V Bambuchess Chess Festival - Open IRT Sub1800

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47 players participated in this 8-round tournament, held from 26 Dec 2025 to 28 Dec 2025 in Villablanca (Huelva), Spain. 4 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1710, and top seed was Miguel Caba De Guzman (🇪🇸 ESP, 1781).

Pablo Benjumea Cejudo (🇪🇸 ESP, 1725) won with 6.5/8, ahead of Victor De la Cruz Diaz (6.5) and Manuel Neble Espina (6.0). Benjumea Cejudo shared the lead from round 7, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 8: Ayoub Lemssaadi (1455) beat Rafael Fernandez Garcia (1632), a +177-point gap.

Location

🇪🇸Villablanca (Huelva), Spain

Dates

26 Dec 2025 → 28 Dec 2025

Time control

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

System

Swiss · 8 rounds

Top seed

🇪🇸Miguel Caba De Guzman1781

Avg top 10

1,710

Participants

Federations · 4 represented

🇪🇸Spain×40

🇲🇦Morocco×2

🇫🇷France×1

🇬🇧England×1

Top 3

🥇
Pablo Benjumea Cejudo
🇪🇸ESP·1725
6.5pts·1866perf+54.0
🥈
Victor De la Cruz Diaz
🇪🇸ESP·1584
6.5pts·2424perf+88.4
🥉
Manuel Neble Espina
🇪🇸ESP
6.0pts·1750perf0.0

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 8 rounds

Tight race until R8; 2 players tied at 6.5/8, decided on Buchholz.

Co-leaders

Benjumea Cejudo6.5De la Cruz Diaz6.5Neble Espina6Cruz Lopez5.5Pan5.5Silva Martin5.5

R8 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 6.5/8. Benjumea Cejudo takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (33.0).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

Pablo Benjumea Cejudo 3 wins (R6–R8)Victor De la Cruz Diaz 6 wins (R3–R8)Manuel Neble Espina 4 wins (R5–R8)

R5 · LATE SURGE

Manuel Neble Espina was #11 at R5, climbed to #2 over the final stretch.

