BENIDORM CHESS OPEN A 2025

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88 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 26 Oct 2025 to 02 Nov 2025 in Benidorm (Alicante), Spain. 31 titled players from 8 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2355, and top seed was Luis Marcos Medarde Santiago (🇪🇸 ESP, IM, 2436).

Gabriele Lumachi (🇮🇹 ITA, IM, 2430) won with 7.0/9, ahead of Ezra Paul Chambers (7.0) and Sargis A. Manukyan (6.5). Lumachi won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 3: Paarshva Parmar (1922) beat Jaime Rey Martinez (FM, 2317), a +395-point gap.

Location

🇪🇸Benidorm (Alicante), Spain

Dates

26 Oct 2025 → 02 Nov 2025

Time control

Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 9 rounds

Top seed

🇪🇸IMLuis Marcos Medarde Santiago2436

Avg top 10

2,355

Participants

Titled players · 31

IM×9

FM×14

CM×4

WFM×4

Federations · 8 represented

🇪🇸Spain×38

🇵🇱Poland×7

🇮🇳India×5

🇷🇴Romania×4

🇩🇪Germany×4

🇮🇹Italy×3

🇳🇴Norway×3

🇮🇪Ireland×3

Top 3

🥇
IMGabriele Lumachi
🇮🇹ITA·2430
7.0pts·2493perf+7.3
🥈
FMEzra Paul Chambers
🇧🇮BDI·2362
7.0pts·2397perf+8.2
🥉
FMSargis A. Manukyan
🇦🇲ARM·2322
6.5pts·2434perf+28.4

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

Tight race until R9; 2 players tied at 7.0/9, decided on Buchholz.

Co-leaders

Chambers7Lumachi7Manukyan6.5Favaloro6.5Sofronie6.5Rey Malde6.5

R6 · LEADER CHANGE30 Oct

FM Sargis A. Manukyan takes the sole lead (5.5/6).

R9 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 7.0/9. Lumachi takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (46.0).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

