Roquetas Chess Festival 2026 - XIII International Open U2150

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91 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 03 Jan 2026 to 06 Jan 2026 in Roquetas de Mar (Almeria), Spain. 2 titled players from 7 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2023, and top seed was Jose Manuel Morales Carmona (🇪🇸 ESP, 2148).

Savins Puertas Martin (🇪🇸 ESP, CM, 2106) won with 6.0/7, ahead of Alejandro Serrano Almendros (6.0) and Juan Francisco Castilla Valencia (6.0). Puertas Martin won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 2: Elena Rosario Ocana Solans (1467) beat Francisco Jose Soto Febrer (1833), a +366-point gap.

Location

🇪🇸Roquetas de Mar (Almeria), Spain

Dates

03 Jan 2026 → 06 Jan 2026

Time control

Standard: 70 minutes for the game with 30 seconds increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 7 rounds

Top seed

🇪🇸Jose Manuel Morales Carmona2148

Avg top 10

2,023

Participants

Titled players · 2

CM×2

Federations · 7 represented

🇪🇸Spain×78

🇵🇱Poland×2

🇨🇳China×2

🇨🇺Cuba×1

🇵🇪Peru×1

🇦🇩Andorra×1

🇮🇳India×1

Top 3

🥇
CMSavins Puertas Martin
🇪🇸ESP·2106
6.0pts·2171perf+10.4
🥈
Alejandro Serrano Almendros
🇪🇸ESP·2121
6.0pts·2221perf+15.0
🥉
Juan Francisco Castilla Valencia
🇪🇸ESP·1889
6.0pts·2095perf+33.4

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

Tight race until R7; 3 players tied at 6.0/7, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 3 at the finish.

Co-leaders

Puertas Martin6Castilla Valencia6Serrano Almendros6Melero Rus5Fornieles Gomez5Alvarez Morales5

R7 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

3 players finish on 6.0/7. Puertas Martin takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (28.5).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