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Benjumea Cejudo, Pablo	1725	ESP	+21B	+20N	=8B	+18N	−12B	+15N	+4B	+5N	6.5	33.0	37.0	30.00	1866	+54.0
2	De la Cruz Diaz, Victor	1584	ESP	=26N	−33B	+38B	+41N	+18B	+8N	+19B	+4N	6.5	27.5	29.0	24.25	2424	+88.4
3	Neble Espina, Manuel	0	ESP	+19B	+10N	−4B	−27N	+20B	+17N	+12B	+9B	6.0	32.0	35.5	26.50	1750	0.0
4	Pan, Angel Jiaye	1719	ESP	+31N	+16B	+3N	+17N	=5B	+9B	−1N	−2B	5.5	38.0	41.5	25.75	1736	+8.4
5	Silva Martin, Santiago	1699	ESP	=18N	+26B	+28N	+25B	=4N	+12N	=6B	−1B	5.5	33.0	36.5	22.50	1761	+26.0
6	Cruz Lopez, Juan Daniel	1738	ESP	+40B	+36N	−17B	+20N	F	+25B	=5N	+10B	5.5	27.0	27.0	20.25	1855	+19.2
7	Lemssaadi, Ayoub	1455	MAR	−17N	−29B	+39N	=37B	+43B	+20N	+15B	+25N	5.5	24.5	25.5	16.75	1672	+58.0
8	Truter, Daniel	1640	ESP	+35N	+37B	=1N	=12N	+11B	−2B	−9N	+17N	5.0	34.5	37.0	20.00	1713	+26.4
9	Lopez Nunez, Alejandro	1700	ESP	=23B	=14N	+21B	+36N	+17B	−4N	+8B	−3N	5.0	33.0	35.5	19.75	1742	+18.8
10	Silva Martin, Pedro	1663	ESP	+24N	−3B	−13N	+35B	+26N	+22B	+11B	−6N	5.0	32.5	35.5	19.50	1711	+16.0
11	Caba De Guzman, Miguel	1781	ESP	+13N	−25B	+33N	+29B	−8N	+16B	−10N	+19B	5.0	30.0	33.0	19.50	1651	-45.2
12	Villa Martinez, Basilio	1727	ESP	+46N	+15B	=25N	=8B	+1N	−5B	−3N	=32N	4.5	34.5	35.5	18.00	1734	+4.8
13	Prieto Gonzalez, Julio	1525	ESP	−11B	+34N	+10B	−19N	=36B	+14N	F	+16B	4.5	28.5	31.0	18.25	1672	+42.8
14	Mauro Carrasco, Julio	1447	ESP	=27N	=9B	=22N	+28B	−15N	−13B	+43N	+29B	4.5	28.5	29.5	14.25	1597	+62.4
15	Fernandez Macias, Ezequiel	1565	ESP	+47B	−12N	=41B	+43N	+14B	−1B	−7N	+26N	4.5	27.0	28.0	10.75	1482	-27.2
16	Orta Garcia, Raul	1555	ESP	+45B	−4N	=43B	+42N	+27B	−11N	+26B	−13N	4.5	24.5	25.5	10.00	1557	-0.4
17	Perez Odero, Gonzalo	1684	ESP	+7B	+44N	+6N	−4B	−9N	−3B	+23N	−8B	4.0	36.5	37.5	16.00	1625	-9.0
18	Aguaded Pereira, Jose Manuel	1485	ESP	=5B	+30N	+27N	−1B	−2N	+28B	F	=22N	4.0	33.0	36.5	15.25	1681	+73.6
19	Gomez Fernandez, David	1624	ESP	−3N	+24B	+31N	+13B	−25N	+33B	−2N	−11N	4.0	33.0	36.0	15.00	1577	-20.8
20	Marin Aroca, Manuel	1560	ESP	+43N	−1B	+37N	−6B	−3N	−7B	+46B	+35N	4.0	30.0	31.0	7.50	1499	-17.6
21	Rodriguez Arribas, Danae	1499	ESP	−1N	+39B	−9N	+24B	−22N	−32B	+45N	+33B	4.0	28.5	29.5	10.50	1468	-11.2
22	Martinez Parrales, Alejandro	1584	ESP	=42B	=41N	=14B	=33N	+21B	−10N	=29N	=18B	4.0	25.5	27.0	13.00	1523	-16.8
23	Franco Orbegozo, Alex	1491	ESP	=9N	−27B	F	=38N	+42B	+30N	−17B	+28B	4.0	23.5	23.5	12.25	1642	+40.0
24	Lopez Nunez, Ariadna	1449	ESP	−10B	−19N	+45B	−21N	−39B	+42N	+34B	+40N	4.0	22.5	23.5	8.00	1483	+7.6
25	Fernandez Garcia, Rafael	1632	ESP	+34B	+11N	=12B	−5N	+19B	−6N	F	−7B	3.5	34.0	37.0	14.25	1617	-3.0
26	Guevara Martin, Francisco	0	ESP	=2B	−5N	+30B	+32N	−10B	+36N	−16N	−15B	3.5	33.0	35.5	12.75	1572	0.0
