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Campeonato Absoluto de Malaga 2026

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23 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 05 Dec 2025 to 08 Dec 2025 in Malaga, Spain. 3 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 2039, and top seed was Francisco Miguel Terron Elena (🇪🇸 ESP, FM, 2146).

Nicolas Alba Fernandez (🇪🇸 ESP, 2122) won with 5.5/7, ahead of Francisco Javier Munoz Moreno (5.5) and Alberto Roman Verdier (4.5). Alba Fernandez won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Iker Henry De La Viuda Pettersson (1682) beat Javier 1985 Fernandez Garcia (1940), a +258-point gap.

Location
🇪🇸Malaga, Spain
Dates
05 Dec 2025 → 08 Dec 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 7 rounds
Top seed
🇪🇸FMFrancisco Miguel Terron Elena2146
Avg top 10
2,039
Participants
23
Titled players · 3
FM×2
CM×1
Federations · 1 represented
🇪🇸Spain×23
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

Tight race until R7; 2 players tied at 5.5/7, decided on Buchholz.

Co-leaders
10
4
2
1
1
1
2
23.55.57R1R2R3R4R5R6R7
Alba Fernandez5.5Munoz Moreno5.5Galvez Ruiz4.5Gaitan Galstyan4.5Roman Verdier4.5Lucena Palomo4
R7 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 5.5/7. Alba Fernandez takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (26.5).

R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Nicolas Alba Fernandez drew with FM Francisco Javier Munoz Moreno (White).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

FM Francisco Javier Munoz Moreno 4 wins (R1–R4)Antonio Galvez Ruiz 3 wins (R1–R3)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Nicolas Alba Fernandez*
½
1
½
2FMFrancisco Javier Munoz Moreno
½
*
1
—
3Antonio Galvez Ruiz
0
0
*
1
4Narek Gaitan Galstyan
½
—
0
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Alba Fernandez, Nicolas2122ESP+8B=3N+11B+14N=2B=4N+5B5.526.529.522.252248+20.6
2Munoz Moreno, Francisco JavierFM2057ESP+9N+14B+18N+5B=1N=3B=11N5.525.027.020.252253+33.4
3Roman Verdier, Alberto2016ESP+17N=1B=6N+16B=5N=2N=4B4.527.029.517.502065+23.2
4Gaitan Galstyan, Narek1988ESP+16N+6B−5N=7B+18N=1B=3N4.525.527.516.002072+26.4
5Galvez Ruiz, Antonio2021ESP+23B+22N+4B−2N=3B+8N−1N4.525.025.011.752035+8.1
6Ramos Moreno, Francisco Jose2052ESP+20B−4N=3B+10N=11B=9N=8B4.024.526.013.502021-5.0
7Cardoso Garcia, Sergio1905ESP=11B=13N+15B=4N=8B=10N=9B4.023.526.514.752003+18.4
8Lucena Palomo, Alberto1896ESP−1N+17B+21N+18B=7N−5B=6N4.022.523.59.501983+16.8
9Garcia Ruiz, Angel 19731895ESP−2B+23NF+15N+17B=6B=7N4.019.019.09.502021+19.8
10Belmonte Blasco, Maximo2026ESP+12N−18B=19N−6B+23N=7B+15N4.018.518.59.501908-28.5
11Terron Elena, Francisco MiguelFM2146ESP=7N+21B−1N+19B=6NF=2B3.524.025.09.751995-18.4
12Santana Martin, JuanCM1821ESP−10B−15N+23B=22N+13B=19N=17B3.516.016.06.251812-2.0
13Fernandez Garcia, Javier 19851940ESP−21N=7B−16N+20B−12N+23B+19B3.515.015.05.501779-29.2
14Tabera Benitez, Sebastian2001ESP+15B−2N+22B−1B+16NFF3.021.521.57.001938-5.2
15Garcia Sanz, Eduardo1777ESP−14N+12B−7N−9B+21N+22B−10B3.019.520.55.501806+3.8
16Carmona Ripoll, Luis1715ESP−4B+20N+13B−3N−14B−17N+23N3.019.519.55.001858+23.2
17Garcia Balderas, Francisco Jose1789ESP−3B−8NF+21B−9N+16B=12N2.520.020.05.751781-2.0
18Zurita Gutierrez, Antonio1957ESP+19B+10N−2B−8N−4BFF2.020.020.06.001862-12.2
19Garcia Pascual, Angel1703ESP−18NF=10B−11N+22B=12B−13N2.017.517.54.751793+20.0
20Perez Diaz, Alejandro1830ESP−6N−16BF−13NF+21B=22N1.512.512.51.501661-22.8
21De La Viuda Pettersson, Iker Henry1682ESP+13B−11N−8B−17N−15B−20NF1.018.018.03.501612-20.8
22Gallardo Campos, Manuel Ignacio1661ESPF−5B−14N=12B−19N−15N=20B1.017.517.52.501586-11.4
23Rodriguez Torres, Alvaro1794ESP−5N−9B−12NF−10B−13N−16B0.022.522.50.001103-86.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

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