5th Torneo Internacional A.D. San Juan
GM Eduardo Iturrizaga grabs the trophy on superior tiebreak
The 5th Torneo Internacional A.D. San Juan was held from 25th to 31st July at the Hotel Blanca de Navarra in Pamplona, Spain. 108 players from 18 countries, including 18 Grandmasters, competed in the 9-round Swiss event. First place was 3.000 € worth.
Cuban Grandmaster Omar Almeida Quintana (2548) started superbly, with 4.5 points from five rounds, but then he suddenly froze and lost next three games to sink down in the standings.
In an extremely exciting last round, Grandmasters Eduardo Iturrizaga and Sergey Fedorchuk won their games to catch Julio Granda Zuniga and Branko Damljanovic on the shared first place. Eduardo Iturrizaga is declared champion on best tiebreak score.
Armenian wonder Vahe Baghdasaryan narrowly missed another IM norm but he nevertheless added 35 elo points to his card.
Final top 15 standings:
1. GM Iturrizaga Eduardo VEN 2603 - 7
2. GM Granda Zuniga Julio E PER 2616 - 7
3. GM Fedorchuk Sergey A UKR 2618 - 7
4. GM Damljanovic Branko SRB 2611 - 7
5. GM Chatalbashev Boris BUL 2596 - 6.5
6. GM Ortiz Suarez Isan Reynaldo CUB 2556 - 6.5
7. Baghdasaryan Vahe ARM 2289 - 6.5
8. IM Ninov Nikolai BUL 2518 - 6.5
9. GM Paunovic Dragan SRB 2503 - 6.5
10. GM Vazquez Igarza Renier ESP 2561 - 6.5
11. IM Riff Jean-Noel FRA 2493 - 6
12. GM Gonzalez Vidal Yuri CUB 2503 - 6
13. GM Simonian Hrair ARM 2461 - 6
14. IM Venkatesh M R IND 2480 - 6
15. IM Das Arghyadip IND 2471 - 6
16. IM Berbatov Kiprian BUL 2472 - 6
17. IM Tania Sachdev IND 2419 - 6
18. IM Hansen Torbjorn Ringdal NOR 2468 - 6
