Open Internacional d’Escacs Actius Vallfogona de Balaguer

The 19th Open Internacional d’Escacs Actius Vallfogona de Balaguer is set to take place on 24th and 25th September in Vallfogona de Balaguer, Catalonia, Spain. The 11-round rapid tournament will be played with the time control of 20 min + 3 sec per player.

120 players are currently pre-registered to compete. Among them are ten Grandmasters and the top rated is quick-chess expert GM Emilio Cordova of Peru. The tournament is organized by the Club Escacs Vallfogona and Mr.Jaume Parramon. Official website.

(Top 15) Players list:

1 GM Cordova Emilio PER 2560
2 GM Moskalenko Viktor UKR 2558
3 GM Almeida Quintana Omar CUB 2554
4 GM Narciso Dublan Marc ESP 2519
5 GM Gonzalez Garcia Jose MEX 2515
6 IM Cruz Sanchez Cristian ESP 2500
7 GM Oms Pallisse Josep ESP 2493
8 IM Pozo Vera Sandro CUB 2488
9 FM Gonzalez Perez Arian CUB 2486
10 FM Fernandez Cardoso Alexey CUB 2465
11 GM Martinez Duanny Lelys Stanley CUB 2464
12 GM Djuric Stefan SRB 2463
13 GM Lalic Bogdan CRO 2456
14 IM Larino Nieto David ESP 2455
15 FM Alarcon Casellas Rolando CUB 2453

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