XI Torneo Verano Fundacion CajaCanarias

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73 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 19 Aug 2025 to 29 Aug 2025 in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain. 7 titled players from 6 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2212, and top seed was Johan-Sebastian Christiansen (🇳🇴 NOR, GM, 2651).

Johan-Sebastian Christiansen (🇳🇴 NOR, GM, 2651) won with 8.5/9, ahead of Ezra Paul Chambers (7.5) and Jose Luis 1954 Fernandez Garcia (7.0). Christiansen won solo starting round 4.

The biggest upset came in round 7: Sergio Padron Cruz (1535) beat Felipe Cruz Diaz (1794), a +259-point gap.

Location

🇪🇸Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain

Dates

19 Aug 2025 → 29 Aug 2025

Time control

Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 9 rounds

Top seed

🇳🇴GMJohan-Sebastian Christiansen2651

Avg top 10

2,212

Participants

Titled players · 7

GM×2

FM×4

CM×1

Federations · 6 represented

🇪🇸Spain×66

🇩🇪Germany×2

🇧🇮Burundi×1

🇵🇱Poland×1

🇳🇴Norway×1

🇷🇺Russia×1

Top 3

🥇
GMJohan-Sebastian Christiansen
🇳🇴NOR·2651
8.5pts·2719perf+3.6
🥈
FMEzra Paul Chambers
🇧🇮BDI·2274
7.5pts·2379perf+27.4
🥉
GMJose Luis 1954 Fernandez Garcia
🇪🇸ESP·2367
7.0pts·2314perf-1.3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

GM Johan-Sebastian Christiansen led from R4; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders

Christiansen8.5Chambers7.5Fernandez Garcia7Rizoev6Paz Mendez6Gomez Mederos6

R4–R9 · LEAD HELD

GM Johan-Sebastian Christiansen never relinquished the lead after R4; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.

R8 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

GM Johan-Sebastian Christiansen drew with FM Ezra Paul Chambers (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

