Torneo de Reyes Blitz 2026

SwissBlitz

92 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held on 02 Jan 2026 in Zamora, Spain. 24 titled players from 8 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2514, and top seed was Jose Eduardo Martinez Alcantara (🇲🇽 MEX, GM, 2654).

Jose Eduardo Martinez Alcantara (🇲🇽 MEX, GM, 2654) won with 8.0/9, ahead of Eduardo Iturrizaga Bonelli (7.5) and Antonio Ruperez Benito (7.5). Martinez Alcantara won solo starting round 5.

The biggest upset came in round 9: Marcos Alonso Rivero (1565) beat Ricardo Diaz Rojo (1876), a +311-point gap.

Location

🇪🇸Zamora, Spain

Dates

02 Jan 2026

Time control

Blitz: 3 minutes for game with 2 seconds increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 9 rounds

Top seed

🇲🇽GMJose Eduardo Martinez Alcantara2654

Avg top 10

2,514

Participants

Titled players · 24

GM×9

IM×6

FM×5

CM×3

WFM×1

Federations · 8 represented

🇪🇸Spain×80

🇨🇺Cuba×4

🇫🇷France×1

🇨🇦Canada×1

🇲🇽Mexico×1

🇺🇦Ukraine×1

🇷🇸Serbia×1

🇵🇦Panama×1

Top 3

🥇
GMJose Eduardo Martinez Alcantara
🇲🇽MEX·2654
8.0pts·2777perf+8.8
🥈
GMEduardo Iturrizaga Bonelli
🇪🇸ESP·2626
7.5pts·2713perf+7.3
🥉
FMAntonio Ruperez Benito
🇪🇸ESP·2359
7.5pts·2549perf+47.6

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

GM Jose Eduardo Martinez Alcantara led from R5; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.

Co-leaders

Martinez Alcantara8Ruperez Benito7.5Iturrizaga Bonelli7.5Khamrakulov7Alvarez Calzadilla7Albornoz Cabrera7— ex-leaders:Martinez Alcantaraled R5–R9, #9

R5–R9 · LEAD HELD

GM Jose Eduardo Martinez Alcantara held the sole lead from R5 through R9 without losing it.

R9 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

GM Jose Eduardo Martinez Alcantara drew with FM Antonio Ruperez Benito (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

