VI Open Internacional de Ajedrez Dama Negra

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62 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 26 Dec 2025 to 30 Dec 2025 in Alicante, Spain. 6 titled players from 8 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2086, and top seed was Sebastian Felipe Sanchez (🇨🇴 COL, IM, 2422).

Piotr Goluch (🇵🇱 POL, IM, 2250) won with 7.0/9, ahead of Jose Alberto Sanchez Negreiros (7.0) and Amartya Saumitra Gupta (6.5).

The biggest upset came in round 7: Alejandro Gustavo Sanchez Negreiros (1498) beat Gines Raul Dura Olmos (1977), a +479-point gap.

Location

🇪🇸Alicante, Spain

Dates

26 Dec 2025 → 30 Dec 2025

Time control

Standard: 90 minutes for the whole game

System

Swiss · 9 rounds

Avg top 10

2,086

Participants

Titled players · 6

IM×1

FM×3

WFM×1

WCM×1

Federations · 8 represented

🇪🇸Spain×37

🇵🇪Peru×3

🇵🇱Poland×3

🇬🇧Scotland×2

🇺🇦Ukraine×2

🇳🇱Netherlands×2

🇮🇹Italy×1

🇨🇺Cuba×1

Top 3

🥇
IMPiotr Goluch
🇵🇱POL·2250
7.0pts·2220perf-0.6
🥈
FMJose Alberto Sanchez Negreiros
🇵🇪PER·2055
7.0pts·2220perf+32.6
🥉
Amartya Saumitra Gupta
🇮🇳IND·1931
6.5pts·2144perf+56.4

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

Tight race until R9; 2 players tied at 7.0/9, decided on Buchholz.

Co-leaders

Sanchez Negreiros7Goluch7Olde6.5Gupta6.5Romera Carrion6Sala Esquiva6

R8 · LEADER CHANGE30 Dec

IM Sebastian Felipe Sanchez takes the sole lead (7.0/8).

R9 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 7.0/9. Goluch takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (43.5).

