The 76th Spanish Chess Championship was held from 15th to 23rd October in Arenal den Castell, Menorca. 53 players competed in the 9-round Swiss event.
GM Miguel Illescas, also top seed in the Championship, held the lead throughout the tournament, but in the last round he drew IM Olga Alexandrova and allowed IM Alvar Alonso Rosell to catch on the shared first place with 7 points each.
Alonso Rosell grabs the winner’s trophy on better tie-break. He also takes 3000 EUR home.
Final top 25 standings:
1 IM Alonso Rosell Alvar 2501 – 7
2 GM Illescas Cordoba Miguel 2601 – 7
3 IM Alexandrova Olga 2392 – 6.5
4 GM Perez Candelario Manuel 2556 – 6
5 GM Arizmendi Martinez Julen Luis 2568 – 6
6 GM Del Rio De Angelis Salvador G 2527 – 6
7 GM Cifuentes Parada Roberto 2518 – 6
8 GM Lopez Martinez Josep Manuel 2519 – 6
9 IM Moreno Ruiz Javier 2536 – 5.5
10 GM De La Villa Garcia Jesus Maria 2486 – 5.5
11 IM Gonzalez De La Torre Santiago 2445 – 5.5
12 IM Carrasco Martinez Juan M 2374 – 5.5
13 FM Fenollar Jorda Manuel 2352 – 5.5
14 Fernandez Garcia Jose Miguel 2325 – 5.5
15 Meneses Gonzalez Kevin Moises 2192 – 5.5
16 IM Mascaro March Pedro 2391 – 5.5
17 Ladron De Guevara Pinto Paolo 2292 – 5.5
18 GM Vila Gazquez Xavier 2465 – 5
19 IM Teran Alvarez Ismael 2435 – 5
20 IM Espinosa Aranda Angel 2398 – 5
21 IM Garza Marco Sergio 2402 – 5
22 FM Pazos Porta Antonio 2310 – 5
23 Gutierrez Olivares Daniel 2257 – 5
24 FM Cubas Pons Juan Miguel 2340 – 5
25 FM Espineira Gonzalez Diego 2399 – 5
GM Miguel Illescas and IM Olga Alexandrova are married. Illescas had no options than not play to win. If he’d win, people said than Alezandrova let her husband win.