Korchnoi wins Chess Festival in Banyoles

Viktor Korchnoi was the second-highest seed in the tournament, behind Sergei Tiviakov of the Netherlands. Six players finished the Banyoles Open, which boasted 131 players, with a score of 7.0/9. Because of his superior tiebreak score Korchnoi came in first, followed by Tiviakov and IM Yury Lapshun. The Open had 19 GMs and 30 IMs.

Banyoles (Spanish: Bañolas) is a city of 16,000 inhabitants, located in the province of Girona in northeastern Catalonia, Spain, near the French border and the Mediterranian coast. Banyoles is most famous for the Lake of Banyoles, a natural rowing lake.

The rowing lake of Banyoles (full panorama view at Cd-Man)

Starting rank list of top players

No.		Name	FED	Rtg
1	GM	Tiviakov Sergei	NED	2668
2	GM	Korchnoi Viktor	SUI	2600
3	GM	Hillarp Persson Tiger	SWE	2549
4	GM	Moskalenko Viktor	UKR	2543
5	GM	Cicak Slavko	SWE	2532
6	IM	Fluvia Jordi	ESP	2482
7	IM	Lopez Martinez Josep Manuel	ESP	2480
8	IM	Almeida Omar	CUB	2475
9	IM	Fluvia Poyatos Joan	ESP	2467
10	IM	Lapshun Yury	USA	2452
11	IM	Kristiansen Jens	DEN	2425
12	FM	Cossin Sebastien	FRA	2401

Total 131 players

Viktor Korchnoi after winning the Banyoles Open

Final Ranking after 9 Rounds

Rk.		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	GM	Korchnoi Viktor	SUI	2600	7.0	37.5	0.0	39.5
2	GM	Tiviakov Sergei	NED	2668	7.0	37.5	0.0	42.0
3	IM	Lapshun Yury	USA	2452	7.0	36.0	0.0	38.0
4	GM	Hillarp Persson Tiger	SWE	2549	7.0	35.5	0.0	40.0
5	IM	Fomichenko Eduard	RUS	2385	7.0	35.5	0.0	41.0
6	IM	Kristiansen Jens	DEN	2425	7.0	33.0	0.0	37.0
7	FM	Cuadras Avellana Jorge	ESP	2363	6.5	34.0	0.0	37.0
8	IM	Fluvia Poyatos Joan	ESP	2467	6.5	33.0	0.0	34.5
9	IM	Fluvia Jordi	ESP	2482	6.5	32.5	0.0	37.5
10	IM	Sermier Guillaume	FRA	2368	6.5	31.5	0.0	34.5

Replay Viktor Korchnoi games in Banyoles
Official web site: contains round by round reports in Catalonian, and 20 videos, mostly of Korchnoi. The videos are small, reasonably compressed, and thankfully taken off a tripod.