Fabiano Caruana Wins Ruy Lopez Rapid

All games were required to start with the Ruy Lopez opening

Following the Ruy Lopez Masters round robin, which was won by Bulgaria's Ivan Cheparinov, the 4th Ruy Lopez International Festival concluded Saturday after the rapid Ruy Lopez Open. The Open was organized by Agrupación Ruy López de Zafra and Club Linex-Magic de Mérida, the playing venue was Museo Etnografico at Villafranca de los Barros-Badajoz.

The tournament run over 9 rounds of Swiss pairings, with time control of 15 minutes per player. 52 people signed to participate, while the first prize was 1500 EUR worth. All games were required to start with the Ruy Lopez opening - 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5.

Italy's Fabiano Caruana's took the trophy after edging Cheparinov on better tiebreak. Both players, members of the Linex-Magic Club, finished with 7.5 points, a full point ahead of rest of the field.

Fabiano Caruana

Final standings:

1 GM Caruana Fabiano ITA 2675 - 7.5
2 GM Cheparinov Ivan BUL 2640 - 7.5
3 GM Sargissian Gabriel ARM 2677 - 6.5
4 GM Salgado Lopez Ivan ESP 2606 - 6.5
5 GM Khamrakulov Ibragim S ESP 2494 - 6.5
6 GM Granda Zuniga Julio E PER 2639 - 6
7 GM Malakhov Vladimir RUS 2722 - 6
8 GM Cramling Pia SWE 2536 - 6
9 IM Larino Nieto David ESP 2461 - 6
10 GM Narciso Dublan Marc ESP 2535 - 6
11 IM Perez Candelario Manuel ESP 2527 - 6
12 GM Cori Jorge PER 2486 - 6
13 GM Rizouk Aimen ALG 2527 - 5.5
14 GM Campora Daniel H ARG 2488 - 5.5
15 FM Cabezas Ayala Ivan ESP 2356 - 5.5
16 Lorenzo Grande Jorge ESP 2021 - 5.5
17 GM Hoffman Alejandro ARG 2438 - 5
18 FM Garcia-Ortega Mendez Jose M ESP 2317 - 5
19 WGM Cori T Deysi PER 2409 - 5
20 Figuero Toro Julian Francisco ESP 2221 - 5
21 Rego Pedro Filipe POR 2160 - 5
22 Macias Rodriguez Francisco ESP 2041 - 5
23 Arroyo Rodriguez Jesus ESP 1988 - 5
24 Perez Candelario Matias ESP 2082 - 5
25 Galan Martin Alejandro ESP 2007 - 5
26 Neves Pedro POR 2074 - 5
27 De La Torre Suarez Angel ESP 2124 - 4.5
28 Corral Alvarez Lorenzo ESP 1961 - 4.5
29 Gonzalez Manchon Juan Miguel ESP 2108 - 4
30 Campora Perez Daniel ESP 2141 - 4
31 Benavente Miguel Agustin ESP 1741 - 4
32 Garcia Jimenez Alfonso ESP 1863 - 4
33 Torrado Bermejo Pedro ESP 0 - 4
34 Sanchez Picon Juan Andres ESP 0 - 4
35 Solis Fernandez Fernando ESP 1791 - 4
36 Caballero Serena Jose ESP 1930 - 4
37 Riaguas Sanz Enrique ESP 0 - 4
38 Holgado Maestre Andres ESP 1878 - 4
39 Fernandez Margarit Alejandro ESP 2027 - 4
40 Muller Robert ESP 0 - 4
41 Piay Garcia Alba ESP 1922 - 3.5
42 Elviro Vivas Fernando ESP 1737 - 3.5
43 Araya Lorenzo ESP 0 - 3
44 Crespo Ramos Maria ESP 1687 - 3
45 Nunez Carroza Jose Miguel ESP 0 - 3
46 Cruz Joao Daniel Egas Da POR 1747 - 3
47 Gaspar Mancera Antonio ESP 0 - 3
48 Tome Perez Manuel Valentin ESP 0 - 3
49 Santana Triano Jose ESP 0 - 2.5
50 Galan Sanchez Pedro Juan ESP 0 2
51 Roldan Perez Rafael ESP 0 - 2
52 Blazquez Sanchez Adolfo ESP 0 - 1