The fifth edition of the International Open Vitoria-Gasteiz will be played on 21st-28th July at the Gran Hotel Lakua in the capital city of the province of Álava and of the autonomous community of the Basque Country in northern Spain.
It is a 9 rounds Swiss open with a time control of 90 minutes to finish the game plus 30 seconds increments per move.
The first prizes will be awarded as follows: 2.000 € / 1.500 € / 1.000 € / 800 €. There will also be money prizes for different rating categories and trophies for best junior, veteran and local player.
Ukrainian GM Yuri Solodovnichenko is the first seed, followed by local GM Salvador del Rio de Angelis.
Registered players (top seeds):
1 GM SOLODOVNICHENKO Yuri UKR 2555
2 GM DEL RIO DE ANGELIS Salvador G ESP 2505
3 IM ARDELEAN George-Catalin ROU 2505
4 GM MANOLACHE Marius ROU 2504
5 IM FRANCO ALONSO Alejandro ESP 2471
6 GM DEEPAN Chakkravarthy J. IND 2468
7 FM GONZALEZ PEREZ Arian FID 2467
8 GM NEELOTPAL Das IND 2445
9 IM DONCEA Vladimir ROU 2423
10 IM CARMACIU Lucian-Catalin ROU 2416
Spain always have good tournaments.