XVIII Open Internacional Poble de Montserrat 2025

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84 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 25 Aug 2025 to 31 Aug 2025 in Montserrat (Valencia), Spain. 9 titled players from 6 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2235, and top seed was Angel Jesus Marquez Ruiz (🇻🇪 VEN, FM, 2399).

Angel Jesus Marquez Ruiz (🇻🇪 VEN, FM, 2399) won with 7.5/9, ahead of Antonio Granero Roca (7.0) and Xavier Mompel Ferruz (6.5). Marquez Ruiz shared the lead from round 5 and won solo starting round 7.

The biggest upset came in round 9: Pablo Sebastian Venini (1528) beat Jose Raul Gimenez Saiz (1868), a +340-point gap.

Location

🇪🇸Montserrat (Valencia), Spain

Dates

25 Aug 2025 → 31 Aug 2025

Time control

Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 9 rounds

Top seed

🇻🇪FMAngel Jesus Marquez Ruiz2399

Avg top 10

2,235

Participants

Titled players · 9

GM×1

IM×1

FM×5

CM×1

WCM×1

Federations · 6 represented

🇪🇸Spain×73

🇫🇷France×3

🇦🇷Argentina×2

🇻🇪Venezuela×1

🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea×1

🇩🇪Germany×1

Top 3

🥇
FMAngel Jesus Marquez Ruiz
🇻🇪VEN·2399
7.5pts·2357perf-1.0
🥈
IMAntonio Granero Roca
🇪🇸ESP·2270
7.0pts·2312perf+6.9
🥉
FMXavier Mompel Ferruz
🇬🇶GEQ·2333
6.5pts·2232perf-14.4

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

FM Angel Jesus Marquez Ruiz led from R7; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R7.

Co-leaders

Marquez Ruiz7.5Granero Roca7Mompel Ferruz6.5Buenafe Moya6Flores Mirabal6Giaccio6

R7–R9 · LEAD HELD

FM Angel Jesus Marquez Ruiz held the sole lead from R7 through R9 without losing it.

R9 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

FM Angel Jesus Marquez Ruiz drew with IM Antonio Granero Roca (White).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

