The 33rd Benasque International Open will be played over 10 rounds of Swiss system from 4th to 13th July at the Sport Pavilion in Benasque, Spain.
The tournament is valid for FIDE and FEDA rankings and provides the opportunity of winning title norms. The time control will be 90 minutes for the whole game + 30 seconds per move.
428 players from 37 countries are registered to take participation. Among them are 41 Grandmasters and 30 International Masters.
Top prizes:
1 º *4.000 € + Trophy
2 º *3.000 € + Trophy
3 º *2.000 € + Trophy
4 º *1.000 € + Trophy
5 º *800 € + Trophy
Total 20.000 EUR
Last year winner was GM Dan Zoler
Participants:
1. GM GRANDA ZUNIGA Julio E PER 2679
2. GM NISIPEANU Liviu-Dieter ROU 2670
3. GM NI Hua CHN 2661
4. GM ITURRIZAGA Eduardo VEN 2642
5. GM RODSHTEIN Maxim ISR 2641
6. GM GEORGIEV Kiril BUL 2636
7. GM DELCHEV Aleksander BUL 2614
8. GM ILLESCAS CORDOBA Miguel ESP 2613
9. GM ARIZMENDI MARTINEZ Julen Luis ESP 2580
10. GM GOLOD Vitali ISR 2578
11. GM KOVCHAN Alexander UKR 2577
12. GM VAZQUEZ IGARZA Renier ESP 2571
13. GM ANTON GUIJARRO David ESP 2564
14. GM BURMAKIN Vladimir RUS 2559
15. GM ANDERSSON Ulf SWE 2557
16. GM STEINGRIMSSON Hedinn ISL 2557
17. GM CORI Jorge PER 2543
18. GM KHARITONOV Alexandr RUS 2538
19. GM ZOLER Dan ISR 2538
20. GM VOCATURO Daniele ITA 2536
21. GM MOSKALENKO Viktor ESP 2529
22. GM FIRMAN Nazar UKR 2526
23. GM GORDON Stephen J ENG 2521
24. GM DEL RIO DE ANGELIS Salvador G ESP 2505
25. GM SHYAM Sundar M. IND 2505
26. IM GUERRA MENDEZ Jose Angel CUB 2505
27. IM CASTELLANOS RODRIGUEZ Renier ESP 2504
28. GM MOVSZISZIAN Karen ARM 2499
29. IM ARRIBAS LOPEZ Angel ESP 2494
30. IM FORCEN ESTEBAN Daniel ESP 2493
31. GM UBILAVA Elizbar ESP 2490
32. GM LALIC Bogdan CRO 2489
33. IM NARODITSKY Daniel USA 2486
34. IM BURG Twan NED 2479
35. IM DEBASHIS Das IND 2478
36. GM DE LA VILLA GARCIA Jesus Mari ESP 2472
37. GM DEEPAN Chakkravarthy J. IND 2468
38. GM CIFUENTES PARADA Roberto ESP 2464
39. IM GARZA MARCO Sergio ESP 2462
40. GM GOMEZ ESTEBAN Juan Mario ESP 2462
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