesto J.CUB2461
45GMFirat BurakTUR2456
46FMPanda SambitIND2452
47GMCabrera AlexisESP2450
48IMRozen EytanISR2450
49GMDel Rio De Angelis Salvador G.ESP2449
50IMZhao YuanheCHN2447
51IMDhulipalla Bala Chandra PrasadIND2441
52IMPajeken Jakob LeonGER2441
53FMSeemann JakubPOL2439
54IMPrraneeth VuppalaIND2437
55IMLow Zhen Yu CyrusSGP2425
56IMRamoutar Alan-SafarTTO2425
57Chen PengCHN2425
58Jinan JomonIND2421
59IMPoormosavi Seyed KianIRI2418
60FMMontoliu Cervero FranciscoESP2418
61FMShivakumar ShawnakUSA2418
62WGMVantika AgrawalIND2407
63IMKushagra MohanIND2400
64FMTrost EdvinSWE2398
65IMMohammad Fahad RahmanBAN2396
66IMSiddharth JagadeeshSGP2393
67WGMInjac TeodoraSRB2391
68IMPadmini RoutIND2388
69IMAjay Krishna SIND2382
70IMSidhant MohapatraIND2376
71FMDahl ChristophGER2374
72WGMNandhidhaa P VIND2362
73FMPanesar VedantIND2362
74IMEggleston David JENG2360
75FMDubkov AndrejGER2357
76FMAarav DenglaIND2349
77FMKalogridis AntoniosGRE2342
78WIMKamalidenova MeruertKAZ2342
79WGMAlinasab MobinaIRI2334
80Sanket ChakravartyIND2327
81FMKarthik RajaaIND2302
82Liu ZhaoqiCHN2301
83FMBarzen PascalGER2300
84FMBizhigitov ZhangirKAZ2285
85FMZwahr PaulGER2266
86FMSourath BiswasIND2265
87FMSahithi Varshini MIND2260
88WIMOlde MargarethEST2244
89FMSchenderowitsch MichaelGER2237
90Jojic OliverFRA2235
91IMContin DanielITA2230
92Oberoi ShelevUSA2226
93WIMNurmanova AluaKAZ2224
94FMLaurent Julien G.FRA2223
95FMBorne NielsFRA2212
96Fernandez Gil Marco AntonioESP2208
97De Groote EwoudNED2207
98CMChinguun BayaraaMGL2203
99WIMPujari RuchaIND2195
100WIMBalabayeva XeniyaKAZ2191
101IMMannion Stephen RSCO2190
102Aguado Doncel Pablo LuisESP2189
103Gruenter MartinGER2187
104Campins Machado FrancescESP2176
105WIMPandey SrishtiIND2174
106CMFernandez Garcia GumersindoESP2172
107CMVilliers ThomasENG2160
108FMMahitosh DeyIND2154
109Shundi MatiasUSA2145
110Martinez Piqueras CarlosESP2143
111Sanroman Costas MauroESP2132
112Marin Ferragut PauESP2131
113Salvador Lopez DanielESP2128
114Tripodi EnzoITA2120
115Lauer MariusGER2119
116Saunders AronENG2117
117Halmeenmaki TuomoFIN2114
118Pennica AndreaITA2110
119Fiol Abrines AntonioESP2098
120Maloberti DavidFRA2085
121Grahn VidarSWE2079
122Hobson KennethENG2077
123Manukonda ArunIND2072
124Phatak AanjaneyaIND2070
125Aguilo Benejam AlfredoESP2064
126Queirolo Perez ManuelESP2064
127Balzer LarsGER2054
128CMTulendinov DinmukhammedKAZ2048
129Muellneritsch AntonAUT2047
130Shearsby JudeENG2041
131Sommer JustusGER2024
132Planas Gene JuanESP2019
133Follana Albelda LuciaESP2018
134Garcia Elio JuanESP2012
135Krishnasing AshleyNED2009
136Perez Travieso SaulESP2007
137WFMAydin GulenayTUR2001
138Fraga Pons Albert BorjaESP2000
139Vanduyfhuys IgorBEL1999
140Ponseti Lluch JoanESP1997
141Green MichaelENG1988
142Montesinos Diaz LuisESP1987
143Filipovich DavidCAN1986
144Perez Aleman Pedro TomasESP1986
145Bergero SimoneITA1985
146Adam RafaelCAN1981
147Sereinig EduardAUT1981
148Fathallah JoeWLS1980
149Zhu YaoyaoENG1968
150Moll Gener JoanESP1965
151Hansen Anders BorkDEN1941
152Oliver Amengual AdriaESP1938
153Garcia Martinez JosepESP1935
154Clotet Mas DanESP1907
155Hoebarth GuenterAUT1907
156Vihan ShouryaGER1907
157Suez-Panama GillesFRA1903
158Camps Abadia ArnauESP1901
159Jukes SamWLS1900
160Paragua Megan AltheaUSA1900
161Machin Arbelo Pedro AlexisESP1897
162Coll Fullana PauESP1891
163Krauchi Romero MartinESP1889
164Vicens Company Maria AntoniaESP1888
165Dicen Elis DeneleENG1872
166Antich Fernandez Marta IsabelESP1860
167Hafner BernhardAUT1860
168Sandhu ManvithENG1860
169Pal RohanENG1849
170Liu Tianyi (Jack)ENG1847
171Egli UrsSUI1842
172AGMRoig Roig MarcFRA1840
173Patel ZainENG1833
174Ferenczi Robert FrankESP1826
175Borne FelixFRA1821
176Garcia Feore Daniel JamesESP1812
177Cemborain Oricain AlfonsoESP1795
178Kumar Sanjit SENG1795
179Vinent Juanico MarcESP1794
180Nguyen KhoiBEL1792
181Smith SteveWLS1792
182Sureda Gonzalez MiquelESP1792
183Pelling KyleENG1789
184Umaran Del Campo EnriqueESP1780
185Moll Pons JanaESP1779
186AFMSrivatsan KarthikeyanIND1777
187Murawski JanENG1757
188Bagur Moll Guillem UrielESP1753
189Nieto Foresti JulianESP1739
190Sureda Gonzalez CristinaESP1735
191Perano SimoneITA1728
192Fellowes BillyENG1721
193Mize DylanUSA1714
194Jakhria KushalENG1708
195Ribon Calabia MarianoESP1708
196Miguel AlainFRA1705
197Salord Guillen JoanESP1680
198Da Silva Jose Carlos Peixoto M.BRA1606

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