GM Jose Eduardo Martinez Alcantara 7 wins (R1–R7)FM Antonio Ruperez Benito 3+4 wins (R1–R3, R5–R8)GM Eduardo Iturrizaga Bonelli 3+3 wins (R1–R3, R5–R7)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1GMJose Eduardo Martinez Alcantara	*	½	½	1
2FMAntonio Ruperez Benito	½	*	—	1
3GMEduardo Iturrizaga Bonelli	½	—	*	—
4GMIbragim S. Khamrakulov	0	0	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Martinez Alcantara, Jose EduardoGM	2654	MEX	+51B	+45N	+6B	+8N	+5B	+11N	+10B	=2B	=3N	8.0	51.5	55.5	48.00	2777	+8.8
2	Iturrizaga Bonelli, EduardoGM	2626	ESP	+77N	+38B	+12N	−19B	+4B	+6N	+8B	=1N	+11B	7.5	50.5	53.5	44.00	2713	+7.3
3	Ruperez Benito, AntonioFM	2359	ESP	+55B	+30N	+33B	−4N	+25B	+9N	+5B	+19N	=1B	7.5	49.0	53.0	42.00	2549	+47.6
4	Albornoz Cabrera, Carlos DanielGM	2561	CUB	+31B	=17N	+24B	+3B	−2N	+28B	+12N	=13N	+10B	7.0	49.5	54.5	41.00	2540	+0.8
5	Khamrakulov, Ibragim S.GM	2477	ESP	+52B	+29N	+15B	+21N	−1N	+19B	−3N	+20B	+8B	7.0	49.0	53.0	37.50	2560	+10.8
6	Alvarez Calzadilla, Jose AvelinoIM	2357	CUB	+57N	+37B	−1N	+28B	+34N	−2B	+35N	+18B	+21N	7.0	47.0	51.0	35.50	2408	+18.0
7	Golubka, PetroGM	2444	CAN	F	F	+54N	+78B	+56N	+32B	+45N	+14B	+9N	7.0	35.5	35.5	32.50	2950	+10.9
8	Martinez Ramirez, LennisIM	2450	CUB	+53N	+32B	+43N	−1B	+14N	+20B	−2N	+16B	−5N	6.0	49.5	53.5	31.00	2425	+0.6
9	Espinosa Aranda, AngelIM	2455	ESP	+58N	+35B	=22N	=14B	+16N	−3B	+17B	+15N	−7B	6.0	49.0	53.0	32.75	2350	-9.0
10	Strikovic, AleksaGM	2451	SRB	+50B	+23N	+18B	−11N	+29B	+15N	−1N	+22B	−4N	6.0	49.0	53.0	32.00	2417	0.0
11	Tejedor Fuente, EnriqueIM	2555	ESP	+56N	+41B	+20N	+10B	=19N	−1B	=22N	+12B	−2N	6.0	49.0	53.0	32.00	2512	-2.5
12	Hoffman, AlejandroGM	2348	ARG	+63B	+26N	−2B	+30N	+23B	+13N	−4B	−11N	+29B	6.0	47.5	51.5	31.00	2340	+4.1
13	Martinez Duany, Lelys StanleyGM	2452	CUB	+60N	+34B	=14N	=22B	+18N	−12B	+43N	=4B	=20N	6.0	45.5	49.5	31.50	2357	-7.2
14	Martin Duque, JesusIM	2264	ESP	+46B	+44N	=13B	=9N	−8B	+30N	+29B	−7N	+34B	6.0	44.5	49.0	30.00	2273	+10.0
15	Sierra Vallina, LionelFM	2282	ESP	+49N	+27B	−5N	+32B	+37N	−10B	+34N	−9B	+38N	6.0	44.5	49.0	30.00	2217	-4.6
16	Moreno Ibanez, MiguelFM	2198	ESP	+78N	+69B	−19N	+39B	−9B	+26N	+23B	−8N	+30B	6.0	41.5	44.5	27.00	2194	+2.6
17	Gallardo Retortillo, Enrique	2000	ESP	+76N	=4B	−28N	+24B	+71N	+44B	−9N	=43B	+32N	6.0	40.5	43.5	26.75	2124	+27.6
18	Rodriguez Polo, MateoCM	2117	ESP	+66N	+80B	−10N	+36B	−13B	+51N	+50B	−6N	+31B	6.0	40.5	43.5	24.50	2110	+5.0
19	Larino Nieto, DavidGM	2454	ESP	F	+25N	+16B	+2N	=11B	−5N	+21B	−3B	+24N	5.5	50.5	50.5	33.00	2478	+5.1
20	Del Prado Rodriguez, XulioFM	2333	ESP	+61N	+47B	−11B	+26N	+31B	−8N	+33B	−5N	=13B	5.5	45.0	49.0	27.00	2266	-5.2
21	Plazuelo Pascual, JuanIM	2373	ESP	+62N	+39B	+40N	−5B	+43N	=22B	−19N	+28B	−6B	5.5	44.5	48.5	26.25	2273	-7.7