GM Johan-Sebastian Christiansen 7 wins (R1–R7)FM Ezra Paul Chambers 3 wins (R1–R3)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1GMJohan-Sebastian Christiansen	*	½	1	—
2FMEzra Paul Chambers	½	*	½	—
3GMJose Luis 1954 Fernandez Garcia	0	½	*	1
4Rifat Rizoev	—	—	0	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Christiansen, Johan-SebastianGM	2651	NOR	+35B	+18N	+8B	+44N	+10B	+4N	+3B	=2N	+9B	8.5	46.0	49.5	45.75	2719	+3.6
2	Ezra Paul ChambersFM	2274	BDI	+45B	+16N	+21B	=3N	=44B	+14N	+33B	=1B	+8N	7.5	43.0	46.5	37.00	2379	+27.4
3	Fernandez Garcia, Jose Luis 1954GM	2367	ESP	+25N	+12B	=9N	=2B	+64N	+5B	−1N	+6B	+11N	7.0	49.0	51.0	36.00	2314	-1.3
4	Paz Mendez, German Christopher	2026	ESP	+31N	F	+28B	=9B	+39N	−1B	+5N	=10B	+12N	6.0	43.5	43.5	29.50	2108	+17.4
5	Rizoev, Rifat	1809	ESP	+26B	−57N	+23B	+24N	+8B	−3N	−4B	+41N	+14B	6.0	40.5	43.0	27.50	1986	+39.6
6	Gomez Mederos, Daniel	2087	ESP	+42N	=7B	−22N	+59B	=30N	+17B	+32B	−3N	+21N	6.0	38.5	40.5	24.00	1980	-30.2
7	Conan, Arthur Gabriel	1780	ESP	+66B	=6N	−33B	+73N	+41B	−8N	=46B	+48N	+22B	6.0	31.0	31.0	16.75	1926	+62.8
8	Kraus, Oliver	1987	GER	+48N	+34B	−1N	+19B	−5N	+7B	=11N	+27B	−2B	5.5	47.0	50.0	25.25	1910	-12.8
9	Fernandez Manrique, AgustinCM	1995	ESP	+27B	+52N	=3B	=4N	+21B	F	+18B	=14N	−1N	5.5	43.0	43.0	25.50	2113	+23.6
10	Fernandez Vazquez, Jorge	2020	ESP	+47B	=28N	+17B	+30B	−1N	−32N	+34B	=4N	=39B	5.5	40.0	43.0	23.25	1929	-16.6
11	Perez De La Torre, Jorge	1661	ESP	+69B	−14N	+26B	−21N	+47B	+15N	=8B	+32N	−3B	5.5	38.5	39.5	20.25	1868	+40.2
12	Oramas Medina, Miguel	1847	ESP	+65B	−3N	=24B	+27N	=17B	=23N	+36B	+53N	−4B	5.5	38.0	39.0	19.00	1779	-24.0
13	Pereda De Pablo, Ernesto	2012	ESP	+63N	+19B	=30N	=22B	F	−18N	+24B	=39N	+33B	5.5	33.0	33.0	21.75	1937	-10.0
14	Mesa Rodriguez, Antonio	1913	ESP	+38N	+11B	−44N	+34B	+46N	−2B	=16N	=9B	−5N	5.0	41.0	44.5	22.25	1936	+8.3
15	Septien Lopez, Valeriano	1818	ESP	+61N	−44B	−31N	+38B	+36N	−11B	=25N	=17B	+30N	5.0	34.5	36.5	18.75	1711	-25.2
16	Simion, Emanuel-Marian	1786	ESP	+49N	−2B	+63N	+31B	=22N	F	=14B	−33N	+23B	5.0	34.5	34.5	18.25	1886	+39.6
17	De la Paz Molina, Juan Carlos	1729	ESP	+43B	F	−10N	+49B	=12N	−6N	+42B	=15N	+53B	5.0	34.5	34.5	17.75	1799	+10.2
18	Diaz Reyes, Iker	1863	ESP	+71N	−1B	+20N	+25B	F	+13B	−9N	F	+24B	5.0	34.0	34.0	20.00	1966	+41.6
19	Glybin, Denis	1703	RUS	+54B	−13N	+45B	−8N	−23B	+65N	−48B	+47N	+31B	5.0	31.5	32.5	14.00	1668	-17.6
20	Leandro Tejera, Damian	1610	ESP	−57B	+65N	−18B	+37N	−29B	+54N	+28N	−21B	+52N	5.0	30.0	31.0	14.50	1735	+38.4
21	Aguirre Lorenzo, Luis Francisco	1902	ESP	+56N	+41B	−2N	+11B	−9N	F	=23B	+20N	−6B	4.5	40.0	40.0	18.75	1844	-8.8
22	El Mahi Gonzalez, Karim	1955	ESP	+68B	=24N	+6B	=13N	=16B	−33N	=41B	=23N	−7N	4.5	39.0	40.0	18.50	1805	-60.4
23	Stach, Wojciech	1629	POL	−44N	+56B	−5N	+26B	+19N	=12B	=21N	=22B	−16N	4.5	38.5	41.0	19.25	1771	+29.6