CM Savins Puertas Martin 4 wins (R4–R7)Juan Francisco Castilla Valencia 4 wins (R4–R7)Alejandro Serrano Almendros 6 wins (R1–R6)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1CMSavins Puertas Martin	*	—	1	—
2Juan Francisco Castilla Valencia	—	*	—	—
3Alejandro Serrano Almendros	0	—	*	—
4Francisco Javier Melero Rus	—	—	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Puertas Martin, SavinsCM	2106	ESP	+44B	+24N	−4B	+16N	+23B	+6N	+2B	6.0	28.5	32.0	27.00	2171	+10.4
2	Serrano Almendros, Alejandro	2121	ESP	+38N	+27B	+14N	+21B	+4N	+13B	−1N	6.0	28.0	31.5	25.50	2221	+15.0
3	Castilla Valencia, Juan Francisco	1889	ESP	+66B	+60N	−13B	+54N	+22B	+21B	+8N	6.0	23.5	26.0	21.50	2095	+33.4
4	Garcia Navarro, Jose Jesus	1922	ESP	+73N	+42B	+1N	+7B	−2B	F	+10N	5.0	29.5	31.5	21.50	2172	+38.2
5	Vazquez Tello, Ivan	1951	PER	+57B	+12N	=30B	=6N	+17B	=11N	=9B	5.0	28.5	31.5	22.00	1947	+1.8
6	Garcia Bellido, Alvaro	1917	ESP	+55N	=9B	+39N	=5B	+26N	−1B	+19N	5.0	28.0	31.0	20.00	1942	+8.4
7	Fernandez Madrid, CarlosCM	2054	ESP	+20N	+19B	=25N	−4N	=18B	+26B	+32N	5.0	26.5	30.5	21.25	1963	-12.0
8	Alvarez Morales, Miguel	2042	ESP	+46B	+18N	+23B	=40N	=13B	+25N	−3B	5.0	26.5	30.0	20.00	2014	-1.8
9	Lopez Rebelles, Damian	1701	ESP	+41B	=6N	−11B	+51N	+27N	+42B	=5N	5.0	26.0	29.0	19.00	1925	+70.0
10	Guerrero Ruiz, Antonio 2011	1853	ESP	+62B	+34N	+15B	−13N	+39B	+50N	−4B	5.0	24.5	27.5	18.00	1951	+40.4
11	Fornieles Gomez, Antonio	1894	ESP	+80N	=22B	+9N	F	+29B	=5B	+13N	5.0	24.0	24.0	19.50	2038	+21.8
12	Melero Rus, Francisco Javier	1784	ESP	+75N	−5B	−49N	+36B	+53N	+28B	+33N	5.0	23.0	25.0	17.00	1797	+5.8
13	Pujante Martinez, Rafael	1979	ESP	+53N	+26B	+3N	+10B	=8N	−2N	−11B	4.5	31.0	34.0	20.50	1984	+4.0
14	Gawronski, Lukasz	1919	POL	+71B	+37N	−2B	−22N	+46B	+29N	=17B	4.5	26.0	28.5	16.25	1849	-8.2
15	Mika, Tomasz	1937	POL	+28N	+16B	−10N	=42B	+35N	−19B	+38N	4.5	25.5	29.0	17.75	1819	-17.6
16	Perea Fruet, Alba	1725	ESP	+90B	−15N	+41B	−1B	+49N	+23N	=47B	4.5	24.5	24.5	12.25	1866	+33.2
17	Soto Febrer, Francisco Jose	1833	ESP	+70B	−48N	+43B	+34N	−5N	+22B	=14N	4.5	24.0	26.5	16.25	1773	-6.0
18	Marin Ferragut, Lluc	1786	ESP	+61N	−8B	=53N	+80B	=7N	=20B	+40N	4.5	24.0	25.5	14.25	1847	+27.2
19	Marin Badenas, Vicente	1785	ESP	+59B	−7N	+66B	+56N	=50B	+15N	−6B	4.5	23.5	26.0	14.50	1876	+20.2
20	Perez Andres, Javier	1618	ESP	−7B	+59N	−24B	+79N	+52B	=18N	+50B	4.5	22.5	24.5	13.25	1850	+81.6
21	Gonzalez Ramos, Luis	1945	ESP	+43B	+29N	+48B	−2N	+30B	−3N	F	4.0	26.5	26.5	14.50	1910	-1.6