R6 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

FM Jose Alberto Sanchez Negreiros lost to IM Piotr Goluch (Black).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1FMJose Alberto Sanchez Negreiros	*	0	—	1
2IMPiotr Goluch	1	*	0	½
3WCMGrete Olde	—	1	*	—
4Amartya Saumitra Gupta	0	½	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Goluch, PiotrIM	2250	POL	+43N	+10B	+24N	=?B	+5N	+2B	=3N	−4B	+25N	7.0	43.5	43.5	33.75	2220	-0.6
2	Sanchez Negreiros, Jose AlbertoFM	2055	PER	+33B	+11N	=41B	+5B	=?N	−1N	+22B	+13N	+3B	7.0	41.5	41.5	32.75	2220	+32.6
3	Amartya Saumitra Gupta	1931	IND	+51N	−?B	+40N	+17B	+28N	+8B	=1B	+7N	−2N	6.5	40.5	40.5	30.00	2144	+56.4
4	Olde, GreteWCM	1989	EST	+40B	−12N	+37B	=26N	+32B	+14N	+6B	+1N	−?N	6.5	39.5	39.5	32.25	2155	+33.8
5	Garcia Gimenez, SantiagoFM	2213	ESP	+49B	+22N	+19B	−2N	−1B	+9N	+26B	−?B	+13N	6.0	41.0	41.0	27.00	2161	-5.4
6	Sala Esquiva, Miguel	2045	ESP	+31N	+18B	−?N	=23B	+25N	+41B	−4N	=11B	+10N	6.0	38.5	38.5	27.25	2074	+11.6
7	Romera Carrion, Ruben	1946	ESP	+34N	=17B	+48N	=8B	+10N	−?B	+23N	−3B	+15N	6.0	38.5	38.5	26.75	2025	+18.8
8	Troshchenko, Vladimir	2099	UKR	=27N	+54B	+12B	=7N	F	−3N	+41B	=10B	+11N	5.5	37.5	37.5	23.25	2003	-15.6
9	Amoros Moran, Jose Joaquin	1845	ESP	+50N	=21B	+45N	=14B	−19N	−5B	=34N	+42B	+22B	5.5	36.0	38.5	20.50	1932	+23.2
10	Seleznev, Egor	1923	RUS	+16B	−1N	+36B	+12N	−7B	=13N	+29B	=8N	−6B	5.0	44.0	48.0	23.75	1938	+5.0
11	Chekanov, Timur	1899	FID	+46B	−2B	=15N	=33N	+37B	+30N	=19B	=6N	−8B	5.0	41.0	44.0	21.50	1867	-5.6
12	Gonzalez Argandona, Manuel	1866	ESP	+38N	+4B	−8N	−10B	+35N	=28B	−25N	+34B	=20N	5.0	39.0	43.0	23.25	1874	+8.8
13	Garcia Sanchez, Miguel Angel	1939	ESP	+56N	−24B	+39N	+18B	=41N	=10B	+33N	−2B	−5B	5.0	39.0	41.0	19.25	1892	-18.0
14	Dura Olmos, Gines Raul	1977	ESP	=35N	+27B	+32B	=9N	F	−4B	−15N	+33B	+23N	5.0	38.5	38.5	22.25	1871	-18.2
15	Sanchez Negreiros, Alejandro Gustavo	1498	PER	−22B	+49N	=11B	=30N	=29B	+48N	+14B	=19N	−7B	5.0	37.5	40.0	20.00	1895	+160.0
16	Soghoyan, Narek	1505	ESP	−10N	−29N	+57B	+40B	+27N	−23B	+24N	+18B	−19N	5.0	36.5	38.0	19.00	1809	+126.8
17	Prabhu, Aadith	1831	SCO	+62B	=7N	=25B	−3N	+36B	−22N	+51B	−26N	+33B	5.0	36.0	36.0	15.25	1810	-5.2
18	Stankowski, Wiktor	1868	POL	+44B	−6N	+42B	−13N	+54B	−33N	+40B	−16N	+29B	5.0	35.0	37.0	17.00	1746	-37.2
19	Lloret Ramis, Juan JoseFM	2024	ESP	+39N	+23B	−5N	F	+9B	F	=11N	=15B	+16B	5.0	35.0	35.0	24.00	1973	-2.4
20	Tonus, Alex	2032	ITA	+37B	−41N	=33B	−28N	+49N	−25B	+35N	+31B	=12B	5.0	34.0	36.5	19.50	1808	-45.6
