XII IRT SUB-1800 LES COVES DE PATERNA

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61 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 20 Dec 2025 to 21 Dec 2025 in Paterna (Valencia), Spain. 3 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1742, and top seed was Yudel Carrera Hernandez (🇪🇸 ESP, 1767).

Roman Hryhus (🇺🇦 UKR, 0) won with 5.0/6, ahead of Alvaro Benlloch Aranda (5.0) and Joan Martinez Segui (5.0). Hryhus shared the lead from round 5, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Esteban Lavin Dreher (1519) beat Hector Santander Puig (1753), a +234-point gap.

Location

🇪🇸Paterna (Valencia), Spain

Dates

20 Dec 2025 → 21 Dec 2025

Time control

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

System

Swiss · 6 rounds

Top seed

🇪🇸Yudel Carrera Hernandez1767

Avg top 10

1,742

Participants

Federations · 3 represented

🇪🇸Spain×59

🇦🇷Argentina×1

🇺🇦Ukraine×1

Top 3

🥇
Roman Hryhus
🇺🇦UKR
5.0pts·1791perf0.0
🥈
Alvaro Benlloch Aranda
🇪🇸ESP·1697
5.0pts·2411perf+75.6
🥉
Joan Martinez Segui
🇪🇸ESP·1703
5.0pts·1863perf+23.2

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 6 rounds

Tight race until R6; 3 players tied at 5.0/6, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 6 co-leaders at R4 to 3 at the finish.

Co-leaders

Benlloch Aranda5Martinez Segui5Hryhus5Hu4.5Cortijo Tocino4.5Acosta Gonzalez4.5

R6 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

3 players finish on 5.0/6. Hryhus takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (19.0).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

