Di Li wins XIII Lorca International Festival 2024, Vignesh N R second

by Shahid Ahmed - 13/01/2025

GM Di Li (CHN) scored an unbeaten 8/9 to win XIII Lorca International Festival Group A Open 2024. He finished a half point ahead of the competition. GM Vignesh N R scored sole 7.5/9 to secure second place. Vignesh also remained undefeated. GM Alexis Cabrera (ESP) edged past three more player on tie-breaks to finish third. The top three prizes were €1500, €900 and €700 along with a trophy each. The five-day nine-round Swiss league rating tournament was organized by C A Lorca with the collaboration of the City Council of Lorca, the Autonomous Community of the Region of Murcia, the Chess Federation of the Region of Murcia and the Spanish Chess Federation at Hotel Amaltea **** in Lorca, Murcia, Spain from 26th to 30th December 2024. Photo: Concejalía de Deportes. Ayuntamiento de Lorca

Amardeep finishes tenth

The 13th edition of Lorca International Chess Festival 2024 witnessed the participation of 195 player - 77 in Group A Open and 118 in Group B (<2100) from a total of 15 countries across the world. GM Vignesh N R drew with the eventual GM Di Li (CHN) in Round 5. Former National Amateur Below 2300 Open champion, CM Amardeep S Bartakke is the only other Indian to make a top ten finish. He scored 6/9 to secure tenth place. Miguel Alvarez Morales (ESP) won Group B with a 6/7 score.

GM Vignesh N R (right) finished second | Photo: Concejalía de Deportes. Ayuntamiento de Lorca

10th CM Amardeep S Bartakke 6/9 | Photo: Festival Internacional de Ajedrez Ciudad de Lorca

Inaugural first move | Photo: Concejalía de Deportes. Ayuntamiento de Lorca

A total of 77 players including six GMs and six IMs took part from 13 countries across the world in Group A Open category. The tournament was organized by C A Lorca with the collaboration of the City Council of Lorca, the Autonomous Community of the Region of Murcia, the Chess Federation of the Region of Murcia and the Spanish Chess Federation at Hotel Amaltea **** in Lorca, Murcia, Spain from 26th to 30th December 2024. The nine-round Swiss league Rating tournament had a time control of 90 minutes + 30 seconds increment from move no.1.

Final standings in Group A

Rk.	SNo		Name	Typ	FED	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	1	GM	Li, Di		CHN	2552	China	8	48	52,5	45,75
2	2	GM	Vignesh, N R		IND	2523	India	7,5	50	54	43,50
3	4	GM	Cabrera, Alexis		ESP	2410	Mislata	6,5	49	53	34,75
4	10	IM	Filgueiras, Nathan Felipe		BRA	2328	Brasil	6,5	46	50	32,50
5	6	GM	Khamrakulov, Ibragim S.		ESP	2388	64 Villalba	6,5	45	48,5	34,00
6	13	FM	Chavez Suarez, Carlos Alberto		CUB	2278	Cuba	6,5	44	47,5	30,75
7	5	IM	Xu, Minghui		CHN	2405	China	6	47,5	51	31,50
8	8	GM	Narciso Dublan, Marc	S50	ESP	2373	Barcelona	6	46,5	50,5	31,25
9	21		Vingris, Mikelis		LAT	2147	Riga Chess School	6	45	49	28,00
10	44	CM	Bartakke, Amardeep S.	S50	IND	1965	India	6	44	50	32,25
11	20		Paikens, Reinis		LAT	2166	Riga Chess School	6	44	47	29,25
12	7	IM	Sabuk, Piotr		POL	2385	Polonia	6	40,5	44,5	28,75
13	65		Mitul, K H	U14	IND	1834	India	6	37,5	41	25,50
14	22		Valdepenas Octavio, Javier		ESP	2145	Kenilworth Chess Club	5,5	43,5	47	26,75
15	15		Piccoli, Lucas Fonseca		BRA	2270	Clube de Xadrez Jaraguá	5,5	43	46,5	24,75