CAMPEONATO PROVINCIAL ALMERIA 2025 Sub-1800

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50 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 08 Nov 2025 to 16 Nov 2025 in CAMPEONATO PROVINCIAL ALMERIA 2025 Sub-1800, Spain. Top 10 Elo average was 1703, and top seed was Ramon Fernandez Rodriguez (🇪🇸 ESP, 1799).

Ricardo Fernandez Salmeron (🇪🇸 ESP, 1782) won with 5.5/6, ahead of Leonardo Rodriguez Rifaterra (4.5) and Patricio Jesus Martinez Carricondo (4.5). Fernandez Salmeron won solo starting round 5.

The biggest upset came in round 3: Juan Manuel 1968 Manzano Lopez (1619) beat Antonio Ramon Rubio Garcia (1782), a +163-point gap.

Location

🇪🇸CAMPEONATO PROVINCIAL ALMERIA 2025 Sub-1800, Spain

Dates

08 Nov 2025 → 16 Nov 2025

Time control

Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 6 rounds

Top seed

🇪🇸Ramon Fernandez Rodriguez1799

Avg top 10

1,703

Participants

Federations · 1 represented

🇪🇸Spain×47

Top 3

🥇
Ricardo Fernandez Salmeron
🇪🇸ESP·1782
5.5pts·2052perf+30.2
🥈
Leonardo Rodriguez Rifaterra
🇪🇸ESP·1651
4.5pts·1815perf+51.2
🥉
Patricio Jesus Martinez Carricondo
🇪🇸ESP·1601
4.5pts·1698perf+9.4

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 6 rounds

Ricardo Fernandez Salmeron led from R5; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 5 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.

Co-leaders

Fernandez Salmeron5.5Rodriguez Rifaterra4.5Navarro Guirado4.5Manzano Lopez4.5Martinez Carricondo4.5Aguirre Archilla4.5

R5–R6 · LEAD HELD

Ricardo Fernandez Salmeron never relinquished the lead after R5; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.

R4 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Ricardo Fernandez Salmeron drew with Leonardo Rodriguez Rifaterra (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

