The 49th Vila de Sitges Open is taking place July 22 – July 30 in Sitges, Barcelona, Spain. It is a 9 round Swiss system for teams tournament with time control 90 min + 30 sec / move. For more events from Spain, check out The European Chess Calendar, which is part of The Chess Calendar.
In 2025’s edition of the tournament will participate more than 90 players. The top rated player is GM Manuel Petrosyan (2546), followed by GM Tomas Laurusas (2541) and GM Karen H. Grigoryan (2502). Top 20 is completed by GM Brian Escalante Ramirez (2495), GM Dylan Isidro Berdayes Ason (2488), GM Luis Lazaro Aguero Jimenez (2483), IM Khumoyun Begmuratov (2470), GM Hipolito Asis Gargatagli (2463), IM Michel Alejandro Diaz Perez (2459), IM Lucas Coro (2427), IM Sauat Nurgaliyev (2404), IM Robert Aloma Vidal (2373), FM Miguel Ruiz Buendia (2368), FM Felix Xie (2365), IM Muhammad Khusenkhojaev (2351), FM Mustafokhuja Khusenkhojaev (2343), IM Subhayan Kundu (2334), FM Sylvain Degardin (2329), MK Yaroslav Sviridenko (2323), FM Kaivalya Sandip Nagare (2321). Scroll down for the full participants list.
49th Vila de Sitges Open participants
No.
Name
FED
RtgI
1
GM
Petrosyan, Manuel
ARM
2546
2
GM
Laurusas, Tomas
LTU
2541
3
GM
Grigoryan, Karen H.
ARM
2502
4
GM
Escalante Ramirez, Brian
PER
2495
5
GM
Berdayes Ason, Dylan Isidro
CUB
2488
6
GM
Aguero Jimenez, Luis Lazaro
CUB
2483
7
IM
Begmuratov, Khumoyun
UZB
2470
8
GM
Asis Gargatagli, Hipolito
ESP
2463
9
IM
Diaz Perez, Michel Alejandro
CUB
2459
10
IM
Coro, Lucas
ARG
2427
11
IM
Nurgaliyev, Sauat
KAZ
2404
12
IM
Aloma Vidal, Robert
ESP
2373
13
FM
Ruiz Buendia, Miguel
ESP
2368
14
FM
Xie, Felix
NZL
2365
15
IM
Khusenkhojaev, Muhammad
TJK
2351
16
FM
Khusenkhojaev, Mustafokhuja
TJK
2343
17
IM
Subhayan, Kundu
IND
2334
18
FM
Degardin, Sylvain
FRA
2329
19
MK
Sviridenko, Yaroslav
UKR
2323
20
FM
Nagare, Kaivalya Sandip
IND
2321
21
IM
Lacasa Diaz, Josep Anton
ESP
2315
22
FM
Holinka, Henning
GER
2309
23
FM
Chavez Suarez, Carlos Alberto
CUB
2294
24
Coles, Ruben
FRA
2294
25
FM
Galstyan, David
ESP
2284
26
Coles, Robin
FRA
2275
27
Avdic, Faris
BIH
2271
28
FM
Webb, Laurence E
ENG
2268
29
FM
Fuhrmann, Bahne
GER
2259
30
FM
Kshatriya, Nitin Vekhande
IND
2255
31
FM
Sole Pijuan, Ferran
ESP
2253
32
De Jong, Lode
NED
2241
33
IM
Cruz, Filemon
PER
2236
34
CM
Khoo-Thwe, Louis
NOR
2232
35
WGM
Miranda Llanes, Yerisbel
CUB
2220
36
Cabiativa, Juan Esteban
COL
2200
37
WFM
Garcia-Castany Musellas, Gal.La
ESP
2193
38
WIM
Zhou, Guijue
CHN
2186
39
FM
Perez Gonzalez, Jose Manuel
ESP
2175
40
CM
Harshit, Ranjan Sahu
IND
2163
41
Boyer Censore, Giuseppe Enmanuel
VEN
2156
42
WIM
Obregon Garcia, Roxangel
CUB
2156
43
Brewer, Callum D
ENG
2152
44
Bivor, Adak
IND
2140
45
Pappier, Carlos
ARG
2139
46
CM
Barath, Kalyan M
IND
2135
47
WFM
Fernandez Bustamante, Leancy B.
CUB
2130
48
FM
Fritsch, Klaus
AUT
2130
49
FM
Avila Jimenez, Xavier
ESP
2127
50
Povilaitis, Tomas
LTU
2123
51
Lozano Casasayas, Marc
ESP
2122
52
Majumder, Shrayan
IND
2122
53
Ashwin, Sairam
IND
2114
54
CM
Kaeding, Rainer
GER
2113
55
CM
Dahale, Atul
IND
2101
56
FM
Noria Silvestre, Joaquin
ESP
2100
57
Lacasa Diaz, Oriol
ESP
2098
58
WIM
Franco Valencia, Angela
COL
2097
59
WFM
Berikkyzy, Alanna
KAZ
2080
60
Willson, Ollie
ENG
2078
61
CM
Lee, Kyungseok
KOR
2072
62
WFM
Gutierrez Espinosa, Karen
CUB
2072
63
Costalonga, Riccardo
ITA
2065
64
MK
Comellas Blanchart, Jordi
ESP
2064
65
Bolea Jover, Jose
ESP
2061
66
Bryant, Harry
ENG
2058
67
Badrinath, S.
IND
2057
68
CM
Binu, Devdutt
IND
2055
69
CM
Adam, Rafael
CAN
2054
70
CM
Fernandez-Diaz Mascort, Miquel
ESP
2039
71
Hijarrubia Alvarez-Cuevas, Gonzalo
ESP
2030
72
WFM
Ocampo, Cristina
COL
2029
73
Barcelo Melnyk, Marc
ESP
2023
74
Chekanov, Timur
FID
2019
75
Marsal Calvet, Josep
ESP
2009
76
Green, Michael
ENG
2009
77
Jyotshnav, Talukdar
IND
2007
78
Escoriza Pons, Xavier
ESP
2006
79
Morvekar, Kedar
IND
2003
80
Pruthu, Deshpande
IND
2001
81
CM
Dolas, Aarush
IND
1989
82
Mahish, S A
IND
1985
83
Garriga Cabrera, Joan
ESP
1980
84
Maton, Emily
ENG
1980
85
Bluebaum, Johanna
GER
1979
86
Eedle, Eric F
ENG
1978
87
Marin Ripoll, Marti
ESP
1976
88
Sanchez Bernardino, Miguel Angel
ESP
1974
89
Munoz Cuesta, Emilio Josep
ESP
1974
90
MK
Castaner Harster, Xavier
ESP
1964
91
MK
Valencia Jimenez, Jose
ESP
1962
92
FM
Zaninotto, Franco
ITA
1962
93
MK
Castells Briones, Miquel
ESP
1961
94
Farberov, Maxim
USA
1956
95
He, Chenglu
CHN
1956
96
Parayre Soguero, Jordi
ESP
1955
97
Nivedita, V C
IND
1954
98
Sierra Magrazo, Lidia
ESP
1952
99
Wierzbicki, Michal
POL
1951