Maxim Rodshtein sole leader in Benasque

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The 33rd Benasque International Open is being played over 10 rounds of Swiss system from 4th to 13th July at the Sport Pavilion in Benasque, Spain.

After five rounds, the only player that managed to keep a perfect score in the huge field is Israeli grandmaster Maxim Rodshtein. To get this impressive score, he had to defeat two strong GMs in the last two rounds.

His last win over experienced Ukrainian GM Viktor Moskalenko is worth studying. Rodshtein, playing with black, reacted actively to his opponent’s aggressive intentions in the opening; the result was a very sharp struggle where black’s passed b-pawn was the key factor in the result.

A large group of ten players is close behind the leader on 4.5/5. Among them is first seed Julio Granda, Venezuelan Eduardo Iturrizaga, Chinese Ni Hua and young American IM Daniel Naroditsky.

Spaniard Renier Vasquez is also half a point behind, and will have the chance to play the leader in the sixth round.

Some strong grandmasters must be quite disappointed with their performance, as they were not able to defeat the apparently weak opposition.

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Standings after 5 rounds:

1	GM	RODSHTEIN Maxim	ISR	2641	5
2	GM	ITURRIZAGA Eduardo	VEN	2642	4.5
3	GM	GRANDA ZUNIGA Julio E	PER	2679	4.5
4	GM	VAZQUEZ IGARZA Renier	ESP	2571	4.5
5	GM	VOCATURO Daniele	ITA	2536	4.5
6	GM	NI Hua	CHN	2661	4.5
7	GM	KHARITONOV Alexandr	RUS	2538	4.5
8	GM	NAUMKIN Igor	RUS	2443	4.5
9	IM	NARODITSKY Daniel	USA	2486	4.5
10	GM	DELCHEV Aleksander	BUL	2614	4.5
11	IM	FORCEN ESTEBAN Daniel	ESP	2493	4.5
12	GM	ZOLER Dan	ISR	2538	4
13	GM	GEORGIEV Kiril	BUL	2636	4
14	GM	MOSKALENKO Viktor	ESP	2529	4
15	IM	CASTELLANOS RODRIGUEZ Renier	ESP	2504	4
16	FM	FENOLLAR JORDA Manuel	ESP	2397	4
17	GM	GORDON Stephen J	ENG	2521	4
18	GM	ILLESCAS CORDOBA Miguel	ESP	2613	4
19		DIAZ HERRERO Alvaro	ESP	2153	4
20	GM	GOLOD Vitali	ISR	2578	4
21	GM	DE LA VILLA GARCIA Jesus Mari	ESP	2472	4
22	IM	KJARTANSSON Gudmundur	ISL	2444	4
23	WGM	ARRIBAS ROBAINA Maritza	CUB	2331	4
24	GM	CORI Jorge	PER	2543	4
25	IM	BURG Twan	NED	2479	4
26	IM	BARRIA ZUNIGA Daniel	CHI	2428	4
27	GM	GOMEZ ESTEBAN Juan Mario	ESP	2462	4
