GM James Plaskett wins Roquetas del Mar Chess

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Hi everyone,

Here is some interesting chess news. GM James Plaskett is the sole winner of the traditional Spanish tournament Roquetas del Mar 2013. Plaskett finished with 7,5/9 after seven wins, one draw, and one loss. The only player to defeat the winner is IM Jose Carlos Ibarra Jerez, who finished at second position with 7,0/9. With the same points, but worse tiebreak are IM Arghyadip Das, GM Salvador del Rio, GM Julio Granda Zuniga, and GM Marc Narciso Dublan, according to a Chessdom chess report.

GM James Plaskett

Harold James Plaskett was born Dkeliah, Cyprus, 18 March 1960. He was British Chess Champion in 1990, awarded the International Grandmaster title in 1985.

Generally known in the chess world as ‘Jim’, James Plaskett has written nine chess books and also one quasi-autobiographical one, Coincidences. For some years in the 1990s he was chess columnist at The New Statesman. Plaskett appeared in Who Wants to Be a Millionaire on 21 January 2006, becoming the seventh person to reach £125,000 without using any of his lifelines en route to winning £250,000. He was accompanied by friend and fellow Grandmaster Stuart Conquest.

Here is the video of the participation of Plaskett at Who Wants to Be a Millionaire in 2006.





