The 25th International Open Roquetas de Mar took place on 2-6th January at the Hotel Bahia Serena in Roquetas de Mar, Almeria, Spain.
The event consisted of the 9-round General Open with 126 participants and the 7-round U2150 Open with 93 participants.
In the General Open four players shared the first place with 7,0/9 points each: GM Jose Carlos Ibarra Jerez, IM Diego Del Rey, last year winner GM James Plaskett and IM Quinten Ducarmon.
GM Jose Carlos Ibarra Jerez took the winner’s trophy on best tie-break.
In the U2150 Open three players shared the first place with 6,0/7 points each: Carlos Rodriguez Garcia, Javier Portillo Castellon and Jose Manuel Munoz Manzano.
General Open final standings (top finishers):
1. GM IBARRA JEREZ Jose Carlos ESP 2510 – 7
2. IM DEL REY Diego ESP 2373 – 7
3. GM PLASKETT James ENG 2490 – 7
4. IM DUCARMON Quinten NED 2456 – 7
5. IM BARRIA ZUNIGA Daniel CHI 2435 – 6.5
6. GM SVETUSHKIN Dmitry MDA 2586 – 6.5
7. IM FERNANDEZ ROMERO Ernesto ESP 2468 – 6.5
8. IM FIRAT Burak TUR 2448 – 6.5
9. FM GONZALEZ PEREZ Arian CUB 2492 – 6.5
10. IM KANMAZALP Ogulcan TUR 2401 – 6.5
11. GM MOVSZISZIAN Karen ARM 2509 – 6.5
12. SOS ANDREU Eric ESP 2285 – 6.5
13. IM CAMACHO COLLADOS Jose KOR 2377 – 6.5
14. IM CUENCA JIMENEZ Jose Fernando ESP 2484 – 6
15. IM KOVACEVIC Slobodan SRB 2347 – 6
16. FM SANTOS RUIZ Miguel ESP 2297 – 6
17. GM LAZAREV Vladimir FRA 2414 – 6
18. CAMACHO COLLADOS Marcos ESP 2420 – 6
19. FM BYKOV Alexey RUS 2356 – 6
20. FM LADRON DE GUEVARA PINTO Paolo ESP 2328 – 6
21. WIM ARANAZ MURILLO Amalia ESP 2284 – 6
22. GM HOFFMAN Alejandro ARG 2447 – 5.5
23. CLAROS EGEA Cristian ESP 2259 – 5.5
24. IM PANELO Marcelo ARG 2443 – 5.5
25. IM CASTELLANOS RODRIGUEZ Renier ESP 2506 – 5.5
26. WFM GUADAMURO TORRENTE Anabel ESP 2170 – 5.5
27. GONZALEZ CAPACETE Jose Miguel ESP 1974 – 5.5
28. MORAL GARCIA Serafin ESP 2175 – 5.5
29. FM GAVILAN DIAZ Mario ESP 2270 – 5.5
30. GM PAUNOVIC Dragan SRB 2507 – 5.5
31. GM POGORELOV Ruslan UKR 2377 – 5.5
32. FM QUINTIN NAVARRO Alberto ESP 2320 – 5.5
33. FM CRUZ LLEDO Pablo ESP 2330 – 5.5
34. VAARALA Eric SWE 2303 – 5.5
35. FM LASINSKAS Povilas LTU 2210 – 5.5
Nice tournament to win.