On Saturday July 26 held at the Plaza Balsa Vieja de Totana the second annual Chess Tournament Night Festivities Santiago, with the participation of 40 players with 7 rounds with the rate of 20 minutes per player to finish, from 8 pm to 3 am in an environment of great sportsmanship.
Shared the first prize Argentine Alfredo International Master and Grandmaster Giaccio James H. English
Plaskett, fulfilling the prediction of favorites, getting 6.5 points, with six victories and one tie in the game that faced them both in the fifth round, remains the same in the three-way tie provided.
Behind them stood six players with 5 points each, occupy the positions of 3 º to 8 º.
After applying the tiebreaker system, the third place went to Pedro Garre totanero chess Murcia, the fourth place winner was Rafael Del Valle Alicante Domenech, fifth-placed Juan Miguel Ibarra Jerez de Totana, sixth-placed Asensio Sánchez Sabater of Nod head of Torres ; seventh-ranked Carlos Tudela Corbalán of Totana and eighth ranked Enrique Guillen Ibañez Pilar de la Horadada, the ninth winner was the Master of the International Federation of Argentina Mariano Varga Nowak and tenth Javier Moreno Simó de Alicante, both with 4.5 points .
Special awards trophy went to: Peter Romero Moya (first local youth), Antonio Pérez Hernández (first location), Marcos Martínez García Lorca (first fry); Miguel Donado-Mazarrón in Murcia (first child), Carlos Sánchez Over Murcia (first cadet), María del Mar Pérez Hernández de Totana (first youth) and Angela Pérez González de Alhama de Murcia (women's champion).
The tournament was organized by the Chess Club Totana and the Department of Sports, sponsored by the City Council of Totana, the Directorate General of Sports and Chess Federation of the Region of Murcia.
The inn also collaborated Alporchones and Schweppes company, which conducted a free tasting of their range of soft drinks of tea, which was very grateful for the participants and which served to alleviate the warm night.
The awards ceremony was conducted by Pedro Garre Murcia, President of the Chess Club and Gabriel Valenzuela Totana Cánovas, Tournament Director.
More pictures:
http://www.totana.com/cgi-bin/torneo-nocturno-ajedrez-2008.asp
