GM Pier Luigi Basso triumphs at the Sevilla Chess Open 2024

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The 49th edition of the Sevilla Chess Open took place from 12-20 January in Sevilla, Spain, gathering more than 250 players from 31 countries.

After nine played rounds, as many as four players tied for the first place scoring 7.5 points, each: GM Pier Luigi Basso, IM Semen Mitusov, IM Piotr Sabuk and IM Milosz Szpar. Having the best tiebreak criteria, the Italian grandmaster Pier Luigi Basso lifted the Winner’s trophy, IM Mitusov (Norway) won silver, IM Piotr Sabuk (Poland) came third and IM Milosz Szpar (Poland) finished the event in the fourth place.

13-year-old WGM Lu Miaoyi (China) won the first Women’s prize scoring impressive 7 points. She finished the event sharing 5-12 place, winning the IM norm with the performance of 2452, and earning 55.4 ELO points!

Detailed information about the event can be found on the Official website and Facebook page of the event. Final standings are shown below. The games from the event can be replayed here.

Sevilla Chess Open 2024 – Final results:

Pos.	Tit.	Name	Fed.	Pts.
1	GM	Basso, Pier Luigi	ITA	7.5
2	IM	Mitusov, S	NOR	7.5
3	IM	Sabuk, Piotr	POL	7.5
4	IM	Szpar, Milosz	POL	7.5
5	GM	Petkov, Momchil	BUL	7.0
6	IM	Ceres, Dragos	MDA	7.0
7	GM	Marin, Mihail	ROU	7.0
8		Midoux, Sebastien	FRA	7.0
9	WGM	Lu, Miaoyi	CHN	7.0
10	GM	Stella, Andrea	ITA	7.0
11	IM	Fiorito, Joaquin	ARG	7.0
12	IM	Luch, Michal	POL	7.0
13	GM	Stremavicius, Titas	LTU	6.5
14	WGM	Ouellet, Maili-Jade	CAN	6.5
15	IM	Druska, Juraj	SVK	6.5
16	GM	Campora Sivori, Daniel Hugo	ARG	6.5
17	IM	Butkiewicz, Lukasz	POL	6.5
18	IM	Zylka, Stanislaw	POL	6.5
19	IM	Alshameary Puente, Ismael	ESP	6.5
20	IM	Fiorito, Fabian	ARG	6.5
21	FM	Silva Lucena, Cristian	ESP	6.5
22	GM	Pap, Misa	SRB	6.5
23		Goncalves, Samuel Jesus P	POR	6.5
24		Gonzalez Gonzalez, Alfonso	ESP	6.5
25	IM	Goluch, Piotr	POL	6.5
26	WFM	Ordonez Torres, Maria del Carmen	ESP	6.5
27	IM	Bilych, Olexiy	UKR	6.0
28	GM	Starostits, Ilmars	LAT	6.0
29	FM	Shehzad, Shazil	NOR	6.0
30		Nurkiewicz, Maciej	POL	6.0
31	FM	Fiorito, Francisco	ARG	6.0
32	WGM	Xu, Yuanyuan	CHN	6.0
33		Gonzalez Marquez, Antonio Jesus	ESP	6.0
34		Zaragoza Alanis, Miguel Arnulfo	MEX	6.0
35	CM	Jankowiak, Tomasz	POL	6.0
36		Chacon Perez, Juan	ESP	6.0
37	FM	Vila Dupla, Aurelio	ESP	6.0
38	GM	Pogorelov, Ruslan	UKR	6.0
39	FM	Lacrosse, Marc	BEL	6.0
40		Delgado Serrano, Angel	ESP	6.0
41		Pena Duarte, Fabian Dario	COL	6.0
42		Justiniano Marquez, Marco Antoni	ESP	6.0
