The 2022 Lorca Open commences today in Spain and will be taking place from 26-30 December. The event features two tournaments: Open A and Open B (for players rated U2150) with a prize fund of 8.000 EUR. The Open A will be played in 9 rounds, swiss system, with time control of 90 minutes + 30 seconds of increment, and the Tournament B will be played in 7 rounds, swiss system, with time control of 60 minutes + 30 seconds of increment.
More than 130 players will participate in the event and the top-seeds are: GM Alexandr Fier, GM Pier Luigi Basso and GM Fabien Libiszewski. Unfortunately, Vassily Ivanchuk canceled his participation in the event due to medical reasons.
Lorca Open 2022 – LIVE games
Starting list – Lorca Open 2022:
| No. | Name | Rtg | |
| 1 | GM | Fier Alexandr | 2600 |
| 2 | GM | Basso Pier Luigi | 2516 |
| 3 | GM | Libiszewski Fabien | 2509 |
| 4 | GM | Cabrera Alexis | 2471 |
| 5 | GM | Delorme Axel | 2470 |
| 6 | GM | Alvarez Pedraza Aramis | 2451 |
| 7 | IM | Abdisalimov Abdimalik | 2447 |
| 8 | GM | Ubilava Elizbar | 2445 |
| 9 | IM | Nigmatov Ortik | 2439 |
| 10 | FM | Makkar Rajat | 2432 |
| 11 | IM | Ajay Karthikeyan | 2430 |
| 12 | IM | Sabuk Piotr | 2430 |
| 13 | IM | Szpar Milosz | 2428 |
| 14 | IM | Martinez Ramirez Lennis | 2421 |
| 15 | IM | Ceres Dragos | 2412 |
| 16 | IM | Materia Marco | 2405 |
| 17 | IM | Abdurakhmonov Mukhammadali | 2397 |
| 18 | IM | Luch Michal | 2371 |
| 19 | Sanket Chakravarty | 2367 | |
| 20 | GM | Plaskett H James | 2365 |
| 21 | IM | Valmana Canto Jaime | 2358 |
| 22 | GM | Giaccio Alfredo | 2357 |
| 23 | FM | Aarav Dengla | 2357 |
| 24 | FM | Nawin J J | 2351 |
| 25 | IM | Goluch Piotr | 2345 |
| 26 | GM | Perez Mitjans Orelvis | 2344 |
| 27 | FM | Cesar Maestre Bernardo | 2344 |
| 28 | IM | Sidhant Mohapatra | 2337 |
| 29 | FM | Mingarro Carceller Sergi | 2330 |
| 30 | IM | Danielyan Vahe | 2307 |
| 31 | Vergara Anton Diego | 2304 | |
| 32 | CM | Shaik Sumer Arsh | 2290 |
| 33 | GM | Pogorelov Ruslan | 2288 |
| 34 | Joshua A P | 2288 | |
| 35 | FM | Shivakumar Shawnak | 2281 |
| 36 | CM | Md Imran | 2279 |
| 37 | FM | Ram Aravind L N | 2272 |
| 38 | IM | Vehi Bach Victor Manuel | 2248 |
| 39 | CM | Vaibhav Jayant Raut | 2247 |
| 40 | Arjun C Krishnamachari | 2241 | |
| 41 | FM | Perez Guerra Raul | 2239 |
| 42 | CM | Rajarishi Karthi | 2239 |
| 43 | CM | Ilinca Ilinca Felix Antonio | 2233 |
| 44 | IM | Sai Agni Jeevitesh J | 2226 |
| 45 | CM | Dahale Atul | 2222 |
| 46 | FM | Bernado Lopez Roger | 2197 |
| 47 | Ojas Kulkarni | 2196 | |
| 48 | CM | Nayak Rajesh | 2184 |
| 49 | Bernabe Duran Francisco | 2180 | |
| 50 | Cayon Pelaez Pablo | 2161 | |
| 51 | Akshit Kumar J | 2158 | |
| 52 | Motos Abellan Daniel | 2158 | |
| 53 | FM | Jeet Jain | 2141 |
| 54 | Revaliente Montoya Ciro | 2129 | |
| 55 | Hompanera Lopez Enrique | 2127 | |
| 56 | Gugan G | 2126 | |
| 57 | CM | Puertas Martin Savins | 2118 |
| 58 | Martinez Soriano Javier | 2118 | |
| 59 | Aymerich Rosell Pablo | 2114 | |
