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GM Kirill Alekseenko seals a victory at the Semana Santa Chess Open 2024

by L'immortale

The 8th edition of the Semana Santa Chess Open took place from 27 March to 1 April in San Vicente del Raspeig, Spain. The event attracted more than 400 entries in the A group and more than 450 players in the B group who competed for the total prize fund of 20.000 euros.

GM Kirill Alekseenko (Austria, 2650) emerged as the sole winner of the event with the impressive score of 8/9 points. Alekseenko headed into the last round co-leading the tournament together with GM Kacper Piorun (Poland, 2599) and GM Stamatis Kourkoulos-Arditis (Greece, 2556). In the direct encounter on the top board, Kirill Alkseenko defeated GM Stamatis Kourkoulos-Arditis, while GM Kacper Piorun drew against GM Daniil Yuffa on the second board.

With his last round victory, GM Kirill Alekseenko secured himself a clear gold, and the top prize of 4.000 euros. GM Kacper Piorun and IM Dimitris Alexakis tied for third place scoring 7.5 points each. Final rankings are shown below.

Photos by Patricia Claros Aguilar / Tournament Director

IM Polina Shuvalova (FIDE, 2455) scored 6.5 points to be the best-placed female player in the event. She had the same score as GM Zhu Jiner (China, 2467), but better additional criteria. WGM Govhar Beydullayeva (Azerbaijan, 2374) scored 6 points and came third-ranked female in the tournament.

WGM Govhar Beydullayeva; Photo by Patricia Claros Aguilar / Tournament Director

Final rankings – Semana Santa Chess Open 2024 (Group A):

Rk. NamesexFEDRtgIPts. 
1GMAlekseenko, Kirill AUT26508
2GMPiorun, Kacper POL25997.5
3IMAlexakis, Dimitris GRE24487.5
4GMIvanchuk, Vasyl UKR26257
5GMKourkoulos-Arditis, Stamatis GRE25567
6IMHeimann, Mark USA24357
 FMColbow, Collin GER23737
8IMLevin, Guy ISR24527
9IMMuthaiah, Al IND24547
10GMYuffa, Daniil ESP26067
11FMPatrelakis, Evaggelos GRE24307
12GMMovsziszian, Karen ARM24397
13IMMinzer, Claudio Javier ARG23987
14IMEspinosa Aranda, Angel ESP24406.5
15FMLazaro Pujol, Abel ESP23096.5
16IMShuvalova, PolinawFID24556.5
17FMHabans Aguerrea, Javier ESP23996.5
18GMMakhnev, Denis KAZ25166.5
19IMZylka, Stanislaw POL24016.5
20IMMerario Alarcon, Andres ESP24016.5
21IMUrazayev, Arystanbek KAZ24766.5
22IMVetokhin, Savva FID24276.5
23GMMarin, Mihail ROU24566.5
24IMGhazarian, Kirk USA24546.5
25 Xiao, Tong(Qd) CHN24846.5
26GMGormally, Daniel W ENG24156.5
27IMDiaz Perez, Michel Alejandro CUB24646.5
 IMHarikrishnan.A.Ra,  IND24486.5
29FMMamedov, Edgar KAZ23176.5
30FMLabiano Hernandez, Juan ESP23626.5
31GMZhu, JinerwCHN24676.5
