The 28th Villa de Roquetas International Open 2017 was held from 3-8th January at Hotel Bahía Serena in Roquetas de Mar, Almería, Spain.
The event was organized by the Club Ajedrez Roquetas and consisted of a 9-round General Open with a 1200 euro prize for first place and a 7-round sub 2150 tournament.
The main section had 141 participants from 25 federations, including 17 Grandmasters and 15 Intenational Masters.
Grandmasters Karen Grigoryan, Gevorg Harutjunyan (both Armenia), Renier Vazquez Igarza (Spain), and untitled Xu Xiangyu (China) shared the first place with 7/9 points each.
Karen Grigoryan took the winner’s trophy on best tie-break. Xu Xiangyu narrowly missed the GM norm.
Final standings:
1. GM GRIGORYAN Karen H. ARM 2571 – 7
2. GM VAZQUEZ IGARZA Renier ESP 2572 – 7
3. GM HARUTJUNYAN Gevorg ARM 2437 – 7
4. XU Xiangyu CHN 2477 – 7
5. GM GEORGIEV Kiril BUL 2627 – 6.5
6. IM STANY G.A. IND 2485 – 6.5
7. IM BUTKIEWICZ Lukasz POL 2447 – 6.5
8. IM ANURAG Mhamal IND 2423 – 6.5
9. GM SUNDARARAJAN Kidambi IND 2420 – 6.5
10. IM KRYSA Leandro ARG 2491 – 6.5
11. FM LI Di CHN 2462 – 6.5
12. GM GOZZOLI Yannick FRA 2583 – 6
13. GM SVETUSHKIN Dmitry MDA 2577 – 6
14. GM EDOUARD Romain FRA 2613 – 6
15. GM SEDLAK Nikola SRB 2529 – 6
16. IM GASCON DEL NOGAL Jose Rafael VEN 2455 – 6
17. GM RIFF Jean-Noel FRA 2468 – 6
18. IM PICEU Tom BEL 2357 – 6
19. GM TAZBIR Marcin POL 2524 – 6
20. GM MAIOROV Nikita BLR 2500 – 6
21. FM LOPEZ MULET Inigo ESP 2304 – 6
22. FM MOROZOV Nichita MDA 2406 – 6
23. FM PLAZUELO PASCUAL Juan ESP 2300 – 6
24. IM KONGUVEL Ponnuswamy IND 2417 – 6
25. IM SATYAPRAGYAN Swayangsu IND 2462 – 6
26. FM LOPEZ RIVERA Jesus ESP 2351 – 6
27. GM POPOVIC Dusan SRB 2525 – 6
28. FM LIANES GARCIA Marcos ESP 2350 – 6
29. GM LEMOS Damian ARG 2516 – 5.5
30. GM FORCEN ESTEBAN Daniel ESP 2541 – 5.5
31. GM CUENCA JIMENEZ Jose Fernando ESP 2492 – 5.5
32. PRIETO MARTIN Alfonso ESP 2183 – 5.5
33. FM ALSHAMEARY PUENTE Ismael ESP 2325 – 5.5
34. WFM GARCIA MARTIN Marta ESP 2229 – 5.5
35. IM ESPINOZA PALOMINO Willyam PER 2416 – 5.5
36. FM LADRON DE GUEVARA PINTO Paolo ESP 2386 – 5.5
37. MORAL GARCIA Serafin ESP 2260 – 5.5
38. FM PEREZ GARCIA Alejandro ESP 2398 – 5.5
39. FM BERNABEU LOPEZ Carlos Javier ESP 2314 – 5.5
40. IM LEENHOUTS Koen NED 2502 – 5
41. MERARIO ALARCON Andres ESP 2264 – 5
42. FM FERNANDEZ SILES Luis ESP 2248 – 5
43. FM BJERRE Jonas DEN 2365 – 5
44. FM ORTEGA LOPEZ Mikel ESP 2258 – 5
45. SILVA LUCENA Cristian ESP 2254 – 5
46. LOPEZ QUEVEDO Eduardo ESP 2185 – 5
47. FM SANCHEZ JEREZ Emilio Miguel ESP 2257 – 5
48. GALIANA FERNANDEZ Adrian ESP 2272 – 5
49. FM ARANDA MARIN Cristian ESP 2316 – 5
50. ROLDAN MARQUES Daniel ESP 2209 – 5