BLITZ FESTIVAL INTERNACIONAL AJEDREZ ISLA DE LA PALMA 2025

SwissBlitz

81 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held on 13 Aug 2025 in La Palma (Canarias), Spain. 29 titled players from 8 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2420, and top seed was Tomas Sosa (🇦🇷 ARG, GM, 2546).

Tomas Sosa (🇦🇷 ARG, GM, 2546) won with 8.0/9, ahead of Lelys Stanley Martinez Duany (7.0) and Jose Garcia Padron (7.0). Sosa shared the lead from round 7 and won solo starting round 8.

The biggest upset came in round 8: Charalampos Lampos (1721) beat Bojan Kurajica (GM, 2429), a +708-point gap.

Location

🇪🇸La Palma (Canarias), Spain

Dates

13 Aug 2025

Time control

Blitz: 3 minutes for game with 2 seconds increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 9 rounds

Top seed

🇦🇷GMTomas Sosa2546

Avg top 10

2,420

Participants

Titled players · 29

GM×6

IM×10

FM×8

CM×1

WGM×2

WCM×2

Federations · 8 represented

🇪🇸Spain×53

🇫🇷France×3

🇨🇺Cuba×3

🇮🇹Italy×3

🇻🇪Venezuela×2

🇬🇷Greece×2

🇸🇰Slovakia×2

🇳🇴Norway×2

Top 3

🥇
GMTomas Sosa
🇦🇷ARG·2546
8.0pts·2648perf+9.0
🥈
GMLelys Stanley Martinez Duany
🇨🇺CUB·2436
7.0pts·2527perf+11.1
🥉
IMJose Garcia Padron
🇪🇸ESP·2236
7.0pts·2501perf+31.8

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

GM Tomas Sosa led from R8; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 5 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R8.

Co-leaders

Sosa8Mamani Beltran7Martinez Duany7Garcia Padron7Leiva7Lampos6.5

R8 · LEADER CHANGE13 Aug

GM Tomas Sosa takes the sole lead (7.0/8).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

