The 16th Open Internacional de Sants, Hostafrancs & Bordeta was held on 22-30th August at the Auditoridel Centre Cívic de les Cotxeres de Sants, 79 Sants St in Barcelona, Spain.
The 10-round Swiss event consisted of two sections:
– Group A: open to all players, regardless of their rating, with a FIDE ID
– Group B: for all players U2100 Catalan elo and U2000 FIDE elo
Grandmaster Alexandr Fier from Brazil emerged sole winner of the Group A with 8,5/10 points to claim the top prize of 2500 EUR. Fier also won the event back in 2009.
The winner of the Group B is the local player Fernando Adrian Cardenas (2060) with 8,5 points.
Open Internacional de Sants, Hostafrancs & Bordeta once again attracted more than 600 participants for both sections combined.
The total prize fund was 13,800 EUR and the results are valid for the 11th Catalan Chess Circuit.
Open A final standings:
1. GM FIER Alexandr BRA 2570 – 8.5
2. GM VOCATURO Daniele ITA 2587 – 8
3. GM BOGNER Sebastian SUI 2603 – 8
4. GM KRAEMER Martin GER 2546 – 8
5. GM ALSINA LEAL Daniel CAT/ESP 2550 – 8
6. GM BROMBERGER Stefan GER 2510 – 8
7. GM SANDIPAN Chanda IND 2619 – 7.5
8. IM DUCARMON Quinten NED 2479 – 7.5
9. IM PERPINYA ROFES Lluis Maria CAT 2391 – 7.5
10. GM BLOMQVIST Erik SWE 2506 – 7.5
11. GM AROSHIDZE Levan GEO 2539 – 7.5
12. IM LYRBERG Patrik SWE 2444 – 7.5
13. IM OLIVA CASTANEDA Kevel CUB 2446 – 7.5
14. GM LIBISZEWSKI Fabien FRA 2531 – 7.5
15. IM GRAF Felix GER 2479 – 7.5
16. GM GRANDA ZUNIGA Julio E PER 2663 – 7.5
17. IM COLLINS Sam E. IRL 2495 – 7.5
18. GM CRUZ Cristhian PER 2553 – 7.5
19. GM HOFFMAN Alejandro ARG 2456 – 7
20. FM SCHROEDER Jan-Christian GER 2360 – 7
21. GM CORI Jorge PER 2630 – 7
22. IM KLEIN David NED 2498 – 7
23. GM NARCISO DUBLAN Marc CAT 2515 – 7
24. GM NOVIKOV Stanislav RUS 2562 – 7
25. GM PERALTA Fernando ARG 2574 – 7
26. IM GOMEZ GARRIDO Camilo Ernesto CUB 2496 – 7
27. IM ZUDE Erik Dr. GER 2381 – 7
28. IM CRUZ Jonathan PER 2459 – 7
29. IM GALLIAMOVA Alisa RUS 2472 – 7
30. IM DELORME Axel FRA 2501 – 7
31. GM HANDKE Florian GER 2553 – 7
32. IM JORCZIK Julian GER 2399 – 7
33. IM BACHES GARCIA Guillermo CAT 2377 – 7
34. MK GARRIGA CAZORLA Pere CAT 2196 – 7
35. GM MUNOZ PANTOJA Miguel CAT 2451 – 7
36. FM GUREVICH Daniel USA 2298 – 7
37. MIDOUX Sebastien FRA 2368 – 7
38. IM ALOMA VIDAL Robert CAT 2403 – 6.5
39. GM COMAS FABREGO Lluis CAT 2508 – 6.5
40. GM CUARTAS Jaime Alexander COL 2489 – 6.5
41. IM MARTINEZ ROMERO Martin COL 2387 – 6.5
He’s a busy GM.