The Ruy Lopez International Chess Festival 2010 took place from June 11th to
19th 2010 in Villafranca de los Barros, Spain. It was marked by the stunning
performance of one player, Ivan Cheparinov, who finished a point and a half
ahead of his nearest rivals. The Bulgarian grandmaster, who is best known for
being the second and assistant to the former FIDE World Champion Veselin Topalov,
produced five wins and two draws for a 6.0/7 final score, with a 2904 performance.

The winner: GM Ivan Cheparinov, Bulgaria, 2640, with a 2904 performance

Equal second/third: GM Fabiano Caruana, Italy, 2675, performance 2690

Equal second/third: GM Vladimir Malakhov, Russia, 2722, performance 2684

Equal fourth/fifth: GM Gabriel Sargissian, Armenia, 2677, perf. 2638

Fifth: GM Ivan Salgado Lopez, Spain, rating 2606, performance 2647

Sixth: IM Manuel Perez Candelario, Spain, 2527, performance 2451

Seventh: GM Pia Cramling, Sweden, 2536, performance 2449

WGM Deysi T. Cori, Peru, 2409, performance 2315