VIII Aberto Concello de Carballo Clasico

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47 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 31 Aug 2025 to 05 Sept 2025 in Carballo (A Coruna), Spain. 3 titled players from 3 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2058, and top seed was Luis Marcos Medarde Santiago (🇪🇸 ESP, IM, 2436).

Luis Marcos Medarde Santiago (🇪🇸 ESP, IM, 2436) won with 6.0/7, ahead of Ezra Paul Chambers (5.5) and Noel Casares Pedride (5.5). Medarde Santiago shared the lead from round 6 and broke clear in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Unai Casares Pedride (1582) beat Santiago Mougan Gonzalez (1956), a +374-point gap.

Location

🇪🇸Carballo (A Coruna), Spain

Dates

31 Aug 2025 → 05 Sept 2025

Time control

Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 7 rounds

Top seed

🇪🇸IMLuis Marcos Medarde Santiago2436

Avg top 10

2,058

Participants

Titled players · 3

IM×1

FM×1

CM×1

Federations · 3 represented

🇪🇸Spain×43

🇧🇮Burundi×1

🇫🇷France×1

Top 3

🥇
IMLuis Marcos Medarde Santiago
🇪🇸ESP·2436
6.0pts·2379perf-2.3
🥈
FMEzra Paul Chambers
🇧🇮BDI·2274
5.5pts·2234perf-1.0
🥉
Noel Casares Pedride
🇪🇸ESP·1920
5.5pts·2217perf+102.0

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

IM Luis Marcos Medarde Santiago led from R7; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 5 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R7.

Co-leaders

Medarde Santiago6Chambers5.5Casares Pedride5.5Fernandez Sabajanes5Mougan Gonzalez5Alonso Rodriguez5

R7 · LEADER CHANGE05 Sept

IM Luis Marcos Medarde Santiago takes the sole lead (6.0/7).

R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

IM Luis Marcos Medarde Santiago drew with FM Ezra Paul Chambers (Black).

