Spain's famous Magistral Casino de Barcelona chess tournament begins October 12

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Hello everyone,

October has lots of chess news to exult about. On Wednesday, October 12, begins the Magistral Casino de

Barcelona 2011. This year the Tournament is organized by the Catalonian

Chess Federation and sponsored by the Casino of Barcelona (Group Peralada), Barcelona City Hall and and the Autonomous Government of Catalonia.The venue is the Casino of Barcelona (Marina Avenue, 19-21 ) and lasts till October 20. 


The main roundrobin event includes the following 10 grandmasters. 

1 GM OMS PALLISSE JOSEP 2493 ESP

2 GM DE LA RIVA AGUADO OSCAR 2541 AND

3 GM SMIRIN ILIA 2678 ISR

4 GM SEIRAWAN YASSER 2652 USA

5 GM SPRAGGETT KEVIN 2576 CAN

6 GM ALSINA LEAL DANIEL 2529 ESP

7 GM ITURRIZAGA EDUARDO 2640 VEN

8 GM SALGADO LOPEZ IVAN 2614 ESP

9 GM PERALTA FERNANDO 2602 ARG

10 GM NARCISO DUBLAN MARC 2519 ESP

The Category 14 event is the strongest chess tournament in Catalonia and one of the strongest in Spain. It is also included in the ACP Tour. There will be live broadcast of the games at the official website. 


On the sidelines of the main event we would also have Georgian IM/WGM Ana Matnadze give a simul on Saturday, October 15, in Sant Andreu (Barcelona). It's free for everyone.

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