XI IRT SUB 2400 LES COVES DE PATERNA

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56 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 06 Jun 2025 to 08 Jun 2025 in Paterna (Valencia), Spain. 6 titled players from 6 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2153, and top seed was Francisco Rubio Tent (🇪🇸 ESP, FM, 2317).

Francisco Sanchez Saez (🇪🇸 ESP, FM, 2276) won with 5.0/6, ahead of Slobodan Kovacevic (5.0) and Santiago Perez Ruiz (4.5). Sanchez Saez won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 5: Enrique Navarro Hernandez (1648) beat Iker Herraiz Gomez (2084), a +436-point gap.

Location

🇪🇸Paterna (Valencia), Spain

Dates

06 Jun 2025 → 08 Jun 2025

Time control

Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 6 rounds

Top seed

🇪🇸FMFrancisco Rubio Tent2317

Avg top 10

2,153

Participants

Titled players · 6

IM×1

FM×4

CM×1

Federations · 6 represented

🇪🇸Spain×49

🇨🇴Colombia×1

🇲🇳Mongolia×1

🇦🇷Argentina×1

🇦🇺Australia×1

🇷🇸Serbia×1

Top 3

🥇
FMFrancisco Sanchez Saez
🇪🇸ESP·2276
5.0pts·2316perf+7.8
🥈
IMSlobodan Kovacevic
🇷🇸SRB·2195
5.0pts·2375perf+14.9
🥉
Santiago Perez Ruiz
🇪🇸ESP·1950
4.5pts·2215perf+29.0

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 6 rounds

Tight race until R6; 2 players tied at 5.0/6, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.

Co-leaders

Sanchez Saez5Kovacevic5Perez Ruiz4.5Morello Ostos4Chiloeches Ramon4Pena Riasco4

R6 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 5.0/6. Sanchez Saez takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (20.0).

R6 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

FM Francisco Sanchez Saez beat IM Slobodan Kovacevic (White).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

