| Magistral Ciutat de Barcelona |
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| Monday, 18 October 2010 20:02 |
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On Thursday, November 4th at 15.45 the Chess Tournament Magistral Casino de Barcelona 2010 will take start. This year the Tournament is organized by the Catalonian Chess Federation and sponsored by the Casino of Barcelona (Group Peralada), Barcelona City Hall, Catalonian Sports Council and Hotel Icaria of Barcelona.The Venue of the Turnament is the Casino of Barcelona (Marina Avenue, 19-21 ), the dates are from November 4th to12th, 2009, and the games will start at 16.00.
1 GM ROMAIN EDOUARD (FRA) 2636 2 GM ROBERT L. HESS (EEUU) 2596 3 GM DANIEL ALSINA (ESP) 2523 4 GM JORDI MAGEM (ESP) 2589 5 GM IVÁN SALGADO (ESP) 2595 6 GM LÁZARO BRUZÓN (CUB) 2679 7 GM JAIME A. CUARTAS (COL) 2526 8 GM ARTUR YUSSUPOV (ALE) 2589 9 GM JOSEP OMS (ESP) 2517 10 GM ERNESTO INARKIEV (RUS) 2671 GM Romain Edouard, born in 1990 ELO 2636 FRANCE
European U16 Champion 2006 "Grand Prix de Bordeaux 2007" Winner Vice - Champion of France 2010 Winner of various Open tournaments (Bad Wiessee 2008, Zaragoza 2008, Echternach 2009, Andorra 2009, Hastings 2010 (tied), Echternach 2010...)
GM Robert L. Hess, born in 1991 ELO 2596 USA
GM at the age of 17; got his final norm at Foxwoods Open, defeating GMs Ehlvest and Nakamura World Team Championships 2009 Vice-Champion World Cup 2009 Participant Winner of Spice Spring Invitational 2009 Member of the 2010 USA Olympiad Team GM Daniel Alsina Leal, born in1988 ELO 2523 SPAIN
Champion of Catalonia U12, U14 and U16 Champion of Spain U18 Catalonian Teams Champion (Club La UGA ) (2003, 2004 and 2005) Champion of Spain for Autonomous Community Championships with Catalonia (2006, 2008, 2009 and 2010) 4 Nations Tournament Champion with Catalonia (2008) Reigning Champion of the Magistral Ciutat de Barcelona (2009)
GM Jordi Magem Badals, born in 1967 ELO 2589 SPAIN
Catalonian Youth Chess Champion in 1981 In 1993 succeeded to win both Catalonian and Spanish Youth Championships. 2008 Catalonian Champion In 1990 won his only Spanish title, whereas was the Vice-Champion on three occasions in 1986, 1993 and 1997 Spanish Olympic Team Captain and Player on many occasions.
GM Iván Salgado, born in 1991 ELO 2595 SPAIN
GM at the age of 16 Spanish Vice - Champion U14 2003, 2005 Champion of Spain U14 2004 Champion of Spain U16 2007 Winner of the Open Internacional Ciudad de San Sebastián 2008 Champion of Spain U18 2008 World Vice - Champion U18 2009 Spanish Olympic Team Player Qualified for the FIDE World Cup 2011
GM Lázaro Bruzón, born in 1982 ELO 2679 CUBA
Started playing chess at the age of 9 Obtained the GM title at 17 años in 1999 World Junior Champion 2000 Champion of Cuba on five occasions Reigning Champion of the Summer Catalan Chess Circuit
GM Jaime Alexander Cuartas Medina, born in 1975 ELO 2526 COLOMBIA
Colombian Sub Zonal Vice – Champion 2001 Winner of the Open International Badalona/Barcelona 2006 Catalonian Club Champion with his Club “Montcada” in 2007, 2008 and 2009 Colombian Olympic Team Player, defending the 3rd, 2nd and 1st boards at Bled 2002, Calviá 2004, Turín 2006, Dresden 2008, Khanty-Mansiysk 2010
Artur Jussupov, born in 1960 ELO 2589 GERMANY
Five-time Olympic, two-time European and also World Champion with the Soviet Union national chess team Came second at Istanbul Olympiads (2000) with the German national team Reached the semi-final of the Candidates Tournament on three occasions in 1986, 1989 and 1992 Winner of many International Tournaments Coach to Anand during the World Championship PCA 1995 against Kasparov and at the FIDE World Championship against Karpov Author of multiple books, e. g. “The Petroff Defence”
GM Josep Oms Pallise, born in 1973 ELO 2517 SPAIN
Lleida Junior Champion 1992, 1993 Spanish Junior hampion 1993 Winner of the Open International Foment 1996 Winner of the Open International Sevilla 2000 Andorran Champion in 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2006 Andorran Olympic Team Player in 2004 and 2006 Individual Gold Winner (2nd board) at Torino Olympiad 2006 Best Catalan at the Summer Catalan Chess Circuit 2010
GM Ernesto Inarkiev, born in 1985 ELO 2671 RUSSIA
Asian Champion U16 1999 European Champion U16 2001 Russian Junior Champion 2002 Kalmykia´s first ever GM since 2002 Champion of Kalmykia 2004 Winner of the Russian Championships Super League 2006 Participant, FIDE Grand Prix series 2008 – 2009
The Tournament reaches category 14 which makes it the strongest tournament in Catalonia, and one of the strongest in Spain. Also it is included in the ACP Tour, as one of the most important events in the Chess World. There will be live broadcasting of the tournament offered by the Catalonian Chess Federation website: http://www.directefcde.org/ and by the Internet Chess Club.
There will be more activities besides the Tournament, Grandmaster Josep Oms will give a lecture “How to Discover the Weaknesses of Your Play and Improve It”, and Cuba´s Grandmaster Lázaro Bruzón will offer a Simultaneous Exhibition. The events will be held on Saturdays, November 6th and 13th, respectively. Free entry for everyone.
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