VI Obert dels Volcans

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59 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 06 Dec 2025 to 07 Dec 2025 in Olot (Girona), Spain. 7 titled players from 5 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2077, and top seed was Gal.la Garcia-Castany Musellas (🇪🇸 ESP, WFM, 2204).

Marc Balague Camps (🇪🇸 ESP, CM, 2199) won with 5.5/6, ahead of Martin Daneri (5.0) and Emili Colls Gelaberto (4.5). Balague Camps won solo starting round 5.

The biggest upset came in round 2: Aniol Puigvert Gonzalez (1460) beat Joan Rodriguez Delgado (1659), a +199-point gap.

Location

🇪🇸Olot (Girona), Spain

Dates

06 Dec 2025 → 07 Dec 2025

Time control

Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 6 rounds

Top seed

🇪🇸WFMGal.la Garcia-Castany Musellas2204

Avg top 10

2,077

Participants

Titled players · 7

FM×1

CM×3

WFM×2

WCM×1

Federations · 5 represented

🇪🇸Spain×55

🇱🇻Latvia×1

🇨🇺Cuba×1

🇦🇷Argentina×1

🇵🇸Palestine×1

Top 3

🥇
CMMarc Balague Camps
🇪🇸ESP·2199
5.5pts·2372perf+16.8
🥈
CMMartin Daneri
🇦🇷ARG·2011
5.0pts·2187perf+26.2
🥉
CMEmili Colls Gelaberto
🇪🇸ESP·2047
4.5pts·2175perf+20.6

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 6 rounds

CM Marc Balague Camps led from R5; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.

Co-leaders

Balague Camps5.5Daneri5Vinolas Anglada4.5Bardera Gil4.5Palahi Hervas4.5Moreno Gonzalez4.5

R5–R6 · LEAD HELD

CM Marc Balague Camps held the sole lead from R5 through R6 without losing it.