32IMGarrido Outon, Alex ESP24076.5
33 Lam, Chun Yung Samuel HKG18886.5
34IMAlshameary Puente, Ismael ESP23366.5
35IMJacobson, Aaron USA24316.5
36GMAdhiban, B. IND25416
37IMBora, Safal USA24906
38GMSolodovnichenko, Yuri UKR24816
39IMLamard, Guillaume FRA24836
40WGMBeydullayeva, GovharwAZE23746
41IMGarriga Cazorla, Pere ESP24606
42 Priansh, Das IND22416
43IMBadelka, OlgawFID23776
44IMLopez Mulet, Inigo ESP24236
45IMGkoumas, Georgios GRE24456
46IMFilip, Lucian-Ioan ROU23596
47IMAgmanov, Zhandos KAZ24586
48GMArkell, Keith C ENG23716
49IMBaskin, Robert GER24616
50IMVega Gutierrez, SabrinawESP23826
51IMDomingo Nunez, Ruben ESP24416
52FMTabuenca Mendataurigoitia, Daniel ESP23656
53FMBernabeu Lopez, Carlos Javier ESP24206
54IMPlazuelo Pascual, Juan ESP24396
55IMDiaz Camallonga, Carles ESP24916
56FMDauner, Benedikt GER23666
57FMHristodoulou, Panagiotis GRE23766
58FMCesar Maestre, Bernardo ESP23816
59FMMacias Pino, Diego ESP24776
60 Chen, Yuan CHN21696
61FMPerea Fruet, Lorenzo ESP23106
62GMPogorelov, Ruslan ESP22726
63WGMSandu, MihaelawROU22706
64IMMammadova, GulnarwAZE23516
65FMIlinca, Felix-Antonio ROU23736
66 Rodriguez Garcia, Carlos ESP21476
67 Jin, Yueheng CHN24046
68CMStanojevic, Ilija SRB22376
69 Triantafilidis, Mihail GRE20526
70FMUzcategui Rodriguez, Alejandro VEN22195.5
71IMAswath, S IND23585.5
72FMStribuk, Artiom FID24185.5
73 Gkavardinas, Antonios GRE22185.5
74IMVassallo Barroche, Mauricio ESP23545.5
75FMAronsson, Marten SWE22855.5
76FMDotzer, Lukas AUT23385.5
77FMOro, Faustino ARG23305.5
78IMHernandez, Cristian Andres COL23335.5
79IMNiedbala, Bartlomiej POL23885.5
80FMDjokic, Mihailo SRB21395.5
81FMTrigo Urquijo, Sergio ESP23875.5
82IMWilliams, Justus USA23475.5
83IMFernandez Guillen, Ernesto J. CUB24715.5
84IMGranero Roca, Antonio ESP22705.5
85FMColijn, Stefan NED22305.5
86IMMartin, Julian GER24085.5
87FMVilluendas Valero, Adrian ESP22665.5
88 Terkiewicz, Bruno POL21265.5
89CMPovshednyi, Ivan UKR22505.5
90FMSinz, Bernhard GER23305.5
91IMLadron De Guevara Pinto, Paolo ESP23985.5
92FMPalozza, Christian ITA22515.5
93FMRomero Pallares, Daniel ESP22915.5
94CMNayak, Rajesh IND21365.5
95 Kutsanyan, Andranik UKR21695.5
96 Garcia Gracia, Victor Hugo ESP21655.5
97IMRodriguez Lopez, Rafael ESP21675.5
98 Kazantzoglou, Stefanos GRE21735.5
99FMOchedzan, Tymon POL22065.5
100 Valdepenas Octavio, Javier ESP21835.5
101 Raptis, Filippos BEL21005.5
102 Jansen, Bob NED22175.5
103 Kazmierowski, Tymon POL20915.5
104 Medhansh, Rathi IND17655.5
105 Aledo Yanguas, David ESP20245.5
106FMEzra, Paul Chambers BDI23435.5
107FMRuiz Buendia, Miguel ESP23665.5
108 Rozycki, Bartlomiej POL21165.5
109IMGarcia Martin, MartawESP23565.5
