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Menorca Open Tournament

Vasyl Ivanchuk8/9(+7 -0 =2)[games]
Shanglei Lu7.5/9(+6 -0 =3)[games]
Murali Karthikeyan7.5/9(+7 -1 =1)[games]
Tomas Sosa7/9(+5 -0 =4)[games]
Andy Woodward7/9(+5 -0 =4)[games]
Edgar Mamedov7/9(+6 -1 =2)[games]
Sam Shankland7/9(+6 -1 =2)[games]
Nihal Sarin6.5/9(+6 -2 =1)[games]
Alisher Suleymenov6.5/9(+5 -1 =3)[games]
Anand Pranav6.5/9(+5 -1 =3)[games]
Kirk Ghazarian6.5/9(+5 -1 =3)[games]
M Pranesh6.5/9(+5 -1 =3)[games]
Volodar Murzin6.5/9(+4 -0 =5)[games]
Diego Macias Pino6.5/9(+4 -0 =5)[games]
Evgeny Zanan6.5/9(+4 -0 =5)[games]
Pranav Venkatesh6.5/9(+6 -2 =1)[games]
Viktor Matviishen6.5/9(+4 -0 =5)[games]
Alexandr Fier6.5/9(+5 -1 =3)[games]
Denis Makhnev6.5/9(+4 -0 =5)[games]
Valentin Dragnev6.5/9(+6 -2 =1)[games]
Sebastian Iermito6.5/9(+4 -0 =5)[games]
Jonasz Baum6.5/9(+4 -0 =5)[games]
Rithvik R Raja6/9(+4 -1 =4)[games]
Faustino Oro6/9(+4 -1 =4)[games]
Abhimanyu Puranik6/9(+4 -1 =4)[games]
Momchil Petkov6/9(+4 -1 =4)[games]
Diego Vergara Anton6/9(+3 -0 =6)[games]
Kazybek Nogerbek6/9(+3 -0 =6)[games]
Ernesto J Fernandez Guillen6/9(+4 -1 =4)[games]
Zhandos Agmanov6/9(+4 -1 =4)[games]
Javier Habans Aguerrea6/9(+5 -2 =2)[games]
Arthur de Winter6/9(+4 -1 =4)[games]
* (144 players total; 112 players not shown. Click here for longer list.)

Chessgames.com Chess Event Description
Menorca Open (2025)

Crosstable: https://chess-results.com/tnr100665...

 page 2 of 10; games 26-50 of 250  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
26. F Oro vs C Sureda Gonzalez  1-0312025Menorca OpenB40 Sicilian
27. J Cubas Pons vs D Macias Pino  0-1532025Menorca OpenB53 Sicilian
28. S Nurgaliyev vs N Sarin  0-1472025Menorca OpenB00 Uncommon King's Pawn Opening
29. Shankland vs A Ventura Sousa  ½-½602025Menorca OpenA20 English
30. K Sai vs V Murzin  0-1482025Menorca OpenC79 Ruy Lopez, Steinitz Defense Deferred
31. H E Tudor vs A Puranik  0-1502025Menorca OpenE47 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3
32. P Venkatesh vs R Sherman  1-0402025Menorca OpenA07 King's Indian Attack
33. A Kalogridis vs S Lu  0-1352025Menorca OpenE20 Nimzo-Indian
34. Ivanchuk vs A Katz 1-0552025Menorca OpenA03 Bird's Opening
35. G Karacsonyi vs A Kozak  1-0462025Menorca OpenB56 Sicilian
36. C Zeng vs R C Sanchez Alvarez  ½-½872025Menorca OpenA15 English
37. A Velikanov vs M Pranesh  ½-½462025Menorca OpenB22 Sicilian, Alapin
38. B Jacobson vs A Bogdanov  ½-½702025Menorca OpenA15 English
39. Y Song vs C Albornoz Cabrera  ½-½422025Menorca OpenB53 Sicilian
40. S Citak vs R Vogel  ½-½322025Menorca OpenE17 Queen's Indian
41. B Adhiban vs A Zielonka  1-0472025Menorca OpenE12 Queen's Indian
42. S P Sethuraman vs V Matviishen  0-1492025Menorca OpenE15 Queen's Indian
43. S Vetokhin vs E Risteski  1-0502025Menorca OpenE67 King's Indian, Fianchetto
44. J Prado Lobo vs L Yordanov  ½-½552025Menorca OpenB30 Sicilian
45. G Li vs V Dragnev  1-0552025Menorca OpenA46 Queen's Pawn Game
46. Anand Pranav vs P Benkovic  1-0302025Menorca OpenB28 Sicilian, O'Kelly Variation
47. N Felipe Filgueiras vs R R Raja  0-1292025Menorca OpenB23 Sicilian, Closed
48. D Makhnev vs Z Liu  ½-½452025Menorca OpenA06 Reti Opening
49. Rajaa Karthik vs A Woodward  0-1502025Menorca OpenD35 Queen's Gambit Declined
50. A Fier vs X Mompel Ferruz  1-0662025Menorca OpenE06 Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3
 page 2 of 10; games 26-50 of 250  PGN Download
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Kibitzer's Corner
Apr-24-25
Premium Chessgames Member
  offramp: The nomadic GM Vasyl Ivanchuk (kibitz #4179) has been bashing out tournaments like a Thompson Machine Gun.

In April 2025 he came 2nd at the Reykjavik Open (2025), immediately followed by the Semana Santa Open (2025), near Alicante (ESP).

As soon as that one finished, then <this> one started, just a few hours gyrocopter-journey over the Balearic Sea. He is full of <orgone energy>!

Apr-27-25
Premium Chessgames Member
  offramp: Where's Vally? He has been playing in Menorca in his striped red and white 2nd hand t-shirt.

Can you guess where he is going now in his kerosene gyrocopter?

Apr-27-25  amadeus: https://www.chess.com/news/view/iva...

<The one and only GM Vasyl Ivanchuk capped off a brilliant comeback by winning the 4th Menorca Open with an unbeaten 8/9 score and an impressive 2833 performance. The 56-year-old secured his first major tournament victory since 2019, and with it, a return to the world's top 100 players.

The big chess festival on the Spanish island of Menorca concluded on Sunday and featured a strong field of 45 grandmasters among the 185 players in the top group. Despite the tough competition, Ivanchuk dominated the event from start to finish. He clinched clear first after a dramatic final-round victory against India's young GM Pranesh M.

With his score of 8/9, Ivanchuk finished half a point ahead of GMs Lu Shanglei and Murali Karthikeyan, while top seeds GM Sam Shankland and GM Nihal Sarin fell short.>

Apr-27-25  ColdSong: Nicely done.Ivanchuk's result is certainly a pleasure for the chess players all over the world.

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