CE Sub-08 2025

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75 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 27 Jun 2025 to 01 Jul 2025 in Vicar (Almeria), Spain. Top 10 Elo average was 1538, and top seed was Manuel Solera Diaz (🇪🇸 ESP, 1589).

Julio Monteserin Esteban (🇪🇸 ESP, 0) won with 7.5/9, ahead of Izan Sola Mirallas (7.5) and Guillem Gilabert Pons (7.5). Monteserin Esteban shared the lead from round 8, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 8: Alberto Rosas Roman (1411) beat Alex Torres Korkozha (1526), a +115-point gap.

Location

🇪🇸Vicar (Almeria), Spain

Dates

27 Jun 2025 → 01 Jul 2025

Time control

Standard: 40 minutes for the game with 30 seconds increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 9 rounds

Top seed

🇪🇸Manuel Solera Diaz1589

Avg top 10

1,538

Participants

Federations · 1 represented

🇪🇸Spain×56

Top 3

🥇
Julio Monteserin Esteban
🇪🇸ESP
7.5pts·1581perf0.0
🥈
Izan Sola Mirallas
🇪🇸ESP·1543
7.5pts·2277perf+65.2
🥉
Guillem Gilabert Pons
🇪🇸ESP
7.5pts·1616perf0.0

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

Tight race until R9; 3 players tied at 7.5/9, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 4 co-leaders at R4 to 3 at the finish.

Co-leaders

Gilabert Pons7.5Monteserin Esteban7.5Sola Mirallas7.5Millan Arguedas7March Lleti7Blazquez Carretero7— ex-leaders:Blazquez Carreteroled R7, #13Ortega Clementeled R6, #44

R7 · LEADER CHANGE30 Jun

David Blazquez Carretero takes the sole lead (6.5/7).

R9 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

3 players finish on 7.5/9. Monteserin Esteban takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (52.0).

