Hans Niemann and Gukesh are top seeded at Menorca Chess 2023

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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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We are very excited to announce that @HansMokeNiemann will be at the II Open Chess Menorca. Tournament starts this afternoon 18h. @ConsellMenorca @TurismoMenorca @AjCiutadella @chessable @chess24com @FIDE_chess @AjedrezEspanola pic.twitter.com/uj6o5s1yNA

— Chess Menorca (@ChessMenorca) April 11, 2023

We are very excited to announce that Gukesh D will be at the II Open Chess Menorca defending the title he won in the first edition. Registrations are closed. The time has come. Let the game begin @DGukesh @ConsellMenorca @TurismoMenorca @ChessbaseIndia @Rameshchess @chessable pic.twitter.com/xc6UzDSnQr

— Chess Menorca (@ChessMenorca) April 7, 2023

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

1	GM	Gukesh D	IND	2730
2	GM	Niemann Hans Moke	USA	2706
3	GM	Van Foreest Jorden	NED	2680
4	GM	Fedoseev Vladimir	FID	2674
5	GM	Nguyen Thai Dai Van	CZE	2649
6	GM	Bernadskiy Vitaliy	UKR	2619
7	GM	Chigaev Maksim	FID	2617
8	GM	Jumabayev Rinat	KAZ	2609
9	GM	Harsha Bharathakoti	IND	2608
10	GM	Aryan Chopra	IND	2607
11	GM	Warmerdam Max	NED	2605
12	GM	Fier Alexandr	BRA	2599
13	GM	Can Emre	TUR	2594
14	GM	Santos Ruiz Miguel	ESP	2590
15	GM	Xu Xiangyu	CHN	2587
16	GM	Albornoz Cabrera Carlos Daniel	CUB	2586
17	GM	Sanal Vahap	TUR	2582
18	GM	Jacobson Brandon	USA	2556
19	GM	Cuenca Jimenez Jose Fernando	ESP	2553
20	GM	Visakh N R	IND	2552
21	GM	Kobo Ori	ISR	2549
22	GM	Pranav V	IND	2545
23	GM	Sosa Tomas	ARG	2544
24	IM	Iermito Sebastian	ARG	2533
25	GM	Pultinevicius Paulius	LTU	2532
26	GM	Pranav Anand	IND	2525
27	IM	Beerdsen Thomas	NED	2523
28	IM	Koustav Chatterjee	IND	2520
29	GM	Karthik Venkataraman	IND	2516
30	GM	Iniyan P	IND	2515
31	GM	Krzyzanowski Marcin	POL	2511
32	GM	Henderson De La Fuente Lance	AND	2506
33	GM	Xu Yi	CHN	2505
34	IM	Aditya Mittal	IND	2505
35	IM	Tiglon Bryce	USA	2502
36	IM	Vignesh N R	IND	2497
37	IM	Chen Qi B	CHN	2493
38	GM	Solodovnichenko Yuri	UKR	2489
39	IM	Gurel Ediz	TUR	2489
40	IM	Shyaamnikhil P	IND	2476
41	GM	Raja Rithvik R	IND	2472
42	IM	Sousa Andre Ventura	POR	2470
43	IM	Sokolovsky Yahli	ISR	2464
44	IM	Fernandez Guillen Ernesto J.	CUB	2461
45	GM	Firat Burak	TUR	2456
46	FM	Panda Sambit	IND	2452
47	GM	Cabrera Alexis	ESP	2450
48	IM	Rozen Eytan	ISR	2450
49	GM	Del Rio De Angelis Salvador G.	ESP	2449
50	IM	Zhao Yuanhe	CHN	2447
51	IM	Dhulipalla Bala Chandra Prasad	IND	2441
52	IM	Pajeken Jakob Leon	GER	2441
53	FM	Seemann Jakub	POL	2439
54	IM	Prraneeth Vuppala	IND	2437
55	IM	Low Zhen Yu Cyrus	SGP	2425
56	IM	Ramoutar Alan-Safar	TTO	2425
57		Chen Peng	CHN	2425
58		Jinan Jomon	IND	2421
59	IM	Poormosavi Seyed Kian	IRI	2418
60	FM	Montoliu Cervero Francisco	ESP	2418
61	FM	Shivakumar Shawnak	USA	2418
62	WGM	Vantika Agrawal	IND	2407
63	IM	Kushagra Mohan	IND	2400
64	FM	Trost Edvin	SWE	2398
65	IM	Mohammad Fahad Rahman	BAN	2396
66	IM	Siddharth Jagadeesh	SGP	2393
67	WGM	Injac Teodora	SRB	2391
68	IM	Padmini Rout	IND	2388
69	IM	Ajay Krishna S	IND	2382
70	IM	Sidhant Mohapatra	IND	2376
71	FM	Dahl Christoph	GER	2374
72	WGM	Nandhidhaa P V	IND	2362
73	FM	Panesar Vedant	IND	2362
74	IM	Eggleston David J	ENG	2360
75	FM	Dubkov Andrej	GER	2357
76	FM	Aarav Dengla	IND	2349
77	FM	Kalogridis Antonios	GRE	2342
78	WIM	Kamalidenova Meruert	KAZ	2342
79	WGM	Alinasab Mobina	IRI	2334
80		Sanket Chakravarty	IND	2327
81	FM	Karthik Rajaa	IND	2302
82		Liu Zhaoqi	CHN	2301
83	FM	Barzen Pascal	GER	2300
84	FM	Bizhigitov Zhangir	KAZ	2285
85	FM	Zwahr Paul	GER	2266
86	FM	Sourath Biswas	IND	2265
