103-year-old Manuel Alvarez competes in Moratalaz Chess Open 2024

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103-year-old Manuel Alvarez Escudero is one of competitors at the ongoing Moratalaz Chess Open 2024 in Madrid, Spain.

Born in 1921, Manuel Alvarez even had a chance to meet the 4th World Chess Champion Alexander Alekhine. Alvarez is rated 1746, and scores 2/4 points in the Moratalaz Chess Open. He defeated Claudia Lubian Greciano (1459) and Manuel Romero Gallego (1572), losing two games against higher-rated players: Jesus Munoz Nunez (2090) and Javier Escudero Baeza (1911).

Rankings after four played rounds at the Moratalaz Chess Open 2024 can be found below.

Featured photo by FIDE/ Stev Bonhage

To put things into perspective: this charming old man met Alexander Alekhine. Not only he enjoys playing chess, but he still enjoying competing in tournaments. His rating is 1746, and he has scored 1/3 so far in Moratalaz. https://t.co/Xk07XqJjTw

— David Llada ♞ (@davidllada) September 24, 2024

Rankings after four played rounds:

Rk.		Name	FED	RtgI	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	IM	Martin Duque, Jesus	ESP	2371	4	5.5	8.5	11
2	FM	Vargas Rodriguez, Wilver	CUB	2267	4	4.5	7.5	8.5
3	IM	Rubio Mejia, Luis Ignacio	ESP	2367	3.5	4.5	7.5	11
4	IM	Moreno Ruiz, Javier	ESP	2377	3.5	4.5	7.5	9
5		Garrido Olivares, Ricard	ESP	2183	3.5	4.5	7	9
6		Zounani, Yacine	FRA	2140	3.5	4	7	11
7		Martinez Fernandez, Raul	ESP	2149	3.5	4	7	8.5
8	IM	Suarez Uriel, Adrian	ESP	2383	3.5	4	6.5	10
		Torres Rebolledo, Alvaro	ESP	2208	3.5	4	6.5	10
10	CM	Rodriguez Avila, Alvaro	ESP	2190	3.5	3	5.5	9
11	FM	Solaesa Navalpotro, Luis Julio	ESP	2176	3	6	10	13
12		Liern Matesanz, Jairo	ESP	1783	3	5	8	8
13		Vioque Gonzalez, Nicolas	ESP	2148	3	4.5	8.5	11
14		Roquero Redondo, Miguel	ESP	2039	3	4.5	8	11
15		Feal Albala, Alonso	ESP	2163	3	4.5	8	10
		Jimenez Carrazoni, Javier	ESP	2009	3	4.5	8	10
17		Moreno Torrero, Javier	ESP	1870	3	4.5	8	9
18	CM	Gallego Bergada, Antoni	ESP	2121	3	4	8	9
19		Blazquez Sanz, Oscar	ESP	1949	3	4	7.5	9
20		Rios Rebollo, Victor	ESP	2043	3	4	7	10
21		Lavayen Torres, Leonardo	ESP	1974	3	4	7	9
22		Gonzalez Rivera, Eduardo	ESP	1995	3	4	6	9
23		Nunez Munoz, Jesus	ESP	2090	3	4	6	8
24		Cabanas Bravo, Juan Andres	ESP	1963	3	3.5	6	9
25		Gradolph Cadierno, Jose Fabian	ESP	1916	3	3	5	6
26		Suarez Hernan, Santiago	ESP	1994	2.5	6	9.5	12
27		Marcos Herrero, Francisco	ESP	1894	2.5	5	8.5	11
28	CM	Ruiz Vazquez, Javier	ESP	2134	2.5	5	8.5	10
29		Garcia Galeote, Lorenzo	ESP	1930	2.5	5	7.5	10
30		Campos Palacios, Daniel	ESP	1947	2.5	5	7.5	10
