Campeonato de Malaga Sub 18 2025
Open SwissStandard
45 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 14 Nov 2025 to 16 Nov 2025 in Casabermeja (Malaga), Spain. Top 10 Elo average was 1881, and top seed was Maximo Belmonte Blasco (🇪🇸 ESP, 2035).
Antonio Galvez Ruiz (🇪🇸 ESP, 1981) won with 5.5/6, ahead of Maximo Belmonte Blasco (5.0) and Yago Otero Porcel (4.5). Galvez Ruiz won solo starting round 4.
The biggest upset came in round 3: Angel Garcia Pascual (1557) beat Marcos Reque Garcia (1791), a +234-point gap.
Location
🇪🇸Casabermeja (Malaga), Spain
Dates
14 Nov 2025 → 16 Nov 2025
Time control
Standard: 70 minutes for the game with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 6 rounds
Federations · 1 represented
🇪🇸Spain×42
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 6 roundsAntonio Galvez Ruiz led from R4; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.
Co-leaders
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7
3
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R4–R6 · LEAD HELD
Antonio Galvez Ruiz held the sole lead from R4 through R6 without losing it.
WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers
Antonio Galvez Ruiz 4 wins (R1–R4)Maximo Belmonte Blasco 3 wins (R4–R6)Yago Otero Porcel 3 wins (R1–R3)
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Antonio Galvez Ruiz | * | — | ½ | — |
| 2Maximo Belmonte Blasco | — | * | 0 | — |
| 3Yago Otero Porcel | ½ | 1 | * | ½ |
| 4Eric Loriente Galiano | — | — | ½ | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Galvez Ruiz, Antonio | 1981 | ESP | +14N | +7B | +20N | +5B | =3N | +6B | 5.5 | 20.0 | 23.0 | 20.75 | 2167 | +39.6 |
| 2 | Belmonte Blasco, Maximo | 2035 | ESP | +16N | +9B | −3N | +17B | +20N | +5B | 5.0 | 19.5 | 22.5 | 18.00 | 2024 | +4.4 |
| 3 | Otero Porcel, Yago | 1874 | ESP | +23B | +43N | +2B | =12N | =1B | =4N | 4.5 | 21.5 | 22.0 | 15.25 | 1950 | +30.4 |
| 4 | Loriente Galiano, Eric | 1897 | ESP | =13N | +39B | +8N | =6B | +11N | =3B | 4.5 | 20.0 | 21.0 | 15.00 | 1845 | -6.8 |
| 5 | Guirado Lara, Pablo | 1976 | ESP | +32B | +18N | +21B | −1N | +9B | −2N | 4.0 | 21.0 | 23.0 | 12.50 | 1892 | -15.6 |
| 6 | Gasparian, Rafael | 1823 | ESP | =30N | +13B | +15B | =4N | +12B | −1N | 4.0 | 20.5 | 22.5 | 13.75 | 1784 | -4.0 |
| 7 | Jimenez Lopez, Carmen | 1635 | ESP | +34B | −1N | +32B | =15N | +16N | =8B | 4.0 | 18.5 | 20.5 | 11.25 | 1734 | +24.0 |
| 8 | Chen Jin, Alex | 1703 | ESP | =28N | +30B | −4B | +14N | +21B | =7N | 4.0 | 17.5 | 19.5 | 11.75 | 1799 | +26.4 |
| 9 | Hernandez Tellez, Ada Angela | 1683 | ESP | +22B | −2N | +35N | +31B | −5N | +13B | 4.0 | 17.5 | 19.5 | 10.50 | 1765 | +12.8 |
