CHRONICLE OF THE SANT ROMÀ 2025 TOURNAMENT

Last Sunday, November 9th, the main winter festival in Lloret began, and one
One of the first events we celebrated was our traditional Fiesta tournament.
Mayor de Sant Romà, the tournament with the most editions held in Lloret. Equal
In recent years, there has been considerable interest, and we continue to be above 40.
participants, two of whom are FIDE Masters , which shows that the tournament, despite being festive in nature, also attracts the attention of very high-level players.

This year, it has been shown that the level of the players of the Club Escacs Lloret has improved considerably, with the local players winning six of the twelve possible prizes, a feat that had not been achieved for many years.

We must highlight the extraordinary performance of our player Sergii Shchurenko (3rd
ranked and local champion) with one and a half points out of two possible against the Masters
Fide . The competition ended with the participants caught up in the festive atmosphere.
present in the town, and with the participation during the awards ceremony of the Mayor of
In Lloret de Mar, Mr. Adrià Lamelas , accompanied by councilors Mr. Alejandro Pérez, Mr. Frederic Guich and Mr. Nino Gómez, distributed the various prizes and also a medal for each participant, thus recognizing the effort of each and every player.

From the Lloret Chess Club, we would therefore like to thank you for your presence and
collaboration, as well as with the Lloret de Mar City Council, and our sponsors:
Salinas Clinic , Restoring Il Pomodoro , and Vila Foods .

And now, we present the award-winning players :

Champion: MF Xavier Povill (Peona and Peo)
2nd Place: MF Carlos Salgado (Playa de Aro)
3rd Place: Sergii Shchurenko (Lloret)
1st section 1850-2000: Antoni Serrate (Cervelló)
1st section 1700-1849: Miguel Recuero (Lloret)
1st section up to 1699: Biel Castellanos (Lloret)

1st Under 14: Evgeny Liubchenko (Lloret) 1st Sub 12: Olga Levina (Lloret)
1st Under 10: David Escriu (Playa de Aro)
1st Sub 8: Lev Maksimov (Playa de Aro)
1st veteran: Alexander Kripakov (Lloret)
1st female: Montserrat Solà (Tordera)