Congratulations to GM Eduardo Iturrizaga and IM Sabrina Vega for becoming the 2021 Spanish Champion and Women’s Champion, respectively.
The Spanish Championship took place from August 16-24 in Linares. The event attracted 171 participants, including 60 titled players.
Both open and women sections competed in one big 9-round Swiss tournament but were ranked separately.
The fifth-rated participant GM Eduardo Iturrizaga (who had switched federation earlier this year) turned in an excellent performance and, after winning a critical final round game over Paolo Ladrón de Guerrero with black finished clear first with 7½ out of 9, a half-point ahead of a huge group that scored 7 points. Jaime Santos and Francisco Vallejo took silver and bronze respectively thanks to better tiebreaks.
Final standings:
1 | GM | Iturrizaga Bonelli, Eduardo | 7½ |
2 | GM | Santos Latasa, Jaime | 7 |
3 | GM | Vallejo Pons, Francisco | 7 |
4 | GM | Cuenca Jimenez, Jose Fernando | 7 |
5 | GM | Anton Guijarro, David | 7 |
6 | GM | Salgado Lopez, Ivan | 7 |
7 | GM | Santos Ruiz, Miguel | 7 |
8 | GM | Shirov, Alexei | 7 |
9 | GM | Perez Candelario, Manuel | 7 |
10 | IM | Garza Marco, Sergio | 6½ |
Interestingly enough, the women’s champion Sabrina Vega faced top competition and played against only one female player on the road to the title (third in her career). Vega finished on 6/9 and won the women’s championship with a round to spare. Marta García and Viviana Galván got silver and bronze respectively.
Photo: Ismael Nieto
Official website: https://feda.org/feda2k16/