GM Tomas Sosa 5+3 wins (R1–R5, R7–R9)FM Deniman Mamani Beltran 3 wins (R1–R3)GM Lelys Stanley Martinez Duany 6 wins (R1–R6)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1GMTomas Sosa	*	—	0	1
2FMDeniman Mamani Beltran	—	*	½	½
3GMLelys Stanley Martinez Duany	1	½	*	½
4IMJose Garcia Padron	0	½	½	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Sosa, TomasGM	2546	ARG	+49B	+14N	+9B	+11N	+3B	−2N	+25B	+4N	+7B	8.0	50.5	54.5	47.50	2648	+9.0
2	Martinez Duany, Lelys StanleyGM	2436	CUB	+62B	+7N	+27B	+6N	+26B	+1B	−4N	=3N	=5B	7.0	52.0	55.5	41.50	2527	+11.1
3	Garcia Padron, JoseIM	2236	ESP	+57N	+68B	+4N	+15B	−1N	+6B	=5N	=2B	+9N	7.0	51.5	54.5	39.50	2501	+31.8
4	Leiva, GianmarcoIM	2362	PER	+46B	+16N	−3B	+48N	+47B	+9N	+2B	−1B	+12N	7.0	48.0	52.0	37.00	2449	+22.8
5	Mamani Beltran, DenimanFM	2348	ESP	+59B	+48N	+41B	−25N	+28B	+10N	=3B	+14N	=2N	7.0	44.5	48.0	36.00	2386	+14.4
6	Mathieu, PhileasIM	2361	FRA	+33N	+32B	+18N	−2B	=7N	−3N	+43B	+23B	+10N	6.5	48.0	52.5	35.25	2318	-4.0
7	Breuil, TristanFM	2138	FRA	+76N	−2B	+60N	+41N	=6B	+30B	+15N	+13B	−1N	6.5	46.5	48.5	30.25	2384	+115.2
8	Lampos, Charalampos	1721	GRE	−12N	+55B	+50N	=32B	+35N	+22B	−13N	+39B	+20B	6.5	41.5	45.5	31.00	2200	+205.6
9	Gil Alba, Hector LuisFM	2332	CUB	+34N	+19B	−1N	+24B	+31N	−4B	+23N	+25N	−3B	6.0	49.0	54.0	32.00	2319	+2.2
10	Herrera Reyes, Jose AntonioFM	2306	ESP	+51N	+31B	−15N	+18B	+30N	−5B	+17N	+11N	−6B	6.0	47.5	51.5	32.00	2332	+5.8
11	Nie, XinyangIM	2374	CHN	+36N	+50B	+24N	−1B	+12N	+13B	−14N	−10B	+28N	6.0	47.5	51.5	31.50	2317	-7.0
12	Martinez Reyes, Pedro RamonIM	2328	VEN	+8B	+42N	−25B	+29N	−11B	+40N	+16B	+26N	−4B	6.0	45.0	49.5	31.50	2297	+0.2
13	Schenderowitsch, MichaelFM	2296	GER	+71B	+40N	+26B	+21N	=25B	−11N	+8B	−7N	=14B	6.0	45.0	48.0	30.00	2299	+7.0
14	Forgas Moreno, YanielaWGM	2174	CUB	+69N	−1B	=72N	+36B	+42N	+39N	+11B	−5B	=13N	6.0	44.0	46.5	27.25	2281	+28.4
15	Moskalenko, ViktorGM	2426	ESP	+60B	+47N	+10B	−3N	+40B	=25N	−7B	=20N	+29B	6.0	43.5	47.0	28.25	2305	-10.1
16	Lagarejos Gonzalez, Eduardo	2079	ESP	+73N	−4B	+34N	−26N	+46B	+18B	−12N	+31B	+33N	6.0	43.0	45.5	27.50	2125	+14.0
17	Perez Felipe, Marcos AdrianFM	2126	ESP	+65B	−26N	+46B	−28N	+49B	+29N	−10B	+40N	+21B	6.0	39.0	42.0	26.00	2148	+9.2
18	Guerrero Orihuela, Jose Luis	1967	ESP	+75B	+20N	−6B	−10N	+66B	−16N	+64B	+47N	+26B	6.0	39.0	41.0	22.50	2163	+45.2
19	Gilardone, Adriano	2043	ITA	+37B	−9N	−64B	+52N	+67B	+28N	−20B	+46N	+25B	6.0	37.5	40.5	26.00	2060	+9.0