R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Guillem Gilabert Pons lost to Julio Monteserin Esteban (White).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Guillem Gilabert Pons	*	0	—	—
2Julio Monteserin Esteban	1	*	½	—
3Izan Sola Mirallas	—	½	*	—
4Enzo Millan Arguedas	—	—	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Monteserin Esteban, Julio	0	ESP	+?N	+24B	+9N	+28B	+3N	−10N	+4B	+6B	=2N	7.5	52.0	52.0	42.25	1581	0.0
2	Sola Mirallas, Izan	1543	ESP	+55B	+17N	−6B	+41N	+12B	+11N	+5B	+10N	=1B	7.5	50.0	54.0	43.25	2277	+65.2
3	Gilabert Pons, Guillem	0	ESP	+?B	+18N	+5B	+4N	−1B	+?N	+17B	=13N	+10B	7.5	45.5	45.5	35.00	1616	0.0
4	March Lleti, Eric	1584	ESP	+36N	+63B	+11N	−3B	+8N	+31B	−1N	+35B	+13B	7.0	48.5	51.5	36.50	2295	+46.0
5	Rada Colado, Miguel	1518	ESP	+35N	+30B	−3N	+54B	+28N	+23B	−2N	+31B	+11N	7.0	46.5	50.5	35.50	1492	-2.8
6	Blazquez Carretero, David	0	ESP	+?N	+?B	+2N	=8B	+19N	+16B	+10B	−1N	=7B	7.0	46.0	46.0	31.75	1598	0.0
7	Millan Arguedas, Enzo	0	ESP	+51B	−14N	+?B	=13B	+?N	+?N	+8B	+16B	=6N	7.0	35.5	35.5	23.00	1677	-12.8
8	Solera Diaz, Manuel	1589	ESP	+62B	+42N	+43B	=6N	−4B	+44N	−7N	+36B	+12B	6.5	45.5	49.0	31.50	1597	+1.6
9	Higueras Garcia, Tristan	1538	ESP	+20B	+57N	−1B	−42N	+49B	+22N	=25B	+17N	+19B	6.5	44.5	48.5	33.75	2228	+14.4
10	Ortega Clemente, Lucas	1539	ESP	+64N	+54B	+21N	+31B	+23N	+1B	−6N	−2B	−3N	6.0	49.5	52.5	30.50	744	-19.6
11	Arakelyan Simonyan, Levon	1439	ESP	+67B	+52N	−4B	+38N	+25B	−2B	+30N	+15N	−5B	6.0	47.0	50.0	28.50	748	-42.4
12	Rosas Roman, Alberto	1411	ESP	−30N	+65B	+37N	+32B	−2N	+33B	+23N	+14B	−8N	6.0	45.5	48.5	29.50	1428	+2.8
13	Del Rey Prieto, Adrian	1454	ESP	+59B	+58N	−16B	=7N	+50B	+48N	+42B	=3B	−4N	6.0	45.0	49.0	28.75	784	-13.2
14	Torres Korkozha, Alex	1526	ESP	+65N	+7B	−28N	+35B	+21B	−17N	+52B	−12N	+34B	6.0	43.5	46.5	29.50	611	-26.4
15	Cardenas Jimenez, Julen	0	ESP	=50N	−23B	=26N	+37B	+58N	+32B	+45N	−11B	+31N	6.0	41.0	45.0	28.50	639	0.0
16	Uroz Lobato, Daniel	0	ESP	+22B	+?B	+13N	=25N	+48B	−6N	+19B	−7N	=?B	6.0	41.0	41.0	24.25	1488	0.0
17	Horta Masa, Marti	0	ESP	+?N	−2B	+?N	+?B	+29N	+14B	−3N	−9B	+33N	6.0	37.5	37.5	16.00	1598	+1.2
18	Del Aguila Burger, Noah	1553	ESP	+70N	−3B	−54N	+66B	−20B	+55N	+57N	+56B	+35N	6.0	37.0	39.5	22.50	628	-26.8
19	Colom Mateo, Gael	0	ESP	+26B	=48N	+27B	+?N	−6B	+47N	−16N	+20B	−9N	5.5	45.0	45.0	23.25	1526	0.0
20	Lamela Babarro, Artai	0	ESP	−9N	+51N	+53B	−29B	+18N	=21B	+24B	−19N	+43B	5.5	42.5	46.5	26.75	1613	+59.6
21	Arbizu Catalan, Julen	0	ESP	+56B	+33N	−10B	+45B	−14N	=20N	+47B	−25N	+48B	5.5	41.5	45.5	25.25	1225	0.0
22	Gil Pedreno, Tomas	0	ESP	−16N	=26B	+69N	=30B	+68N	−9B	+32N	=23B	+45N	5.5	41.0	44.0	23.50	731	0.0
23	Vitoria Moreno, Hector	0	ESP	+44B	+15N	+?B	+?N	−10B	−5N	−12B	=22N	+42B	5.5	39.5	39.5	17.75	1401	0.0
