Three players tied for the top of the Menorca Chess Open 2024

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The third edition of the Menorca Chess Open 2024 concluded yesterday in Spain after nine exciting rounds. The event featured an impressive field with nearly 300 players, including 44 grandmasters!

The top-seeded GM Arjun Erigaisi (India, 2756) headed into the last round as the sole leader. Facing GM Vladimir Fedoseev (Slovenia, 2692) in the last round, Arjun Erigaisi chose a quick draw with White pieces and secured himself a tie for the first place. GM Kirill Alekseenko (Austria, 2655) and GM Maksim Chigaev (Spain, 2621) won their games to join Erigaisi on the top and the tiebreaks determined the rankings.

Having the best additional criteria, 20-year-old Indian GM Arjun Erigaisi finished first, GM Kirill Alkseenko came second and GM Maksim Chigaev finished third.

GM Zhu Jiner (China, 2463) finished the event as the best-ranked female player. Scoring 6.5 points, Zhu Jiner shared 8-21st place on the final standings and won the first Women’s prize of 750 euros.

Detailed information about the event can be found on the official website / chess-results. Photos by Open Chess Menorca Facebook page

Final standings – Menorca Chess Open 2024:

Rk.		Nombre	FED	Elo	Pts.
1	GM	Erigaisi, Arjun	IND	2756	7.5
2	GM	Alekseenko, Kirill	AUT	2655	7.5
3	GM	Chigaev, Maksim	ESP	2621	7.5
4	GM	Fedoseev, Vladimir	SLO	2690	7
5	GM	Aryan, Chopra	IND	2630	7
6	GM	Yuffa, Daniil	ESP	2607	7
7	IM	Vogel, Roven	GER	2528	7
8	GM	Dardha, Daniel	BEL	2630	6.5
9	GM	Van Foreest, Jorden	NED	2668	6.5
10	GM	Krzyzanowski, Marcin	POL	2510	6.5
11	IM	Szpar, Milosz	POL	2495	6.5
12	GM	Idani, Pouya	IRI	2602	6.5
13	IM	Castellanos Rodriguez, Renier	ESP	2467	6.5
14	GM	Sosa, Tomas	ARG	2562	6.5
15	GM	Warmerdam, Max	NED	2633	6.5
16	GM	Aravindh, Chithambaram Vr.	IND	2662	6.5
17	GM	Murzin, Volodar	FID	2632	6.5
18	GM	Sanal, Vahap	TUR	2565	6.5
19	GM	Gorshtein, Ido	ISR	2540	6.5
20	GM	Albornoz Cabrera, Carlos Daniel	CUB	2604	6.5
21	GM	Zhu, Jiner	CHN	2463	6.5
22	IM	Iermito, Sebastian	ITA	2511	6
23	IM	Klimkowski, Jan	POL	2505	6
24	IM	Agmanov, Zhandos	KAZ	2458	6
25	GM	Pranav, Anand	IND	2519	6
26	GM	Karthik, Venkataraman	IND	2609	6
27	IM	Audi, Ameya	IND	2387	6
28	GM	Pranav, V	IND	2604	6
29	IM	Koelle, Tobias	GER	2467	6