22	Andres Gonzalez, IvanFM	2309	ESP	+75B	+36N	=9B	=13N	+52B	=21N	=11B	−10N	=23B	5.5	44.0	47.0	26.50	2296	+6.2
23	Hervada Serrano, Dario	1930	ESP	+72N	−10B	+69N	+58B	−12N	+27B	−16N	+37B	=22N	5.5	41.0	44.0	23.25	2058	+54.4
24	Mata Medina, Andres	1816	ESP	+81N	=28B	−4N	−17N	+59B	+71B	+44N	+40B	−19B	5.5	40.0	42.5	21.50	2043	+73.2
25	De Martin Burtsev, Ivan	1944	ESP	+54N	−19B	+53N	+56B	−3N	=47B	−28N	+49N	+44B	5.5	39.5	43.5	23.25	1983	+12.9
26	Santos Fernandez, Ismael	1897	ESP	+67N	−12B	+57N	−20B	+61N	−16B	+54N	=45B	+43N	5.5	38.5	42.0	22.25	2002	+21.4
27	Manrique Garcia, Daniel	1805	ESP	+65B	−15N	−83B	+79N	+70B	−23N	+59B	+33N	=28B	5.5	35.0	37.0	21.00	1943	+42.0
28	Lorenzo Calvo, Damian Angel	2099	ESP	+84B	=24N	+17B	−6N	+50B	−4N	+25B	−21N	=27N	5.0	46.0	48.0	23.00	2066	-6.0
29	Fernandez Manrique, AgustinCM	1952	ESP	+70N	−5B	+60N	+47B	−10N	+37B	−14N	+39B	−12N	5.0	43.5	46.5	21.50	2063	+21.0
30	Rubial Blanco, Heriberto	1922	ESP	+88N	−3B	+62N	−12B	+57N	−14B	+47N	+56B	−16N	5.0	42.0	44.0	18.50	2010	+26.8
31	Abalmaz, Pavlo	1777	UKR	−4N	+70B	+48N	+40B	−20N	−45B	+61N	+35B	−18N	5.0	41.5	44.5	21.50	1954	+63.2
32	Llamazares Elias, Liam	1904	ESP	+92B	−8N	+73B	−15N	+55B	−7N	+46B	+53N	−17B	5.0	40.5	41.5	16.50	1936	+3.0
33	Iglesias Leon, Francisco Javier	2008	ESP	+68N	+90B	−3N	−37B	+58N	+39B	−20N	−27B	+60N	5.0	40.0	41.5	18.00	1916	-18.8
34	Revuelta Blanco, Daniel	1930	ESP	+89B	−13N	+46B	+83N	−6B	+53N	−15B	+50N	−14N	5.0	39.5	41.0	16.00	1976	+12.0
35	Collado Barbas, LauraWFM	1939	ESP	+82B	−9N	+63B	−50N	+62B	+52N	−6B	−31N	+53B	5.0	38.0	40.5	18.50	1884	-14.2
36	Ruiz de Leon Merlo, Esther	1887	ESP	+48N	−22B	+61N	−18N	+83B	−43B	+57N	−38B	+54N	5.0	37.5	39.5	18.50	1841	-8.6
37	Martin Mateos, Luis	1866	ESP	+91B	−6N	+86B	+33N	−15B	−29N	+70B	−23N	+55B	5.0	37.5	38.5	15.00	1896	+4.4
38	Llamazares Elias, Samir	1962	ESP	+74B	−2N	−50B	+73N	−53B	+49N	+69B	+36N	−15B	5.0	37.0	40.0	18.50	1854	-17.6
39	Perez Ruiz, Santiago	1896	ESP	+87B	−21N	+79B	−16N	+46B	−33N	+55B	−29N	+52B	5.0	37.0	39.0	17.50	1888	-2.0
40	Fernandez De Bobadilla, GabrielCM	2047	ESP	+79B	+86N	−21B	−31N	−44B	+84N	+52B	−24N	+50B	5.0	33.5	35.5	15.00	1824	-41.0
41	Srdoc, Nenad	1946	FRA	+85B	−11N	+55B	−52N	+69B	−50N	−53B	+51N	+62B	5.0	33.0	35.0	17.00	1817	-29.0
42	Contreras Donoso, Juan Francisco	1806	ESP	F	F	F	F	+66N	+76B	+68N	+61B	+57N	5.0	18.0	18.0	18.00	2403	+24.2
43	Fernandez Sabajanes, Nicolas	2052	ESP	+73N	+59B	−8B	+51N	−21B	+36N	−13B	=17N	−26B	4.5	42.0	45.0	19.00	2019	-17.5
44	Martin Carretero, Alfonso Joaquin	1847	ESP	+64N	−14B	=80N	+49B	+40N	−17N	−24B	+48B	−25N	4.5	41.0	44.0	19.50	1799	-11.2
45	Vazquez Fernandez, Brais	2007	ESP	F	−1B	−58N	+84B	+60N	+31N	−7B	=26N	+47B	4.5	40.0	40.0	18.25	1955	-12.3
46	Zemler Hoppe, Jana	1643	ESP	−14N	+64B	−34N	+48B	−39N	+91B	−32N	+58B	=51N	4.5	37.5	38.5	15.50	1689	+8.4
