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The 2nd Sunway Sitges International Chess Festival was held from December 12-20, 2015, in Sitges, Barcelona, Spain.

The event was a 9-round Swiss open tournament with prize fund in total of 19,700 € and 2,000 € reserved for the winner.

The Spaniard GM Marc Narciso Dublan emerged a clear winner with 7/9 points, leaving the nearest followers half a point behind.

The second place is shared in a seven-way tie by Peruvian GM Julio Granda Zuniga, GM Fernando Peralta from Argentina, GM Sebastian Maze from France, IM Sergei Matsenko from Russia, GM Emre Can from Turkey, GM Josep Manuel Lopez Martinez from Spain and GM Evgenij Agrest from Sweden, after the whole group fiished the open tournament with 6.5 points.

The best female player is IM Daria Charochkina, who scored 5.5 points to finish 19th in the final ranking.

Official websiteStandings and statistics

Final standings (top 45):

1 GM Narciso Dublan Marc 2597 CAT 2529 7
2 GM Granda Zuniga Julio E PER 2685 6.5
3 GM Peralta Fernando 2599 ARG 2572 6.5
4 GM Maze Sebastien FRA 2582 6.5
5 IM Matsenko Sergei RUS 2525 6.5
6 GM Can Emre TUR 2542 6.5
7 GM Lopez Martinez Josep Manuel 2569 CAT 2535 6.5
8 GM Agrest Evgenij 2596 SWE 2593 6.5
9 IM Delorme Axel 2498 FRA 2507 6
10 GM Shyam Sundar M. IND 2485 6
11 GM Pogorelov Ruslan 2439 UKR 2315 6
12 GM Aroshidze Levan 2563 CAT 2525 6
13 GM Demuth Adrien FRA 2537 6
14 GM Romanishin Oleg M UKR 2462 6
15 IM Cruz Filemon 2477 PER 2415 6
16 CM Mayo Casademont Marti 2326 CAT 2261 6
17 MK Esplugas Esteve Vicenc 2359 CAT 2220 6
18 IM Kurmann Oliver SUI 2435 5.5
19 IM Charochkina Daria RUS 2395 5.5
20 GM Fier Alexandr BRA 2607 5.5
21 FM Chalmeta Ugas Ramon 2378 CAT 2265 5.5
22 FM Gordievsky Dmitry RUS 2513 5
23 IM Bonafede Alessandro ITA 2400 5
24 GM Abergel Thal FRA 2449 5
25 IM Aderito Pedro ANG 2201 5
26 IM Moor Olivier SUI 2317 5
27 IM Gual Pascual Antonio 2517 CAT 2431 5
28 FM Low Zhen Yu Cyrus SIN 2256 5
29 IM Rodriguez Lopez Rafael ESP 2252 5
30 WGM Maisuradze Nino FRA 2273 5
31 IM Saravanan V. IND 2283 5
32 FM Barbero Sendic Alejandro 2405 CAT 2363 5
33 IM Bailet Pierre FRA 2523 5
34 GM Yrjola Jouni FIN 2356 5
35 MK Heredia Tarrats Amadeu 2178 CAT 2102 5
36 Louis Thibault FRA 2244 5
37 IM Gonzalez Rodriguez Jorge A. 2428 COL 2338 5
38 CM Do Santos Julio Joao Manuel ANG 2069 5
39 FM Kholopov Alexander A. RUS 2301 4.5
40 IM Blechzin Igor RUS 2350 4.5
41 FM Gedajlovic Max CAN 2302 4.5
42 IM Meister Peter GER 2382 4.5
43 Paulino Domingos ANG 2009 4.5
44 GM Bouaziz Slim TUN 2283 4.5
45 Villar Juan 2213 PER 2242 4.5

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