XIII Torneo Internacional Cidade de Pontevedra "Masters"

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90 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 24 Jul 2025 to 30 Jul 2025 in Pontevedra, Spain. 45 titled players from 8 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2452, and top seed was Vladimir Baklan (🇺🇦 UKR, GM, 2553).

Carlos Daniel Albornoz Cabrera (🇨🇺 CUB, GM, 2544) won with 7.5/9, ahead of Robert Ruck (7.0) and Vladimir Baklan (6.5). Albornoz Cabrera shared the lead from round 6 and won solo starting round 8.

The biggest upset came in round 2: Kaige Wu (FM, 1820) beat Rodrigo Andias Sarabando (2216), a +396-point gap.

Location

🇪🇸Pontevedra, Spain

Dates

24 Jul 2025 → 30 Jul 2025

Time control

Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 9 rounds

Top seed

🇺🇦GMVladimir Baklan2553

Avg top 10

2,452

Participants

Titled players · 45

GM×7

IM×11

FM×18

CM×5

WGM×1

WFM×1

WCM×2

Federations · 8 represented

🇪🇸Spain×48

🇵🇹Portugal×12

🇮🇳India×8

🇬🇧England×6

🇨🇳China×4

🇮🇹Italy×2

🇭🇺Hungary×2

🇨🇺Cuba×1

Top 3

🥇
GMCarlos Daniel Albornoz Cabrera
🇨🇺CUB·2544
7.5pts·2603perf+6.5
🥈
GMRobert Ruck
🇭🇺HUN·2498
7.0pts·2543perf+5.9
🥉
GMVladimir Baklan
🇺🇦UKR·2553
6.5pts·2520perf-1.8

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

GM Carlos Daniel Albornoz Cabrera led from R8; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R8.

Co-leaders

Albornoz Cabrera7.5Ruck7Harikrishnan.A.Ra6.5Aakash6.5Cruz Lledo6.5Wang6.5

R8–R9 · LEAD HELD

GM Carlos Daniel Albornoz Cabrera held the sole lead from R8 through R9 without losing it.

