Andorra Open 2011

29th Andorra Chess Open
16th to 24th July at the Hotel Sant Gothard, Ctra. d’Arinsal s n. Erts (La Massana)

The 29th Andorra Chess Open is scheduled to take place from 16th to 24th July at the Hotel Sant Gothard, Ctra. d’Arinsal s/n. Erts (La Massana). The tournament is organized by Federació d’Escacs Valls d’Andorra. The Andorra Chess Open is valid for the “VIIIè Circuit Català d’Oberts Internacionals”.

153 players from 23 countries take participation, among them 13 Grandmasters. Besides the usually high numbers from Andorra, Spain and France, there are also large groups from The Netherlands (16) and Israel (12). Full player list bellow.

Total prize fund is 10.000 EUR. 16 prizes in the general classification:
1. 2.100,00 EUR
2. 1.500,00 EUR
3. 1.000,00 EUR
4. 800,00 EUR
5. 700,00 EUR
6. 550,00 EUR
7. 500,00 EUR
8. 400,00 EUR
1r. ELO 2150 – 2299: 150,00 EUR
2n. ELO 2150 – 2299: 90,00 EUR
1r. ELO 2000 – 2149: 120,00 EUR
2n. ELO 2000 – 2149: 90,00 EUR
1r. ELO 1850 – 1999: 90,00 EUR
2n. ELO 1850 – 1999: 50,00 EUR
1r. ELO 1700 – 1849: 90,00 EUR
2n. ELO 1700 – 1849: 50,00 EUR

Last year winner was IM Dan Zoeler from Israel. More information on the official website

Participants (top 20 seeds):

1. Georgiev Kiril GM BUL 2654
2. Hamdouchi Hicham GM FRA 2628
3. Damljanovic Branko GM SRB 2611
4. Iturrizaga Eduardo GM VEN 2603
5. Peralta Fernando GM ARG 2601
6. Arizmendi Martinez Julen Luis GM ESP 2555
7. Almeida Quintana Omar GM CUB 2548
8. Kogan Artur GM ISR 2548
9. Marin Mihail GM ROU 2548
10. Narciso Dublan Marc GM ESP 2544
11. Ibarra Jerez Jose Carlos IM ESP 2530
12. Zoler Dan IM ISR 2527
13. Del Rio De Angelis Salvador G. GM ESP 2509
14. Gonzalez Vidal Yuri GM CUB 2503
15. Riff Jean-Noel IM FRA 2493
16. Norwood David R GM AND 2491
17. Venkatesh M.R. IM IND 2480
18. Das Arghyadip IM IND 2471
19. Rodriguez Guerrero Enrique GM ESP 2449
20. Wegerle Joerg IM GER 2446