21	Mascarell Canet, Ricardo	1952	ESP	+36B	=9N	+30B	=41N	+22B	F	−?N	F	+28B	5.0	26.5	26.5	22.00	2087	+18.8
22	Klochkov, Alexey	1916	ESP	+15N	−5B	+35N	+24B	−21N	+17B	−2N	=23B	−9N	4.5	42.5	46.5	20.75	1853	-26.0
23	Serna Puerto, Lorenzo	1848	ESP	+57B	−19N	+53B	=6N	=26B	+16N	−7B	=22N	−14B	4.5	38.0	39.5	16.00	1811	-8.8
24	Dale, Svein	1788	NOR	+59B	+13N	−1B	−22N	+42B	−26N	−16B	+27N	=40N	4.5	37.5	38.5	15.75	1760	-8.2
25	Lezhepekova, VeronikaWFM	1941	ESP	+42B	F	=17N	F	−6B	+20N	+12B	+28N	−1B	4.5	36.0	36.0	20.50	2015	+15.2
26	Rangelov Mihailov, Georgi	1900	ESP	F	=35B	+34N	=4B	=23N	+24B	−5N	+17B	F	4.5	34.5	34.5	21.00	1947	+9.8
27	Ortega Segovia, Javier	1732	ESP	=8B	−14N	=51B	+53N	−16B	+36N	=32N	−24B	+42N	4.5	34.0	36.0	15.50	1724	-7.6
28	Peixoto,Sergio Dantas	1782	BRA	=47N	=61B	+58N	+20B	−3B	=12N	+45N	−25B	−21N	4.5	33.5	34.5	14.00	1906	+26.4
29	Aponte Gomez, Edgar Patricio	1767	PER	−?N	+16B	=61N	=45B	=15N	+34B	−10N	+38B	−18N	4.5	32.0	32.0	17.50	1787	+5.4
30	Roersma, Dylan	1830	NED	+52N	=45B	−21N	=15B	+56N	−11B	=38N	+46B	−32N	4.5	31.5	33.5	13.00	1661	-61.2
31	Montoto Arce, Oscar	1676	ESP	−6B	=44N	+60B	−32N	=51B	=42N	+39B	−20N	+46N	4.5	31.5	32.5	12.50	1665	-6.6
32	Shankar, Anirudha	1878	ESP	F	+47B	−14N	+31B	−4N	F	=27B	+43N	+30B	4.5	31.5	31.5	17.75	1885	+4.4
33	Fernandez Seco, Daniel	1702	ESP	−2N	+46B	=20N	=11B	+45N	+18B	−13B	−14N	−17N	4.0	40.0	43.0	16.00	1849	+31.2
34	Maslinski, Daniel Igor	1611	ESP	−7B	+62N	−26B	+59N	+48B	−29N	=9B	−12N	=38B	4.0	33.5	33.5	8.75	1645	+3.6
35	Borkowski, Jan	1628	POL	=14B	=26N	−22B	+46N	−12B	=43N	−20B	=49N	+50B	4.0	33.0	35.5	13.25	1745	+28.9
36	Canadas Ortiz, Oscar	1616	ESP	−21N	+50B	−10N	+55B	−17N	−27B	+60N	−39B	+47N	4.0	31.0	32.0	8.50	1555	-28.8
37	Fernandez Arnau, Juan	1663	ESP	−20N	+55B	−4N	+58B	−11N	−38B	+53N	+51N	−43B	4.0	30.0	31.5	7.50	1633	-19.6
38	Prabhu, Ainesh	1441	SCO	−12B	−40N	−52B	+57N	+60B	+37N	=30B	−29N	=34N	4.0	29.0	30.0	10.75	1635	+58.4
39	Farwagi, Pierre	1654	FRA	−19B	+57N	−13B	−51N	F	+50B	−31N	+36N	+44B	4.0	28.0	28.0	11.50	1634	-5.8
40	Doman, Richard	1652	ENG	−4N	+38B	−3B	−16N	+58B	+53N	−18N	F	=24B	3.5	36.5	38.0	9.75	1641	-10.0
41	Zlyvko, Myroslav	1896	UKR	+55N	+20B	=2N	=21B	=13B	−6N	−8N	F	F	3.5	35.5	35.5	15.50	1946	+22.8
42	Hidalgo Mena, Manel	1593	ESP	−25N	+52B	−18N	+43B	−24N	=31B	+49B	−9N	−27B	3.5	34.5	36.5	10.25	1652	+10.0
43	Illan Arques, Martin	1764	ESP	−1B	F	F	−42N	+47N	=35B	+52N	−32B	+37N	3.5	28.0	28.0	11.00	1637	-19.4