20	Uzcategui Rodriguez, AlejandroFM	2284	VEN	+52N	−18B	+23N	−31B	+68N	+24B	+19N	=15B	−8N	5.5	44.5	47.5	27.00	2107	-32.0
21	Fiskaaen, Martin HoltenFM	2248	NOR	+64B	+28N	=30N	−13B	+32N	−23B	+61N	+22B	−17N	5.5	41.5	44.5	24.50	2188	-15.2
22	Mazur, StefanIM	2323	SVK	+63N	−24B	=39B	+44N	+33B	−8N	+41B	−21N	+42B	5.5	40.5	44.0	24.25	2117	-17.7
23	Cubas Cabrera, Angel Luis	2150	ESP	+66B	=39N	−20B	+64N	+27B	+21N	−9B	−6N	+41B	5.5	40.5	43.5	23.25	2237	+25.6
24	Mamani Beltran, Daniel	2027	ESP	+70B	+22N	−11B	−9N	+64B	−20N	+51B	=27N	+44B	5.5	39.5	42.5	22.50	2125	+25.6
25	Strikovic, AleksaGM	2466	SRB	+72N	+35B	+12N	+5B	=13N	=15B	−1N	−9B	−19N	5.0	50.0	52.5	26.50	2331	-13.9
26	Movsziszian, KarenGM	2419	ARM	+53N	+17B	−13N	+16B	−2N	+48B	+31N	−12B	−18N	5.0	46.0	50.0	25.00	2194	-21.7
27	Bures, JaroslavIM	2318	SVK	+67B	+29N	−2N	=42B	−23N	+36B	=33N	=24B	=32N	5.0	42.5	45.5	23.00	2087	-21.9
28	Perez Garcia, Jimena	1925	ESP	+80N	−21B	+56N	+17B	−5N	−19B	+63N	+43N	−11B	5.0	42.5	43.5	19.00	2048	+23.0
29	Dimey-Gabert, Quentin	1977	FRA	+56N	−27B	+52N	−12B	+34N	−17B	+53N	+30B	−15N	5.0	41.0	45.0	22.00	2079	+40.8
30	Roeder, MatthiasIM	2379	GER	+44B	+43N	=21B	=39N	−10B	−7N	+49B	−29N	+68B	5.0	40.5	43.5	21.00	2169	-20.3
31	Ramirez Maillo, Cristian	1979	ESP	+79B	−10N	+66B	+20N	−9B	+47N	−26B	−16N	+46B	5.0	39.5	40.5	17.50	2093	+25.4
32	Calzetta Ruiz, MonicaWGM	2082	ESP	+74B	−6N	+67B	=8N	−21B	+59N	=39B	=41N	=27B	5.0	39.0	41.0	18.75	2057	-1.0
33	Martinez Correa, Rafael	1757	ESP	−6B	+74N	=43B	+72B	−22N	+42N	=27B	+48N	−16B	5.0	38.5	40.5	17.75	2055	+121.2
34	Castro Miguelez, Jose	1734	ESP	−9B	+37N	−16B	+81N	−29B	+65N	−40B	+69N	+59N	5.0	36.0	36.0	14.50	1834	+34.4
35	Contin, DanielIM	2187	ITA	+54B	−25N	+62B	−40N	−8B	−51N	+74B	+63N	+49B	5.0	35.0	37.0	17.00	1943	-45.4
36	Hernandez Diaz, Heriberto	1782	ESP	−11B	=78N	+59B	−14N	+54B	−27N	=60B	+65N	+47B	5.0	35.0	36.0	16.75	1937	+29.2
37	Gonzalez Aldana, Luca	1546	MEX	−19N	−34B	−38N	+76B	−60N	+81B	+52N	+53B	+50N	5.0	33.5	33.5	14.00	1801	+94.4
38	Muratet Carmona, JuliaWCM	1859	AND	−39B	−66N	+37B	+65N	−50N	+55B	−47B	+64N	+48B	5.0	31.5	34.5	19.00	1872	+2.8
39	Kurajica, BojanGM	2429	CRO	+38N	=23B	=22N	=30B	+43N	−14B	=32N	−8N	=40B	4.5	43.0	47.5	22.25	2143	-28.9
40	Ramirez Maillo, Juan Adonay	1954	ESP	+77N	−13B	+57N	+35B	−15N	−12B	+34N	−17B	=39N	4.5	42.5	44.5	18.25	2085	+20.0
41	Rodriguez Bittar, Karim Javier	1949	ESP	+81B	+49N	−5N	−7B	+63N	+50B	−22N	=32B	−23N	4.5	41.0	41.0	14.00	2048	+16.4
42	Martin Ramos, Daniel	1990	ESP	+58N	−12B	+51N	=27N	−14B	−33B	+73N	+61B	−22N	4.5	39.0	41.5	16.50	1928	-10.8