FM Francisco Sanchez Saez 3 wins (R1–R3)IM Slobodan Kovacevic 5 wins (R1–R5)Santiago Perez Ruiz 3 wins (R2–R4)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1FMFrancisco Sanchez Saez	*	1	—	—
2IMSlobodan Kovacevic	0	*	—	—
3Santiago Perez Ruiz	—	—	*	—
4Domingo Morello Ostos	—	—	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Sanchez Saez, FranciscoFM	2276	ESP	+15B	+6N	+37B	−4N	+14B	+2B	5.0	20.0	22.0	18.00	2316	+7.8
2	Kovacevic, SlobodanIM	2195	SRB	+21N	+17B	+22B	+10N	+4B	−1N	5.0	18.5	21.5	16.50	2375	+14.9
3	Perez Ruiz, Santiago	1950	ESP	F	+24B	+29N	+13B	=11N	+4B	4.5	16.0	17.0	14.25	2215	+29.0
4	Nomindalai TumurbaatarCM	2212	MGL	+18B	+45N	+5B	+1B	−2N	−3N	4.0	21.5	23.0	13.50	2135	-7.0
5	Segura Del Frago, Imanol	2014	ESP	+36N	+13B	−4N	+19B	+12N	−8B	4.0	18.0	20.0	12.00	1991	+1.0
6	Chiloeches Ramon, Jesus	1800	ESP	+41N	−1B	+20N	=52B	=33N	+26B	4.0	15.0	16.0	9.25	1891	+14.0
7	Penarrubia Blasco, Jose Alfredo	1889	ESP	+49B	F	+26N	=14N	=10B	+11B	4.0	14.0	14.0	10.50	2130	+31.4
8	Pena Riasco, AlexanderFM	2148	COL	+39B	F	+16N	+9B	F	+5N	4.0	13.5	13.5	13.50	2657	+13.6
9	Morello Ostos, Domingo	1911	ESP	+24N	F	+47B	−8N	+25B	+30N	4.0	12.5	12.5	8.50	1922	+5.6
10	Torres Sanchez, JoseFM	2216	ESP	+25N	+12B	+11N	−2B	=7N	F	3.5	18.5	18.5	11.50	2103	-9.2
11	Macias Sanchez, Homero	2053	ESP	+34B	+35N	−10B	+31N	=3B	−7N	3.5	16.5	18.5	8.75	1934	-13.8
12	Lopez Cervera, Marcos	1798	ESP	+44B	−10N	+15B	+38N	−5B	=29N	3.5	15.5	17.0	8.25	1841	+6.0
13	Klitochenko, Luka	1703	ESP	+23B	−5N	+34B	−3N	=36B	+47N	3.5	15.5	16.5	7.00	1688	-5.6
14	Turner, Justin	2014	AUS	+50B	+27N	F	=7B	−1N	+19B	3.5	15.5	15.5	8.50	1971	-2.4
15	Cortijo Tocino, David	1598	ESP	−1N	+55B	−12N	=53B	+21N	+40B	3.5	14.5	14.5	5.50	1620	-1.6
16	Boluda Costa, Julen	1755	ESP	+40N	F	−8B	+47N	=31B	+38N	3.5	11.5	11.5	6.25	1889	+25.6
17	Acosta Gonzalez, Arnaldo Gregorio	1753	ESP	F	−2N	+18B	−22N	+34B	+35N	3.0	15.0	15.5	7.00	1884	+27.6
18	March Lleti, Eric	1584	ESP	−4N	+43B	−17N	+24B	−19N	+42B	3.0	14.5	16.5	6.50	1532	-14.4
19	Martinez Piqueras, Miguel Angel	1723	ESP	+48B	−37N	+39B	−5N	+18B	−14N	3.0	14.5	15.5	6.00	1782	+4.0
20	Fornas Bellido, Rafael	1616	ESP	−22B	+44N	−6B	+27N	−29B	+36N	3.0	14.0	15.5	6.00	1568	-7.0
21	Rao, Anand Michael	1578	ESP	−2B	+48N	=45B	=35N	−15B	+34N	3.0	14.0	15.0	4.75	1620	+6.0
22	Rubio Tent, FranciscoFM	2317	ESP	+20N	+32B	−2N	+17B	F	F	3.0	13.5	13.5	8.50	2184	-8.4
23	Simon Gandia, Eric	0	ESP	−13N	−28B	+55N	+56B	F	+25N	3.0	8.5	8.5	2.50	1485	0.0
24	Arakelyan Simonyan, Levon	1439	ESP	−9B	−3N	+51B	−18N	=27B	+44N	2.5	15.5	16.5	3.75	954	-18.8
25	Nardi, Hector	1597	ARG	−10B	=54N	+27B	+45N	−9N	−23B	2.5	14.5	15.0	4.25	1749	+8.8
26	Benlloch Aranda, Alvaro	1678	ESP	+46N	F	−7B	+40N	=32B	−6N	2.5	14.0	14.0	4.75	1602	-10.0
27	Yi, Yusi	0	ESP	+38N	−14B	−25N	−20B	=24N	+51B	2.5	13.5	14.5	4.25	1518	0.0
28	Martinez Mihaylov, Cristian	1530	ESP	−37B	+23N	=35B	−30N	+41B	−32N	2.5	12.0	14.0	6.00	1567	+0.8