28	IM	ARRIBAS LOPEZ Angel	ESP	2494	4
29	GM	STEINGRIMSSON Hedinn	ISL	2557	4
30	IM	PARDO SIMON David	ESP	2445	4
31	IM	ROEDER Matthias	GER	2408	4
32	IM	MILLIET Sophie	FRA	2396	4
33	WGM	CORI T. Deysi	PER	2439	4
34	GM	BURMAKIN Vladimir	RUS	2559	4
35	IM	BIOLEK Richard Jr.	CZE	2399	4
36	GM	LALIC Bogdan	CRO	2489	4
37	IM	KOVACEVIC Slobodan	SRB	2332	4
38	GM	CIFUENTES PARADA Roberto	ESP	2464	4
39	IM	TAN Matthew	NED	2435	4
40	IM	GUERRA MENDEZ Jose Angel	CUB	2505	4
41	IM	ANTOLI ROYO Joaquin Miguel	ESP	2413	4
42	IM	GARZA MARCO Sergio	ESP	2462	4
43	WGM	KADZIOLKA Beata	POL	2304	4
44	GM	NEELOTPAL Das	IND	2445	4
45	GM	MOVSZISZIAN Karen	ARM	2499	4
46	GM	SHYAM Sundar M.	IND	2505	4
47	FM	BUCHENAU Frank	GER	2259	4
48	GM	UBILAVA Elizbar	ESP	2490	4
49	GM	DEL RIO DE ANGELIS Salvador G	ESP	2505	4
50		LAMAS MERCADAL Manuel	ESP	2180	4
51		MARTIN DUQUE Jesus	ESP	2271	4
52	GM	ARIZMENDI MARTINEZ Julen Luis	ESP	2580	3.5
53	FM	BRULL MAYOL Cosme	ESP	2296	3.5
54		DELISAU GIL Oriol	ESP	2084	3.5
55	GM	ANTON GUIJARRO David	ESP	2564	3.5
56	IM	KHAETSKY Roman	UKR	2424	3.5
57		SANZ RODERO Mikel	ESP	2138	3.5
58		FRASQUET SOLBES Elias	ESP	2145	3.5
59	WIM	OLSAROVA Karolina	CZE	2246	3.5
60	GM	KOVCHAN Alexander	UKR	2577	3.5
61	GM	KOMLJENOVIC Davorin	CRO	2408	3.5
62	GM	DEEPAN Chakkravarthy J.	IND	2468	3.5
63	IM	MARTIN GONZALEZ Angel	ESP	2361	3.5
64	GM	NISIPEANU Liviu-Dieter	ROU	2670	3.5
65	FM	GAVILAN DIAZ Mario	ESP	2216	3.5
66		MARTINEZ AYESA Aitor	ESP	1942	3.5
67		CAPOTE ROBAYNA Nathaniel	ESP	2147	3.5
68		UGALDE EZCURRA Jose Miguel	ESP	2166	3.5
69	IM	ZAWADZKI Stanislaw	POL	2425	3.5
70		GOMEZ PECO Pablo	ESP	2166	3.5
71		ARON Teh Eu Wen	MAS	2100	3.5
72		LOPEZ DE TURISO Jose Angel	ESP	2095	3.5
73		POZUETA ALEGRIA Adrian	ESP	2172	3.5
74	FM	MARTIN FUENTES Alberto	ESP	2302	3.5
75		TRAVESSET RIBERA Daniel	ESP	2156	3.5
76		JUBERIAS SEGURA Santiago	ESP	2039	3.5
77	IM	BACHES GARCIA Guillermo	ESP	2394	3.5
78		PATINO ROMARIS Juan Roberto	ESP	2212	3.5
79		GARCIA ROMERO Benjamin Abel	ESP	2189	3.5
80		MINGARRO CARCELLER Sergi	ESP	2204	3.5
81	IM	ALEXANDROVA Olga	ESP	2449	3.5
82		BERMEJO MARTINEZ Jorge	ESP	2305	3.5
83		MENESES GONZALEZ Kevin Moises	ESP	2342	3.5
84	FM	MARTIN ALVAREZ Inigo	ESP	2306	3.5
85	IM	CAMARENA GIMENEZ Rufino	ESP	2359	3.5
86	FM	LILLO CASTANY Victor	ESP	2328	3.5