| 10 | Reque Garcia, Marcos | 1791 | ESP | +24B | −15N | −12B | +33N | +26B | +25N | 4.0 | 16.0 | 18.0 | 11.00 | 1587 | -45.6 |
| 11 | Cortes Lopez, David | 1566 | ESP | F | +24N | +41B | +21N | −4B | +20B | 4.0 | 14.5 | 14.5 | 10.00 | 1883 | +78.4 |
| 12 | Garcia Pascual, Angel | 1557 | ESP | =42N | +28B | +10N | =3B | −6N | =17B | 3.5 | 18.5 | 19.5 | 11.00 | 1809 | +58.8 |
| 13 | Duran Ibarra, Tiziano Dante | 1516 | ESP | =4B | −6N | +28B | +43N | +15B | −9N | 3.5 | 18.5 | 19.0 | 8.75 | 1707 | +45.2 |
| 14 | Alarcon Gonzalez, Mario | 1552 | ESP | −1B | +22N | +37B | −8B | +31N | =19N | 3.5 | 18.0 | 20.0 | 8.75 | 1491 | -10.8 |
| 15 | Cabello Coronado, Duncan | 1560 | ESP | +40N | +10B | −6N | =7B | −13N | +28B | 3.5 | 18.0 | 19.0 | 9.50 | 1604 | +6.0 |
| 16 | Byrdin, Heorhii | 1559 | ESP | −2B | +33N | +39B | +19N | −7B | =18N | 3.5 | 18.0 | 19.0 | 8.25 | 1617 | +10.8 |
| 17 | Garcia Pascual, Christian | 1603 | ESP | +44B | −21N | +23B | −2N | +22B | =12N | 3.5 | 17.5 | 17.5 | 7.75 | 1607 | -4.8 |
| 18 | Coca Majaron, Alvaro | 1606 | ESP | +38N | −5B | +29N | −20B | +27N | =16B | 3.5 | 16.0 | 18.0 | 9.25 | 1625 | +1.6 |
| 19 | Perea Fruet, Alba | 1636 | ESP | =31N | =42B | +27N | −16B | +32N | =14B | 3.5 | 14.0 | 15.0 | 8.25 | 1695 | +12.8 |
| 20 | De La Viuda Pettersson, Iker Henry | 1707 | ESP | +33B | +37N | −1B | +18N | −2B | −11N | 3.0 | 20.0 | 22.0 | 7.50 | 1604 | -25.2 |
| 21 | Maldonado Mena, Remedios Sofia | 1721 | ESP | +29N | +17B | −5N | −11B | −8N | +31B | 3.0 | 18.0 | 20.0 | 8.00 | 1579 | -37.6 |
| 22 | Burrezo del Pino, Simon | 0 | ESP | −9N | −14B | +40N | +35B | −17N | +30B | 3.0 | 15.0 | 16.0 | 5.00 | 1492 | 0.0 |
| 23 | Bravo Buendia, Roberto | 1502 | ESP | −3N | +45B | −17N | +36B | −28N | +38B | 3.0 | 14.5 | 14.5 | 4.00 | 938 | -18.0 |
| 24 | Ruiz Bravo, Angel | 1411 | ESP | −10N | −11B | −36N | +40B | +44N | +32B | 3.0 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 3.00 | 1502 | +11.2 |
| 25 | Navarro Carmona, Pedro | 1579 | ESP | −39N | =31B | =30N | +29B | +37N | −10B | 3.0 | 12.5 | 13.5 | 6.50 | 1549 | -5.6 |
| 26 | Carabantes Valenzuela, Iker | 1548 | ESP | F | −29B | +34N | +30B | −10N | +36B | 3.0 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 6.00 | 1424 | -9.6 |
| 27 | Higueras Garcia, Seth Joseph | 1492 | ESP | F | +44N | −19B | +39N | −18B | +33N | 3.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 3.00 | 820 | -26.0 |
| 28 | Mera Fernandez, Martina | 0 | ESP | =8B | −12N | −13N | +34B | +23B | −15N | 2.5 | 17.5 | 19.5 | 7.00 | 1417 | 0.0 |
| 29 | Guirado Lara, Jesus | 1410 | ESP | −21B | +26N | −18B | −25N | =43B | +41N | 2.5 | 13.5 | 14.0 | 4.25 | 1515 | +29.6 |
