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Granada Veteranos 2025

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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.

Location
🇪🇸Granada, Spain
Dates
01 Nov 2025 → 09 Nov 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 6 rounds
Top seed
Avg top 10
1,822
Participants
15
Federations · 1 represented
🇪🇸Spain×15
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 6 rounds

Joaquin 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.

Co-leaders
7
2
2
2
1
1
1.534.56R1R2R3R4R5R6Razola Garcia takes lead
R6 · LEADER CHANGE09 Nov

Joaquin Razola Garcia takes the sole lead (4.5/6).

R6 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Joaquin Razola Garcia beat Gerardo Domingo Valverde (Black).

R4–R6 · WIN STREAK

Joaquin Razola Garcia won 3 in a row (R4–R6).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Razola Garcia, Joaquin1943ESP+9B2N=8B+11B+10N+3N4.515.517.512.251967+5.8
2Thomsen, Thomas Claudius1913ESP+13N+1B=4N3B+7B=5N4.018.519.511.751932+5.2
3Domingo Valverde, Gerardo1834ESP+6B=8N=7B+2N+4N1B4.018.020.513.501992+26.6
4Roldan Ortiz, Antonio Jose1924ESP+11B+12N=2B=8N3B+7N4.015.017.09.751958+6.4
5Esteban Sanchez, Pedro1611ESP+7B9N12B+6N+11B=2B3.514.016.09.501791+27.2
6Lorenzo Gutierrez, Jesus Maria1538ESP3N+10BF5B+14N+15N3.011.011.03.501650+21.6
7Martinez Espigares, Jose Miguel1934ESP5N+13B=3N+9B2N4B2.518.019.05.501697-35.4
8Haag Vetter, Michael Harry1949ESP+10N=3B=1N=4BFF2.515.015.08.751945-0.2
9Galvez Ibanez, Manuel1647ESP1N+5B=11N7N+13BF2.513.513.55.501736+10.0
10Fernandez Alarcon, Jose Maria1698ESP8B6N+15B+13N1B=11N2.513.013.02.001623-13.6
11Ibanez Garcia, Tomas1601ESP4N+14B=9B1N5N=10B2.017.018.03.501525-21.6
12Lopez Cazorla, Rafael Jose1767ESP+14N4B+5NFFF2.08.58.54.5017680.0
13Herrera Varona, Jose Ramon1592ESP2B7N+14B10B9NF1.012.512.51.00998-20.4
14Torres Corpas, Jose Antonio0ESP12B11N13N+15B6BF1.08.08.00.0013510.0
15Cabrera Espinosa, Jose Antonio1454ESPFF10N14NF6B0.06.56.50.00819-11.6

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
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