Suárez outscores Rozman
The Closed A tournament in Madrid saw famed streamer Levy Rozman becoming the sole leader at the halfway mark after kicking off the event with 3 wins and 2 draws. Also known as Gotham Chess, the US representative ended the tournament with 3 draws and a critical loss against eventual champion Julio Suárez. It was still a remarkable showing by Rozman, who had not played a single official tournament in 2 years.
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As reported by Federico Marín, tournament winner Julio Suárez is not a professional chess player, since he is now focused on studying Mathematics.
Third place went to Spanish FM Dani Tabuenca, who collected 5 points and finished the event with a better tiebreak score than his compatriot IM Diego Macías, who also scored 5/9.

Julio Suárez defeated Levy Rozman with the white pieces in the penultimate round | Photo: chess.com / Federico Marín
Final standings - Closed A
1 |
3 |
|
IM |
Suarez Gomez, Julio |
ESP |
2477 |
6,5 |
27,50 |
3 |
5 |
2 |
6 |
|
IM |
Rozman, Levy |
USA |
2322 |
5,5 |
22,25 |
2 |
3 |
3 |
4 |
|
FM |
Tabuenca Mendataurigoitia, Danie |
ESP |
2355 |
5 |
22,75 |
2,5 |
2 |
4 |
7 |
|
IM |
Macias Pino, Diego |
ESP |
2471 |
5 |
21,00 |
2 |
3 |
5 |
10 |
|
GM |
Cuenca Jimenez, Jose Fernando |
ESP |
2493 |
4,5 |
17,25 |
0,5 |
3 |
6 |
8 |
|
FM |
Nakada, Akira |
USA |
2414 |
4 |
21,00 |
3,5 |
2 |
7 |
2 |
|
IM |
Alonso Garcia, Aaron |
ESP |
2460 |
4 |
18,00 |
2 |
0 |
8 |
1 |
|
IM |
Suarez Uriel, Adrian |
ESP |
2401 |
4 |
16,00 |
1 |
2 |
9 |
9 |
|
GM |
Martinez Duany, Lelys Stanley |
CUB |
2453 |
3,5 |
14,50 |
1 |
1 |
10 |
5 |
|
GM |
Sosa, Tomas |
ARG |
2535 |
3 |
12,75 |
1 |
2 |
All games - Closed A
1.e4 | 1,166,623 | 54% | 2421 | --- |
1.d4 | 947,298 | 55% | 2434 | --- |
1.Nf3 | 281,602 | 56% | 2441 | --- |
1.c4 | 182,102 | 56% | 2442 | --- |
1.g3 | 19,702 | 56% | 2427 | --- |
1.b3 | 14,265 | 54% | 2427 | --- |
1.f4 | 5,897 | 48% | 2377 | --- |
1.Nc3 | 3,801 | 51% | 2384 | --- |
1.b4 | 1,756 | 48% | 2380 | --- |
1.a3 | 1,206 | 54% | 2404 | --- |
1.e3 | 1,068 | 48% | 2408 | --- |
1.d3 | 954 | 50% | 2378 | --- |
1.g4 | 664 | 46% | 2360 | --- |
1.h4 | 446 | 53% | 2374 | --- |
1.c3 | 433 | 51% | 2426 | --- |
1.h3 | 280 | 56% | 2418 | --- |
1.a4 | 110 | 60% | 2466 | --- |
1.f3 | 92 | 46% | 2436 | --- |
1.Nh3 | 89 | 66% | 2508 | --- |
1.Na3 | 42 | 62% | 2482 | --- |