Ricardo Fernandez Salmeron 3 wins (R1–R3)Leonardo Rodriguez Rifaterra 3 wins (R1–R3)Francisco Javier Navarro Guirado 3 wins (R2–R4)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Ricardo Fernandez Salmeron	*	½	1	—
2Leonardo Rodriguez Rifaterra	½	*	—	½
3Francisco Javier Navarro Guirado	0	—	*	—
4Juan Manuel 1968 Manzano Lopez	—	½	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Fernandez Salmeron, Ricardo	1782	ESP	+21B	+14N	+3B	=2N	+4B	+7N	5.5	21.5	24.5	22.25	2052	+30.2
2	Rodriguez Rifaterra, Leonardo	1651	ESP	+22B	+42N	+11B	=1B	=7N	=5B	4.5	21.0	22.5	15.50	1815	+51.2
3	Martinez Carricondo, Patricio Jesus	1601	ESP	+50N	+36B	−1N	+9B	=6N	+17B	4.5	19.5	19.5	11.75	1698	+9.4
4	Navarro Guirado, Francisco Javier	1793	ESP	=30N	+20B	+9N	+31B	−1N	+8B	4.5	19.0	21.5	14.75	1809	+4.2
5	Manzano Lopez, Juan Manuel 1968	1619	ESP	+23B	+37N	+8B	−16N	+11B	=2N	4.5	19.0	21.0	15.25	1765	+19.8
6	Aguirre Archilla, Jose	1547	ESP	+48N	−7B	+22N	+36B	=3B	+16N	4.5	17.0	17.5	11.25	1723	+36.4
7	Fernandez Rodriguez, Ramon	1799	ESP	+33B	+6N	=31B	+19N	=2B	−1B	4.0	20.0	22.5	13.50	1735	-8.4
8	Rubio Garcia, Antonio Ramon	1782	ESP	+38N	+17B	−5N	+14B	+16B	−4N	4.0	20.0	22.0	13.00	1732	-6.4
9	Sanchez Roman, Antonio	1537	ESP	+49B	+13N	−4B	−3N	+32B	+24N	4.0	18.5	19.0	10.00	1676	+36.8
10	Perez Garcia, Pedro	1689	ESP	+15B	=19N	−16B	=24N	+38B	+25N	4.0	16.5	18.5	12.00	1667	-3.2
11	Lopez Vicente, Juan Jose	1588	ESP	+34N	+44B	−2N	+38B	−5N	+19B	4.0	16.5	17.5	8.50	1576	-2.8
12	Hernandez Lopez, Sandra	1640	ESP	=29B	+28N	−19B	+21N	+25B	=15N	4.0	16.0	19.0	12.50	1580	-15.6
13	Banos Herrada, Raul	1631	ESP	+32N	−9B	+30N	=17B	=19N	+22B	4.0	16.0	18.5	11.25	1635	+1.6
14	Barranco Suarez, Fausto	1546	ESP	+41N	−1B	+43N	−8N	+42B	+26B	4.0	15.5	16.5	7.00	1654	+20.8
15	Martinez Salmeron, Daniel	1497	ESP	−10N	+47B	+44N	=30B	+31N	=12B	4.0	14.0	14.5	7.25	1615	+25.2
16	Valverde Lopez, Francisco Leopoldo	1640	ESP	=20N	+27B	+10N	+5B	−8N	−6B	3.5	20.0	23.0	13.00	1643	+1.6
17	Villegas Martinez, David	1546	ESP	+45B	−8N	+37B	=13N	+18B	−3N	3.5	18.0	19.0	8.50	1571	+3.6
18	Fernandez Gonzalez, Ignacio	1614	ESP	=27N	−30B	+41N	+20B	−17N	+23B	3.5	15.0	16.5	9.00	1473	-18.8
19	Wu, Xiuchen	1540	ESP	+47N	=10B	+12N	−7B	=13B	−11N	3.0	20.0	20.5	8.50	1597	+14.0
20	Perez Pino, Pedro David	1462	ESP	=16B	−4N	+35B	−18N	=21B	+37N	3.0	17.0	19.0	7.75	1447	-4.8
21	Sosa Rios, Natalia	1510	ESP	−1N	=41B	+27N	−12B	=20N	+43B	3.0	17.0	18.0	6.25	1488	-7.6
22	Gutierrez Rivas, Luis	1464	ESP	−2N	+46B	−6B	+37N	+40B	−13N	3.0	17.0	18.0	5.00	1414	-10.0
23	Lopez Soler, Jose	1417	ESP	−5N	+39B	=24B	=40N	+33B	−18N	3.0	15.5	17.5	7.00	1575	+50.0
24	Manrique Alamos, Javier	1546	ESP	F	+32B	=23N	=10B	+36N	−9B	3.0	15.5	16.5	8.00	1522	-5.2
25	Martin Linares, Gonzalo	1536	ESP	−36N	+34B	+49N	+26B	−12N	−10B	3.0	15.5	16.0	6.00	1509	-4.4