FM Angel Jesus Marquez Ruiz 5 wins (R4–R8)IM Antonio Granero Roca 3 wins (R1–R3)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1FMAngel Jesus Marquez Ruiz	*	½	1	—
2IMAntonio Granero Roca	½	*	—	½
3FMXavier Mompel Ferruz	0	—	*	1
4FMJavier Buenafe Moya	—	½	0	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Marquez Ruiz, Angel JesusFM	2399	VEN	+38B	+60N	−6B	+37N	+10B	+27N	+4B	+3N	=2B	7.5	44.0	47.0	37.50	2357	-1.0
2	Granero Roca, AntonioIM	2270	ESP	+47N	+18B	+4N	=8B	=5N	=6B	+31B	+7N	=1N	7.0	47.0	50.5	37.75	2312	+6.9
3	Mompel Ferruz, XavierFM	2333	GEQ	+29N	=12B	+17N	=19B	+35N	+8B	=6N	−1B	+27B	6.5	44.0	48.5	32.75	2232	-14.4
4	Martinez Villena, David	2036	ESP	+59B	+23N	−2B	+34N	+9B	+7N	−1N	F	+5B	6.0	46.5	49.5	30.50	2272	+49.2
5	Giaccio, AlfredoGM	2320	ARG	+13B	=37N	+30B	=9N	=2B	+18N	+11B	=6N	−4N	6.0	46.0	50.0	32.50	2163	-13.6
6	Perez Epinin, Gines	2062	ESP	+68N	+24B	+1N	+62B	F	=2N	=3B	=5B	=9N	6.0	45.0	47.5	30.75	2345	+59.2
7	Mouhamad, JoachimFM	2159	FRA	+25N	=17B	+66N	+12B	=8N	−4B	+19N	−2B	+18N	6.0	44.5	47.0	28.50	2114	-6.6
8	Buenafe Moya, JavierFM	2184	ESP	+32B	+34N	+27B	=2N	=7B	−3N	−10B	+66N	+20B	6.0	44.0	46.5	27.50	2154	-1.8
9	Yuste Valenzuela, Alejandro	2158	ESP	+36B	+31N	F	=5B	−4N	+17B	+24N	+10N	=6B	6.0	43.0	43.0	31.00	2169	+5.8
10	Flores Mirabal, NancyWCM	2031	ARG	+55N	+28B	−62N	+51B	−1N	+21B	+8N	−9B	+30B	6.0	40.0	43.0	26.50	2119	+21.8
11	Perez Travieso, Saul	2117	ESP	=57N	=14B	+29N	+20B	=19N	+48B	−5N	+31B	=16N	6.0	39.5	42.5	27.00	2002	-18.4
12	Mellado Sais, Carles	1945	ESP	+46B	=3N	+70B	−7N	+30B	−31N	=33B	+22N	=14B	5.5	40.0	42.5	23.75	1961	+8.4
13	Pradas Soria, Ernesto	1712	ESP	−5N	+26B	=60B	−30N	+39B	=20N	=34B	+76N	+33B	5.5	36.5	38.5	21.75	1878	+38.8
14	Airos Martorell, Ignacio	1770	ESP	+84B	=11N	−37B	+80N	=20B	=52N	+28N	=17B	=12N	5.5	34.5	34.5	18.00	1928	+65.0
15	Romera Carrion, Ruben	1959	ESP	+56N	+80B	−35N	=21B	−48N	+29B	−16N	+47B	+28N	5.5	34.0	35.0	19.00	1843	-21.6
16	Hernandez Tomas, Efren	1790	ESP	F	+81B	−19N	−69B	+58N	+32N	+15B	+33N	=11B	5.5	32.0	32.0	21.50	1919	+55.2
17	Antonino Dunai, Daniel	1883	ESP	+40B	=7N	−3B	+53N	+22B	−9N	+38B	=14N	F	5.0	42.0	45.5	22.25	1981	+37.2
18	Juan Mas, Santiago	1932	ESP	+50B	−2N	+32B	=22N	+23B	−5B	+48N	=30N	−7B	5.0	41.5	45.0	21.25	1948	+2.6
19	Juan Lepp, Jaime Boris	2027	ESP	+41B	=70N	+16B	=3N	=11B	=37N	−7B	+65B	F	5.0	40.0	42.5	22.00	2039	+7.4
20	Sanchis Almagro, Francisco	1919	ESP	+44B	−43N	+71B	−11N	=14N	=13B	+29N	+21B	−8N	5.0	40.0	42.5	21.00	1885	-5.4
