The XXI Open Internacional Ciutat de Montcada will take place from June 25th to July 3rd at the Ciutat de Montcada Hotel. c/. Verdi 12. Centro Comercial El Punt. Montcada i Reixac. Estación Renfe Montcada Ripollet.
The event is a part of the X Catalan Chess Circuit and is qualified as a “Superior A” tournament.
The tournament will be divided in two groups. Group A for players with an Elo rating over 2000, and Group B for players that do not meet this criterion. It will be a 9-rounds Swiss open, valid for FIDE, FEDA and FCDE.
First prizes in Group A: 1.200 € / 700 € / 600 € / 500 € / 400 €.
A strong group of Grandmasters is registered to participate. First seeds are Romanian Liviu-Ditier Nisipeanu, Argentinian Fernando Peralta, Cuban Isán Ortiz, defending champion Vladimir Burmakin and Georgian Levan Aroshidze.
129 players are signed up to participate in the B group.
Participants Open A (top seeds):
1. GM Nisipeanu Liviu-Dieter ROU 2667
2. GM Peralta Fernando ARG 2622
3. GM Ortiz Suarez Isan Reynaldo CUB 2612
4. GM Burmakin Vladimir RUS 2575
5. GM Aroshidze Levan GEO 2568
6. GM Gleizerov Evgeny RUS 2553
7. GM Cori Jorge PER 2549
8. GM Narciso Dublan Marc ESP 2536
9. GM Cabrera Alexis ESP 2525
10. GM Ulibin Mikhail RUS 2523
11. IM Pancevski Filip MKD 2513
12. IM Guerra Mendez Jose Angel CUB 2505
13. GM Cruz Cristhian PER 2499
14. GM Perez Mitjans Orelvis ESP 2496
15. GM Flores Rios Mauricio CHI 2492
16. IM Asis Gargatagli Hipolito ESP 2490
17. IM Moreno Ruiz Javier ESP 2486
18. GM Cuartas Jaime Alexander COL 2484
19. IM Escobar Forero Alder COL 2468
20. GM Deepan Chakkravarthy J. IND 2468
21. IM Narayanan Srinath IND 2464
22. IM Satyapragyan Swayangsu IND 2464
23. GM Neelotpal Das IND 2461
24. GM Munoz Pantoja Miguel ESP 2459
25. IM Kjartansson Gudmundur ISL 2453
26. GM Herraiz Hidalgo Herminio ESP 2447
27. IM Saptarshi Roy IND 2447
28. IM Fluvia Poyatos Jordi ESP 2445
29. WGM Cori T. Deysi PER 2437
30. IM Valdes Leonardo CRC 2436
Fantastic. Hope everyone will make norms.