GM Simen Agdestein wins Sevilla Chess Open 2025

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The 50th edition of the Sevilla Chess Open took place from 10-18 January at the Palacio de Exposiciones y Congresos in Sevilla, Spain. The event gathered nearly 350 participants who competed for the prize fund of 10.000 euros over the course of 9 swiss rounds.

Legendary Norwegian GM Simen Agdestein (Norway, 2564) emerged as the sole Winner of the tournament with the score of 8/9 points. Former professional football player and Norwegian representative in both chess and football, clinched the title with half a point edge over the runner-ups.

As many as four players tied for the second place scoring 7.5 points, but GM Li Di (China, 2544) had the best tiebreaks to finish second after winning two previous big open events in Spain (Roquetas Chess Open 2025 and Lorca Chess Open 2024). IM Arystanbek Urazayev (Kazakhstan, 2448) finished third thanks to tiebreaks, GM Xiangyu Xu (China, 2611) came fourth, and IM Sem Mitusov (Norway, 2463) finished the event in the fifth place.

The best-ranked female players in the field were WGM Fiona Sieber (Germany, 2263) and WGM Maili Jade Ouellet (Canada, 2283) who scored 7 points each and shared from 6-16 position on the final rankings.

Final rankings – Sevilla Chess Open 2025:

Pos.	Tit.	Name	Fed.	FIDE	Pts.
1	GM	Agdestein, Simen	NOR	2564	8
2	GM	Li, Di	CHN	2544	7.5
3	IM	Urazayev, Arystanbek	KAZ	2448	7.5
4	GM	Xu, Xiangyu	CHN	2611	7.5
5	IM	Mitusov, Sem	NOR	2463	7.5
6	IM	Tahay, Alexis	FRA	2364	7
7	IM	Isanzhulov, Arystan	KAZ	2397	7
8		Alvarez Poves, Jesus	ESP	2012	7
9	WGM	Sieber, Fiona	GER	2263	7
10		De Nacimiento Montano, Angel	ESP	2250	7
11	GM	Iturrizaga Bonelli, Eduardo	ESP	2574	7
12	GM	Makhnev, Denis	KAZ	2532	7
13	GM	NR, Vignesh	IND	2523	7
14	WGM	Ouellet, Maili Jade	CAN	2319	7
15	FM	Lohia, Sohum	ENG	2367	7
16	IM	Xu, Minghui	CHN	2428	7
17	IM	Kvaloy, Aksel Bu	NOR	2487	6.5
18	FM	Anand, Batsukh	MGL	2234	6.5
19	GM	Del Rio de Angelis, Salvador Gabriel	ESP	2403	6.5
20	GM	Campora Sivori, Daniel Hugo	ARG	2353	6.5
21	GM	Pogorelov, Ruslan	ESP	2266	6.5
22	WGM	Balabayeva, Xeniya	KAZ	2249	6.5
23		Zhukenov, Aituar	KAZ	2235	6.5
24	FM	Kreken, Eivind Grunt	NOR	2302	6.5
25	GM	Starostits, Ilmars	LAT	2364	6.5
26		Evenshaug, Amadeus Hestvik	NOR	2225	6.5
27	IM	Soumya, Swaminathan	IND	2243	6.5
28	IM	Druska, Juraj	SVK	2438	6.5
29	IM	Ilinca, Felix Antonio	ROU	2440	6
30	GM	Marin, Mihail	ROU	2431	6
31	FM	Keleberda, Tymur	CAN	2265	6