FM Ezra Paul Chambers 4 wins (R6–R9)IM Gabriele Lumachi 4 wins (R1–R4)FM Sargis A. Manukyan 3 wins (R4–R6)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1FMEzra Paul Chambers	*	—	1	—
2IMGabriele Lumachi	—	*	0	½
3FMSargis A. Manukyan	0	1	*	½
4IMAndrea Favaloro	—	½	½	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Lumachi, GabrieleIM	2430	ITA	+46N	+14B	+38N	+5B	=6B	−3N	+41B	=4N	+10B	7.0	46.0	50.0	37.00	2493	+7.3
2	Ezra Paul ChambersFM	2362	BDI	+60N	+32B	−5N	+14B	−41B	+31N	+23N	+17B	+3B	7.0	42.0	45.5	35.00	2397	+8.2
3	Manukyan, Sargis A.FM	2322	ARM	+20B	+26N	=24B	+57N	+4B	+1B	=10N	=6B	−2N	6.5	48.5	52.0	36.25	2434	+28.4
4	Medarde Santiago, Luis MarcosIM	2436	ESP	=23B	+73N	+31B	+30B	−3N	+22B	+5N	=1B	=6N	6.5	45.5	48.5	32.75	2378	-3.2
5	Sanchez Saez, FranciscoFM	2241	ESP	+61B	+56N	+2B	−1N	=15B	+36N	−4B	+19N	+13B	6.5	45.0	48.5	32.25	2366	+31.8
6	Favaloro, AndreaIM	2406	ITA	+55B	=12N	+50B	+22B	=1N	=41N	+13B	=3N	=4B	6.5	44.5	48.0	33.00	2411	+1.9
7	Sofronie, IulianIM	2349	ROU	+68N	+59B	=22N	+13B	=9N	=23B	=8N	=10B	+14N	6.5	43.0	46.0	31.75	2335	-0.5
8	Rey Malde, HenriqueFM	2174	ESP	+70B	=42N	=33B	=45N	+29B	+15N	=7B	=9B	+28N	6.5	40.5	43.5	31.00	2303	+32.8
9	Tsyhanchuk, StanislavIM	2274	BLR	+47B	=33N	+48B	+24N	=7B	−10N	+44B	=8N	=11B	6.0	42.5	46.5	28.75	2310	+4.5
10	Mingarro Carceller, SergiFM	2282	ESP	−54N	+51B	+55N	+34B	+30N	+9B	=3B	=7N	−1N	6.0	42.5	46.0	29.00	2296	+6.2
11	Sofronie, VladimirFM	2236	ROU	=25N	=16B	=54N	+52B	=26N	+32B	=38N	+23B	=9N	6.0	39.5	43.0	28.25	2241	+2.0
12	Cubillo Munoz, Miguel	2147	ESP	+81N	=6B	=65N	=54B	+37N	=38B	=16N	=25B	+26N	6.0	38.0	40.5	26.25	2243	+23.2
13	Gomez Anadon, DanielFM	2198	AND	=35B	+49N	+39B	−7N	+33B	+18N	−6N	+16B	−5N	5.5	44.0	48.0	26.25	2207	+3.8
14	Tonndorf, MatthiasFM	2133	GER	+37B	−1N	+56B	−2N	+40B	=65B	+42N	+41N	−7B	5.5	41.0	44.5	22.25	2258	+30.0
15	Rey Martinez, JaimeFM	2317	ESP	+64N	+34B	−30N	+59B	=5N	−8B	=26N	+32B	=25N	5.5	40.0	43.5	24.25	2177	-28.2
16	Martin Rodriguez, Emilio	2018	ESP	=41B	=11N	+44B	=43N	=31B	+48N	=12B	−13N	+39B	5.5	38.5	42.5	24.75	2271	+60.6
17	Atienza Alvarez, Javier	2185	ESP	=49B	+35N	=42B	−23N	+85B	+58N	+43B	−2N	=30B	5.5	36.5	38.5	20.25	2147	-6.0
18	Peng, Tianlu	1990	CHN	=44B	−31N	+88B	+50N	+57B	−13B	=22N	+36N	=21B	5.5	36.5	37.5	20.25	2216	+54.4
19	Siddharth, Sai	1905	SGP	−32N	=68B	=46N	=55B	+60N	+33N	+24B	−5B	+34N	5.5	36.0	39.0	22.75	2195	+127.7
20	Racis, Michal	2060	POL	−3N	+77B	=74N	−28B	=66N	+67B	=34N	+76B	+57N	5.5	31.0	33.5	16.75	2141	+40.0
21	Torosyan Saghatelyan, ArturoCM	2140	ESP	−30B	+61N	−45B	−47N	+83N	+63B	+73N	+68B	=18N	5.5	31.0	33.0	17.75	2062	-34.0
