4th International Chess Tournament A.D. San Juan

4th International Chess Tournament A.D. San Juan
Alexander Morozevich is the top seed in the round robin event

The 4th International Chess Tournament A.D. San Juan is taking place from 24th July to 1st August at the Hotel “Iruña Park” in Pamplona, Spain.

The main event is round robin with 10 players and one of the World’s top Grandmasters, Alexander Morozevich, as top seed. Radoslaw Wojtaszek arrives after winning the 5th Polonia Wroclaw International Chess Festival, while South America will be represented by GM Julio Granda Zuniga and GM Eduardo Iturrizaga. The average rating of the field is 2637 elo.

Players:

GM Morozevich Alexander RUS 2715
GM Fressinet Laurent FRA 2697
GM Fedorchuk Sergey UKR 2665
GM Wojtaszek Radoslaw POL 2663
GM Kurnosov Igor RUS 2662
GM Zvjaginsev Vadim RUS 2656
GM Granda Zuniga Julio PER 2639
GM Iturrizaga Eduardo VEN 2614
GM Lopez Martinez Josep Manuel ESP 2543
IM Reinaldo Castineira Roi ESP 2511

In addition, a 9-round open tournament worth 17,000 EUR is prizes will take place from 26th July to 1st August at the same venue. So far 130 players have signed to participate, among them are 22 Grandmasters.

Players:

1 GM Bruzon Batista Lazaro CUB 2653
2 GM Delchev Aleksander BUL 2632
3 GM Balogh Csaba HUN 2628
4 GM Guseinov Gadir AZE 2611
5 GM Tregubov Pavel V RUS 2610
6 GM Epishin Vladimir RUS 2598
7 GM Almeida Quintana Omar CUB 2559
8 GM Paunovic Dragan SRB 2553
9 GM Oleksienko Mikhailo UKR 2548
10 GM Shchekachev Andrei FRA 2546
11 GM Kogan Artur ISR 2541
12 GM Vazquez Igarza Renier ESP 2527
13 GM Gonzalez Vidal Yuri CUB 2522
14 GM Del Rio De Angelis Salvador G ESP 2521
15 GM Nanu Ciprian-Costica ROU 2515
16 GM Vera Gonzalez-Quevedo Reynaldo CUB 2513
17 IM Ninov Nikolai BUL 2512
18 IM Ipatov Alexander ESP 2507
19 IM Riff Jean-Noel FRA 2500
20 IM Alvarez Pedraza Aramis CUB 2496

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