R1–R3 · WIN STREAK

FM Ezra Paul Chambers won 3 in a row (R1–R3).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1IMLuis Marcos Medarde Santiago	*	½	½	—
2FMEzra Paul Chambers	½	*	½	1
3Noel Casares Pedride	½	½	*	½
4Nicolas Fernandez Sabajanes	—	0	½	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Medarde Santiago, Luis MarcosIM	2436	ESP	+32N	+9B	=3N	+24B	=2N	+12B	+17N	6.0	26.5	29.0	23.50	2379	-2.3
2	Ezra Paul ChambersFM	2274	BDI	+14B	+21N	+8B	=5N	=1B	+4N	=3B	5.5	30.0	33.5	25.25	2234	-1.0
3	Casares Pedride, Noel	1920	ESP	+34B	+22N	=1B	+20N	=4B	+5N	=2N	5.5	28.5	31.0	22.75	2217	+102.0
4	Fernandez Sabajanes, Nicolas	2008	ESP	+36N	+18B	+7N	=10B	=3N	−2B	+12N	5.0	28.5	31.0	20.50	2035	+15.6
5	Alonso Rodriguez, Tristan	2040	ESP	+25N	+13B	+12N	=2B	+26N	−3B	=9B	5.0	26.5	29.5	19.00	2050	+8.8
6	Mougan Gonzalez, Santiago	1956	ESP	−19N	+38B	+25N	+7B	−12N	+15B	+8B	5.0	24.0	26.0	18.50	1900	-5.2
7	Hervada Rivera, Martin	1786	ESP	+44N	+20B	−4B	−6N	+27B	+21N	+16B	5.0	24.0	25.0	15.00	1982	+30.8
8	Calvo Miguez, Sergio	1827	ESP	+42N	+11B	−2N	+33B	=15N	+24B	−6N	4.5	24.5	25.5	13.00	1979	+48.8
9	Fernandez Otero, Jose	1843	ESP	+39B	−1N	F	+19B	+18N	+13B	=5N	4.5	24.5	24.5	16.00	2003	+25.4
10	Casares Ripol, Fernando Jose	1952	ESP	+27B	=16N	+31B	=4N	−17B	=26N	+22B	4.5	22.5	25.5	15.50	1919	-2.8
11	Casares Cabanas, Carlos	2018	ESP	+29B	−8N	=14B	+37N	+21B	−17N	+24N	4.5	22.0	24.5	14.00	1887	-18.2
12	Mendez Rey, Daniel	1848	ESP	+38B	+46N	−5B	+22N	+6B	−1N	−4B	4.0	26.5	26.5	10.50	1911	+18.8
13	Ferreiro Vidal, Martin	1807	ESP	+30B	−5N	+27B	−17N	+23B	−9N	+28B	4.0	23.0	26.0	12.50	1743	-16.0
14	Mosqueira Rey, Jesus Manuel	1678	ESP	−2N	+28B	=11N	+46B	−24N	=19B	+25N	4.0	22.5	22.5	10.00	1782	+13.0
15	Arias Rodriguez, Manuel Ramon	1926	ESP	+35N	=19B	−24N	+29B	=8B	−6N	+27B	4.0	22.0	24.5	12.50	1766	-23.4
16	Blanco Rodriguez, Andres	1775	ESP	+45N	=10B	=19N	−26B	+33N	+20B	−7N	4.0	22.0	23.0	11.00	1789	+5.6
17	Sakulski, BernardCM	1975	ESP	F	F	+32N	+13B	+10N	+11B	−1B	4.0	21.5	21.5	15.50	2214	+28.2
18	Armstrong, Curstan Jordan	1748	ESP	+43B	−4N	+34B	=21N	−9B	+36N	=26B	4.0	21.0	22.0	9.25	1789	+12.8
19	Casares Pedride, Unai	1582	ESP	+6B	=15N	=16B	−9N	=22B	=14N	=20N	3.5	25.0	28.5	14.50	1842	+82.8
20	Cordido Sixto, Pablo	1998	ESP	+23B	−7N	+37B	−3B	+25N	−16N	=19B	3.5	24.5	27.0	10.75	1709	-45.6
21	Manana Pedreira, Mario	1846	ESP	+28N	−2B	+35N	=18B	−11N	−7B	+34N	3.5	24.5	27.0	10.00	1762	-13.6
22	Boquete Rega, Hugo	1736	ESP	+47N	−3B	+40N	−12B	=19N	+32B	−10N	3.5	22.0	22.0	6.25	1685	-16.0
23	Gonzalez-Chas Pico, Matias Xose	1589	ESP	−20N	+44B	−26N	+28B	−13N	=33B	+32N	3.5	18.5	19.5	7.75	1673	+10.0
24	Blanco Dans, Manuel	1888	ESP	+33N	F	+15B	−1N	+14B	−8N	−11B	3.0	25.5	25.5	10.50	1876	-2.4