32	IM	Song, Yuxin	CHN	2384	6
33	IM	Lin, Yingrui	ESP	2393	6
34		Chacon Perez, Juan	ESP	2143	6
35	WFM	Zhao, Shengxin	CHN	2158	6
36	FM	Esquivias Quintero, Luis Manuel	ESP	2234	6
37	WIM	Campos, Maria Jose	ARG	2271	6
38		Saad, Gabriel	FRA	2148	6
39	CM	De la Puerta Cresis, Javier	ESP	2266	6
40		Santamaria Fernandez, Guillermo	ESP	2207	6
41	FM	Ramon Perez, Jose Luis	ESP	2120	6
42	FM	Romero Calduch, Sergio	ESP	2321	6
43		Lopez Cueto, Julio	ESP	2030	6
44		Pinho, Paulo	POR	2093	6
45		Delgado Serrano, Angel	ESP	2035	6
46		Rumbos Garcia, Alejandro Daniel	VEN	2090	6
47		Iturbide Arnedo, Oscar	ESP	2094	6
48		Rodriguez Pereira, Enrique	ESP	2167	6
49		Garcia Jimenez, Santiago	ESP	2187	6
50		Huete Cobos, Jesus	ESP	1983	6
51	FM	Lacrosse, Marc	BEL	2065	6
52	IM	Bukal, Vladimir Jr	CRO	2356	6
53		Muzika, Paul	ESP	2070	6
54	FM	Van Zyl-Rudd, Jack	RSA	2248	6
55	GM	Matamoros Franco, Carlos S.	ECU	2394	6
56	WFM	Hu, Jiani	CHN	2095	6
57		Midoux, Sebastien Bruno	FRA	2188	6
58	FM	Silva Lucena, Cristian	ESP	2317	5.5
59		Morais, Miguel Almeida	POR	2132	5.5
60	FM	Eliseev, Sergey	NOR	2174	5.5
61	WGM	Navrotescu, Andreea	FRA	2320	5.5
62	FM	Carrascoso Morales, Abel	ESP	2172	5.5
63		Aeschbacher, Dimitri	SUI	2095	5.5
64		Maloberti, David	FRA	1960	5.5
65		He, Chenglu	CHN	1892	5.5
66		Troncoso Gutierrez, Adrian	ESP	2196	5.5
67		Gentes Benito, Mauricio	ESP	1996	5.5
68		Rios Gallardo, Guillermo	ESP	2063	5.5
69		Ribeiro, Bruno	POR	2047	5.5
70		Pintor, Simao	POR	2050	5.5
71	WFM	Silva, Mariana	POR	2027	5.5
72		Trkulja, Zoran	AUT	2104	5.5
73		Perez Garcia, Roberto	ESP	2060	5.5
74		Ruiz Bellon, Manuel	ESP	1947	5.5
75	WFM	Lu, Lillian	AUS	1897	5.5
76		Pastor Alonso de Prado, Alberto	ESP	1978	5.5
77		Ojeda Infantes, Joaquin	ESP	1786	5.5
78	FM	Srienz, Christian	AUT	2178	5.5
79	FM	Romero Garcia, Mariano	ESP	1961	5.5
80	CM	Niu, Qiming	AUS	1974	5.5
81	WFM	Iugina, Mariia	ROU	2032	5.5
82		Morales Araujo, Francisco Javier	ESP	2036	5.5
83		Marquinez Cabrejas, Francisco Javier	ESP	1897	5.5
84		Herrera Mellado, Luis	ESP	1994	5.5
85	CM	Insua Mellado, Jose Luis	ESP	1979	5.5
86		Farkash, Denys	UKR	1759	5.5
87		Aamodt, Peder Marcus	NOR	2082	5.5
88		Fondrat, Johan	FRA	2078	5.5
89		Fernandez Caballero, Antonio	ESP	2122	5.5
90		Avelino, Camila Biscaya	POR	1888	5.5
91		Gonzalez Pabollet, Jesus Maria	ESP	1860	5.5
92		Justiniano Marquez, Marco Antonio	ESP	2056	5.5
93	IM	Aguera Naredo, Javier	ESP	2291	5.5
94		Campora Perez, Daniel	ESP	2073	5
95		Doraszelski, Alexander	GER	2171	5
96		Sevilla Bejarano, Jose Antonio	ESP	1808	5