30	GM	Balakrishnan, Praveen	USA	2500	6
31		Xiao, Tong(Qd)	CHN	2484	6
32	WGM	Nandhidhaa, P V	IND	2276	6
33	GM	Arizmendi Martinez, Julen Luis	ESP	2521	6
34	GM	Pichot, Alan	ESP	2644	6
35	GM	Nasuta, Grzegorz	POL	2552	6
36	IM	Levin, Guy	ISR	2451	6
37	GM	Alonso Rosell, Alvar	ESP	2562	6
38	FM	Ahmad, Khagan	AZE	2321	6
39	FM	Shohat, Yotam	ISR	2398	6
40	FM	Nurgaliyev, Sauat	KAZ	2262	6
41	GM	Beerdsen, Thomas	NED	2504	6
42	IM	Roshka, Yevgeniy	UKR	2471	6
43		Zhu, Hengyi	CHN	2282	6
44	WGM	Priyanka, Nutakki	IND	2272	6
45	GM	Nihal, Sarin	IND	2698	5.5
46	FM	Mamedov, Edgar	KAZ	2317	5.5
47	FM	Makkar, Rajat	FRA	2452	5.5
48	IM	Lamard, Guillaume	FRA	2495	5.5
49	IM	Tarhan, Adar	TUR	2446	5.5
50	IM	Siddharth, Jagadeesh	SGP	2491	5.5
51	GM	Fernandez, Daniel Howard	ENG	2528	5.5
52		Malek, Jan	POL	2441	5.5
53	GM	Petkov, Momchil	BUL	2502	5.5
54	IM	Shuvalova, Polina	FID	2439	5.5
55	GM	Raja, Rithvik R	IND	2532	5.5
56	IM	Kosakowski, Jakub	POL	2482	5.5
57	IM	Sokolovsky, Yahli	ISR	2490	5.5
58	GM	Jumabayev, Rinat	KAZ	2598	5.5
59	IM	Badelka, Olga	FID	2374	5.5
60	IM	Wafa, Hamed	EGY	2374	5.5
61	FM	Kalogeris, Ioannis	GRE	2427	5.5
62	GM	Avila Pavas, Santiago	COL	2500	5.5
63	IM	Vantika, Agrawal	IND	2398	5.5
64	IM	Akbas, Umut Ata	TUR	2436	5.5
65	GM	Lagarde, Maxime	FRA	2640	5.5
66	IM	Niedbala, Bartlomiej	POL	2389	5.5
67		Chen, Zhi	CHN	1980	5.5
68	GM	Cuenca Jimenez, Jose Fernando	ESP	2500	5.5
69	IM	Injac, Teodora	SRB	2422	5.5
70	IM	Fernandez Guillen, Ernesto J.	CUB	2474	5.5
71	GM	Kourkoulos-Arditis, Stamatis	GRE	2572	5.5
72		Liu, Zexu	CHN	2325	5.5
73	FM	Ermitsch, Magnus	GER	2380	5.5
74	IM	Deuer, Marius	GER	2439	5.5
75	IM	Sanchez Alvarez, Roberto Carlos	PAN	2407	5.5
76	IM	De Winter, Arthur	NED	2413	5.5
77	FM	Mendes, Aaron Reeve	CAN	2288	5.5
78		Garbezza, Davide	ITA	1903	5.5
79	IM	Seemann, Jakub	POL	2465	5
80	FM	Macias Pino, Diego	ESP	2478	5
81	IM	Sousa, Andre Ventura	POR	2426	5
82	IM	Alexakis, Dimitris	GRE	2443	5
83	FM	Kurmangaliyeva, Liya	KAZ	2230	5
84	IM	Divya, Deshmukh	IND	2427	5
85	IM	Bilych, Olexiy	UKR	2451	5
86	GM	Adhiban, B.	IND	2541	5
87	IM	Vega Gutierrez, Sabrina	ESP	2383	5
88	IM	Sidhant, Mohapatra	IND	2384	5
89	FM	Bolat, Inayat	KAZ	2208	5
90	IM	Nogerbek, Kazybek	KAZ	2489	5
91	FM	Ruiz Buendia, Miguel	ESP	2342	5
92	IM	Baskin, Robert	GER	2466	5
93	FM	Oro, Faustino	ARG	2330	5
94	FM	Falkevall, Axel	SWE	2284	5