26	Sola Mirallas, Izan	1565	ESP	−37B	+35N	+42B	−25N	+29B	−14N	3.0	14.5	16.0	7.00	1504	-15.2
27	Martin Velasco, Julio	1416	ESP	=18B	−16N	−21B	+46N	+41B	=28N	3.0	14.5	15.5	5.75	1316	-12.8
28	Perez-Serrano Mateo, Marcos	0	ESP	+39N	−12B	−38N	+34B	=30N	=27B	3.0	14.0	16.0	7.25	1450	0.0
29	Sosa Rios, Alejandro	1455	ESP	=12N	−40B	=39N	+44B	−26N	+36B	3.0	13.0	14.0	6.00	1394	-12.0
30	Hernandez Marin, David	1526	ESP	=4B	+18N	−13B	=15N	=28B	−31N	2.5	19.0	21.5	9.25	1556	+3.0
31	Lazaro Ayala, Marina	1606	ESP	F	+43B	=7N	−4N	−15B	+30B	2.5	16.0	16.0	5.50	1567	-10.8
32	Guillen Vazquez, Luis	1444	ESP	−13B	−24N	+48B	+47N	−9N	=33B	2.5	14.0	14.5	2.25	1240	-17.4
33	Lazaro Ayala, Elena	1534	ESP	−7N	+48B	−36N	+43B	−23N	=32N	2.5	12.5	13.0	2.75	1280	-38.4
34	Benavides Romero, Maria Cristina	0	ESP	−11B	−25N	+45B	−28N	=47B	+41N	2.5	12.5	13.0	2.75	763	0.0
35	Molina Bertomeu, Lara	0	ESP	=40N	−26B	−20N	=39B	+49N	=42B	2.5	11.5	12.0	3.25	1381	0.0
36	Bourillon Catedra, Hugo	0	ESP	+25B	−3N	+33B	−6N	−24B	−29N	2.0	18.0	20.5	5.50	1413	0.0
37	Sanchez Gomez, Jose Manuel	0	ESP	+26N	−5B	−17N	−22B	+44N	−20B	2.0	17.0	18.0	4.00	1293	0.0
38	Acosta Salmeron, Hector	1502	ESP	−8B	+45N	+28B	−11N	−10N	F	2.0	16.0	16.0	4.00	886	-31.2
39	Fernandez Fernandez, Bruno	1536	ESP	−28B	−23N	=29B	=35N	+45N	F	2.0	12.5	12.5	3.75	1243	-30.8
40	Garcia Castillo, Antonio	1599	ESP	=35B	+29N	F	=23B	−22N	F	2.0	11.5	11.5	5.75	1446	-24.4
41	Perez Espezua, Angel Amaru	0	ESP	−14B	=21N	−18B	+48N	−27N	−34B	1.5	16.0	16.5	2.00	1200	0.0
42	Vargas Nicolas, Adrian	1476	ESP	F	−2B	−26N	+49B	−14N	=35N	1.5	14.5	14.5	1.75	791	-41.6
43	Martin Velasco, Fabio	0	ESP	F	−31N	−14B	−33N	+46B	−21N	1.0	15.0	16.0	1.00	749	0.0
44	FIDE 535069848	0	—	F	−11N	−15B	−29N	−37B	+?N	1.0	13.0	13.0	0.00	713	0.0
45	FIDE 535069589	0	—	−17N	−38B	−34N	F	−39B	+47N	1.0	10.5	10.5	0.50	725	0.0
46	FIDE 535061871	0	—	F	−22N	+50B	−27B	−43N	F	1.0	7.0	7.0	0.00	640	0.0
47	Munoz Benavides, Ana	0	ESP	−19B	−15N	F	−32B	=34N	−45B	0.5	13.0	13.0	1.25	694	0.0
48	Higueras Menor, Pablo	0	ESP	−6B	−33N	−32N	−41B	F	=49B	0.5	11.5	11.5	0.25	708	0.0
49	Munoz Benavides, Cristina 2011	0	ESP	−9N	F	−25B	−42N	−35B	=48N	0.5	11.5	11.5	0.25	717	0.0
50	Pascual Fenoy, Angel	0	ESP	−3B	F	−46N	F	−?B	F	0.0	5.5	5.5	0.00	806	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Rodriguez Rifaterra, LeonardoESP
+51.2
4.5 pts · #2
2Lopez Soler, JoseESP
+50.0
3.0 pts · #12
3Sanchez Roman, AntonioESP
+36.8
4.0 pts · #11

Top rating losers

1Vargas Nicolas, AdrianESP
-41.6
1.5 pts · #42
2Lazaro Ayala, ElenaESP
-38.4
2.5 pts · #39
3Acosta Salmeron, HectorESP
-31.2
2.0 pts · #48

Biggest upsets

R3+163 Elo gap
Manzano Lopez, Juan Manuel 19681619 beat Rubio Garcia, Antonio Ramon1782
R5+135 Elo gap
Gutierrez Rivas, Luis1464 beat Garcia Castillo, Antonio1599
R2+119 Elo gap
Lopez Soler, Jose1417 beat Fernandez Fernandez, Bruno1536