97	FM	Sanhueza, Cristian	ARG	2219	5
98		Rodriguez Garcia, Manuel Francisco	ESP	2136	5
99		Lindstad, Livia	NOR	1949	5
100		Moran Torres, Rafael Ubaldo	MEX	1792	5
101		Draghici Flutur, Gavril	ESP	2009	5
102		Bech, Havard Eriksen	NOR	2010	5
103	FM	Youssoupov, Moissei	FRA	2177	5
104		Gonzalez Gonzalez, Alfonso	ESP	2094	5
105		Ortega Anglada, Mauricio	DOM	1949	5
106		Rubinshtein, Kamilla	ITA	2045	5
107		Cadenas Falcon, Jose Antonio	ESP	1915	5
108		De Reymaeker, Walter	BEL	1936	5
109		Gonzalez Macias, Pablo	ESP	1728	5
110		Castillo Humanes, Pedro	ESP	1910	5
111		Herrera Oliva, Enrique	ESP	2004	5
112		Moncada Rodriguez, Cristobal	ESP	1865	5
113		Kaewpitakkun, Pantham	NOR	1953	5
114		Ortiz Alfaro, Angel	ESP	1903	5
115		Lopez Perea, Mario	ESP	1797	5
116		Wiesmann, Dominique	SUI	1961	5
117		Peschardt, Soren	ESP	1891	5
118		Vinal Gutierrez, Pedro	ESP	1942	5
119		Gomez Zambrana, Pedro Alfonso	ESP	1927	5
120		Gavira Galocha, Antonio Jesus	ESP	1962	5
121		Doval Rojas, Ernesto Jesus	ESP	1945	5
122		Herrera Ramirez, Daniel	ESP	1874	5
123		Perez Guerrero, Jose Esteban	ESP	1800	5
124		Suarez Fernandez, Enrique Oliver	ESP	1868	5
125		Castell Vega, Antonio	ESP	1927	5
126		Cosano Montero, Jose Enrique	ESP	1877	5
127		Alcaide Guerrero, Eduardo	ESP	1923	5
128		Yanston, Kseniia	ESP	1571	5
129		Olsen, William Alexander	NOR	2064	5
130		Brisebard, Florentin	FRA	1744	5
131		Logie, Bernard	BEL	1864	5
132		Van Herck, Marcel	BEL	1979	5
133	FM	Van Hoolandt, Patrick	MNC	2025	5
134		Nederveld, Dieter	GER	1932	5
135		Cansino Fashho, Manuel	ESP	1770	5
136		Guerra Pendon, Miguel	ESP	1764	5
137		Oualili, Abdelali	MAR	1844	5
138		Counet, Jean-Michel	BEL	2006	4.5
139		Alquist, Erik	SWE	2026	4.5
140		Fuxz, Diego	ARG	1885	4.5
141		Skalli, Taoufik	MAR	1955	4.5
142		Irving, Neil	SCO	1823	4.5
143	FM	Lasinskas, Povilas	LTU	2099	4.5
144		Karimi, Farhad	GER	2038	4.5
145	IM	Rodriguez Lopez, Rafael	ESP	2161	4.5
146		Polo Brazo, Manuel	ESP	1880	4.5
147		Mazo Ganan, Victor Manuel	ESP	1845	4.5
148		Jimenez Aguilar, Jose Antonio	ESP	1875	4.5
149		Ruiz Alcaide, Juan Luis	ESP	1873	4.5
150		Barrenechea Bahamonde, Gustavo	ESP	2087	4.5
151		Lucena Palomo, Alberto	ESP	1854	4.5
152		Espejo Montagut, Jose Maria	ESP	1808	4.5
153		Coba Moncada, Jacinto	ESP	1906	4.5
154		Ataide Molina, Jose Maria	ESP	2005	4.5
155		Cheishvili, Nani	FRA	1749	4.5
156		Reyes Lopez, Angel	ESP	1981	4.5
157		Luna Ordonez, Alejandro	ESP	1828	4.5
158		Fernandez Montero, Francisco Manuel	ESP	1992	4.5