24	Guirado Lara, Jesus	1521	ESP	+66B	−1N	+57B	=62N	+52B	−42B	−20N	+53N	+44B	5.5	37.5	40.5	21.25	628	-25.2
25	Minguez Mendoza, Mar	0	ESP	=?N	+?B	+?N	=16B	−11N	+29B	=9N	+21B	−?N	5.5	29.0	29.0	16.75	1479	0.0
26	Puceiro Bouzas, Liam	0	ESP	−19N	=22N	=15B	+?B	+?N	=41B	−44N	+?B	+?N	5.5	26.0	26.0	8.00	1457	0.0
27	Prieto Gonzalez, Julio	0	ESP	+?N	=?B	−19N	+?B	−44B	+46N	−?B	+?N	+41N	5.5	19.0	19.0	9.00	1261	0.0
28	Bautista Madrid, Oliver	0	ESP	+40B	+32N	+14B	−1N	−5B	−52N	+38B	−34N	+53B	5.0	44.5	48.5	25.00	1522	0.0
29	Paule San Isidoro, Alex	1471	ESP	+75B	−31N	+49B	+20N	−17B	−25N	−56B	+60N	+59B	5.0	38.5	39.5	19.00	2228	+17.6
30	Moreno Azorin, Sofia Ines	0	ESP	+12B	−5N	=46B	=22N	+?B	+43N	−11B	+52N	−?N	5.0	37.5	37.5	19.50	1397	0.0
31	Moro Cernadas, Nuno	0	ESP	+?B	+29B	+?N	−10N	+?B	−4N	+51B	−5N	−15B	5.0	35.0	35.0	9.00	1499	0.0
32	FIDE 535056002	0	—	+?B	−28B	+63N	−12N	+?B	−15N	−22B	+66N	+55B	5.0	32.5	32.5	10.00	611	0.0
33	Rodriguez Arribas, Danae	0	ESP	+46B	−21B	+?N	+43N	−?B	−12N	+?B	+51N	−17B	5.0	30.5	30.5	13.00	1427	0.0
34	FIDE 535026200	0	—	−42B	−62N	+70N	+63B	−36N	+?N	+?B	+28B	−14N	5.0	29.5	29.5	10.50	726	0.0
35	Lopez Gabino, Iker	0	ESP	−5B	+?N	+?B	−14N	+?B	+?N	+?B	−4N	−18B	5.0	26.0	26.0	0.00	1469	0.0
36	Guillen Garcia, Andreas	0	ESP	−4B	−53N	+67B	+?N	+34B	=?B	+?N	−8N	=?B	5.0	25.5	25.5	8.00	1416	0.0
37	Merino Ferrer, Diego	0	ESP	−?N	+?N	−12B	−15N	−?B	+65B	+?N	+?N	+51B	5.0	19.0	19.0	7.00	1298	0.0
38	FIDE 523087838	0	—	−41N	+?B	+?N	−11B	=?N	=?B	−28N	+?B	+?B	5.0	15.5	15.5	0.00	1231	0.0
39	Prieto Pujol, Iria	0	ESP	+?B	−43N	−62B	−?N	+64B	+?N	+?B	+?N	−?B	5.0	11.0	11.0	3.00	1314	0.0
40	Munoz Barber, Eneko	0	ESP	−28N	+?B	−?N	+?B	−?N	+?B	+?N	−?N	+?B	5.0	5.0	5.0	0.00	629	0.0
41	Campos Almudever, Marc	0	ESP	+38B	−45N	+58B	−2B	+71N	=26N	−48B	+47N	−27B	4.5	41.0	43.5	18.75	744	0.0
42	De la Torre Garay, Izan	0	ESP	+34N	−8B	+56N	+9B	=?B	+24N	−13N	−?B	−23N	4.5	39.0	39.0	21.00	1515	0.0
43	Juan Miguel, Camino	1421	ESP	+72N	+39B	−8N	−33B	+57N	−30B	+68N	=45B	−20N	4.5	38.5	40.5	16.25	709	-30.8
44	Gomez Garcia, Ivan	0	ESP	−23N	+?B	=47N	+?B	+27N	−8B	+26B	−?N	−24N	4.5	33.0	33.0	13.25	1312	0.0
45	Santpere Lorente, Joel	0	ESP	+?N	+41B	−?B	−21N	+55B	+?N	−15B	=43N	−22B	4.5	30.0	30.0	10.75	1432	0.0
46	FIDE 523080540	0	—	−33N	+72B	=30N	−47B	+?N	−27B	−?N	+69B	+52B	4.5	29.0	29.0	11.50	629	0.0
47	Plasencia Mendoza, Mateo	0	ESP	+?B	−?N	=44B	+46N	+62B	−19B	−21N	−41B	+?N	4.5	28.0	28.0	10.25	1428	0.0
48	Simon Gandia, Eric	0	ESP	+?N	=19B	+?N	+?B	−16N	−13B	+41N	−?B	−21N	4.5	27.5	27.5	7.25	1355	-23.2
49	Moreno Diaz, Marcel	0	ESP	+?N	−?B	−29N	+?B	−9N	+?N	−?B	=?N	+62B	4.5	15.0	15.0	3.50	684	0.0
50	Parra Tenorio, Juan Andres	0	ESP	=15B	+?N	−?N	+?B	−13N	−?B	+?B	−?N	+?B	4.5	12.0	12.0	3.00	1191	0.0