22	Rivera Comino, Oscar	1667	ESP	+87B	=11N	=65B	+14B	−3N	−17N	+48B	4.0	26.0	26.5	12.00	1791	+18.8
23	Gomez Fernandez, Alfredo	1839	ESP	+68N	+67B	−8N	+38B	−1N	−16B	+45B	4.0	25.0	27.5	12.00	1796	-5.4
24	Lopez Cervera, Marcos	1803	ESP	+77N	−1B	+20N	+49B	−25N	=38B	=27N	4.0	25.0	27.0	13.25	1777	-2.8
25	Carruana Fuentes, Rafael	1910	ESP	+51B	+45N	=7B	=30N	+24B	−8B	F	4.0	24.5	24.5	15.00	1950	+8.2
26	Sanchez Pomares, Diego	1770	ESP	+79B	−13N	+64B	+58N	−6B	−7N	+62B	4.0	23.5	25.5	11.00	1755	0.0
27	Sanchez Maldonado, Angel	1795	ESP	+76B	−2N	=51B	+71N	−9B	+67N	=24B	4.0	23.0	25.0	10.50	1714	-24.4
28	Ambekar, Ishaan	1558	ESP	−15B	+90N	−29B	+69N	+37B	−12N	+60B	4.0	23.0	23.0	9.50	1707	+34.4
29	Maldonado Mena, Remedios Sofia	1769	ESP	+88N	−21B	+28N	+73B	−11N	−14B	+49N	4.0	22.5	23.0	9.50	1739	-8.0
30	Valencia De Loma, Sergio	1816	ESP	+74N	+31B	=5N	=25B	−21N	+39B	F	4.0	22.5	22.5	14.00	1971	+25.2
31	Morales Carmona, Jose Manuel	2148	ESP	+56B	−30N	+44B	+65N	+40B	F	F	4.0	22.0	22.0	13.00	2042	-8.0
32	Perea Sardon, Francisco Javier	1807	ESP	−48B	+70N	−58B	+62N	+43B	+34N	−7B	4.0	21.5	24.0	13.00	1659	-22.8
33	Lorente Munoz, Raul	1862	ESP	+64B	+54N	−40B	−39N	+57B	+60N	−12B	4.0	21.0	24.0	12.00	1739	-19.6
34	Manzano Lopez, Juan Manuel 1968	1639	ESP	+84N	−10B	+77N	−17B	+66N	−32B	+55N	4.0	21.0	22.0	8.50	1667	+4.0
35	Braziunaite, Rasa	1752	ESP	+78B	−40N	+62B	+48N	−15B	−47N	+59B	4.0	20.5	22.5	11.00	1694	-7.2
36	Sosa Rios, Natalia	1502	ESP	−52B	+63N	−54B	−12N	+75B	+56N	+57B	4.0	20.0	22.0	11.00	1657	+45.2
37	Kadeliding, Alimujiang	1721	CHN	+83N	−14B	−73N	+74B	−28N	+71B	+58N	4.0	18.0	19.0	8.50	1595	-19.8
38	Navarro Munoz, Jorge Alexander	1634	ESP	−2B	+76N	+52B	−23N	+41B	=24N	−15B	3.5	25.0	27.0	10.50	1762	+31.2
39	Valdivia Khudiakova, Ekaterina	1652	ESP	+63B	+52N	−6B	+33B	−10N	−30N	=41B	3.5	24.5	27.5	11.75	1789	+33.6
40	Perals Martinez, Mario	1950	ESP	+49N	+35B	+33N	=8B	−31N	F	−18B	3.5	24.5	24.5	13.50	1918	-4.8
41	Chen, Nanxi	0	CHN	−9N	+55B	−16N	+91B	−38N	+73B	=39N	3.5	21.5	21.5	6.75	1610	0.0
42	De la Plata Gomez, Javier	1708	ESP	+69B	−4N	+84B	=15N	+72B	−9N	F	3.5	20.5	20.5	8.25	1754	+3.6
43	Barranco Suarez, Fausto	1567	ESP	−21N	+75B	−17N	+83B	−32N	=61B	+68N	3.5	20.0	21.0	7.00	1600	+2.4
44	Banos Herrada, Raul	1633	ESP	−1N	+74B	−31N	=76B	+80N	−52B	+66N	3.5	19.5	21.0	7.00	1696	+14.8
45	Rodriguez Rifaterra, Leonardo	1702	ESP	+86N	−25B	=80N	=53B	=58N	+55B	−23N	3.5	18.5	19.5	7.75	1601	-34.4
46	Borrego Navarro, Rafael	1598	ESP	−8N	−77B	+88N	+61B	−14N	=68B	+81B	3.5	18.5	19.0	6.25	1509	-28.8