Alvaro Benlloch Aranda 5 wins (R1–R6)Joan Martinez Segui 5 wins (R2–R6)Roman Hryhus 3 wins (R1–R3)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Alvaro Benlloch Aranda	*	—	—	1
2Joan Martinez Segui	—	*	—	—
3Roman Hryhus	—	—	*	—
4Yun Yue Hu	0	—	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Hryhus, Roman	0	UKR	+16B	+32N	+9B	=12N	+13B	=6N	5.0	19.0	22.0	18.00	1791	0.0
2	Benlloch Aranda, Alvaro	1697	ESP	+37N	+51B	+40N	F	+12B	+4N	5.0	13.5	13.5	13.50	2411	+75.6
3	Martinez Segui, Joan	1703	ESP	−23B	+52N	+53B	+41N	+14B	+12N	5.0	13.0	14.0	11.00	1863	+23.2
4	Hu, Yun Yue	1675	ESP	+42N	+15B	+39N	=5B	+8N	−2B	4.5	19.5	21.5	14.25	1834	+50.0
5	Cortijo Tocino, David	1688	ESP	+47B	+22N	+14B	=4N	−6B	+17N	4.5	19.0	20.5	13.75	1836	+44.0
6	Acosta Gonzalez, Arnaldo Gregorio	1766	ESP	+53B	+30N	−13B	+51N	+5N	=1B	4.5	17.0	18.0	12.00	1870	+12.0
7	Valero Gil, Alvaro	1643	ESP	+61B	−12N	+54B	+22N	=20B	+13N	4.5	14.5	14.5	9.25	1774	+28.0
8	Ponce Isach, Pablo	1729	ESP	+59B	+24N	+17B	=13N	−4B	=19N	4.0	18.0	18.5	10.50	1765	+10.8
9	Santander Puig, Hector	1753	ESP	−15N	+55B	−1N	+37B	+29N	+44B	4.0	16.0	17.0	8.50	1758	+1.6
10	Marin Giner, Gustavo	1653	ESP	+25B	−14N	−22B	+54N	+41B	+23N	4.0	14.5	15.5	9.00	1589	-7.0
11	Percey, Andrew Kenneth	0	ESP	−24B	+59N	+27B	−18N	+51B	+26N	4.0	13.5	14.0	7.50	1656	0.0
12	Gracia Galvez, Adria	1753	ESP	+38N	+7B	+19N	=1B	−2N	−3B	3.5	23.0	25.5	13.00	1723	-3.6
13	Gomar Fas, Jaime	1679	ESP	+52B	+23N	+6N	=8B	−1N	−7B	3.5	21.0	22.0	10.50	1759	+11.4
14	Carrera Hernandez, Yudel	1767	ESP	+36N	+10B	−5N	+33B	−3N	=15B	3.5	20.0	22.5	11.25	1681	-12.6
15	Lavin Dreher, Esteban	1519	ESP	+9B	−4N	+30B	=16N	=26B	=14N	3.5	18.5	21.5	12.00	1744	+72.0
16	Fedoriaka, Platon	1631	ESP	−1N	+42B	+37N	=15B	+18B	−20N	3.5	18.0	20.0	9.75	1717	+21.2
17	March Lleti, Eric	1633	ESP	+48B	+31N	−8N	=40B	+46N	−5B	3.5	15.5	17.0	7.50	1587	-10.0
18	Stuyck Pons, Guillermo	1680	ESP	+55N	−40B	=36N	+11B	−16N	+38B	3.5	14.5	15.5	8.75	1553	-34.0
19	Klitochenko, Luka	1675	ESP	+43B	+28N	−12B	F	+40N	=8B	3.5	14.5	14.5	9.00	1713	+9.2
20	Sanchez Relucio, Juan Carlos	1729	ESP	F	F	+44N	+29B	=7N	+16B	3.5	13.0	13.0	10.75	1940	+16.6
21	Labouyrie, Valentin Julien	1753	ESP	−22B	=47N	+28B	−26N	+61B	+36N	3.5	13.0	13.0	6.25	1471	-59.6
22	Coca Mejia, Izan Deivy	1533	ESP	+21N	−5B	+10N	−7B	+33N	−35B	3.0	19.5	22.5	10.50	1671	+38.0
23	Rodriguez Marti, Pau	1479	ESP	+3N	−13B	F	+49B	+32N	−10B	3.0	17.0	17.0	9.50	1719	+63.6
24	Nardi, Hector	1578	ARG	+11N	−8B	+45N	=39B	−35N	=25B	3.0	16.5	18.5	8.75	1449	-8.6
25	Arakelyan Simonyan, Levon	0	ESP	−10N	−36B	+52B	+30N	=27B	=24N	3.0	15.5	16.5	7.00	1578	0.0
26	Esteban Escriva, Nil	1650	ESP	=46N	=45B	=49N	+21B	=15N	−11B	3.0	15.0	16.5	8.00	1726	+12.4
27	Morales Clares, Aaron	1602	ESP	+34N	−39B	−11N	+45B	=25N	=46B	3.0	14.5	16.5	7.50	962	-11.6
28	Knapp, Steven	0	ESP	+33N	−19B	−21N	−44B	+47B	+41N	3.0	14.0	15.5	6.50	1604	0.0
29	Del Campillo Arenos, Francisco Jose	1562	ESP	−57B	+56N	+31B	−20N	−9B	+43N	3.0	13.5	14.5	6.00	1654	+18.8
30	Rodriguez Vicente, Ignacio	1638	ESP	+58N	−6B	−15N	−25B	+49N	+55B	3.0	13.5	14.5	3.50	1569	-14.8
31	Stuyck Pons, Juan	1708	ESP	+60N	−17B	−29N	+36B	=38N	=40B	3.0	13.5	14.0	5.25	1560	-23.4
