The 41st International Open Ciudad de Sevilla is set to take place from 8-16th January at the FIBES-Palacio de Congresos y exposiciones in Seville, Spain.
The tournament is organized by the Federacion Sevillana de Ajedrez with support from Aytuntamiento de Sevilla – I.M. Deportes, Diputación de Sevilla and Turismo y Deporte Junta de Andalucía.
The playing format is 9-round Swiss. 227 participants from 20 countries are competing, including 12 Grandmasters and 7 International Masters.
Last year winner was IM Ernesto Fernandez Romero.
Participants (top 25 seeds):
1 GM VOROBIOV Evgeny E. RUS 2572
2 GM KOGAN Arthur ISR 2540
3 GM BURMAKIN Vladimir RUS 2539
4 GM RIZOUK Aimen ALG 2511
5 GM SUNDARARAJAN Kidambi IND 2508
6 FM GORDIEVSKY Dmitry RUS 2506
7 GM HOFFMAN Alejandro ARG 2476
8 IM FERNANDEZ ROMERO Ernesto ESP 2475
9 WGM LEI Tingjie CHN 2474
10 GM CAMPORA SIVORI Daniel ARG 2466
11 XU Xiangyu CHN 2466
12 GM PEREZ MITJANS Orelvis ESP 2455
13 GM PAUNOVIC Dragan SRB 2432
14 FM SANTOS RUIZ Miguel ESP 2427
15 IM TERAN ALVAREZ Ismael ESP 2416
16 IM GRANERO ROCA Antonio ESP 2410
17 IM SATYAPRAGYAN Swayangsu IND 2410
18 IM SARKAR Justin USA 2407
19 GM KOMLJENOVIC Davor CRO 2394
20 FM MONTERO MELENDEZ Rafael ESP 2373
21 IM BARRERO GARCIA Carlos ESP 2360
22 FM LADRON DE GUEVARA PINTO Paolo ESP 2348
23 FM ESPINOZA PALOMINO Willyam PER 2342
24 GM POGORELOV Ruslan UKR 2336
25 FM GUTIERREZ JIMENEZ Juan Manuel ESP 2288