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1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Bb4 5.e5 h6 6.Bc1 Ne4 7.Qg4 g6 8.Nge2 Nxc3 9.Nxc3 Bd7 10.Bd3 Be7 11.h4 h5 12.Qf4 c5 13.dxc5 Bxc5 14.Be3 Bxe3 15.fxe3 a6 16.0-0-0 Qe7 17.Rhe1 Bc6 18.e4 d4 19.Ne2 Qc5 20.Qf6 Rf8 21.Nxd4 Nd7 22.Nxe6 fxe6 23.Qxe6+ Kd8 24.Be2 Kc7 25.Qd6+ Qxd6 26.exd6+ Kb6 27.Bc4 Ne5 28.Bd5 Rad8 29.Bxc6 Kxc6 30.Rd5 Rfe8 31.Red1 Re6 32.b4 Rdxd6 33.c4 Kc7 34.c5 Rxd5 35.exd5 Rf6 36.Kc2 Rf4 37.Kb3 Rxh4 38.Re1 Nd7 39.Re8 a5 40.d6+ Kc6 41.Rc8+ Kd5 42.a3 axb4 43.axb4 Rf4 44.Rg8 Ne5 45.Ka4 Nc6 46.Rxg6 Rxb4+ 47.Ka3 Kxc5 48.d7 Rd4 0–1
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Suarez Uriel,A | 2401 | Cuenca Jimenez,J | 2493 | 0–1 | 2024 | | Closed A | 1 |
Alonso Garcia,A | 2460 | Martinez Duany,L | 2453 | ½–½ | 2024 | | Closed A | 1 |
Suarez Gomez,J | 2477 | Nakada,A | 2414 | 0–1 | 2024 | | Closed A | 1 |
Tabuenca Mendataurigoitia,D | 2355 | Macias Pino,D | 2471 | ½–½ | 2024 | | Closed A | 1 |
Sosa,T | 2535 | Rozman,L | 2322 | 0–1 | 2024 | | Closed A | 1 |
Cuenca Jimenez,J | 2493 | Rozman,L | 2322 | ½–½ | 2024 | | Closed A | 2 |
Macias Pino,D | 2471 | Sosa,T | 2535 | 1–0 | 2024 | | Closed A | 2 |
Nakada,A | 2414 | Tabuenca Mendataurigoitia,D | 2355 | ½–½ | 2024 | | Closed A | 2 |
Martinez Duany,L | 2453 | Suarez Gomez,J | 2477 | 0–1 | 2024 | | Closed A | 2 |
Suarez Uriel,A | 2401 | Alonso Garcia,A | 2460 | ½–½ | 2024 | | Closed A | 2 |
Alonso Garcia,A | 2460 | Cuenca Jimenez,J | 2493 | ½–½ | 2024 | | Closed A | 3 |
Suarez Gomez,J | 2477 | Suarez Uriel,A | 2401 | 1–0 | 2024 | | Closed A | 3 |
Tabuenca Mendataurigoitia,D | 2355 | Martinez Duany,L | 2453 | ½–½ | 2024 | | Closed A | 3 |
Sosa,T | 2535 | Nakada,A | 2414 | 1–0 | 2024 | | Closed A | 3 |
Rozman,L | 2322 | Macias Pino,D | 2471 | 1–0 | 2024 | | Closed A | 3 |
Cuenca Jimenez,J | 2493 | Macias Pino,D | 2471 | 0–1 | 2024 | | Closed A | 4 |
Nakada,A | 2414 | Rozman,L | 2322 | ½–½ | 2024 | | Closed A | 4 |
Martinez Duany,L | 2453 | Sosa,T | 2535 | ½–½ | 2024 | | Closed A | 4 |
Suarez Uriel,A | 2401 | Tabuenca Mendataurigoitia,D | 2355 | ½–½ | 2024 | | Closed A | 4 |
Alonso Garcia,A | 2460 | Suarez Gomez,J | 2477 | ½–½ | 2024 | | Closed A | 4 |
Suarez Gomez,J | 2477 | Cuenca Jimenez,J | 2493 | 1–0 | 2024 | | Closed A | 5 |
Tabuenca Mendataurigoitia,D | 2355 | Alonso Garcia,A | 2460 | 1–0 | 2024 | | Closed A | 5 |
Sosa,T | 2535 | Suarez Uriel,A | 2401 | 0–1 | 2024 | | Closed A | 5 |
Rozman,L | 2322 | Martinez Duany,L | 2453 | 1–0 | 2024 | | Closed A | 5 |
Macias Pino,D | 2471 | Nakada,A | 2414 | 0–1 | 2024 | | Closed A | 5 |
Cuenca Jimenez,J | 2493 | Nakada,A | 2414 | ½–½ | 2024 | | Closed A | 6 |
Martinez Duany,L | 2453 | Macias Pino,D | 2471 | ½–½ | 2024 | | Closed A | 6 |
Suarez Uriel,A | 2401 | Rozman,L | 2322 | ½–½ | 2024 | | Closed A | 6 |
Alonso Garcia,A | 2460 | Sosa,T | 2535 | ½–½ | 2024 | | Closed A | 6 |
