CECLUB Division de Honor
The Spanish Club Chess Championship finals, aka CECLUB Division de Honor are currently being held in the city of Melilla. Seven teams with over 40 GMs, 12 of which over 2700 ELO, are competing for the highest title of the season in Spain.
CA Sestao Naturgas Energia and Colegio Markote-EIKM are leading the table after 2 rounds, with one win and one draw each.
The ongoing round and all games from the CECLUB event can be seen with computer analysis in the Spanish Version of Chessdom.
CECLUB team composition
| 1. Gros Xake Taldea (RtgAvg:2691 / TB1: 2 / TB2: 3.5) | ||||
| Bo. | Name | Rtg | FED | |
| 1 | GM | Ponomariov Ruslan | 2723 | UKR |
| 2 | GM | Shirov Alexei | 2705 | ESP |
| 3 | GM | Bacrot Etienne | 2714 | FRA |
| 4 | GM | Van Wely Loek | 2686 | NED |
| 5 | GM | Kasimdzhanov Rustam | 2675 | UZB |
| 6 | GM | Bauer Christian | 2641 | FRA |
| 7 | GM | San Segundo Carrillo Pablo | 2509 | ESP |
| 8 | IM | Franco Alonso Alejandro | 2454 | ESP |
| 9 | IM | Gonzalez De La Torre Santiago | 2431 | ESP |
| 10 | IM | Argandoña Riveiro Iñigo | 2387 | ESP |
| 11 | FM | Martin Alvarez Iñigo | 2262 | ESP |
| 2. CA Reverte Albox (RtgAvg:2580 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 4) | ||||
| Bo. | Name | Rtg | FED | |
| 1 | GM | Dreev Aleksey | 2710 | RUS |
| 2 | GM | Mchedlishvili Mikheil | 2636 | GEO |
| 3 | GM | Krasenkow Michal | 2608 | POL |
| 4 | GM | Rivas Pastor Manuel | 2556 | ESP |
| 5 | IM | Ibarra Jerez Jose Carlos | 2515 | ESP |
| 6 | GM | Lalic Bogdan | 2454 | CRO |
| 7 | Galindo Rodriguez Francisco | 2237 | ESP | |
| 8 | Rubio Tapia Jose Juan | 2102 | ESP | |
| 9 | Martinez Sola Juan | 2090 | ESP | |
| 10 | Capel Fernandez Manuel | 1901 | ESP | |
| 11 | Lozano Vita Jesus | 1828 | ESP | |
| 12 | Jimenez Del Pino Alejandro | 0 | ESP | |
| 3. Colegio Markote-EIKM (RtgAvg:2695 / TB1: 3 / TB2: 7) | ||||
| Bo. | Name | Rtg | FED | |
| 1 | GM | Gashimov Vugar | 2757 | AZE |
| 2 | GM | Vallejo Pons Francisco | 2705 | ESP |
| 3 | GM | Naiditsch Arkadij | 2712 | GER |
| 4 | GM | Jobava Baadur | 2678 | GEO |
| 5 | GM | Inarkiev Ernesto | 2686 | RUS |
| 6 | GM | Salgado Lopez Ivan | 2621 | ESP |
| 7 | GM | Graf Alexander | 2633 | GER |
| 8 | GM | Galego Luis | 2482 | POR |
| 9 | Outerelo Ucha Manuel | 2197 | ESP | |
| 10 | Marcote Nunez Jesus Javier | 2102 | ESP | |
| 4. CA Linex-Magic (RtgAvg:2550 / TB1: 2 / TB2: 5.5) | ||||
| Bo. | Name | Rtg | FED | |
| 1 | GM | Sargissian Gabriel | 2671 | ARM |
| 2 | GM | Bologan Viktor | 2665 | MDA |
| 3 | GM | Svetushkin Dmitry | 2621 | MDA |
| 4 | GM | Perez Candelario Manuel | 2558 | ESP |
| 5 | IM | Rocha Sergio | 2410 | POR |
| 6 | IM | Carrasco Martinez Juan M. | 2375 | ESP |
| 7 | Garcia Loro Marcos J. | 2073 | ESP | |
| 8 | Montero Aleu Juan Antonio | 1967 | ESP | |
| 5. Cajacanarias (RtgAvg:2596 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 1.5) | ||||
| Bo. | Name | Rtg | FED | |
| 1 | GM | Fedorchuk Sergey A. | 2632 | UKR |
| 2 | GM | Kuzubov Yuriy | 2621 | UKR |
| 3 | GM | Aleksandrov Aleksej | 2626 | BLR |
| 4 | GM | Illescas Cordoba Miguel | 2609 | ESP |
| 5 | GM | Korneev Oleg | 2608 | RUS |
| 6 | GM | Vera Gonzalez-Quevedo Reynaldo | 2482 | CUB |
| 7 | GM | Fernandez Garcia Jose Luis | 2434 | ESP |
| 8 | IM | Cabrera Trujillo Jorge Juan | 2353 | ESP |
| 9 | IM | Villavicencio Martinez Adalber | 2308 | ESP |
| 10 | Meneses Gonzalez Kevin | 2247 | ESP | |
| 11 | Molina Rodriguez Borja | 2123 | ESP | |
| 12 | Perez Barreto Adrian | 1940 | ESP | |
| 6. CA Solvay (RtgAvg:2584 / TB1: 2 / TB2: 7) | ||||
| Bo. | Name | Rtg | FED | |
| 1 | GM | Harikrishna P | 2673 | IND |
| 2 | GM | Ganguly Surya Shekhar | 2625 | IND |
| 3 | GM | Negi Parimarjan | 2617 | IND |
| 4 | GM | Delchev Aleksander | 2629 | BUL |
| 5 | GM | Ubilava Elizbar | 2527 | ESP |
| 6 | IM | Bernal Moro Luis Javier | 2431 | ESP |
| 7 | FM | Ramo Frontiñan Cristobal | 2326 | ESP |
| 8 | FM | Martin Fuentes Alberto | 2307 | ESP |
| 9 | Perez Lopez Jesus Maria | 2280 | ESP | |
| 10 | Tejedor Fuentes Enrique | 2225 | ESP | |
| 11 | Pozueta Alegria Adrian | 2098 | ESP | |
| 12 | Gonzalez Laso Adrian | 2066 | ESP | |
| 7. CA Sestao Naturgas Energia (RtgAvg:2705 / TB1: 3 / TB2: 7.5) | ||||
| Bo. | Name | Rtg | FED | |
| 1 | GM | Nakamura Hikaru | 2758 | USA |
| 2 | GM | Dominguez Perez Leinier | 2712 | CUB |
| 3 | GM | Vachier-Lagrave Maxime | 2710 | FRA |
| 4 | GM | Giri Anish | 2714 | NED |
| 5 | GM | Moiseenko Alexander | 2715 | UKR |
| 6 | GM | Edouard Romain | 2621 | FRA |
| 7 | GM | Conquest Stuart | 2521 | ENG |
| 8 | GM | Del Rio De Angelis Salvador G | 2534 | ESP |
| 9 | GM | Romero Holmes Alfonso | 2488 | ESP |
| 10 | GM | Gomez Esteban Juan Mario | 2488 | ESP |
| 11 | Del Olmo Alonso Miguel Angel | 0 | ESP | |
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