The XXII Montcada International Chess Tournament is taking place from 25th June to 3rd July Espacio Cultural Kursaal, in Montcada i Reixac, Spain.
The event is split into three groups. Group A – open to all, Group B – for players rated less than 2000 FIDE ELO or less than 2100 Catalan rating and Open C – for players under 14, rated less than 1751 FIDE ELO or less than 1851 Catalan rating.
All tournaments will be in a 9 round Swiss format, valid for FIDE, FEDA and FCDE, with a time control 90′ + 30″.
The organizers provide total prize fund in the amount of 6.410 €.
Group A consists of 96 players from 23 different countries, including 17 GMs, 19 IMs, 12 FMs, 2 WGMs and 1 WIM, competing for the prizes: 1.200 € / 700 € / 500 € / 400 € / 300 €/ 270 €/ 240 €/ 200 €/ 170 €/ 140 €.
Top seed is Chinese GM Hua Ni.
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Group A list of participants (top seeds):
1 GM Ni Hua CHN 2653
2 GM Zherebukh Yaroslav UKR 2618
3 GM Cori Jorge PER 2608
4 GM Peralta Fernando ARG 2596
5 GM Burmakin Vladimir RUS 2592
6 GM Grigoryan Karen H. ARM 2577
7 GM Aroshidze Levan GEO 2565
8 GM Cruz Cristhian PER 2563
9 GM Naroditsky Daniel USA 2559
10 GM Vasquez Schroeder Rodrigo CHI 2551
11 GM Narciso Dublan Marc ESP 2538
12 GM Movsziszian Karen ARM 2520
13 IM Gomez Garrido Camilo Ernesto CUB 2495
14 FM Gonzalez Perez Arian FID 2494
15 IM Ghosh Diptayan IND 2487
16 IM Moreno Ruiz Javier ESP 2486
17 GM Cuartas Jaime Alexander COL 2483
18 GM Arun Prasad S. IND 2472
19 GM Vishnu Prasanna. V IND 2459
20 GM Munoz Pantoja Miguel ESP 2457
21 IM Panelo Marcelo ARG 2448
22 GM Herraiz Hidalgo Herminio ESP 2446
23 IM Escobar Forero Alder COL 2445
24 IM Saptarshi Roy IND 2433
25 FM Oliva Castaneda Kevel CUB 2427
Ni Hua will dominate.