110WFMJimenez Fernandez, RebecawESP20525.5
111FMLacrosse, Marc BEL20825.5
112 Martinez Villena, David ESP19895.5
113IMPrasad, Devaki V IND21915.5
114 Kinberg, Ofer ISR19785.5
115 Rosol, Philip POL20985.5
116FMBubalovic, Davorin CRO21825.5
117 Munoz Avila, Jose Luis ESP22565.5
118IMSuarez Uriel, Adrian ESP24075
119IMCeres, Dragos MDA24825
120IMLarkin, Vladyslav UKR24505
121FMFilip, Andrei ROU22895
122FMNeagu, Roberto Florin ESP22175
123FMCarbonell Sancho, Marc ESP23045
124FMCentron Antuna, Daniel ESP22345
125 Pousada Garcia, Victor Daniel ESP19935
126FMBoder, Jan GER23285
127GMCampora, Daniel H. ARG23725
128FMSerarols Mabras, Bernat ESP23605
129 Cornelisse, John NED21465
130 Ereza Vizcarra, Fernando ESP21285
131 Exposito Milan, Adrian ESP22765
  Calvo Simon, Jorge ESP22075
133 Kalyani, SirinwIND19855
134 Atienza Alvarez, Javier ESP21215
135IMBressac, Stephane FRA23285
136FMOstensen, Nicolai Maxime NOR22225
137 Hu, Merric USA20685
138 Pattnayak, Nilsu IND20615
139 Arsenie, Cristian Marc SUI21935
140 Fuentes Guinot, Alejandro ESP21835
141FMReal, Thibault BEL22425
142 Alba Fernandez, Nicolas ESP21755
143 Vardakas, Grigorios GRE20435
144 Gomez Pastrana, Juan ESP20925
145 Vesga Izeta, Markel ESP20845
146CMGonzalez Castillo, Jose Javier ESP21485
147IMBalajayeva, KhanimwAZE23505
148WFMLorente Serrano, Rosa AdelawESP19925
149FMRey Martinez, Jaime ESP23125
150 Pardo Ruiz, Carlos ESP20635
151 Garcia Garcia, Adrian Antonio ESP21455
152 Esbensen, Kai Inge NOR20155
153 Acuna Celada, Ivan ESP21455
154WFMRodriguez Redondo, AdharawESP21435
155IMCandela Perez, Jose ESP23015
156IMLazov, Toni MKD23845
157 Marabajan Navas, Saul ESP20555
158 Galstyan, David ESP20065
159 Doraszelski, Alexander GER22795
160 Garcia Amelibia, Emilio ESP19485
161 Lacombe, Martin FRA19215
162WFMGutierrez Espinosa, KarenwCUB20345
163 Huseynova, LalawAZE19165
164 Casagrande, Federico ITA21175
165 Blanco Sanchez, Jose Fernando ESP19475
166 Calvo Gonzalez, Jose Felix ESP21135
167 Bellon Solsona, Nicolas ESP19585
168 Perea Fruet, Federico ESP20655
169 Sriansh, Das IND19165
170IMMartin Duque, Jesus ESP23324.5
171CMDe La Puerta Cresis, Javier ESP22234.5
172FMToncheva, NadyawBUL22574.5
173 Nied, Pascal GER20994.5
174FMDiaz Mino, Pablo ESP22374.5
175 Mamani Beltran, Deniman ESP21354.5
176IMLucas, Arthur FRA23414.5
177WFMShatil, OrwISR21194.5
178FMDavtyan, David Arm. ARM23114.5
179FMOngut, Tamas Gunes HUN22634.5
180GMBasso, Pier Luigi ITA25034.5
181 Sureka, Akshat IND19264.5
182 Pintor, Simao Maciel Abranches POR20194.5
183 Georgiadis, Anastasios GRE21404.5
184 Serrano Almendros, Alejandro ESP21874.5
185 Bethencourt Hernandez, Alberto ESP20514.5
