XXIII Torneo Pueblo Nuevo Martes y Jueves

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58 players participated in this 8-round tournament, held from 13 Jan 2026 to 05 Feb 2026 in Madrid, Spain. 3 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1935, and top seed was Adrian Cruz Pino (🇪🇸 ESP, 2128).

Angel Torres Sanchez (🇪🇸 ESP, 1931) won with 6.5/8, ahead of Christoph Sebastian Aguilar Alvarez (5.5) and Rafael Benito Ruiz de Villa (5.5). Torres Sanchez took the lead from round 5.

The biggest upset came in round 8: Jesus Rubio Ramirez (1442) beat Nicolas Perez Vals (1820), a +378-point gap.

Location

🇪🇸Madrid, Spain

Dates

13 Jan 2026 → 05 Feb 2026

Time control

Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 8 rounds

Top seed

🇪🇸Adrian Cruz Pino2128

Avg top 10

1,935

Participants

Federations · 3 represented

🇪🇸Spain×56

🇧🇪Belgium×1

🇵🇹Portugal×1

Top 3

🥇
Angel Torres Sanchez
🇪🇸ESP·1931
6.5pts·2263perf+44.8
🥈
Christoph Sebastian Aguilar Alvarez
🇪🇸ESP·1593
5.5pts·1918perf+135.2
🥉
Rafael Benito Ruiz de Villa
🇪🇸ESP·1700
5.5pts·1813perf+22.4

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 8 rounds

Angel Torres Sanchez led from R5; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders

Torres Sanchez6.5Aguilar Alvarez5.5Fernandez Fernandez5.5Benito Ruiz de Villa5.5Rubio Castillo5Vaqueiro Vaqueiro5— ex-leaders:Gonzalez Jimenezled R4, #13

R5 · LEADER CHANGE27 Jan

Angel Torres Sanchez takes the sole lead (4.0/5).