43	Pleschke, Julius JonasCM	2098	ESP	+45N	−30B	=33N	+61B	−39B	+44N	−6N	−28B	+62N	4.5	38.5	42.0	18.50	1990	-40.3
44	Mesa Rodriguez, Antonio	1805	ESP	−30N	=61B	+73N	−22B	+45N	−43B	+72N	+59B	−24N	4.5	34.5	37.0	14.75	1872	+23.2
45	Afonso Lopez, Jose Ismael	1564	ESP	−43B	−46N	+75B	=62N	−44B	−54N	+78B	+72B	+61N	4.5	28.5	29.5	10.75	1720	+66.0
46	Quevedo Olivares, Carlos Tomas	1771	ESP	−4N	+45B	−17N	+69B	−16N	+58B	+50N	−19B	−31N	4.0	42.5	45.5	15.50	1872	+17.8
47	Brito Garcia, AlfredoIM	2110	ESP	+61N	−15B	+53N	+68B	−4N	−31B	+38N	−18B	−36N	4.0	41.5	44.5	15.50	1934	-38.4
48	Sanchez Gonzalez, Diego 2012	2035	ESP	+55N	−5B	+63N	−4B	+53N	−26N	+67B	−33B	−38N	4.0	40.5	43.5	14.50	1911	-55.6
49	Perez Castellano, Susana	1885	ESP	−1N	−41B	+74N	+57B	−17N	+69B	−30N	+56B	−35N	4.0	39.5	41.5	13.00	1863	-6.4
50	Bethencourt Hernandez, Alberto 2009	2104	ESP	+78B	−11N	−8B	+51N	+38B	−41N	−46B	+67N	−37B	4.0	38.0	39.0	13.00	1787	-126.4
51	Lampou, MariantaWCM	1685	GRE	−10B	+79N	−42B	−50B	+74N	+35B	−24N	−68N	+65B	4.0	33.0	34.0	11.00	1827	+49.6
52	Martin Gonzalez, Lucas	1669	ESP	−20B	+75N	−29B	−19B	−55N	+79N	−37B	+74N	+70B	4.0	32.5	33.5	8.00	1647	-19.2
53	San Juan Morigosa, Isaura	1819	ESP	−26B	+65N	−47B	+79N	−48B	+66N	−29B	−37N	+69B	4.0	32.0	33.0	10.00	1761	-14.4
54	Leandro Tejera, Damian	1634	ESP	−35N	−72B	=58N	+73B	−36N	+45B	−59B	+60N	=63B	4.0	31.5	34.0	14.25	1693	+23.2
55	Holten, Terje	1541	NOR	−48B	−8N	+71B	−67N	+52B	−38N	−68B	+75N	+64B	4.0	31.5	33.5	12.00	1680	+28.8
56	Valido Ramos, Adrian	1475	ESP	−29B	+71N	−28B	−59N	−65B	+78N	+66B	−49N	+67B	4.0	29.5	30.5	10.00	1683	+84.8
57	Lemus Lazo, David Enrique	1644	ESP	−3B	+81N	−40B	−49N	+79B	−67N	−70B	+73N	+71B	4.0	28.0	28.0	6.50	1644	-5.2
58	Blanco Cruz, Miguel Angel	1535	ESP	−42B	−67N	=54B	=78N	+71B	−46N	−65B	+66N	+73B	4.0	27.0	28.0	11.00	1628	+41.2
59	Acosta Martin, Kevin	1756	ESP	−5N	=73B	−36N	+56B	+72N	−32B	+54N	−44N	−34B	3.5	37.0	39.5	11.75	1707	-15.0
60	Pena Hernandez, Tamara	1836	ESP	−15N	+76B	−7B	−66N	+37B	−64N	=36N	−54B	+72N	3.5	35.0	37.0	12.00	1707	-33.2
61	Mesa Regalado, Adrian	1576	ESP	−47B	=44N	+78B	−43N	+62B	+68N	−21B	−42N	−45B	3.5	34.0	35.0	9.75	1763	+65.6
62	Perogio, Lorenzo	1860	ITA	−2N	+69B	−35N	=45B	−61N	−72B	+76B	+70N	−43B	3.5	33.0	35.0	10.25	1734	-31.4
63	Bethencourt Hernandez, Valeria	1698	ESP	−22B	+70N	−48B	+80N	−41B	+75N	−28B	−35B	=54N	3.5	33.0	34.0	8.00	1697	-6.2
64	Salazar Diaz, Jesus	1660	ESP	−21N	+77B	+19N	−23B	−24N	+60B	−18N	−38B	−55N	3.0	41.0	43.0	11.50	1731	+13.6
