The Cuban GM, Carlos Albornoz, who is part of the Cuban national team, and some of the most highly rated players present wins in an absolutely exciting last round. Albornoz, who faced the then leader of the Indian MI Chintagunta Reddy in black, who only needed a draw to win the tournament and make the GM standard. Albornoz from the beginning of the match demonstrated that he was going to play aggressively, exploiting some restraint from the Indian player who knew that a draw would be enough for him. The match, which was the last to end on the day and which decided the throne, had a very high level ending from the 22-year-old Cuban who thus lived up to all the expectations that fell on him and for his future. The young Cuban GM thus wins the strongest, most awarded and most prestigious Tournament ever in the history of Chess in Portugal and helps to write a golden page in the history of chess in Figueira da Foz.

Indian IM Babu Lalit completed the podium

and Indian IM Chintagunta Reddy,

Indian players were in fact the main protagonists and placed 6 players in the top 12 classified.

French GM Nino Maizuradze was the best classified among women, followed by Polish WMI Alexandra Lach

and also Polish WGM Julia Antolak.

 

The child prodigy Arkhila Charvi obtained an incredible 5 points out of 9 and an extraordinary 39th position.

Spanish Mi Hector Cardenas was the best among the veterans

followed by the Canadian GM, the champion Kevin Spraggett and the Bulgarian GM Vladimir Petkov.

MI André Sousa, two times absolute national champion, was the best Portuguese in 34th position.