43		Rodriguez Morales, Alberto	ESP	6.0
44	WFM	Auvray, Honorine	FRA	6.0
45		Rios Gallardo, Guillermo	ESP	6.0
46	IM	Quintin Navarro, Alberto	ESP	5.5
47		Muzika, Paul	ESP	5.5
48	WFM	Iugina, Mariia	ROU	5.5
49	FM	Jaksland, Tim	DEN	5.5
50		Degro, Heiko	GER	5.5
51	IM	Kaasen, Tor Fredrik	NOR	5.5
52	CM	Marie, Maxime	FRA	5.5
53	CM	Ortega Valle, Jose Ramon	ESP	5.5
54		Ribeiro, Bruno	POR	5.5
55	FM	Youssoupov, Moissei	FRA	5.5
56		Weidenhoefer, Max	GER	5.5
57		Litner, Igor	POL	5.5
58	IM	Gongora Montes, Benjamin	MEX	5.5
59		Skalli, Taoufik	MAR	5.5
60	WFM	Dmochowska, Agnieszka	POL	5.5
61		Doval Rojas, Ernesto Jesus	ESP	5.5
62		Maloberti, David	FRA	5.5
63		Ataide Molina, Jose Maria	ESP	5.5
64	FM	Buenafe Moya, Javier	ESP	5.5
65	FM	Coursaget, Nicolas	FRA	5.5
66		Verbruggen, Samuel	BEL	5.5
67		Morillo-velarde Gallego, Antonio Jesus	ESP	5.5
68		Andias, Joao Pedro Menezes	POR	5.5
69		Munoz Jorva, Miguel Angel	ESP	5.5
70		Saine, Zachary	CAN	5.0
71		Millward, Kevin P	ENG	5.0
72	FM	Van Hoolandt, Patrick	MNC	5.0
73		Laliena Solanes, Luis	ESP	5.0
74		Gyaneshwar, B	IND	5.0
75		Pereira Figueroa, Manuel	ESP	5.0
76		Serrano Garcia, Luis	ESP	5.0
77		Collins, Adam	IRL	5.0
78		Medina Carrasco, Jose Andres	ESP	5.0
79		Ruffenach, Alain	FRA	5.0
80		Hermosin Bustos, Manuel	ESP	5.0
81		Romero Llorente, Pablo	ESP	5.0
82		Nederveld, Dieter	GER	5.0
83		Korning, Peter	SWE	5.0
84		Coba Moncada, Jacinto	ESP	5.0
85	FM	Romero Garcia, Mariano	ESP	5.0
86		Alape Gonzalez, Juan David	COL	5.0
87		Herrera Mellado, Luis	ESP	5.0
88		Jimenez Pinera, Luis	ESP	5.0
89		Vara del Bosque, Daniel	ESP	5.0
90		Morales Araujo, Francisco Javier	ESP	5.0
91		Vinal Gutierrez, Pedro	ESP	5.0
92		De la Vega Alvarez, Jose Luis	ESP	5.0
93		Rudowski, Szymon	POL	5.0
94		Benitez Carrion, Jose Antonio	ESP	5.0
95		Onate Gomez, Ildefonso	ESP	5.0
96		Mendez Juanes, Javier	ESP	5.0
97		Oualili, Abdelali	MAR	5.0
98		Matias, Luis Miguel Rodrigues	POR	5.0
99		Reina Aguilar, Marcelo	ESP	5.0
100		Spillane, Anthony	FRA	5.0
101		Peschardt, Soren	ESP	4.5
102		Romero Romero, Sebastian	ESP	4.5
103		Siliceo Capilla, Alfonso	ESP	4.5
104		Montoro Guerrero, Raul	ESP	4.5
105		Iordache, Alexia Andreea	ROU	4.5
106		Bravo Lopez, Luis Antonio	ESP	4.5
107		Gutierrez Marconi, Christian Fernando	ESP	4.5
108		Garcia Rodriguez, Angel	ESP	4.5
109		Castillo Trujillo, Luis	ESP	4.5
110		Baquero Baquero, Antonio	ESP	4.5
111		Lozano Garcia, Antonio	ESP	4.5
112	IM	Maier, Christian	GER	4.5
113		Rutherford, William	SCO	4.5
114		Martinez Garcia, Amador	ESP	4.5
