2nd Chess Festival Villa Cañada de Calatrava will be held on 6-8 April in Cañada de Calatrava in Ciudad Real region, Spain. Rapid, Fischer Random and Blitz tournaments will carry 90.000 euros prize fund. Participation fee (valid for all tournaments) is 5 euros - anyone from US reading?
Amongst 170 players signed so far are Viswanathan Anand (India 2779), Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (Azerbaijan 2754), Vassily Ivanchuk (Ukraine 2750), Levon Aronian (Armenia 2744), Boris Gelfand (Israel 2733), Peter Svidler (Russia 2728), Judith Polgar (Hungary 2727), Alexander Grischuk (Russia 2717), Alexei Shirov (Spain 2715), Etienne Bacrot (France 2705), Krishnan Sasikiran (India 2700) etc.
Update:
Main Rapid tournament ended with 4 players tied on the first place. Fantastic event for FM Diego Del Rey who tied 5th place with a bunch of sharks.
Rapid Standings:
1-4. GM Alexei Shirov (ESP 2699), GM Daniel Fridman (LAT 2635), GM Ivan Sokolov (NED 2655) and GM Boris Gelfand (ISR 2733) 7.5/9
5-14. GM Judit Polgar (HUN 2727), GM Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (AZE 2757), GM Alexander Grischuk (RUS 2717), GM Laurent Fressinet (FRA 2644), GM Michal Krasenkov (POL 2661), GM Vassily Ivanchuk (UKR 2729), GM Vladimir Baklan (UKR 2618), GM Vishy Anand (IND 2786), GM Kamil Miton (POL 2653) and FM Diego Del Rey (ESP 2405) 7.0 etc (289 players)
Alexander Chernin - Shakhriyar Mamedyarov
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. e4 e5 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Nge2 Nc6 7. d3 d6 8. O-O a6 9. h3 b5 10. cxb5 axb5 11. Nxb5 Ba6 12. Nec3 Qb8 13. Na3 Nd7 14. Nc4 Nc5 15. Be3 Bxc4 16. dxc4 Qxb2 17. Nb5 Rfc8 18. a3 Nd4 19. Rb1 Qa2 20. Nxd4 exd4 21. Bxd4 Qxc4 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. Rb4 Qc3 24. e5 Rxa3 25. Rh4 dxe5 26. Qg4 Rh8 27. Qg5 h6 28. Qe7 Ne6 29. Bd5 Qc5 30. Qxc5 Nxc5 31. Rc1 0-1
Vishy Anand - Vladimir Baklan
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 h6 10. Bh4 g5 11. fxg5 Ng4 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. Be2 Ne5 14. g3 Qa5 15. Kb1 Ng6 16. Rdf1 Bg7 17. gxh6 Bxc3 18. bxc3 Nxh4 19. gxh4 O-O-O 20. Rxf7 Bxe4 21. Rhf1 Bd5 22. a3 Qxa3 23. c4 Bc6 24. Bg4 Kb8 25. Bxe6 Rhe8 26. Re1 d5 27. cxd5 Bxd5 28. Bxd5 Rxe1+ 29. Qxe1 Rxd5 30. Qg3+ 1-0
Vassily Ivanchuk crushed everyone in Blitz tournament to win the trophy with 8.5/9.
Blitz Standings:
1. GM Vassily Ivanchuk (UKR 2729) 8.5/9
2-6. GM Rauf Mamedov (AZE 2584), GM Alexander Grischuk (RUS 2717), GM Vadim Milov (SUI 2676), IM Alexander Zubov (UKR 2542) and GM Mihail Marin (ROM 2533) with 7.5
7-13. GM Namig Guliyev (AZE 2590), GM Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (AZE 2757), GM Atanas Kolev (BUL 2553), GM Alexei Shirov (ESP 2699), GM Michal Krasenkov (POL 2661), GM Alexander Kovchan (UKR 2527) and GM Alexei Barsov (UZB 2521) 7.0 etc (222 players)
Alexei Shirov completed successful weekend by taking the Fischer Random tournament.
Fischer Random Standings:
1. GM Alexei Shirov (ESP 2699) 8.0/9
2-5. GM Krishnan Sasikiran (IND 2690), GM Laurent Fressinet (FRA 2644), GM Vassily Ivanchuk (UKR 2729) and GM Alexander Grischuk (RUS 2717) 7.5
6-10. GM Levon Pantsulaia (GEO 2616), GM Vadim Milov (SUI 2676), IM Herminio Herraiz Hidalgo (ESP 2498), GM Murtas Kazhgaleyev (KAZ 2603) and GM Vasil Spasov (BUL 2592) 7.0 etc (221 players)
2006 Villa Cañada de Calatrava
San Sebastian International Chess Open