65	Hernandez Hernandez, Izan	1598	ESP	−17N	−53B	+77N	−38B	+56N	−34B	+58N	−36B	−51N	3.0	37.0	39.0	10.00	1543	-28.0
66	Afonso Lopez, Valentina Lucia	1611	ESP	−23N	+38B	−31N	+60B	−18N	−53B	−56N	−58B	+80N	3.0	37.0	38.0	9.50	1617	-8.4
67	Cabrera Reyes, Alberto	1690	ESP	−27N	+58B	−32N	+55B	−19N	+57B	−48N	−50B	−56N	3.0	36.0	40.0	12.00	1712	-8.4
68	Bangiev, Katharina	1885	ESP	F	−3N	+80B	−47N	−20B	−61B	+55N	+51B	−30N	3.0	34.0	34.0	9.00	1802	-39.6
69	Mayor Viera, Aaron	1631	ESP	−14B	−62N	+70B	−46N	+81B	−49N	+75B	−34B	−53N	3.0	31.5	31.5	5.00	1565	-31.6
70	Rodriguez Morales, Jimena	1540	ESP	−24N	−63B	−69N	−74B	+76N	+80B	+57N	−62B	−52N	3.0	27.5	28.5	7.00	1508	-18.0
71	Iglesias Dominguez, Jacinto	1682	ESP	−13N	−56B	−55N	+77B	−58N	−73B	+81N	+79B	−57N	3.0	27.5	27.5	3.00	1310	-64.0
72	Arnaiz Yanes, Miguel Angel	1870	ESP	−25B	+54N	=14B	−33N	−59B	+62N	−44B	−45N	−60B	2.5	36.0	39.5	10.50	1685	-46.8
73	Mesa Cruz, Ricardo	1548	ESP	−16B	=59N	−44B	−54N	+80B	+71N	−42B	−57B	−58N	2.5	33.5	34.5	5.75	1493	-13.2
74	Salvadores Tascon, Marco	1563	ESP	−32N	−33B	−49B	+70N	−51B	+77N	−35N	−52B	F	2.0	32.0	32.0	5.00	1471	-15.2
75	Garcia Cabrera, Ernesto	1427	ESP	−18N	−52B	−45N	F	+78B	−63B	−69N	−55B	+81N	2.0	26.0	26.0	1.00	1334	-26.4
76	Sanchez Hernandez, Jorge Vicente	1602	ESP	−7B	−60N	−79B	−37N	−70B	F	−62N	+80B	+78N	2.0	24.5	24.5	2.00	1386	-36.2
77	Acosta Gonzalez, Juan Dionisio	0	ESP	−40B	−64N	−65B	−71N	F	−74B	−80N	+81B	+79N	2.0	17.5	17.5	1.00	1388	0.0
78	Acosta Balan Cirlan, Giovanni	1570	ESP	−50N	=36B	−61N	=58B	−75N	−56B	−45N	F	−76B	1.0	29.0	29.0	4.50	1294	-105.6
79	Cabrera Tabares, Adrian	1508	ESP	−31N	−51B	+76N	−53B	−57N	−52B	F	−71N	−77B	1.0	28.0	28.0	2.00	1407	-29.6
80	FIDE 553003276	0	—	−28B	F	−68N	−63B	−73N	−70N	+77B	−76N	−66B	1.0	24.0	24.0	2.00	887	0.0
81	Martin Gonzalez, Marcos 2018	0	ESP	−41N	−57B	F	−34B	−69N	−37N	−71B	−77N	−75B	0.0	28.5	28.5	0.00	859	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Lampos, CharalamposGRE
+205.6
6.5 pts · #6
2Martinez Correa, RafaelESP
+121.2
5.0 pts · #25
3Breuil, TristanFMFRA
+115.2
6.5 pts · #8

Top rating losers

1Bethencourt Hernandez, Alberto 2009ESP
-126.4
4.0 pts · #53
2Acosta Balan Cirlan, GiovanniESP
-105.6
1.0 pts · #77
3Iglesias Dominguez, JacintoESP
-64.0
3.0 pts · #74

Biggest upsets

R8+708 Elo gap
Lampos, Charalampos1721 beat GMKurajica, Bojan2429
R6+602 Elo gap
Lampos, Charalampos1721 beat IMMazur, Stefan2323
R9+563 Elo gap
Lampos, Charalampos1721 beat FMUzcategui Rodriguez, Alejandro2284