87		BUCH PRADES Joan	ESP	2079	3.5
88		DRAGHICI FLUTUR Gavril	ESP	2150	3.5
89		MENENDEZ REY Francisco Javier	ESP	2269	3.5
90		BALLESTER LLAGARIA Luis Eduar	ESP	2259	3.5
91		RUBIO TAPIA Jose Juan	ESP	2094	3
92	IM	VIDARTE MORALES Arturo	ESP	2344	3
93	GM	ANDERSSON Ulf	SWE	2557	3
94	FM	LADRON DE GUEVARA PINTO Paolo	ESP	2331	3
95		MARTIN MARTIN Luis Vicente	ESP	2028	3
96	GM	FIRMAN Nazar	UKR	2526	3
97	IM	MASCARO MARCH Pedro	ESP	2418	3
98		DE LA ESPERANZA MARTIN Albert	ESP	1922	3
99		LISARRI TOMAS Antonio	ESP	2022	3
100	GM	WESTERINEN Heikki M.J.	FIN	2283	3
101	WIM	OLSAROVA Tereza	CZE	2203	3
102		ABELLA VAZQUEZ Cesar	ESP	2111	3
103		RODRIGUEZ FERRAZ Borja	ESP	2195	3
104		RODRIGUEZ MELGAR Josep M.	ESP	2188	3
105		FERNANDEZ SORIANO Ruben	ESP	2114	3
106		PANELLA NAVARRO Sergi	ESP	2185	3
107	FM	BOIX MORENO Daniel	ESP	2324	3
108	FM	ALVAREZ FERNANDEZ Enrique	ESP	2384	3
109		ARNEDO RUIZ Alberto	ESP	2176	3
110		GEORGIEVA Emilia	BUL	1896	3
111		QUINTIN NAVARRO Alberto	ESP	2244	3
112	WGM	DJINGAROVA Emilia	BUL	2276	3
113		PEREZ GUERRA Alberto	ESP	1885	3
114	WIM	ARANAZ MURILLO Amalia	ESP	2241	3
115		CASTELLANOS BOGALO Antonio	ESP	2072	3
116		SACRISTAN LATORRE Alberto	ESP	2036	3
117		MARTIN RODRIGUEZ Emilio	ESP	2083	3
118	FM	SUAREZ GARCIA Carlos	ESP	2336	3
119		MONTAÑES ARRIBAS Adrian	ESP	2215	3
120		MONTOLIU CERVERO Francisco	ESP	2293	3
121		GARCIA LOPEZ Miguel Angel	ESP	2251	3
122		FERNANDEZ GIL Ruben Carlos	ESP	2029	3
123		PINTO HENRIQUEZ Rodrigo	ESP	2081	3
124		SOS ANDREU Eric	ESP	2225	3
125		SANCHEZ LOPEZ Maria	ESP	1867	3
126		GONZALEZ LASO Adrian	ESP	2096	3
127		HERRERA REYES Jose Antonio	ESP	2206	3
128		LAM Daniel King-Wai	HKG	2106	3
129	FM	COLAS LONGARES Rafael P.	ESP	2308	3
130		GONZALEZ AGUIRRE Luis	ESP	2135	3
131		ROCHE SIMON Manuel Angel	ESP	2122	3
132		RODRIGUEZ GARCIA Manuel Fco	ESP	2192	3
133		GARCIA GARCIA Adrian Antonio	ESP	1996	3
134		ACERO SOLIS Alberto	ESP	1989	3
135		SAEZ GABIKAGOGEASKOA Oscar	ESP	1992	3
136		SEMPRUN MARTINEZ Fernando	ESP	2204	3
137		GARCIA GALEOTE Lorenzo	ESP	1994	3
138	FM	GARCIA CARBO Marcial	ESP	2282	3
139		ALVAREZ NISTAL David	ESP	1954	3
140		ENJUTO VELASCO Roberto	ESP	2102	3
141		MARQUINEZ CABREJAS Francisco	ESP	2007	3
142	WIM	GARCIA VICENTE Nieves	ESP	2221	3
143		MOLINA PEREZ Jesus	ESP	2095	3
