In a hotly contested tournament, the two Basque teams Gros Xake Taldea and Sestao finished at the top of the league, with Gros Xake Taldea winning on game points despite losing the final match to their great rivals.
Gros Xake Taldea will be hosting a big chess event later this month (over the New Year) to celebrate the 100-year anniversary of the famous San Sebastian tournaments of 2011 and 2012.
If you didn't know, Xake Taldea means chess club in Basque!
One of the most interesting aspects of the 'Honour Division' of the Spanish league is the strength, especially on the top boards.
Here are the Final standings:
Rank | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | Match Points | Game points |
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1 | Gros Xake Taldea | * | 2½ | 5½ | 3½ | 4 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 24.5 |
2 | CA Sestao Naturgas Energia | 3½ | * | 3 | 4½ | 4½ | 4½ | 3 | 10 | 23.0 |
3 | Colegio Marcote-EIKM | ½ | 3 | * | 4 | 3½ | 4 | 4 | 9 | 19.0 |
4 | CA Reverte Albox | 2½ | 1½ | 2 | * | 2 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 17.0 |
5 | CA Linex-Magic | 2 | 1½ | 2½ | 4 | * | 1 | 4½ | 4 | 15.5 |
6 | CA Solvay | 1 | 1½ | 2 | 1 | 5 | * | 4½ | 4 | 15.0 |
7 | Cajacanarias | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1½ | 1½ | * | 1 | 12.0 |
The players involved demonstrate that it is one of the strongest leagues around. Nine players rated over 2700 were present:
Gros Xake Taldea | ||||||
Rank | Name | Elo | Country | Pts. | Games | |
1 | GM | Ponomariov Ruslan | 2723 | UKR | 4.0 | 6.0 |
2 | GM | Shirov Alexei | 2705 | ESP | 3.0 | 5.0 |
3 | GM | Bacrot Etienne | 2714 | FRA | 3.0 | 6.0 |
4 | GM | Van Wely Loek | 2686 | NED | 3.5 | 5.0 |
5 | GM | Kasimdzhanov Rustam | 2675 | UZB | 4.0 | 5.0 |
6 | GM | Bauer Christian | 2641 | FRA | 2.0 | 2.0 |
7 | GM | San Segundo Carrillo Pablo | 2509 | ESP | 3.0 | 5.0 |
8 | IM | Franco Alonso Alejandro | 2454 | ESP | 0.0 | 0.0 |
9 | IM | Gonzalez De La Torre Santiago | 2431 | ESP | 2.0 | 2.0 |
10 | IM | Argandoña Riveiro Iñigo | 2387 | ESP | 0.0 | 0.0 |
11 | FM | Martin Alvarez Iñigo | 2262 | ESP | 0.0 | 0.0 |
CA Reverte Albox | ||||||
Rank | Name | Elo | Country | Pts. | Games | |
1 | GM | Dreev Aleksey | 2710 | RUS | 2.0 | 6.0 |
2 | GM | Mchedlishvili Mikheil | 2636 | GEO | 3.5 | 6.0 |
3 | GM | Krasenkow Michal | 2608 | POL | 2.5 | 6.0 |
4 | GM | Rivas Pastor Manuel | 2556 | ESP | 2.5 | 4.0 |
5 | IM | Ibarra Jerez Jose Carlos | 2515 | ESP | 2.5 | 3.0 |
6 | GM | Lalic Bogdan | 2454 | CRO | 3.0 | 6.0 |
7 | Galindo Rodriguez Francisco | 2237 | ESP | 0.0 | 3.0 | |
8 | Rubio Tapia Jose Juan | 2102 | ESP | 1.0 | 2.0 | |
9 | Martinez Sola Juan | 2090 | ESP | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
10 | Capel Fernandez Manuel | 1901 | ESP | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
11 | Lozano Vita Jesus | 1828 | ESP | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
12 | Jimenez Del Pino Alejandro | 0 | ESP | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
Colegio Marcote-EIKM | ||||||
Rank | Name | Elo | Country | Pts. | Games | |
1 | GM | Gashimov Vugar | 2757 | AZE | 0.0 | 0.0 |
2 | GM | Vallejo Pons Francisco | 2705 | ESP | 3.0 | 6.0 |
3 | GM | Naiditsch Arkadij | 2712 | GER | 1.5 | 6.0 |
4 | GM | Jobava Baadur | 2678 | GEO | 3.0 | 6.0 |
5 | GM | Inarkiev Ernesto | 2686 | RUS | 4.0 | 6.0 |
6 | GM | Salgado Lopez Ivan | 2621 | ESP | 4.0 | 6.0 |
7 | GM | Graf Alexander | 2633 | GER | 3.5 | 6.0 |
8 | GM | Galego Luis | 2482 | POR | 0.0 | 0.0 |
