XI Torneo Internacional de Ajedrez Carthagineses y Romanos Sub 2400

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93 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 19 Sept 2025 to 21 Sept 2025 in Cartagena (Murcia), Spain. 2 titled players from 4 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2118, and top seed was H James Plaskett (🇬🇧 ENG, GM, 2321).

Daniel Ibanez Koblash (🇪🇸 ESP, CM, 2110) won with 6.0/7, ahead of Juan Diego Sicilia Laino (5.5) and Hugo Garijo Perez (5.5). Ibanez Koblash shared the lead from round 6 and broke clear in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 7: Aedan Santos Saura (1598) beat Alvaro Gea Garcia (1898), a +300-point gap.

Location

🇪🇸Cartagena (Murcia), Spain

Dates

19 Sept 2025 → 21 Sept 2025

Time control

Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 7 rounds

Top seed

🇬🇧GMH James Plaskett2321

Avg top 10

2,118

Participants

Titled players · 2

GM×1

CM×1

Federations · 4 represented

🇪🇸Spain×90

🇰🇿Kazakhstan×1

🇵🇱Poland×1

🇬🇧England×1

Top 3

🥇
CMDaniel Ibanez Koblash
🇪🇸ESP·2110
6.0pts·2341perf+75.2
🥈
Juan Diego Sicilia Laino
🇪🇸ESP·2117
5.5pts·2223perf+19.8
🥉
Hugo Garijo Perez
🇪🇸ESP·2037
5.5pts·2206perf+59.6

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

CM Daniel Ibanez Koblash led from R7; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders

Ibanez Koblash6Perals Martinez5.5Plaskett5.5Sicilia Laino5.5Santos Saura5.5Garijo Perez5.5

R7 · LEADER CHANGE21 Sept

CM Daniel Ibanez Koblash takes the sole lead (6.0/7).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