31		Urrutia Gonzalez, Javier	ESP	2003	2.5	4.5	8.5	11
32		Pastor Alonso De Prado, Alberto	ESP	2006	2.5	4.5	7.5	9
33		Gilardi Olarrea, Mikel	ESP	1900	2.5	4.5	7.5	9
34		Martin Garcia, Luis I	ESP	1852	2.5	4	7.5	9
35		Sanchez Peral, Pedro	ESP	1871	2.5	4	7.5	8.5
36		Martin Arbeloa, Fernando	ESP	1911	2.5	4	7	8
37		Alvarez Lee, Felix	ESP	1879	2.5	4	7	7.5
38		Piccone Uribe, Luis Guillermo	ESP	1737	2.5	4	7	7.5
39		Cervino Rossel, Cristobal	LUX	2038	2.5	4	6.5	9
		Rubenstein, Oliver Dusk	USA	1878	2.5	4	6.5	9
41		Rubio Rivera, Felix	ESP	1710	2.5	4	6.5	6.5
42		Palomo Monserrat, Lorenzo	ESP	1990	2.5	3.5	7	9.5
		Torres Rebolledo, Marcos	ESP	1968	2.5	3.5	7	9.5
44		Rodriguez Del Pino, Daniel	ESP	1891	2.5	3.5	7	8.5
45		Alvarez Gonzalez, Eduardo	ESP	1819	2.5	3.5	6	8.5
46	WCM	Estevez Sacristan, Deva	ESP	1936	2.5	3	7	9.5
47		Lorenzo Martin, Hector	ESP	1864	2.5	3	6	8.5
		Martin-Consuegra Barrilero, Javier	ESP	1832	2.5	3	6	8.5
49		Calvo De Castro, Miguel	ESP	1899	2.5	3	6	8.5
50		Mansor Habash, Zouheir	ESP	1859	2.5	3	5.5	8
		Franco Rincon, David	ESP	1792	2.5	3	5.5	8
52		Camarero Izquierdo, Juan Carlos	ESP	1859	2.5	2.5	5	7.5
53		Blanco Barrios, Aitana	ESP	1772	2.5	2	4.5	7
54		Jimenez Mercado, Julio Esteban	BOL	1873	2	6	9	9.5
55		Herraiz Ciudad, Miguel	ESP	1960	2	5	8.5	9.5
		Rionda Medio, Angel Arturo	ESP	1928	2	5	8.5	9.5
57		Baeza Escudero, Javier	ESP	1911	2	5	8.5	8.5
58		Arce Balluerca, Oscar	ESP	1870	2	5	8	9
59		Jimenez Gonzalez, Marcos	ESP	1840	2	4	8	10
60		Serrano Alvarez, Jose	ESP	1809	2	4	7.5	8.5
61		Courrieu, Martin Jacques Claudes	ESP	1563	2	4	7	9
62		Gutierrez Sanchez, Fernando	ESP	1819	2	4	7	8
		Perez Pascual, Arturo	ESP	1762	2	4	7	8
64		Xia, Zhe	ESP	1684	2	4	7	8
65		Calderon Rojo, Borja	ESP	1888	2	3.5	6.5	8.5
		Mata Medina, Andres	ESP	1877	2	3.5	6.5	8.5
		Vega De Alba, Miguel	ESP	1874	2	3.5	6.5	8.5
68		Sanz Gomez, Jaro	ESP	1725	2	3.5	6.5	8.5
69		Sorensen Causin, Mario	NOR	1861	2	3.5	6.5	7
70		Kalveus, Jan	SWE	1862	2	3.5	6.5	6.5
71		Atxitia Gonzalez, Markel	ESP	1595	2	3.5	6	8
72		Moya Barba, Diego	ESP	1864	2	3	6	8
73		Alvarez Escudero, Manuel	ESP	1746	2	3	6	6.5
74		Olmos Sanz, Francisco J.	ESP	1695	2	3	6	6
75		Calderon Martin, Antonio	ESP	1763	2	3	5.5	7.5
		Garcia Varea, Benjamin	ESP	1689	2	3	5.5	7.5
77		Diaz Begonte, Manuel	ESP	1717	2	3	5.5	7.5
78		Gonzalez Jimenez, Marcos Valerio	ESP	1787	2	3	5	7
79		Melgar Morraja, Mateo	ESP	1810	2	2.5	6.5	6.5
80		Ortega Morales, Pedro	ESP	1781	2	2.5	5.5	7.5
81		Sancho Castiello, Federico	ESP	1807	2	2	5.5	6.5
82		Veiga Macias, Rodrigo	ESP	1621	1.5	5.5	9	11
83		Viers, Emmanuel	FRA	2036	1.5	4.5	7	8.5
