The XXII Montcada International Chess Tournament took place from 25th June to 3rd July at Espacio Cultural Kursaal, in Montcada i Reixac, Spain.
The event was a 9-round Swiss Open with more than 200 participants, 17 of which were Grandmasters.
First place in Group A was shared by GM Hua Ni (China) and GM Yaroslav Zherebukh (Ukraine) on 7/9 points each, but Hua Ni took the trophy on superior tie-break score.
Six players split the third place on 6,5 points each: GM Jorge Cori (Peru), GM Daniel Naroditsky (USA), GM Marc Narciso Dublan (Spain), IM Diptayan Ghosh (India), GM Vladimir Burmakin (Russia) and GM Rodrigo Vasquez Schroeder (Chile).
Gerardo Palacios Peña (Spain) emerged a clear winner in Group-B with 8/9 points, while WCM Annie Shih Gould (Spain) claimed first in Open-C with 7,5 points, leaving the nearest followers a full point behind.
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Group A final standings (top finishers):
1 GM Ni Hua CHN 2653 7
2 GM Zherebukh Yaroslav UKR 2618 7
3 GM Cori Jorge PER 2608 6,5
4 GM Naroditsky Daniel USA 2559 6,5
5 GM Narciso Dublan Marc ESP 2538 6,5
6 IM Ghosh Diptayan IND 2487 6,5
7 GM Burmakin Vladimir RUS 2592 6,5
8 GM Vasquez Schroeder Rodrigo CHI 2551 6,5
9 IM Das Sayantan IND 2352 6
10 IM Gomez Garrido Camilo Ernesto CUB 2495 6
11 GM Grigoryan Karen H. ARM 2577 6
12 IM Sanchez Sebastian Felipe COL 2375 6
13 GM Movsziszian Karen ARM 2520 6
14 GM Vishnu Prasanna. V IND 2459 6
15 IM Panelo Marcelo ARG 2448 6
16 IM Cruz Filemon PER 2412 5,5
17 IM Escobar Forero Alder COL 2445 5,5
18 GM Cruz Cristhian PER 2563 5,5
19 IM Perpinya Rofes Lluis Maria ESP 2400 5,5
20 WGM Cori T. Deysi PER 2414 5,5
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