Peruvian GM Cristhian Cruz maintained the good form he showed at the beginning of the XXXVI Abierto Internacional de Barberá del Vallés to finish in clear first place.
The tournament was played on 4th – 12th July at the chess club of this Catalan city, C/ Torre d´en Gorgs Nº 40. 9 rounds of Swiss system pairings were the rule in the main group.
Cruz finished on 7.5/9 to leave his closest followers half a point behind. A final draw against Indian IM Shardul Gagare was enough to secure first prize in this strong open. His rating performance of 2702 was enough to earn 22 points for the next FIDE rating list.
First seed Isan Ortiz and local Marc Narciso finished on second and third place, respectively, both on 7/9 points.
Francesc Nieto finished first in the B Group, while Francesc Garnica was the winner in the C Group.
Final Standings (top finishers):
1 GM Cruz Cristhian PER 2499 7.5
2 GM Ortiz Suarez Isan Reynaldo CUB 2612 7
3 GM Narciso Dublan Marc ESP 2536 7
4 IM Gagare Shardul IND 2419 6.5
5 IM Tania Sachdev IND 2430 6.5
6 IM Narayanan Srinath IND 2475 6.5
7 GM Ivanov Sergey RUS 2555 6
8 GM Flores Rios Mauricio CHI 2492 6
9 GM Grigoryan Karen H. ARM 2550 6
10 GM Lopez Martinez Josep Manuel ESP 2547 6
11 IM Rios Cristhian Camilo COL 2360 6
12 GM Perez Mitjans Orelvis ESP 2495 6
13 IM Prasca Sosa Rafael VEN 2426 6
14 IM Valdes Leonardo CRC 2444 6
15 IM Saptarshi Roy IND 2447 5.5
16 IM Aloma Vidal Robert ESP 2421 5.5
17 GM Hayrapetyan Hovik ARM 2486 5.5
18 IM Perpinya Rofes Lluis Maria ESP 2400 5.5
19 FM Thakur Akash IND 2234 5.5
20 GM Laxman R.R. IND 2401 5.5
21 Abhishek Kelkar IND 2274 5.5
22 IM Sequera Paolini Jose VEN 2394 5.5
23 IM Escobar Forero Alder COL 2466 5.5
24 GM Cabrera Alexis ESP 2525 5
25 IM Pulvett Daniel VEN 2405 5
That is a great score.