CM Daniel Ibanez Koblash 3 wins (R1–R3)Mario Perals Martinez 3 wins (R4–R6)GM H James Plaskett 3 wins (R1–R3)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1CMDaniel Ibanez Koblash	*	—	½	1
2Mario Perals Martinez	—	*	—	—
3GMH James Plaskett	½	—	*	0
4Juan Diego Sicilia Laino	0	—	1	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Ibanez Koblash, DanielCM	2110	ESP	+51B	+18N	+25B	=4B	=7N	+2N	+11B	6.0	29.0	32.0	26.75	2341	+75.2
2	Sicilia Laino, Juan Diego	2117	ESP	+35N	+19B	+43N	+12B	+4N	−1B	=3N	5.5	29.5	32.5	23.75	2223	+19.8
3	Garijo Perez, Hugo	2037	ESP	+28B	+33N	=11B	=42N	+10B	+9N	=2B	5.5	27.5	30.5	24.00	2206	+59.6
4	Plaskett, H JamesGM	2321	ENG	+47B	+13N	+23B	=1N	−2B	+33N	+50B	5.5	26.5	29.5	21.00	2234	-4.9
5	Perals Martinez, Mario	1939	ESP	+45B	=34N	=49B	+47N	+26B	+16N	=7B	5.5	23.0	26.0	20.25	2025	+28.4
6	Santos Saura, Iobhar	1838	ESP	+83B	−25N	+84B	+23N	+50B	=27N	+15B	5.5	21.0	22.0	16.00	2097	+47.4
7	Asensio Linan, Teodoro	2050	ESP	+44N	+14B	F	+34N	=1B	+8B	=5N	5.0	27.5	27.5	21.75	2159	+16.0
8	Persson Bogdanovic, Nils Oskar	1900	ESP	+21B	−11N	+64B	+32N	+42B	−7N	+23B	5.0	25.0	27.5	18.00	2076	+33.4
9	Fornieles Gomez, Antonio	1936	ESP	+59N	=22B	=76N	+43B	+12N	−3B	+24N	5.0	24.5	26.5	17.75	2013	+16.0
10	Plana Caballero, Miguel	1915	ESP	+68N	−43B	+44N	+52B	−3N	+38B	+42B	5.0	21.0	23.0	14.50	1986	+14.8
11	Cantero Navarro, Antonio	2170	ESP	+40N	+8B	=3N	+27B	F	+14B	−1N	4.5	28.5	28.5	19.75	2136	-2.4
12	Perez Epinin, Gines	2055	ESP	+46B	+39N	+24B	−2N	−9B	+32N	=18B	4.5	26.5	29.5	16.75	1977	-10.6
13	Sikharulidze Andronova, Ilya	1911	ESP	+48B	−4B	=17N	+40N	+34B	−42N	+35B	4.5	23.5	26.5	15.75	1966	+19.6
14	Picazo Palacios, Jose Maria	1862	ESP	+80B	−7N	+45B	+28N	+55B	−11N	=27B	4.5	23.5	25.5	14.00	1985	+23.8
15	Cano Mateos, Pablo	2073	ESP	=38B	=37N	+46B	=24N	+41N	+49B	−6N	4.5	23.0	26.0	15.00	1878	-28.4
16	Asensio Ramon, Ismael	1781	ESP	+90N	+31B	F	+74N	+25B	−5B	=20N	4.5	23.0	23.0	12.25	2084	+71.1
17	Fernandez Jimenez, Alejandro	1699	ESP	−23B	+58N	=13B	+54N	=24B	=39N	+33B	4.5	22.5	25.5	15.50	1958	+94.8
18	Pol Plazas, Pedro	1895	ESP	+66N	−1B	+57N	−41B	+71N	+44B	=12N	4.5	22.5	24.5	12.75	1903	+4.0
19	Castro Sagcal, Henry	1893	ESP	+72B	−2N	−26B	=21N	+62B	+61N	+34B	4.5	22.5	24.5	12.75	1819	-18.8
20	Rodriguez Canovas, Elena	1972	ESP	+61B	−24N	+37B	−49N	+46B	+26N	=16B	4.5	22.0	24.5	15.25	1852	-38.0
21	Santos Saura, Aedan	1598	ESP	−8N	−35B	+89N	=19B	+51N	+52B	+56N	4.5	22.0	22.0	11.25	1881	+86.8
22	Campoy Fructuoso, Javier	1807	ESP	+73B	=9N	+36B	−55N	−33B	+45N	+54N	4.5	21.0	23.0	14.00	1959	+30.2
