The 80th Spanish Individual Chess Championship was held from August 23rd to August 31st, 2015, in Linares, Spain.
The event was a 9-round Swiss open tournament with tempo of play 90’ + 30”. Many players, part of the Spanish chess elite, took part in it.
GM Francisco Vallejo Pons became 2015 Spanish champion but not without facing serious opposition. He tied for the first place with the young prodigy GM David Anton Guijarro and IM Mikel Huerga Leache at 7 points each, but a better tie-break score favored Vallejo Pons for the gold.
Anton Guijarro took the silver medal, while Huerga Leache remained third.
IM Sabrina Vega Gutierrez emerged the best female player with 6 points and 12th position in the final standings.
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Final top standings (top 20):
1 GM m Vallejo Pons, Francisco ESP 7,0 2686 2677 VAS
2 GM m Anton Guijarro, David ESP 7,0 2635 2598 MAD
3 IM m Huerga Leache, Mikel ESP 7,0 2436 2446 CNT
4 GM m Korneev, Oleg ESP 6,5 2569 2605 EXT
5 GM m Vazquez Igarza, Renier ESP 6,5 2581 2602 MAD
6 IM m Pardo Simon, David ESP 6,5 2468 2436 CAT
7 GM m Arribas Lopez, Angel ESP 6,5 2559 2558 MAD
8 GM m Lopez Martinez, Josep Manuel ESP 6,5 2540 2532 CAT
9 IM m Moreno Trujillo, Alejandro ESP 6,5 2499 2498 MAD
10 GM m Del Rio De Angelis, Salvador G. ESP 6,5 2511 2519 EUS
11 GM m Salgado Lopez, Ivan ESP 6,0 2615 2607 VAS
12 IM f Vega Gutierrez, Sabrina ESP 6,0 2381 2365 CAN
13 FM m Martin Duque, Jesus ESP 6,0 2354 2346 MAD
14 IM m Espinosa Aranda, Angel ESP 6,0 2427 2427 MAD
15 FM m Santos Ruiz, Miguel ESP 5,5 2341 2337 AND
16 FM m Alvarado Diaz, Alejandro ESP 5,5 2408 2423 CAN
17 FM m Aguera Naredo, Javier ESP 5,5 2358 2325 AST
18 IM m Cuenca Jimenez, Jose Fernando ESP 2526 2485 AND
19 IM m Asis Gargatagli, Hipolito ESP 5,5 2487 2483 CAT
20 GM m Arizmendi Martinez, Julen Luis ESP 5,5 2529 2516 CTL