51	Fernandez Vergara, Alba	1429	ESP	−7N	−20B	+64N	+60B	+73N	+54B	−31N	−33B	−37N	4.0	38.5	40.5	13.00	628	-20.0
52	FIDE 535085185	0	—	+?N	−11B	+?N	+?B	−24N	+28B	−14N	−30B	−46N	4.0	32.0	32.0	5.00	1281	0.0
53	Stakhurskyi, Andrii	0	ESP	−63N	+36B	−20N	+65B	−?N	+?B	+54N	−24B	−28N	4.0	31.0	31.0	12.00	659	-58.4
54	Manjon Urrutia, Martin	0	ESP	+?B	−10N	+18B	−5N	+?B	−51N	−53B	−?N	+?B	4.0	27.0	27.0	6.00	1492	0.0
55	Iglesias Medeiros, Lucas	0	ESP	−2N	−?B	+?N	+?B	−45N	−18B	+?N	+58B	−32N	4.0	27.0	27.0	4.00	752	0.0
56	Morris Jacue, Aritz	0	ESP	−21N	+?N	−42B	−?N	+70B	+63B	+29N	−18N	−?B	4.0	26.5	26.5	10.50	1513	0.0
57	FIDE 523097892	0	—	+?B	−9B	−24N	+?N	−43B	+?N	−18B	+?N	−?B	4.0	22.5	22.5	0.00	1212	0.0
58	FIDE 535062398	0	—	+?B	−13B	−41N	+?N	−15B	−?N	+?B	−55N	+?B	4.0	20.5	20.5	0.00	656	0.0
59	Martin Velasco, Fabio	0	ESP	−13N	−?B	+?N	−?N	+?B	−?B	+?N	+?B	−29N	4.0	11.0	11.0	0.00	696	0.0
60	Martin Fernandez, Rodrigo	0	ESP	−?B	+?N	−?B	−51N	+?B	+?N	−?N	−29B	+?N	4.0	9.0	9.0	0.00	1198	0.0
61	FIDE 535004975	0	—	=?N	−?B	−?N	−?B	−?N	+?N	=?B	+?B	+64N	4.0	3.0	3.0	3.00	625	0.0
62	Gomez Lorenzo, Jesus	0	ESP	−8N	+34B	+39N	=24B	−47N	+?B	−?N	−?B	−49N	3.5	31.0	31.0	12.75	1404	0.0
63	Garuz Romankewietz, Samuel	0	ESP	+53B	−4N	−32B	−34N	+?B	−56N	−?B	−?N	+?B	3.0	25.0	25.0	4.00	710	0.0
64	FIDE 535025913	0	—	−10B	−?N	−51B	+?B	−39N	−74N	+67B	+?N	−61B	3.0	24.0	24.0	3.00	668	0.0
65	FIDE 535000112	0	—	−14B	−12N	+?B	−53N	−?B	−37N	−?B	+75N	+?B	3.0	22.0	22.0	1.00	669	0.0
66	FIDE 535036249	0	—	−24N	−?B	+?N	−18N	−?B	+?B	+?N	−32B	−?N	3.0	16.5	16.5	0.00	679	0.0
67	FIDE 535069929	0	—	−11N	−?B	−36N	+?B	−?N	−?B	−64N	+?B	+75B	3.0	15.0	15.0	1.00	639	0.0
68	FIDE 535087900	0	—	=?N	−?B	=?B	+?N	−22B	+?N	−43B	−?N	−?B	3.0	10.0	10.0	0.00	621	0.0
69	FIDE 535063599	0	—	=?B	−?N	−22B	+?N	−?B	+?N	−?B	−46N	=?B	3.0	10.0	10.0	0.00	652	0.0
70	FIDE 535089911	0	—	−18B	−?N	−34B	+?N	−56N	−?B	+72N	=?B	−?N	2.5	17.0	17.0	2.00	753	0.0
71	FIDE 535092750	0	—	+?B	−?N	+?B	−?N	−41B	−?N	−?B	=?N	−?B	2.5	4.5	4.5	0.00	649	0.0
72	FIDE 535069937	0	—	−43B	−46N	−?B	−?N	+75B	−?N	−70B	+?B	−?N	2.0	12.5	12.5	1.00	621	0.0
73	Martinez Arroyo, Clara	0	ESP	−?B	+?N	+?B	−?N	−51B	−?N	−?B	−?N	−?N	2.0	4.0	4.0	0.00	1255	0.0
74	FIDE 535072067	0	—	−?N	+?B	−?N	−?N	−?B	+64B	−?N	−?B	−?N	2.0	3.0	3.0	3.00	697	0.0
75	FIDE 535003162	0	—	−29N	−?N	−?B	−?B	−72N	−?B	+?N	−65B	−67N	1.0	13.0	13.0	0.00	672	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Sola Mirallas, IzanESP
+65.2
7.5 pts · #4
2Lamela Babarro, ArtaiESP
+59.6
5.5 pts · #5
3March Lleti, EricESP
+46.0
7.0 pts · #9

Top rating losers

1Stakhurskyi, AndriiESP
-58.4
4.0 pts · #62
2Arakelyan Simonyan, LevonESP
-42.4
6.0 pts · #47
3Juan Miguel, CaminoESP
-30.8
4.5 pts · #60

Biggest upsets

R8+115 Elo gap
Rosas Roman, Alberto1411 beat Torres Korkozha, Alex1526