24	Martinez Morina, Manel	1682	ESP	+51N	=22B	=12N	−5B	=31N	+59B	−13N	+55B	−18N	4.5	36.0	38.0	14.50	1716	+4.6
25	Lozano Marques, Manuel	1631	ESP	−3B	+40N	+72B	−18N	−53B	+26N	=15B	−29N	+43B	4.5	36.0	36.5	15.00	1679	+4.2
26	Rodriguez Ballesteros, Javier	1440	ESP	−5N	+42B	−11N	−23N	+50B	−25B	=45N	+37B	+51N	4.5	34.5	37.5	15.25	1462	+2.2
27	Padron Cruz, Sergio	1535	ESP	−9N	=49B	+66N	−12B	+62N	+35B	+29B	−8N	F	4.5	33.5	34.5	13.00	1723	+69.2
28	Camacho Hernandez, Francisco	1767	ESP	+37N	=10B	−4N	+55B	F	−53N	−20B	+43N	+42B	4.5	32.5	32.5	16.25	1747	-3.0
29	Cruz Diaz, Felipe	1794	ESP	F	−46N	F	+40B	+20N	=30B	−27N	+25B	+35N	4.5	29.5	29.5	19.50	1751	-5.6
30	Mora Orta, Alvaro	1655	ESP	+67N	+32B	=13B	−10N	=6B	=29N	−39B	=31N	−15B	4.0	38.5	39.5	15.00	1791	+42.8
31	Crevillen Gonzalez, David	1589	ESP	−4B	+43N	+15B	−16N	=24B	−41N	+62N	=30B	−19N	4.0	36.5	38.5	14.75	1630	+10.0
32	Henriquez Garcia, David	1905	ESP	+55B	−30N	F	+62B	+35N	+10B	−6N	−11B	F	4.0	33.5	33.5	14.00	1776	-17.2
33	Piqueras Guardiola, Francisco	2063	ESP	+36B	F	+7N	F	F	+22B	−2N	+16B	−13N	4.0	32.5	32.5	19.50	2037	-0.8
34	Gonzalez Moreno, Juan Carlos	1687	ESP	+50B	−8N	+47B	−14N	+45B	F	−10N	−36B	+48N	4.0	32.5	32.5	12.50	1691	-2.6
35	Mora Orta, Rebeca	1650	ESP	−1N	+70B	F	+58N	−32B	−27N	+49B	+40N	−29B	4.0	32.0	32.0	10.50	1571	-15.2
36	Maksymiec Poggio, Diego	1592	ESP	−33N	F	+37B	+60N	−15B	+49B	−12N	+34N	F	4.0	31.5	31.5	13.00	1683	+17.2
37	Acosta Gonzalez, Juan Dionisio	0	ESP	−28B	+68N	−36N	−20B	−38N	+67B	+65B	−26N	+47B	4.0	27.0	28.0	6.00	1464	0.0
38	Martin Torres, Dailos	1485	ESP	−14B	+69N	−52B	−15N	+37B	−47N	+54B	−42N	+73B	4.0	26.5	26.5	7.50	917	-45.6
39	Perez Celis, Alba	1832	GER	F	+59B	F	+52N	−4B	F	+30N	=13B	=10N	4.0	25.5	25.5	14.00	1948	+19.4
40	Santos Osorno, Fernando Alonso	1463	ESP	−64N	−25B	+61N	−29N	=43B	+73B	+66N	−35B	=49N	4.0	24.5	24.5	6.25	1501	+4.0
41	Zowain Armas, Pedro Tomas	1652	ESP	+60B	−21N	+50B	F	−7N	+31B	=22N	−5B	F	3.5	34.5	34.5	11.25	1658	-1.0
42	Cordero Alamo, Ramon	1594	ESP	−6B	−26N	+43B	+50N	=52B	F	−17N	+38B	−28N	3.5	33.0	33.0	11.75	1495	-17.4
43	Carballo Beltran de Guevara, Hermes	0	ESP	−17N	−31B	−42N	+61B	=40N	+51B	+59N	−28B	−25N	3.5	30.5	32.5	9.00	1451	0.0
44	Mamani Beltran, DenimanFM	2328	ESP	+23B	+15N	+14B	−1B	=2N	F	F	F	F	3.5	30.5	30.5	18.25	2291	+0.6
45	Francisco Mora, Pablo	1607	ESP	−2N	+71B	−19N	+69B	−34N	−48B	=26B	+66N	F	3.5	28.0	28.5	4.75	1498	-46.8
46	Mendoza Contreras, Lucas EduardoFM	1997	ESP	F	+29B	+53N	F	−14B	F	=7N	+52B	F	3.5	20.5	20.5	12.50	1895	-10.0
47	Gonzalez Gonzalez, Jorge	1575	ESP	−10N	+61B	−34N	+72B	−11N	+38B	−52N	−19B	−37N	3.0	32.5	33.0	6.50	1509	-30.4
48	Rivero Garcia, Pablo	1495	ESP	−8B	−50N	F	F	+51B	+45N	+19N	−7B	−34B	3.0	30.0	30.0	11.50	1662	+37.2
49	Perez Hernandez, Antonio Carmelo	1426	ESP	−16B	=27N	+68B	−17N	+60B	−36N	−35N	F	=40B	3.0	29.5	30.5	7.25	1449	+0.8
50	Leandro Tejera, Maria Belen	0	ESP	−34N	+48B	−41N	−42B	−26N	+72B	−51N	−54N	+71B	3.0	24.5	25.0	4.00	1430	0.0