159		Dornelles, Marcio Neron Camargo	BRA	2055	4.5
160		Sanchez Lopez, Alejandro	ESP	1899	4.5
161		Cemborain Oricain, Alfonso	ESP	1900	4.5
162	IM	Kacem, Rian	MAR	1852	4.5
163		De Bordons Alba, Cesar	ESP	1761	4.5
164		Godinho Marquez, Pedro	POR	1893	4.5
165		Voet, Dirk	BEL	1817	4.5
166		Mariscal Olmedo, Francisco	ESP	1785	4.5
167		Gonzalez Pineda, Manuel	ESP	1912	4.5
168		Perez Ruiz, Santiago	ESP	1989	4.5
169		Morais, Vitor	POR	1866	4.5
170		Caballero Garcia, Lucas	ESP	1896	4.5
171	WFM	Auvray, Honorine	FRA	1998	4.5
172		Hermosin Bustos, Manuel	ESP	2017	4.5
173		Salazar Romero, Abel	ESP	1946	4.5
174		De la Cruz Fernandez, Juan Carlos	ESP	1860	4.5
175		Hoffmann, Georg Paul	ESP	1814	4
176		Reina Aguilar, Marcelo	ESP	1861	4
177		Baquero Baquero, Antonio	ESP	1836	4
178		Paez Barea, Jesus	ESP	1691	4
179		Degro, Heiko	GER	1990	4
180		Mota Vargas, Juan Manuel	ESP	1829	4
181		Ruiz Chacon, Jorge Manfredo	ESP	1768	4
182		Perea Vizcaya, Francisco	ESP	1711	4
183		Laruaz, Maxime	FRA	1831	4
184		Philippe, Denis-Emmanuel	BEL	1999	4
185		Munoz Jorva, Miguel Angel	ESP	1831	4
186	CM	Kirszenberg, Marc	FRA	2089	4
187		Todic, Simo	ITA	1755	4
188		Serra Azul Neto, Francisco	BRA	1885	4
189		Dinev, Dimiter	BEL	1828	4
190		Rivero Cabello, Jose Carlos	ESP	1881	4
191		Martinez Martinez, Daniel	ESP	0	4
192		Ilinca Ilinca, Filip Antonio	ESP	1831	4
193		Ballina Amandi, Casimiro	ESP	1826	4
194		Jimenez Mora, Guillermo	ESP	1721	4
195		Oueld el Hachemi, Abdelhaq	MAR	1832	4
196		Fontecha Martinez, Juan Carlos	ESP	1701	4
197		Crespo Arce, Miguel Angel	ESP	1662	4
198		Castillo Gomez, Jesus	ESP	1953	4
199		Barrero Ortega, Abraham	ESP	1797	4
200		Larreta Romero, Ignacio	ESP	0	4
201		Parma, Pamela	ARG	1875	4
202		Gomez Aranda, Alberto Jesus	ESP	1652	4
203		Danta Garcia De Castro, Manuel	ESP	1736	4
204		Aeschbacher, Gregoire	SUI	1672	4
205		Hellmann, Thomas	GER	1760	4
206		Gonzalez Cagigal, Miguel Angel	ESP	1816	4
207		Carrascosa Bernal, Alvaro	ESP	1748	4
208		Barker Fraser, Deryck John	ESP	1695	4
209		Gutierrez Marconi, Christian Fernando	ESP	1853	4
210		Gazquez Gonzalez, Oscar	ESP	1734	4
211		Gonzalez Macias, Estrella	ESP	1668	4
212		Anton, Jose	FRA	1810	4
213		Bernal Ferrini, Fernando	ESP	0	4
214		Munoz Mesa, Miguel Angel	ESP	1823	4
215		Perez Ruiz, Diego	ESP	1631	4
216		Hernandez Zorzano, Fernando	ESP	1619	4
217		Flores Morales, Hector	ESP	1640	4
218		Luna Ramirez, Luis	ESP	1766	4
219		Garcia Ramos, Francisco Jesus	ESP	1662	4
220		Donazar Garayoa, Miguel	ESP	1745	4
