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/
