Sub-18 Cordoba 2025
52 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 27 Sept 2025 to 11 Oct 2025 in Cordoba, Spain. Top 10 Elo average was 1860, and top seed was Jorge Carrillo Haro (🇪🇸 ESP, 2110).
David Molina Murillo (🇪🇸 ESP, 1886) won with 5.5/6, ahead of Eduardo Cesar Maestre (4.5) and David Martin Martin (4.5). Molina Murillo won solo starting round 5.
The biggest upset came in round 5: Bruno Melendez Melo (1607) beat Jorge Carrillo Haro (2110), a +503-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 6 roundsDavid Molina Murillo led from R5; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.
David Molina Murillo never relinquished the lead after R5; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.
David Molina Murillo 5 wins (R1–R5)Javier Llamas Rodriguez 3 wins (R3–R6)Eduardo Cesar Maestre 4 wins (R1–R4)
Javier Llamas Rodriguez was #11 at R4, climbed to #2 over the final stretch.
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1David Molina Murillo | * | — | 1 | — |
| 2Javier Llamas Rodriguez | — | * | — | — |
| 3Eduardo Cesar Maestre | 0 | — | * | ½ |
| 4David Martin Martin | — | — | ½ | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Molina Murillo, David | 1886 | ESP | +18B | +26N | +8B | +22N | +2B | =5N | 5.5 | 19.0 | 22.0 | 19.75 | 2159 | +59.2 |
| 2 | Cesar Maestre, Eduardo | 1936 | ESP | +13N | +12B | +14N | +5B | −1N | =3B | 4.5 | 21.5 | 25.0 | 17.25 | 1846 | -16.4 |
| 3 | Martin Martin, David | 1790 | ESP | =24B | +42N | =4B | +17N | +7B | =2N | 4.5 | 20.0 | 21.0 | 15.00 | 1913 | +26.4 |
| 4 | Frias Lope, Marta | 1599 | ESP | +40N | =6B | =3N | +21B | +14N | =8B | 4.5 | 19.0 | 20.5 | 14.25 | 1887 | +57.2 |
| 5 | Melendez Melo, Bruno | 1607 | ESP | +36N | +21B | +33N | −2N | +22B | =1B | 4.5 | 18.0 | 20.0 | 12.75 | 2003 | +75.6 |
| 6 | Llamas Rodriguez, Javier | 1959 | ESP | +25B | =4N | +15B | F | +12N | +9N | 4.5 | 18.0 | 18.0 | 15.75 | 1976 | +2.8 |
| 7 | Herrero Pena, Laura | 1815 | ESP | =11N | +34B | +10N | +33B | −3N | +13B | 4.5 | 17.0 | 19.0 | 12.75 | 1866 | +12.8 |
| 8 | Frias Lope, Miguel | 1796 | ESP | F | +17B | −1N | +10B | +16N | =4N | 3.5 | 20.5 | 20.5 | 12.75 | 1769 | -2.8 |
| 9 | Cuesta Castro, Oscar | 1698 | ESP | −21N | +40B | +20N | =13B | +18N | −6B | 3.5 | 18.0 | 19.5 | 10.25 | 1704 | +0.4 |
| 10 | Cano Ruiz, Alberto | 1478 | ESP | +49B | +19N | −7B | −8N | +30B | =16B | 3.5 | 18.0 | 18.0 | 8.25 | 1684 | +50.0 |
| 11 | Morales Moreno, Francisco Jose | 0 | ESP | =7B | =24N | +26B | −16B | +34N | =12B | 3.5 | 17.5 | 19.5 | 10.50 | 1651 | 0.0 |
| 12 | Rosa Garcia, Alberto | 1576 | ESP | +41B | −2N | +24B | +38N | −6B | =11N | 3.5 | 17.5 | 19.0 | 8.25 | 1148 | -7.6 |
| 13 | Garcia Gonzalez, Rafael | 0 | ESP | −2B | +41N | +42B | =9N | +15B | −7N | 3.5 | 17.5 | 18.5 | 7.75 | 1680 | 0.0 |
