The 4th International Open "Stadium Casablanca" is taking place from 23rd to 31st December in Zaragoza, Aragon, Spain. 130 players signed up, and among them are ten Grandmasters. After the first two rounds, a rest day was given on Christmas and the competition continues on Sunday.
Top players are: GM Delchev Aleksander BUL 2621, GM Corrales Jimenez Fidel CUB 2597, GM Korneev Oleg RUS 2582, GM Kogan Artur ISR 2535, GM Oms Pallisse Josep ESP 2528, GM Paunovic Dragan SRB 2526, GM Franco Ocampos Zenon PAR 2517, IM Adla Diego ARG 2511, GM Cifuentes Parada Roberto ESP 2508, IM Garza Marco Sergio ESP 2442, IM Antoli Royo Joaquin Miguel ESP 2439, FM Gonzalez Perez Arian CUB 2435, IM Matnadze Ana GEO 2410, FM Forcen Esteban Daniel ESP 2367, IM Estremera Panos Sergio ESP 2352 and WGM Guramishvili Sopiko GEO 2319.
Winners of the previous tournaments are GMs Azer Mirzoev and Edouard Romain, and IM Cristhian Cruz.
Stadium Casablanca is a multi-sports club founded in 1948, currently numbering about 20,000 subscribers and 3,000 active athletes. It has sports sections of chess, athletics, basketball, handball, snooker, football, mountaineering, skiing, swimming, water-polo, figure skating, baseball, cycling, triathlon and tennis.
GM Alexander Delchev