21	Gonzalez Gorriz, Javier	1813	ESP	+61B	−27N	+72B	=15N	=60B	−10N	+36B	−20N	+67B	5.0	34.0	36.0	16.25	1839	+3.8
22	Rivera Jimenez, Eric	1769	ESP	+75N	−52B	+49N	=18B	−17N	=51B	+59N	−12B	+40B	5.0	33.0	35.0	16.75	1770	+2.5
23	Miranda Calvo, Max	1813	ESP	+42N	−4B	+64N	=78B	−18N	−55B	+26N	+80B	=24N	5.0	33.0	34.0	16.50	1738	-24.4
24	Blasco Marques, Salvador	1869	ESP	+79B	−6N	=46B	+76N	=38B	+47N	−9B	=67N	=23B	5.0	32.5	33.5	14.00	1808	-12.8
25	Juan Lepp, Olga Beatriz	1631	ESP	−7B	+79N	+33B	−60N	+34B	=65N	+70B	−27N	=51B	5.0	31.5	32.5	15.75	1901	+95.0
26	Venini, Pablo Sebastian	1528	ESP	−37B	−13N	+75B	−36N	+72B	+68N	−23B	+41N	+66B	5.0	30.0	32.0	13.00	1680	+46.4
27	Rodriguez Ferrer, Pablo	2025	ESP	+77N	+21B	−8N	+28B	F	−1B	=35N	+25B	−3N	4.5	42.0	44.0	18.75	2033	+4.4
28	Fernandez Pacheco, Francisco	1848	ESP	+63B	−10N	+40B	−27N	+36B	=38N	−14B	+32N	−15B	4.5	38.5	41.5	18.00	1748	-20.4
29	Lopez Benavent, Luis Vicente	1713	ESP	−3B	+50N	−11B	+71N	+44B	−15N	−20B	=46N	+39B	4.5	37.5	40.0	15.25	1740	+2.6
30	Otero Martinez, Jordi	1842	ESP	+39B	F	−5N	+13B	−12N	+76B	+55N	=18B	−10N	4.5	37.0	37.0	17.00	1866	+12.8
31	Alcaniz Perez, Javier	1845	ESP	+73N	−9B	F	=52B	+78N	+12B	−2N	−11N	+37B	4.5	36.0	38.0	15.25	2023	+37.0
32	Valdivia Khudiakova, Ekaterina	1642	ESP	−8N	+58B	−18N	+49B	=51N	−16B	+50N	−28B	+44N	4.5	35.0	38.0	15.25	1716	+29.6
33	Roldan Garcia, Leyre	1887	ESP	+54N	−62B	−25N	+56B	+45N	+67B	=12N	−16B	−13N	4.5	34.5	37.0	15.25	1744	-61.6
34	Antonino Dunai, Jose Alfonso	1875	ESP	+58N	−8B	+57N	−4B	−25N	+74B	=13N	+69B	F	4.5	34.5	36.5	13.25	1771	-34.8
35	Vinuesa Sorli, RubenCM	2087	ESP	+69B	+65N	+15B	−43N	−3B	+70N	=27B	F	F	4.5	34.5	34.5	15.75	2074	+4.4
36	Daviet, Stephane	1630	FRA	−9N	−49B	+73N	+26B	−28N	+56B	−21N	=44B	+80N	4.5	32.5	33.5	12.75	1614	-5.8
37	Morello Ostos, Domingo	1931	ESP	+26N	=5B	+14N	−1B	+69N	=19B	F	F	−31N	4.0	36.0	36.0	18.50	1967	+6.6
38	Perez Pinazo, Jose Oscar	1725	ESP	−1N	=57B	+81N	+82B	=24N	=28B	−17N	−48B	=69N	4.0	32.0	33.0	9.50	1690	-11.0
39	Osuna Franco, Claudio	1425	ESP	−30N	=55B	−45N	+79B	−13N	=58B	+56N	+59B	−29N	4.0	30.0	31.0	10.00	1584	+36.4
40	Sanchis Almagro, Jesus	1502	ESP	−17N	+45B	−28N	−55B	−59N	+75N	+68B	+74B	−22N	4.0	28.5	30.5	10.00	1602	+32.4
41	Droesser, Paul Maria Georg	1566	GER	−19N	=42B	−67N	+63B	−57N	+73B	=44N	−26B	+79N	4.0	28.0	29.0	9.75	1545	-7.4
42	Esteve Perez, Jesus	0	ESP	−23B	=41N	−53B	=54N	+79N	−59B	−64N	+56B	+74N	4.0	27.0	28.0	9.75	1550	0.0