47	Diaz Sanchez, Jose Francisco	1873	ESP	−67N	+91B	F	+82N	F	+35B	=16N	3.5	12.5	12.5	7.75	1777	-8.8
48	Ocana Solans, Elena Rosario	1467	ESP	+32N	+17B	−21N	−35B	+56B	F	−22N	3.0	23.5	23.5	11.50	1761	+80.8
49	Sanchez Roman, Antonio	1573	ESP	−40B	+78N	+12B	−24N	−16B	+76N	−29B	3.0	23.0	25.0	9.00	1621	+4.8
50	Ferro Martinez, Damian	1922	CUB	+58B	=65N	+72B	F	=19N	−10B	−20N	3.0	22.5	22.5	9.25	1725	-28.8
51	Martin Linares, Gonzalo	1525	ESP	−25N	+83B	=27N	−9B	+64N	−65B	=61N	3.0	22.0	23.0	7.50	1558	+2.8
52	Ruiz Gutierrez, Jose Manuel	1854	ESP	+36N	−39B	−38N	+64B	−20N	+44N	F	3.0	22.0	22.0	10.50	1592	-37.8
53	Alijarte Alfaya, Roberto	1597	ESP	−13B	+79N	=18B	=45N	−12B	+70N	F	3.0	22.0	22.0	8.50	1693	+26.0
54	Juan Lepp, Olga Beatriz	1666	ESP	+89N	−33B	+36N	−3B	−55N	=66B	=67B	3.0	22.0	22.0	6.50	1512	-50.0
55	Ainsa Garuz, Carlos	1526	ESP	−6B	−41N	+90B	+63N	+54B	−45N	−34B	3.0	22.0	22.0	6.00	1538	-0.6
56	Balan, Alexandru Andrei	1637	ESP	−31N	+68B	+61N	−19B	−48N	−36B	+74N	3.0	21.0	23.0	7.50	1548	-38.4
57	Jaen Almirante, Oscar	1573	ESP	−5N	−61B	+78N	+59B	−33N	+74B	−36N	3.0	21.0	23.0	7.00	1484	-17.4
58	Villegas Martinez, David	1550	ESP	−50N	+88B	+32N	−26B	=45B	=72N	−37B	3.0	21.0	21.5	7.50	1663	+29.6
59	Soto Jimenez, Andres	1432	ESP	−19N	−20B	+85N	−57N	+63B	+80B	−35N	3.0	20.5	21.5	5.50	1409	-7.6
60	Moreno Bello, Miguel	1683	ESP	+85N	−3B	−67N	+77B	+73N	−33B	−28N	3.0	20.5	21.5	5.00	1513	-27.0
61	Vargas Nicolas, Adrian	1434	ESP	−18B	+57N	−56B	−46N	+89B	=43N	=51B	3.0	20.5	20.5	6.25	1490	+14.4
62	Vasquez Rodriguez, Javier Emiliano	1502	ESP	−10N	+89B	−35N	−32B	+78N	+82B	−26N	3.0	20.5	20.5	3.50	1530	+4.0
63	Ruiz Ortega, Manuel	0	ESP	−39N	−36B	+75N	−55B	−59N	+78B	+87N	3.0	17.5	18.0	4.50	1268	0.0
64	Bourillon Catedra, Hugo	1515	ESP	−33N	+85B	−26N	−52N	−51B	+89B	+75N	3.0	17.0	17.0	3.00	1449	-20.8
65	Chamorro De La Morena, Jose Ramon	1741	ESP	+81N	=50B	=22N	−31B	F	+51N	F	3.0	15.5	15.5	8.00	1816	+5.8
66	Martinez Salmeron, Daniel	1521	ESP	−3N	+86B	−19N	+84B	−34B	=54N	−44B	2.5	22.0	23.0	3.50	1355	-31.2
67	Gonzalez Alarcon, Manuel Jesus	1520	ESP	+47B	−23N	+60B	−72N	F	−27B	=54N	2.5	20.0	20.0	8.00	1719	+53.2
68	Duran Ramos, Oscar	1492	ESP	−23B	−56N	−69B	+81N	+83B	=46N	−43B	2.5	18.0	19.0	4.25	1337	-27.6
69	Arun Kumar	0	IND	−42N	−73B	+68N	−28B	−74N	+84B	=70B	2.5	16.5	17.5	4.75	1350	0.0
70	Guerrero Ruiz, Amalio	1485	ESP	−17N	−32B	−83N	+86B	+84N	−53B	=69N	2.5	16.0	17.0	3.25	946	-23.2
71	Lopez Guerrero, Alicia	1528	AND	−14N	=81B	+91N	−27B	F	−37N	+76B	2.5	16.0	16.0	2.75	1600	+5.8
