The XXXVI Abierto Internacional de Barberá del Vallés is being played on 4th – 12th July at the chess club of this Catalan city, C/ Torre d´en Gorgs Nº 40.
Two rounds already finished and there were no big upsets in the upper boards. However, a lot of draws were obtained by rather low-rated players against strong GMs.
First seed Isan Ortiz got two victories and is among the leading group of nine players. Both the second and third seeds, Sergey Ivanov and Karen Grigoryan only split the point in the second round.
The big surprise among the leaders is 18-year-old Colombian talent Cristina Salazar. She managed to defeat two IMs over 200 Elo points above her rating. Her third round challenge is even harder, she will have to face Peruvian GM Christian Cruz.
The opening move
Standings after 2 rounds:
| 1 | GM | Narciso Dublan Marc | ESP | 2536 | 2.0 |
| GM | Cruz Cristhian | PER | 2499 | 2.0 | |
| IM | Saptarshi Roy | IND | 2447 | 2.0 | |
| IM | Prasca Sosa Rafael | VEN | 2426 | 2.0 | |
| WIM | Salazar Aura Cristina | COL | 2200 | 2.0 | |
| 6 | GM | Ortiz Suarez Isan Reynaldo | CUB | 2612 | 2.0 |
| 7 | GM | Perez Mitjans Orelvis | ESP | 2495 | 2.0 |
| IM | Asis Gargatagli Hipolito | ESP | 2487 | 2.0 | |
| IM | Aloma Vidal Robert | ESP | 2421 | 2.0 | |
| 10 | GM | Ivanov Sergey | RUS | 2555 | 1.5 |
| GM | Grigoryan Karen H. | ARM | 2550 | 1.5 | |
| IM | Satyapragyan Swayangsu | IND | 2464 | 1.5 | |
| FM | Anurag Mhamal | IND | 2418 | 1.5 | |
| IM | Vehi Bach Victor Manuel | ESP | 2308 | 1.5 | |
| 15 | IM | Valdes Leonardo | CRC | 2444 | 1.5 |
| FM | Ruiz Aguilar Pablo Alexander | COL | 2307 | 1.5 | |
| FM | Martinez Ramirez Erik | ESP | 2306 | 1.5 | |
| 18 | IM | Narayanan Srinath | IND | 2475 | 1.5 |
| WIM | Bivol Alina | RUS | 2207 | 1.5 | |
| 20 | GM | Lopez Martinez Josep Manuel | ESP | 2547 | 1.5 |
| GM | Hayrapetyan Hovik | ARM | 2486 | 1.5 | |
| IM | Fluvia Poyatos Jordi | ESP | 2445 | 1.5 | |
| IM | Gagare Shardul | IND | 2419 | 1.5 | |
| GM | Laxman R.R. | IND | 2401 | 1.5 | |
| MK | Rishi Sardana | IND | 2316 | 1.5 | |
| 26 | GM | Cabrera Alexis | ESP | 2525 | 1.5 |
| GM | Flores Rios Mauricio | CHI | 2492 | 1.5 | |
| IM | Rios Cristhian Camilo | COL | 2360 | 1.5 | |
| 29 | IM | Tania Sachdev | IND | 2430 | 1.5 |
| 30 | IM | Sequera Paolini Jose | VEN | 2394 | 1.0 |
| IM | Van Riemsdijk Herman C. | BRA | 2367 | 1.0 | |
| IM | Sanchez Guirado Francisco | ESP | 2339 | 1.0 | |
| 33 | Aryan Chopra | IND | 2122 | 1.0 | |
