The 50th edition of the La Roda Chess Open will take place from 27 March – 31 March 2024 at the “La Caja Blanca” Multifunctional Center, in La Roda, Spain.
The event will be played in 9 rounds, swiss system, with time control of 90 minutes + 30 seconds increment. The event’s prize fund amounts to 20.000€, with 5.000€ reserved for the Winner of the tournament.
Already nearly 100 players registered for the championship, and GM Chithambaram Aravindh (India, 2662), GM Karen Grigoryan (Armenia, 2629) and GM Xiangyu Xu (China, 2623) headline the field. The complete starting list of players can be found below.
Tournament schedule:
| 1st Round | Wednesday March 27 | 6:00 p.m. |
| 2nd Round | Thursday March 28 | 10:00 a.m. |
| 3rd Round | Thursday March 28 | 5:00 p.m. |
| 4th Round | Friday March 29 | 10:00 a.m. |
| 5th Round | Friday March 29 | 5:00 p.m. |
| 6th Round | Saturday, March 30th | 10:00 a.m. |
| 7th Round | Saturday, March 30th | 5:00 p.m. |
| 8th Round | Sunday March 31 | 09:00 a.m. |
| 9th Round | Sunday March 31 | 3:30 p.m. |
Detailed information about the event and tournament rules can be found on the official website.
Starting list of players (As of 13th of February, 2024) – La Roda Chess Open 2024:
| No. | Name | RtgI | |
| 1 | GM | Aravindh, Chithambaram Vr. | 2662 |
| 2 | GM | Grigoryan, Karen H. | 2629 |
| 3 | GM | Xu, Xiangyu | 2623 |
| 4 | GM | Pranav, V | 2611 |
| 5 | GM | Karthik, Venkataraman | 2609 |
| 6 | GM | Albornoz Cabrera, Carlos Daniel | 2603 |
| 7 | GM | Azarov, Sergei | 2596 |
| 8 | GM | Sonis, Francesco | 2570 |
| 9 | GM | Pranesh, M | 2538 |
| 10 | GM | Vignesh, N R | 2525 |
| 11 | GM | Visakh, N R | 2521 |
| 12 | IM | Admiraal, Miguoel | 2471 |
| 13 | IM | Elias Reyes, Jorge Roberto | 2468 |
| 14 | IM | Siddharth, Jagadeesh | 2457 |
| 15 | IM | Muthaiah, Al | 2454 |
| 16 | IM | Panda, Sambit | 2377 |
| 17 | FM | Buendia Pinar, Alvaro | 2331 |
| 18 | Liu, Zexu | 2325 | |
| 19 | FM | Blom, Vincent | 2294 |
| 20 | FM | Cabezas Ayala, Ivan | 2241 |
| 21 | IM | Pomes Marcet, Joan | 2232 |
| 22 | Alvarez Serrano, Carlos | 2230 | |
| 23 | IM | Vehi Bach, Victor Manuel | 2213 |
| 24 | Romero Berruezo, Francisco | 2194 | |
| 25 | Bustos Bernardo, Samuel | 2188 | |
| 26 | Ponce Navalon, Jose | 2141 | |
| 27 | Jarzebowski, Kacper | 2135 | |
| 28 | FM | Ordunez Echarte, Dennys | 2127 |
| 29 | WFM | Zhao, Shengxin | 2123 |
| 30 | Suvradeepta, Das | 2116 | |
| 31 | AIM | Hurtado, Felipe | 2087 |
| 32 | Yuste Valenzuela, Alejandro | 2086 | |
| 33 | Roquero Redondo, Miguel | 2068 | |
| 34 | Jarque Megias, Juan Jose | 2048 | |
