The 29th Abierto Internacional Albariño was organized by the Club de Xadrez Albariño on 1-9th August at the Instituto de Bachillerato “Ramón Cabanillas” in Cambados, Spain.
The 9-round Swiss open is valid for the 26th Circuito Galego de Xadrez.
Latvian FM Nikita Meskovs overtook several Grandmasters in the tournament to claim a clear first place with 7,5 points.
81 players from five countries competed. Top prizes were EUR 1000 / 800 / 700 / 600 / 500 etc
Final standings (top finishers):
1 FM MESKOVS Nikita LAT 2372 – 7.5
2 FM GONZALEZ PEREZ Arian FID 2467 – 7
3 IM ESPINEIRA GONZALEZ Diego ESP 2341 – 7
4 GM PAUNOVIC Dragan SRB 2495 – 6.5
5 FM KANTANS Toms LAT 2343 – 6.5
6 GM KHAMRAKULOV Ibragim S. ESP 2484 – 6.5
7 LORENZO DURAN Marcos ESP 2117 – 6.5
8 COSTADO DIOS Luis A. ESP 2224 – 6.5
9 NAVARRO ALONSO Jorge ESP 2152 – 6
10 PATINO ROMARIS Juan Roberto ESP 2212 – 6
11 CARBALLO CANCELA Manuel ESP 1850 – 6
12 VARELA FERNANDEZ Andres ESP 1880 – 6
13 GOMEZ SEGADE Pablo ESP 2014 – 6
14 IM RODRIGUEZ LOPEZ Rafael ESP 2251 – 5.5
15 MEDARDE SANTIAGO Luis Marcos ESP 2104 – 5.5
impressive clear 1st