The 2nd Sunway Sitges International Chess Festival 2015 will be held from 13-20th December at the Sunway Playa Golf Sitges Hotel & Spa in Sitges, Barcelona, Spain.
The 9-round Swiss event will have two sections: Group A open to all players and valid for title norms, and Group B reserved for U2000 players.
A total of 19,700 EUR in cash prizes will be distributed among over 100 players. Top prizes in the Group A are 2000 € / 1200 € / 800 € / 700 € / 550 € etc
The hotel: Sunway Playa Golf & Spa is the site of the 2015 Sunway Sitges International Chess Festival. Located on the Promenade of Sitges (40 km. south of Barcelona), the hotel is situated in front of the sea and beside the golf club, in the residential quarter of Sitges.
Last year winner was GM Vladimir Baklan.
Open A participants:
1. GM Granda Zuniga Julio E PER 2678
2. GM Baklan Vladimir UKR 2617
3. GM Agrest Evgenij SWE 2596
4. GM Maze Sebastien FRA 2582
5. GM Peralta Fernando ARG 2573
6. GM Can Emre TUR 2535
7. GM Narciso Dublan Marc CAT 2529
8. GM Aroshidze Levan CAT 2525
9. IM Matsenko Sergei RUS 2522
10. IM Bailet Pierre FRA 2517
11. IM Delorme Axel FRA 2507
12. GM Shyam Sundar M. IND 2481
13. GM Romanishin Oleg M UKR 2474
14. GM Abergel Thal FRA 2449
15. IM Kurmann Oliver SUI 2438
16. IM Gual Pascual Antonio CAT 2431
17. IM Cruz Filemon PER 2415
18. FM Bonafede Alessandro ITA 2400
19. IM Charochkina Daria RUS 2395
20. IM Meister Peter GER 2382
21. GM Yrjola Jouni FIN 2361
22. IM Blechzin Igor RUS 2350
23. IM Moor Olivier SUI 2320
24. GM Pogorelov Ruslan UKR 2315
25. FM Randazzo Adrian ITA 2315
26. FM Kholopov Alexander A. RUS 2301
27. IM Saravanan V. IND 2283
28. FM Chalmeta Ugas Ramon CAT 2265
29. FM Low Zhen Yu Cyrus SIN 2256
30. IM Aderito Pedro ANG 2201
31. CM Cambando Jose ANG 2196
32. FM Thiel Kuno GER 2159
33. Burrows Martin P ENG 2145
34. Vuitton Gilles FRA 2134
35. Santos Jeovani Amaro Dias ANG 2102
36. Fernandes Carlos A ANG 2080
37. CM Do Santos Julio Joao Manuel ANG 2069
38. WFM Coimbra Margarida POR 2067
39. Fogel Pierre BEL 2066
40. Pacavira Adriano Paulo ANG 2064
41. Pitzanti Matteo ITA 2056
42. MK Castells Briones Miquel CAT 2034
43. Linqvist Grels FIN 2029
44. Maloberti David FRA 2027
45. Vinas Racionero Josep CAT 2019
46. Agostinho Diogo ANG 2017
47. Magallanes Gustavo ARG 2011
48. MK Prats Rodriguez Juan Bosco CAT 2010
49. Paulino Domingos ANG 2009
50. MK Gutierrez Anso Jose CAT 2008
51. Gurel Ahmet Unal TUR 2005
52. Vallbona Domingo Joan CAT 1998
53. Velez Romero Juan Luis CAT 1989
54. Janse Alexander NED 1972
55. Taylor Robert Graham WLS 1954
56. Janse Sebastiaan NED 1946
57. Joao Amaral ANG 1941
58. Eizaguerri Floris Maria ESP 1937
59. Holliman Bob USA 1935
60. Fabregas Oliver GER 1931
61. French Max ENG 1849
62. Mateus Domingos ANG 1779
Open B participants:
1. Catalan Escale Enric CAT 1994
2. Grau Ferrer Carles CAT 1992
3. Colom Andres Xavier CAT 1881
4. Serrano Martinez Francisco Jo ESP 1880
5. Ritter Aguilar Jordi CAT 1880
6. Palacios Pena Gerardo CAT 1876
7. Aalbersberg Kroon Pedro CAT 1859
8. Vargas Drechsler Carlos CAT 1846
9. Do Rosario Jose ANG 1839
10. Alonso Igual Ignacio ESP 1823
11. Kirkwood Robin WLS 1821
12. Andersen Guttorm NOR 1815
13. Walter Travella German CAT 1792
14. Valarezzo Ricard Pedro CAT 1777
15. Clanchet Olle Josep CAT 1766
16. Cespedes Llaverias Llibert CAT 1765
17. Barria Arbunic Manuel ESP 1750
18. WFM Walta Paivi FIN 1734
19. Nesse David NOR 1616
20. Rodriguez Batuecas Jordi CAT 1588
21. Warstad Leif E NOR 1586
22. Tseng Wang Yuan-Chiuan CAT 1578
23. Febrero Perez Lluis CAT 1554
24. Molina Wheatley Emilio CAT 1442
25. Janse Circe NED 1359
26. Brugman Ilse RSA 1233
27. Brugman Karla RSA 1179
28. Pla Carulla Joaquim CAT 0
29. Brugman Lisa RSA 0
30. Jorge Carlos ANG 0
31. Ramos Rodriguez Luis Miguel CAT 0
32. Santanu Karmakar IND 0
33. Zheng Peiyu CAT 0