43	Alvarez Serrano, Carlos	2203	ESP	+45N	+20B	+52N	+35B	F	F	F	F	F	4.0	22.5	22.5	16.50	2758	+16.8
44	Sanchez Gutierrez, Fermin	1519	ESP	−20N	=47B	=55N	+57B	−29N	=45B	=41B	=36N	−32B	3.5	32.5	35.5	12.25	1592	+14.4
45	Pardo Martinez, Jose Joaquin	1644	ESP	−43B	−40N	+39B	+50N	−33B	=44N	F	+49B	−63N	3.5	30.0	32.0	12.75	1549	-23.0
46	Torrelles Perez, Josep	1540	ESP	−12N	+75B	=24N	=65B	−70N	+53B	−67N	=29B	−47N	3.5	30.0	32.0	11.75	1642	+34.0
47	Porras Boronat, German	1705	ESP	−2B	=44N	F	+64B	+74N	−24B	F	−15N	+46B	3.5	29.5	29.5	10.25	1726	+1.4
48	Juan Soriano, Leo	1789	ESP	+72B	F	=78N	F	+15B	−11N	−18B	+38N	F	3.5	29.0	29.0	12.50	1941	+18.6
49	Candelas Megia, David	1467	ESP	−66B	+36N	−22B	−32N	=50B	−77N	+82B	−45N	+72B	3.5	27.5	28.5	9.25	1427	+2.8
50	Sanchez Garrido, Pedro	1534	ESP	−18N	−29B	+83N	−45B	=49N	+82B	−32B	−58N	+81B	3.5	26.0	26.0	3.75	1389	-26.6
51	Gerona Maura, Jesus	1868	ESP	F	+67B	F	−10N	=32B	=22N	F	+77B	=25N	3.5	25.0	25.0	11.75	1783	-11.2
52	Rumbo Picazo, Jaime	2022	ESP	+71B	+22N	−43B	=31N	=66N	=14B	F	F	F	3.5	24.0	24.0	13.75	1904	-29.6
53	Marques Montolio, Luis	1719	ESP	F	−78B	+42N	−17B	F	−46N	+63B	=54N	+55B	3.5	24.0	24.0	11.75	1601	-19.4
54	Pellicer Parrilla, Marcos	1503	ESP	−33B	−76N	F	=42B	−73N	+72N	+61B	=53B	=68N	3.5	23.5	23.5	10.00	1419	-22.8
55	Salvador Tejedor, Arnau	1591	ESP	−10B	=39N	=44B	+40N	F	+23N	−30B	F	−53N	3.0	30.5	30.5	12.75	1639	+1.2
56	Lopez Primo, Eloi	1542	ESP	−15B	−72N	+61B	−33N	+81B	−36N	−39B	−42N	+83N	3.0	28.5	28.5	4.00	1434	-32.0
57	Torres Biosca, Roberto	1595	ESP	=11B	=38N	−34B	−44N	+41B	+61N	F	F	−58B	3.0	28.0	28.0	12.00	1574	-17.2
58	Jimenez Hernandez, Jose	1501	ESP	−34B	−32N	F	F	−16B	=39N	=71N	+50B	+57N	3.0	27.5	27.5	9.75	1580	+11.6
59	Albert Orti, Carles	1592	ESP	−4N	F	F	F	+40B	+42N	−22B	−39N	+64B	3.0	27.0	27.0	11.00	1572	-12.0
60	Fernandez Garcia, Olmo	1938	ESP	+64N	−1B	=13N	+25B	=21N	F	F	F	F	3.0	26.0	26.0	13.25	1879	-6.4
61	Campos Almudever, Marc	0	ESP	−21N	−77B	−56N	+83B	+64N	−57B	−54N	−71B	+75N	3.0	24.0	24.0	5.00	1279	0.0
62	Torres Sanchez, JoseFM	2207	ESP	+76B	+33N	+10B	−6N	F	F	F	F	F	3.0	23.0	23.0	12.50	2140	-4.4
63	Valenzuela Gimeno, Araceli	1429	ESP	−28N	−68B	F	−41N	+84B	+71B	−53N	F	+45B	3.0	22.5	22.5	6.00	1526	+11.8
64	Moral Rodriguez, Juan Ramon	1537	ESP	−60B	+84N	−23B	−47N	−61B	+81N	+42B	F	−59N	3.0	22.5	22.5	5.00	1470	-10.2
65	Rull Costa, Baltasar	1824	ESP	+82N	−35B	F	=46N	+68B	=25B	F	−19N	F	3.0	21.5	21.5	7.75	1704	-16.0