22	Gruenter, Martin	2194	GER	+87N	+66B	=7B	−6N	+42B	−4N	=18B	=27N	=29B	5.0	42.0	43.0	19.00	2164	-5.4
23	Horcajada Reales, Guillermo	2084	ESP	=4N	+79B	F	+17B	+65N	=7N	−2B	−11N	+31B	5.0	42.0	42.0	22.50	2344	+51.6
24	Mannion, Stephen RIM	2178	SCO	+84N	+67B	=3N	−9B	=54N	=30B	−19N	+45B	=27N	5.0	38.0	40.0	18.75	2091	-9.4
25	Nechifor, David	2002	ESP	=11B	=44N	=58B	F	=27N	+39N	+74B	=12N	=15B	5.0	37.5	37.5	22.50	2280	+114.0
26	Bukharkov, Stepan	2108	RUS	+77N	−3B	=66N	+76B	=11B	=74N	=15B	+43N	−12B	5.0	36.5	39.0	17.75	2169	+29.6
27	Deusa Ballesteros, Lucas	2101	ESP	=71B	+88N	=43B	−41N	=25B	+37N	=28N	=22B	=24B	5.0	35.5	36.5	19.00	2131	+16.0
28	Redzisz, MichalFM	2254	POL	−56B	=86N	+70B	+20N	=58B	=68N	=27B	+40N	−8B	5.0	34.5	36.0	19.50	2086	-36.4
29	Albin Sajan	2101	IND	−67N	+84B	=76N	+83B	−8N	=35B	=57N	+81B	=22N	5.0	29.5	31.5	14.25	2032	-30.0
30	Paarshva Parmar	1922	IND	+21N	+74B	+15B	−4N	−10B	=24N	=36B	F	=17N	4.5	42.5	45.5	21.50	2268	+131.2
31	Jimenez Fernandez, RebecaWFM	2163	ESP	=63N	+18B	−4N	+35B	=16N	−2B	=54N	+61B	−23N	4.5	41.0	44.5	19.75	2095	-16.6
32	Stachanczyk, JacekIM	2129	POL	+19B	−2N	=37B	+69N	=43B	−11N	+52B	−15N	=35B	4.5	41.0	44.0	19.00	2105	-5.2
33	Segarra Victorio, Israel	2086	ESP	+72N	=9B	=8N	=38B	−13N	−19B	F	+78N	+42B	4.5	37.5	37.5	18.00	2096	+8.0
34	Farkash, Denys	2111	UKR	+76B	−15N	+86B	−10N	+47B	−43N	=20B	+49N	−19B	4.5	37.0	38.5	14.75	2055	-24.4
35	Jess Ruchandani	1967	IND	=13N	−17B	+62N	−31N	+71B	=29N	+58B	−57B	=32N	4.5	35.5	38.5	17.50	2087	+55.6
36	Palomo Teruel, Xavier	2137	ESP	F	+80N	+47B	=42N	+45B	−5B	=30N	−18B	=40N	4.5	35.5	35.5	17.00	2060	-14.6
37	Safin SafarullakhanFM	1915	UAE	−14N	+60B	=32N	+48N	−12B	−27B	+64N	+55B	F	4.5	35.5	35.5	16.75	2149	+98.4
38	Felix, RaphaelFM	2290	RSA	+45B	+85N	−1B	=33N	+39B	=12N	=11B	F	F	4.5	34.0	34.0	18.75	2271	-4.0
39	Boyer Censore, Giuseppe Enmanuel	2127	VEN	=79N	+62B	−13N	+66B	−38N	−25B	+80N	+54B	−16N	4.5	33.0	35.5	13.75	2028	-22.6
40	Sanchez Barbado, Carlos	2063	ESP	−65N	+78B	−41N	+67B	−14N	+72B	+59N	−28B	=36B	4.5	32.0	34.5	14.25	2094	+7.2
41	Serarols Mabras, BernatFM	2264	ESP	=16N	F	+40B	+27B	+2N	=6B	−1N	−14B	F	4.0	41.0	41.0	22.50	2266	+1.4
42	Dudarec, Elias	1846	CZE	+75N	=8B	=17N	=36B	−22N	+45N	−14B	=50B	−33N	4.0	39.5	42.5	17.25	2091	+102.8
43	Delfino, Luigi	2249	ITA	+51N	=54B	=27N	=16B	=32N	+34B	−17N	−26B	F	4.0	37.5	37.5	17.75	2088	-33.6
44	Rodriguez Redondo, AdharaWFM	2208	ESP	=18N	=25B	−16N	+63B	+64N	+54B	−9N	F	F	4.0	37.0	37.0	15.75	2098	-18.6
45	Blanco Sanjuan, Jorge	2056	ESP	−38N	+82B	+21N	=8B	−36N	−42B	+66B	−24N	=72N	4.0	36.0	38.5	15.75	1990	-14.6
