37th Abierto Internacional Ciudad de Sevilla

The 37th Abierto Internacional Ciudad de Sevilla is set to take place from 7th to 15th January in Sevilla, Spain. This year’s tournament is dedicated to the memory of José Félix Domínguez Corrales.

The playing venue is Hotel Al-Andalus Palace-Hoteles Silken, near the football stadium Benito Villamarín. 162 players are pre-registered, among them 17 Grandmasters.

Top prizes are: 1º 2.000.- 2º 1000.- 3º 600.- 4º 500.- 5º 400.- 6º 350.- 7º 300.- 8º 250.-
Tournament director: Joquin Espejo Maqueda
Chief-Arbiter: Sagrario Rodriguez Aguilar

Official website

Participants (top 20 seeds):

1 GM FIER Alexandr BRA 2603
2 GM SVETUSHKIN Dmitry MDA 2598
3 GM BURMAKIN Vladimir RUS 2593
4 GM SENGUPTA Deep IND 2562
5 GM MATAMOROS FRANCO Carlos S ECU 2552
6 GM TESKE Henrik GER 2550
7 GM RIZOUK Aimen ALG 2539
8 GM HASLINGER Stewart G ENG 2534
9 GM SARIC Ante CRO 2528
10 GM MALAKHATKO Vadim BEL 2524
11 GM MIRZOEV Azer AZE 2523
12 GM PAUNOVIC Dragan SRB 2520
13 GM CAMPORA Daniel H ARG 2493
14 IM FERNANDEZ ROMERO Ernesto ESP 2471
15 GM HERRAIZ HIDALGO Herminio ESP 2469
16 IM DAS Arghyadip IND 2459
17 GM KOMLJENOVIC Davorin CRO 2457
18 IM HANSEN Eric CAN 2446
19 GM VAN DER WEIDE Karel NED 2445
20 IM RAZMYSLOV Alexander UKR 2438

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