186 Bono Monreal, Alberto ESP20504.5
187 Zaragoza Alanis, Miguel Arnulfo MEX21344.5
188 Fernandez Aguilar, Francisco ESP20654.5
189FMBolat, Inayat KAZ22084.5
190 Machin Arbelo, Pedro Alexis ESP19394.5
191WFMGalvan Cipriani, VivianawESP20614.5
192 Swara, Lakshmi S NairwIND18634.5
193 Chen, Zhi CHN19804.5
194 Moreno Alcaraz, Jose Javier ESP21184.5
195 Sanchez Lopez, Jesus ESP19514.5
196 Mueller, Magnus GER21444.5
197 Prochaieva, AlinawUKR19534.5
198WFMOcampo, CristinawCOL19984.5
199 Machlik, MonikawNOR20714.5
200 Moretti, Filippo ITA19784.5
201 Martino Girones, Gonzalo ESP19144.5
202 Banegas Gomez, Ricardo ESP19694.5
203 Clausen, Karl Erik ESP19564.5
204WFMAbrisqueta Zudaire, LeyrewESP21154.5
205 Khoo-Thwe, Louis NOR18854.5
206 Garifulin, Yury SRB21134.5
207 Robledo Sanchez, Saul ESP19724.5
208 Bukharkov, Stepan FID18574.5
209 Deusa Ballesteros, Lucas ESP19624.5
210 Camarillas Castellano, Pau ESP18944.5
  Andries, LeiawDEN18244.5
212 Dura Olmos, Gines Raul ESP19904.5
213CMJulio, Joao Manuel Dos Santos ANG20024.5
214 Vinuesa Sorli, Ruben ESP19964.5
215 Boudey, Simon FRA19354.5
216 Candela Martin, Alvaro ESP20924.5
217WIMVarela La Madrid, Tilsia CarolinawVEN19814.5
218 Hernandez Torralba, Sergio ESP19234.5
219 Tudela Gonzalez, Victor ESP20664
220FMBas Mas, Jose Joaquin ESP22224
221IMPardo Simon, David ESP24504
222 Pons Morro, Mateo ESP20884
223 Diaz Mino, Daniel ESP21324
224 Gonzalez Salazar, Iker ESP19274
225 Martinez Rodriguez, Francisco Salvador ESP19624
226 Verbytski, Oleg ENG19804
227 Moracchini, MargauxwFRA19584
228WFMChristodoulaki, AntoniawGRE19964
229 Tabuenca Mendataurigoitia, Pedro ESP19654
230 Angelov, Zvetomir BUL20774
231CMBazilius, Augustinas LTU20194
232 Andries, Alf DEN20404
233FMGarcia Gimenez, Santiago ESP21614
234 Ortiz Sanchez, Luis WLS19264
235 Moreno Diepa, Diego ESP20744
236 Climente Martinez, Jose Luis ESP20414
237 Hompanera Lopez, Enrique ESP20514
238 Gonzalez Lopez, Lucas I ESP18954
239 Martinez, Sebastian VEN19084
240IMGarcia Ramos, Daniel ESP24364
241FMVan Hoolandt, Patrick MNC20034
242 Villar Piriz, Adrian ESP19934
243 Vihaan, Dumir IND18024
244WCMVetokhina, SofiawFID19924
245 Jaime Galeano, Alcher ESP18844
246WCMCharvi, AwIND19274
247 Zhu, YaoyaowENG19744
248 Gomez Sanjuan, Hector Fernando ESP21914
249 Sempere Domenech, Abel ESP19994
250 Carmona Huertas, Juan Antonio ESP19434
251 Follana Albelda, LuciawESP19364
252 Liashkevich, LizavetawFID18954
253 Van Veenendaal, Elmer NED20274
254 Jimenez Carrazoni, Marta ElenawESP17554
255 Labrovic, Jakov CRO19554
256 Leelajai, Krishna N IND20104
257WCMSilva, Mariana Sofia T.wPOR19724
258 Maloberti, David FRA19754