46	Sunea, Sara MariaWFM	2083	ROU	−1B	=53N	=19B	+77N	−74B	=56N	−49B	+70N	=52B	4.0	34.0	36.5	14.00	2000	-42.0
47	Sakulski, BernardCM	2018	ESP	−9N	+72B	−36N	+21B	−34N	−59B	−78B	+87N	+69B	4.0	32.5	33.5	12.50	1999	-4.6
48	Bercaru, Vlad Ionut	2131	ESP	=62N	+63B	−9N	−37B	+79N	−16B	−61N	+84B	=81N	4.0	31.5	33.5	11.00	1941	-88.0
49	Ramirez Maillo, Juan Adonay	1963	ESP	=17N	−13B	−79N	=82B	+88N	=64B	+46N	−34B	=55N	4.0	31.5	32.5	12.50	1994	+7.2
50	Delaney, JohnFM	2137	IRL	+78N	=65B	−6N	−18B	=62N	=76B	F	=42N	+54B	4.0	31.5	31.5	12.75	2044	-18.8
51	Ambru, Dan-Calin	2007	ROU	−43B	−10N	−77B	=53N	+84B	=78N	=69B	=66N	+75B	4.0	28.0	30.0	11.25	1968	-10.4
52	Jankowiak, Piotr	2093	POL	=86B	=71N	=83B	−11N	+56B	F	−32N	+62B	=46N	4.0	28.0	28.0	12.25	1980	-22.0
53	Zanoletty Garcia, David	1934	ESP	−57N	=46B	−68N	=51B	−67N	=77N	+86B	=60B	+76N	4.0	26.0	27.5	11.00	1933	-0.2
54	Abel Sajan	2046	IND	+10B	=43N	=11B	=12N	=24B	−44N	=31B	−39N	−50N	3.5	40.0	44.0	18.75	2112	+29.2
55	Munoz Osete, Marcos	2075	ESP	−6N	+81B	−10B	=19N	=69B	F	+62N	−37N	=49B	3.5	35.5	35.5	12.25	1982	-43.6
56	Fernandez Manrique, AgustinCM	2013	ESP	+28N	−5B	−14N	+75B	−52N	=46B	−76N	=67B	=62N	3.5	34.5	37.0	13.25	1980	-9.2
57	Meszaros, AndrasIM	2150	HUN	+53B	+83N	F	−3B	−18N	F	=29B	+35N	−20B	3.5	33.0	33.0	13.00	2026	-10.7
58	Ramirez Maillo, Cristian	2112	ESP	−66N	+87B	=25N	+79B	=28N	−17B	−35N	=63B	F	3.5	32.5	33.5	10.25	1972	-30.2
59	Nicolas Zapata, Javier	2124	ESP	+69B	−7N	+71B	−15N	−68B	+47N	−40B	=73N	F	3.5	32.5	32.5	11.50	2028	-20.8
60	Draghici Flutur, GavrilCM	2074	ESP	−2B	−37N	+84B	=71N	−19B	+69N	−81B	=53N	=78B	3.5	32.0	34.0	9.75	1882	-47.2
61	Martinez Gonzalez, Miguel A.	2004	ESP	−5N	−21B	=82N	−62B	+87N	+83B	+48B	−31N	F	3.5	32.0	33.0	8.25	1980	-6.2
62	Rustan, Elias Buschmann	1907	NOR	=48B	−39N	−35B	+61N	=50B	+85N	−55B	−52N	=56B	3.5	31.5	33.5	11.25	1992	+31.9
63	Troffiguer, Olivier	1950	FRA	=31B	−48N	=73B	−44N	+77B	−21N	+82B	=58N	F	3.5	30.5	33.0	10.50	2015	+12.0
64	Salvador Cabo, Cesar	2059	ESP	−15B	−69N	+78B	+86N	−44B	=49N	−37B	+77N	F	3.5	29.5	31.0	8.50	1945	-25.4
65	Hernandez, Cristian AndresIM	2355	COL	+40B	=50N	=12B	+85N	−23B	=14N	F	F	F	3.5	27.0	27.0	14.25	2168	-13.2
66	Migala, Andrzej	1892	POL	+58B	−22N	=26B	−39N	=20B	F	−45N	=51B	=84N	3.0	33.5	33.5	11.75	1991	+18.0
67	Yasaswi Krishna BommiWFM	1844	IND	+29B	−24N	−85B	−40N	+53B	−20N	=75B	=56N	F	3.0	32.5	32.5	12.25	1982	+37.8
68	Koenig, Christian	2061	GER	−7B	=19N	+53B	F	+59N	=28B	F	−21N	F	3.0	30.0	30.0	12.75	2118	+8.2
69	Marquinez Cabrejas, Francisco J.	1894	ESP	−59N	+64B	=75N	−32B	=55N	−60B	=51N	=80B	−47N	3.0	29.5	32.0	10.00	1941	+10.4