221		Delgado Lozano, Ignacio Maria	ESP	1851	4
222		Godino Benitez, Miguel	ESP	1845	4
223		Castillo Trujillo, Luis	ESP	1852	4
224		Serrano Gonzalez, Saul	ESP	0	4
225		Morillo-velarde Gallego, Antonio Jesus	ESP	1906	4
226		Lozano Garcia, Antonio	ESP	1843	4
227		Aguilera Concha, Jose David	ESP	1683	4
228		Luque Ortiz, Jose Manuel	ESP	1786	4
229		Hammerle, Jose	FRA	1745	4
230		Briand, Noel Santiago	ESP	1791	3.5
231		Majaron Bernabe, Antonio	ESP	1694	3.5
232		De la Vega Alvarez, Jose Luis	ESP	1755	3.5
233		Exposito Abeja, Rafael	ESP	1741	3.5
234		Pineda Ortega, Victor	ESP	1643	3.5
235		Forero Osorio, Ruben Dario	ESP	1594	3.5
236		Lara Alvarez, Angel Joaquin	ESP	1780	3.5
237		Pordomingo Rodriguez, Jose Antonio	ESP	1819	3.5
238		Ramos Valenzuela, Francisco Javier	ESP	0	3.5
239		Barba Molina, Vicente	ESP	1735	3.5
240		Marti Palomero, Sergi	ESP	1698	3.5
241		Mileiko, Juris	LAT	1722	3.5
242		Rutherford, William	SCO	1952	3.5
243		Ligero Marin, Francisco	ESP	1812	3.5
244		Martinez Cuadrado, Alfonso	ESP	1738	3.5
245		Munoz Chaves, Gines	ESP	1722	3.5
246		Briand, Nicolas Emmanuel	ESP	1874	3.5
247		Fontanilla Rabaneda, Miguel	ESP	1668	3.5
248		Montoro Guerrero, Raul	ESP	1724	3.5
249		Gonzalez Mendoza, Diego	ESP	1759	3.5
250		Bernal Dominguez, Sergio	ESP	1676	3.5
251		Moran Llera, Jose Angel	ESP	1793	3.5
252		Jimenez Suarez, Guillermo	ESP	1646	3.5
253		Gonzalez Blazquez, Juan Manuel	ESP	1738	3.5
254		Cruz Rodriguez, Israel	ESP	1848	3.5
255		Rodenas Neto, Tiago	ESP	0	3.5
256		Munoz Robledo, Pedro	ESP	1742	3.5
257		Sanchez Venzala, Jose Ignacio	ESP	0	3.5
258		Perez Rodriguez, Ignacio	ESP	0	3.5
259		Bravo Lopez, Luis Antonio	ESP	1817	3.5
260		Crow, Steve	ENG	1745	3.5
261		Luna Laynez, Manuel	ESP	1713	3.5
262		Chesa Chavarria, Aurelio	ESP	1703	3.5
263		Marquez Polvillo, Bartolome	ESP	1757	3
264		Jimenez Pinera, Luis	ESP	1778	3
265		Moreno Forcada, Enrique	ESP	1762	3
266	WFM	Ordonez Torres, Maria del Carmen	ESP	2046	3
267		Sevillano Leal, Julio	ESP	1693	3
268		Gavira Marquez, Joaquin	ESP	1729	3
269		Morell Altozano, Nicolas	ESP	1468	3
270		Alonso Arrizabalaga, Javier	ESP	1698	3
271		Soto Acosta, Joaquin	ESP	1764	3
272		Creo Abeijon, Diego	ESP	1708	3
273		Sanchez Acuna, Carlos	ESP	1648	3
274		Borre Meza, Orlando David	COL	1883	3
275		Linares Andres, Antonio	ESP	1581	3
276		Young, Anna Ovidia	NOR	1689	3
277		Arends, Herman	NED	1697	3
278		Matias, Luis Miguel Rodrigues	POR	1834	3
279		Diaz de Lope, Jesus	ESP	1773	3
280		Daza Garcia, Alberto	ESP	1739	3
