Magistral Casino de Barcelona 2012 Print
Friday, 02 November 2012 01:19


The Chess Tournament Magistral Casino de Barcelona 2012 was held on 23-31st October at the Casino of Barcelona (Marina Avenue, 19-21) as a ten-player round robin.

Russian GM Sanan Sjugirov, presently ranked as 10th on the World Junior List, had a fantastic run to convincingly take a clear first place with 7/9 points, leaving the 2nd-placed GM Yuniesky Quesada a full point behind.

Final standings:
1. GM Sjugirov Sanan RUS 2624 – 7
2. GM Quesada Perez Yuniesky CUB 2604 – 6
3. GM Nielsen Peter Heine DEN 2662 – 5.5
4-5. GM Sokolov Ivan NED 2690 and GM Aroshidze Levan GEO 2560 – 5
6. IM Alonso Rosell Alvar ESP 2540 – 4
7. IM Fluvia Poyatos Joan ESP 2490 – 3.5
8-10. GM Oms Pallisse Josep ESP 2506, GM Nikolic Predrag BIH 2638 and GM Munoz Pantoja Miguel ESP 2460 – 3

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