23	Sabater Sanchez, Asensio	2034	ESP	+17N	+29B	−4N	−6B	+30N	+41B	−8N	4.0	28.5	32.0	16.00	1924	-17.6
24	Plazas Ros, Juan Jose	1839	ESP	+67N	+20B	−12N	=15B	=17N	+36B	−9B	4.0	26.5	29.0	15.00	1954	+40.3
25	Zamora Soler, Raul	1940	ESP	+60N	+6B	−1N	+76B	−16N	=37B	=49N	4.0	25.5	27.5	13.75	1874	-11.0
26	Arenas Gracia, Juan Francisco	1692	ESP	−87N	+79B	+19N	+29B	−5N	−20B	+43N	4.0	23.5	24.5	13.50	1908	+38.6
27	Clemente Grande, Daniel	1977	ESP	F	+38N	+53B	−11N	+65B	=6B	=14N	4.0	23.5	23.5	14.00	2011	+11.2
28	Marek, Mateusz	1708	POL	−3N	+77B	+31N	−14B	−29N	+68B	+53N	4.0	23.0	25.0	11.00	1869	+58.8
29	Fornieles Bretones, Antonio	1853	ESP	+58B	−23N	+75B	−26N	+28B	−50N	+81B	4.0	20.0	22.0	11.00	1790	-16.6
30	Arenas Gracia, Daniel	1720	ESP	=36B	=55N	=54B	=56N	−23B	+48N	+74B	4.0	19.5	21.5	11.25	1983	+44.8
31	Sabater Robles, Rafael	1936	ESP	+82B	−16N	−28B	=48N	=45B	+75N	+46B	4.0	19.5	21.5	10.00	1720	-34.4
32	Pujalte Perez, Miguel	1745	ESP	−42N	+70B	+69N	−8B	+78N	−12B	+44N	4.0	19.5	21.5	9.00	1838	+11.6
33	Gomez Ligero, Sergio	1856	ESP	+79N	−3B	=78N	+59B	+22N	−4B	−17N	3.5	25.0	27.0	10.50	1800	-11.0
34	Parra Gonzalez, Ruben	1799	ESP	+89N	=5B	+86N	−7B	−13N	+63B	−19N	3.5	23.0	23.0	6.25	1826	+6.4
35	Carrillo Conesa, Jose Antonio	1740	ESP	−2B	+21N	−55B	=62N	+72B	+65N	−13N	3.5	22.5	24.5	10.25	1809	+10.2
36	Celaya Tapiz, Jose Maria	2079	ESP	=30N	+52B	−22N	+51B	F	−24N	+71B	3.5	20.5	20.5	10.00	1823	-33.4
37	Fernandez Camacho, Pablo	1736	ESP	F	=15B	−20N	+70B	+68N	=25N	=39B	3.5	20.5	20.5	10.00	1901	+25.2
38	Navarro Viana, Juan Gonzalo	1719	ESP	=15N	−27B	+72N	+53B	F	−10N	+76B	3.5	20.5	20.5	9.25	1928	+63.6
39	Lopez Garcia, Francisco Andres	1878	ESP	+77N	−12B	F	=78B	+57N	=17B	=37N	3.5	19.5	19.5	10.00	1783	-12.2
40	Espadina Solano, Jaime	1763	ESP	−11B	=48N	+85N	−13B	−63N	+80B	+82N	3.5	18.5	19.5	6.50	1681	-15.8
41	Sanchez Gutierrez, David	1784	ESP	F	=85B	+67N	+18N	−15B	−23N	+69B	3.5	18.5	18.5	9.50	1879	+9.4
42	Garceran Perez, Alejandro	2134	ESP	+32B	=53N	F	=3B	−8N	+13B	−10N	3.0	28.5	31.5	12.75	1901	-67.6
43	Diez Machin, Vicente	1799	ESP	+91B	+10N	−2B	−9N	=64B	=81N	−26B	3.0	24.0	24.0	7.25	1706	-16.2
44	Caballero Frutos, Jose Alfredo	1708	ESP	−7B	+80N	−10B	+75N	+74B	−18N	−32B	3.0	22.5	24.5	6.00	1752	+6.0
45	Navarro Orcajada, Antonio	1673	ESP	−5N	+89B	−14N	+85B	=31N	−22B	=52N	3.0	22.5	22.5	4.50	1625	-5.6
46	Betanzos Atienza, Miguel	1714	ESP	−12N	+66B	−15N	+77B	−20N	+78B	−31N	3.0	22.0	24.0	6.50	1774	+6.6
47	Morell Ibarra, Javier	1767	ESP	−4N	+68B	+88N	−5B	=60N	−54B	=59N	3.0	22.0	22.5	5.50	1731	-9.0