32	Garcia Negueroles, Marta	1672	ESP	+56N	−1B	+38N	F	−23B	+42N	3.0	13.5	13.5	5.50	1607	-9.2
33	Ramos Peinado, Enrique	1609	ESP	−28B	+43N	+48B	−14N	−22B	+54N	3.0	13.0	14.0	4.50	1457	-12.2
34	Lavin Dreher, Anais	0	ESP	−27B	−41N	+56B	+53N	−36B	+51N	3.0	9.5	10.5	3.00	1500	0.0
35	Navarro Hernandez, Enrique	1677	ESP	F	F	−41B	+47N	+24B	+22N	3.0	9.5	9.5	7.50	1731	+5.6
36	Ferrandis Rudilla, Pablo	1562	ESP	−14B	+25N	=18B	−31N	+34N	−21B	2.5	16.5	19.5	7.75	1405	-25.6
37	Pastor Casabella, Luis	1475	ESP	−2B	+50N	−16B	−9N	+58B	=45N	2.5	16.0	17.0	3.50	899	-13.2
38	Denisychev, Vladimir	1537	ESP	−12B	+61N	−32B	+57N	=31B	−18N	2.5	14.0	14.0	2.50	1382	-24.8
39	Perez Fernandez, Arys	1761	ESP	+41B	+27N	−4B	=24N	F	F	2.5	12.5	12.5	6.50	1698	-13.6
40	Candelas Megia, David	1555	ESP	F	+18N	−2B	=17N	−19B	=31N	2.0	18.5	18.5	6.75	1607	+5.6
41	Xu, Javier	1554	ESP	−39N	+34B	+35N	−3B	−10N	−28B	2.0	18.0	20.5	6.00	1505	-9.2
42	Valenzuela Gimeno, Araceli	1431	ESP	−4B	−16N	+50B	F	+48N	−32B	2.0	14.0	14.0	3.00	863	-12.6
43	Xu, Lida	1418	ESP	−19N	−33B	+58N	+59B	−44N	−29B	2.0	12.5	13.0	1.50	1364	-13.2
44	Prieto Tamarit, Sergi	1572	ESP	F	F	−20B	+28N	+43B	−9N	2.0	12.5	12.5	5.00	1511	-10.0
45	Yi, Rentao	0	ESP	F	=26N	−24B	−27N	+52B	=37B	2.0	12.5	12.5	3.75	1475	0.0
46	Colom Creo, Mario	0	ESP	=26B	+57N	F	F	−17B	=27N	2.0	10.5	10.5	4.00	1502	0.0
47	Diaz Maiquez, Jordi	1463	ESP	−5N	=21B	=59N	−35B	−28N	=48B	1.5	15.5	16.0	2.75	1488	+3.2
48	Ferrer Ganatovska, Milena	0	ESP	−17N	+60B	−33N	F	−42B	=47N	1.5	10.5	10.5	1.25	1379	0.0
49	Diaz Caceres, Jordi	1533	ESP	F	F	=26B	−23N	−30B	+61N	1.5	9.0	9.0	1.50	1316	-30.4
50	Gala Abad, Carlos	0	ESP	F	−37B	−42N	F	+59N	=60B	1.5	5.5	5.5	0.75	1416	0.0
51	Uboldi, Gabriele	1584	ESP	F	−2N	+57B	−6B	−11N	−34B	1.0	17.5	17.5	1.00	935	-24.0
52	Laursen Baydzhanova, Victoria	1431	ESP	−13N	−3B	−25N	+56B	−45N	−58B	1.0	14.5	15.5	1.00	890	-14.4
53	Duato Ribera, Ruben	1558	ESP	−6N	+58B	−3N	−34B	F	F	1.0	13.5	13.5	1.00	934	-10.8
54	Bruno Garcia, Antonio	0	ESP	F	F	−7N	−10B	+60N	−33B	1.0	12.0	12.0	0.50	1409	0.0
55	Barruguer Cobo, Noa	1458	ESP	−18B	−9N	F	F	+57B	−30N	1.0	11.5	11.5	1.00	890	-25.6
56	Alonso Leon, Jose	0	ESP	−32B	−29B	−34N	−52N	F	+57B	1.0	11.0	11.0	1.00	755	0.0
57	Yi, Yuwei	0	ESP	+29N	−46B	−51N	−38B	−55N	−56N	1.0	9.5	10.5	3.00	1343	0.0
58	Ferrer Ganatovska, Jorge	0	ESP	−30B	−53N	−43B	F	−37N	+52N	1.0	9.5	9.5	1.00	1265	0.0
59	Yi, Yusi	1511	ESP	−8N	−11B	=47B	−43N	−50B	F	0.5	13.0	13.0	0.75	1267	-49.6
60	Abellan Quiles, Alvaro	1503	ESP	−31B	−48N	F	F	−54B	=50N	0.5	7.0	7.0	0.75	908	-9.6
61	Ferrer Ganatovska, Alicia	0	ESP	−7N	−38B	F	F	−21N	−49B	0.0	12.0	12.0	0.00	815	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Benlloch Aranda, AlvaroESP
+75.6
5.0 pts · #1
2Lavin Dreher, EstebanESP
+72.0
3.5 pts · #10
3Rodriguez Marti, PauESP
+63.6
3.0 pts · #16

Top rating losers

1Labouyrie, Valentin JulienESP
-59.6
3.5 pts · #36
2Yi, YusiESP
-49.6
0.5 pts · #48
3Stuyck Pons, GuillermoESP
-34.0
3.5 pts · #22

Biggest upsets

R1+234 Elo gap
Lavin Dreher, Esteban1519 beat Santander Puig, Hector1753
R1+224 Elo gap
Rodriguez Marti, Pau1479 beat Martinez Segui, Joan1703
R1+220 Elo gap
Coca Mejia, Izan Deivy1533 beat Labouyrie, Valentin Julien1753