R1–R5 · WIN STREAK

CM Marc Balague Camps won 5 in a row (R1–R5).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1CMMarc Balague Camps	*	—	1	1
2CMMartin Daneri	—	*	—	—
3WCMLaura Vinolas Anglada	0	—	*	—
4Sergi Bardera Gil	0	—	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Balague Camps, MarcCM	2199	ESP	+39N	+22B	+5N	+11B	+4B	=3N	5.5	20.5	23.0	20.75	2372	+16.8
2	Daneri, MartinCM	2011	ARG	+41N	+21B	=3B	=34N	+10B	+9N	5.0	18.5	21.0	17.50	2187	+26.2
3	Colls Gelaberto, EmiliCM	2047	ESP	+25N	+6B	=2N	=13B	+11N	=1B	4.5	23.0	26.0	18.75	2175	+20.6
4	Bardera Gil, Sergi	2053	ESP	+24B	+8N	+16B	+18B	−1N	=7N	4.5	21.0	24.0	16.25	2177	+20.4
5	Vinolas Anglada, LauraWCM	2023	ESP	+30B	+7N	−1B	+15N	=8B	+34N	4.5	20.5	23.0	15.50	2102	+12.8
6	Palahi Hervas, Dalmau	1893	ESP	+44B	−3N	+42B	+14N	+16B	=8N	4.5	18.0	20.0	13.50	2075	+58.4
7	Moreno Gonzalez, Pablo	1844	ESP	+57N	−5B	+36N	+17B	+35N	=4B	4.5	17.5	17.5	10.75	2053	+34.4
8	Villalba Pons, Guillem	1907	ESP	+52N	−4B	+25N	+12B	=5N	=6B	4.0	20.5	22.0	13.00	2011	+36.0
9	Dorca Dilme, Ramon	2013	ESP	+20N	+27B	−18N	+19B	+22N	−2B	4.0	18.5	21.5	13.00	2047	+6.6
10	Carrasco Holgado, David	2030	ESP	+36N	+19B	−11N	+27B	−2N	+23B	4.0	18.5	21.0	12.00	1991	-4.8
11	Fernandez Escabia, Victor	1969	ESP	+38B	+42N	+10B	−1N	−3B	+45N	4.0	18.5	20.5	10.50	2029	+23.2
12	Minguell Soler, Joan	2034	ESP	+29B	−15N	+28B	−8N	+37B	+26N	4.0	16.5	19.0	11.50	1963	-9.0
13	Molano Lafuente, Ismael	2091	ESP	+28B	=34N	+15B	=3N	+26B	F	4.0	16.5	16.5	13.00	2156	+8.0
14	Ibanez Tarradellas, EduardFM	2080	ESP	+54N	=35B	=23N	−6B	+25N	+22B	4.0	16.0	17.0	9.75	1967	-14.6
15	Roure Sola, Oriol	1873	ESP	+59N	+12B	−13N	−5B	+36N	=17B	3.5	18.5	18.5	8.25	1955	+30.0
16	Terry Cuellar, Luis Antonio	2006	CUB	+46N	+45B	−4N	+23B	−6N	=21B	3.5	17.5	19.5	8.75	1900	-14.4
17	Massot Cervera, Max	1990	ESP	=43B	=23N	+30B	−7N	+24B	=15N	3.5	17.0	19.0	10.25	1829	-45.2
18	Garcia-Castany Musellas, Gal.laWFM	2204	ESP	+37B	+26N	+9B	−4N	=34B	F	3.5	16.5	16.5	10.75	2102	-10.0
19	Sola Garcia, Manel	1869	ESP	+55B	−10N	+33B	−9N	=40N	+35B	3.5	16.0	16.5	7.25	1863	+1.4
20	Pau Ferrer, Quirze	1683	ESP	−9B	+55N	+37B	−26N	+27N	=29B	3.5	15.5	16.0	7.50	1862	+55.6
21	Benet Saniger, Xavier	1817	ESP	+51B	−2N	+58B	−32N	+46B	=16N	3.5	15.0	15.0	5.25	1834	+0.8
22	Balague Canadell, Jordi	1933	ESP	+49B	−1N	+40B	+45N	−9B	−14N	3.0	18.0	20.0	6.50	1906	-3.4
23	Pujol Zoilo, Eudald	1811	ESP	+58N	=17B	=14B	−16N	+38B	−10N	3.0	17.5	17.5	6.25	1878	+15.2
24	Sala Rodriguez, Albert Joan	1740	ESP	−4N	+50B	−32N	+31B	−17N	+40B	3.0	16.5	18.5	7.50	1824	+11.0
25	Cantenys Garriga, Albert	1729	ESP	−3B	+47N	−8B	+49N	−14B	+43N	3.0	16.5	18.5	6.00	1821	+11.8
26	Elhayek, Yazid	1968	PLE	+53N	−18B	+54N	+20B	−13N	−12B	3.0	16.5	17.5	6.00	1902	-16.8
27	Fontanet Tomas, Unai	1831	ESP	+48B	−9N	+38B	−10N	−20B	+46N	3.0	16.0	18.0	6.50	1748	-23.2
28	Claparols Merino, Inar	1767	ESP	−13N	+31B	−12N	=53N	+49B	=33B	3.0	16.0	17.5	7.25	1779	-0.4
29	Agadzhanyan, Sonya	1708	ESP	−12N	=52B	+51B	−37N	+53B	=20N	3.0	13.0	14.5	5.50	1675	-12.8
30	Deulofeu, Jaume	1706	LAT	−5N	+56B	−17N	F	+44B	+47N	3.0	12.5	12.5	4.50	1823	+28.0
31	Lopez Riu, Roger	1616	ESP	F	−28N	+55B	−24N	+51B	+52B	3.0	11.5	12.0	3.50	1650	+7.2
