XLVII Open Internacional Barbera del Valles 2025 A

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63 players participated in this 8-round tournament, held from 04 Jul 2025 to 12 Jul 2025 in Barbera del Valles (Barcelona), Spain. 43 titled players from 8 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2451, and top seed was Manuel Petrosyan (🇦🇲 ARM, GM, 2546).

Manuel Petrosyan (🇦🇲 ARM, GM, 2546) won with 6.5/8, ahead of Daniel Alsina Leal (6.5) and Michel Alejandro Diaz Perez (6.0). Petrosyan won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 5: S. Badrinath (CM, 2057) beat Ilan Schnaider (IM, 2404), a +347-point gap.

Location

🇪🇸Barbera del Valles (Barcelona), Spain

Dates

04 Jul 2025 → 12 Jul 2025

Time control

Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 8 rounds

Top seed

🇦🇲GMManuel Petrosyan2546

Avg top 10

2,451

Participants

Titled players · 43

GM×7

IM×4

FM×17

CM×8

WIM×2

WFM×5

Federations · 8 represented

🇪🇸Spain×27

🇮🇳India×16

🇨🇺Cuba×6

🇨🇴Colombia×3

🇨🇳China×2

🇵🇱Poland×2

🇦🇲Armenia×2

🇦🇷Argentina×1

Top 3

🥇
GMManuel Petrosyan
🇦🇲ARM·2546
6.5pts·2605perf+6.3
🥈
GMDaniel Alsina Leal
🇪🇸ESP·2489
6.5pts·2590perf+10.4
🥉
IMMichel Alejandro Diaz Perez
🇨🇺CUB·2459
6.0pts·2500perf+5.3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 8 rounds

Tight race until R3; 2 players tied at 6.5/8, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.

Co-leaders

Petrosyan6.5Alsina Leal6.5Aguero Jimenez6Diaz Perez6Grigoryan5.5Bogdanov5.5

R6 · LEADER CHANGE09 Jul

GM Daniel Alsina Leal takes the sole lead (5.0/6).

R8 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 6.5/8. Petrosyan takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (36.5).

