
The championship is a 9-round Swiss event with a time control of 90 minutes for the whole game plus 30-second increments from move one. The winner of the open tournament will take home €5,000.
Sabrina Vega is the women's defending champion. In order to win it again, she will need to get the best score among the female players. Her highest-rated rivals this year are Mónica Calzetta, Liudmila Kolotilina and María Adela Perero. Among the men, on the other hand, Gabriel del Río arrived in Marbella as last year's champion. While in 2018 he was the fifth seed at the event held in Linares, he is now the thirteenth highest-rated player of the field.
Rounds 1 to 8 start at 16:00 UTC (17:00 CET / 11:00 AM EST), Round 9 starts at 8:30 UTC (9:30 CET / 3:30 AM EST).
All games available at Live.Chessbase.com