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

GM Carlos Daniel Albornoz Cabrera 3+3 wins (R1–R3, R5–R7)GM Harikrishnan.A.Ra 3 wins (R1–R3)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1GMCarlos Daniel Albornoz Cabrera	*	—	½	—
2GMRobert Ruck	—	*	½	—
3GMHarikrishnan.A.Ra	½	½	*	—
4FMAakash G	—	—	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Albornoz Cabrera, Carlos DanielGM	2544	CUB	+38B	+41N	+15B	−4N	+10B	+16N	+6B	=5N	+14B	7.5	46.5	51.0	41.25	2603	+6.5
2	Ruck, RobertGM	2498	HUN	+56N	+22B	=8N	+10B	+26N	=4B	=5N	=3B	+12N	7.0	48.5	52.5	39.50	2543	+5.9
3	Baklan, VladimirGM	2553	UKR	+7N	+63B	+13N	+5B	=4B	=6N	=14B	=2N	=9B	6.5	50.5	54.0	38.25	2520	-1.8
4	Wang, Tongsen	2387	CHN	+42B	+37N	+17B	+1B	=3N	=2N	+18B	−14N	=5B	6.5	48.5	53.0	37.50	2513	+17.0
5	Harikrishnan.A.RaGM	2465	IND	+34B	+84N	+16B	−3N	+50B	+15N	=2B	=1B	=4N	6.5	47.5	49.5	32.50	2525	+8.6
6	Cruz Lledo, PabloIM	2426	ESP	+70B	+25N	=50B	+27N	+28B	=3B	−1N	=9N	+15B	6.5	45.0	48.0	32.25	2500	+9.8
7	Aakash GFM	2126	IND	−3B	+74N	=9B	=51N	+20B	=50N	+40B	+27N	+18B	6.5	41.0	44.0	30.50	2444	+71.8
8	Ingunza Curro, AndresFM	2298	ESP	+62B	+65N	=2B	=18N	+49B	−14N	+52B	=11B	+26N	6.5	40.5	44.0	29.25	2455	+19.3
9	Venkatesh, M.R.GM	2342	IND	=23N	=21B	=7N	+90B	+30N	=26B	+19N	=6B	=3N	6.0	46.0	46.0	28.25	2344	+1.3
10	Karthikeyan, P.GM	2268	IND	+58B	+77N	+14B	−2N	−1N	+24B	=26N	+38B	=11N	6.0	44.5	47.0	27.00	2406	+16.5
11	Ortega Amarelle, MarianoIM	2404	CPV	+36B	+32N	=30B	=50N	+12B	=28N	=15B	=8N	=10B	6.0	44.0	48.0	32.00	2367	-3.5
12	Villar Perez, SamuelFM	2231	ESP	+89B	=57N	=20B	+46N	−11N	+23B	+28B	+16N	−2B	6.0	42.5	43.0	25.50	2357	+31.6
13	Vijayakumar, RishiFM	2333	SCO	+83B	+46N	−3B	−49N	+17B	=42N	+43B	=37N	+29B	6.0	39.0	41.5	26.50	2270	-11.2
14	Barria, JoseIM	2371	POR	F	+55B	−10N	+32N	+52B	+8B	=3N	+4B	−1N	5.5	46.0	46.0	29.25	2466	+10.1
15	Martinez Reyes, Pedro RamonIM	2361	VEN	+73N	+29B	−1N	+55B	+44N	−5B	=11N	+25B	−6N	5.5	45.5	48.5	25.00	2369	+2.1
16	Nandhidhaa, P VWGM	2330	IND	+45N	+72B	−5N	+19B	+37N	−1B	=25N	−12B	+44N	5.5	44.5	47.5	24.75	2293	-5.6
17	Wu, KaigeFM	1820	CHN	+24N	+44B	−4N	=25B	−13N	+30B	+84N	=26B	=22N	5.5	43.5	45.5	25.00	2275	+185.6
18	Krishna C R GIM	2450	IND	−29N	+67B	+53N	=8B	+61N	+33B	−4N	+31B	−7N	5.5	42.0	45.5	24.25	2278	-16.7
19	Winchell, Barrett	2045	USA	=27B	+31N	=40B	−16N	+32B	+59N	−9B	+49N	=28B	5.5	40.0	43.5	24.75	2338	+67.6
20	Stella, AndreaGM	2412	ITA	=21N	+54B	=12N	−37B	−7N	+56B	+73N	+53B	=23N	5.5	40.0	43.0	23.50	2198	-20.9
21	Araujo, Ricardo	2107	POR	=20B	=9N	−52B	+71N	=31B	=41N	+32B	+46N	=37B	5.5	39.0	42.0	25.25	2290	+83.2
22	Otero Nogueira, BraisCM	2203	ESP	+74B	−2N	=51B	=86N	+29B	=43N	=39B	+42N	=17B	5.5	38.0	40.0	22.75	2158	-8.6
