XIV Open Internacional Lorca B Sub-1800

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85 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 26 Dec 2025 to 28 Dec 2025 in Lorca (Murcia), Spain. 4 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1778, and top seed was Jaime Espadina Solano (🇪🇸 ESP, 1793).

Manuel Haro Garcia (🇪🇸 ESP, 1791) won with 6.0/7, ahead of Miguel Frias Lope (6.0) and Jesus Ortuno Lopez (5.5). Haro Garcia won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 2: Enzo Antolinos Merono (1487) beat Antonio Jesus Segura Alcazar (1776), a +289-point gap.

Location

🇪🇸Lorca (Murcia), Spain

Dates

26 Dec 2025 → 28 Dec 2025

Time control

Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 7 rounds

Top seed

🇪🇸Jaime Espadina Solano1793

Avg top 10

1,778

Participants

Federations · 4 represented

🇪🇸Spain×78

🇧🇪Belgium×2

🇨🇴Colombia×1

FIDE (no federation)×1

Top 3

🥇
Manuel Haro Garcia
🇪🇸ESP·1791
6.0pts·2027perf+71.6
🥈
Miguel Frias Lope
🇪🇸ESP·1769
6.0pts·1993perf+68.0
🥉
Jesus Ortuno Lopez
🇪🇸ESP·1773
5.5pts·2076perf+34.6

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

Tight race until R6; 2 players tied at 6.0/7, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 4 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.

Co-leaders

Frias Lope6Haro Garcia6Casaliglla Almachi5.5Ortuno Lopez5.5Rubio Garcia5.5Gonzalez Gomez5

R6 · LEADER CHANGE28 Dec

Miguel Frias Lope takes the sole lead (5.5/6).

R7 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 6.0/7. Haro Garcia takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (30.0).