R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

GM Manuel Petrosyan drew with GM Daniel Alsina Leal (Black).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1GMManuel Petrosyan	*	½	—	½
2GMDaniel Alsina Leal	½	*	1	½
3GMLuis Lazaro Aguero Jimenez	—	0	*	—
4IMMichel Alejandro Diaz Perez	½	½	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Petrosyan, ManuelGM	2546	ARM	+29N	+47B	+12N	=3B	=2N	=5B	+22N	+9B	6.5	36.5	39.5	30.50	2605	+6.3
2	Alsina Leal, DanielGM	2489	ESP	+33N	=19B	+20N	+53B	=1B	+4N	+10B	=3N	6.5	36.5	39.0	30.50	2590	+10.4
3	Diaz Perez, Michel AlejandroIM	2459	CUB	+25B	=10N	+36B	=1N	=18B	+17N	+7B	=2B	6.0	37.0	40.5	29.25	2500	+5.3
4	Aguero Jimenez, Luis LazaroGM	2483	CUB	+55N	=20B	+19N	+34B	=9N	−2B	+5N	+14B	6.0	34.5	37.0	25.75	2490	+2.6
5	Ruiz Buendia, MiguelFM	2368	ESP	+59B	=36N	+28B	=17N	+11B	=1N	−4B	+18N	5.5	34.0	35.5	22.25	2408	+10.0
6	Grigoryan, Karen H.GM	2502	ARM	=21B	=11N	+51B	−10N	+49B	+47N	=18B	+17N	5.5	29.5	32.5	20.50	2328	-13.7
7	Bogdanov, ArtyomIM	2360	KAZ	=46N	+52B	−34N	+35B	+37N	+12B	−3N	+22B	5.5	29.0	31.5	20.50	2345	-0.8
8	Lazaro Pujol, AbelFM	2330	ESP	+58N	−17B	=35N	=52B	+48N	=26B	+23N	+34B	5.5	25.5	27.5	18.00	2230	-17.0
9	Berdayes Ason, Dylan IsidroGM	2488	CUB	=11B	+21N	=10B	+24N	=4B	=18N	+13B	−1N	5.0	36.5	41.0	24.25	2397	-7.6
10	Kshatriya Nitin VekhandeFM	2255	IND	+62N	=3B	=9N	+6B	=26N	+34B	−2N	=19B	5.0	35.0	35.0	18.75	2407	+62.8
11	Majumder ShrayanCM	2122	IND	=9N	=6B	+27N	+14B	−5N	+20B	−12N	+26B	5.0	34.5	38.5	22.75	2397	+54.4
12	Villa Tornero, AlexIM	2282	ESP	+63B	+35N	−1B	+44N	+13B	−7N	+11B	−15N	5.0	33.5	33.5	16.50	2344	+13.2
13	Fernandez Borrego, PabloFM	2373	ESP	+38N	=26B	=37N	+48B	−12N	+16B	−9N	+27B	5.0	30.0	33.0	19.25	2282	-7.4
14	Nagare Kaivalya SandipFM	2321	IND	=44B	=45N	+49B	−11N	+21B	+31N	+36B	−4N	5.0	29.0	32.0	18.00	2241	-14.6
15	Narciso Dublan, MarcGM	2394	ESP	−35B	F	=46N	=16B	+28N	+19B	+26N	+12B	5.0	29.0	29.0	21.50	2351	-2.5
16	Suarez, Sebastian	2201	USA	=61B	−44N	+54B	=15N	+45B	−13N	+50B	+30N	5.0	25.5	27.0	15.75	2241	+17.6
17	Harshit Ranjan SahuFM	2163	IND	+42B	+8N	=53N	=5B	=22N	−3B	+28N	−6B	4.5	34.5	37.0	19.25	2357	+39.6
18	Chavez Suarez, Carlos AlbertoFM	2294	CUB	+39N	=34B	=26N	+23B	=3N	=9B	=6N	−5B	4.5	34.0	37.5	20.00	2310	+5.4
19	Jarocka, LiwiaFM	2260	POL	+41B	=2N	−4B	+51N	=31B	−15N	+44B	=10N	4.5	33.0	36.0	17.25	2285	+6.2
20	Sole Pijuan, FerranFM	2253	ESP	+48B	=4N	−2B	=21N	=44B	−11N	+43B	+40N	4.5	32.0	35.0	16.75	2224	-5.6
