Fabiano Caruana Wins Ruy Lopez Rapid

Fabiano Caruana Wins Ruy Lopez Rapid
All games were required to start with the Ruy Lopez opening

Following the Ruy Lopez Masters round robin, which was won by Bulgaria’s Ivan Cheparinov, the 4th Ruy Lopez International Festival concluded Saturday after the rapid Ruy Lopez Open. The Open was organized by Agrupación Ruy López de Zafra and Club Linex-Magic de Mérida, the playing venue was Museo Etnografico at Villafranca de los Barros-Badajoz.

The tournament run over 9 rounds of Swiss pairings, with time control of 15 minutes per player. 52 people signed to participate, while the first prize was 1500 EUR worth. All games were required to start with the Ruy Lopez opening – 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5.

Italy’s Fabiano Caruana’s took the trophy after edging Cheparinov on better tiebreak. Both players, members of the Linex-Magic Club, finished with 7.5 points, a full point ahead of rest of the field.

Final standings:

1 GM Caruana Fabiano ITA 2675 – 7.5
2 GM Cheparinov Ivan BUL 2640 – 7.5
3 GM Sargissian Gabriel ARM 2677 – 6.5
4 GM Salgado Lopez Ivan ESP 2606 – 6.5
5 GM Khamrakulov Ibragim S ESP 2494 – 6.5
6 GM Granda Zuniga Julio E PER 2639 – 6
7 GM Malakhov Vladimir RUS 2722 – 6
8 GM Cramling Pia SWE 2536 – 6
9 IM Larino Nieto David ESP 2461 – 6
10 GM Narciso Dublan Marc ESP 2535 – 6
11 IM Perez Candelario Manuel ESP 2527 – 6
12 GM Cori Jorge PER 2486 – 6
13 GM Rizouk Aimen ALG 2527 – 5.5
14 GM Campora Daniel H ARG 2488 – 5.5
15 FM Cabezas Ayala Ivan ESP 2356 – 5.5
16 Lorenzo Grande Jorge ESP 2021 – 5.5

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