95	WGM	Alinasab, Mobina	IRI	2340	5
96	FM	Moehn, Hans	GER	2396	5
97	CM	Marin Ferragut, Pau	ESP	2203	5
98	IM	Song, Yuxin	CHN	2379	5
99	FM	Zwahr, Paul	GER	2286	5
100	IM	Admiraal, Miguoel	NED	2472	5
101	WIM	Nurman, Alua	KAZ	2289	5
102	FM	Montoliu Cervero, Francisco	ESP	2393	5
103	FM	Van Foreest, Machteld	NED	2332	5
104		De Groote, Ewoud	NED	2226	5
105	IM	Mammadova, Gulnar	AZE	2352	5
106	WGM	Cervantes Landeiro, Thalia	USA	2219	5
107	FM	Mohamed, Anees M	IND	2253	5
108	IM	Unuk, Laura	SLO	2338	5
109	CM	Aguado Doncel, Pablo Luis	ESP	2147	5
110		Sklokin, Sergey	FID	2054	5
111	GM	Vogt, Lothar	GER	2284	5
112	IM	Panda, Sambit	IND	2378	5
113		Liu, Meng	CHN	1877	5
114	CM	Akshit, Kumar J	IND	2172	5
115	IM	Dushyant, Sharma	IND	2331	5
116	GM	Klekowski, Maciej	POL	2483	5
117	FM	Humburg, Philipp	GER	2248	5
118	GM	Prraneeth, Vuppala	IND	2499	4.5
119		Ha, Yihan	CHN	1865	4.5
120	IM	Girel, Joseph	FRA	2479	4.5
121	IM	Tutisani, Noe	GEO	2405	4.5
122	FM	Raczek, Krzysztof	POL	2325	4.5
123	FM	Adarsh, Tripathi	IND	2304	4.5
124	GM	Muradli, Mahammad	AZE	2555	4.5
125	FM	Kuru, Atilla	TUR	2284	4.5
126	IM	Vidyarthi, Vyom	USA	2428	4.5
127	IM	Balajayeva, Khanim	AZE	2371	4.5
128	IM	Pilaj, Herwig	AUT	2328	4.5
129	FM	Farokhi, Keyvan	GER	2284	4.5
130	WGM	Lubbe, Melanie	GER	2242	4.5
131	IM	Manish, Anto Cristiano F	IND	2293	4.5
132	FM	Laurent, Julien G.	FRA	2277	4.5
133		Ermachenko, Manuel	ESP	2179	4.5
134	CM	Balague Camps, Marc	ESP	2219	4.5
135	WIM	Serikbay, Assel	KAZ	2109	4.5
136		Jin, Yueheng	CHN	2407	4.5
137	WFM	Rodriguez Redondo, Adhara	ESP	2152	4.5
138	FM	Tanmay, Chopra	IND	2375	4.5
139	WGM	Wafa, Shrook	EGY	2144	4.5
140	IM	Willow, Jonah B	ENG	2450	4.5
141	WFM	Garcia-Castany Musellas, Gal.La	ESP	2138	4.5
142	IM	Bradbury, Neil H	ENG	2206	4.5
143	CM	Perez Perez, Gabriel	ESP	2174	4.5
144		Vardakas, Grigorios	GRE	2043	4.5
145		Camps Abadia, Arnau	ESP	1923	4.5
146		Paikens, Reinis	LAT	2179	4.5
147	WIM	Sgircea, Silvia-Raluca	ROU	2230	4.5
148		Solnicki, Michal	POL	2103	4.5
149		Escudero Ribo, Eloi	ESP	2029	4.5
150		Gallo, Ivan	ITA	2015	4.5
151		Vanduyfhuys, Igor	BEL	2101	4.5
152	WCM	Anishka, Vikram	IND	2036	4.5
153	GM	Lubbe, Nikolas	GER	2518	4
154	FM	Meessen, Rudolf	BEL	2184	4
155		Adam, Rafael	CAN	2180	4
156	FM	Akhvlediani, Irakli	GEO	2356	4
157	FM	Rebers, Eugene	NED	2217	4
158	CM	Hebbar, Eshaan	USA	2201	4
