Eduardo Iturrizaga

The Vinotinto Chess Organization is hosting the 1st Torneo ITT OAV Libertador Simón Bolívar from 25th to 30th September at the Great Hall of the Sambil Convention in Ciudad de San Cristóbal, Venezuela.

The tournament will be played over 10 rounds of Swiss system with Dutch accelerated pairings in the first four rounds. The prize fund is set to 270,000 bolivars, approx. US$ 63,000. The top prizes are 30,000, 20,000, 10,000 and 5,000 bolivars.

The response was very enthusiastic and about 720 players from 34 countries are currently registered to take participation. Among them are 28 Grandmasters and 43 International Masters.

Top seed is the local hero Eduardo Iturrizaga, followed by the Brazilian champion Rafael Leitao and the legendary Grandmaster Alexander Beliavsky.

Participants:

1. GM Iturrizaga Eduardo VEN 2625
2. GM Leitao Rafael BRA 2623
3. GM Beliavsky Alexander G SLO 2609
4. GM Kolev Atanas BUL 2601
5. GM Kovalyov Anton ARG 2598
6. GM Flores Diego ARG 2593
7. GM Rakhmanov Aleksandr RUS 2582
8. GM Ortiz Suarez Isan Reynaldo CUB 2576
9. GM Morovic Fernandez Ivan CHI 2575
10. GM Spraggett Kevin CAN 2572
11. GM Vazquez Igarza Renier ESP 2566
12. GM Gonzalez Vidal Yuri CUB 2563
13. GM Cordova Emilio PER 2554
14. GM Vocaturo Daniele ITA 2542
15. GM Rodriguez Vila Andres URU 2531
16. GM Alvarez Pedraza Aramis CUB 2526
17. GM Almeida Quintana Omar CUB 2520
18. GM Mitkov Nikola MKD 2519
19. FM Hevia Alejano Carlos Antonio CUB 2518
20. GM Nogueiras Santiago Jesus CUB 2513
21. GM Cori Jorge PER 2505
22. GM Barrientos Sergio E COL 2493
23. GM Dobrov Vladimir RUS 2481
24. IM Ortega Amarelle Mariano CUB 2474
25. GM Borges Matos Juan CUB 2453
26. IM Otero Acosta Diasmany CUB 2443
27. IM Arenas David COL 2430
28. IM Blanco Ronquillo Humberto L CUB 2430
29. IM Prasca Sosa Rafael VEN 2429
30. GM Mateo Ramon DOM 2427

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