21	Barath Kalyan MCM	2135	IND	=6N	−9B	+58N	=20B	−14N	=27B	+52N	+38B	4.5	30.0	32.0	15.00	2269	+25.6
22	Degardin, SylvainFM	2329	FRA	+49B	=51N	=44B	+45N	=17B	+36N	−1B	−7N	4.5	29.0	32.0	14.75	2240	-15.6
23	Morvekar Kedar	2003	IND	−36B	+59N	+40B	−18N	=24B	+32N	−8B	+47N	4.5	28.5	30.0	14.25	2260	+52.0
24	Ryan, JosephFM	2209	IRL	=60N	=27B	+39N	−9B	=23N	+46B	−34N	+35B	4.5	27.0	28.5	15.00	2135	-14.6
25	Ashwin SairamFM	2114	IND	−3N	+62B	−30B	−49N	+61B	=45N	+42B	+37N	4.5	24.5	24.5	10.00	2184	+26.0
26	Silva Cerda, Mark Valentin	2215	ESP	+54B	=13N	=18B	+47N	=10B	=8N	−15B	−11N	4.0	33.0	35.5	15.50	2252	+10.7
27	Mahish S ACM	1985	IND	=28B	=24N	−11B	+40N	=32B	=21N	+47B	−13N	4.0	30.5	33.5	15.00	2205	+86.0
28	Povill Claros, XavierFM	2216	ESP	=27N	+60B	−5N	+50B	−15B	+43N	−17B	=31N	4.0	29.5	31.0	12.00	2122	-19.2
29	Montes Molina, IvanFM	2147	ESP	−1B	+43N	−45B	−31N	+41B	+49N	−30B	+50N	4.0	27.5	30.5	13.00	2141	-8.0
30	Schnaider, IlanIM	2404	ARG	=52N	=46B	+25N	=37B	−34N	=35B	+29N	−16B	4.0	27.0	29.5	14.75	2128	-26.3
31	Hidalgo Gracia, Andres	2073	ESP	−53N	=50B	+60N	+29B	=19N	−14B	=37N	=28B	4.0	26.5	28.0	13.00	2183	+22.2
32	Cabiativa, Juan Esteban	2200	COL	+50N	−53B	−48N	+39B	=27N	−23B	=35N	+46B	4.0	24.5	27.0	13.25	2066	-54.8
33	Fernandez Aguilar, Francisco	2126	ESP	−2B	−41N	−50N	+62B	+58N	=38B	=46N	+45B	4.0	24.5	24.5	8.25	2095	-9.0
34	Badrinath, S.CM	2057	IND	F	=18N	+7B	−4N	+30B	−10N	+24B	−8N	3.5	35.0	35.0	16.25	2330	+45.0
35	Franco Valencia, AngelaWIM	2097	COL	+15N	−12B	=8B	−7N	+54B	=30N	=32B	−24N	3.5	33.5	36.0	14.25	2227	+23.8
36	Alonso Gimenez, Mauro	2232	ESP	+23N	=5B	−3N	+46B	+53N	−22B	−14N	F	3.5	31.0	31.0	12.75	2270	+11.1
37	Suvradeepta, DasFM	2230	IND	=45B	+61N	=13B	=30N	−7B	=44N	=31B	−25B	3.5	29.0	30.5	11.00	2127	-22.0
38	Dylag, EmiliaWFM	2086	POL	−13B	−48N	=43B	+41N	=42B	=33N	+55B	−21N	3.5	27.0	29.5	11.50	2056	-8.2
39	Fernandez Climent, Albert	2047	ESP	−18B	+42N	−24B	−32N	=40B	=54N	=45B	+55N	3.5	25.5	28.0	10.50	2069	+6.4
40	Lozano Casasayas, Marc	2122	ESP	F	+57B	−23N	−27B	=39N	+56B	+48N	−20B	3.5	24.5	24.5	9.75	2041	-30.0
41	Ocampo, CristinaWFM	2029	COL	−19N	+33B	−47N	−38B	−29N	=59N	+60B	+56B	3.5	23.0	24.5	8.75	2069	+7.2
42	Om Batra	1971	IND	−17N	−39B	=57N	+59B	=38N	=52B	−25N	+58B	3.5	23.0	24.5	7.75	2045	+15.4
43	Peng, Tianlu	2035	CHN	F	−29B	=38N	+60B	+56N	−28B	−20N	+59B	3.5	21.5	21.5	7.25	2102	+12.2
44	Binu, DevduttFM	2055	IND	=14N	+16B	=22N	−12B	=20N	=37B	−19N	F	3.0	32.0	34.5	13.75	2218	+55.6
