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At the top of the lineup is French GM Vladislav Tkachiev with 2661, followed very closely by Peruvian Julio Granda Zuniga, fresh from a good result in Benasque just before, and then the Ukrainian brothers Yuri and Andrey Vovk and Venezuelan Eduardo Iturrizaga, all over 2600. The field was over 160 players with 15 grandmasters and over 30 masters.
Hailing from Israel, GM Artur Kogan came with his family, and inspired came in fourth
Eleven-year-old Maria Eizaguerri had a see-saw event in the literal sense of the word: in
the first round she lost, then in the second she won, then in the third she lost, and so on
all the way to the end finishing with 4.0/9
The star was unquestionably the Peruvian Julio Granda Zuniga, who at 48 is not expected
to be peaking the way he is now. A younger grandmaster commented, "I have no idea how
he does it". One thing is clear: Granda has lost none of his competitive fire.
Granda Zuniga - Delmuth
In the final round, White needed to win in order to ensure sole first place
and did so with no mistake, winning his game in under 30 moves. Here is
the finale: White to play and win.
Fellow South American GM Eduardo Iturrizaga from Venezuela came in fifth, rebounding from
a loss in round six to Andrey Vovk with three wins
After beating Vladislav Tkachiev, Granda Zuniga needed to deal with his next rival Yuri Vovk that ended in a hair-raising finale.
Efforts were made to keep the event lively outside of the pure chess tournament. Here a
large barbecue was organized in the swimming pool area of the hotel.
Emilio Tardio from Spain puts on his war face
Alexey Sevenyuk came from Belarus to enjoy the mountain air and chess, and just like Maria
Eizaguerri above he alternated wins and losses in each round
20-year-old Marie Dubois overperformed with 140 Elo in excess of her rating
First place finisher Julio Granda Zuniga
In second place, just half a point behind was Ukrainian Andrey Vovk...
... and right behind was his brother Yuri Vovk in third.
Rk
|
SNo
|
Name
|
Rtg
|
Pts
|
1 | 2 | Granda Zuniga Julio E GM | 2652 | 8.0 |
2 | 5 | Vovk Andrey GM | 2621 | 7.5 |
3 | 3 | Vovk Yuri GM | 2632 | 7.0 |
4 | 11 | Kogan Artur GM | 2526 | 7.0 |
5 | 4 | Iturrizaga Bonelli Eduardo GM | 2625 | 7.0 |
6 | 13 | Riff Jean-Noel GM | 2502 | 7.0 |
7 | 1 | Tkachiev Vladislav GM | 2661 | 6.5 |
8 | 8 | Lagarde Maxime GM | 2544 | 6.5 |
9 | 9 | Demuth Adrien GM | 2531 | 6.5 |
10 | 19 | Abergel Thal GM | 2440 | 6.5 |
11 | 10 | Arizmendi Martinez Julen Luis GM | 2529 | 6.5 |
12 | 12 | Narciso Dublan Marc GM | 2521 | 6.5 |
13 | 15 | Aloma Vidal Robert IM | 2451 | 6.5 |
14 | 16 | Pulvett Marin Daniel IM | 2446 | 6.5 |
15 | 34 | Jolly Jean-Francois IM | 2345 | 6.0 |
16 | 33 | Trepat Herranz Joan FM | 2351 | 6.0 |
17 | 7 | Gozzoli Yannick GM | 2567 | 6.0 |
18 | 6 | Vazquez Igarza Renier GM | 2581 | 6.0 |
19 | 21 | Antoli Royo Joaquin Miguel IM | 2430 | 6.0 |
20 | 14 | Asis Gargatagli Hipolito IM | 2472 | 6.0 |
21 | 17 | Kalegin Evgenij IM | 2445 | 6.0 |
22 | 36 | Rudolf Anna IM | 2335 | 6.0 |
23 | 24 | Roser Kevin IM | 2403 | 6.0 |
24 | 31 | Trigo Urquijo Sergio FM | 2358 | 6.0 |
25 | 30 | Diaz Camallonga Carles FM | 2358 | 6.0 |
Photos from official site
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