23	Rebollo Montes, Bernardo	2074	ESP	=9B	−27N	+79B	=84N	+41B	−12N	+59B	+52N	=20B	5.5	37.0	39.0	21.25	2309	+54.8
24	Rodriguez Ferreiros, Andres	2131	ESP	−17B	=68N	+62N	+88B	=27B	−10N	+57B	=28N	+40B	5.5	36.5	38.0	19.75	2169	+11.4
25	Bustos Bernardo, Samuel	2199	ESP	+79B	−6B	+78N	=17N	=57B	+77N	=16B	−15N	+39B	5.5	36.0	38.5	19.25	2171	-2.2
26	Cacheiro Blanco, DiegoFM	2383	ESP	+86N	=48B	+59B	+30N	−2B	=9N	=10B	=17N	−8B	5.0	44.0	46.0	21.50	2261	-25.8
27	Roselli Mailhe, BernardoIM	2305	URU	=19N	+23B	+48N	−6B	=24N	+38B	=37N	−7B	=34N	5.0	43.5	48.0	24.75	2196	-12.6
28	Balaji, AaravamudhanIM	2351	ENG	=43B	+60N	+61B	+57N	−6N	=11B	−12N	=24B	=19N	5.0	41.0	44.5	21.25	2205	-29.8
29	Garcia Sobrino, DavidFM	2114	ESP	+18B	−15N	+69N	−44B	−22N	+47B	+61N	+33B	−13N	5.0	40.0	43.5	22.00	2323	+48.0
30	Cabanas Lopez, Eduardo	2144	ESP	+80N	+47B	=11N	−26B	−9B	−17N	=58B	+60N	+59B	5.0	37.5	40.0	18.75	2193	+12.4
31	Perez Sousa, XabierCM	2256	ESP	=39N	−19B	=83N	+64B	=21N	+70B	+49B	−18N	=36B	5.0	36.5	39.0	19.25	2163	-22.9
32	Cernadas Camean, David	2181	ESP	+71N	−11B	+87N	−14B	−19N	+64B	−21N	+79B	+38N	5.0	36.0	37.5	15.00	2141	-8.8
33	Contin, DanielIM	2226	ITA	−72N	=62B	+39N	+70B	+73B	−18N	=42B	−29N	+49B	5.0	33.0	36.0	18.50	2161	-8.0
34	Farias, David Nuno M EFM	2117	POR	−5N	=71B	−76N	+81B	+88N	=79B	=45N	+41N	=27B	5.0	31.5	33.0	16.00	2143	+8.0
35	Krutti, ValerIM	2235	HUN	=51B	+43N	−57B	−38N	−70N	+78B	=86N	+73B	+53N	5.0	29.0	31.0	17.00	2098	-15.5
36	Rey Chimera, Luca	2098	ESP	−11N	−87B	−88N	+75B	=66N	+54B	+63N	+84B	=31N	5.0	28.5	30.0	16.75	2120	+4.4
37	Fernandez Lopez, RubenFM	2160	ESP	F	−4B	+54N	+20N	−16B	+57N	=27B	=13B	=21N	4.5	41.5	41.5	21.25	2244	+19.6
38	Alvarez Dominguez, Breixo Xesus	2125	ESP	−1N	=66B	+81N	+35B	+40B	−27N	+50B	−10N	−32B	4.5	40.5	43.0	17.75	2219	+20.6
39	Fernandez Sanjuan, Oscar	2031	ESP	=31B	−40N	−33B	+68N	+63N	+48B	=22N	=44B	−25N	4.5	38.0	41.5	19.00	2190	+53.4
40	Sanchez Aller, FernandoFM	2235	ESP	=81N	+39B	=19N	=45B	−38N	+86B	−7N	+55B	−24N	4.5	37.5	39.5	16.75	2085	-35.8
41	Calvo Gonzalez, Jose FelixCM	2214	ESP	+66N	−1B	−45N	+78B	−23N	=21B	+70N	−34B	+80N	4.5	37.0	39.5	14.25	2093	-54.0
42	Verma, Aditya	2092	ENG	−4N	−80B	+89N	+54B	+55N	=13B	=33N	−22B	=69N	4.5	37.0	37.5	15.75	2142	+11.4
43	Paasikangas, JohannaFM	2077	FIN	=28N	−35B	=71N	+80B	+53N	=22B	−13N	−47B	+58B	4.5	36.5	39.0	16.75	2159	+18.4
44	Sarabando, Rodrigo Andias	2216	POR	+76B	−17N	+65B	+29N	−15B	−49N	+77B	=39N	−16B	4.5	36.5	39.0	16.25	2103	-49.6
45	Qu, Haoming	2063	CHN	−16B	+82N	+41B	=40N	=59B	−52N	=34B	=50N	=46B	4.5	35.5	38.0	17.75	2174	+49.4
46	Rodriguez Lopez, RafaelIM	2153	ESP	+87N	−13B	+80N	−12B	−77N	+72B	+79N	−21B	=45N	4.5	32.5	34.0	11.75	2054	-11.1