115		Gonzalez Pabollet, Jesus Maria S	ESP	4.5
116		Cabillas Martinez, Juan Luis	ESP	4.5
117		Falcon Garcia, Jesus Manuel	ESP	4.5
118		Lallave Giner, David	ESP	4.5
119	IM	Kacem, Rian	MAR	4.5
120		Mariscal Olmedo, Francisco	ESP	4.5
121		Lawrence, Albert J	USA	4.5
122		Polo Brazo, Manuel	ESP	4.5
123		Vazquez Candela, Manuel	ESP	4.5
124		Cruz Rodriguez, Israel	ESP	4.5
125		Vazquez Merkoulov, Alejandro	ESP	4.5
126		Ruiz Alcaide, Juan Luis	ESP	4.5
127		Cansino Fashho, Manuel	ESP	4.5
128		Briand, Nicolas Emmanuel	ESP	4.5
129		Yanston, Kseniia	ESP	4.5
130		Briand, Noel Santiago	ESP	4.0
131		Salas Campuzano, Sergio	ESP	4.0
132		Cadenas Falcon, Jose Antonio	ESP	4.0
133	WCM	Milner, Romi	USA	4.0
134		Rzeszowski, Dominik	POL	4.0
135		Danduprolu, Ridhi Varma	USA	4.0
136		Quesada Aguilera, Antonio	ESP	4.0
137		Montero Domenech, Felix	ESP	4.0
138		Solaroli, Riccardo	ITA	4.0
139		Anton, Jose	FRA	4.0
140		Espejo Montagut, Jose Maria	ESP	4.0
141		Delgado Lagares, Francisco Javi	ESP	4.0
142		Soto Acosta, Joaquin	ESP	4.0
143		Bragman, Hans	SWE	4.0
144		Luna Ramirez, Luis	ESP	4.0
145		Ortiz Alfaro, Angel	ESP	4.0
146		Gomez Gonzalez, Agustin	ESP	4.0
147		Skielnik, Joseph J	ENG	4.0
148		Mileiko, Juris	LAT	4.0
149		Navarro Coloma, Antonio	ESP	4.0
150		Lopez Perea, Mario	ESP	4.0
151		Pordomingo Rodriguez, Jose Antonio	ESP	4.0
152		Fontalva Perez, Miguel	ESP	4.0
153		Gonzalez Cagigal, Miguel Angel	ESP	4.0
154		Chesa Chavarria, Aurelio	ESP	4.0
155		Boa Limon, Manuel	ESP	4.0
156		Ballina Amandi, Casimiro	ESP	4.0
157		Clarambo Torres, Diego	ESP	4.0
158		Donazar Garayoa, Miguel	ESP	4.0
159		Barrera Lopez, Joaquin	ESP	4.0
160		Vidal Calabuig, Victor	ESP	4.0
161		Oueld El Hachemi, Abdelhaq	MAR	4.0
162		Contreras Valle, Juan Carlos	ESP	4.0
163		Salas Gonzalez, Francisco	ESP	4.0
164		Campos Soria, Rafael	ESP	4.0
165		Carcamo Tenorio, Jose Antonio	ESP	4.0
166		Ramirez Guerrero, Enrique	ESP	3.5
167		Luna Ordonez, Alejandro	ESP	3.5
168		Suarez Pozo, Juan Carlos	ESP	3.5
169		Lavela Perez, Nicolas	ESP	3.5
170		Arends, Herman	NED	3.5
171		Grandes Del Rio, Jose Maria	ESP	3.5
172		Guerra Pendon, Miguel	ESP	3.5
173		De Bordons Alba, Cesar	ESP	3.5
174		Lopez Rueda, Juan	ESP	3.5
175		Ruiz Chacon, Jorge Manfredi	ESP	3.5
176		Asharafali Valimamade, Munir	POR	3.5
177		Rumsey, Victor Barry	ENG	3.5
178		Sanchez Escudero, Luca	ESP	3.5
179		Marquez Polvillo, Bartolome	ESP	3.5
180		Perez Ruiz, Diego	ESP	3.5
181		Barrero Ortega, Abraham	ESP	3.5
182		Hewson, Brian W R	ENG	3.5
183		Verhoeven, Rudiger	ESP	3.5
