XXV Torneig Obert d'Escacs La Passio d'Esparreguera 2025 Rondas 7-8
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38 players participated in this 8-round tournament, held from 07 Jun 2025 to 14 Jun 2025 in Esparreguera (Barcelona), Spain. 2 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1953, and top seed was Jose Gregorio Pautt Andrade (🇻🇪 VEN, 2098).
Grau Barrera Baucells (🇪🇸 ESP, 1942) won with 1.5/8, ahead of Jose Fernando Carrasco Leon (1.5) and Andreu Creus Sola (1.5). Barrera Baucells won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.
The biggest upset came in round 8: Ismael Infantes Fernandez (1640) beat Andreu Morante Jimenez (1814), a +174-point gap.
Location
🇪🇸Esparreguera (Barcelona), Spain
Dates
07 Jun 2025 → 14 Jun 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 8 rounds
Federations · 2 represented
🇪🇸Spain×37
🇻🇪Venezuela×1
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 8 roundsTight race until R8; 8 players tied at 1.5/8, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 42 co-leaders at R4 to 8 at the finish.
Co-leaders
42
42
42
42
42
42
11
8
R8 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER
8 players finish on 1.5/8. Barrera Baucells takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (2.5).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Andreu Creus Sola | * | — | ½ | — |
| 2Ismael Infantes Fernandez | — | * | — | — |
| 3Grau Barrera Baucells | ½ | — | * | — |
| 4Rong Bao | — | — | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | R8 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Barrera Baucells, Grau | 1942 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | =3N | +13B | 1.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 1.75 | 2215 | +28.8 |
| 2 | Carrasco Leon, Jose Fernando | 1851 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | =10N | +9B | 1.5 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1.50 | 2206 | +18.6 |
| 3 | Creus Sola, Andreu | 1946 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | =1B | +24N | 1.5 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1.25 | 2053 | +5.4 |
| 4 | Torres Palau, Jordi | 1630 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | +25N | =29B | 1.5 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.75 | 1838 | +10.6 |
| 5 | Pastrana Pinero, Joan | 1705 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | +32N | =11B | 1.5 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.50 | 1965 | +13.6 |
| 6 | Infantes Fernandez, Ismael | 1640 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | =26B | +34N | 1.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 1985 | +18.2 |
| 7 | Bao, Rong | 1692 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | =24B | +33N | 1.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 1991 | +31.6 |
| 8 | Meyer, Kuno | 1658 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | +35N | =25B | 1.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 1710 | +2.6 |
| 9 | Schneider Ristol, Alejandro | 1966 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | +12N | −2N | 1.0 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 1.00 | 1847 | -6.6 |
| 10 | Martinez Marcos, Erik | 2060 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | =2B | =28N | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1.00 | 1940 | -12.4 |
| 11 | Torres Valenzuela, Manuel | 1825 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | =27B | =5N | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1.00 | 1707 | -6.4 |
| 12 | Casadesus Altadill, David | 1843 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | −9B | +22N | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1.00 | 1895 | +5.6 |
| 13 | Pautt Andrade, Jose Gregorio | 2098 | VEN | F | F | F | F | F | F | +28B | −1N | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.50 | 1986 | -6.2 |
| 14 | Lopez Marti, Ignacio | 1870 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | +20B | F | 1.0 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.00 | 2452 | +4.4 |
| 15 | Bosch Casanovas, Xavier | 1839 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | −16B | +27N | 1.0 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.50 | 1799 | -2.2 |
| 16 | Pla Carulla, Joaquim | 1888 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | +15N | F | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.00 | 2639 | +8.6 |
| 17 | Garcia Iahn, Nil | 1732 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +21B | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.00 | 2415 | +13.6 |
| 18 | Sanchez Cabrerizo, Adria | 1669 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +19N | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.00 | 2326 | +12.4 |
| 19 | Mollet Soldevila, Eva | 1526 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | +36N | −18B | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1656 | +7.0 |
| 20 | Llopart Vilalta, Joan | 1652 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | −14N | +32B | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1795 | +7.4 |
| 21 | Gil Fernandez, Lluis Antoni | 1614 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | +37B | −17N | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1697 | +4.6 |
| 22 | Casadesus Sanmiquel, Jordi | 1824 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | +38N | −12B | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1720 | -5.2 |
| 23 | Casasampera Boada, Joaquim | 1883 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | +33B | F | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2617 | +8.2 |
| 24 | Clanchet Olle, Josep | 1779 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | =7N | −3B | 0.5 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.75 | 1626 | -8.0 |
| 25 | Febrero Perez, Lluis | 1576 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | −4B | =8N | 0.5 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.75 | 1452 | -6.2 |
| 26 | Montserrat Rubia, Angel | 1770 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | =6N | F | 0.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 0.75 | 1640 | -3.6 |
| 27 | Tevar Asensio, Alfons | 1709 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | =11N | −15B | 0.5 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.50 | 1639 | -3.2 |
| 28 | Martinez Gutierrez, Bernat | 2029 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | −13N | =10B | 0.5 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.50 | 1886 | -7.2 |
| 29 | Pinheiro Moraes, Diego | 1710 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | =4N | 0.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.75 | 1631 | -2.2 |
| 30 | Quintana Palau, Santiago | 1456 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | =31B | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 1473 | +0.6 |
| 31 | Barrios Rey, Carlos | 1473 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | =30N | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 1455 | -1.2 |
| 32 | Boix Sanchez, Adria | 1719 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | −5B | −20N | 0.0 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 0.00 | 879 | -22.2 |
| 33 | Arranz Penalba, Sergio | 1817 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | −23N | −7B | 0.0 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 0.00 | 988 | -21.6 |
| 34 | Morante Jimenez, Andreu | 1814 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −6B | 0.0 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.00 | 840 | -14.6 |
| 35 | Grau Arador, Victor | 1455 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | −8B | F | 0.0 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.00 | 858 | -9.6 |
| 36 | Corderroura Menoyo, Jordi | 1642 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | −19B | F | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 726 | -13.2 |
| 37 | Gutierrez Anguita, Manuel | 1663 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | −21N | F | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 815 | -11.4 |
| 38 | Giralt Perez, David | 1596 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | −22B | F | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1024 | -4.2 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Bao, RongESP+31.61.5 pts · #4
- 2Barrera Baucells, GrauESP+28.81.5 pts · #3
- 3Carrasco Leon, Jose FernandoESP+18.61.5 pts · #6
Top rating losers
- 1Boix Sanchez, AdriaESP-22.20.0 pts · #32
- 2Arranz Penalba, SergioESP-21.60.0 pts · #38
- 3Morante Jimenez, AndreuESP-14.60.0 pts · #34
Biggest upsets
- R8+174 Elo gap
- R8+156 Elo gap
- R8+125 Elo gap