R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Miguel Frias Lope drew with Manuel Haro Garcia (White).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Miguel Frias Lope	*	½	½	—
2Manuel Haro Garcia	½	*	—	½
3Christan Enrique Casaliglla Almachi	½	—	*	—
4Jesus Ortuno Lopez	—	½	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Haro Garcia, Manuel	1791	ESP	+57N	+24B	+14N	+9B	=2N	=3B	+6N	6.0	30.0	32.0	26.25	2027	+71.6
2	Frias Lope, Miguel	1769	ESP	+76B	+22N	+63B	+7N	=1B	+8N	=4B	6.0	27.5	28.5	22.75	1993	+68.0
3	Ortuno Lopez, Jesus	1773	ESP	+19N	+21B	+25N	+18B	F	=1N	+8B	5.5	27.0	27.0	24.00	2076	+34.6
4	Casaliglla Almachi, Christan Enrique	1710	ESP	+69N	+37B	−18N	+35B	+26N	+19B	=2N	5.5	25.0	27.0	20.00	1857	+24.0
5	Rubio Garcia, Antonio Ramon	1775	ESP	=45B	−53N	+34B	+49N	+64B	+37N	+10B	5.5	19.0	21.0	17.75	1802	+3.4
6	Navarro Viana, Juan Gonzalo	1791	ESP	+10B	+27N	+12B	−8N	+23B	+18N	−1B	5.0	29.0	33.0	22.00	1848	+21.6
7	Ruiz Plazas, Jesus Maria	1623	FID	+78N	+13B	+11N	−2B	=9N	=41B	+25N	5.0	28.0	29.0	19.00	1862	+76.0
8	Gonzalez Gomez, Pedro Daniel	1740	ESP	+39N	+31B	+54N	+6B	+36N	−2B	−3N	5.0	27.5	29.5	18.00	1866	+24.2
9	Martinez Garcia, Antonio Javier	1730	ESP	+20B	+28N	+59B	−1N	=7B	=33N	+18B	5.0	26.5	28.5	18.25	1787	+11.6
10	Cifuentes Lopez, Fernando	1610	ESP	−6N	+65B	+60N	+14B	+24N	+21B	−5N	5.0	25.0	27.0	16.50	1791	+58.0
11	Espadina Solano, Jaime	1793	ESP	+26N	=29B	−7B	=53N	+45B	+22N	+28B	5.0	23.5	25.5	17.50	1784	-1.0
12	Rojo Ferrer, Alvaro	1701	ESP	+50N	+35B	−6N	+75B	−18N	+27B	+24N	5.0	23.0	24.5	15.50	1801	+18.6
13	Lopez Rebelles, Damian	1692	ESP	+55B	−7N	−56B	+46N	+66B	+54N	+33B	5.0	17.0	19.0	12.00	1714	+9.2
14	Ruiz Salanova, Miguel	1699	ESP	+44B	+70N	−1B	−10N	=76B	+48N	+19N	4.5	22.5	23.5	12.00	1706	+5.2
15	Almache M., Jefferson	1624	COL	+34B	−63N	+40B	+38B	=41N	+30N	−23B	4.5	21.0	23.0	15.50	1733	+18.4
16	Bleda Munoz, Salvador	1664	ESP	+42N	=58B	+49N	−36B	−33N	+26B	+35N	4.5	20.0	22.0	14.00	1712	+19.6
17	Navarro Orcajada, Antonio	1694	ESP	+68N	−54B	=76N	+58B	F	+31B	+21N	4.5	15.0	15.0	12.50	1801	+16.2
18	Obiazikwor, Roy Eklere	1594	ESP	+84B	+30N	+4B	−3N	+12B	−6B	−9N	4.0	30.0	30.0	14.50	1800	+39.0
19	Cerdan Caro, Franco	1586	ESP	−3B	+46N	+73B	+59N	+22B	−4N	−14B	4.0	24.0	26.0	10.50	1650	+20.8
20	Valdivia Alijarte, Victor	1562	ESP	−9N	F	+27B	+25B	−21N	+29B	+41N	4.0	24.0	24.0	15.00	1815	+81.2
21	Cerdan Caro, Jorge	1655	ESP	+46B	−3N	+71B	+55N	+20B	−10N	−17B	4.0	23.5	25.5	10.50	1635	-6.0
22	Navarro Egea, Daniel	1648	ESP	+51N	−2B	+69N	+57B	−19N	−11B	+43N	4.0	22.5	24.5	9.50	1659	+2.2
23	Torregrosa Ascuna, Lorenzo	1730	ESP	F	+33B	+58N	+29B	−6N	F	+15N	4.0	22.5	22.5	14.00	1891	+39.2
24	Ayala Carrion, Santiago	1661	ESP	+61B	−1N	+79B	+56N	−10B	+60N	−12B	4.0	22.0	23.0	7.00	1607	-17.2
25	Vicente Martinez, Alvaro	1685	ESP	+71B	+73N	−3B	−20N	+56B	+40N	−7B	4.0	21.5	23.5	9.00	1573	-34.4
26	Rios Sanchez, Alberto	1611	ESP	−11B	+47N	+77B	+63N	−4B	−16N	+62B	4.0	21.5	22.5	7.50	1628	+2.8
27	Fernandez Zaldivar, Antonio Manuel	1658	ESP	+62N	−6B	−20N	+42B	+55B	−12N	+68B	4.0	21.0	23.0	9.00	1627	-5.2