27	Ortega, Angel	1662	ENG	=14B	+23N	−18B	+3B	−16N	−37N	+31B	F	3.5	29.0	29.0	15.75	1490	-45.2
28	Cardiel Ferrero, Ignacio	1586	ESP	=38B	+42N	−5B	−14N	+34B	−18N	+36B	−23N	3.5	26.0	27.5	8.25	1304	-71.2
29	Izard, Laurent	1540	FRA	F	+7N	+44B	−11N	−33B	+34N	=22B	−14N	3.5	26.0	27.0	11.50	1474	-8.4
30	Cepeda Gonzalez, Daniel	1576	ESP	=33N	−18B	−26N	+44B	+38N	−23B	+39N	F	3.5	22.0	23.0	7.50	688	-49.6
31	Parrilla Garcia, Enrique Abad	1493	ESP	−4B	+45N	−19B	−34N	+44N	=38B	−27N	+39B	3.5	22.0	23.0	5.75	1427	-13.6
32	Santos Serrano, Alvaro	1620	ESP	=41B	=38N	F	−26B	F	+21N	+33N	=12B	3.5	19.0	19.0	11.25	1807	+17.2
33	Fernandez Macias, Jesus Maria	0	ESP	=30B	+2N	−11B	=22B	+29N	−19N	−32B	−21N	3.0	30.5	34.0	13.75	1519	0.0
34	Romero Martin, Cesar	1401	ESP	−25N	−13B	+46N	+31B	−28N	−29B	−24N	+43B	3.0	23.5	24.5	5.50	1375	0.0
35	Morales Medina, Marco	1436	ESP	−8B	+40N	−36B	−10N	+45B	F	+44N	−20B	3.0	21.0	21.0	4.50	1452	+4.0
36	Rodriguez Santana, Juan Manuel	1620	ESP	+39N	−6B	+35N	−9B	=13N	−26B	−28N	F	2.5	27.5	30.0	7.75	1448	-46.0
37	OULED BEN ABDILLAH, MEHDI	0	MAR	F	−8N	−20B	=7N	+41B	+27B	F	F	2.5	27.5	27.5	7.75	1495	0.0
38	Orta Cortes, Roberto	0	ESP	=28N	=32B	−2N	=23B	−30B	=31N	=40B	F	2.5	27.0	29.5	8.50	1452	0.0
39	FIDE 535063190	0	—	−36B	−21N	−7B	=40B	+24N	+41N	−30B	−31N	2.5	25.5	27.0	6.75	1285	0.0
40	Fernandez Vargas, Jose Luis	1509	ESP	−6N	−35B	−42B	=39N	+46N	=43B	=38N	−24B	2.5	20.0	21.0	4.00	1339	-36.4
41	Vazquez Lopez, Jose	0	ESP	=32N	=22B	=15N	−2B	−37N	−39B	F	F	1.5	23.5	23.5	6.00	1510	0.0
42	Maguilla Gomez, Joaquin	0	ESP	=22N	−28B	+40N	−16B	−23N	−24B	F	F	1.5	22.5	22.5	4.50	1337	0.0
43	FIDE 54739730	0	—	−20B	F	=16N	−15B	−7N	=40N	−14B	−34N	1.0	28.5	28.5	3.50	1242	0.0
44	FIDE 535068892	0	—	F	−17B	−29N	−30N	−31B	+45N	−35B	−46N	1.0	22.0	23.0	1.00	1218	0.0
45	Romero Martin, Erik	0	ESP	−16N	−31B	−24N	+46B	−35N	−44B	−21B	F	1.0	21.0	21.0	1.00	1216	-69.6
46	Martin Garcia, Aitana	1503	ESP	−12B	−47N	−34B	−45N	−40B	F	−20N	+44B	1.0	17.0	17.0	1.00	739	-91.2
47	Ballesteros Prieto, Francisco Jesus	0	ESP	−15N	+46B	F	F	F	F	F	F	1.0	5.5	5.5	1.00	1542	+11.2

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1De la Cruz Diaz, VictorESP
+88.4
6.5 pts · #8
2Aguaded Pereira, Jose ManuelESP
+73.6
4.0 pts · #10
3Mauro Carrasco, JulioESP
+62.4
4.5 pts · #15

Top rating losers

1Martin Garcia, AitanaESP
-91.2
1.0 pts · #47
2Cardiel Ferrero, IgnacioESP
-71.2
3.5 pts · #43
3Romero Martin, ErikESP
-69.6
1.0 pts · #44

Biggest upsets

R8+177 Elo gap
Lemssaadi, Ayoub1455 beat Fernandez Garcia, Rafael1632
R3+177 Elo gap
Aguaded Pereira, Jose Manuel1485 beat Ortega, Angel1662
R2+149 Elo gap
Fernandez Garcia, Rafael1632 beat Caba De Guzman, Miguel1781