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Sunway Formentera Chess Festival 2024 starts in Spain

by L'immortale

The third edition of the Sunway Formentera Chess Festival starts today in Spain! The event will be played from 9-19 April at the Hotel Club Sunway Punta Prima, Formentera – Islas Baleares, Spain.

The Festival features two tournaments: Open A and Open B, with a total prize fund of 20.000 euros. Around 50 players registered for the main Open A tournament, including 11 Grandmasters who will compete over 10-swiss rounds. The top seeds are: GM Alexander Donchenko (Germany, 2633), GM Vasyl Ivanchuk (Ukraine, 2611), GM Jules Moussard (France, 2610), GM Pranav V (India, 2604) and GM Valentin Dragnev (Austria, 2571).

If there is a tie for any of the first eight places in the final rankings, the playoff matches will determine the general rankings and the distribution of prizes. The playoff matches will consist of 2 blitz games with time control of 5 minutes + 3 seconds increment, and in case of a tie, the single Armaggedon game will determine the winner.

If needed, the playoffs are traditionally played on the open air with magnificent sea views.

The field includes 15 female players and the best-rated are: IM Vantika Agrawal (India, 2398), IM Song Yuxin (China, 2379), and WGM Gulrukhbegim Tokhirjonova (USA, 2357). Beside the regular prizes, the organizers provided special prizes for the best-ranked Women in the tournament. The top prize is 1.000 eur, the second prize is 500 eur, and the third prize is 300 eur. Complete starting list of players is shown below.

Sunway Formentera Chess Festival 2024 – Starting list of players (Open A left; Open B right table):

No. NameFEDRtgI
1GMDonchenko, AlexanderGER2633
2GMIvanchuk, VasylUKR2611
3GMMoussard, JulesFRA2610
4GMPranav, VIND2604
5GMDragnev, ValentinAUT2571
6GMSosa, TomasARG2562
7GMRaja, Rithvik RIND2532
8GMBaklan, VladimirUKR2531
9GMBalakrishnan, PraveenUSA2500
10GMPrraneeth, VuppalaIND2499
11GMAlsina Leal, DanielESP2497
12 Xiao, Tong(Qd)CHN2484
13IMFernandez Guillen, Ernesto J.CUB2474
14IMJacobson, AaronUSA2431
15IMVantika, AgrawalIND2398
16IMSong, YuxinCHN2379
17FMColbow, CollinGER2376
18WGMTokhirjonova, GulrukhbegimUSA2357
19WGMTsatsalashvili, KetiGEO2315
20FMMekhane, AdamFRA2307
21FMAdarsh, TripathiIND2304
22IMManish, Anto Cristiano FIND2293
23 Zhu, HengyiCHN2282
24FMValuet, BertrandFRA2281
25WGMDoluhanova, EvgeniyaUKR2273
26FMMohamed, Anees MIND2253
27WGMCervantes Landeiro, ThaliaUSA2219
28CMKrzywda, AndrzejPOL2214
29FMKazarian, Anna-MajaNED2207
30FMNeiman, EmmanuelFRA2193
31CMBauer, ThomasAUT2192
32WGMMaisuradze, NinoFRA2191
33CMAkshit, Kumar JIND2172
34WIMNurgali, NazerkeKAZ2148
35 Weidenhoefer, MaxGER2134
36FMShimelkov, VasiliyKAZ2112
37 Zubizarreta Landera, AmetsESP2110
38WIMSerikbay, AsselKAZ2109
39 Nardelli, MarcoITA2078
40 Svensen, Tarjei JotenNOR2054
41WCMAnishka, VikramIND2036
42 Mazet, JulienFRA2031
43 Muellneritsch, AntonAUT2018
44 Sereinig, EduardAUT1990
45 Lesniewski, LucasNOR1975
46WFMBotez, AlexandraCAN1970
47CMJoel, Paul GantaIND1969
48CMStark, JohnNZL1954
49 Botez, AndreaCAN1879
50WCMPrado, AlexandraBOL1839
51 Schulman, JuliaUSA1732
No.NameFEDRtgI
1Torres Samper, RafaelESP1918
2Hafner, BernhardAUT1886
3Santos Dominguez, IkerESP1879
4Vargas Drechsler, CarlosESP1878
5Rocher Gonzalez, VicencESP1870
6Marull Luber, JordiESP1857
7Ruzafa Sanchez, JuanESP1796
8Marull Pinsach, JosepESP1777
9Moya Diaz, RaulESP1767
10Jangwa, ValentinFRA1757
11Cremonini, StefanoITA1747
12Mandzhieva, AltanaAUT1742
13Voronaya, EvaFID1673
14Silva Reyes, Vladimir RoselESP1659
15Colomar Verdera, Juan AntonioESP1631
16Navarro Lopez, AntonioESP1612
17Baklan, KiraUKR0
18Bodeau, NicolasFRA0
19Dubon Sanchis, FranciscoESP0
20Nevins, JosephFID0
21Perez Canadillas, DavidESP0

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