29	Chiva Esteve, Aleix	1725	ESP	F	+51N	−3B	F	+20N	=12B	2.5	12.0	12.0	5.75	1788	+9.2
30	Navarro Hernandez, Enrique	1648	ESP	F	F	=52N	+28B	+37N	−9B	2.5	9.5	9.5	5.00	1951	+28.6
31	Garces Mestre, David	1896	ESP	F	+56B	+33N	−11B	=16N	F	2.5	9.5	9.5	4.25	1850	-3.8
32	Bonaventura, Giovanni Emanuele	1935	ESP	+53B	−22N	F	F	=26N	+28B	2.5	9.0	9.0	4.75	1862	-9.6
33	Gil Cabo, Carlos	1742	ESP	+55N	F	−31B	+41N	=6B	F	2.5	8.5	8.5	4.00	1705	-1.6
34	Xu, Javier	1511	ESP	−11N	+42B	−13N	+43B	−17N	−21B	2.0	15.0	17.0	4.00	936	-37.6
35	Oltra Navarro, Emilio Jose	1656	ESP	+42N	−11B	=28N	=21B	F	−17B	2.0	14.0	15.0	4.75	1536	-14.6
36	Rodriguez Marti, Pau	1500	ESP	−5B	F	=53N	+42B	=13N	−20B	2.0	13.5	13.5	4.25	1475	-8.8
37	Herraiz Gomez, Iker	2084	ESP	+28N	+19B	−1N	F	−30B	F	2.0	13.0	13.0	5.50	1842	-39.6
38	Salcedo Adelantado, Gabriel	1667	ESP	−27B	+49N	F	−12B	+39N	−16B	2.0	12.5	12.5	3.00	1639	-2.6
39	Fernandez Gonzalez, Francisco 1958	1574	ESP	−8N	+46B	−19N	F	−38B	+50N	2.0	11.5	12.0	2.50	1520	-7.4
40	Diaz Caceres, Jordi	0	ESP	−16B	F	+50N	−26B	+48N	−15N	2.0	11.5	11.5	2.00	1437	0.0
41	Penarrubia Gil, Aitor	1418	ESP	−6B	F	+56N	−33B	−28N	+46B	2.0	10.5	10.5	1.50	891	-22.8
42	Zhang Zhou, Ruyi	0	ESP	−35B	−34N	+48B	−36N	+49B	−18N	2.0	10.0	11.0	2.00	1296	0.0
43	Nirapure, Ayan	0	ESP	−45B	−18N	+49B	−34N	−44B	+55N	2.0	9.0	9.0	1.00	1367	0.0
44	Denisychev, Vladimir	0	ESP	−12N	−20B	=46N	−50B	+43N	−24B	1.5	12.5	13.5	2.75	786	0.0
45	Hu, Yun Yue	1714	ESP	+43N	−4B	=21N	−25B	F	F	1.5	11.5	11.5	3.50	1490	-36.8
46	Yi, Rentao	0	ESP	−26B	−39N	=44B	+51N	−47B	−41N	1.5	9.0	10.0	1.75	734	0.0
47	Diaz Maiquez, Jordi	1463	ESP	F	F	−9N	−16B	+46N	−13B	1.0	17.0	17.0	1.50	973	-17.2
48	Mongay de Ramon, Roberto	0	ESP	−19N	−21B	−42N	F	−40B	+49N	1.0	11.0	11.0	1.00	1451	0.0
49	Alonso Leon, Jose	1428	ESP	−7N	−38B	−43N	+55B	−42N	−48B	1.0	11.0	11.0	0.00	948	-11.2
50	Xu, Lida	1488	ESP	−14N	F	−40B	+44N	F	−39B	1.0	9.0	9.0	1.50	932	-18.4
51	Moreno Azorin, Sofia Ines	0	ESP	F	−29B	−24N	−46B	+56N	−27N	1.0	9.0	9.0	0.00	783	0.0
52	Perez Garcia, Jose Miguel 1981	1937	ESP	F	F	=30B	=6N	F	F	1.0	8.5	8.5	3.25	1723	-10.6
53	Duarte Amorim, Matthis	1452	ESP	−32N	F	=36B	=15N	F	F	1.0	8.0	8.0	2.75	1526	+6.8
54	FIDE 535041471	0	—	F	=25B	F	F	F	F	0.5	7.5	7.5	1.25	1598	0.0
55	FIDE 535095610	0	—	−33B	−15N	−23B	−49N	F	−43B	0.0	12.0	12.0	0.00	789	0.0
56	Luttenauer Pelaez, Lucas	1513	ESP	F	−31N	−41B	−23N	−51B	F	0.0	8.5	8.5	0.00	857	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Penarrubia Blasco, Jose AlfredoESP
+31.4
4.0 pts · #8
2Perez Ruiz, SantiagoESP
+29.0
4.5 pts · #3
3Navarro Hernandez, EnriqueESP
+28.6
2.5 pts · #17

Top rating losers

1Herraiz Gomez, IkerESP
-39.6
2.0 pts · #23
2Xu, JavierESP
-37.6
2.0 pts · #50
3Hu, Yun YueESP
-36.8
1.5 pts · #43

Biggest upsets

R5+436 Elo gap
Navarro Hernandez, Enrique1648 beat Herraiz Gomez, Iker2084
R6+262 Elo gap
Perez Ruiz, Santiago1950 beat CMNomindalai Tumurbaatar2212
R6+164 Elo gap
Penarrubia Blasco, Jose Alfredo1889 beat Macias Sanchez, Homero2053