The 14th International Open Sant Martí is taking place from 13th to 21st July at the Centre Cívic Sant Martí in Barcelona. The tournament is part of the 9th Catalan Chess Circuit.
There will be two groups – Open A, for players with FCE, FEDA, FIDE elo higher than 2000, and Open B for players with FCE, FEDA and FIDE elo under 1999. Both events will be played over 9 rounds of Swiss system.
The prize fund of 7000 EUR will be distributed over 17 regular and 18 special-elo prizes. The winner of the Open A takes 1200 EUR home.
Currently 109 players are registered for Open A and 170 have entered Open B. Many of them are coming directly from Barbera Open which concluded yesterday. Full lists bellow.
Obert Internacional Sant Marti 2011
Open A players list (top seeds):
1. GM TUROV Maxim RUS 2642
2. GM QUESADA PEREZ Yuniesky CUB 2626
3. GM CORDOVA Emilio PER 2584
4. GM HERNANDEZ CARMENATES Holden CUB 2569
5. GM ORTIZ SUAREZ Isan Reynaldo CUB 2562
6. GM BARSOV Alexei UZB 2539
7. IM VIDIT Santosh Gujrathi IND 2530
8. GM MOSKALENKO Viktor UKR 2523
9. GM CUARTAS Jaime Alexander COL 2523
10. GM GONZALEZ GARCIA Jose MEX 2518
11. GM LOPEZ MARTINEZ Josep Manuel ESP 2509
12. IM VENKATESH M R IND 2506
13. IM PEREZ MITJANS Orelvis ESP 2504
14. IM SHOKER Samy EGY 2504
15. IM MUNOZ PANTOJA Miguel ESP 2496
16. IM ESCOBAR FORERO Alder COL 2487
17. IM ASIS GARGATAGLI Hipolito ESP 2482
18. GM DEEPAN Chakkravarthy J IND 2468
19. IM PANELO Marcelo ARG 2452
20. FM GONZALEZ PEREZ Arian CUB 2452
21. FM ALARCON CASELLAS Rolando CUB 2436
22. IM PRASANNA Raghuram Rao IND 2428
23. IM ROJAS KEIM Luis CHI 2426
24. IM LORENZO DE LA RIVA Lazaro ESP 2422
25. GM LAXMAN R R IND 2422
26. IM CRUZ Jonathan PER 2418
27. GM POGORELOV Ruslan UKR 2417
28. IM GONZALEZ RODRIGUEZ Jorge A COL 2410
29. IM CRUZ Filemon PER 2404
30. IM PERPINYA ROFES Lluis Maria ESP 2401
Turov will win.