| 30 | Carrillo Moreno, Juan | 1448 | ESP | =6B | −8N | =25B | −26N | +39B | −22N | 2.0 | 17.0 | 18.0 | 4.50 | 1450 | -2.4 |
| 31 | Terron Frias, Alejandro | 0 | ESP | =19B | =25N | +43B | −9N | −14B | −21N | 2.0 | 17.0 | 17.5 | 3.75 | 1499 | 0.0 |
| 32 | Sanchez Bazaga, Ezequiel | 1525 | ESP | −5N | +36B | −7N | +44B | −19B | −24N | 2.0 | 16.5 | 16.5 | 2.00 | 851 | -57.6 |
| 33 | Terron Frias, Daniel | 0 | ESP | −20N | −16B | +45N | −10B | +35N | −27B | 2.0 | 15.5 | 15.5 | 2.00 | 1373 | 0.0 |
| 34 | FIDE 523040564 | 0 | — | −7N | −35B | −26B | −28N | +40N | +44B | 2.0 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 1.00 | 746 | 0.0 |
| 35 | Monci Lopez, Jose Antonio | 1536 | ESP | F | +34N | −9B | −22N | −33B | +39N | 2.0 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 3.00 | 882 | -12.0 |
| 36 | Carabantes Valenzuela, Ivan | 0 | ESP | F | −32N | +24B | −23N | +45B | −26N | 2.0 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 3.00 | 1282 | 0.0 |
| 37 | Moya Martinez, Irene | 0 | ESP | F | −20B | −14N | +41N | −25B | +43N | 2.0 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 1.50 | 1507 | 0.0 |
| 38 | Ferrer Dominguez, Victor | 0 | ESP | −18B | F | F | +45N | +41B | −23N | 2.0 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 1.00 | 1403 | 0.0 |
| 39 | Narula, Lavin | 0 | ESP | +25B | −4N | −16N | −27B | −30N | −35B | 1.0 | 16.0 | 18.0 | 3.00 | 1309 | 0.0 |
| 40 | FIDE 535037814 | 0 | — | −15B | −41N | −22B | −24N | −34B | +45N | 1.0 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 0.00 | 684 | 0.0 |
| 41 | Higueras Garcia, Tristan | 1488 | ESP | F | +40B | −11N | −37B | −38N | −29B | 1.0 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 1.00 | 687 | -39.6 |
| 42 | Otero Ramirez, Martin | 2004 | ESP | =12B | =19N | F | F | F | F | 1.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 3.50 | 1620 | -32.8 |
| 43 | Lopez Medina, Oliver | 1574 | ESP | F | −3B | −31N | −13B | =29N | −37B | 0.5 | 14.5 | 14.5 | 1.25 | 1326 | -38.0 |
| 44 | Casquero Martin, Eric | 0 | ESP | −17N | −27B | F | −32N | −24B | −34N | 0.0 | 13.5 | 13.5 | 0.00 | 707 | 0.0 |
| 45 | FIDE 535037717 | 0 | — | F | −23N | −33B | −38B | −36N | −40B | 0.0 | 10.0 | 10.5 | 0.00 | 697 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Cortes Lopez, DavidESP+78.44.0 pts · #4
- 2Garcia Pascual, AngelESP+58.83.5 pts · #15
- 3Duran Ibarra, Tiziano DanteESP+45.23.5 pts · #12
Top rating losers
- 1Sanchez Bazaga, EzequielESP-57.62.0 pts · #41
- 2Reque Garcia, MarcosESP-45.64.0 pts · #10
- 3Higueras Garcia, TristanESP-39.61.0 pts · #39
Biggest upsets
- R3+234 Elo gap
- R2+231 Elo gap
- R3+161 Elo gap