259 Veverka, Vladimir CZE19864
260 Ochedzan, Filip POL19664
261FMGuerrero Vargas, Andres Jesus VEN23374
262 Ibarra Jerez, Juan Miguel ESP22314
263 Herraiz Gomez, Iker ESP19494
264 Borisova Douchkova, VanesawESP19214
265 Esbensen, Arnt NOR21494
266 Bascunana Sanchez, Pablo ESP19514
267 Gonzalez Aguirre, Luis ESP19844
268 Triantafyllakis, Dimitrios GRE18874
269 Martinez Sanchez, Antonio Manuel ESP20484
270 Montoro Mavilla, Sergio ESP18814
271 Andreeva, ElenawHUN19124
272 Mascarell Canet, Ricardo ESP19144
273 Torres, Lucas SWE17814
274 Torosyan Saghatelyan, Arturo ESP19004
275WCMTynyshtyk, DianawKAZ19464
276 Sanjay, Vasu SGP17884
277 Bruessow, NinawSUI18424
278 Garcia Ramos, Marcos ESP21553.5
279IMLevacic, Damir MNC21033.5
280 Garijo Perez, Hugo ESP20853.5
281 Rodriguez Pereira, Enrique ESP21453.5
282 Kiryttopoulos, Ioannis GRE18823.5
283 Atipov Hadzhiev, Cristian ESP20323.5
284 Perez Aleman, Pedro Tomas ESP20013.5
285 Hervada Serrano, Dario ESP18843.5
286 Revuelta Blanco, Daniel ESP18843.5
287 Latre Rodriguez, Javier ESP18613.5
288 Rodriguez Garcia, Miguel ESP19053.5
289 Callealta, Andres SUI18283.5
290 Jimenez Carrazoni, Javier ESP19933.5
291 Erades Berenguer, AnawESP18263.5
292 Rodriguez Melendez, Juan Humbert PER20673.5
293 Ghoreishi Amiri, Seyed Kian IRI19603.5
294 Garcia Fajardo, Gonzalo ESP18473.5
295 Suvradeepta, Das IND21303.5
296 Lopez Martinez, Jaime ESP19143.5
297 Fuentes Guinot, Angel ESP19683.5
298 Aadith, R IND18703.5
299 Munoz Osete, Marcos ESP19603.5
300 Moya Albaladejo, Jose Antonio ESP19333.5
301 Kyrkjebo, Hanna B.wNOR19413.5
302 Yang, Sung-Jui TPE18913.5
303 Schulman, JuliawUSA17323.5
304 Lacamara Pasamar, Miguel ESP19323.5
305 Aymerich Rosell, Pablo ESP20223.5
306 Bione, Alessandro ITA19143.5
307 Ibanez Koblash, Daniel ESP19733.5
308 Calatayud Ortega, Alberto ESP19293.5
309 Lever, Erwan FRA22453.5
310 Blazquez Sanz, Oscar ESP19503.5
311 Koblash Koblash, Andres Ricardo ESP17193.5
312 Aryan, Goyal IND17113.5
313 Unander, Matts SWE19693.5
314 Denisik, Sergei FID19243.5
315 Gaitan Galstyan, Narek ESP17833.5
316 Ortega Sanchez Montanez, Marcos ESP17893.5
317 Cerdo Fernandez, Miguel ESP18233.5
318 Aryan, Mehta IND18113.5
319 Niranjan, Karthi Y IND18833.5
320 Gomez Ferrer, Jesus ESP18943.5
321 Abadia Pascual, Luis ESP18393.5
322 Chompas, Vasileios GRE17693.5
323 Andreev, Stanislav BUL20413
324 Garigorta Martinez, Ibai ESP19563
325 Bas Mas, Miguel ESP21453
326WFMBlanco Garcia, Liliam BarbarawCUB20683
327 Peralta Garcia, Manuel ESP19033
328 Ramirez Sanchez, Nicolas ESP19973
329 Fernandez Lopez, Francisco J. ESP19033
330 Bermudez Ureba, Juan Diego ESP21313
331CMSanz Losada, Victoriano ESP20493
