Alvar Alonso Rosell

Alvar Alonso Rosell (born September 13, 1992 in Figueres, Girona) is a Spanish chess Grandmaster. He is ranked 10th best chess player in Spain.[1]

Alvar Alonso Rosell
Alvar Alonso Rosell
Full nameAlvar Alonso Rosell
CountrySpain
Born(1992-09-13)September 13, 1992
Figueres, Spain
TitleGrandmaster (2013)

He was champion of Spain in 2011, surpassing the player Miguel Illescas. Alonso Rosell also won other national championships; he was the 2004 champion of Spain in the U-12, the 2006 champion in U-14, the 2008 and 2009 youth champion of Catalonia, in 2009 champion of Spain in the U-18, and the 2011 runner up in Catalonia behind Marc Narciso. In 2014 he defeated Narciso to become the 2014 Catalonia chess champion.[2]

On December 23, 2018 he won the 5th Sunway Sitges Chess Festival by scoring 8/10, half a point more than strong grandmasters such as Vassily Ivanchuk and Dmitry Andreikin.[3]

References
  1. "Alonso Rosell, Alvar FIDE Chess Profile - Players Arbiters Trainers". ratings.fide.com. Retrieved 2020-05-19.
  2. "Absolut". Federació Catalana d'Escacs. Archived from the original on 2014-10-21. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
  3. "Alvar Alonso Rosell wins Sunway Open in Sitges". Chess News. 2018-12-24. Retrieved 2020-05-19.

External Sources

Alvar Alonso Rosell chess games and profile at chessgames.com

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