The 2nd Sunway Sitges International Chess Festival 2015 will be held from 13-20th December at the Sunway Playa Golf Sitges Hotel & Spa in Sitges, Barcelona, Spain.
The 9-round Swiss event will have two sections: Group A open to all players and valid for title norms, and Group B reserved for U2000 players.
A total of 19,700 EUR in cash prizes will be distributed among over 100 players. Top prizes in the Group A are 2000 € / 1200 € / 800 € / 700 € / 550 € etc
The hotel: Sunway Playa Golf & Spa is the site of the 2015 Sunway Sitges International Chess Festival. Located on the Promenade of Sitges (40 km. south of Barcelona), the hotel is situated in front of the sea and beside the golf club, in the residential quarter of Sitges.
Last year winner was GM Vladimir Baklan.
Open A participants (top seeds):
1. GM Granda Zuniga Julio E PER 2678
2. GM Baklan Vladimir UKR 2617
3. GM Agrest Evgenij SWE 2596
4. GM Maze Sebastien FRA 2582
5. GM Peralta Fernando ARG 2573
6. GM Can Emre TUR 2535
7. GM Narciso Dublan Marc CAT 2529
8. GM Aroshidze Levan CAT 2525
9. IM Matsenko Sergei RUS 2522
10. IM Bailet Pierre FRA 2517
11. IM Delorme Axel FRA 2507
12. GM Shyam Sundar M. IND 2481
13. GM Romanishin Oleg M UKR 2474
14. GM Abergel Thal FRA 2449
15. IM Kurmann Oliver SUI 2438
16. IM Gual Pascual Antonio CAT 2431
17. IM Cruz Filemon PER 2415
18. FM Bonafede Alessandro ITA 2400
19. IM Charochkina Daria RUS 2395
20. IM Meister Peter GER 2382
21. GM Yrjola Jouni FIN 2361
22. IM Blechzin Igor RUS 2350
23. IM Moor Olivier SUI 2320
24. GM Pogorelov Ruslan UKR 2315
25. FM Randazzo Adrian ITA 2315