Suarez Gomez,J | 2477 | Tabuenca Mendataurigoitia,D | 2355 | ½–½ | 2024 | | Closed A | 6 |
Tabuenca Mendataurigoitia,D | 2355 | Cuenca Jimenez,J | 2493 | 1–0 | 2024 | | Closed A | 7 |
Sosa,T | 2535 | Suarez Gomez,J | 2477 | 0–1 | 2024 | | Closed A | 7 |
Rozman,L | 2322 | Alonso Garcia,A | 2460 | ½–½ | 2024 | | Closed A | 7 |
Macias Pino,D | 2471 | Suarez Uriel,A | 2401 | 1–0 | 2024 | | Closed A | 7 |
Nakada,A | 2414 | Martinez Duany,L | 2453 | 0–1 | 2024 | | Closed A | 7 |
Cuenca Jimenez,J | 2493 | Martinez Duany,L | 2453 | 1–0 | 2024 | | Closed A | 8 |
Suarez Uriel,A | 2401 | Nakada,A | 2414 | 1–0 | 2024 | | Closed A | 8 |
Alonso Garcia,A | 2460 | Macias Pino,D | 2471 | ½–½ | 2024 | | Closed A | 8 |
Suarez Gomez,J | 2477 | Rozman,L | 2322 | 1–0 | 2024 | | Closed A | 8 |
Tabuenca Mendataurigoitia,D | 2355 | Sosa,T | 2535 | 0–1 | 2024 | | Closed A | 8 |
Sosa,T | 2535 | Cuenca Jimenez,J | 2493 | 0–1 | 2024 | | Closed A | 9 |
Rozman,L | 2322 | Tabuenca Mendataurigoitia,D | 2355 | ½–½ | 2024 | | Closed A | 9 |
Macias Pino,D | 2471 | Suarez Gomez,J | 2477 | ½–½ | 2024 | | Closed A | 9 |
Nakada,A | 2414 | Alonso Garcia,A | 2460 | ½–½ | 2024 | | Closed A | 9 |
Martinez Duany,L | 2453 | Suarez Uriel,A | 2401 | ½–½ | 2024 | | Closed A | 9 |
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‘Messi of chess’ in clear third place
The Closed B tournament featured 3 GMs, 4 IMs and 3 FMs, with 10-year-old Faustino Oro from Argentina a special guest in Spain’s capital. The prodigious boy from Buenos Aires needed to score 5½/9 points (or +2) to become the youngest International Master in history. The youngster collected 8 draws and 1 win for a final 5/9 score, falling just short of breaking the record — for now, Abhimanyu Mishra continues to be the youngest IM in history.
Oro’s performance was nonetheless outstanding, as he entered the event as the 8th seed, and showed great maturity throughout the nine rounds. As reported by Infobae, the ‘Messi of chess’ will get a last chance of getting the record at the Cerrado IM Barcelona, set to take place on June 25-30. Oro will be the third seed in a 10-player round-robin.
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Only a half point above Oro, Venezuelan FM Pedro Martínez and US IM Eric Rosen tied for first place with 5½ points each. Martínez was declared the tournament winner on tiebreak criteria. Perhaps more importantly, the 5½/9 performance granted Martínez his final IM norm, six years after he had obtained his previous norm. Living in Spain, the tournament winner teaches chess to blind players for ONCE (Spanish National Organization for the Blind).