144		CERVELLO TOST Ferran	ESP	2049	3
145	WFM	CERRATO TORRIJOS Maria	ESP	2144	3
146	WIM	HEREDIA SERRANO Carla	ECU	2227	3
147		ACOSTA SOSA Juan Manuel	ESP	2174	3
148		NICOLAS ZAPATA Javier	ESP	2088	3
149		CLAROS EGEA Christian	ESP	2230	3
150		ENGO PARDO Javier	ESP	2133	3
151	FM	JIMENEZ VILLENA Fco Jose	ESP	2112	3
152		VILARNOVO CAAMAÑO Jose	ESP	2079	3
153		CORRIGÜELAS ARMILLAS Frederic	ESP	2016	3
154		MAYER SCHWARTZ Rene	ESP	2022	3
155		MARTIN PEREZ Laura	ESP	2029	3
156		VELLA RAMIREZ Alfonso	ESP	2097	3
157		ESPLUGAS ESTEVE Vicenc	ESP	2239	3
158		SEVILLANO GARCIA Joaquin	ESP	1961	3
159		CORI QUISPE Kevin	PER	2118	3
160		FERNANDEZ LLEDO Javier	ESP	2258	3
161		ORTIZ AMENOS Jose Luis	ESP	2029	3
162		UCLES LIROLA Moises	ESP	1856	3
163		ROSELL FORMOSA Jaime	ESP	1981	3
164		GARRIDO PIRIZ Pablo	ESP	1973	3
165		DIAZ BEGONTE Manuel	ESP	1851	3
166		GARCIA LOPEZ Nicolas	ESP	2012	3
167	CM	MALTSEV Leonid	UKR	1985	3
168		LUCAS NAVAS Jose Manuel	ESP	1862	3
169		SANCHEZ CARRASCO Fco. Javier	ESP	2104	2.5
170		GONZALEZ HERNANDEZ Ferran	ESP	2123	2.5
171		BERNAL GOMEZ Alejandro	ESP	1896	2.5
172		GONZALEZ MANCHON Juan Miguel	ESP	1963	2.5
173		MARTIN CARMONA Gaston Manuel	ESP	1922	2.5
174		PRIETO MARTIN Alfonso	ESP	2218	2.5
175		ARANAZ PORTUGUES Jose Carlos	ESP	2127	2.5
176	WFM	COLLADO BARBAS Laura	ESP	2179	2.5
177		VIÑAL GUTIERREZ Pedro	ESP	2060	2.5
178		MORONA MINGUEZ Irene	ESP	1988	2.5
179		RIBERA CEBOLLA Marc	ESP	2011	2.5
180		CORISCO BELTRAN Rafael	ESP	1979	2.5
181		IVANOVA Simoneta	BUL	2040	2.5
182		BLANCO BLANCO Jesus	ESP	1842	2.5
183		PENA TORRES Jose Carlos	ESP	2087	2.5
184		SUAREZ URIEL Adrian	ESP	2287	2.5
185		PES MATEO Angel	ESP	2027	2.5
186		CASAUS CARMONA Alejandro	ESP	1709	2.5
187		CARRANCHO SANTAMARIA Teodoro	ESP	1746	2.5
188		LANDA GALINDO Victor	ESP	1913	2.5
189		DE LUCAS BELLO Federico	ESP	1964	2.5
190		LOCOCO COBO Nicola	ESP	2055	2.5
191		PELLICER CEREZUELA Miguel	ESP	1833	2.5
192		LOPEZ HERAS Arturo	ESP	1952	2.5
193	FM	MINKO Vladimir	RUS	2312	2.5
194		SANCHEZ GOMEZ Emiliano	ESP	1884	2.5
195		LOPEZ RIVERA Jesus	ESP	1933	2.5
196		CITOLER SERRAT Adriano	ESP	1921	2.5
197		SIERRA MONTOYA Miquel	ESP	2095	2.5
198		NUÑEZ ALONSO Juan	ESP	1771	2.5
199		NOGUES FERNANDEZ Ramon	ESP	1927	2.5
200		JORDAN MARTINEZ David	ESP	2160	2.5