45	Pruthu DeshpandeCM	2001	IND	=37N	=14B	+29N	−22B	−16N	=25B	=39N	−33N	3.0	30.5	34.0	12.25	2103	+17.6
46	Hu, Yu(HLJ)	2079	CHN	=7B	=30N	=15B	−36N	+51B	−24N	=33B	−32N	3.0	30.5	33.5	12.25	2173	+15.8
47	Perez Mitjans, OrelvisGM	2267	ESP	+57N	−1N	+41B	−26B	+52N	−6B	−27N	−23B	3.0	30.5	33.0	8.50	2091	-19.1
48	Jyotshnav TalukdarCM	2007	IND	−20N	+38B	+32B	−13N	−8B	=55N	−40B	=49N	3.0	29.0	31.5	10.25	2106	+33.2
49	Comellas Blanchart, Jordi	2064	ESP	−22N	+56B	−14N	+25B	−6N	−29B	=57N	=48B	3.0	29.0	31.5	9.75	2085	-0.4
50	Badia Berthelot, Luca	1978	ESP	−32B	=31N	+33B	−28N	=55B	+51N	−16N	−29B	3.0	28.0	30.5	10.25	2067	+32.8
51	Obregon Garcia, RoxangelWIM	2156	CUB	+56N	=22B	−6N	−19B	−46N	−50B	=58N	+57B	3.0	25.5	27.5	8.25	2065	-22.4
52	Dahale, AtulCM	2101	IND	=30B	−7N	+61B	=8N	−47B	=42N	−21B	F	2.5	29.0	30.5	8.00	2105	-2.2
53	Salinas Tomas, DanielFM	2334	ESP	+31B	+32N	=17B	−2N	−36B	F	F	F	2.5	22.5	22.5	10.25	2231	-13.2
54	Oliver Martinez-Fornes, Carlos	1982	ESP	−26N	=58B	−16N	+57B	−35N	=39B	−59N	=61B	2.5	22.0	23.5	6.00	1950	-7.0
55	Ros Alonso, JoanaWFM	2114	ESP	−4B	F	+62N	=56B	=50N	=48B	−38N	−39B	2.5	21.5	21.5	4.25	1980	-27.8
56	Nivedita V CWFM	1954	IND	−51B	−49N	+59B	=55N	−43B	−40N	+61B	−41N	2.5	20.5	22.0	4.25	1931	-9.6
57	Fernandez-Diaz Mascort, MiquelCM	2039	ESP	−47B	−40N	=42B	−54N	=60B	+61N	=49B	−51N	2.5	20.0	21.5	5.50	1924	-25.0
58	Gutierrez Espinosa, KarenWFM	2072	CUB	−8B	=54N	−21B	=61N	−33B	=60N	=51B	−42N	2.0	24.5	26.0	4.25	1889	-38.2
59	Camps Abadia, Arnau	2079	ESP	−5N	−23B	−56N	−42N	F	=41B	+54B	−43N	1.5	25.5	25.5	4.25	1819	-93.6
60	Ruiz Lupon, Neri	1980	ESP	=24B	−28N	−31B	−43N	=57N	=58B	−41N	F	1.5	24.0	24.0	4.50	1866	-18.4
61	Roa Ribera, Alvaro	1979	ESP	=16N	−37B	−52N	=58B	−25N	−57B	−56N	=54N	1.5	23.0	25.0	4.75	1836	-27.8
62	Gil Jimenez, David	2023	ESP	−10B	−25N	−55B	−33N	F	F	F	F	0.0	16.0	16.0	0.00	1352	-52.8
63	Garcia Garcia, Gabriel Javier	2045	ESP	−12N	F	F	F	F	F	F	F	0.0	10.0	10.0	0.00	1482	-8.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Mahish S ACMIND
+86.0
4.0 pts · #29
2Kshatriya Nitin VekhandeFMIND
+62.8
5.0 pts · #9
3Binu, DevduttFMIND
+55.6
3.0 pts · #45

Top rating losers

1Camps Abadia, ArnauESP
-93.6
1.5 pts · #60
2Cabiativa, Juan EstebanCOL
-54.8
4.0 pts · #31
3Gil Jimenez, DavidESP
-52.8
0.0 pts · #62

Biggest upsets

R5+347 Elo gap
CMBadrinath, S.2057 beat IMSchnaider, Ilan2404
R3+303 Elo gap
CMBadrinath, S.2057 beat IMBogdanov, Artyom2360
R1+297 Elo gap
WIMFranco Valencia, Angela2097 beat GMNarciso Dublan, Marc2394