32	Pinyol i Llora, JuliaWFM	2008	ESP	F	+43N	+24B	+21B	F	F	3.0	10.5	10.5	8.50	2537	+21.2
33	Pi Mas, Guillem	1671	ESP	F	+57B	−19N	+51N	=43B	=28N	3.0	10.0	10.0	4.00	1689	+4.0
34	Cros Garcia, Marc	1926	ESP	F	=13B	+35N	=2B	=18N	−5B	2.5	20.0	22.5	8.75	2050	+15.8
35	Gonzalez Espliego, Carlos	1922	ESP	+47B	=14N	−34B	+43N	−7B	−19N	2.5	16.5	18.5	6.00	1774	-45.6
36	Madorran Gomez, Marcel	1707	ESP	−10B	+44N	−7B	+47N	−15B	=38N	2.5	16.5	18.5	5.25	1706	-5.6
37	Blanco Esquena, Ramon	1799	ESP	−18N	+53B	−20N	+29B	−12N	=41B	2.5	16.5	18.0	5.75	1762	-9.8
38	Puigvert Gonzalez, Laia	1642	ESP	−11N	+39B	−27N	+58B	−23N	=36B	2.5	15.0	15.0	3.75	1670	+4.4
39	Fernandez Escabia, Eloi	1780	ESP	−1B	−38N	−47B	=56N	+48B	+53N	2.5	13.5	14.0	3.75	1624	-52.8
40	Pi Compano, Gerard	1690	ESP	F	+59B	−22N	+44N	=19B	−24N	2.5	11.5	11.5	3.75	1732	+10.8
41	Puigvert Vigo, Lluis	1652	ESP	−2B	−51N	−44B	+55N	+59B	=37N	2.5	11.5	11.5	1.75	1688	+3.2
42	Rodriguez Rueda, Miguel	1675	ESP	F	−11B	−6N	+48N	−45B	+50N	2.0	15.5	17.5	4.00	1675	-1.2
43	Gernjak Farre, Maxim Alexander	1656	ESP	=17N	−32B	+52N	−35B	=33N	−25B	2.0	15.0	16.5	4.75	1692	+4.4
44	Bonet Bonet, Joan	1575	ESP	−6N	−36B	+41N	−40B	−30N	+58B	2.0	15.0	15.0	2.50	1490	-10.4
45	Vidal Palou, Jordi	1827	ESP	F	−16N	+48B	−22B	+42N	−11B	2.0	14.5	14.5	4.00	1737	-10.6
46	Rodriguez Delgado, Joan	1659	ESP	−16B	−48N	+50N	+57B	−21N	−27B	2.0	14.0	14.0	2.00	1569	-15.6
47	Hernandez Martinez, Pol	1609	ESP	−35N	−25B	+39N	−36B	+57N	−30B	2.0	13.5	13.5	2.50	1593	-7.6
48	Puigvert Gonzalez, Aniol	1460	ESP	−27N	+46B	−45N	−42B	−39N	+59B	2.0	11.5	11.5	2.00	1594	+32.8
49	Jove Serrano, Lleo	1625	ESP	−22N	−54B	+59N	−25B	−28N	+57B	2.0	10.0	10.0	0.00	1575	-18.0
50	Martin Cabeza, Josep	1586	ESP	F	−24N	−46B	+52B	+58N	−42B	2.0	8.5	8.5	1.50	1471	-11.6
51	Vinolas Garcia, Koa	0	ESP	−21N	+41B	−29N	−33B	−31N	=55B	1.5	15.0	15.5	2.75	1469	0.0
52	Cedeno Nobrega, Isaac	1581	ESP	−8B	=29N	−43B	−50N	+56B	−31N	1.5	14.0	14.5	2.00	1479	-33.2
53	Lazaro Perez, Roger	1635	ESP	−26B	−37N	+56N	=28B	−29N	−39B	1.5	14.0	14.5	2.00	1571	-21.6
54	Rodes Bach, Adolf	1765	ESP	−14B	+49N	−26B	F	F	F	1.0	9.0	9.0	2.00	1766	-2.8
55	Multani Multani, Gurjot	1510	ESP	−19N	−20B	−31N	−41B	F	=51N	0.5	14.0	14.0	0.75	905	-41.6
56	Melnychuk Ovchar, Anton	1558	ESP	F	−30N	−53B	=39B	−52N	F	0.5	8.5	8.5	1.25	1353	-35.2
57	Dong, Luotian	1477	ESP	−7B	−33N	F	−46N	−47B	−49N	0.0	13.5	13.5	0.00	882	-46.0
58	Romero Espinal, Francois	0	ESP	−23B	F	−21N	−38N	−50B	−44N	0.0	13.0	13.0	0.00	886	0.0
59	Jawo Rabana, Isona Jabuyel	1543	ESP	−15B	−40N	−49B	F	−41N	−48N	0.0	12.5	12.5	0.00	860	-71.6

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Palahi Hervas, DalmauESP
+58.4
4.5 pts · #5
2Pau Ferrer, QuirzeESP
+55.6
3.5 pts · #19
3Villalba Pons, GuillemESP
+36.0
4.0 pts · #8

Top rating losers

1Jawo Rabana, Isona JabuyelESP
-71.6
0.0 pts · #58
2Fernandez Escabia, EloiESP
-52.8
2.5 pts · #29
3Dong, LuotianESP
-46.0
0.0 pts · #59

Biggest upsets

R2+199 Elo gap
Puigvert Gonzalez, Aniol1460 beat Rodriguez Delgado, Joan1659
R4+187 Elo gap
Palahi Hervas, Dalmau1893 beat FMIbanez Tarradellas, Eduard2080
R3+171 Elo gap
Hernandez Martinez, Pol1609 beat Fernandez Escabia, Eloi1780