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Roquetas Chess Festival 2026 - XXXVII International Open

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150 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 02 Jan 2026 to 07 Jan 2026 in Roquetas de Mar (Almeria), Spain. 67 titled players from 8 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2516, and top seed was Diptayan Ghosh (🇮🇳 IND, GM, 2577).

Prraneeth Vuppala (🇮🇳 IND, GM, 2496) won with 7.5/9, ahead of Pau Marin Ferragut (7.0) and Nico Chasin (7.0). Vuppala shared the lead from round 7 and won solo starting round 8.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Chang(CQ) Xu (2097) beat Nico Chasin (GM, 2524), a +427-point gap.

Location
🇪🇸Roquetas de Mar (Almeria), Spain
Dates
02 Jan 2026 → 07 Jan 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 9 rounds
Top seed
🇮🇳GMDiptayan Ghosh2577
Avg top 10
2,516
Participants
150
Titled players · 67
GM×10
IM×26
FM×17
CM×8
WIM×1
WFM×4
WCM×1
Federations · 8 represented
🇪🇸Spain×87
🇮🇳India×14
🇵🇱Poland×10
🇨🇳China×6
🇩🇪Germany×5
🇦🇷Argentina×3
🇺🇸United States of America×3
🇰🇿Kazakhstan×3
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

GM Prraneeth Vuppala led from R5; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.

Co-leaders
64
25
8
2
1
1
3
1
1
2.54.579R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9Marin Ferragut takes leadVuppala takes lead
R6 · LEADER CHANGE05 Jan

IM Pau Marin Ferragut takes the sole lead (5.5/6).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

GM Prraneeth Vuppala 5 wins (R1–R5)IM Felix-Antonio Ilinca 3 wins (R2–R4)IM Pau Marin Ferragut 3 wins (R4–R6)

R5 · LATE SURGE

IM Felix-Antonio Ilinca was #17 at R5, climbed to #2 over the final stretch.

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1GMPrraneeth Vuppala*
0
½
2IMFelix-Antonio Ilinca*
3IMPau Marin Ferragut
1
*
4GMNico Chasin
½
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Prraneeth VuppalaGM2496IND+50N+42B+31N+41B+13N2B+19B+6N=3N7.548.053.042.502633+14.8
2Marin Ferragut, PauIM2330ESP+134B+73N=26B+28N+27B+1N6B+23B=10N7.047.550.037.502590+30.9
3Chasin, NicoGM2524USA33B+113N+107B+55N+30B+26N+44B=12N=1B7.043.546.534.252529+2.9
4Ilinca, Felix-AntonioIM2445ROU65B+101N+86B+35N=21B+61N+16B=7N+14B7.043.046.535.752500+8.3
5Cukrowski, FilipIM2417POL+81N+62B43N+46B41N+79B+42N+20B+12B7.040.544.534.502484+8.0
6Gloeckler, ChristianIM2444GER52N+131B+48N+64B+20N+41B+2N1B=8B6.546.549.033.252435+2.0
7Ghosh, DiptayanGM2577IND=63N+94B+56N=17B=18N+31B=15N=4B+27N6.545.549.034.252504-5.8
8Licznerski, LukaszIM2479POL=69N+37B=22N+33N=60B=40B+43N+18B=6N6.544.048.535.252426-3.0
9Bernadskiy, VitaliyGM2554UKR+107B+47N+18B=27N=26B44N=30B+34N+25B6.544.047.534.252520-2.5
10Raja Rithvik RGM2544IND=37N+69B+67B16N+53B=60N+41N+15B=2B6.543.548.033.502435-8.9
11Vignesh N RGM2505IND+86B+80N+102B=15N=16B19N+60B=24N+26B6.542.045.530.502509+1.6
12Fiorito, FranciscoIM2447ARG+74N+64B41N+32B+17N=15B+13N=3B5N6.047.051.533.002467+3.6
13Brodowski, PiotrIM2454POL+57B+35N+30B+43N1B=16N12B=22N+40B6.046.551.532.002440-0.6
14Aronyak GhoshIM2522IND+48N+40B=17N=20B=31N+29B=18N+45B4N6.046.051.032.252450-7.2
15Cao, QingfengIM2390CHN+54B+76N+29B=11B=59N=12N=7B10N+43B6.045.550.031.752498+14.0
16Luch, MichalIM2353POL+92N+71B=59N+10B=11N=13B4N=40B+45N6.045.049.031.002476+15.6
17Liyanage, Ranindu DilshanIM2384SRI+87B+53N=14B=7N12B=66N+35B+38N=28B6.044.548.531.252452+9.4
18Perez Marimon, Jorge De JesusIM2390CUB+103N+51B9N+68B=7B+71N=14B8N+42N6.044.548.028.752460+9.6
19Shahil DeyIM2409IND+114B67N+96B+66N+47B+11B1N=21N=24B6.043.546.528.502408+1.7
20Sanket ChakravartyIM2350IND=104B+127N+36B=14N6B+67N+47B5N+51B6.043.045.527.252367+3.9
21Dong, Hongfu2322CHN+75N=85B+97N=44B=4N=27B+59N=19B=23N6.042.546.029.252452+33.6
22Fiorito, FabianIM2313ARG+101B=65N=8B=77N=73B+36N=28B=13B+48N6.042.045.529.752330+3.6
23Balakrishnan, PraveenGM2488USA+96B=45N+70B=60N=61B+72N+24B2N=21B6.042.045.528.502424-6.2
24Shyaam Nikhil PGM2405IND=141N+110B=32N+67B+42N+59B23N=11B=19N6.041.543.527.502426+4.6
25Narciso Dublan, MarcGM2391ESP+99N=97B=79N+51B=71N=45B+64N+44B9N6.038.041.526.502383+0.4
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33Xu, Chang(CQ)2097CHN+3N=56B+146N8B40N+75B46N+109B+62N5.541.042.523.502362+77.2
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37Bittner, Titus2100POR=10B8N+82B+146B29N+119N=80B=61N+70B5.538.540.020.502334+108.0
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142Gimenez Moreno, Carlos1924ESP47B107N140B132N148B+136N+147NFF2.019.519.53.501721-77.6
143Molina Santos, Raul1713ESP84N98B=135NFF108B=130B+131NF2.018.518.55.001807+12.0
144Valverde Lopez, Francisco Leopoldo1643ESP85NF73B118N=122B=113N101B=130N112B1.527.027.04.251681+3.6
145Mukhtarkhan, Arailym1810ESP53B87N90B123N+147BF125N138B=140N1.524.524.52.001635-71.6
146Aranda Marin, CristianFM2343ESP=127B+104N33B37NFFFFF1.520.020.04.751949-38.4
147Perez Gonzalez, Jesus Miguel1649ESP39N75B108N112B145NF142B136N+150B1.023.523.50.501546-17.0
148Martin Estrada, Jose Miguel1660ESP77B118N122B111N+142N125B136BFF1.021.521.52.001600-8.2
149Titos Gonzalez, Jose Antonio1684ESPFF77B87NF=105B91NF=131B1.018.518.53.001715+1.6
150Moya Perez, Arturo 19891648ESP73B134NF119N111B=123NF132B147N0.520.020.01.501462-21.2

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