The 27th International Chess Tournament in Memoriam of Grandmaster Carlos Torre Repetto is scheduled to take place from December 17 – 21, 2015, in Merida, Yucatan, Mexico.
The event is split into seven different tournaments:
– Magistral – 9-round Swiss open tournament;
– Yucatan – 7-round Swiss tournament for players rated between 1700 and 1899 Elo rating;
– Merida – 7-round Swiss tournament for players rated between 1500 and 1699 Elo rating;
– Kukulkan – 6-round Swiss tournament for players rated below 1500 or unrated;
– Youth Tournament U8;
– Youth Tournament U10;
– Youth Tournament U12
The hefty prize fund is in total of MXN $ 550,000 (approximately US $ 32,000).
Open Magistral list of participants (top 30 seeds):
1 GM Bruzon Batista Lazaro CUB 2659
2 GM Quesada Perez Yuniesky CUB 2643
3 GM Dreev Aleksey RUS 2638
4 GM Cori Jorge PER 2637
5 GM Tiviakov Sergei NED 2621
6 GM L’ami Erwin NED 2619
7 GM Cordova Emilio PER 2604
8 GM Ortiz Suarez Isan Reynaldo CUB 2577
9 GM Gonzalez Vidal Yuri CUB 2550
10 GM Becerra Rivero Julio USA 2539
11 GM Baryshpolets Andrey UKR 2533
12 GM Gonzalez Zamora Juan Carlos MEX 2533
13 IM Pichot Alan ARG 2528
14 GM Bacallao Alonso Yusnel CUB 2525
15 GM Nogueiras Santiago Jesus CUB 2501
16 IM Garcia Pantoja Roberto CUB 2477
17 GM Alvarez Pedraza Aramis CUB 2467
18 IM Ortega Amarelle Mariano CUB 2466
19 GM Zapata Alonso COL 2464
20 IM Aguero Jimenez Luis Lazaro CUB 2459
21 GM Martinez Duany Lelys Stanley CUB 2457
22 GM Abreu Delgado Aryam CUB 2441
23 GM Romero Holmes Alfonso ESP 2441
24 IM Otero Acosta Diasmany CUB 2438
25 GM Amanov Mesgen TKM 2436
26 IM Ibarra Chami Luis Fernando MEX 2435
27 GM Vera Gonzalez-Quevedo Reynald CUB 2431
28 IM Ruiz Sanchez Orlen CUB 2426
29 IM Miranda Mesa Elier CUB 2425
30 FM Girones Barrios Yans Richard CUB 2421