Petrosian wins Benasque, GM norm for Naroditsky

Tigran Petrosian Victorious in Benasque Open
444 players from 33 chess federations participated

The 31st Villa de Benasque Open was held from 7th to 16th July in Benasque, Spain. A traditionally massive tournament gathered 444 players from 33 chess federations. 35 Grandmasters and 32 International Masters participated.

Five players entered the final round with 7.5 points each, but only the Armenian Grandmaster Tigran Petrosian succeeded in scoring a full point, which pushed him ahead of the rest to become a sole winner with 8.5 points. Six players follow on the shared second place with 8 points each.

The tournament was a 10-round Swiss with more than 20,000 EUR in prizes. The winner takes 4,000 EUR home. Full standings bellow.

Benasque is a town in the comarca of Ribagorza, province of Huesca, (Spain). It is the main town in the Benasque Valley, located in the heart of the Pyrenees and surrounded by the highest peaks in that range.

Final top 30 standings:

1. GM PETROSIAN Tigran L ARM 2636 – 8.5
2. GM GRANDA ZUNIGA Julio E PER 2616 – 8
3. GM DELCHEV Aleksander BUL 2622 – 8
4. GM SARIC Ivan CRO 2639 – 8
5. IM ALMAGRO LLAMAS Pablo ESP 2463 – 8
6. GM TUROV Maxim RUS 2630 – 8
7. GM MARIN Mihail ROU 2548 – 8
8. GM STOCEK Jiri CZE 2596 – 7.5
9. GM OLEKSIENKO Mikhailo UKR 2564 – 7.5
10. GM TIMOSHENKO Georgy UKR 2568 – 7.5
11. IM NARODITSKY Daniel USA 2451 – 7.5 GM norm
12. IM BURG Twan NED 2450 – 7.5
13. GM BAKRE Tejas IND 2522 – 7.5
14. GM ANDRIASIAN Zaven ARM 2616 – 7.5
15. IM RECUERO GUERRA David ESP 2441 – 7.5
16. GM MORADIABADI Elshan IRI 2532 – 7.5
17. FM PARDO SIMON David ESP 2388 – 7.5
18. GM BURMAKIN Vladimir RUS 2579 – 7.5
19. GM GOMEZ ESTEBAN Juan Mario ESP 2465 – 7.5
20. GM SZABO Krisztian HUN 2542 – 7.5
21. GM CIFUENTES PARADA Roberto ESP 2523 – 7.5
22. IM FORCEN ESTEBAN Daniel ESP 2441 – 7.5
23. GM LALIC Bogdan CRO 2470 – 7.5
24. GM FRANCO OCAMPOS Zenon PAR 2502 – 7
25. GM LEVIN Felix GER 2475 – 7
26. IM RUBIO MEJIA Luis Ignacio ESP 2417 – 7
27. GM DE LA VILLA GARCIA Jesus Maria ESP 2490 – 7
28. IM GARZA MARCO Sergio ESP 2403 – 7
29. RIOBOO DE LARRIVA Alvaro ESP 2215 – 7
30. GM VOLODIN Aleksandr EST 2523 – 7
31. IM CASTELLANOS RODRIGUEZ Renier ESP 2497 – 7
32. IM SOLTANICI Ruslan MDA 2346 – 7
33. GM JANSA Vlastimil CZE 2493 – 7
34. IM TUROVA Irina RUS 2413 – 7
35. IM STOPA Jacek POL 2474 – 7
36. IM BACHES GARCIA Guillermo ESP 2382 – 7
37. GM GARCIA Gildardo COL 2368 – 7
38. ALCARAZ ORTEGA Javier ESP 2248 – 7
39. GM GRUENFELD Yehuda ISR 2496 – 7
40. WIM AMBARTSUMOVA Karina RUS 2303 – 7
41. ALVARADO DIAZ Alejandro ESP 2181 – 7
42. FM COLAS LONGARES Rafael P ESP 2316 – 7
43. SUAREZ URIEL Adrian ESP 2217 – 7
44. FM ANTON GUIJARRO David ESP 2473 – 7