159		Toolin, Christopher	USA	2184	4
160	IM	Wegener, Olaf	GER	2391	4
161	CM	Martinez Piqueras, Carlos	ESP	2104	4
162	CM	Molina Carretero, Daniel	ESP	2174	4
163	CM	Badacsonyi, Stanley	ENG	2197	4
164	WIM	Olde, Margareth	EST	2146	4
165		Aniruddh, Chatterjee	IND	2182	4
166	IM	Ghazarian, Kirk	USA	2454	4
167	FM	Schenderowitsch, Michael	GER	2266	4
168		Montesinos Diaz, Luis	ESP	2093	4
169	FM	Porras Mateo, Felipe	AND	2358	4
170	FM	Brull Mayol, Cosme	ESP	2141	4
171	WCM	Maria, Lia-Alexandra	ROU	1924	4
172		Verneuil, Pascal	FRA	2122	4
173	CM	Boucquet, Emile	BEL	2152	4
174	WFM	Meghna, C H	IND	1995	4
175	WIM	Vidyarthi, Omya	USA	2113	4
176		Murawski, Jan	ENG	1963	4
177		Zysko, Jan	POL	2086	4
178		Aryan, Mehta	IND	1809	4
179		Lizzul Coppe, Mirko	ITA	2041	4
180	CM	Levitan, Judah Nathan	RSA	2010	4
181		Manmay, Chopra	IND	2065	4
182		Ribeiro, Bruno	POR	2034	4
183		Krauchi Romero, Martin	ESP	2025	4
184	WCM	Sachi, Jain	IND	2110	4
185	WIM	Nurgali, Nazerke	KAZ	2148	4
186		Fellowes, Billy	ENG	1941	4
187		Moskalets, Sofiia	UKR	2050	4
188	CM	Garmendia Vega, Gabriel	CHI	1961	4
189	FM	Ahn, Martin	BEL	2134	4
190		Saine, Zachary	CAN	2032	4
191	WFM	Vanduyfhuys, Daria	BEL	2086	4
192		Fraga Pons, Albert Borja	ESP	1958	4
193	FM	Ayza Ballester, Jordi	ESP	2017	4
194		Chen, Yuan	CHN	2169	3.5
195	GM	Stremavicius, Titas	LTU	2540	3.5
196	IM	Rodriguez Lopez, Rafael	ESP	2177	3.5
197		Aguilo Benejam, Alfredo	ESP	2076	3.5
198		Patel, Zain	ENG	1902	3.5
199	CM	Aymerich Verdaguer, Eduard	ESP	2190	3.5
200		Valdepenas Octavio, Javier	ESP	2187	3.5
201	AIM	Hurtado, Felipe	COL	2087	3.5
202		Hentrich, Johannes	GER	2164	3.5
203		Pang, Ethan	ENG	1878	3.5
204	FM	Cubas Pons, Juan Miguel	ESP	2025	3.5
205		Nguyen, Khoi	BEL	1932	3.5
206	WCM	Vetokhina, Sofia	FID	1992	3.5
207		Garcia Elio, Juan	ESP	2025	3.5
208		Dasgupta, Avyukt	ENG	1981	3.5
209	IM	Mannion, Stephen R	SCO	2159	3.5
210		Garcia Martinez, Josep	ESP	1942	3.5
211		Meneses Arenas, Mikel	ESP	1851	3.5
212		Moll Gener, Joan	ESP	2025	3.5
213		Eche, Sylvain	FRA	2019	3.5
214		Yang, Sung-Jui	TPE	1891	3.5
215		Sureda Gonzalez, Cristina	ESP	1976	3.5
216		Machin Arbelo, Pedro Alexis	ESP	1943	3.5
217		Redondo Flores, David	ESP	1981	3.5
218	WCM	Avila Fraire, Ameyalli	MEX	1999	3.5
219		Catona, Dan	FID	1888	3.5
220		Bergero, Simone	ITA	2023	3.5
221		Granath, Jonas	SWE	1949	3.5
