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Campeonato Absoluto de Gipuzkoa 2025 Rondas 4-7

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25 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 01 Nov 2025 to 22 Nov 2025 in Irun (Gipuzkoa), Spain. 2 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 2091, and top seed was Patxi Moreno Estebanez (🇪🇸 ESP, 2281).

Asier Lakuntza Plazaola (🇪🇸 ESP, 2210) won with 3.5/7, ahead of Jurgi Diaz Etxaide (3.5) and Alexander Larranaga Juaristi (3.0). Lakuntza Plazaola shared the lead from round 1, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 6: Alexander Larranaga Juaristi (2123) beat Patxi Moreno Estebanez (2281), a +158-point gap.

Location
🇪🇸Irun (Gipuzkoa), Spain
Dates
01 Nov 2025 → 22 Nov 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 7 rounds
Top seed
🇪🇸Patxi Moreno Estebanez2281
Avg top 10
2,091
Participants
25
Federations · 2 represented
🇪🇸Spain×24
🇫🇷France×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

Tight race until R6; 2 players tied at 3.5/7, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 8 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.

Co-leaders
25
25
25
8
3
1
2
23.55.57R1R2R3R4R5R6R7
R6–R7 · LEAD HELD

Asier Lakuntza Plazaola held the sole lead from R6 through R7 without losing it.

R7 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 3.5/7. Lakuntza Plazaola takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (7.0).

R4–R6 · WIN STREAK

Asier Lakuntza Plazaola won 3 in a row (R4–R6).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Asier Lakuntza Plazaola*—
½
—
2Jurgi Diaz Etxaide—*——
3Alexander Larranaga Juaristi
½
—*—
4Ibon Munoz Ferreira———*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Lakuntza Plazaola, Asier2210ESPFFF+22B+10N+13N=3B3.57.07.05.502395+14.2
2Diaz Etxaide, Jurgi1926ESPFFF+18B+19N=11B+17N3.55.05.04.002195+22.2
3Larranaga Juaristi, Alexander2123ESPFFF+9N=13B+8N=1N3.09.09.06.502360+25.2
4Munoz Ferreira, Ibon1910ESPFFF+15N+7B−5N+14B3.08.08.05.502168+55.6
5Odriozola Coscolin, Dani2123ESPFFF=13N−8B+4B+6N2.59.09.06.252212+16.4
6Gimenez Lopez, Zuhaitz2071ESPFFF=8N+16B+9N−5B2.57.57.54.002168+9.8
7Tornay Gomez, Josu2036ESPFFF=16N−4N+20B+10N2.57.07.03.501995-4.8
8Moreno Estebanez, Patxi2281ESPFFF=6B+5N−3B=13N2.09.59.54.502138-14.8
9Aranzabal Aguirre, Xabier1950ESPFFF−3B+17N−6B+11N2.08.58.53.001978+2.6
10Nogues Fernandez, Ramon1933ESPFFF+14B−1B+16N−7B2.08.58.52.502033+10.6
11Vernier Urtasun, Jon1787ESPFFF+24N=14B=2N−9B2.07.07.02.501932+24.4
12Berdote Alonso, Carlos1891ESPFFF+21N=22N−17B=16B2.03.53.51.7518870.0
13Odriozola Coscolin, Alex2207ESPFFF=5B=3N−1B=8B1.511.011.03.752102-13.4
14Izquierdo Arruferia, Joseba1949ESPFFF−10N=11N+15B−4N1.58.58.52.501767-20.6
15Pascual Cuadrado, Carlos1778ESPFFF−4B+18N−14N=23B1.56.06.01.251793+1.8
16Ximenez Crespo, Inigo1911ESPFFF=7B−6N−10B=12N1.09.09.02.251788-13.6
17Lertxundi Azpiazu, Jon1888ESPFFFF−9B+12N−2B1.07.57.52.001798-8.2
18Rodriguez Vallejo, Julio1857ESPFFF−2N−15B+19BF1.07.07.01.001726-10.4
19Izagirre Alsua, Aritz1869ESPFFF+23N−2B−18NF1.05.05.00.501741-9.2
20Gattegno, Laurent1868FRAFFFF+25N−7NF1.03.53.50.001922+3.4
21Etxeberria Garcia, Tomas1748ESPFFF−12BF+23NF1.03.03.00.501850+5.2
22Dorronsoro Arenas, Unai1961ESPFFF−1N=12BFF0.55.55.51.001860-6.0
23Rodriguez Lima, Axel1823ESPFFF−19BF−21B=15N0.54.54.50.751521-43.2
24Osa Astrain, Ricardo1897ESPFFF−11BFFF0.02.02.00.001019-12.0
25Benaito Villagarcia, Mikel1817ESPFFFF−20BFF0.01.01.00.001054-8.6

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

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Campeonato Absoluto de Gipuzkoa 2025 Rondas 4-7 — Irun (Gipuzkoa), Spain | Chess Tournament Results | ChessStats