Open Internacional de Sants |
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Wednesday, 04 September 2013 00:28 |
The 15th International Chess Open de Sants, Hostafrancs & La Bordeta was held from 23rd August to 1st September at the Auditori del Centre Cívic de les Cotxeres de Sants in Barcelona, Spain.
The tournament format was 10-round Swiss. There were two playing groups: Open A (all players eligible) and Open B (U2000).
In the Open A Indian Grandmaster Adhiban B. took a clear first place with 8,5/10 points after beating the co-leader GM Vladimir Burmakin in the final round.
B Adhiban
Also victorious in the last round were GM Jorge Cori, GM Vladimir Potkin, GM Jan Gustafsson and IM Burak Firat who all shared the second place with 8,0/10 points. Turkish IM Firat had an amazing 2660-elo performance to earn a Grandmaster norm.
Replay the top games with analysis
Open A had 298 participants, while Open B featured 322 players. Full standings of both groups are below.
Open Internacional de Sants results are valid for the 10th Catalan Chess Circuit.
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