Pedro Martínez playing white against Faustino Oro (draw) | Photo: chess.com / Federico Marín
Final standings - Closed B
1 |
8 |
|
FM |
Martinez Reyes, Pedro Ramon |
2325 |
5,5 |
24,00 |
4 |
2 |
2 |
10 |
|
IM |
Rosen, Eric |
2361 |
5,5 |
23,25 |
4 |
3 |
3 |
9 |
|
FM |
Oro, Faustino |
2351 |
5 |
22,25 |
4 |
1 |
4 |
6 |
|
GM |
Alvarez Pedraza, Aramis |
2452 |
4,5 |
19,75 |
3,5 |
1 |
5 |
1 |
|
IM |
Garrido Outon, Alex |
2406 |
4,5 |
19,75 |
3 |
3 |
6 |
3 |
|
GM |
Gascon Del Nogal, Jose Rafael |
2474 |
4,5 |
19,50 |
3,5 |
2 |
7 |
5 |
|
IM |
Vega Gutierrez, Sabrina |
2368 |
4,5 |
19,50 |
3 |
2 |
8 |
7 |
|
GM |
Larino Nieto, David |
2388 |
4,5 |
18,50 |
3 |
2 |
9 |
4 |
|
IM |
Ostrovskiy, Aleksandr |
2400 |
4 |
17,75 |
3,5 |
1 |
10 |
2 |
|
FM |
Ruiz Buendia, Miguel |
2304 |
2,5 |
11,75 |
2 |
0 |
All games - Closed B
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1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Ncb5 Qb8 7.Bd3 Nf6 8.0-0 a6 9.Nxc6 bxc6 10.Nc3 d5 11.Qe2 Be7 12.b3 0-0 13.Bd2 Re8 14.Rae1 Bb7 15.f4 dxe4 16.Nxe4 c5 17.Ng5 Qd6 18.Bc3 h6 19.Be5 Qb6 20.c4 Rad8 21.Bb1 Qc6 22.Ba1 Qxg2+ 23.Qxg2 Bxg2 24.Kxg2 hxg5 25.fxg5 Nh5 26.g6 Rd2+ 27.Kh3 Bf6 28.Re5 Rf8 29.Rxh5 Bxa1 30.gxf7+ Rxf7 31.Bh7+ Kf8 32.Rxa1 Rf3+ 33.Kg4 Rff2 34.Be4 Rfe2 35.Bf3 Rxh2 36.Rxc5 Rh6 37.Rd1 Rxa2 38.Rc7 Rg6+ 39.Kf4 Rf6+ 40.Ke3 1–0
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Garrido Outon,A | 2406 | Rosen,E | 2361 | 1–0 | 2024 | | Closed B | 1 |
Ruiz Buendia,M | 2304 | Oro,F | 2351 | ½–½ | 2024 | | Closed B | 1 |
Gascon Del Nogal,J | 2474 | Martinez Reyes,P | 2325 | ½–½ | 2024 | | Closed B | 1 |
Ostrovskiy,A | 2400 | Larino Nieto,D | 2388 | ½–½ | 2024 | | Closed B | 1 |
Vega Gutierrez,S | 2368 | Alvarez Pedraza,A | 2452 | ½–½ | 2024 | | Closed B | 1 |
Rosen,E | 2361 | Alvarez Pedraza,A | 2452 | ½–½ | 2024 | | Closed B | 2 |
Larino Nieto,D | 2388 | Vega Gutierrez,S | 2368 | ½–½ | 2024 | | Closed B | 2 |
Martinez Reyes,P | 2325 | Ostrovskiy,A | 2400 | 1–0 | 2024 | | Closed B | 2 |
Oro,F | 2351 | Gascon Del Nogal,J | 2474 | ½–½ | 2024 | | Closed B | 2 |
Garrido Outon,A | 2406 | Ruiz Buendia,M | 2304 | 1–0 | 2024 | | Closed B | 2 |
Ruiz Buendia,M | 2304 | Rosen,E | 2361 | 0–1 | 2024 | | Closed B | 3 |
Gascon Del Nogal,J | 2474 | Garrido Outon,A | 2406 | 1–0 | 2024 | | Closed B | 3 |
Ostrovskiy,A | 2400 | Oro,F | 2351 | ½–½ | 2024 | | Closed B | 3 |
Vega Gutierrez,S | 2368 | Martinez Reyes,P | 2325 | ½–½ | 2024 | | Closed B | 3 |
