Titas Stremavicius wins 43rd San Sebastian Open 2023, Swayams Mishra second

by Shahid Ahmed - 09/04/2023

GM Titas Stremavicius and GM FT Swayams Mishra, both scored an unbeaten 7.5/9 each at 43rd San Sebastian Open 2023. The Lithuania no.2 won the tournament due to better tie-break score. Thus, Swayams was placed second. GM Misa Pap (SRB) edged past three more players scoring 7/9 to finish third on tie-breaks. The top three prizes were €14000 + beret, €900 and €600 along with a trophy each respectively. The eight-day nine-round rating tournament organized by Federación Gipuzkoana de Ajedrez witnessed the participation of 134 players including 5 GMs, 7 IMs and a WGM from 16 countries across the world. Last month, one of the most successful trainers of India, GM Swayams played his first Classical rating tournament in over three years.

Swayams secures second place in consecutive tournaments

Five players were in the lead heading into the final round at 6.5/9 each. GM Titas and GM Swayams defeated GM Marc Narciso Dublan (ESP) and WGM Yaniela Forgas Moreno (CUB) respectively, to finish with the same score 7.5/9 each. GM FT Swayams Mishra mentioned on his fb page, "Played 3 tournaments in Europe continuously. Feels good to be back at the board after 3 years." Before this event, Swayams secured a second place finish at Six days Budapest March 2023 GM-B tournament. His students performed well at 10th Martinique Open - Joel Gratien Memorial. It will be mentioned in a separate report.

Champion - GM Titas Stremavicius (LTU) 7.5/9 | Photo: Hondarribia-Marlaxka Chess Association

Runner-up - GM FT Swayams Mishra 7.5/9

GM FT Swayams Mishra scored an unbeaten 7.5/9 ad gained 6.4 Elo rating points

The tournament hall at City Council of San Sebastian in Spain | Photo: Hondarribia-Marlaxka Chess Association

A total of 134 players including 5 GMs, 7 IMs and a WGM took part in this eight-day nine-round Swiss league Rating tournament from 16 countries across the world. It was organized by Federación Gipuzkoana de Ajedrez from 1st to 8th April 2023 at City Council of San Sebastian in Spain. The time control for the event was 90 minutes + 30 seconds increment from move no.1.

Final standings

Rk.	SNo		Name	Typ	Gr	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	1	GM	Stremavicius, Titas			LTU	2532	7,5	52	57	39,5
2	4	GM	Swayams, Mishra			IND	2480	7,5	50	54	38,5
3	10	GM	Pap, Misa			SRB	2405	7	51,5	55,5	37,5
4	9	FM	Bilych, Olexiy			UKR	2423	7	51	56	38
5	3	IM	Roshka, Yevgeniy			UKR	2505	7	50	54	37
6	5	IM	Larkin, Vladyslav			UKR	2450	7	48,5	52,5	36,5
7	7	IM	Grieve, Harry			ENG	2439	6,5	50,5	54,5	36
8	6	IM	Aloma Vidal, Robert			ESP	2442	6,5	46,5	51	34
9	8	GM	Narciso Dublan, Marc			ESP	2429	6,5	46	49	36
10	24		Sarabando, Rodrigo Andias			POR	2115	6,5	45,5	49,5	32,5
11	25		Martel Bruniaux, Malko			ESP	2101	6,5	44,5	47,5	31
12	2	GM	Martinez Duany, Lelys			CUB	2531	6,5	42	46,5	31,5
13	15	FM	Prieto Aranguren, Alain			ESP	2280	6	47	51,5	33,5
14	21		Vesga Izeta, Markel		Gip	ESP	2185	6	45,5	49,5	32
15	14	WGM	Forgas Moreno, Yaniela			CUB	2285	6	44,5	48,5	31