XVII Torneo Internacional Ciudad De Pamplona Chess

The games of the Seventeenth edition of the Internation Ciudad De Pamplona started on 22 December 2007. There are several strong grand masters participating in this event.

The main players in order of their ratings are:

1 GM WANG Yue 2703 CHN
2 GM SARGISSIAN Gabriel 2673 ARM
3 GM MOVSESIAN Sergei 2670 SVK
4 GM VALLEJO PONS Francisco 2660 ESP
5 GM BELIAVSKY Alexander G 2646 SLO
6 GM JOBAVA Baadur 2644 GEO
7 GM RODSHTEIN Maxim 2615 ISR
8 GM KHAMRAKULOV Ibragim S 2604 ESP

The previous top three of this popular event are:

Year, First place, Second Place, Third Place

1990 Leonid Yudasin Viktor Korchnoi Zsuzsa Polgar
1991 Leonid Yudasin Miguel Illescas Zsuzsa Polgar
1992 Joel Lautier Miguel Illescas David García
1993 Jordi Magem Andrei Sokolov Felix Izeta
1994 Alexander Morozevich Vadim Zvjaginsev Jordi Magem
1995 Jordi Magem Julio Granda Miguel Illescas
1996 Zoltan Almasi Jonathan Speelman Zurab Azmaiparashvili
1997 Miguel Illescas Ulf Anderson Julio Granda
1998 Alexander Morozevich Michal Krasenkov Loek Van Welly
1999 Nigel Short Boris Gelfand Zoltan Almasi
2001 Viktor Bologan Teimour Radjabov Zoltan Almasi
2002 Rustam Kasimdzhanov Viktor Bologan Paco Vallejo
2003 Miguel Illescas Luke McShane Emil Sutovsky
2004 Boris Gelfand Segei Karjakin Lázaro Bruzón
2005 Ruslan Ponomariov P. Harikrishna Ivan Cheparinov
2006 Alexander Morozevich Dmitry Jakovenko Alexei Shirov

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