The International Grand Master, Harold Plaskett, a very experienced player and a strong player of the Raspeig Chess Club, was the winner of the XXX Tournament Villa de Xàbia and XXVII Mare de Déu del Loreto, by adding 6,5 points of the possible 7.
The tournament was a successful participation and a high level chess by having 15 qualified players between Grand Masters, International Masters and Masters of Fide, all of them of different nationalities.
The appointment in Xàbia has become a classic of the Valencian Community, so there were many fans who came to see the development of the games.
Results of Villa de Xàbia
Absolute Tournament
1 º Harold James Plaskett
2 º Eric Sos
3 º Slobodan Kovacevic
4 º Rufino Camarena
5 º Vicente Cano
Best County
1 º Manuel González Rodríguez
2 º Dieter Schwarz.
best Local
1 º Víctor Pons Gutiérrez.
2 º Antonio Aguado Crespo.
Sub category 16
1 º Abel Sempere Doménech
2 º Diego Macías Pino.
ª 3 Angela Ivorra Ivorra
Sub category 14
ª 1 Clara Ivorra Ivorra
2 º Enric Giner Macia
3 º Alejandro Yuste Valenzuela.
Sub category 12
1 º Andrey Smirnov
2 º Jaume Giner Macia
3 º Javier Cuadrado Carmona.
Sub category 10
1 º Victor Tudela Gonzalez
2 º Sergio Notario Poveda
3 º Pablo Martínez Soriano
Sub category 8
1 º Xavi López Llinares
2 º David Giner Macia
ª 3 Claudia Lloret Pascual.
During the tournament was attended by the president of the Festival of Virgen del Loreto, Vicente Gavilá, Sports Councilor of Xàbia, Vicent Colomer and José Francisco Erades, who is the driving force behind many of the town's sports and cultural activities.
They themselves were commissioned, at the end of the tournament, to deliver the deserved prizes to the best players in each of the categories. All of them agreed to thank the participants for their efforts, congratulated the players, referees, tournament organizers and collaborators and encouraged everyone to continue attending this event in future editions.