47	Ribeiro, GustavoFM	2314	POR	+67B	−30N	−49B	=83N	=51B	−29N	+78B	+43N	=65B	4.5	32.0	34.5	15.50	2079	-52.2
48	Alvarez Pampillon, Antonio	2174	ESP	+75B	=26N	−27B	−73N	+85B	−39N	=65B	=58N	+77B	4.5	30.0	32.0	13.50	2101	-17.4
49	Longueira Alonso, Breixo	2149	ESP	−54N	+64B	+47N	+13B	−8N	+44B	−31N	−19B	−33N	4.0	41.0	44.5	18.50	2132	-5.7
50	Ibanez Aullana, RamonFM	2242	ESP	+64N	+78B	=6N	=11B	−5N	=7B	−38N	=45B	F	4.0	40.5	40.5	17.75	2202	-8.4
51	Bouza Santiso, Roque	2014	ESP	=35N	=69B	=22N	=7B	=47N	=61B	−53N	=56B	=55N	4.0	37.0	40.5	18.25	2148	+30.8
52	Portero Rubio, MartinCM	2215	ESP	−78N	+58B	+21N	+77B	−14N	+45B	−8N	−23B	F	4.0	36.0	36.0	16.00	2121	-39.2
53	Sixto Puente, Eloy	2148	ESP	−57B	+89N	−18B	+60N	−43B	+76N	+51B	−20N	−35B	4.0	34.5	35.0	11.00	2076	-18.0
54	Rocha, Miguel Feio Guimaraes	1869	POR	+49B	−20N	−37B	−42N	=60B	−36N	+87N	+72B	=61N	4.0	33.5	35.0	12.00	2052	+73.3
55	Ribeiro, RodrigoFM	2151	POR	+82B	−14N	+85B	−15N	−42B	=58N	+83B	−40N	=51B	4.0	32.5	34.5	10.75	2076	-17.4
56	Millan Soto, Miguel	2122	ESP	−2B	=79N	=60B	=85N	=58B	−20N	+75B	=51N	=76B	4.0	32.0	34.0	12.25	2056	-18.8
57	Rebecca JesumarianWCM	1864	IND	+53N	=12B	+35N	−28B	=25N	−37B	−24N	−63B	=64N	3.5	39.0	42.5	16.50	2097	+44.0
58	Pina, Tiago	2034	POR	−10N	−52N	+75B	=63B	=56N	=55B	=30N	=48B	−43N	3.5	35.5	38.5	13.50	2065	+6.6
59	Miguel Lago, Victor Placido	2172	ESP	F	+88B	−26N	+72B	=45N	−19B	−23N	+64B	−30N	3.5	33.5	33.5	10.25	2039	-29.2
60	Gil Jimenez, David	2023	ESP	=69N	−28B	=56N	−53B	=54N	+87B	=62N	−30B	=66N	3.5	32.5	34.0	10.75	2008	-12.0
61	Verma, Shlok	2169	ENG	=88N	+81B	−28N	+76B	−18B	=51N	−29B	−65N	=54B	3.5	32.5	34.0	10.25	2012	-47.3
62	Bartolo, Filipe Diogo Correia	2038	POR	−8N	=33N	−24B	=66B	=87N	F	=60B	=67N	+75B	3.5	32.0	32.0	11.50	2026	-4.2
63	Sande Edreira, Jose AntonioFM	2214	ESP	+68B	−3N	−77B	=58N	−39B	+85N	−36B	+57N	F	3.5	31.0	31.0	10.75	2033	-38.6
64	Charvi AFM	2016	IND	−50B	−49N	+82B	−31N	+71B	−32N	+88B	−59N	=57B	3.5	30.5	32.0	8.75	1991	-13.7
65	Perez Fungueiro, Manuel AntonioFM	2094	ESP	F	−8B	−44N	+87B	=69N	−84B	=48N	+61B	=47N	3.5	30.5	30.5	11.25	2146	+10.0
66	Ferreira, Vasco Capitao Mendes	1974	POR	−41B	=38N	−86B	=62N	=36B	=67N	=76B	=83N	=60B	3.5	30.0	32.0	12.75	1999	+10.4
67	Cabanas Lopez, Manuel Anxo	2061	ESP	−47N	−18N	+74B	−69B	=72N	=66B	=71N	=62B	=79N	3.5	29.5	32.0	10.75	2021	-13.4
68	Rojas Fernandez, Antonio	1982	ESP	−63N	=24B	−70N	−39B	=82N	−71B	=81N	+89N	+78B	3.5	27.0	27.5	8.25	1957	-14.4
69	Cabezas Ayala, IvanFM	2247	ESP	=60B	=51N	−29B	+67N	=65B	F	F	=77N	=42B	3.5	26.5	26.5	12.50	2062	-16.7
70	Jarque Megias, Juan Jose	2112	ESP	−6N	F	+68B	−33N	+35B	−31N	−41B	−76N	+82B	3.0	35.0	35.0	11.00	2066	-12.0