72	Juan Soriano, Leo	1802	ESP	F	+82B	−50N	+67B	−42N	=58B	F	2.5	13.5	13.5	5.50	1673	-16.2
73	Alijarte Marquez, David	1544	ESP	−4B	+69N	+37B	−29N	−60B	−41N	F	2.0	22.0	22.0	6.50	1581	+2.2
74	Lopez Soler, Jose	1472	ESP	−30B	−44N	+87B	−37N	+69B	−57N	−56B	2.0	20.0	20.5	3.00	876	-24.8
75	Guillen Vazquez, Luis	1427	ESP	−12B	−43N	−63B	+90N	−36N	+85B	−64B	2.0	19.5	19.5	1.00	793	-23.8
76	Sosa Rios, Alejandro	1443	ESP	−27N	−38B	+86N	=44N	=82B	−49B	−71N	2.0	18.0	19.0	3.50	1365	-21.6
77	Gutierrez Rivas, Luis	1454	ESP	−24B	+46N	−34B	−60N	+85B	F	F	2.0	17.0	17.0	4.50	1486	+4.0
78	Soto Jimenez, Julio	0	ESP	−35N	−49B	−57B	+87N	−62B	−63N	+89N	2.0	16.5	16.5	0.50	800	0.0
79	Sanchez Gonzalez, Diego 2005	1420	ESP	−26N	−53B	+89N	−20B	F	−81N	+80B	2.0	14.5	14.5	1.50	1434	+0.8
80	Canalejo Alonso, Gonzalo	1522	ESP	−11B	+87N	=45B	−18N	−44B	−59N	−79N	1.5	21.5	22.0	2.25	1243	-33.0
81	Perez Espezua, Angel Amaru	0	ESP	−65B	=71N	−82N	−68B	F	+79B	−46N	1.5	15.0	15.0	3.25	1379	0.0
82	Gonzalez Caceres, Lauren	1662	ESP	F	−72N	+81B	−47B	=76N	−62N	F	1.5	14.5	14.5	2.50	1333	-30.6
83	Munoz Benavides, Cristina 2011	0	ESP	−37B	−51N	+70B	−43N	−68N	F	F	1.0	16.5	16.5	2.50	1320	0.0
84	FIDE 523067551	0	—	−34B	F	−42N	−66N	−70B	−69N	+90B	1.0	15.0	15.0	0.00	788	0.0
85	FIDE 94780390	0	—	−60B	−64N	−59B	+88B	−77N	−75N	F	1.0	13.5	13.5	0.50	702	0.0
86	FIDE 553016882	0	—	−45B	−66N	−76B	−70N	+90B	F	F	1.0	11.5	11.5	0.00	737	0.0
87	FIDE 553016890	0	—	−22N	−80B	−74N	−78B	=88N	F	−63B	0.5	13.0	13.0	0.25	754	0.0
88	Gongora Cayuela, Ivan	0	ESP	−29B	−58N	−46B	−85N	=87B	F	F	0.5	12.0	12.0	0.25	836	0.0
89	FIDE 535061308	0	—	−54B	−62N	−79B	F	−61N	−64N	−78B	0.0	16.0	16.0	0.00	708	0.0
90	Munoz Benavides, Ana	0	ESP	−16N	−28B	−55N	−75B	−86N	F	−84N	0.0	15.5	16.0	0.00	760	0.0
91	Garrido Rodriguez, Valeria	1481	ESP	F	−47N	−71B	−41N	F	F	F	0.0	11.0	11.0	0.00	901	-20.4

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Perez Andres, JavierESP
+81.6
4.5 pts · #18
2Ocana Solans, Elena RosarioESP
+80.8
3.0 pts · #41
3Lopez Rebelles, DamianESP
+70.0
5.0 pts · #25

Top rating losers

1Juan Lepp, Olga BeatrizESP
-50.0
3.0 pts · #58
2Balan, Alexandru AndreiESP
-38.4
3.0 pts · #42
3Ruiz Gutierrez, Jose ManuelESP
-37.8
3.0 pts · #35

Biggest upsets

R2+366 Elo gap
Ocana Solans, Elena Rosario1467 beat Soto Febrer, Francisco Jose1833
R1+353 Elo gap
Gonzalez Alarcon, Manuel Jesus1520 beat Diaz Sanchez, Jose Francisco1873
R1+340 Elo gap
Ocana Solans, Elena Rosario1467 beat Perea Sardon, Francisco Javier1807