51	Maksymiec Poggio, Pilar	0	ESP	−24B	F	−59N	+66B	−48N	−43N	+50B	+73N	−26B	3.0	21.5	21.5	4.00	1268	0.0
52	Simion, Edward-Matei	1711	ESP	F	−9B	+38N	−39B	=42N	F	+47B	−46N	−20B	2.5	28.5	28.5	8.75	1625	-37.2
53	Gonzalez Cabrera, Cristobal	0	ESP	F	F	−46B	F	+25N	+28B	=57N	−12B	−17N	2.5	25.5	25.5	10.25	1820	0.0
54	Garcia Baez, Iriome	0	ESP	−19N	−63B	=56N	F	F	−20B	−38N	+50B	+70N	2.5	23.5	23.5	5.25	1200	0.0
55	Moreno Negrin, Francisco Javier	1483	ESP	−32N	+67B	F	−28N	F	F	+60B	−24N	=58B	2.5	18.5	18.5	4.25	977	-19.2
56	Febles Dominguez, Alfonso Jesus	1467	ESP	−21B	−23N	=54B	+71N	+58B	F	F	F	F	2.5	14.5	14.5	4.25	1527	+2.4
57	Perez Perez, GabrielFM	2293	ESP	+20N	+5B	F	F	F	F	=53B	F	F	2.5	13.5	13.5	12.25	2693	+3.2
58	Luis Garcia, Rodrigo	0	ESP	F	F	F	−35B	−56N	−62B	+71N	+59B	=55N	2.5	13.5	13.5	3.75	1446	0.0
59	Garcia Lorenzo, Jaime	1515	ESP	F	−39N	+51B	−6N	+73B	−24N	−43B	−58N	F	2.0	23.5	23.5	3.00	1010	-9.8
60	Suarez Rodriguez, Xemar	0	ESP	−41N	F	F	−36B	−49N	+61B	−55N	+62B	F	2.0	20.5	20.5	4.00	1383	0.0
61	Dos-Reis Cabrera, Jose Manuel	1445	ESP	−15B	−47N	−40B	−43N	+71B	−60N	F	F	+72N	2.0	18.5	18.5	1.00	1387	-7.2
62	Vallejo Aleman, Ricardo Manuel	1442	ESP	F	F	F	−32N	−27B	+58N	−31B	−60N	+67B	2.0	18.0	18.0	3.50	856	-30.4
63	Iriarte Exposito, Mateo	1566	ESP	−13B	+54N	−16B	+70N	F	F	F	F	F	2.0	14.0	14.0	3.50	1077	-12.0
64	Rodriguez Perez, Mauro	1872	ESP	+40B	+72N	F	F	−3B	F	F	F	F	2.0	11.5	11.5	4.50	1872	0.0
65	Montilla Bejarano, Carmen	1448	ESP	−12N	−20B	+67N	F	F	−19B	−37N	F	F	1.0	23.5	23.5	1.00	920	-11.2
66	Martin Gonzalez, Javier	1407	ESP	−7N	F	−27B	−51N	+72N	F	−40B	−45B	F	1.0	22.5	22.5	0.50	797	-43.6
67	Rodriguez de Leon, Margarita	0	ESP	−30B	−55N	−65B	−68N	F	−37N	=72B	=71B	−62N	1.0	15.5	15.5	0.50	1096	0.0
68	Diaz Dalama, Diego	1491	ESP	−22N	−37B	−49N	+67B	F	F	F	F	F	1.0	15.0	15.0	1.00	859	-26.8
69	Montero Puita, Emanuel Yheyson	0	ESP	−11N	−38B	+71B	−45N	F	F	F	F	F	1.0	13.5	13.5	0.50	1360	0.0
70	Villalba, Jose Dario	0	ESP	F	−35N	F	−63B	F	F	F	+72N	−54B	1.0	10.0	10.0	0.50	808	0.0
71	Martin Torres, Neizan	1459	ESP	−18B	−45N	−69N	−56B	−61N	F	−58B	=67N	−50N	0.5	20.5	20.5	0.50	795	-55.6
72	FIDE 523004738	0	—	F	−64B	−25N	−47N	−66B	−50N	=67N	−70B	−61B	0.5	17.5	17.5	0.50	786	0.0
73	Luis Garcia, Guillermo	0	ESP	F	F	F	−7B	−59N	−40N	F	−51B	−38N	0.0	19.0	19.0	0.00	761	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Padron Cruz, SergioESP
+69.2
4.5 pts · #18
2Conan, Arthur GabrielESP
+62.8
6.0 pts · #12
3Mora Orta, AlvaroESP
+42.8
4.0 pts · #29

Top rating losers

1El Mahi Gonzalez, KarimESP
-60.4
4.5 pts · #17
2Martin Torres, NeizanESP
-55.6
0.5 pts · #68
3Francisco Mora, PabloESP
-46.8
3.5 pts · #37

Biggest upsets

R7+259 Elo gap
Padron Cruz, Sergio1535 beat Cruz Diaz, Felipe1794
R2+250 Elo gap
Mora Orta, Alvaro1655 beat Henriquez Garcia, David1905
R8+244 Elo gap
Perez De La Torre, Jorge1661 beat Henriquez Garcia, David1905