48	Almau Izquierdo, Ivan	1603	ESP	−13N	=40B	=81N	=31B	=53N	−30B	+77N	3.0	21.0	23.0	8.25	1720	+36.4
49	Martinez Perez, Patricio	1804	ESP	F	+63B	=5N	+20B	F	−15N	=25B	3.0	21.0	21.0	11.75	1976	+45.6
50	Martinez Gonzalez, Miguel A.	2007	ESP	+57N	F	+56B	F	−6N	+29B	−4N	3.0	21.0	21.0	10.00	1991	-1.6
51	Montero Melendez, Juan	1732	ESP	−1N	+62B	F	−36N	−21B	+72N	+61B	3.0	21.0	21.0	7.00	1767	+2.4
52	Alvaro Lopez, Irene	1784	ESP	+69B	−36N	+92B	−10N	=61B	−21N	=45B	3.0	20.5	20.5	4.75	1618	-53.2
53	Naimanov, Rinat	1897	KAZ	+62B	=42B	−27N	−38N	=48B	+84N	−28B	3.0	20.0	21.0	6.50	1708	-32.8
54	Molina Cano, Ruben	1957	ESP	F	=71B	=30N	−17B	+82N	+47N	−22B	3.0	20.0	20.0	8.00	1722	-35.0
55	Manzanares Lopez, Alejandro	2073	ESP	=71N	=30B	+35N	+22B	−14N	F	F	3.0	18.5	18.5	11.00	1841	-25.0
56	Gea Garcia, Alvaro	1898	ESP	=63N	+81B	−50N	=30B	F	+64N	−21B	3.0	18.5	18.5	7.75	1708	-54.8
57	Fernandez Real, Jose Miguel	1683	ESP	−50B	+83N	−18B	+84N	−39B	−69N	+62B	3.0	17.0	18.0	5.00	1735	+6.8
58	Matencio Fernandez, Leonardo	1520	ESP	−29N	−17B	−70N	+73B	+85N	−71B	+68N	3.0	16.5	17.5	5.00	1525	-1.6
59	Enriquez Pastor, Jorge	1623	ESP	−9B	+91N	=65B	−33N	−75B	+88N	=47B	3.0	16.5	16.5	3.25	1621	-2.2
60	Calderon Martinez, Africa	1675	ESP	−25B	+73N	−74B	+80N	=47B	=76N	−65B	3.0	15.5	17.5	6.50	1694	+2.6
61	Valverde Lopez, Francisco Leopoldo	1683	ESP	−20N	−67B	+63N	+88B	=52N	−19B	−51N	2.5	20.0	20.5	4.50	1609	-15.4
62	Fernandez Ballester, Antonio F	1596	ESP	−53N	−51N	+83B	=35B	−19N	+92B	−57N	2.5	18.5	18.5	3.25	1601	-2.2
63	Horoshchuk, Myhailo	1597	ESP	=56B	−49N	−61B	+79N	+40B	−34N	−64B	2.5	18.0	20.0	7.00	1638	+10.8
64	Ferrandez Lozano, Salvador Andres	1696	ESP	F	F	−8N	+66B	=43N	−56B	+63N	2.5	16.0	16.0	6.50	1749	+12.8
65	Amoros Moran, Jose Joaquin	1832	ESP	F	F	=59N	+82B	−27N	−35B	+60N	2.5	15.5	15.5	6.50	1728	-13.8
66	Andres Zamorano, Cayo	1551	ESP	−18B	−46N	+73B	−64N	F	=83B	+70N	2.5	15.5	15.5	4.75	1574	+1.4
67	Ferrer Prior, Luis Manuel	1514	ESP	−24B	+61N	−41B	−72N	−84B	+89N	=88B	2.5	13.5	13.5	2.75	1457	-10.0
68	Araque Bolivar, Miguel Angel	1615	ESP	−10B	−47N	+79B	+69N	−37B	−28N	−58B	2.0	20.5	22.5	4.00	1424	-55.6
69	Meca Garcia, Mario	0	ESP	−52N	F	−32B	−68B	+70N	+57B	−41N	2.0	17.5	17.5	5.00	1575	0.0
70	Candela Castejon, Aitana	1598	ESP	−86B	−32N	+58B	−37N	−69B	+73N	−66B	2.0	17.0	18.0	5.00	1522	-22.8
71	Andres Garre, Adrian	1718	ESP	=55B	=54N	F	F	−18B	+58N	−36N	2.0	17.0	17.0	6.00	1833	+22.4
72	Sanchez Rosique, Aitana	1536	ESP	−19N	F	−38B	+67B	−35N	−51B	+92N	2.0	17.0	17.0	2.50	1560	+2.8
73	Vivas Asensio, Roberto	1428	ESP	−22N	−60B	−66N	−58N	+79B	−70B	+90N	2.0	17.0	17.0	2.00	1339	-25.2
