The 1st Sunway Sitges International Chess Festival 2014 took place on 13-21st December, 2014, at the luxurious Sunway Playa Golf Sitges Hotel & Spa, situated on the Promenade of Sitges (40 km. south of Barcelona), in front of the sea and beside the golf club, in the residential quarter of Sitges.
The 9-round Swiss event was split into two sections:
– Group A open to all players and valid for title norms
– Group B reserved for U2000 players
Ukrainian GM Vladimir Baklan emerged a clear winner of the Master Section with 7/9 points and grabbed the first prize of 2000 €.
Second place in Open A was shared in a four-way tie by GM Sebastian Maze (France), GM Ildar Ibragimov (USA),GM Tomas Oral (CZE) and FM Rail Makhmutov with 6.5/9 points each.
Andres Cami Navarro Gutierrez wins Open B with 7/9 points. You can see the full standings in Open A and Open B below.
Official website
Open A final standings (top finishers):
1 GM BAKLAN Vladimir UKR 2655 Ukraine 7
2 GM MAZE Sebastien FRA 2564 França 6,5
3 GM IBRAGIMOV Ildar USA 2548 Estats Units 6,5
4 GM ORAL Tomas CZE 2498 República Txeca 6,5
5 FM MAKHMUTOV Rail RUS 2428 Rússia 6,5
6 IM SKOMOROKHIN Roman RUS 2364 Rússia 6
7 GM AROSHIDZE Levan GEO 2537 Banyoles 6
8 GM ROMANOV Evgeny RUS 2638 Rússia 5,5
9 GM NARCISO DUBLAN Marc CAT 2515 Barberà 5,5
10 FM MARTINEZ ALCANTARA Jose Eduar PER 2448 Cerdanyola del Vallès 5,5
11 IM BAILET Pierre FRA 2484 França 5,5
12 IM DUCARMON Quinten NED 2488 Sant Josep De Badalona 5,5
13 WGM CHAROCHKINA Daria RUS 2370 Izmailovo Sports School 5,5
14 FM AKBARINIA Sayed Arash IRI 2366 Iran 5,5
15 IM RODRIGUEZ LOPEZ Rafael ESP 2277 Universidad de Vigo 5,5
16 FM DELORME Alban FRA 2328 França 5,5
17 GM PERALTA Fernando ARG 2582 Sant Josep De Badalona 5
18 IM DELORME Axel FRA 2502 Barcelona UGA 5
19 IM TERRIEUX Kevin FRA 2425 França 5
20 FM SORM Daniel CZE 2319 República Txeca 5
21 FM GOMEZ JURADO Luis Alberto CAT 2349 Montcada 5
22 IM VALDES ROMERO Leonardo CRC 2402 Mollet 5
23 IM MEISTER Peter GER 2408 FC Bayern München 5
24 DE ROVER Yong Hoon NED 2315 Sc Purmerend 5
25 HAUG Johannes NOR 2121 Øbro Skakforening 5
26 GM ROMANISHIN Oleg M UKR 2487 Ucraïna 4,5
27 GM PEREZ MITJANS Orelvis CAT 2463 Sant Josep de Badalona 4,5
28 GUIX TORRES David CAT 2065 Les Franqueses 4,5
29 FM KOKSAL Ege TUR 2328 Turquia 4
30 FM SADYKOV Ramil RUS 2403 Rússia 4
31 VAARALA Eric SWE 2281 Suècia 4
32 ARYAN Chopra IND 2337 Índia 4
33 FM CHALMETA UGAS Ramon CAT 2222 Sant Boi 4
34 FM AYAS FERNANDEZ Antonio CAT 2265 Sitges 4
35 GM POGORELOV Ruslan UKR 2326 Ucraïna 4
Nice job.