Georgiev top seed at Villa de Benasque

GM Kiril Georgiev top seed at Villa de Benasque
Burmakin, Laznicka, Mamedov, and Kotronias are the 2600+ players
Report by Chessdom.com

GM Kiril Gerogiev, who is an official holder of Guiness chess record, will be the top seeded player at Torneo de ajedrez Villa de Benasque. The chess tournament will be a 9 round Swiss event, with the participation of 108 titled players from 30 countries.

GM Georgiev comes from the Memorial Vicente Sebastian rapid event and will have as main opposition the other 2600+ players – GM Vladimir Burmakin, GM Viktor Laznicka, GM Nidjat Mamedov, and GM Vasilios Kotronias.

Title contenders at Villa de Benasque will be several young players, among them the French jounior GM Romain Edouard, the Armenian GM Zaven Andriasian, the Spanish IM Xavier Villa Gazquez and the Indian GM Gopal.

Here is the full list of participants, including 469 registered players.

1 GM GEORGIEV Kiril BUL 2645
2 GM BURMAKIN Vladimir RUS 2627
3 GM LAZNICKA Viktor CZE 2617
4 GM MAMEDOV Nidjat AZE 2614
5 GM KOTRONIAS Vasilios GRE 2613
6 GM EDOUARD Romain FRA 2597
7 GM ANDRIASIAN Zaven ARM 2585
8 GM MARIN Mihail ROU 2583
9 GM ANDERSSON Ulf SWE 2581
10 GM GEETHA Narayanan Gopal IND 2575
11 GM VAZQUEZ IGARZA Renier ESP 2570
12 GM MOVSZISZIAN Karen ARM 2570
13 GM SULSKIS Sarunas LTU 2559
14 GM ITURRIZAGA Eduardo VEN 2555
15 GM LUTHER Thomas GER 2552

Here is the full report.