The 10th International Rapid Chess Tournament of Valladolid took place on 21st December, 2014, at the Holtel Novotel (Valladolid) in the northwestern Spain’s biggest city.
The event was an 8-round tournament with tempo of play 15′ + 15″ and gathered 100 participants from 10 different countries.
The top seeded GM Julio Granda Zuniga (Peru) was impressive with 7.5/8 points, drawing only against IM Slobodan Kovacevic in the third round and finishing with the amazing 5/5.
GM Ilmars Starostis (Latvia) and IM Alberto Andres Gonzales (Spain) shared second place with 6.5 points, but Starostis prevailed on a superior tie-break score and took the silver. You can see the full standings below.
Final standings (top finishers):
1 GM Granda Zuniga Julio E PER 2654 7,5
2 GM Starostits Ilmars LAT 2445 6,5
3 IM Andres Gonzalez Alberto ESP 2515 6,5
4 FM Alvarez Fernandez Enrique ESP 2345 6
5 GM Cifuentes Parada Roberto ESP 2461 6
6 GM Strikovic Aleksa SRB 2528 6
7 GM Hoffman Alejandro ARG 2474 6
8 IM Zlotnik Boris A RUS 2433 6
9 GM Paunovic Dragan SRB 2473 6
10 IM Barria Zuñiga Daniel CHI 2414 6
11 GM Campora Daniel H. ARG 2449 6
12 FM Andres Gonzalez Ivan ESP 2360 5,5
13 IM Kovacevic Slobodan SRB 2350 5,5
14 GM Del Rio De Angelis Salvador G ESP 2519 5,5
15 Rodriguez Garcia Carlos ESP 2214 5,5
Impressive.