28	Vicente Navarro, Juan Manuel	1639	ESP	+65N	−9B	−55N	+62B	+43N	+38B	−11N	4.0	20.5	22.5	10.50	1639	+1.2
29	Fernandez Calzada, Juan Antonio	1662	ESP	+47B	=11N	+53B	−23N	=54B	−20N	+66B	4.0	19.5	21.5	10.00	1670	+2.2
30	Diez Machin, Vicente	1767	ESP	=32N	−18B	=44N	+61B	+57N	−15B	+69N	4.0	19.5	21.5	9.50	1614	-26.4
31	Toledo, Samuel	1641	BEL	+40B	−8N	−48B	+83N	+72B	−17N	+71B	4.0	19.0	19.0	7.00	1550	-13.8
32	Gomez Lopez, Jorge 2014	1577	ESP	=30B	−41N	=50B	−40N	+67N	+42B	+60B	4.0	17.5	19.5	10.25	1523	-15.6
33	Ama Piqueras, Enzo	1557	ESP	F	−23N	+51B	+70N	+16B	=9B	−13N	3.5	23.0	23.0	11.50	1704	+47.6
34	Ruiz Garcia, Pedro 2001	0	ESP	−15N	+43B	−5N	+44B	F	+64N	=37B	3.5	21.5	21.5	9.75	1642	0.0
35	Gil Van Gils, Juan Ramon	1630	ESP	+77B	−12N	+72B	−4N	=48B	+76N	−16B	3.5	20.5	21.5	5.25	1545	-14.2
36	Blanco Garcia, Federico Jose	1787	ESP	=53B	+45N	+52B	+16N	−8B	F	F	3.5	20.5	20.5	10.50	1761	-2.0
37	Gimenez Moya, Pedro	1638	ESP	+82B	−4N	+74B	+48N	F	−5B	=34N	3.5	19.0	19.0	6.25	1616	-2.2
38	Munoz Casado, Jose Ignacio	1705	ESP	+56B	−59N	+66B	−15N	+53B	−28N	=50B	3.5	17.0	19.0	7.25	1596	-20.6
39	Ayala Diaz, Alberto	1566	ESP	−8B	−40N	−61B	+82N	+46B	=72N	+47B	3.5	17.0	17.0	6.00	1439	-43.2
40	Matias Martinez, Javier	1417	ESP	−31N	+39B	−15N	+32B	+75N	−25B	−64N	3.0	22.0	23.5	9.00	1570	+52.4
41	Ferrete Rueda, Juan Carlos	1749	ESP	F	+32B	+64N	F	=15B	=7N	−20B	3.0	19.5	19.5	10.75	1677	-9.2
42	Antolinos Merono, Enzo	1487	ESP	−16B	+84N	=70B	−27N	=49B	−32N	+78N	3.0	18.0	18.0	3.25	1522	+9.2
43	Toledo, Jim	1519	BEL	−63B	−34N	+82B	+80N	−28B	+53N	−22B	3.0	16.5	16.5	3.00	1451	-12.8
44	Sanchez Martin, Leandro	1539	ESP	−14N	F	=30B	−34N	+83B	=59N	+58B	3.0	16.0	16.0	5.00	1679	+29.2
45	Alijarte Alfaya, Roberto	1591	ESP	=5N	−36B	=62N	+65B	−11N	=74B	−48N	2.5	20.5	22.5	6.75	1497	-38.4
46	Guirado Lara, Jesus	1444	ESP	−21N	−19B	+68N	−13B	−39N	=67B	+82N	2.5	20.5	20.5	3.00	1365	-16.8
47	Lopez Soler, Jose	1467	ESP	−29N	−26B	=67N	−51B	+73N	+79B	−39N	2.5	18.0	19.0	4.00	1319	-17.8
48	Smith Sandford, Gary Paul	1489	ESP	F	F	+31N	−37B	=35N	−14B	+45B	2.5	18.0	18.0	8.25	1640	+40.0
49	Montes Valera, Manuel	1576	ESP	+85N	F	−16B	−5B	=42N	−52B	+67N	2.5	17.5	17.5	3.50	1480	-13.2
50	Alijarte Marquez, David	1552	ESP	−12B	F	=32N	F	=51N	+78B	=38N	2.5	16.0	16.0	6.00	1518	-4.4
51	Sanchez Martin, Miguel Angel	1430	ESP	−22B	F	−33N	+47N	=50B	−66N	+80B	2.5	15.5	15.5	4.75	1408	-6.8
52	Lopez Ronquillo, Juan Vicente	1461	ESP	+81B	F	−36N	−64B	F	+49N	=54B	2.5	10.5	10.5	4.00	1658	+24.8
53	Morales Clares, Aaron	1602	ESP	=36N	+5B	−29N	=11B	−38N	−43B	F	2.0	24.5	24.5	9.75	1582	-7.2
54	Valverde Lopez, Francisco Leopoldo	1628	ESP	F	+17N	−8B	F	=29N	−13B	=52N	2.0	21.0	21.0	7.75	1578	-6.8
55	de Maya Rubio, Pedro Antonio	1520	ESP	−13N	F	+28B	−21B	−27N	=58N	=59B	2.0	21.0	21.0	6.00	1524	+1.6
56	Valera Aznar, Javier	1560	ESP	−38N	+67B	+13N	−24B	−25N	F	F	2.0	20.5	20.5	7.00	1493	-6.4
57	Maldonado Ramos, Jose Manuel	1602	ESP	−1B	+61N	+80B	−22N	−30B	−71N	−65N	2.0	20.0	21.0	3.00	1323	-82.0
58	Martinez Carricondo, Patricio Jesus	1611	ESP	+60B	=16N	−23B	−17N	F	=55B	−44N	2.0	20.0	20.0	5.25	1390	-27.8