66	Gimenez Saiz, Jose Raul	1868	ESP	+49N	F	−7B	+77N	=52B	F	F	−8B	−26N	2.5	26.0	26.0	7.25	1764	-14.6
67	Vila Tormo, Eduardo	1718	ESP	F	−51N	+41B	F	F	−33N	+46B	=24B	−21N	2.5	25.5	25.5	10.00	1700	-3.6
68	Serrano Wild, Daniel	1594	ESP	−6B	+63N	F	F	−65N	−26B	−40N	+81B	=54B	2.5	25.5	25.5	5.75	1509	-19.8
69	Furio Martinez, Francisco	1594	ESP	−35N	+73B	F	+16N	−37B	F	F	−34N	=38B	2.5	24.5	24.5	9.50	1733	+17.0
70	Parreno Banuls, Raul	1774	ESP	+83N	=19B	−12N	F	+46B	−35B	−25N	F	F	2.5	23.5	23.5	6.00	1697	-11.6
71	Sanchis, Fernand	1549	FRA	−52N	+83B	−20N	−29B	F	−63N	=58B	+61N	F	2.5	22.0	22.0	4.50	1337	-23.8
72	Laursen Baydzhanova, Victoria	0	ESP	−48N	+56B	−21N	−74B	−26N	−54B	+75N	−79B	−49N	2.0	27.5	28.5	5.00	1258	0.0
73	Ulla Centelles, Llorens	1428	ESP	−31B	−69N	−36B	+75N	+54B	−41N	−74N	F	F	2.0	26.0	27.0	5.50	1340	-13.0
74	Arribas Ramirez, Adrian	1556	ESP	F	F	F	+72N	−47B	−34N	+73B	−40N	−42B	2.0	24.5	24.5	4.00	1435	-13.4
75	FIDE 94782539	0	—	−22B	−46N	−26N	−73B	+83N	−40B	−72B	+84N	−61B	2.0	24.5	24.5	0.00	754	0.0
76	Cerda Collado, Jose	1664	ESP	−62N	+54B	F	−24B	+82N	−30N	F	−13B	F	2.0	22.5	22.5	4.50	1558	-14.6
77	Vila Todosantos, Jose Miguel	1563	ESP	−27B	+61N	F	−66B	−80N	+49B	F	−51N	F	2.0	21.5	21.5	6.50	1464	-15.4
78	Pujante Martinez, Rafael	1973	ESP	F	+53N	=48B	=23N	−31B	F	F	F	F	2.0	16.5	16.5	7.75	1792	-18.6
79	Banuls Sanchez, Isabel	1500	ESP	−24N	−25B	F	−39N	−42B	F	F	+72N	−41B	1.0	24.0	24.0	2.00	820	-58.8
80	Yi, Yusi	0	ESP	F	−15N	F	−14B	+77B	F	F	−23N	−36B	1.0	22.5	22.5	2.00	1507	0.0
81	Silvestre Margos, Manuel	1497	ESP	F	−16N	−38B	F	−56N	−64B	+83B	−68N	−50N	1.0	21.5	21.5	0.00	821	-41.2
82	Barberan Piles, Angel Ricard	0	ESP	−65B	F	F	−38N	−76B	−50N	−49N	+83B	F	1.0	21.0	21.0	0.00	827	-48.0
83	FIDE 553003179	0	—	−70B	−71N	−50B	−61N	−75B	F	−81N	−82N	−56B	0.0	18.5	18.5	0.00	780	0.0
84	FIDE 535087862	0	—	−14N	−64B	F	F	−63N	F	F	−75B	F	0.0	17.5	17.5	0.00	779	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Juan Lepp, Olga BeatrizESP
+95.0
5.0 pts · #18
2Airos Martorell, IgnacioESP
+65.0
5.5 pts · #31
3Perez Epinin, GinesESP
+59.2
6.0 pts · #10

Top rating losers

1Roldan Garcia, LeyreESP
-61.6
4.5 pts · #23
2Banuls Sanchez, IsabelESP
-58.8
1.0 pts · #80
3Barberan Piles, Angel RicardESP
-48.0
1.0 pts · #82

Biggest upsets

R9+340 Elo gap
Venini, Pablo Sebastian1528 beat Gimenez Saiz, Jose Raul1868
R3+337 Elo gap
Perez Epinin, Gines2062 beat FMMarquez Ruiz, Angel Jesus2399
R9+284 Elo gap
Martinez Villena, David2036 beat GMGiaccio, Alfredo2320