| Varela La Madrid Maria | VEN | 1927 | 1.0 | ||
| 35 | FM | Thakur Akash | IND | 2234 | 1.0 |
| WFM | Raghavi N. | IND | 2097 | 1.0 | |
| 37 | IM | Lorenzo De La Riva Lazaro | ESP | 2433 | 1.0 |
| IM | Alonso Moyano Jonathan | ESP | 2420 | 1.0 | |
| IM | Perpinya Rofes Lluis Maria | ESP | 2400 | 1.0 | |
| FM | Plukkel Sjoerd | NED | 2314 | 1.0 | |
| MK | Castells Briones Miquel | ESP | 1959 | 1.0 | |
| 42 | FM | Martynov Pavel | RUS | 2321 | 1.0 |
| Garriga Cazorla Pere | ESP | 2071 | 1.0 | ||
| 44 | IM | Escobar Forero Alder | COL | 2466 | 1.0 |
| MK | Gonzalez Fuente Carlos | ESP | 2269 | 1.0 | |
| FM | Cruz Lledo Pablo | ESP | 2258 | 1.0 | |
| Iagar Razvan-Gabriel | ROU | 2190 | 1.0 | ||
| Jordan Arenas Manuel | ESP | 2153 | 1.0 | ||
| 49 | IM | Bergez Luc | FRA | 2395 | 1.0 |
| MK | Perez Manas Benjamin | ESP | 2307 | 1.0 | |
| 51 | IM | Pulvett Daniel | VEN | 2405 | 1.0 |
| Abhishek Kelkar | IND | 2274 | 1.0 | ||
| FM | Gomez Jurado Luis Alberto | ESP | 2273 | 1.0 | |
| Smith Thijmen | NED | 2193 | 1.0 | ||
| Basencyan Mark | ARM | 2130 | 1.0 | ||
| Ventura Bolet Maxim | ESP | 2045 | 1.0 | ||
| Garcia Playa David | ESP | 2005 | 1.0 | ||
| 58 | FM | Yakushev Vladimir | RUS | 2111 | 1.0 |
| MK | Campos Cayuelas Marc | ESP | 2106 | 1.0 | |
| Jaramillo Ochoa Mateo | COL | 2074 | 1.0 | ||
| 61 | FM | Capellades Subirana Marc | ESP | 2260 | 0.5 |
| Bijlsma Nick | NED | 2166 | 0.5 | ||
| 63 | Porta Tovar Oriol | ESP | 2113 | 0.5 | |
| 64 | CM | Arjun Bharat | IND | 2298 | 0.5 |
| Dalo Hermes | VEN | 2148 | 0.5 | ||
| 66 | IM | Vassallo Barroche Mauricio | ESP | 2434 | 0.5 |
| MK | Lacasta Palacio Joaquim | ESP | 2171 | 0.5 | |
| Saez Coma Alejandro | ESP | 2025 | 0.5 | ||
| 69 | Molina Morena Antonio | ESP | 2174 | 0.5 | |
| NM | Ridameya Tatche Jose Miguel | ESP | 1991 | 0.5 | |
| 71 | FM | Avila Jimenez Xavier | ESP | 2242 | 0.0 |
| MK | Diaz Camallonga Carles | ESP | 2216 | 0.0 | |
| 73 | FM | Larsen Karsten | DEN | 2270 | 0.0 |
| Navarrete Espi Samuel | ESP | 2214 | 0.0 | ||
| MK | Carrasco Rodriguez Jesus | ESP | 2183 | 0.0 | |
| Sanchez Dengra Jose Maria | ESP | 2134 | 0.0 | ||
| Sayrol Clols Josep Maria | ESP | 2117 | 0.0 | ||
| MK | Gutierrez Anso Jose | ESP | 2068 | 0.0 | |
| 79 | MK | Obon Temprano Sergi | ESP | 2301 | 0.0 |
| MK | Amores Gago Javier | ESP | 2167 | 0.0 | |
| MK | Fernandez Diaz Cristian | ESP | 2144 | 0.0 | |
| Jareno Badenas Aleix | ESP | 2114 | 0.0 | ||
| WIM | Real Pereyra Diana Carime | MEX | 2062 | 0.0 | |