59	Frias Lope, Marta	1632	ESP	F	+38B	−9N	−19B	−60N	=44B	=55N	2.0	19.5	19.5	6.00	1544	-24.8
60	Torras Garcia, Andres	0	ESP	−58N	F	−10B	+79N	+59B	−24B	−32N	2.0	18.0	18.0	3.00	1478	0.0
61	Guillen Pove, Alexander	1452	ESP	−24N	−57B	+39N	−30N	+77B	−69B	−73N	2.0	17.5	18.5	4.50	1391	-7.0
62	Escoriza Gallardo, Pedro	1446	ESP	−27B	=81N	=45B	−28N	+80B	F	−26N	2.0	17.5	18.0	2.50	1393	-5.8
63	Fernandez Alarcon, Jose Maria	1685	ESP	+43N	+15B	−2N	−26B	F	F	F	2.0	17.5	17.5	7.50	1631	-5.6
64	Sanchez Garcia, Leandro	1636	ESP	F	F	−41B	+52N	−5N	−34B	+40B	2.0	17.5	17.5	5.50	1601	-3.4
65	Garcia Ferreira, Joaquin	1411	ESP	−28B	−10N	F	−45N	−68B	+77N	+57B	2.0	16.5	16.5	3.00	1353	-12.0
66	Gil Villascusa, Jose	1558	ESP	F	F	−38N	+78B	−13N	+51B	−29N	2.0	16.0	16.0	3.50	1431	-13.0
67	Gonzalez Alarcon, Alejandro	0	ESP	−70B	−56N	=47B	+77N	−32B	=46N	−49B	2.0	15.5	16.5	3.50	1269	0.0
68	Rosique Martinez, Javier	1525	ESP	−17B	−77N	−46B	F	+65N	+75B	−27N	2.0	15.5	15.5	3.50	1491	-5.2
69	Quesada Belmar, Jose Antonio	1560	ESP	−4B	+82N	−22B	F	F	+61N	−30B	2.0	15.5	15.5	2.00	1452	-22.4
70	Pastor Mondejar, Jose	1631	ESP	+67N	−14B	=42N	−33B	=74N	F	F	2.0	15.0	15.0	4.50	1366	-27.8
71	Clemente Fernandez, Jose	1501	ESP	−25N	+78B	−21N	F	F	+57B	−31N	2.0	15.0	15.0	3.00	1453	-8.8
72	Forte Llorens, Antonio	1462	ESP	F	F	−35N	+73B	−31N	=39B	=75N	2.0	14.5	14.5	4.50	1420	-8.4
73	Vivancos Perez, Pedro	0	ESP	F	−25B	−19N	−72N	−47B	+83N	+61B	2.0	14.5	14.5	2.00	1290	0.0
74	Pagan Perez, Sandra	1488	ESP	F	F	−37N	F	=70B	=45N	+76B	2.0	9.0	9.0	3.25	1611	+26.4
75	Munoz Candela, Pedro	1612	ESP	F	F	+83B	−12N	−40B	−68N	=72B	1.5	12.0	12.0	1.00	1205	-39.0
76	Pagan Sanchez, Domingo	1584	ESP	−2N	F	=17B	F	=14N	−35B	−74N	1.0	20.5	20.5	4.50	1416	-40.8
77	Mateo Cabeza, Adrian	0	ESP	−35N	+68B	−26N	−67B	−61N	−65B	F	1.0	15.5	15.5	2.00	1286	0.0
78	FIDE 535095040	0	—	−7B	−71N	F	−66N	+79B	−50N	−42B	1.0	15.5	15.5	1.00	1268	0.0
79	Alferez Anton, Adrian	1523	ESP	F	F	−24N	−60B	−78N	−47N	+83B	1.0	9.5	9.5	0.00	764	-35.6
80	FIDE 523081600	0	—	F	F	−57N	−43B	−62N	+82B	−51N	1.0	9.5	9.5	0.00	700	0.0
81	Salmeron Castro, Pedro 1973	1662	ESP	−52N	=62B	F	F	F	F	F	0.5	4.5	4.5	1.00	1261	-20.8
82	FIDE 553007859	0	—	−37N	−69B	−43N	−39B	F	−80N	−46B	0.0	15.5	15.5	0.00	744	0.0
83	Martinez Salar, Maria Trinidad	0	ESP	F	F	−75N	−31B	−44N	−73B	−79N	0.0	11.5	11.5	0.00	779	0.0
84	Segura Alcazar, Antonio Jesus	1776	ESP	−18N	−42B	F	F	F	F	F	0.0	11.0	11.0	0.00	741	-31.6
85	Gomez Lopez, Pedro	1755	ESP	−49B	F	F	F	F	F	F	0.0	2.5	2.5	0.00	776	-14.8

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Valdivia Alijarte, VictorESP
+81.2
4.0 pts · #20
2Ruiz Plazas, Jesus MariaFID
+76.0
5.0 pts · #17
3Haro Garcia, ManuelESP
+71.6
6.0 pts · #2

Top rating losers

1Maldonado Ramos, Jose ManuelESP
-82.0
2.0 pts · #62
2Ayala Diaz, AlbertoESP
-43.2
3.5 pts · #42
3Pagan Sanchez, DomingoESP
-40.8
1.0 pts · #73

Biggest upsets

R2+289 Elo gap
Antolinos Merono, Enzo1487 beat Segura Alcazar, Antonio Jesus1776
R1+201 Elo gap
Lopez Ronquillo, Juan Vicente1461 beat Salmeron Castro, Pedro 19731662
R5+195 Elo gap
Matias Martinez, Javier1417 beat Munoz Candela, Pedro1612