222		Setien Solar, Enrique	ESP	2055	3.5
223	WFM	Cramling Bellon, Anna	SWE	2079	3
224	IM	Jacobson, Aaron	USA	2431	3
225	IM	Bora, Safal	USA	2490	3
226	CM	Joel, Paul Ganta	IND	1969	3
227		Mccusker, Andrew	SCO	1921	3
228	WFM	Bidhar, Rutumbara	IND	1940	3
229		Amengual Perello, Jordi	ESP	2154	3
230		Borne, Felix	FRA	2163	3
231		Verweij, Kees	NED	1935	3
232	WCM	Prado, Alexandra	BOL	1839	3
233		Vinent Juanico, Marc	ESP	1895	3
234		Salord Guillen, Joan	ESP	1926	3
235	FM	Blom, Vincent	NED	2295	3
236		Queirolo Perez, Manuel	ESP	2025	3
237	WFM	Kucharska, Honorata	POL	2137	3
238	IM	Heimann, Mark	USA	2435	3
239	FM	Huguet, Sergio	HON	1963	3
240		Moll Pons, Jana	ESP	1892	3
241		Sprenger De La Iglesia, Yevgeni	ESP	1973	3
242		Perez Aleman, Pedro Tomas	ESP	2023	3
243		Sureda Gonzalez, Miquel	ESP	1871	3
244		Ribon Calabia, Mariano	ESP	1823	3
245		Sales Montealegre, Raquel	ESP	1968	3
246		Berger, Lars	GER	1772	3
247		Medhansh, Rathi	IND	1765	3
248		Fiol Abrines, Antonio	ESP	2081	3
249		Arroyo Arellano, Antonio	ESP	1947	3
250		Burgui Bueno, Juan	ESP	1827	3
251		Yedid, Lior	ENG	1902	2.5
252		Clotet Mas, Dan	ESP	2020	2.5
253		Krishnan, Saatvik	USA	1842	2.5
254		Manske, Alexander	GER	1836	2.5
255		Ponseti Lluch, Joan	ESP	2004	2.5
256		Patel, Keatan	ENG	1882	2.5
257		Suez-Panama, Gilles	FRA	1922	2.5
258		Suvradeepta, Das	IND	2138	2.5
259		Andriessen, Bart Jan	NED	1934	2.5
260		Alcindor, Samuel	FRA	1859	2.5
261		Voronaya, Eva	FID	1673	2.5
262		Ahn, Anastasia	BEL	1788	2.5
263		Huyghues-Beaufond, Mathis	FRA	1900	2
264		Pousada Garcia, Victor Daniel	ESP	2029	2
265		Amoros Moran, Jose Joaquin	ESP	1899	2
266		De Kleijn, Erwin	NED	1874	2
267		Ahn, Maximilian	BEL	1872	2
268		Nieto Foresti, Julian	ESP	1723	2
269		Mercadal Benejam, Josep	ESP	1845	2
270		Fleischmann, Theo	GER	1798	2
271		Huseynova, Lala	AZE	1916	2
272		Bagur Moll, Guillem Uriel	ESP	1869	1.5
273		Soriano Pallas, Rafael	ESP	1857	1
274		Da Silva, Jose Carlos Peixoto M.	BRA	1732	1
275		Alfonso Durban, Xavier	ESP	2211	1
276		Allentin, Eric	FRA	1902	1
277		Kucharska, Helena	POL	1843	1
278	GM	Niemann, Hans Moke	USA	2676	0
279	IM	Erdogmus, Yagiz Kaan	TUR	2540	0
280	IM	Abu Sufian, Shakil	BAN	2206	0
281	WFM	Zhao, Shengxin	CHN	2123	0
282		Pichugov, Andrey	ENG	1920	0
283		Avetisyan, Ani	ARM	1840	0
284		Wang, Yi(Bj)	CHN	1782	0