47	Villar Aldonza, Javier	1827	ESP	+83B	−20N	+81B	−29N	+74B	=25N	−30B	+65N	−45N	4.5	34.5	36.5	13.75	1735	-14.8
48	Barrueco Carbajo, Luis Eugenio	0	ESP	−36B	+75N	−31B	−46N	+73B	+89N	=51B	−44N	+65B	4.5	32.5	34.0	13.00	1651	0.0
49	Gomez Lopez, Nuno	1644	ESP	−15B	+91N	=71B	−44N	+80N	−38B	+77N	−25B	+81B	4.5	32.5	33.5	11.00	1765	+16.8
50	Altelarrea Hernando, Rodrigo	1719	ESP	−10N	+72B	+38N	+35B	−28N	+41B	−18N	−34B	−40N	4.0	42.0	45.0	18.00	1913	+77.2
51	Gonzalez Guijas, Sergio	1789	ESP	−1N	+76B	+84N	−43B	+64N	−18B	=48N	−41B	=46B	4.0	39.5	41.5	13.50	1756	-7.0
52	Bazan Solera, Manuel	1771	ESP	−5N	+54B	+90N	+41B	−22N	−35B	−40N	+75B	−39N	4.0	39.5	41.0	13.50	1824	+5.2
53	Vazquez Escudero, Pedro Jesus	1712	ESP	−8B	+82N	−25B	+86N	+38N	−34B	+41N	−32B	−35N	4.0	39.0	41.0	14.50	1811	+16.2
54	Rojas Ticona, James Alejandro	1478	ESP	−25B	−52N	−7B	+92N	+63B	+62N	−26B	+69N	−36B	4.0	38.0	39.0	12.00	1708	+73.6
55	Dominguez Gonzalez, Francisco	1688	ESP	−3N	+88B	−41N	+76B	−32N	+64B	−39N	+72B	−37N	4.0	37.5	39.5	12.00	1652	-9.4
56	Piorno Campo, Juan	1772	ESP	−11B	F	+59N	−25N	−7B	+74N	+72B	−30N	+63B	4.0	37.5	37.5	14.00	1785	-0.8
57	Ruiz Ureta, Ernesto	1685	ESP	−6B	+92N	−26B	+65N	−30B	+83N	−36B	+59N	−42B	4.0	37.0	38.0	10.50	1118	-21.8
58	Gago Gonzalves, Jose Fernando	1737	ESP	−9B	+74N	+45B	−23N	−33B	−72N	+73B	−46N	+79B	4.0	34.5	37.5	13.50	1713	-7.8
59	Crespo Fajardo, Julian	0	ESP	+71B	−43N	−56B	+75N	−24N	+60B	−27N	−57B	+84N	4.0	33.5	35.5	12.00	1730	0.0
60	Santonja Frades, Pablo	1727	ESP	−13B	+85N	−29B	+72N	−45B	−59N	+74B	+70N	−33B	4.0	33.5	35.5	11.00	1759	+4.4
61	Lopez Blanco, Dario	1651	ESP	−20B	+87N	−36B	+90N	−26B	+81N	−31B	−42N	+70B	4.0	33.5	35.0	9.00	1549	-31.6
62	Abad Alonso, Jimena Lavinia	1700	ESP	−21B	+89N	−30B	+81N	−35N	−54B	+85N	+64B	−41N	4.0	33.0	34.5	10.00	1596	-42.8
63	Hervada Martin, Francisco	1684	ESP	−12N	+67B	−35N	−70B	−54N	+80B	+91N	+71B	−56N	4.0	31.5	32.5	10.50	1595	-18.2
64	Llamas Sastre, Javier	0	ESP	−44B	−46N	+85B	+89N	−51B	−55N	+84B	−62N	+75B	4.0	28.0	29.5	8.50	1600	0.0
65	Pena Maximo, Samuel	0	ESP	−27N	+66B	−77N	−57B	+76N	+78B	=71N	−47B	−48N	3.5	31.0	34.0	11.00	1628	0.0
66	Ugidos Martin, Izan	1605	ESP	−18B	−65N	=89B	−85N	−42B	=90N	=67B	+88N	+82B	3.5	26.0	27.5	7.75	1482	-37.2
67	Alonso Crespo, Miguel	0	ESP	−26B	−63N	−74B	−82N	+92B	−73N	=66N	+89B	+85N	3.5	25.0	26.0	6.25	1434	0.0
68	Marcos Garrido, Lucas	1547	ESP	−33B	−71N	+92B	−69N	−81B	+87N	−42B	=82N	+90B	3.5	24.5	25.5	5.75	1390	-32.0
69	Hernansanz Jimenez, Alfonso Daniel	1703	ESP	F	−16N	−23B	+68B	−41N	+85B	−38N	−54B	+76N	3.0	39.0	41.0	8.50	1662	-26.0
70	Perdigon Moreno, Alvaro	1520	ESP	−29B	−31N	+91B	+63N	−27N	+77B	−37N	−60B	−61N	3.0	35.5	36.5	8.00	1583	+17.6
71	Diaz Rojo, Ricardo	1876	ESP	−59N	+68B	=49N	+80B	−17B	−24N	=65B	−63N	−73B	3.0	34.0	37.0	10.50	1591	-50.6
72	Martin Garcia, Alvaro	1445	ESP	−23B	−50N	F	−60B	+75N	+58B	−56N	−55N	+78B	3.0	31.5	31.5	10.00	1574	+17.4