332 Marin Bellon, Federico ESP19543
333 Lampos, Charalampos GRE19143
334 Arce Gonzalez, Dario ESP20543
335 S, A Krishna Prakaash IND18603
336 Villanueva Bartolome, Jacobo ESP17853
337 Jakhria, Kushal ENG19543
338 Cesar Maestre, Eduardo ESP18253
339 Moya Barba, Diego ESP19113
340 Bricio Garcia De La Torre, Jesus ESP18533
341 Pintor Avila, Antonio ESP17803
342 Ainsa Jimenez, Lucas ESP18493
343 Persson Bogdanovic, Nils Oskar ESP18643
344 Criado De Diego, Pedro ESP20693
345 Ortuno Lopez, Jesus ESP18103
346 Kyrkjebo, Marte B.wNOR18853
347 Romero Barkouk, Rayan ESP18953
348 Condezo Abderrahim, Ibrahim ESP19003
  Burriel Ureta, Raul ESP18343
350 Mansor Habash, Zouheir ESP18833
351 Barbas, Fernando FRA17503
352 Rossello Sanchez, Bartolome ESP18393
353 Ezcurra Garzo, Adrian ESP17953
354 Lluch Perez, Adrian ESP16943
355 Garcia Tanjala, Marko ESP17473
356 Swapna, C NwIND18313
357 Preciado Mangado, Jose Luis ESP19982.5
358 Santamaria Baeza, Adolfo ESP19182.5
359 Beneyto De Ramon, Guillermo ESP19742.5
360 Galiano Martinez, Antonio ESP19212.5
361 D`angerio, Alessandro ITA20992.5
362 Blanter, SofyawNED18242.5
363 Castillo Lopez, Jon ESP18302.5
364 Palomo Monserrat, Lorenzo ESP18932.5
365 Kiryttopoulos, Panagiotis Aris GRE18612.5
366 Zhao, Yuyang ESP18982.5
367 Abad Gramaje, Antonio ESP17302.5
368 Pacios Elola, Daniel Antonio ESP18342.5
369 Yanston, KseniiawESP16382.5
370 Hernandez Tellez, ClaudiawESP20592.5
371 Altelarrea Hernando, Rodrigo ESP18312.5
372 Penas Fuster, Jaime ESP18862.5
373 Valverde Lopez, Francisco Leopoldo ESP17142.5
374 Paniagua Tomillo, Ivan ESP18632
375 Sanleon Pravisano, NieveswESP19932
376 Mata Medina, Andres ESP18632
377 Stromhaug, Kristoffer Wang NOR19472
378FMFernandez Siles, Luis ESP22092
379 Gonzalez Romea, Edgar ESP16752
380 Ibanez Guillen, Enrique ESP18362
381 Lampou, MariantawGRE17842
382 Blanter, MarfawNED18152
383 Ferro Martinez, Damian CUB19272
384 Alepuz Cintas, Pablo ESP18222
385 Martinez Silva, Gabriel ESP16142
386 Crespo Laborda, Alberto ESP17972
387 Rangelov Mihailov, Georgi ESP19232
388 Ormerod, Stephen ENG17912
389 Tendero Perez, Daniel ESP17251.5
390 Raro Gualda, Javier ESP18271.5
391 Lewis, Stephen ENG18791.5
392 Kairat, Alexander ENG16371.5
393 Rodriguez Valdeavero, Julio Cesar ESP18871.5
394 Da Silva, Jose Carlos Peixoto M. BRA17321.5
395 Chuchukova, StefaniwBUL18831
396 Martinez Soriano, Pablo ESP20661
397 Taquet, Eric ESP16351
398FMJimenez Ruano, Adrian ESP22851
399 Jover Fuentes, ConchitawESP18931
400 Valera Espejo, Javier ESP18670.5
401 Nechifor, David ESP19260.5
402 Mombiela De Sus, Jose Luis ESP19480.5

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