70	Olivera Gutierrez, Albert	1953	ESP	−8N	=75B	−28N	+80B	=72N	−73B	=79N	−46B	=83N	3.0	29.5	31.5	7.75	1894	-15.2
71	Stuhaug, Raphael Iglesisas	1839	NOR	=27N	=52B	−59N	=60B	−35N	−80B	−84N	=82N	+77B	3.0	28.0	30.0	10.00	1876	+12.8
72	Lukasiewicz, Ignacy	1812	POL	−33B	−47N	F	=73N	=70B	−40N	+85B	=75N	=45B	3.0	28.0	28.0	8.50	1964	+54.0
73	Sendra Tormo, Juan	2026	ESP	F	−4B	=63N	=72B	=76N	+70N	−21B	=59B	F	3.0	27.5	27.5	9.25	1991	-9.0
74	Gomez Sanjuan, Hector Fernando	2235	ESP	+80B	−30N	=20B	F	+46N	=26B	−25N	F	F	3.0	26.5	26.5	11.75	2030	-30.8
75	Soriano Maya, Juan Pablo	2106	ESP	−42B	=70N	=69B	−56N	=78N	=79B	=67N	=72B	−51N	3.0	26.0	28.5	8.50	1785	-74.8
76	Witter, Jannes	1881	GER	−34N	F	=29B	−26N	=73B	=50N	+56B	−20N	−53B	2.5	34.5	34.5	9.50	1920	+6.8
77	Borecky, Andrej	1858	CZE	−26B	−20N	+51N	−46B	−63N	=53B	+83N	−64B	−71N	2.5	32.5	34.5	8.00	1817	-22.8
78	Fox, Anthony	1921	IRL	−50B	−40N	−64N	F	=75B	=51B	+47N	−33B	=60N	2.5	31.0	31.0	9.25	1928	+1.4
79	Cafolla, Peter	1902	IRL	=39B	−23N	+49B	−58N	−48B	=75N	=70B	F	F	2.5	27.0	27.0	9.25	1966	+9.8
80	Martin Martin, Luis Vicente	2000	ESP	−74N	−36B	F	−70N	+82B	+71N	−39B	=69N	F	2.5	23.5	23.5	7.00	1899	-20.4
81	O`Neill Y Daneiko, Jose Antonio	1924	ESP	−12B	−55N	F	F	+86B	F	+60N	−29N	=48B	2.5	23.5	23.5	7.00	2002	+10.8
82	Basualdo De Ornelas, Jorge	1826	POR	−85B	−45N	=61B	=49N	−80N	+88B	−63N	=71B	F	2.5	23.5	23.5	6.25	1835	+1.0
83	Vollheim, Daniel O	1808	NOR	F	−57B	=52N	−29N	−21B	−61N	−77B	+86N	=70B	2.0	28.5	28.5	5.00	1823	-0.8
84	Bara, Jan	1962	CZE	−24B	−29N	−60N	=87B	−51N	F	+71B	−48N	=66B	2.0	28.5	28.5	5.00	1830	-54.8
85	Martinez Cardenas, Sebastian Horacio	2099	VEN	+82N	−38B	+67N	−65B	−17N	−62B	−72N	F	F	2.0	25.5	25.5	5.50	1873	-41.2
86	Gawle, Ireneusz	1823	POL	=52N	=28B	−34N	−64B	−81N	=87B	−53N	−83B	−88N	1.5	26.5	27.5	5.00	1728	-21.0
87	Munoz Suarez, Luis Alberto	1964	ESP	−22B	−58N	F	=84N	−61B	=86N	F	−47B	F	1.0	19.5	19.5	1.75	1746	-31.2
88	Williams, Duncan	1897	WLS	F	−27B	−18N	F	−49B	−82N	F	F	+86B	1.0	18.5	18.5	1.50	1701	-24.4

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Paarshva ParmarIND
+131.2
4.5 pts · #34
2Siddharth, SaiSGP
+127.7
5.5 pts · #13
3Nechifor, DavidESP
+114.0
5.0 pts · #24

Top rating losers

1Bercaru, Vlad IonutESP
-88.0
4.0 pts · #46
2Soriano Maya, Juan PabloESP
-74.8
3.0 pts · #71
3Bara, JanCZE
-54.8
2.0 pts · #84

Biggest upsets

R3+395 Elo gap
Paarshva Parmar1922 beat FMRey Martinez, Jaime2317
R2+313 Elo gap
Paarshva Parmar1922 beat Gomez Sanjuan, Hector Fernando2235
R7+287 Elo gap
Lukasiewicz, Ignacy1812 beat Martinez Cardenas, Sebastian Horacio2099