X Open Internacional D'Escacs de Sants

571 players to participate in the chess festival

The 10th edition of the Open Internacional de Sants chess tournament will take place 22-31 August, 2008. More than 571 players will participate in the different groups. From them 22 are GMs and 28 are IMs. Top seeded will be the Israeli players GM Evgeny Postny and GM Maxim Rodshtein. GM Holden, GM Almeida Quintana, GM Nijboer, and GM Narciso Dublan will also be present there.

Besides Rodshtein, more young strong participants will seek title at the competition. GM David Howell, who missed the World Junior title in the last rounds, and the Spanish U18 champion GM Ivan Salgado Lopez will strive for the first place.

The organizers have planned many interesting events, including a "fiesta a ritmo de musica" with IM Anna Matnadze and IM Tommy Asís, together with DJ Pere Durán.

Video from the last edition of the Open de Sants

1 GM Postny Evgeny ISR 2661
2 GM Rodshtein Maxim ISR 2605
3 GM Hernandez Carmenates Holden CUB 2582
4 GM Bartel Mateusz POL 2579
5 GM Nijboer Friso NED 2564
6 GM Howell David W L ENG 2561
7 GM Fier Alexandr BRA 2558
8 GM Aroshidze Levan GEO 2547
9 GM Sumets Andrey UKR 2534
10 GM Salgado Lopez Ivan ESP 2532
11 GM Lopez Martinez Josep Manuel ESP 2531
12 GM Narciso Dublan Marc ESP 2525
13 GM Almeida Quintana Omar CUB 2525
14 IM Alsina Leal Daniel ESP 2517
15 GM Radulski Julian BUL 2516
16 GM Oms Pallisse Josep ESP 2514
17 GM Guliyev Namig AZE 2510
18 GM Heberla Bartlomiej POL 2510
19 IM Czakon Jakub POL 2510
20 FM Cruz Cristhian PER 2508
21 GM Lafuente Pablo ARG 2505
22 IM Mekhitarian Krikor Sevag BRA 2504
23 IM Fluvia Poyatos Jordi ESP 2500
24 GM Jedynak Radoslaw POL 2500
25 IM Munoz Pantoja Miguel PER 2499
26 IM Cuartas Jaime Alexander COL 2495
27 IM Pakleza Zbigniew POL 2495
28 GM Akesson Ralf SWE 2480
29 GM Karlsson Lars SWE 2476
30 IM Di Berardino Diego Rafael BRA 2471
31 IM Al Sayed Mohamad N QAT 2470
32 FM Perez Mitjans* Orelvis CUB 2447
33 IM Sundararajan Kidambi IND 2446
34 IM Huerga Leache Mikel ESP 2433
35 GM De Vreugt Dennis NED 2427
36 Beinoras Mindaugas LTU 2426
37 IM Hansen Torbjorn Ringdal NOR 2423
38 IM Gonzalez Rodriguez Jorge A COL 2421
39 IM Vila Gazquez Xavier ESP 2419
40 FM Recuero Guerra David ESP 2417
41 FM Cruz Filemon PER 2416
42 IM Panelo Marcelo ARG 2414
43 IM Lubczynski Rafal POL 2414
44 FM Roser Kevin FRA 2414
45 IM Matnadze Ana GEO 2411
46 IM Rojas* Luis CHI 2406
47 Gallego Alcaraz Andres Felipe COL 2400
48 FM Alonso Rosell Alvar ESP 2393
49 IM Diamant Andre BRA 2393
50 FM Aloma Vidal Robert ESP 2388
51 IM Gullaksen Eirik NOR 2387
52 FM Rubio Mejia Luis Ignacio ESP 2386
53 IM Giffard Nicolas FRA 2379
54 IM Hernando Rodrigo Jose Maria ESP 2377
55 IM Leer-Salvesen Bjarte NOR 2376
56 IM Nezad Husein Aziz QAT 2372
57 CM Popilski Gil ISR 2372
58 IM Peek Marcel NED 2370
59 FM Lorenzo De La Riva Lazaro ESP 2367
60 FM Draoui* Najib MAR 2362
61 FM Van Dongen Patrick FRA 2362
62 FM Vittorino Carlo Giovanni COL 2357
63 Lammers Markus GER 2355
64 Sanjay N IND 2355
65 cm Hernando Rodrigo Julio A ESP 2354
66 FM Rios Parra Mauricio COL 2349
67 FM Lorscheid Gerhard GER 2348
68 IM Vilela De Acuna Jose Luis CUB 2347
69 FM Hernandez Ivan PER 2344
70 FM Reutsky Sergei RUS 2344
71 IM Rios Alejandro COL 2340
72 FM Oms Fuentes Lluis ESP 2338
73 FM Ryan Joseph IRL 2331
74 FM Pares Vives Natalia ESP 2321
75 FM Genutis Mindaugas LTU 2317
76 FM Van Eijk Sander NED 2315
77 FM Borne Niels FRA 2312
78 FM Byklum Bjornar NOR 2308
79 cm Almeida Toledano Daniel ESP 2303
80 WIM Guramishvili Sopiko GEO 2302
81 FM Cuartas Medina Jorge Humberto COL 2302
82 FM Garcia Jimenez Francisco Javie ESP 2297
83 Moen Andreas NOR 2297
84 FM Humphrey Jonathan AUS 2289
85 FM White Michael J R ENG 2289
86 FM Mestre Bellido Hector ESP 2284
87 WIM Bensdorp Marlies NED 2284
88 cm Martin Grillo Ruben ESP 2282
89 WIM Przezdziecka Marta POL 2281
90 Scharrer Patrick ITA 2281
91 FM Cohen Or ISR 2278
92 FM Ayza Ballester Jordi ESP 2277
93 IM Burgos Figueroa Carlos E ESA 2272
94 cm Yepes Martinez Eduard ESP 2268
95 Hoeffer David GER 2266
96 cm Capellades Subirana Marc ESP 2265
97 Amato Andrea ITA 2264
98 Lerner Oleg ISR 2260
99 cm Dominguez Pons Eric ESP 2259
100 WIM Robles Garcia Claudia ESP 2256
101 cm Exposito Amaro Josue ESP 2247
102 cm Barbero Senidic Alejandro ESP 2244
103 Walter Stefan GER 2244
104 Kleijn Christov NED 2238
105 cm Ibanez Terradellas Eduardo ESP 2237
106 FM Lyell Mark ENG 2232
107 FM Simon Padros Emili ESP 2230
108 cm Martorell Aguado Joan ESP 2226
109 CM Stokstad Petter G NOR 2225
110 Ducret Thomas FRA 2224
111 cm Trepat Herranz Joan ESP 2220
112 cm Pellus Ruiz Josep ESP 2219
113 Mindeguia Guruceaga Juan Jesus ESP 2217
114 Harestad Hans Krogh NOR 2215
115 Blodstein B ISR 2213
116 WIM Chirivi C Yenny Astrid COL 2210
117 cm Coll Ortega Jordi ESP 2206
118 cm Perez Campos Adria ESP 2206
119 Svendsen Bertil NOR 2205
120 cm Castaner Halster Xavier ESP 2202
121 WIM Kashlinskaya Alina RUS 2201
122 Lillo Ferrer Jose Maria M ESP 2200
123 Barrantes Munoz Hugo Pedro ESP 2200
124 Camino Carrio Nicanor ESP 2196
125 WIM Priya P IND 2190
126 Accensi Estrada Miguel Angel ESP 2186

Total: 571 players

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