87	FM	Sahithi Varshini M	IND	2260
88	WIM	Olde Margareth	EST	2244
89	FM	Schenderowitsch Michael	GER	2237
90		Jojic Oliver	FRA	2235
91	IM	Contin Daniel	ITA	2230
92		Oberoi Shelev	USA	2226
93	WIM	Nurmanova Alua	KAZ	2224
94	FM	Laurent Julien G.	FRA	2223
95	FM	Borne Niels	FRA	2212
96		Fernandez Gil Marco Antonio	ESP	2208
97		De Groote Ewoud	NED	2207
98	CM	Chinguun Bayaraa	MGL	2203
99	WIM	Pujari Rucha	IND	2195
100	WIM	Balabayeva Xeniya	KAZ	2191
101	IM	Mannion Stephen R	SCO	2190
102		Aguado Doncel Pablo Luis	ESP	2189
103		Gruenter Martin	GER	2187
104		Campins Machado Francesc	ESP	2176
105	WIM	Pandey Srishti	IND	2174
106	CM	Fernandez Garcia Gumersindo	ESP	2172
107	CM	Villiers Thomas	ENG	2160
108	FM	Mahitosh Dey	IND	2154
109		Shundi Matias	USA	2145
110		Martinez Piqueras Carlos	ESP	2143
111		Sanroman Costas Mauro	ESP	2132
112		Marin Ferragut Pau	ESP	2131
113		Salvador Lopez Daniel	ESP	2128
114		Tripodi Enzo	ITA	2120
115		Lauer Marius	GER	2119
116		Saunders Aron	ENG	2117
117		Halmeenmaki Tuomo	FIN	2114
118		Pennica Andrea	ITA	2110
119		Fiol Abrines Antonio	ESP	2098
120		Maloberti David	FRA	2085
121		Grahn Vidar	SWE	2079
122		Hobson Kenneth	ENG	2077
123		Manukonda Arun	IND	2072
124		Phatak Aanjaneya	IND	2070
125		Aguilo Benejam Alfredo	ESP	2064
126		Queirolo Perez Manuel	ESP	2064
127		Balzer Lars	GER	2054
128	CM	Tulendinov Dinmukhammed	KAZ	2048
129		Muellneritsch Anton	AUT	2047
130		Shearsby Jude	ENG	2041
131		Sommer Justus	GER	2024
132		Planas Gene Juan	ESP	2019
133		Follana Albelda Lucia	ESP	2018
134		Garcia Elio Juan	ESP	2012
135		Krishnasing Ashley	NED	2009
136		Perez Travieso Saul	ESP	2007
137	WFM	Aydin Gulenay	TUR	2001
138		Fraga Pons Albert Borja	ESP	2000
139		Vanduyfhuys Igor	BEL	1999
140		Ponseti Lluch Joan	ESP	1997
141		Green Michael	ENG	1988
142		Montesinos Diaz Luis	ESP	1987
143		Filipovich David	CAN	1986
144		Perez Aleman Pedro Tomas	ESP	1986
145		Bergero Simone	ITA	1985
146		Adam Rafael	CAN	1981
147		Sereinig Eduard	AUT	1981
148		Fathallah Joe	WLS	1980
149		Zhu Yaoyao	ENG	1968
150		Moll Gener Joan	ESP	1965
151		Hansen Anders Bork	DEN	1941
152		Oliver Amengual Adria	ESP	1938
153		Garcia Martinez Josep	ESP	1935
154		Clotet Mas Dan	ESP	1907
155		Hoebarth Guenter	AUT	1907
156		Vihan Shourya	GER	1907
157		Suez-Panama Gilles	FRA	1903
158		Camps Abadia Arnau	ESP	1901
159		Jukes Sam	WLS	1900
160		Paragua Megan Althea	USA	1900
161		Machin Arbelo Pedro Alexis	ESP	1897
162		Coll Fullana Pau	ESP	1891
163		Krauchi Romero Martin	ESP	1889
164		Vicens Company Maria Antonia	ESP	1888
165		Dicen Elis Denele	ENG	1872
166		Antich Fernandez Marta Isabel	ESP	1860
167		Hafner Bernhard	AUT	1860
168		Sandhu Manvith	ENG	1860
169		Pal Rohan	ENG	1849
170		Liu Tianyi (Jack)	ENG	1847
171		Egli Urs	SUI	1842
172	AGM	Roig Roig Marc	FRA	1840
173		Patel Zain	ENG	1833
174		Ferenczi Robert Frank	ESP	1826
175		Borne Felix	FRA	1821
176		Garcia Feore Daniel James	ESP	1812
177		Cemborain Oricain Alfonso	ESP	1795
178		Kumar Sanjit S	ENG	1795
179		Vinent Juanico Marc	ESP	1794
180		Nguyen Khoi	BEL	1792
181		Smith Steve	WLS	1792
182		Sureda Gonzalez Miquel	ESP	1792
183		Pelling Kyle	ENG	1789
184		Umaran Del Campo Enrique	ESP	1780
185		Moll Pons Jana	ESP	1779
186	AFM	Srivatsan Karthikeyan	IND	1777
187		Murawski Jan	ENG	1757
188		Bagur Moll Guillem Uriel	ESP	1753
189		Nieto Foresti Julian	ESP	1739
190		Sureda Gonzalez Cristina	ESP	1735
191		Perano Simone	ITA	1728
192		Fellowes Billy	ENG	1721
193		Mize Dylan	USA	1714
194		Jakhria Kushal	ENG	1708
195		Ribon Calabia Mariano	ESP	1708
196		Miguel Alain	FRA	1705
197		Salord Guillen Joan	ESP	1680
198		Da Silva Jose Carlos Peixoto M.	BRA	1606