| 14 | El Faliri Mayer, Manuel | 1624 | ESP | +35B | +37N | −2B | +25N | −4B | =23N | 3.5 | 17.0 | 19.0 | 8.50 | 1616 | -3.6 |
| 15 | Morales Zafra, Ivan | 1620 | ESP | +38N | =20B | −6N | +39B | −13N | +21B | 3.5 | 16.5 | 18.0 | 8.25 | 1511 | -14.0 |
| 16 | Montilla Hinojosa, Rodrigo | 1605 | ESP | +43B | −22N | +29B | +11N | −8B | =10N | 3.5 | 16.5 | 17.5 | 9.25 | 1487 | -20.0 |
| 17 | Vico Estepa, Domingo | 1530 | ESP | +47B | −8N | +35B | −3B | +28N | =19N | 3.5 | 16.5 | 17.5 | 7.75 | 1673 | +25.2 |
| 18 | Garcia Gonzalez, David 2010 | 0 | ESP | −1N | +46B | +19B | =23N | −9B | +?N | 3.5 | 16.5 | 16.5 | 6.00 | 1693 | 0.0 |
| 19 | Paz Garcia, Alejandro | 1645 | ESP | +39N | −10B | −18N | +48B | +25N | =17B | 3.5 | 15.0 | 16.0 | 7.25 | 1477 | -26.4 |
| 20 | Ruz Herrador, Alejandro | 1448 | ESP | +50B | =15N | −9B | +27N | −23B | +39N | 3.5 | 14.5 | 14.5 | 6.25 | 1535 | +15.2 |
| 21 | Munoz Sanchez, Rafael | 0 | ESP | +9B | −5N | +32B | −4N | +26B | −15N | 3.0 | 19.0 | 21.5 | 9.00 | 1595 | 0.0 |
| 22 | Carrillo Haro, Jorge | 2110 | ESP | +31N | +16B | +23N | −1B | −5N | F | 3.0 | 19.0 | 19.0 | 9.00 | 1802 | -57.6 |
| 23 | Castro Gutierrez, Javier | 1691 | ESP | F | +27N | −22B | =18B | +20N | =14B | 3.0 | 16.5 | 17.5 | 10.00 | 1755 | +10.4 |
| 24 | Ruz Herrador, Dario | 0 | ESP | =3N | =11B | −12N | −28B | +43N | +34B | 3.0 | 16.5 | 17.5 | 7.00 | 1613 | 0.0 |
| 25 | Castejon Tofe, Francisco Javier | 1422 | ESP | −6N | +44B | +36N | −14B | −19B | +42N | 3.0 | 14.5 | 15.5 | 4.00 | 897 | -21.6 |
| 26 | Llamas Fernandez, Jacobo | 1536 | ESP | +44N | −1B | −11N | +43B | −21N | +46B | 3.0 | 14.0 | 15.0 | 3.00 | 1086 | -4.4 |
| 27 | Nekhay Morales, Leo Mijail | 1476 | ESP | +51N | −23B | =39N | −20B | +31N | =29B | 3.0 | 13.5 | 13.5 | 4.75 | 1397 | -13.6 |
| 28 | Hilmi Cuevas, Nadim | 1808 | ESP | F | F | +43B | +24N | −17B | +35N | 3.0 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 6.00 | 730 | -33.2 |
| 29 | Garcia Sicilia, Daniel | 0 | ESP | −33N | +51B | −16N | +45B | =?B | =27N | 3.0 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 2.50 | 1414 | 0.0 |
| 30 | Hernandez Castro, Pablo | 1557 | ESP | F | F | +44N | +42B | −10N | +36N | 3.0 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 4.00 | 678 | -24.4 |
| 31 | Casado Salas, Pablo | 1427 | ESP | −22B | −43N | +49B | =41N | −27B | +40N | 2.5 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 2.25 | 852 | -20.4 |
| 32 | Orden Sanchez, Rafael | 1508 | ESP | +46N | −33B | −21N | F | =40B | +52N | 2.5 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 1.75 | 1001 | -6.0 |
| 33 | Merino Ferrer, Javier | 1801 | ESP | +29B | +32N | −5B | −7N | F | F | 2.0 | 16.5 | 16.5 | 5.50 | 1519 | -43.2 |
| 34 | Carmona Gomez, Antonio | 1625 | ESP | −42B | −7N | +47B | +35N | −11B | −24N | 2.0 | 14.0 | 15.0 | 3.00 | 1015 | -10.0 |