25	Gonsalves Cunha, Anthony	1663	ESP	−5B	+30N	−6B	+39N	−20B	+35N	−14B	3.0	23.0	25.0	7.50	1650	-5.8
26	Rodriguez Fernandez, Juan Carlos	1891	ESP	F	F	+23B	+16N	−5B	=10B	=18N	3.0	21.0	21.0	11.75	1891	+1.6
27	Calvo Vieito, Roberto	1560	ESP	−10N	+45B	−13N	+40B	−7N	+43B	−15N	3.0	20.5	21.5	4.00	1538	-5.4
28	Alonso Rodriguez, Escarlata	1459	ESP	−21B	−14N	+44B	−23N	+47B	+30N	−13N	3.0	19.0	19.0	4.00	927	0.0
29	Varela Queijo, Jorge	1655	ESP	−11N	+42B	F	−15N	+35B	+34N	−31B	3.0	17.5	17.5	6.00	1688	+3.2
30	Castano Fernandez, Iria	0	ESP	−13N	−25B	+38N	+41B	−31N	−28B	+42N	3.0	16.5	17.5	4.50	1397	-58.0
31	Lema Garcia, Ramiro	1777	ESP	+41B	F	−10N	F	+30B	F	+29N	3.0	12.0	12.0	7.50	1804	+1.4
32	Rodriguez Priego, Sergio	1721	ESP	−1B	+39N	−17B	=34N	+45B	−22N	−23B	2.5	21.5	22.5	4.25	1538	-60.8
33	Rodriguez Montero, Pablo Sergio	1522	ESP	−24B	+43N	+36B	−8N	−16B	=23N	−37B	2.5	20.0	21.0	5.25	1525	-1.6
34	Mosqueira Vidal, Jesus	1538	ESP	−3N	+47B	−18N	=32B	+46N	−29B	−21B	2.5	18.5	18.5	1.25	1412	-22.4
35	Bothorel, Patrick	1543	FRA	−15B	+41N	−21B	+47N	−29N	−25B	=38N	2.5	17.0	17.0	2.50	1349	-20.2
36	Marquez Vazquez, Alfonso	1613	ESP	−4B	F	−33N	+42B	+43N	−18B	=40N	2.5	15.5	15.5	3.00	1353	-51.2
37	Garcia Felipez, Mario	1619	ESP	F	F	−20N	−11B	=40N	+46B	+33N	2.5	12.5	12.5	3.50	1653	-3.2
38	Pereira Fernandez, Abraham	1483	ESP	−12N	−6N	−30B	F	=39B	+45N	=35B	2.0	17.5	17.5	3.25	1484	-6.8
39	Goldar Perez, Maria Teresa	1434	ESP	−9N	−32B	+45N	−25B	=38N	−40B	=41N	2.0	15.5	16.5	2.75	1259	-18.0
40	Teixeira Pazos, Javier	1423	ESP	F	F	−22B	−27N	=37B	+39N	=36B	2.0	13.5	13.5	4.50	1521	+11.4
41	Gonzalez Rodriguez, Jose	0	ESP	−31N	−35B	F	−30N	+44N	−42B	=39B	1.5	12.5	12.5	2.00	1312	0.0
42	Bello Nieto, Roi	0	ESP	−8B	−29N	−43B	−36N	F	+41N	−30B	1.0	15.5	15.5	1.50	898	0.0
43	FIDE 94791660	0	—	−18N	−33B	+42N	F	−36B	−27N	−44B	1.0	14.0	14.0	1.00	810	0.0
44	Franco Losada, Alejandro	0	ESP	−7B	−23N	−28N	F	−41B	F	+43N	1.0	14.0	14.0	1.00	809	0.0
45	Muniz Martinez, David	0	ESP	−16B	−27N	−39B	F	−32N	−38B	+46N	1.0	13.5	13.5	0.00	794	0.0
46	FIDE 535032430	0	—	F	−12B	F	−14N	−34B	−37N	−45B	0.0	14.0	14.0	0.00	872	0.0
47	Rodriguez Touceda, Antonio	0	ESP	−22B	−34N	F	−35B	−28N	F	F	0.0	12.5	12.5	0.00	769	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Casares Pedride, NoelESP
+102.0
5.5 pts · #3
2Casares Pedride, UnaiESP
+82.8
3.5 pts · #13
3Calvo Miguez, SergioESP
+48.8
4.5 pts · #16

Top rating losers

1Rodriguez Priego, SergioESP
-60.8
2.5 pts · #29
2Castano Fernandez, IriaESP
-58.0
3.0 pts · #35
3Marquez Vazquez, AlfonsoESP
-51.2
2.5 pts · #39

Biggest upsets

R1+374 Elo gap
Casares Pedride, Unai1582 beat Mougan Gonzalez, Santiago1956
R6+223 Elo gap
Blanco Rodriguez, Andres1775 beat Cordido Sixto, Pablo1998
R2+212 Elo gap
Hervada Rivera, Martin1786 beat Cordido Sixto, Pablo1998