| 35 | Haering Hijon, Javier | 2045 | |
| 36 | Collado Alcolado, Angel | 2039 | |
| 37 | Clemente Llamero, Roberto | 2030 | |
| 38 | Lopez Nunez, Alonso | 1989 | |
| 39 | Macias Sanchez, Homero | 1979 | |
| 40 | Draghici Flutur, Gavril | 1972 | |
| 41 | Redondo Flores, David | 1962 | |
| 42 | Martinez Herranz, Francisco Jose | 1942 | |
| 43 | AIM | Fernandez Lago, David | 1934 |
| 44 | Saikhanzaya, Ganbaatar | 1917 | |
| 45 | Dinesh, Rajan M | 1914 | |
| 46 | Clemente Grande, Daniel | 1912 | |
| 47 | Perez Garcia, Jose Miguel | 1900 | |
| 48 | Ruiz Torrente, Pablo | 1898 | |
| 49 | Bercaru, Vlad Ionut | 1883 | |
| 50 | Saez Gabikagogeaskoa, Oscar | 1881 | |
| 51 | Castro Santimoteo, Raul | 1877 | |
| 52 | Gonzalez Manchon, Juan Miguel | 1869 | |
| 53 | Prats Rodriguez, Juan Bosco | 1842 | |
| 54 | Vinals Rioja, Jaume | 1832 | |
| 55 | Alvarez Lee, Felix | 1827 | |
| 56 | Mellado Sais, Carles | 1813 | |
| 57 | Rubio Caceres, Aaron | 1808 | |
| 58 | Campos Rodriguez, Alvaro | 1804 | |
| 59 | Liu, Meng | 1795 | |
| 60 | Vieira, Daniel | 1784 | |
| 61 | Hidalgo Arellano, Patricio | 1765 | |
| 62 | Ruiz Sotoca, Jose Francisco | 1761 | |
| 63 | Marquinez Cabrejas, Francisco J. | 1745 | |
| 64 | Clavero Alarcon, Jose Miguel | 1719 | |
| 65 | Arnedo Vigueras, Miguel | 1716 | |
| 66 | Rubio Sureda, Alejandro | 1711 | |
| 67 | Ha, Yihan | 1696 | |
| 68 | Gerona Maura, Jesus | 1693 | |
| 69 | Belo, Andre Nabais Moura | 1690 | |
| 70 | Domingo Moratalla, Julio | 1664 | |
| 71 | Ferrete Rueda, Juan Carlos | 1664 | |
| 72 | Elvira Hernandez, Andres | 1625 | |
| 73 | De Paz Sanmartin, Jose Angel | 1603 | |
| 74 | Olmos Sanz, Francisco J. | 1592 | |
| 75 | Brisa Vega, Pablo | 1569 | |
| 76 | Martin Estrada, Jose Miguel | 1546 | |
| 77 | Balaguer Miralles, Miguel Angel | 1538 | |
| 78 | Shu, Justin Chenghao | 1510 | |
| 79 | Sanchez Liso, Juan A | 1507 | |
| 80 | Rajlich, Vaclav | 1491 | |
| 81 | Reque Garcia, Marcos | 1489 | |
| 82 | Linares Andres, Antonio | 1435 | |
| 83 | Cerdeno Gil, Izan | 1425 | |
| 84 | Reque Garcia, Alberto | 1390 | |
| 85 | Molina Santos, Raul | 1389 | |
| 86 | Loro Garcia De Leon, Jose Juan | 1363 | |
| 87 | Majoral Marco, Javier | 1356 | |
| 88 | Fernandez Jimenez, Alejandro | 1299 | |
| 89 | Morales Clares, Aaron | 1291 | |
| 90 | Maouche, Nore Ddine | 1208 | |
| 91 | Carretero Tolsada, Aaron | 1162 | |
| 92 | Parra Moya, Helena | 1119 | |
| 93 | Redondo Garrido, Nicolas | 1022 | |
| 94 | De La Ossa Jimenez, Juan | 0 | |
| 95 | Fan, Boren | 0 | |
| 96 | Martinez Sanchez, Jose Manuel | 0 | |
| 97 | Ouabba, Abderrahim | 0 |
