GM Ivan Salgado wins Ciutat de Barcelona Chess

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Hi everyone,

Congratulations to GM Ivan Salgado of Spain for winning the strong Ciutat de Barcelona Chess event. The young grandmaster finished with 5.5/10, the same points as GM Yasser Seirawan, but better tiebreak. Third place went to GM Kevin Spraggett, according to www.chessdom.com. Earlier, we had news that top seed GM Eduardo Iturrizaga did not participate because he was in a car crash. Salgado would be playing the European Team Chess Championship for Spain along with GM Shirov, GM Vallejo, GM Illescas, and GM Arizmendi. You can also see the official website at this link.

The top standings at the event were as follows:

1 GM Salgado Lopez Ivan 2614 5.5
2 GM Seirawan Yasser 2652 5.5
3 GM Spraggett Kevin 2576 5
4 GM De La Riva Aguado Oscar 2541 4
5 GM Smirin Ilia 2678 4

6 GM Narciso Dublan Marc 2519 3.5
7 GM Alsina Leal Daniel 2529 3.5
8 GM Peralta Fernando 2602 3
9 GM Oms Pallisse Josep 2493 2

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