84		Marin Lopez, Jeronimo	ESP	1917	1.5	4	7.5	9
85		Cano Mercado, Francisco Manuel	ESP	1823	1.5	4	7.5	8.5
86		Gallardo Moreno, Alberto	ESP	1663	1.5	4	7	8.5
87		Cruz Pino, Adrian	ESP	2067	1.5	4	6.5	8
88		Vicens Alonso, Carlota	ESP	0	1.5	4	6.5	8
89		Garcia Vieira, Francisco Javier	ESP	1898	1.5	3.5	7	8.5
90		Rueda Maria, Ramiro	ESP	1792	1.5	3.5	6.5	8
91		Jimenez Ayuso, Federico	ESP	0	1.5	3.5	6	7.5
92		Villodre Miranda, Juan Alonso	ESP	1727	1.5	3.5	6	6.5
93		Ortega Molina, Tomas	ESP	1758	1.5	3.5	6	6.5
94		Ore Leon, Gustavo	ESP	1844	1.5	3	6.5	8
95		Marcos Medina, Alejandro	ESP	1782	1.5	3	6	7.5
		Quiroga Andres, Carlos	ESP	1689	1.5	3	6	7.5
97		Rives Higueras, Alan	ESP	1875	1.5	3	5.5	7
		Pallares Antelo, Alvaro	ESP	1741	1.5	3	5.5	7
		Diez Pascua, Alejandro	ESP	1508	1.5	3	5.5	7
100		Aguirre Vila-Coro, Antonio Javier	ESP	1773	1.5	2.5	6	7.5
101		Quiros Florea, Rafael-Santiago	ESP	1665	1.5	2.5	5	6.5
102		De Pascual Lopez, Javier	ESP	1585	1.5	2.5	5	6.5
103		De La Fuente De La Fuente, Alba	ESP	1727	1.5	2	4.5	6
104		Palomo Fernandez, Lorenzo	ESP	1665	1.5	2	4.5	6
105		Fernandez Rios, Jose Francisco	ESP	1758	1.5	1.5	5	5.5
106		Martin Garcia, Francisco Javier	ESP	1682	1	4.5	7.5	7.5
107		Lopez Moll, Jose Manuel	ESP	1923	1	4	8	9
108		Torres, Nicholas Eduardo	USA	0	1	4	6.5	7.5
109		Lopez Garcia, Rafael	ESP	1605	1	4	6.5	6.5
110		Gomez Prieto, Alonso	ESP	1624	1	4	6	7
111		Escude De Jesus, Kevin	ESP	1656	1	3.5	6	6
112		Courrieu, Olivier	ESP	1637	1	3.5	5.5	6.5
113		Goday Rivas, Alvaro	ESP	0	1	3	6	7
114		Agullo Madueno, Jorge	ESP	1404	1	3	5.5	6.5
115		Vallespin Morales, Antonio	ESP	1568	1	3	5	6.5
116		Martinez Miura, Enrique	ESP	1687	1	3	5	6
		Gallego Romero, Manuel	ESP	1572	1	3	5	6
118		Saucedo Lopez, Jorge	MEX	1956	1	2.5	6	7
119		Jimenez Jimenez, Darfo	ESP	1748	1	2.5	5.5	5.5
120		Perianes Ramirez, Diego	ESP	1678	1	1.5	3.5	4.5
121		Arroyo Ron, Ernesto	ESP	1526	0.5	4	6.5	7
122		Greciano Lubian, Claudia	ESP	1459	0.5	3.5	5.5	7
123		Lozano Valverde, Eduardo	ESP	1424	0.5	3	5.5	6
124		Jimenez Santos, Cesar Domingo	ESP	1558	0.5	3	5.5	6
125		Rubio Rivera, Adolfo Jose	ESP	0	0.5	3	5	5.5
126		Lopez Saez, Maria Jose	ESP	1439	0.5	2	4.5	5
127		De Antonio De La Vega, Rodrigo	ESP	0	0.5	2	4.5	5
128		Menendez Domens, Juan Manuel	ESP	1606	0	4	7	8
129		Piccone Uribe, Danna Valentina	ESP	0	0	3	5.5	6.5
130		Leon Zabala, Hollwann Armando	ESP	0	0	3	5	6
131	IM	Elissalt Cardenas, Hector	ESP	2335	0	0	0	0
	CM	Garcia Dorado, Alberto	ESP	2182	0	0	0	0
		Valencia Montero, Juan Pablo	CHI	1796	0	0	0	0
		Camacho Martinez, Miguel	ESP	1643	0	0	0	0
		Xia, Yan	ESP	1564	0	0	0	0