44	Espinosa Aparicio, Enrique	1448	ESP	−18N	=31B	−54N	−47B	−50N	+59B	+57N	+52B	−39N	3.5	24.5	25.5	6.75	1419	-6.8
45	Kamm, Guenter	1933	GER	+53B	=30N	−9B	=29N	−33B	+54N	−28B	F	F	3.0	30.5	30.5	8.50	1680	-44.8
46	Niguez Lopez, Alejandro	1492	ESP	−11N	−33N	+50B	−35B	+59N	+47B	F	−30N	−31B	3.0	28.5	28.5	6.50	1418	-12.0
47	Silko, Valerii	0	ESP	=28B	−32N	−56B	+44N	−43B	−46N	=50N	+53B	−36B	3.0	27.5	29.5	9.00	1483	0.0
48	Meler Tevar, Sergio	1857	ESP	F	+60N	−7B	F	−34N	−15B	+56B	F	+51N	3.0	22.0	22.0	5.00	1553	-36.4
49	Grau Sansaloni, Francisco	1733	ESP	−5N	−15B	F	+52N	−20B	F	−42N	=35B	+55N	2.5	29.5	29.5	6.00	1534	-32.6
50	Zubalevych, Tymur	1428	ESP	−9B	−36N	−46N	F	+44B	−39N	=47B	+58B	−35N	2.5	28.5	28.5	6.50	1424	-4.0
51	Santos Anton, Armando	1534	ESP	−3B	F	=27N	+39B	=31N	F	−17N	−37B	−48B	2.0	31.5	31.5	8.50	1605	+9.8
52	Hordiienko, Mark	0	ESP	−30B	−42N	+38N	−49B	+55N	F	−43B	−44N	F	2.0	25.5	25.5	6.00	1454	0.0
53	Munoz Martinez, Francisco	1538	ESP	−45N	+59B	−23N	−27B	+62N	−40B	−37B	−47N	F	2.0	25.5	25.5	1.00	966	-45.6
54	Yanston, Kseniia	1650	ESP	F	−8N	+44B	F	−18N	−45B	+58N	F	F	2.0	21.5	21.5	5.00	1671	-0.8
55	Alberola Reig, Francisco	1482	ESP	−41B	−37N	+62B	−36N	−52B	F	F	+59N	−49B	2.0	19.5	19.5	1.00	923	-17.0
56	Del Valle Domenech, Trinidad	1544	ESP	−13B	F	+47N	F	−30B	F	−48N	F	+62B	2.0	15.5	15.5	3.00	1076	-7.6
57	Roersma, Melvin	1430	NED	−23N	−39B	−16N	−38B	F	−60N	−44B	+62N	=58B	1.5	23.5	23.5	0.75	1148	-66.8
58	Chen, Hao	1417	CHN	F	F	−28B	−37N	−40N	+62B	−54B	−50N	=57N	1.5	18.0	18.0	0.75	1197	-46.8
59	Ramos Garcia, Manuel Fernando	0	ESP	−24N	−53N	F	−34B	−46B	−44N	+62N	−55B	F	1.0	19.0	19.0	0.00	760	0.0
60	Yanston, Uliana	0	ESP	F	−48B	−31N	F	−38N	+57B	−36B	F	F	1.0	17.0	17.0	1.50	1364	0.0
61	Nieves Moros, Ricardo	2180	CUB	F	=28N	=29B	F	F	F	F	F	F	1.0	9.0	9.0	4.50	1780	-16.8
62	FIDE 24513970	0	—	−17N	−34B	−55N	F	−53B	−58N	−59B	−57B	−56N	0.0	19.0	19.0	0.00	750	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Sanchez Negreiros, Alejandro GustavoPER
+160.0
5.0 pts · #12
2Soghoyan, NarekESP
+126.8
5.0 pts · #17
3Prabhu, AineshSCO
+58.4
4.0 pts · #40

Top rating losers

1Roersma, MelvinNED
-66.8
1.5 pts · #57
2Roersma, DylanNED
-61.2
4.5 pts · #37
3Chen, HaoCHN
-46.8
1.5 pts · #56

Biggest upsets

R7+479 Elo gap
Sanchez Negreiros, Alejandro Gustavo1498 beat Dura Olmos, Gines Raul1977
R8+363 Elo gap
Soghoyan, Narek1505 beat Stankowski, Wiktor1868
R6+359 Elo gap
Sanchez Negreiros, Alejandro Gustavo1498 beat Meler Tevar, Sergio1857