GM Fernando Peralta claims 41st Badalona Open Print
Friday, 14 August 2015 02:56
Badalona Open

The 41st edition of Badalona Chess Festival was held on August 2-10, 2015, in Badalona, a city in eastern Catalonia, Spain.

The event was played in a 9-round Swiss format with tempo of play 90' + 30" and prize fund in total of 5,200 EUR.

Argentinian player GM Fernando Peralta emerged a clear winner with 7.5 points, leaving the nearest followers, IM Tigran Harutyunian (Armenia), GM Marc Narciso Dublan (Spain), IM Camilo Rios Cristhian (Colombia) and IM David Pardo Simon (Spain), half a point behind.

Peralta finished unbeaten with 6 wins and 3 draws and added 8 new Elo points to his rating.

WGM Deysi Cori from Peru scored 6 points to take the best female prize.

Tournament website

Final standings:

1 GM Peralta Fernando ARG 2564 7,5
2 IM Harutyunian Tigran K. ARM 2472 7
3 GM Narciso Dublan Marc ESP 2532 7
4 IM Rios Cristhian Camilo COL 2435 7
5 IM Pardo Simon David ESP 2468 7
6 IM Cruz Jonathan PER 2450 6,5
7 GM Cori Jorge PER 2635 6,5
8 GM Alsina Leal Daniel ESP 2531 6,5
9 GM Grigoryan Karen H. ARM 2582 6,5
10 FM Gurevich Daniel USA 2392 6,5
11 IM Petrosyan Tigran S. ARM 2441 6
12 Hughes John L IRL 2184 6
13 IM Arenas David COL 2439 6
14 IM Cruz Filemon PER 2395 6
15 GM Lopez Martinez Josep Manuel ESP 2540 6
16 MK Fernandez Diaz Cristian ESP 2277 6
17 IM Pulvett Marin Daniel VEN 2434 6
18 WGM Cori T. Deysi PER 2426 6
19 IM Ossa Orlando COL 2249 6
20 IM Gallego Alcaraz Andres Felipe COL 2443 6
etc