Campionat Absolut Individual de la Territorial de Tarragona 2025 Grup A Rondas 8
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40 players participated in this 8-round tournament, held on 30 Nov 2025 in Hospitalet de l'Infant (Tarragona), Spain. 2 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 2078, and top seed was Xavier Sole Fabregat (🇪🇸 ESP, 2190).
Oscar Ruben Casals Arnal (🇪🇸 ESP, 1946) won with 1.0/8, ahead of Andrei Karpukhin Karpukhin (1.0) and Carles Mercadal Franco (1.0).
The biggest upset came in round 8: Albert Baiges Navarro (1974) beat Xavier Palomo Teruel (2137), a +163-point gap.
Location
🇪🇸Hospitalet de l'Infant (Tarragona), Spain
Dates
30 Nov 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 8 rounds
Titled players · 2
CM×2
Federations · 1 represented
🇪🇸Spain×40
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 8 roundsTight race until R8; 12 players tied at 1.0/8, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 50 co-leaders at R4 to 12 at the finish.
Co-leaders
50
50
50
50
50
50
50
12
R8 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER
12 players finish on 1.0/8. Casals Arnal takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (0.0).
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | R8 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Casals Arnal, Oscar Ruben | 1946 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +40B | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2706 | +8.6 |
| 2 | Karpukhin Karpukhin, Andrei | 1886 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +30N | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2790 | +25.2 |
| 3 | Mercadal Franco, Carles | 1870 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +31N | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2657 | +10.2 |
| 4 | Jordana Nagera, Pol | 1846 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +33B | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2627 | +15.6 |
| 5 | Gonzalez Gonzalez, Santiago | 1956 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +37B | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2690 | +7.8 |
| 6 | Aloy Lopez, Xavier | 1824 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +35N | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2646 | +11.2 |
| 7 | Baiges Navarro, Albert | 1974 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +36N | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2945 | +14.6 |
| 8 | Pla Rofes, Aleix | 1938 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +38B | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2662 | +8.6 |
| 9 | Ferre Obrados, Climent | 1854 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +29N | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2617 | +20.4 |
| 10 | Marsal Calvet, Josep | 1958 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +34B | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2704 | +16.0 |
| 11 | Sierra Magrazo, Lidia | 1898 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +39N | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2651 | +18.0 |
| 12 | Sole Fabregat, Xavier | 2190 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +32B | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2852 | +6.4 |
| 13 | Bergaretxe Gavalda, Unai | 2101 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | =21N | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 2184 | +1.6 |
| 14 | Sanchez Bernardino, Miguel Angel | 1968 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | =19B | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 1872 | -2.4 |
| 15 | Tallada Serret, GerardCM | 2120 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | =23B | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 1991 | -7.2 |
| 16 | Espuny Sanchis, Anselm | 1995 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | =25N | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 1878 | -3.2 |
| 17 | Bru Aljarilla, Francisco | 1889 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | =22N | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 1852 | -1.2 |
| 18 | Fernandez Fuentes, Francisco Javier | 2061 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | =24N | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 1955 | -3.0 |
| 19 | Barberans Sola, Sebastia | 1875 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | =14N | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 1956 | +2.4 |
| 20 | Torrens Gonzalez, Daniel | 1997 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | =26B | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 2072 | +2.4 |
| 21 | Barcelo Melnyk, MarcCM | 2087 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | =13B | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 2153 | -1.6 |
| 22 | Senso Moreno, Francesc Xavier | 1827 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | =17B | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 1897 | +1.2 |
| 23 | Guasch Figuerola, Agusti | 1984 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | =15N | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 2128 | +3.6 |
| 24 | Cabanilla Roca, Cristian | 1944 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | =18B | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 2062 | +3.0 |
| 25 | Ribes Cabrera, Josep Lluis | 1878 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | =16B | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 1994 | +3.2 |
| 26 | Hijarrubia Alvarez-Cuevas, Gonzalo | 2040 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | =20N | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 1984 | -4.8 |
| 27 | Tortajada Marti, Nil | 1958 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | =28B | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 1919 | +1.6 |
| 28 | Tortajada Marti, Pol | 1900 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | =27N | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 1889 | -0.8 |
| 29 | Cabo Izquierdo, Mario | 1828 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −9B | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1008 | -10.2 |
| 30 | Madria Garriga, Vidal | 1990 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −2B | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1092 | -12.6 |
| 31 | Galcera Julia, Daniel | 1857 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −3B | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1048 | -10.2 |
| 32 | Pujol Biosca, Joan | 2051 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −12N | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1382 | -6.4 |
| 33 | Samarra Carazo, Ernest | 1816 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −4N | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1110 | -7.8 |
| 34 | Guasch Murtra, Josep Maria | 1912 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −10N | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1174 | -8.0 |
| 35 | Cortes Simon, Pedro Antonio | 1860 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −6B | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1002 | -11.2 |
| 36 | Palomo Teruel, Xavier | 2137 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −7B | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1170 | -14.6 |
| 37 | Caballero Gomez-Casero, Emilio | 1861 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −5N | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1167 | -7.8 |
| 38 | Chalmeta Torredemer, Enric | 1854 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −8N | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1113 | -8.6 |
| 39 | Clerc, Oceane | 1740 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −11B | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1087 | -18.0 |
| 40 | Regue Farran, Enric | 1868 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −1N | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1153 | -8.6 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Karpukhin Karpukhin, AndreiESP+25.21.0 pts · #2
- 2Ferre Obrados, ClimentESP+20.41.0 pts · #9
- 3Sierra Magrazo, LidiaESP+18.01.0 pts · #11
Top rating losers
- 1Clerc, OceaneESP-18.00.0 pts · #39
- 2Palomo Teruel, XavierESP-14.60.0 pts · #36
- 3Madria Garriga, VidalESP-12.60.0 pts · #30
Biggest upsets
- R8+163 Elo gap
- R8+104 Elo gap