Ciutat de Montcada Open

Ciutat de Montcada Open
Sunday, 03 July 2011 19:06

The 13th Ciutat de Montcada Open was held from 25th June to 3rd July in Montcada i Reixac, Spain. Open A had 66 participants and among them 10 Grandmasters. GM Salvador Del Rio de Angelis ESP 2508 and GM Matthieu Cornette FRA 2562 shared the first place with 7 points each.

Peruvian IM Cristhian Cruz 2477 was in join lead before the final round but the setback against Cuban GM Yuri Gonzalez 2504 pushed him down to the shared 3rd place with 6.5 points. In the same group are IM Yusnel Bacallao Alonso CUB 2530, GM Fernando Peralta ARG 2608, IM Jose Fernando Cuenca Jimenez ESP 2493 and GM Yuri Gonzalez Vidal CUB 2504.

Open B had 116 participants. Aitor Ortiz de Latierro Olivella ESP 1848 convincingly won the first place by collecting 8 points from nine games.