71	del Valle Crespo, Javier	1957	ESP	−32B	=34N	=43B	−21B	−64N	+68N	=67B	=85N	−83B	3.0	33.0	35.0	11.00	1944	-6.4
72	Silva, Lourenco Santa Clara	1996	POR	+33B	−16N	=84B	−59N	=67B	−46N	=80B	−54N	=74N	3.0	31.5	33.5	10.50	1968	-8.6
73	Alvarez Poves, Jesus	2079	ESP	−15B	+75N	F	+48B	−33N	F	−20B	−35N	+85B	3.0	30.5	30.5	9.50	2144	+9.6
74	Suarez Gomez, PaulaWFM	1973	ESP	−22N	−7B	−67N	=82B	=81N	−80N	+89B	=78N	=72B	3.0	28.5	29.0	5.75	1889	-40.0
75	Jario Dominguez, Diego	1943	ESP	−48N	−73B	−58N	−36N	+89B	+81B	−56N	+87B	−62N	3.0	27.5	28.0	4.50	1925	-9.2
76	Gonzalez Garcia, Jesus 2006	1992	ESP	−44N	F	+34B	−61N	F	−53B	=66N	+70B	=56N	3.0	27.5	27.5	11.75	2073	+14.0
77	Gutierrez Toro, Raul	2036	ESP	F	−10B	+63N	−52N	+46B	−25B	−44N	=69B	−48N	2.5	36.0	36.0	9.75	2070	+13.2
78	Gonzalez Taboada, Lorenzo	1988	ESP	+52B	−50N	−25B	−41N	+80B	−35N	−47N	=74B	−68N	2.5	34.0	36.5	8.00	1970	-7.4
79	Guo, Hanxi	1968	CHN	−25N	=56B	−23N	+89B	F	=34N	−46B	−32N	=67B	2.5	33.5	33.5	6.75	1973	+1.6
80	Agarwal, AnayCM	1855	ENG	−30B	+42N	−46B	−43N	−78N	+74B	=72N	F	−41B	2.5	31.5	33.0	9.00	1939	+23.1
81	Fernandez Sabajanes, Nicolas	2008	ESP	=40B	−61N	−38B	−34N	=74B	−75N	=68B	−82N	+87B	2.5	29.5	31.0	7.00	1870	-48.4
82	Ortega Sanchez Montanez, Marcos	1889	ESP	−55N	−45B	−64N	=74N	=68B	=89N	−85B	+81B	−70N	2.5	26.0	26.5	6.00	1869	-10.6
83	Crespo Diaz, David	2071	ESP	−13N	F	=31B	=47B	F	F	−55N	=66B	+71N	2.5	26.0	26.0	9.50	2107	+3.6
84	Guerra Bastida, DiegoIM	2200	ESP	F	−5B	=72N	=23B	F	+65N	−17B	−36N	F	2.0	29.0	29.0	7.75	1966	-18.0
85	Campos Calvo-Sotelo, Javier	2008	ESP	F	F	−55N	=56B	−48N	−63B	+82N	=71B	−73N	2.0	24.5	24.5	6.00	1926	-16.0
86	Lorenzo Duran, Marcos	2086	ESP	−26B	F	+66N	=22B	F	−40N	=35B	F	F	2.0	23.5	23.5	8.75	2134	+5.2
87	Marques, Afonso Mendes Pereira	1897	POR	−46B	+36N	−32B	−65N	=62B	−60N	−54B	−75N	−81N	1.5	32.0	34.5	6.75	1772	-25.6
88	Bevis, Noah	1934	ENG	=61B	−59N	+36B	−24N	−34B	F	−64N	F	F	1.5	28.5	28.5	6.75	1924	-3.6
89	Agarwal, AmayaWCM	2004	ENG	−12N	−53B	−42B	−79N	−75N	=82B	−74N	−68B	F	0.5	29.0	29.0	1.25	1584	-131.2
90	Rodriguez Perez, Miguel Angel	2115	ESP	F	F	F	−9N	F	F	F	F	F	0.0	8.5	8.5	0.00	1543	-4.2

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Wu, KaigeFMCHN
+185.6
5.5 pts · #25
2Araujo, RicardoPOR
+83.2
5.5 pts · #18
3Rocha, Miguel Feio GuimaraesPOR
+73.3
4.0 pts · #56

Top rating losers

1Agarwal, AmayaWCMENG
-131.2
0.5 pts · #89
2Calvo Gonzalez, Jose FelixCMESP
-54.0
4.5 pts · #44
3Ribeiro, GustavoFMPOR
-52.2
4.5 pts · #42

Biggest upsets

R2+396 Elo gap
FMWu, Kaige1820 beat Sarabando, Rodrigo Andias2216
R7+380 Elo gap
FMWu, Kaige1820 beat IMGuerra Bastida, Diego2200
R3+371 Elo gap
WCMRebecca Jesumarian1864 beat IMKrutti, Valer2235