Spanish rapid chess championship 2010

Spanish rapid chess championship 2010
GM Ivan Salgado Lopez top seeded

The Spanish rapid chess championship – Campeonato de ajedrez rapido – is taking place 10th to 11th of July 2010 in Benasque, Spain. A total of 44 players have signed up for the event. Top seeded is the Spanish young talent GM Ivan Salgado Lopez. His main competition will come from GM Arizmendi, GM Cifuentes, GM Khamrakulov, GM Gomez, IM Llaneza Vega, IM Lariño Nieto, IM Almagro Llamas, and IM Garbisu De Goni. Ivan Salgado Lopez, however, is the only player from the Olympic team of Spain will participate in the rapid championship.

The first round is on the 10th of July. Here are the top 10 rated participants:

1 GM Salgado Lopez Ivan ESP 2607
2 GM Arizmendi Martinez Julen Luis ESP 2532
3 GM Cifuentes Parada Roberto ESP 2507
4 GM Khamrakulov Ibragim S ESP 2494
5 GM Gomez Esteban Juan Mario ESP 2485
6 IM Llaneza Vega Marcos ESP 2470
7 IM Lariño Nieto David ESP 2461
8 IM Almagro Llamas Pablo ESP 2451
9 IM Garbisu De Goni Unai ESP 2444
10 IM Pena Gomez Manuel ESP 2430

More names here: http://previews.chessdom.com/2010/spanish-rapid-chess-2010