73	Alonso Rivero, Marcos	1565	ESP	−43B	F	−32N	−38B	−48N	+67B	−58N	+91B	+71N	3.0	30.5	30.5	7.50	1647	+12.8
74	Campano Diez, Diego	1527	ESP	−38N	−58B	+67N	+77B	−47N	−56B	−60N	−84B	+92N	3.0	30.0	31.0	7.50	1456	-18.8
75	Caceres de la Calle, Eduardo	1646	ESP	−22N	−48B	+88N	−59B	−72B	+82N	+86B	−52N	−64N	3.0	29.5	31.5	6.50	1484	-18.4
76	Campano Diez, David	1536	ESP	−17B	−51N	+87B	−55N	−65B	−42N	+92B	+83N	−69B	3.0	29.5	30.5	5.00	983	-40.8
77	Gonzalez Perez, Raul	1787	ESP	−2B	−79N	+65B	−74N	+82B	−70N	−49B	−86N	+83B	3.0	29.0	31.0	8.00	1298	-60.0
78	Perez Dacosta, Bienvenido	1637	ESP	−16B	−83N	+82B	−7N	+87B	−65N	−81B	+90N	−72N	3.0	28.5	30.0	6.00	1691	0.0
79	Fernandez Garcia, Jorge 1978	1554	ESP	−40N	+77B	−39N	−27B	−91N	−86N	+87B	+85B	−58N	3.0	28.5	29.5	7.00	1653	+11.2
80	Antelo Hernandez, Diego	1614	ESP	F	−18N	=44B	−71N	−49B	−63N	+83B	=81N	+86B	3.0	28.5	28.5	7.50	1445	-34.0
81	Nieto Tabera, Miguel	0	ESP	−24B	F	−47N	−62B	+68N	−61B	+78N	=80B	−49N	2.5	32.0	32.0	8.00	1455	0.0
82	Hernando de Benito, Leo	1448	ESP	−35N	−53B	−78N	+67B	−77N	−75B	+88N	=68B	−66N	2.5	28.5	30.5	7.25	1289	-31.6
83	Martinez Garcia, Jose	0	ESP	−47N	+78B	+27N	−34B	−36N	−57B	−80N	−76B	−77N	2.0	33.0	36.0	8.50	1436	0.0
84	De Prada Quintana, Susana	1586	ESP	−28N	F	−51B	−45N	+86B	−40B	−64N	+74N	−59B	2.0	31.5	31.5	5.00	1614	-2.8
85	Camara Lucas, Allen	1491	PAN	−41N	−60B	−64N	+66B	+90B	−69N	−62B	−79N	−67B	2.0	30.0	31.5	5.00	1423	-21.2
86	Cachafeiro Chico, Guillermo	0	ESP	F	−40B	−37N	−53B	−84N	+79B	−75N	+77B	−80N	2.0	28.0	28.0	6.00	1533	0.0
87	Alonso Penin, Nacor	0	ESP	−39N	−61B	−76N	+88B	−78N	−68B	−79N	−92B	+89N	2.0	25.0	26.0	3.50	1324	0.0
88	FIDE 535073268	0	—	−30B	−55N	−75B	−87N	−89B	+92N	−82B	−66B	+91N	2.0	22.5	23.5	2.00	818	0.0
89	Garcia Zemler, Olga	1408	ESP	−34N	−62B	=66N	−64B	+88N	−48B	−90B	−67N	−87B	1.5	28.5	30.0	3.75	1429	+0.4
90	Sanchez Acevedo, Oscar	0	ESP	F	−33N	−52B	−61B	−85N	=66B	+89N	−78B	−68N	1.5	26.5	26.5	3.25	1410	0.0
91	Fulgencio Rodriguez, Gonzalo	0	ESP	−37N	−49B	−70N	F	+79B	−46N	−63B	−73N	−88B	1.0	29.0	29.0	3.00	1328	0.0
92	Aliste Bernal, Martin	0	ESP	−32N	−57B	−68N	−54B	−67N	−88B	−76N	+87N	−74B	1.0	28.0	30.0	2.00	811	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Altelarrea Hernando, RodrigoESP
+77.2
4.0 pts · #38
2Rojas Ticona, James AlejandroESP
+73.6
4.0 pts · #53
3Mata Medina, AndresESP
+73.2
5.5 pts · #47

Top rating losers

1Gonzalez Perez, RaulESP
-60.0
3.0 pts · #74
2Diaz Rojo, RicardoESP
-50.6
3.0 pts · #58
3Abad Alonso, Jimena LaviniaESP
-42.8
4.0 pts · #66

Biggest upsets

R9+311 Elo gap
Alonso Rivero, Marcos1565 beat Diaz Rojo, Ricardo1876
R6+292 Elo gap
Martin Garcia, Alvaro1445 beat Gago Gonzalves, Jose Fernando1737
R4+270 Elo gap
Abalmaz, Pavlo1777 beat CMFernandez De Bobadilla, Gabriel2047