Alvarez Pedraza,A | 2452 | Larino Nieto,D | 2388 | ½–½ | 2024 | | Closed B | 3 |
Rosen,E | 2361 | Larino Nieto,D | 2388 | 1–0 | 2024 | | Closed B | 4 |
Martinez Reyes,P | 2325 | Alvarez Pedraza,A | 2452 | 1–0 | 2024 | | Closed B | 4 |
Oro,F | 2351 | Vega Gutierrez,S | 2368 | ½–½ | 2024 | | Closed B | 4 |
Garrido Outon,A | 2406 | Ostrovskiy,A | 2400 | ½–½ | 2024 | | Closed B | 4 |
Ruiz Buendia,M | 2304 | Gascon Del Nogal,J | 2474 | 0–1 | 2024 | | Closed B | 4 |
Gascon Del Nogal,J | 2474 | Rosen,E | 2361 | ½–½ | 2024 | | Closed B | 5 |
Ostrovskiy,A | 2400 | Ruiz Buendia,M | 2304 | ½–½ | 2024 | | Closed B | 5 |
Vega Gutierrez,S | 2368 | Garrido Outon,A | 2406 | 0–1 | 2024 | | Closed B | 5 |
Alvarez Pedraza,A | 2452 | Oro,F | 2351 | ½–½ | 2024 | | Closed B | 5 |
Larino Nieto,D | 2388 | Martinez Reyes,P | 2325 | ½–½ | 2024 | | Closed B | 5 |
Rosen,E | 2361 | Martinez Reyes,P | 2325 | ½–½ | 2024 | | Closed B | 6 |
Oro,F | 2351 | Larino Nieto,D | 2388 | 1–0 | 2024 | | Closed B | 6 |
Garrido Outon,A | 2406 | Alvarez Pedraza,A | 2452 | 0–1 | 2024 | | Closed B | 6 |
Ruiz Buendia,M | 2304 | Vega Gutierrez,S | 2368 | ½–½ | 2024 | | Closed B | 6 |
Gascon Del Nogal,J | 2474 | Ostrovskiy,A | 2400 | 0–1 | 2024 | | Closed B | 6 |
Ostrovskiy,A | 2400 | Rosen,E | 2361 | ½–½ | 2024 | | Closed B | 7 |
Vega Gutierrez,S | 2368 | Gascon Del Nogal,J | 2474 | 1–0 | 2024 | | Closed B | 7 |
Alvarez Pedraza,A | 2452 | Ruiz Buendia,M | 2304 | ½–½ | 2024 | | Closed B | 7 |
Larino Nieto,D | 2388 | Garrido Outon,A | 2406 | 1–0 | 2024 | | Closed B | 7 |
Martinez Reyes,P | 2325 | Oro,F | 2351 | ½–½ | 2024 | | Closed B | 7 |
Rosen,E | 2361 | Oro,F | 2351 | ½–½ | 2024 | | Closed B | 8 |
Garrido Outon,A | 2406 | Martinez Reyes,P | 2325 | ½–½ | 2024 | | Closed B | 8 |
Ruiz Buendia,M | 2304 | Larino Nieto,D | 2388 | 0–1 | 2024 | | Closed B | 8 |
Gascon Del Nogal,J | 2474 | Alvarez Pedraza,A | 2452 | ½–½ | 2024 | | Closed B | 8 |
Ostrovskiy,A | 2400 | Vega Gutierrez,S | 2368 | 0–1 | 2024 | | Closed B | 8 |
Vega Gutierrez,S | 2368 | Rosen,E | 2361 | 0–1 | 2024 | | Closed B | 9 |
Alvarez Pedraza,A | 2452 | Ostrovskiy,A | 2400 | ½–½ | 2024 | | Closed B | 9 |
Larino Nieto,D | 2388 | Gascon Del Nogal,J | 2474 | ½–½ | 2024 | | Closed B | 9 |
Martinez Reyes,P | 2325 | Ruiz Buendia,M | 2304 | ½–½ | 2024 | | Closed B | 9 |
Oro,F | 2351 | Garrido Outon,A | 2406 | ½–½ | 2024 | | Closed B | 9 |
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