R1–R5 · WIN STREAK

Angel Torres Sanchez won 4 in a row (R1–R5).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Angel Torres Sanchez	*	—	—	—
2Christoph Sebastian Aguilar Alvarez	—	*	—	½
3Jose Manuel 1971 Fernandez Fernandez	—	—	*	—
4Rafael Benito Ruiz de Villa	—	½	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Torres Sanchez, Angel	1931	ESP	+49N	+30B	+5N	F	+9B	=10N	+12B	+19N	6.5	27.5	27.5	25.25	2263	+44.8
2	Aguilar Alvarez, Christoph Sebastian	1593	ESP	+51N	=17B	=14B	+11N	=3B	+9N	−19B	+26N	5.5	30.5	31.5	20.50	1918	+135.2
3	Benito Ruiz de Villa, Rafael	1700	ESP	=39N	+40B	−12N	+32B	=2N	+17B	=26B	+11N	5.5	27.5	30.0	19.75	1813	+22.4
4	Fernandez Fernandez, Jose Manuel 1971	1747	ESP	−50N	+46B	−7N	+44B	+41N	=34B	+27N	+22B	5.5	22.5	23.5	16.00	1771	+6.2
5	Kong, Lingzhijie	1738	ESP	+55B	+34N	−1B	+16N	−20B	−18N	+35B	+17B	5.0	28.5	28.5	14.00	1860	+52.4
6	Vaqueiro Vaqueiro, Alejandro	1867	ESP	=42N	+39B	F	−19N	+28B	+16N	=15B	+10N	5.0	25.5	28.0	18.00	1905	+11.6
7	Rubio Castillo, Carlos	1595	ESP	−16B	+55N	+4B	−14N	−27B	+45N	+36B	+33N	5.0	25.5	25.5	13.50	1755	+34.0
8	Castro Uceda, Jose Antonio	1659	ESP	+57N	−19B	=17N	=34B	+40N	−38B	+21N	+16B	5.0	24.5	24.5	14.00	1778	+22.0
9	Largo Barbero, Benito	1913	POR	+25B	+18N	+24B	F	−1N	−2B	+13N	=12N	4.5	33.0	33.0	18.75	1876	-3.2
10	Gonzalez Jimenez, Marcos Valerio	2022	ESP	+29B	+11N	+16B	=26N	F	=1B	=22N	−6B	4.5	31.0	31.0	19.00	1870	-43.6
11	Perez Pascual, Arturo	1761	ESP	+46N	−10B	+37N	−2B	+13N	=27B	+33N	−3B	4.5	29.5	31.5	14.25	1748	-2.0
12	Cruz Pino, Adrian	2128	ESP	F	F	+3B	+27N	+14B	+20N	−1N	=9B	4.5	28.5	28.5	19.75	2017	-11.6
13	Corral Sanchez, Jesus	1680	ESP	+21B	−16N	+45B	=24N	−11B	+28N	−9B	+27N	4.5	28.0	30.0	15.00	1728	+11.6
14	Guarnizo Cumbicus, Cristian Rene	1759	ESP	+28B	F	=2N	+7B	−12N	+52B	+34N	−15N	4.5	27.0	27.0	15.25	1893	+48.0
15	Pujante Martinez, Rafael	1979	ESP	+48B	F	+33N	F	+26B	F	=6N	+14B	4.5	18.0	18.0	15.50	2097	+10.4
16	Martin-Buitrago Lopez, Antonio	1824	ESP	+7N	+13B	−10N	−5B	+53N	−6B	+32B	−8N	4.0	32.0	33.0	13.50	1718	-21.4
17	Jimenez Maroto, Jose Ignacio	1800	ESP	=54B	=2N	=8B	=41N	+45B	−3N	+18B	−5N	4.0	29.5	30.5	13.00	1619	-36.6
18	Ros Martinez, Francisco Javier 1955	1682	ESP	+47N	−9B	=32N	+39B	−22N	+5B	−17N	=23B	4.0	27.0	29.0	13.00	1648	-6.8
19	Pinan Gaviria, Jose	1797	ESP	+35B	+8N	F	+6B	F	F	+2N	−1B	4.0	25.0	25.0	18.50	1960	+20.4
20	Camarero Izquierdo, Juan Carlos	1863	ESP	+37B	+22N	−26B	F	+5N	−12B	F	+30N	4.0	24.5	24.5	15.50	1874	+2.0
21	Rubio Ramirez, Jesus	1442	ESP	−13N	−32B	+23N	=37B	=49N	+39N	−8B	+51B	4.0	23.5	24.5	9.75	1622	+36.0
22	Barragan Carranza, Jose Maria	1673	ESP	+58N	−20B	+50N	F	+18B	=26N	=10B	−4N	4.0	22.5	22.5	9.00	1747	+13.6
23	Calle Trueba, Jose Antonio	1587	ESP	−38B	−45N	−21B	+55N	+47B	=31N	+29B	=18N	4.0	22.0	22.0	9.25	1566	-3.8
24	Alvarez Gonzalez, Eduardo	1798	ESP	+32N	+50B	−9N	=13B	F	F	=37N	+46B	4.0	18.0	18.0	9.75	1753	-4.8
25	Castro Torres, Vicente	1606	ESP	−9N	=31B	−39N	−40B	+50N	+56B	=51N	+43B	4.0	17.5	17.5	5.75	1542	-12.4
26	Ramirez Cruz, Jorge Alejandro	1667	ESP	+56B	F	+20N	=10B	−15N	=22B	=3N	−2B	3.5	31.0	31.0	11.00	1748	+9.2
27	Lopez Orellana, Federico	1750	ESP	=43B	=54N	+42B	−12B	+7N	=11N	−4B	−13B	3.5	29.0	30.0	11.50	1654	-22.8
28	Vallespin Morales, Antonio	1537	ESP	−14N	+49B	=30N	+33B	−6N	−13B	F	+39N	3.5	24.5	24.5	8.75	1689	+26.6
29	Garcia Santiago, Juan Carlos	1651	ESP	−10N	=36B	+47N	+51B	−30N	−33B	−23N	+40B	3.5	22.5	23.5	7.00	1616	-10.0
