GM Dan Zoler storms through Benasque Open

The 32nd Benasque International Open was played over 10 rounds of swiss system from 5th to 14th July at the Benasque Sport Pavilion.

394 players from 27 countries participated in the event. Among them were 35 Grandmasters, 32 International Masters and 25 FIDE Masters.

Israeli GM Dan Zoler defeated GM Gawain Jones in the final round to convincingly take the first place with 9 points, a full point ahead of the chasing pack of six.

FM David Anton Guijarro and IM Sergio Garza Marco (both Spain) have earned Grandmaster norms. Indian WFM N. Raghavi obtained WGM norm. Thibaut Maenhout, Stef Soors (both Belgium) and Javier Alcaraz Ortega (Spain) achieved IM norms.

Norms after round 10 will be announced soon.

Top prizes:
1 º *4.000 € + Trofeo
2 º *3.000 € + Trofeo
3 º *2.000 € + Trofeo
4 º *1.000 € + Trofeo
5 º *800 € + Trofeo
6 º *700 € + Trofeo
7 º *600 € + Trofeo
8 º *500 € + Trofeo
9 º *400 € + Trofeo
10 º *400 € + Trofeo
Total 20.000 EUR

The 2011 the tournament winner was GM Tigran L Petrosian. 11 title norms were obtained.

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Final standings:

1. GM ZOLER Dan ISR 2527 – 9
2. GM VAZQUEZ IGARZA Renier ESP 2554 – 8
3. GM HARIKRISHNA P IND 2684 – 8
4. GM MARGVELASHVILI Giorgi GEO 2552 – 8
5. GM NABATY Tamir ISR 2582 – 8
6. GM BURMAKIN Vladimir RUS 2590 – 8
7. IM BACHES GARCIA Guillermo ESP 2389 – 8
8. FM ANTON GUIJARRO David ESP 2490 – 7.5
9. GM JONES Gawain C B ENG 2655 – 7.5
10. IM GARZA MARCO Sergio ESP 2410 – 7.5
11. GM GRANDA ZUNIGA Julio E PER 2657 – 7.5
12. GM CHIRILA Ioan-Cristian ROU 2504 – 7.5
13. GM SANDIPAN Chanda IND 2618 – 7.5
14. GM STOCEK Jiri CZE 2573 – 7.5
15. IM RUBIO MEJIA Luis Ignacio ESP 2428 – 7.5
16. GM HARIKA Dronavalli IND 2499 – 7.5
17. IM TOLEDANO LLINARES Juan A ESP 2312 – 7.5
18. WGM AMBARTSUMOVA Karina RUS 2322 – 7.5
19. WFM RAGHAVI N IND 2038 – 7.5
20. FM LOPEZ GRACIA Fernando ESP 2369 – 7.5
21. GM HRACEK Zbynek CZE 2624 – 7
22. GM MARIN Mihail ROU 2548 – 7
23. GM GOMEZ ESTEBAN Juan Mario ESP 2462 – 7
24. GM CORI Jorge PER 2479 – 7
25. GM SHANAVA Konstantine GEO 2578 – 7
26. GM NAUMKIN Igor RUS 2463 – 7
27. GM SANIKIDZE Tornike GEO 2596 – 7
28. FM MAENHOUT Thibaut BEL 2365 – 7
29. IM CASTELLANOS RODRIGUEZ Renier ESP 2490 – 7
30. IM BURG Twan NED 2470 – 7
31. FM ALCARAZ ORTEGA Javier ESP 2297 – 7
32. IM ESPINOSA ARANDA Angel ESP 2402 – 7
33. WGM CORI T Deysi PER 2386 – 7
34. IM RECUERO GUERRA David ESP 2467 – 7
35. IM ROEDER Matthias GER 2434 – 7
36. IM CAMARENA GIMENEZ Rufino ESP 2390 – 7
37. GM BARON Tal ISR 2452 – 7
38. GM UBILAVA Elizbar ESP 2520 – 7
39. GM KOMLJENOVIC Davorin CRO 2450 – 7
40. GM TIMOSHENKO Georgy UKR 2531 – 7
41. GM LALIC Bogdan CRO 2495 – 7
42. VAZQUEZ TORRES Adrian ESP 2136 – 7
43. FM BOIX MORENO Daniel ESP 2333 – 7
44. IM ANTOLI ROYO Joaquin Miguel ESP 2401 – 7
45. IM ARRIBAS LOPEZ Angel ESP 2463 – 6.5
46. FM SOORS Stef BEL 2340 – 6.5
47. IM CZAKON Jakub POL 2481 – 6.5
48. FM LADRON DE GUEVARA PINTO Paolo ESP 2353 – 6.5
49. FM LILLO CASTAY Victor ESP 2273 – 6.5
50. IM LEENHOUTS Koen NED 2384 – 6.5
51. GM CIFUENTES PARADA Roberto ESP 2506 – 6.5
52. IM PARDO SIMON David ESP 2421 – 6.5
53. FM KIEWRA Keaton F USA 2361 – 6.5
54. IM FORCEN ESTEBAN Daniel ESP 2457 – 6.5
55. GM JOVANOVIC Zoran CRO 2541 – 6.5
56. GM DE LA VILLA GARCIA Jesus Maria ESP 2478 – 6.5
57. IM GIFFARD Nicolas FRA 2362 – 6.5
58. GM WESTERINEN Heikki M J FIN 2345 – 6.5
59. FM BUENAFE MOYA Javier ESP 2257 – 6.5
60. TEJEDOR FUENTES Enrique ESP 2254 – 6.5
61. ALMAGRO MAZARIEGOS Sebastian ESP 2308 – 6.5
62. IM GARCIA ROMAN Daniel ESP 2402 – 6.5
63. DONOVAN Linton BEL 2238 – 6.5
64. VILLASEÑOR RUBIO Emilio Jose ESP 2159 – 6.5
65. FM GARCIA MORENO Carlos ESP 2321 – 6.5
66. IM KOVACEVIC Slobodan SRB 2310 – 6.5
67. PRUJA RAMIREZ DE CARTAGENA Mar ESP 2237 – 6.5
68. FERNANDEZ LLEDO Javier ESP 2207 – 6.5