The 6th edition of the Pedro Lezcano Montalvo Memorial will be organized by the Chess Federation of Gran Canaria on 25th – 31st March 2013 at the Avenida de Canarias Hotel, Ateneo Municipal de Vecindario. C/ Colón s/n (Vecindario).
The tournament will be a 9-round Swiss Open. The first prizes will be 700, 600, 500 Euros, etc.
The registration fee will amount to 10 Euros. Until now, 51 players are registered to participate. Among them, 2 GMs and 5 IMs.
The first seeds are Bosnian Bojan Kurajica and the young Spaniard David Lariño Nieto.
Registered players (top seeds):
| 1 | GM | Kurajica Bojan | BIH | 2539 |
| 2 | IM | Larino Nieto David | ESP | 2508 |
| 3 | GM | Barlov Dragan | SRB | 2454 |
| 4 | IM | Brochet Philippe | FRA | 2396 |
| 5 | IM | Ortega Hermida Daniel | ESP | 2379 |
| 6 | IM | Bergez Luc | FRA | 2375 |
| 7 | IM | Strebkovs Andrejs | LAT | 2331 |
| 8 | FM | Martinez Ramirez Erik | ESP | 2302 |
| 9 | FM | Bressac Stephane | FRA | 2284 |
| 10 | FM | Espinoza Palomino Willyam | PER | 2284 |
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
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