The 5th Open de Ajedrez Vitoria-Gasteiz 2013 took place on 21-28th July at the Gran Hotel Lakua in Vitoria-Gasteiz, capital city of Basque Country, Spain.

The tournament was organized by the Club de Ajedrez Buztinzuri and Asociación Deportiva Ruta de Europa. The 9-round swiss open had 69 participants from seven federations.

GM Deepan Chakkravarthy (India), IM George-Catalin Ardelean (Romania) and FRANCO ALONSO IM Alejandro Franco Alonso (Spain) shared the first place with 7,0/9 points each. Deepan won the trophy on best tie-break score.

Top prizes: EUR 2.000, 1.500, 1.000, 800, 600, 500 € etc

Tournament website

Final standings (top finishers):

1. GM DEEPAN Chakkravarthy J. IND 2468 – 7
2. IM ARDELEAN George-Catalin ROU 2505 – 7
3. IM FRANCO ALONSO Alejandro ESP 2471 – 7
4. IM CARMACIU Lucian-Catalin ROU 2416 – 6.5
5. GM MANOLACHE Marius ROU 2504 – 6.5
6. GM NEELOTPAL Das IND 2445 – 6.5
7. GM SOLODOVNICHENKO Yuri UKR 2555 – 6.5
8. IM DONCEA Vladimir ROU 2423 – 6
9. FM ASTASIO LOPEZ David ESP 2392 – 6
10. FM MARTIN ALVAREZ Inigo ESP 2306 – 6
11. FM CRUZ RAVINA Francisco Javier ESP 2345 – 6
12. GM DEL RIO DE ANGELIS Salvador G ESP 2505 – 6
13. ALBAINA ALVAREZ Alvaro ESP 2150 – 6
14. CAMACHO CALLE Pedro ESP 2078 – 6

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