184		McBrien, Dylan	IRL	3.5
185		Garcia Ortega, Manuel	ESP	3.5
186		Barba Molina, Vicente	ESP	3.5
187		Schulze Forsthoevel, Manfred	GER	3.5
188		Shaffer, Alexander	PUR	3.5
189		Guzman Bujan, Ignacio	ESP	3.5
190		Exposito Abeja, Rafael	ESP	3.5
191		Gil Flores, Javier	ESP	3.5
192		Granero Marquez, Juan Jose	ESP	3.5
193		Wastiaux, Roland	NED	3.5
194		Jimenez Suarez, Guillermo	ESP	3.5
195		Barea Ramos, Miguel Angel	ESP	3.5
196		Ruiz Muzquiz, Ignacio	ESP	3.5
197		Escobar Gavino, Francisco Javier	ESP	3.5
198	CM	Mihajlov, Svetoslav	NOR	3.0
199		De la Cruz Diaz, Victor	ESP	3.0
200		Gonzalez Macias, Pablo	ESP	3.0
201		Carrascosa Bernal, Alvaro	ESP	3.0
202		Pita Moreda, Jose Maria	ESP	3.0
203		Danta Garcia De Castro, Manuel	ESP	3.0
204		Scott, Luke	IRL	3.0
205		Jimenez Mora, Guillermo	ESP	3.0
206		Fontanilla Rabaneda, Miguel	ESP	3.0
207		Canalejo Alonso, Gonzalo	ESP	3.0
208		Rey Pujol, Eduardo	ESP	3.0
209		Perez Odero, Gonzalo	ESP	3.0
210		Liszewski, Mikolaj	IRL	3.0
211		Vega Redondo, Christian	ESP	3.0
212		Linares Andres, Antonio	ESP	3.0
213		Dominguez Rodriguez, Ramon	ESP	3.0
214		Forero Osorio, Ruben Dario	ESP	3.0
215		Perez Garcia, Jose	ESP	3.0
216		Diaz de Lope, Jesus	ESP	2.5
217		Crespo Arce, Miguel Angel	ESP	2.5
218		Perez Bueno, Salvador	ESP	2.5
219		Flores Aguilar, Jose	ESP	2.5
220		Pineda Ortega, Victor	ESP	2.5
221		Luna Laynez, Manuel	ESP	2.5
222		Paez Barea, Jesus	ESP	2.5
223		Gamarro Perez, David	ESP	2.5
224		Perez Simon, Francisco Jose	ESP	2.5
225		Rodriguez Sanchez de Alva, Alfonso	ESP	2.5
226		Sevillano Leal, Julio	ESP	2.5
227		Ramos Gomez, Juan	ESP	2.5
228		Munoz Mesa, Miguel Angel	ESP	2.5
229		Hurtado Rubio, David	ESP	2.5
230		Barker Fraser, Desiderio	ESP	2.5
231		Flores Morales, Hector	ESP	2.0
232		Lopez Lopez, Jose	ESP	2.0
233		Vela Ignacio, Jose Manuel	ESP	2.0
234		Cardenas Garcia, Antonio	ESP	2.0
235		Delgado Lozano, Ignacio Maria	ESP	2.0
236		Fontecha Martinez, Juan Carlos	ESP	2.0
237		Marin Aroca, Manuel	ESP	2.0
238		Campuzano Gonzalez, Alfonso	ESP	2.0
239		Aleixo Macias, Diego Manuel	ESP	2.0
240		Serrat Sanjuan, Xavier	ESP	1.5
241		Munoz Chaves, Gines	ESP	1.5
242		Palacios Navarro, Manuel	ESP	1.5
243		Gomez Cabello, Miguel Angel	ESP	1.0
244		Boza Lopez, Jose Luis	ESP	1.0
245		Cordero Gonzalez, Luis	ESP	1.0
246		Ballesteros Prieto, Francisco Jesus	ESP	1.0
247		Olalla Torres, Jorge	ESP	0.0
248		Macias Sanchez, Carlos Antonio	ESP	0.0
249		Perez Garcia, Roberto	ESP	0.0
250		Potluri, Saye Srreezza	IND	0.0
251		Camison Zornoza, Cesar	ESP	0.0