9 | Outerelo Ucha Manuel | 2197 | ESP | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
10 | Marcote Nunez Jesus Javier | 2102 | ESP | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
CA Linex-Magic | ||||||
Rank | Name | Elo | Country | Pts. | Games | |
1 | GM | Sargissian Gabriel | 2671 | ARM | 3.0 | 6.0 |
2 | GM | Bologan Viktor | 2665 | MDA | 3.0 | 6.0 |
3 | GM | Svetushkin Dmitry | 2621 | MDA | 3.0 | 6.0 |
4 | GM | Perez Candelario Manuel | 2558 | ESP | 3.5 | 6.0 |
5 | IM | Rocha Sergio | 2410 | POR | 1.0 | 6.0 |
6 | IM | Carrasco Martinez Juan M. | 2375 | ESP | 2.0 | 6.0 |
7 | Garcia Loro Marcos J. | 2073 | ESP | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
8 | Montero Aleu Juan Antonio | 1967 | ESP | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
Cajacanarias | ||||||
Rank | Name | Elo | Country | Pts. | Games | |
1 | GM | Fedorchuk Sergey A. | 2632 | UKR | 2.0 | 6.0 |
2 | GM | Kuzubov Yuriy | 2621 | UKR | 2.0 | 6.0 |
3 | GM | Aleksandrov Aleksej | 2626 | BLR | 1.5 | 5.0 |
4 | GM | Illescas Cordoba Miguel | 2609 | ESP | 1.5 | 6.0 |
5 | GM | Korneev Oleg | 2608 | RUS | 1.5 | 5.0 |
6 | GM | Vera Gonzalez-Quevedo Reynaldo | 2482 | CUB | 1.0 | 2.0 |
7 | GM | Fernandez Garcia Jose Luis | 2434 | ESP | 0.0 | 2.0 |
8 | IM | Cabrera Trujillo Jorge Juan | 2353 | ESP | 1.5 | 3.0 |
9 | IM | Villavicencio Martinez Adalber | 2308 | ESP | 1.0 | 1.0 |
10 | Meneses Gonzalez Kevin | 2247 | ESP | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
11 | Molina Rodriguez Borja | 2123 | ESP | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
12 | Perez Barreto Adrian | 1940 | ESP | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
CA Solvay | ||||||
Rank | Name | Elo | Country | Pts. | Games | |
1 | GM | Harikrishna P | 2673 | IND | 2.0 | 6.0 |
2 | GM | Ganguly Surya Shekhar | 2625 | IND | 4.0 | 6.0 |
3 | GM | Negi Parimarjan | 2617 | IND | 4.0 | 6.0 |
4 | GM | Delchev Aleksander | 2629 | BUL | 2.0 | 6.0 |
5 | GM | Ubilava Elizbar | 2527 | ESP | 2.0 | 6.0 |
6 | IM | Bernal Moro Luis Javier | 2431 | ESP | 0.0 | 0.0 |
7 | FM | Ramo Frontiñan Cristobal | 2326 | ESP | 0.0 | 0.0 |
8 | FM | Martin Fuentes Alberto | 2307 | ESP | 0.0 | 0.0 |
9 | Perez Lopez Jesus Maria | 2280 | ESP | 0.0 | 1.0 | |
10 | Tejedor Fuentes Enrique | 2225 | ESP | 1.0 | 5.0 | |
11 | Pozueta Alegria Adrian | 2098 | ESP | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
12 | Gonzalez Laso Adrian | 2066 | ESP | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
CA Sestao Naturgas Energia | ||||||
Rank | Name | Elo | Country | Pts. | Games | |
1 | GM | Nakamura Hikaru | 2758 | USA | 0.0 | 0.0 |
2 | GM | Dominguez Perez Leinier | 2712 | CUB | 5.0 | 6.0 |
3 | GM | Vachier-Lagrave Maxime | 2710 | FRA | 4.0 | 6.0 |
4 | GM | Giri Anish | 2714 | NED | 3.5 | 6.0 |
5 | GM | Moiseenko Alexander | 2715 | UKR | 0.0 | 0.0 |
6 | GM | Edouard Romain | 2621 | FRA | 2.5 | 6.0 |
7 | GM | Conquest Stuart | 2521 | ENG | 0.0 | 0.0 |
8 | GM | Del Rio De Angelis Salvador G | 2534 | ESP | 3.0 | 5.0 |
9 | GM | Romero Holmes Alfonso | 2488 | ESP | 4.0 | 5.0 |
10 | GM | Gomez Esteban Juan Mario | 2488 | ESP | 1.0 | 2.0 |
11 | Del Olmo Alonso Miguel Angel | 0 | ESP | 0.0 | 0.0 |
The most notable performance on the top boards was Sestao's Leinier Dominguez Perez with 5/6.
Official site: http://feda.org/campeonatos_detall.php?id=101&campeonato=CECLUB%20Divisi%F3n%20de%20Honor%202011
You can also find some facts on the Chess-Results Server:
http://chess-results.com/tnr59780.aspx?ix=1&lan=2&turdet=YES