Menorca Open: Ten players share first place

On Sunday, the very well attended II. Open Chess Menorca, which started on 11th April in Ciutadella de Menorca and was played at the 4-star Hotel Princesa Playa near Cala'n Bosch, came to an end. The festival included two open tournaments and a blitz tournament. Over 270 players took part in the two open tournaments.

The A-Open was very strong, and top seeds were Gukesh and Hans Niemann, who both have more than 2700 Elo. In addition, over 33 other grandmasters competed for the prizes. The total prize money was €16,000, with €3,000 going to first place.

After Spain, India had the largest contingent with 35 players. In addition to Gukesh, there were eight other grandmasters and a number of strong international masters.

The tournament was exciting from beginning to end, and before the final round no less than seven players shared the lead with 6.5/8 each. In the final round, all games at the top tables ended in draws, which allowed some players to catch up, and in the end ten players shared first place with 7.0/9 each. But as Gukesh had the best tiebreak he won the tournament. With Pranav, Aryan Chopra and Koustav, three other Indians placed in the top group, which also included Hans Niemann.

The blitz tournament was won by Vladimir Fedoseev, who only gave up one draw in the 9 rounds.

Final standings

Rk.	Snr		Name	Country	Elo	Pts.	Tb1	Tb2	Tb3
1	1	GM	Gukesh D		2730	7	56	51,5	37,5
	22	GM	Pranav V		2545	7	56	51,5	37,5
3	3	GM	Van Foreest Jorden		2680	7	54,5	49,5	38
4	10	GM	Aryan Chopra		2607	7	53,5	48,5	37
5	4	GM	Fedoseev Vladimir		2674	7	52,5	47,5	36,5
6	2	GM	Niemann Hans Moke		2706	7	50,5	47	36
7	21	GM	Kobo Ori		2549	7	50	45,5	35,5
8	7	GM	Chigaev Maksim		2617	7	50	45,5	34,5
9	15	GM	Xu Xiangyu		2587	7	50	45,5	34
10	28	IM	Koustav Chatterjee		2520	7	47	43	34,5
11	9	GM	Harsha Bharathakoti		2608	6,5	52,5	48	35,5
12	43	IM	Sokolovsky Yahli		2464	6,5	47	43,5	31,5
13	5	GM	Nguyen Thai Dai Van		2649	6	53,5	49	35,5
14	16	GM	Albornoz Cabrera Carlos Daniel		2586	6	52,5	48	35
15	33	GM	Xu Yi		2505	6	52	47,5	33
16	11	GM	Warmerdam Max		2605	6	50,5	46,5	33
17	17	GM	Sanal Vahap		2582	6	50,5	46	33
18	29	GM	Karthik Venkataraman		2516	6	50	46,5	34
19	54	IM	Prraneeth Vuppala		2437	6	49	47	33
20	32	GM	Henderson De La Fuente Lance		2506	6	49	44,5	33,5
21	39	IM	Gurel Ediz		2489	6	49	44	31,5
22	34	IM	Aditya Mittal		2505	6	48,5	44,5	33,5
23	14	GM	Santos Ruiz Miguel		2590	6	48,5	44	32,5
24	25	GM	Pultinevicius Paulius		2532	6	48	44	33,5
25	35	IM	Tiglon Bryce		2502	6	47,5	44	33

...200 players

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