GM Julian Radulski wins Ciudad de Ferrol
Radulski to gain over 30 points and cross 2600
Report by Chessdom
GM Julian Radulski won the 2010 edition of Open Ciudad de Ferrol. The competition took place 13th-21st of August and counted with the participation of 136 players, 31 of which titled. Radulski finished with 7,0/9, the same points as IM Ilmars Starostits and IM Diego Suarez Pousa, but better tiebreak gave him the gold medal. Right after them finished the top seeded GM Yuniesky Quesada Perez and the Romanian duo GM Marius Manolache and GM Nanu Ciprian-Costica.
With his victory Julian Radulski gains 10 ELO points. Adding to them the success at Miguel Najdorf Memorial and the 8th place at Arctic Chess Challenge he is expected to gain more than 30 ELO points and cross the 2600 mark.
Final top 25 standings
1 GM Radulski Julian BUL 2574 7
2 IM Starostits Ilmars LAT 2486 7
3 IM Suarez Pousa Diego ESP 2446 7
4 GM Quesada Perez Yuniesky CUB 2603 6.5
5 GM Manolache Marius ROU 2528 6.5
6 GM Nanu Ciprian-Costica ROU 2515 6.5
7 GM Petrov Marijan BUL 2535 6.5
8 GM Lazarev Vladimir FRA 2444 6.5
9 GM Mirzoev Azer AZE 2541 6.5
10 GM Korneev Oleg RUS 2543 6.5
11 IM Samolins Vitalijs LAT 2408 6
12 GM Dgebuadze Alexandre BEL 2537 6
13 IM Ivanov Jordan BUL 2422 6
14 GM Abreu Delgado Aryam CUB 2474 6
15 IM Gomez Garrido Camilo CUB 2499 6
16 IM Guerra Mendez Jose Angel CUB 2480 6
17 IM Konguvel Ponnuswamy IND 2416 6
18 GM Spassov Liuben BUL 2376 6
19 IM Gongora Reyes Maikel CUB 2451 6
20 IM Guerra Bastida Diego ESP 2418 6
21 IM Mladenov Plamen BUL 2363 6
22 IM Garcia Castro Pablo ESP 2391 6
23 Pazos Porta Antonio ESP 2262 6
24 WGM Safranska Anda FRA 2288 6
25 Reimanis Ritvars LAT 2124 6
More standings here: http://reports.chessdom.com/news-2010/julian-radulski-wins-ciudad-de-ferrol
Congrats Julian.