Roquetas del Mar final standings
1 GM PLASKETT H James ENG 7.5
2 IM IBARRA JEREZ Jose Carlos ESP 7
3 IM DAS Arghyadip IND 7
4 GM DEL RIO DE ANGELIS Salvador G ESP 7
5 GM GRANDA ZUNIGA Julio E PER 7
6 GM NARCISO DUBLAN Marc ESP 7
7 GM MIRZOEV Azer AZE 6.5
8 GM LOPEZ MARTINEZ Josep Manuel ESP 6.5
9 GM KHAMRAKULOV Ibragim S. ESP 6.5
10 RZAYEV Bahruz AZE 6.5
11 IM BELEZKY Alexander UKR 6.5
12 FM JANEV Tihomir BUL 6
13 GM PEREZ MITJANS Orelvis ESP 6
14 IM ENCHEV Ivajlo BUL 6
15 IM CUENCA JIMENEZ Jose Fernando ESP 6
16 CAMACHO COLLADOS Marcos ESP 6
17 IM ROY CHOWDHURY Saptarshi IND 6
18 GONZALEZ DIAZ Julio ESP 6
19 IM ALOMA VIDAL Robert ESP 6
20 GM POGORELOV Ruslan UKR 6
21 BAS MAS Jose Joaquin ESP 6
22 IM DEL REY Diego ESP 6
23 NAVARRO LOPEZ-MENCHERO Daniel ESP 6
24 WIM NICOLAS ZAPATA Irene ESP 6
25 GM NIKOLOV Momchil BUL 5.5
26 IM KOVACEVIC Slobodan SRB 5.5
27 FM GAVILAN DIAZ Mario ESP 5.5
28 SANCHEZ BOTELLA Luis Javier ESP 5.5
29 CLAROS EGEA Christian ESP 5.5
30 VEGA GOMEZ Francisco B. ESP 5.5
31 RUIZ SANCHEZ Miguel Angel ESP 5.5
32 FM CRUZ RAVINA Francisco Javier ESP 5.5
33 FM FERNANDEZ SILES Luis ESP 5.5
34 VILLASENOR RUBIO Emilio Jose ESP 5.5
35 WFM ARANAZ MURILLO Amalia ESP 5
36 SANTOS RUIZ Miguel ESP 5
37 FM TUDELA CORBALAN Carlos ESP 5
38 FM GONZALEZ PEREZ Arian CUB 5
39 NEDELEA Ariton-Vasile ROU 5
40 DIAZ CAMALLONGA Carles ESP 5
41 GARCIA RODRIGUEZ Victor ESP 5
42 MARTINEZ LOPEZ David ESP 5
43 FM CAMACHO COLLADOS Jose KOR 5
44 ESCUDERO MANZANO Alejandro ESP 5
45 FM FERRER SANCHEZ Pedro Jesus ESP 5
46 IBARRA JEREZ Juan Miguel ESP 5
47 BARRANCO CARA Francisco Javie ESP 5
48 MARTIN CARMONA Gaston Manuel ESP 5
49 GARCIA RAMOS Marcos ESP 4.5
50 GARCIA DE LOMAS GUERRERO Carl ESP 4.5
51 DOMINGO NUNEZ Ruben ESP 4.5
52 FM HUGUET Sergio HON 4.5
53 SOS ANDREU Eric ESP 4.5
54 CUENCA JIMENEZ Francisco Javie ESP 4.5
55 WFM REDONDO ARGUELLES Graciela ESP 4.5
56 FM SANCHEZ SAEZ Francisco ESP 4.5
57 RIBERA CEBOLLA Marc ESP 4.5
58 IAGAR RAZVAN Gabriel ROU 4.5
59 CANABATE CARMONA Francisco ESP 4.5
60 ARANAZ PORTUGUES Jose Carlos ESP 4.5
61 BJERRE Tavs DEN 4.5
62 PUERTAS MARTIN Savins ESP 4.5
63 ANAYA LOPEZ Victor Jose ESP 4.5
64 BELTRAN ORTIZ Edda Georgina ESP 4.5
65 GUTIERREZ VALERO Mario ESP 4.5
66 PICAZO GONZALEZ Alejandro ESP 4.5
67 CANO CABANILLAS Javier ESP 4.5
68 FERNANDEZ RODRIGUEZ Jose A. ESP 4.5
69 PEREZ GARCIA Roberto ESP 4.5
70 ORANTES TABOADA Francisco ESP 4.5
71 ORANTES TABOADA Manuel ESP 4.5
72 LOPEZ MULET Inigo ESP 4
73 MORAL GARCIA Serafin ESP 4
74 JIMENEZ CAPILLA Martin R. ESP 4
75 LOPEZ DE TURISO Jose Angel ESP 4
76 GOMEZ GOMEZ Salvador ESP 4
77 DOMINGO NUNEZ Alejandro ESP 4
78 JUAN DELGADO Adrian ESP 4
79 RODRIGUEZ RODRIGUEZ Sergio ESP 4
80 ESTRADA MARTINEZ Cesar ESP 4
81 ANTUNEZ MUNOZ Juan Jesus ESP 4
82 BLESA FERNANDEZ Francisco ESP 4
83 UCLES LIROLA Moises ESP 4
84 PINTOR AVILA Antonio ESP 4
85 VERSTRAETEN Reinaert BEL 3.5
86 SILVA RODRIGUEZ Julio ESP 3.5
87 GARCIA MARTINEZ Marcos ESP 3.5
88 JIMENEZ MELGUIZO Miguel ESP 3.5
89 CARRUANA FUENTES Rafael ESP 3.5
90 GONZALEZ CAPACETE Jose Miguel ESP 3.5
91 CORTES CABEZA Cameron ESP 3.5
92 FERNANDEZ ALVAREZ Luis ESP 3.5
93 PICAZO GONZALEZ Ana ESP 3.5
94 PEREZ GUERRA Alberto ESP 3.5
95 FM LADRON DE GUEVARA PINTO Paolo ESP 3
96 VALERO FUERTES Carlos ESP 3
97 ALCARAZ PELEGRINA Guillermo ESP 3
98 ARROYO RODRIGUEZ Jesus ESP 3
99 CANO MANRIQUE Carlos Alberto ESP 3
100 CHACON PEREZ Juan ESP 3
101 GONZALVEZ PERALES Jose Luis ESP 3
102 ANILLO FERNANDEZ Isabel ESP 3
103 RODRIGUEZ MILLAN Juan Jose ESP 3
104 CORTES FERRE Luis ESP 3
105 IURESCU Kraus ESP 3
106 AKKANEN Timo FIN 3
107 VICO MORENO Antonio ESP 3
108 GERMES IBANEZ Ricardo ESP 3
109 MORENO BELLO Miguel ESP 3
110 ANTUNEZ MUNOZ Ines ESP 3
111 BJERRE Jonas DEN 2.5
112 CORTES FERNANDEZ Juan ESP 2.5
113 VICO MORENO Angel ESP 2.5
114 CABALLERO SERENA Jose ESP 2.5
115 PEREZ BELTRAN Jose Maria ESP 2.5
116 MENA CASTILLO Luis ESP 2
117 GARCIA CASTANY Jose ESP 2
118 ROMERO CRUZ Juan ESP 2
119 QUITZKE WESTLING Micaela ESP 1.5
120 DURAN JUAREZ Laura Maria ESP 1
121 DIAZ ZEHL Luis ESP 0
122 PEREZ GARCIA Alejandro ESP 0

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