Granada Veteranos 2025
15 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 01 Nov 2025 to 09 Nov 2025 in Granada, Spain. Top 10 Elo average was 1822, and top seed was Michael Harry Haag Vetter (🇪🇸 ESP, 1949).
Joaquin Razola Garcia (🇪🇸 ESP, 1943) won with 4.5/6, ahead of Thomas Claudius Thomsen (4.0) and Gerardo Domingo Valverde (4.0). Razola Garcia clinched sole first place in the final round.
The biggest upset came in round 1: Pedro Esteban Sanchez (1611) beat Jose Miguel Martinez Espigares (1934), a +323-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 6 roundsJoaquin Razola Garcia led from R6; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R6.
Joaquin Razola Garcia takes the sole lead (4.5/6).
Joaquin Razola Garcia beat Gerardo Domingo Valverde (Black).
Joaquin Razola Garcia won 3 in a row (R4–R6).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Joaquin Razola Garcia | * | 1 | 0 | — |
| 2Gerardo Domingo Valverde | 0 | * | 1 | 1 |
| 3Thomas Claudius Thomsen | 1 | 0 | * | ½ |
| 4Antonio Jose Roldan Ortiz | — | 0 | ½ | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Razola Garcia, Joaquin | 1943 | ESP | +9B | −2N | =8B | +11B | +10N | +3N | 4.5 | 15.5 | 17.5 | 12.25 | 1967 | +5.8 |
| 2 | Thomsen, Thomas Claudius | 1913 | ESP | +13N | +1B | =4N | −3B | +7B | =5N | 4.0 | 18.5 | 19.5 | 11.75 | 1932 | +5.2 |
| 3 | Domingo Valverde, Gerardo | 1834 | ESP | +6B | =8N | =7B | +2N | +4N | −1B | 4.0 | 18.0 | 20.5 | 13.50 | 1992 | +26.6 |
| 4 | Roldan Ortiz, Antonio Jose | 1924 | ESP | +11B | +12N | =2B | =8N | −3B | +7N | 4.0 | 15.0 | 17.0 | 9.75 | 1958 | +6.4 |
| 5 | Esteban Sanchez, Pedro | 1611 | ESP | +7B | −9N | −12B | +6N | +11B | =2B | 3.5 | 14.0 | 16.0 | 9.50 | 1791 | +27.2 |
| 6 | Lorenzo Gutierrez, Jesus Maria | 1538 | ESP | −3N | +10B | F | −5B | +14N | +15N | 3.0 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 3.50 | 1650 | +21.6 |
| 7 | Martinez Espigares, Jose Miguel | 1934 | ESP | −5N | +13B | =3N | +9B | −2N | −4B | 2.5 | 18.0 | 19.0 | 5.50 | 1697 | -35.4 |
| 8 | Haag Vetter, Michael Harry | 1949 | ESP | +10N | =3B | =1N | =4B | F | F | 2.5 | 15.0 | 15.0 | 8.75 | 1945 | -0.2 |
| 9 | Galvez Ibanez, Manuel | 1647 | ESP | −1N | +5B | =11N | −7N | +13B | F | 2.5 | 13.5 | 13.5 | 5.50 | 1736 | +10.0 |
| 10 | Fernandez Alarcon, Jose Maria | 1698 | ESP | −8B | −6N | +15B | +13N | −1B | =11N | 2.5 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 2.00 | 1623 | -13.6 |
| 11 | Ibanez Garcia, Tomas | 1601 | ESP | −4N | +14B | =9B | −1N | −5N | =10B | 2.0 | 17.0 | 18.0 | 3.50 | 1525 | -21.6 |
| 12 | Lopez Cazorla, Rafael Jose | 1767 | ESP | +14N | −4B | +5N | F | F | F | 2.0 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 4.50 | 1768 | 0.0 |
| 13 | Herrera Varona, Jose Ramon | 1592 | ESP | −2B | −7N | +14B | −10B | −9N | F | 1.0 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 1.00 | 998 | -20.4 |
| 14 | Torres Corpas, Jose Antonio | 0 | ESP | −12B | −11N | −13N | +15B | −6B | F | 1.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 0.00 | 1351 | 0.0 |
| 15 | Cabrera Espinosa, Jose Antonio | 1454 | ESP | F | F | −10N | −14N | F | −6B | 0.0 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 0.00 | 819 | -11.6 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Esteban Sanchez, PedroESP+27.23.5 pts · #5
- 2Domingo Valverde, GerardoESP+26.64.0 pts · #2
- 3Lorenzo Gutierrez, Jesus MariaESP+21.63.0 pts · #10
- 1Martinez Espigares, Jose MiguelESP-35.42.5 pts · #6
- 2Ibanez Garcia, TomasESP-21.62.0 pts · #13
- 3Herrera Varona, Jose RamonESP-20.41.0 pts · #15
- R1+323 Elo gap
- R2+160 Elo gap