74	Sabater Sanchez, Felix	1887	ESP	F	F	+60N	−16B	−44N	+77B	−30N	2.0	16.5	16.5	5.00	1611	-35.4
75	Alijarte Alfaya, Roberto	1595	ESP	F	F	−29N	−44B	+59N	−31B	+83N	2.0	15.5	15.5	4.50	1645	+8.8
76	Fernandez Rodriguez, Ramon	1825	ESP	+93N	F	=9B	−25N	F	=60B	−38N	2.0	15.5	15.5	4.00	1670	-18.8
77	Rosique Martinez, Javier	1535	ESP	−39B	−28N	+91B	−46N	+90B	−74N	−48B	2.0	15.5	15.5	0.00	958	-23.6
78	Casaliglla Almachi, Christan Enrique	1645	ESP	F	F	=33B	=39N	−32B	−46N	+84B	2.0	15.0	15.0	4.50	1681	+8.0
79	Lopez Soler, Jose	1528	ESP	−33B	−26N	−68N	−63B	−73N	+90B	+89B	2.0	14.0	14.0	0.00	837	-74.4
80	Marin Hernandez, Yoel	1533	ESP	−14N	−44B	+90N	−60B	F	−40N	+91B	2.0	14.0	14.0	0.00	952	-36.4
81	Martinez Carricondo, Patricio Jesus	1628	ESP	F	−56N	=48B	+92N	F	=43B	−29N	2.0	13.0	13.0	3.00	1661	+6.0
82	Simonelli Ramos, Guillermo Jose	1623	ESP	−31N	+90B	F	−65N	−54B	+91N	−40B	2.0	13.0	13.0	0.00	1072	-32.0
83	Garcia Lopez, Antonio 1977	1465	ESP	−6N	−57B	−62N	+89B	F	=66N	−75B	1.5	15.5	15.5	1.25	1286	-34.0
84	Alijarte Marquez, David	1571	ESP	F	F	−6N	−57B	+67N	−53B	−78N	1.0	16.0	16.0	2.50	1475	-12.8
85	Galan Del Solar, Jose Pablo	0	ESP	=?B	=41N	−40B	−45N	−58B	F	F	1.0	13.0	13.0	1.75	1469	0.0
86	Aguera Martinez, Joaquin	1905	ESP	+70N	F	−34B	F	F	F	F	1.0	5.5	5.5	2.00	1694	-10.2
87	Vaz Perez, Benito	2017	ESP	+26B	F	F	F	F	F	F	1.0	4.0	4.0	4.00	2492	+2.6
88	Smith Sandford, Gary Paul	1490	ESP	F	F	−47B	−61N	F	−59B	=67N	0.5	11.0	11.0	1.25	1325	-28.4
89	Jordan Paiva, Pedro	0	ESP	−34B	−45N	−21B	−83N	F	−67B	−79N	0.0	17.0	17.0	0.00	797	0.0
90	Solano Rubio, Andres	0	ESP	−16B	−82N	−80B	F	−77N	−79N	−73B	0.0	14.5	14.5	0.00	772	0.0
91	Garcia Martinez, Juan de Dios	0	ESP	−43N	−59B	−77N	F	F	−82B	−80N	0.0	12.0	12.0	0.00	822	0.0
92	Pardo Diaz, Daniel	1511	ESP	F	F	−52N	−81B	F	−62N	−72B	0.0	9.5	9.5	0.00	836	-54.0
93	Vaz Caballero, Angel	1446	ESP	−76B	F	F	F	F	F	F	0.0	2.0	2.0	0.00	1025	-3.6

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Fernandez Jimenez, AlejandroESP
+94.8
4.5 pts · #19
2Santos Saura, AedanESP
+86.8
4.5 pts · #36
3Ibanez Koblash, DanielCMESP
+75.2
6.0 pts · #1

Top rating losers

1Lopez Soler, JoseESP
-74.4
2.0 pts · #85
2Garceran Perez, AlejandroESP
-67.6
3.0 pts · #40
3Araque Bolivar, Miguel AngelESP
-55.6
2.0 pts · #80

Biggest upsets

R7+300 Elo gap
Santos Saura, Aedan1598 beat Gea Garcia, Alvaro1898
R3+272 Elo gap
Campoy Fructuoso, Javier1807 beat Celaya Tapiz, Jose Maria2079
R4+258 Elo gap
Fernandez Jimenez, Alejandro1699 beat Molina Cano, Ruben1957