The Benidorm Chess Open 2024 is taking place from October 27 to November 3 in Benidorm Spain. The tournament has 72 participants who compete in 9 rounds Swiss. The top contenders in the event include Polina Shuvalova, Luis Marcos Medarde Santiago, Andres Merario Alarcon, Felix Jose Ynojosa Aponte, Iulian Sofronie and Victor Garcia Fernandez. Scroll down below for a full list of participants.
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List of participants in the Benidorm Chess Open 2024
| Ran. | Tit. | Name | Fed. | FIDE |
| 1 | IM | Shuvalova, Polina | FID | 2472 |
| 2 | IM | Medarde Santiago, Luis Marcos | ESP | 2435 |
| 3 | IM | Merario Alarcon, Andres | ESP | 2408 |
| 4 | IM | Ynojosa Aponte, Felix Jose | VEN | 2387 |
| 5 | IM | Sofronie, Iulian | ROU | 2365 |
| 6 | FM | Garcia Fernandez, Victor | ESP | 2353 |
| 7 | IM | Teran Alvarez, Ismael | ESP | 2329 |
| 8 | FM | Diaz Velandia, Jose Manuel | VEN | 2329 |
| 9 | FM | Van der Hagen, Loek | NED | 2322 |
| 10 | FM | Medhus, Vitus Bondo | DEN | 2297 |
| 11 | FM | Torres Sanchez, Jose | ESP | 2284 |
| 12 | FM | Mingarro Carceller, Sergi | ESP | 2273 |
| 13 | FM | Ibanez Aullana, Ramon | ESP | 2270 |
| 14 | FM | Ghannoum, Marc | CAN | 2262 |
| 15 | FM | Redzisz, Michal | POL | 2259 |
| 16 | CM | De La Puerta Cresis, Javier | ESP | 2246 |
| 17 | CM | Pedchenko Bondar, Alexandr | ESP | 2200 |
| 18 | CM | Shearsby, Jude | ENG | 2192 |
| 19 | Bas Mas, Miguel | ESP | 2186 | |
| 20 | Thuesen, Mogens | DEN | 2174 | |
| 21 | Maldonado Mena, German | ESP | 2173 | |
| 22 | WIM | Yu, Ting | CHN | 2170 |
| 23 | FM | Nava Pereda, Carlos | ESP | 2166 |
| 24 | Jordan Martinez, Miguel | ESP | 2163 | |
| 25 | CM | Bremner, Adam | SCO | 2162 |
| 26 | Mitchell, Martin | SCO | 2160 | |
| 27 | Floris, Federico | ITA | 2157 | |
| 28 | IM | Rodriguez Lopez, Rafael | ESP | 2150 |
| 29 | Rosol, Philip | POL | 2150 | |
| 30 | Blanco Sanjuan, Jorge | ESP | 2144 | |
| 31 | Jordan Martinez, David | ESP | 2139 | |
| 32 | Tsiapko, Andrii | POL | 2139 | |
| 33 | Khoo-Thwe, Louis | NOR | 2124 | |
| 34 | Gonzalez Gonzalez, Alfonso | ESP | 2122 | |
| 35 | CM | Portero Rubio, Martin | ESP | 2117 |
| 36 | Horcajada Reales, Guillermo | ESP | 2116 | |
| 37 | Palomo Teruel, Xavier | ESP | 2113 | |
| 38 | Van Dam, Niels | NED | 2109 | |
| 39 | Nettleton, Charlie B | ENG | 2104 | |
| 40 | Munoz Osete, Marcos | ESP | 2099 | |
| 41 | FM | Delaney, John | IRL | 2098 |
| 42 | Sanchez Barbado, Carlos | ESP | 2098 | |
| 43 | Wang, Hao(ZJ) | CHN | 2095 | |
| 44 | Nadal Fajardo, Ricard | ESP | 2081 | |
| 45 | Jankowiak, Piotr | POL | 2074 | |
| 46 | Lopez Pereyra, Antonio | ESP | 2058 | |
| 47 | Bascunana Sanchez, Pablo | ESP | 2027 | |
| 48 | Sukhodolskyi, Oleksii | UKR | 2023 | |
| 49 | Gonzalez Aguirre, Luis | ESP | 2016 | |
| 50 | Planas Gene, Juan | ESP | 2013 | |
| 51 | Avetisyan, Ani | ARM | 2010 | |
| 52 | Gonzalez Lopez, Lucas I | ESP | 2008 | |
| 53 | Martinez Herranz, Francisco Jose | ESP | 2000 | |
| 54 | Beneyto De Ramon, Guillermo | ESP | 1993 | |
| 55 | CM | Sofronie, Vladimir | ROU | 1991 |
| 56 | Nguyen, Khoi | BEL | 1985 | |
| 57 | Khassenov, Mansur | KAZ | 1982 | |
| 58 | CM | Sakulski, Bernard | ESP | 1970 |
| 59 | Gimeno Simo, Sergio | ESP | 1957 | |
| 60 | Bukharkov, Stepan | RUS | 1951 | |
| 61 | Rutherford, William | SCO | 1950 | |
| 62 | FM | Huguet, Sergio | HON | 1948 |
| 63 | Zhang, Junyi | ENG | 1946 | |
| 64 | WCM | Charvi A | IND | 1944 |
| 65 | Yang, Sung-Jui | TPE | 1882 | |
| 66 | Coll, Julien | FRA | 1880 | |
| 67 | Gersemann, Karl | GER | 1846 | |
| 68 | Tetova, Amir | NED | 1837 | |
| 69 | Gerona Maura, Jesus | ESP | 1836 | |
| 70 | Valera Munoz, Miguel A. | ESP | 1834 | |
| 71 | Hu, Junyan | ENG | 1828 | |
| 72 | Ding, Yiwen | ENG | 1784 |