| 35 | Espinosa Banos, Alejandra | 0 | ESP | −14N | +45B | −17N | −34B | +50N | −28B | 2.0 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 1.00 | 847 | 0.0 |
| 36 | Maz Antiduelo, Laura | 0 | ESP | −5B | +50N | −25B | −?N | +45N | −30B | 2.0 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 1.00 | 733 | 0.0 |
| 37 | Dios Hoyo, Alvaro | 1434 | ESP | +45N | −14B | −38N | +40B | F | F | 2.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 2.50 | 824 | -10.0 |
| 38 | Ruiz Ruiz, Alejandra | 0 | ESP | −15B | +49N | +37B | −12B | F | F | 2.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 2.00 | 1418 | 0.0 |
| 39 | Moreno Munoz, Agustin | 0 | ESP | −19B | +47N | =27B | −15N | F | −20B | 1.5 | 15.0 | 16.0 | 2.50 | 1226 | 0.0 |
| 40 | FIDE 94778914 | 0 | — | −4B | −9N | +50B | −37N | =32N | −31B | 1.5 | 15.0 | 15.0 | 1.25 | 1168 | 0.0 |
| 41 | FIDE 94778906 | 0 | — | −12N | −13B | +51N | =31B | F | F | 1.5 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 1.25 | 1309 | 0.0 |
| 42 | Olmo Criado, Marco | 0 | ESP | +34N | −3B | −13N | −30N | F | −25B | 1.0 | 16.0 | 17.0 | 2.00 | 1405 | 0.0 |
| 43 | FIDE 523090634 | 0 | — | −16N | +31B | −28N | −26N | −24B | F | 1.0 | 15.0 | 15.0 | 2.50 | 1401 | 0.0 |
| 44 | Ruiz Ruiz, Manuel | 0 | ESP | −26B | −25N | −30B | +49N | F | F | 1.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 0.00 | 705 | 0.0 |
| 45 | Vilchez Ridaura, Rafael | 0 | ESP | −37B | −35N | F | −29N | −36B | +50B | 1.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 0.00 | 634 | 0.0 |
| 46 | FIDE 523091614 | 0 | — | −32B | −18N | −?B | +52N | F | −26N | 1.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 0.00 | 731 | 0.0 |
| 47 | Merino Ferrer, Diego | 0 | ESP | −17N | −39B | −34N | +51B | F | F | 1.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 0.00 | 777 | 0.0 |
| 48 | Ondono Agudo, Andres | 0 | ESP | F | F | +52B | −19N | F | F | 1.0 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 0.00 | 845 | 0.0 |
| 49 | FIDE 523091070 | 0 | — | −10N | −38B | −31N | −44B | F | F | 0.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 0.00 | 653 | 0.0 |
| 50 | FIDE 535037300 | 0 | — | −20N | −36B | −40N | F | −35B | −45N | 0.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 0.00 | 648 | 0.0 |
| 51 | Ondono Agudo, Miguel Angel | 0 | ESP | −27B | −29N | −41B | −47N | F | F | 0.0 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 0.00 | 677 | 0.0 |
| 52 | FIDE 535037172 | 0 | — | F | F | −48N | −46B | F | −32B | 0.0 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 0.00 | 710 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Melendez Melo, BrunoESP+75.64.5 pts · #15
- 2Molina Murillo, DavidESP+59.25.5 pts · #1
- 3Frias Lope, MartaESP+57.24.5 pts · #11
- 1Carrillo Haro, JorgeESP-57.63.0 pts · #9
- 2Merino Ferrer, JavierESP-43.22.0 pts · #22
- 3Hilmi Cuevas, NadimESP-33.23.0 pts · #40
- R5+503 Elo gap
- R5+278 Elo gap
- R4+224 Elo gap