4th International Open Stadium Casablanca
23rd to 31st December in Zaragoza, Aragon, Spain
The 4th International Open "Stadium Casablanca" is set to take place from 23rd to 31st December in Zaragoza, Aragon, Spain. 116 players are signed up to now, among them are ten Grandmasters. Top prize is 2000 EUR. Winners of the previous tournaments are GMs Azer Mirzoev and Edouard Romain, and IM Cristhian Cruz.
Stadium Casablanca is a multi-sports club founded in 1948, currently numbering about 20,000 subscribers and 3,000 active athletes. It has sports sections of chess, athletics, basketball, handball, snooker, football, mountaineering, skiing, swimming, water-polo, figure skating, baseball, cycling, triathlon and tennis.
Top seeds:
1 GM Delchev Aleksander BUL 2621
2 GM Corrales Jimenez Fidel CUB 2597
3 GM Korneev Oleg RUS 2582
4 GM Kogan Artur ISR 2535
5 GM Oms Pallisse Josep ESP 2528
6 GM Paunovic Dragan SRB 2526
7 GM Franco Ocampos Zenon PAR 2517
8 IM Adla Diego ARG 2511
9 GM Cifuentes Parada Roberto ESP 2508
10 IM Garza Marco Sergio ESP 2442