| 60 | FM | Sanchez Manzanares Jorge Luis | 2095 |
| 61 | WFM | Nikanova Ekaterina | 2091 |
| 62 | Bub Volker | 2091 | |
| 63 | Yuste Valenzuela Alejandro | 2089 | |
| 64 | WFM | Guadamuro Torrente Anabel | 2086 |
| 65 | FM | Paulino Domingos | 2085 |
| 66 | Perez Travieso Saul | 2065 | |
| 67 | WFM | Rodriguez Guerra Melissa | 2054 |
| 68 | Cebrian Flores Juan Antonio | 2045 | |
| 69 | Niharika Challa | 2044 | |
| 70 | Sarveshwaran V | 2040 | |
| 71 | Guerrero Mendez Luis | 2032 | |
| 72 | Vignesh B | 2032 | |
| 73 | Porlan Minarro Antonio | 2026 | |
| 74 | Muelas Cerezuela Jose | 2014 | |
| 75 | Mulay Pratik | 1998 | |
| 76 | Garijo Perez Hugo | 1991 | |
| 77 | Nasta Kiren Vivek | 1990 | |
| 78 | Salvador Buiza Victor | 1984 | |
| 79 | CM | Daakshin Arun | 1982 |
| 80 | WCM | Ankitha Goud Palle | 1980 |
| 81 | Vinuesa Sorli Ruben | 1970 | |
| 82 | Hiren K G | 1965 | |
| 83 | Adjerit Nourreddine | 1961 | |
| 84 | Diaz Rodriguez Jose Antonio | 1961 | |
| 85 | FM | Huguet Sergio | 1939 |
| 86 | Martinez Soriano Pablo | 1908 | |
| 87 | Adamski Adam | 1894 | |
| 88 | Camarillas Castellano Pau | 1874 | |
| 89 | Gonzalez Lopez Lucas I | 1869 | |
| 90 | Juan Mas Santiago | 1858 | |
| 91 | Juan Lepp Jaime Boris | 1855 | |
| 92 | Galindo Montoya Diego | 1843 | |
| 93 | Alalwan Sajjad Abbas Khudhair | 1841 | |
| 94 | Basiaga Sebastian | 1837 | |
| 95 | Arvind Ramnath Iyer | 1834 | |
| 96 | Rico Carretero Jose Carlos | 1833 | |
| 97 | Robledo Sanchez Saul | 1819 | |
| 98 | Ramadugu Akshay | 1812 | |
| 99 | Kushal O | 1801 | |
| 100 | Pirvulescu Adrian | 1793 | |
| 101 | Pastor Villalba Arturo | 1789 | |
| 102 | Saravanan Durga | 1784 | |
| 103 | Do Rosario Jose | 1765 | |
| 104 | Mendez Gimenez Nestor Emmanuel | 1751 | |
| 105 | Shaffer Alexander | 1750 | |
| 106 | Prudhvi Kumar V | 1733 | |
| 107 | Materia Matteo | 1729 | |
| 108 | Aadith R | 1714 | |
| 109 | Fernandez Calzada Juan A. | 1708 | |
| 110 | Gani Mohand Cherif | 1706 | |
| 111 | Vigneshwaran N. | 1687 | |
| 112 | Erades Berenguer Ana | 1677 | |
| 113 | Botiraliev Abdumajid | 1657 | |
| 114 | Perez Pinazo Jose Oscar | 1646 | |
| 115 | Pintor Avila Antonio | 1628 | |
| 116 | Sudharsan Gurukrishnan | 1586 | |
| 117 | Muhammad Essa | 1527 | |
| 118 | Ilinca Ilinca Filip Antonio | 1506 | |
| 119 | Leelajai Krishna N | 1491 | |
| 120 | Swapna C N | 1481 | |
| 121 | Gyaneshwar B | 1466 | |
| 122 | Simhadri Sai Hrushikesh | 1460 | |
| 123 | Boluda Costa Julen | 1459 | |
| 124 | Suriya S V | 1455 | |
| 125 | Gonzalez Lopez Francisco Jesus | 1424 | |
| 126 | Noguerol Martinez Ricardo | 1284 | |
| 127 | Guzman Fuentes Encarna | 1275 | |
| 128 | Maouche Nore Ddine | 1222 | |
| 129 | Zakharash Georgii | 1148 | |
| 130 | Acherchour Amine | 0 | |
| 131 | Acherchour Faouzi | 0 | |
| 132 | Ferraz Domingos Luis | 0 | |
| 133 | Garcia Silva Angel Luis | 0 | |
| 134 | Hamani Mohamed Amine | 0 | |
| 135 | Laurinda Jose Congo Francisco | 0 | |
| 136 | Varela Varela Jeremiah | 0 | |