281		Asharafali Valimamade, Munir	POR	1778	3
282		Marin Aroca, Manuel	ESP	1468	3
283		Gutierrez Carrasco, Gonzalo	ESP	1607	3
284		Alcaide Gantes, Alvaro Alejo	ESP	1625	3
285		Sanchez Munoz, Rafael	ESP	1644	3
286		Munoz Hernandez, Emilio Jose	ESP	1626	3
287		Campuzano Gonzalez, Alfonso	ESP	1456	3
288		Cordero Gonzalez, Luis	ESP	1474	3
289		Olalla Torres, Jorge	ESP	1605	3
290		Bernal Dominguez, Angel	ESP	1630	3
291		Cardenas Garcia, Antonio	ESP	1453	3
292		Acevedo Barreto, Dario Enrique	ESP	0	3
293		Ramos Gomez, Juan	ESP	1531	3
294		Sanchez Munoz, Jesus	ESP	1715	3
295		Escobar Gavino, Francisco Javier	ESP	1711	3
296		Gil Flores, Javier	ESP	1715	2.5
297		Ramirez Guerrero, Enrique	ESP	1948	2.5
298		Palma Troya, Ignacio Pedro	ESP	1676	2.5
299		Inglese, Gioacchino Guido	ITA	1625	2.5
300		Perez Odero, Gonzalo	ESP	1586	2.5
301		Dominguez Rodriguez, Ramon	ESP	1648	2.5
302		Hurtado Rubio, David	ESP	1491	2.5
303		Flores Aguilar, Jose	ESP	1634	2.5
304		Mayorga Martin, Francisco Javier	ESP	1656	2.5
305		Granero Marquez, Juan Jose	ESP	1726	2.5
306		Fernandez Rincon, Pedro	ESP	0	2.5
307		Sanabria Arias, Mario	ESP	1634	2.5
308		Romero Rodriguez, Angel	ESP	1801	2.5
309		Murillo Munoz, Miguel	ESP	1546	2.5
310		De la Cruz Diaz, Victor	ESP	1563	2.5
311		Felices Navarro, Manuel	ESP	0	2.5
312		Vidal Calabuig, Victor	ESP	1626	2
313		Jimenez Trejo, Jose Maria	ESP	1504	2
314		Fondrat, Thierry	FRA	1499	2
315		Boza Lopez, Jose Luis	ESP	1476	2
316		Rudowski, Szymon	POL	1868	2
317		Alape Gonzalez, Juan David	ESP	1970	2
318		Gamarro Perez, David	ESP	1622	2
319		Serra Azul, Manuela Mesquita	BRA	0	2
320		Clarambo Torres, Diego	ESP	1665	2
321		Bocanegra Carballar, Leo	ESP	0	2
322		Ballesteros Prieto, Francisco Jesus	ESP	1470	2
323		Ibanez Suarez, Jesus	ESP	0	2
324		Roman Jimenez, Antonio Manuel	ESP	0	2
325		Oliva Gomez, Juan Manuel	ESP	1478	2
326		Lopez Rueda, Juan	ESP	1581	2
327		Rodriguez Fernandez, Pablo	ESP	1926	2
328		Reina Prieto, Francisco	ESP	0	2
329		Rodenas Martinez, Eduardo	ESP	0	1.5
330		Gonzalez Dominguez, Juan Jose	ESP	0	1.5
331		Barea Munoz, Maria Luisa	ESP	0	1.5
332		Guzman Bujan, Ignacio	ESP	1690	1.5
333		Garcia Romero, Joaquin	ESP	1550	1.5
334		Ibanez Suarez, Carmen	ESP	0	1
335		Malia Ramirez, Jose	ESP	1879	1
336	FM	Khripachenko, Alexander	FID	2400	1
337		Navarro Coloma, Antonio	ESP	1839	1
338		Lara Alvarez, Ignacio	ESP	0	0
339		Herrero Perez, Manuel *	ESP	0	0
340	GM	Jacobson, Brandon	USA	2570	0
341	IM	Damjanovic, Vuk	SRB	2368	0
342		Galvan Dominguez, Santiago	ESP	1609	0