30	Villodre Miranda, Juan Alonso	1688	ESP	+45B	−1N	=28B	+56N	+29B	F	F	−20B	3.5	19.5	19.5	7.25	1688	-0.2
31	Solera Diaz, Manuel	1416	ESP	F	=25N	F	+46B	−52N	=23B	+53B	=32N	3.5	15.0	15.0	8.50	1627	0.0
32	Bodega Hernando, Jorge	1554	ESP	−24B	+21N	=18B	−3N	F	+41B	−16N	=31B	3.0	27.5	27.5	10.25	1607	+6.6
33	Becerra Baigorri, Jose	1752	ESP	+36N	F	−15B	−28N	+39B	+29N	−11B	−7B	3.0	26.5	26.5	9.00	1594	-29.0
34	Martin Cantizano, David	1998	ESP	+53N	−5B	F	=8N	+42B	=4N	−14B	F	3.0	23.5	23.5	8.75	1690	-42.6
35	Cuchillo Garcia, Cayetano	1552	ESP	−19N	=51B	=40N	+47B	−38N	+44B	−5N	F	3.0	20.5	21.5	6.25	1594	+10.8
36	Conde Rasco, Manuel Jesus	1519	ESP	−33B	=29N	−53B	+43N	F	+49B	−7N	=44B	3.0	19.0	19.0	7.00	1548	+4.6
37	Benito Mellado, Humberto	1600	ESP	−20N	F	−11B	=21N	+56B	+42N	=24B	F	3.0	19.0	19.0	6.50	1621	+1.6
38	Garcia Menendez, Borja	1804	ESP	+23N	F	F	F	+35B	+8N	F	F	3.0	15.5	15.5	12.00	2399	+14.4
39	Lozano Rodriguez, Andres Alberto	1470	ESP	=3B	−6N	+25B	−18N	−33N	−21B	+56N	−28B	2.5	29.0	29.0	6.75	1425	-18.0
40	Marsal Pla, Jaime	1429	ESP	F	−3N	=35B	+25N	−8B	−46N	+41B	−29N	2.5	25.5	25.5	8.00	1505	+12.2
41	Rotthier, Gery	1538	BEL	F	+43N	F	=17B	−4B	−32N	−40N	+50B	2.5	23.5	23.5	5.50	1525	-4.0
42	Veuthey Martinez, Eloy	1601	ESP	=6B	F	−27N	+50B	−34N	−37B	−44N	+45N	2.5	20.0	20.0	5.50	1558	-11.8
43	Fernandez Dubois, Angel	1483	ESP	=27N	−41B	−48N	−36B	F	+47N	+45B	−25N	2.5	19.0	19.0	5.75	1460	-10.8
44	Camarena Sanchez, Angel	1467	ESP	F	F	F	−4N	+48B	−35N	+42B	=36N	2.5	16.0	16.0	6.00	1606	+36.0
45	Ramon Arranz, Ricardo	1458	ESP	−30N	+23B	−13N	+48B	−17N	−7B	−43N	−42B	2.0	26.0	28.0	6.00	1437	-11.2
46	Gallego Abad, Luis	1544	ESP	−11B	−4N	+57B	−31N	F	+40B	F	−24N	2.0	21.0	21.0	2.50	1491	-6.2
47	Granon Uranga, Inigo	1453	ESP	−18B	+48N	−29B	−35N	−23N	−43B	+55N	F	2.0	19.0	19.0	2.00	1419	-7.2
48	Ballo Tejera, Carlos Jesus	1611	ESP	−15N	−47B	+43B	−45N	−44N	+55B	F	F	2.0	13.5	13.5	2.50	1427	-31.0
49	Ramos Pinto, Jose Maria	1608	ESP	−1B	−28N	F	F	=21B	−36N	+50B	F	1.5	21.0	21.0	3.00	1433	-24.8
50	Lozano Valverde, Eduardo	1481	ESP	+4B	−24N	−22B	−42N	−25B	F	−49N	−41N	1.0	24.0	24.0	5.50	1344	-19.6
51	Perez Vals, Nicolas	1820	ESP	−2B	=35N	F	−29N	F	F	=25B	−21N	1.0	20.0	20.0	3.50	1329	-120.8
52	Tirado Garcia, Vicente	1714	ESP	F	F	F	F	+31B	−14N	F	F	1.0	15.0	15.0	3.50	958	-17.6
53	Carbayo de Gracia, Oswaldo	1635	ESP	−34B	F	+36N	F	−16B	F	−31N	F	1.0	13.5	13.5	3.00	1655	-0.4
54	Adalid Moll, Pablo	1582	ESP	=17N	=27B	F	F	F	F	F	F	1.0	8.5	8.5	3.75	1775	+10.0
55	Parra Munoz, Alberto	1474	ESP	−5N	−7B	F	−23B	F	−48N	−47B	F	0.0	19.5	19.5	0.00	796	-34.4
56	Gago Castilla, Victoriano Ramon	0	ESP	−26N	F	F	−30B	−37N	−25N	−39B	F	0.0	16.5	16.5	0.00	806	0.0
57	Munoz Alvarez, Vicente	0	ESP	−8B	F	−46N	F	F	F	F	F	0.0	10.0	10.0	0.00	802	0.0
58	Rubio Rivera, Adolfo Jose	1418	ESP	−22B	F	F	F	F	F	F	F	0.0	7.0	7.0	0.00	873	-7.6

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Aguilar Alvarez, Christoph SebastianESP
+135.2
5.5 pts · #2
2Kong, LingzhijieESP
+52.4
5.0 pts · #7
3Guarnizo Cumbicus, Cristian ReneESP
+48.0
4.5 pts · #14

Top rating losers

1Perez Vals, NicolasESP
-120.8
1.0 pts · #52
2Gonzalez Jimenez, Marcos ValerioESP
-43.6
4.5 pts · #13
3Martin Cantizano, DavidESP
-42.6
3.0 pts · #30

Biggest upsets

R8+378 Elo gap
Rubio Ramirez, Jesus1442 beat Perez Vals, Nicolas1820
R6+320 Elo gap
Aguilar Alvarez, Christoph Sebastian1593 beat Largo Barbero, Benito1913
R1+266 Elo gap
Lozano Valverde, Eduardo1481 beat Fernandez Fernandez, Jose Manuel 19711747