II Obert Festes de Nadal del Guinardo (Grup A)

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30 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 27 Dec 2025 to 29 Dec 2025 in Barcelona, Spain. 3 titled players from 4 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2149, and top seed was Hicham Boulahfa (🇳🇱 NED, CM, 2238).

Ferran Cervello Tost (🇪🇸 ESP, FM, 2232) won with 6.0/7, ahead of Hicham Boulahfa (5.5) and Xavier Povill Claros (5.0). Cervello Tost won solo starting round 5.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Eloi Aballanet Beltran (1864) beat Jordi Gardela Batlle (2048), a +184-point gap.

Location

🇪🇸Barcelona, Spain

Dates

27 Dec 2025 → 29 Dec 2025

Time control

Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 7 rounds

Top seed

🇳🇱CMHicham Boulahfa2238

Avg top 10

2,149

Participants

Titled players · 3

FM×2

CM×1

Federations · 4 represented

🇪🇸Spain×27

🇨🇴Colombia×1

🇪🇨Ecuador×1

🇳🇱Netherlands×1

Top 3

🥇
FMFerran Cervello Tost
🇪🇸ESP·2232
6.0pts·2394perf+26.0
🥈
CMHicham Boulahfa
🇳🇱NED·2238
5.5pts·2297perf+10.4
🥉
FMXavier Povill Claros
🇪🇸ESP·2235
5.0pts·2261perf+6.2

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

FM Ferran Cervello Tost led from R5; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.

Co-leaders

Cervello Tost6Boulahfa5.5Povill Claros5Delisau Gil4.5Rodriguez Diaz4.5Bru Montoya4.5

R5–R7 · LEAD HELD

FM Ferran Cervello Tost held the sole lead from R5 through R7 without losing it.

R7 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

FM Ferran Cervello Tost drew with CM Hicham Boulahfa (White).

R4–R6 · WIN STREAK

FM Ferran Cervello Tost won 3 in a row (R4–R6).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1FMFerran Cervello Tost	*	½	½	1
2CMHicham Boulahfa	½	*	—	½
3FMXavier Povill Claros	½	—	*	½
4Oriol Delisau Gil	0	½	½	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Cervello Tost, FerranFM	2232	ESP	+29B	+26N	=3B	+5N	+9B	+4N	=2B	6.0	24.5	24.5	19.25	2394	+26.0
2	Boulahfa, HichamCM	2238	NED	+14B	+7N	=5B	+11N	=4B	+6N	=1N	5.5	28.0	31.5	24.00	2297	+10.4
3	Povill Claros, XavierFM	2235	ESP	+17N	+10B	=1N	−4B	+8B	=5N	+9B	5.0	27.0	30.0	20.25	2261	+6.2
4	Rodriguez Diaz, Javier 1994	2088	ESP	+22B	+30N	=8B	+3N	=2N	−1B	=5B	4.5	27.0	27.0	14.00	2189	+22.4
5	Delisau Gil, Oriol	2213	ESP	+18N	+19B	=2N	−1B	+15N	=3B	=4N	4.5	26.5	29.0	15.50	2214	+2.2
6	Torrent San Nicolas, Biel	1993	ESP	+21B	=8N	=9B	+19N	=7B	−2B	+13N	4.5	24.0	26.0	14.25	2126	+50.4
7	Bru Montoya, Pau	1966	ESP	+24N	−2B	+23N	+10B	=6N	+21B	−8B	4.5	22.0	24.0	12.25	2071	+40.4
8	Mari Copa, Adria	2119	ESP	F	=6B	=4N	+17B	−3N	+10B	+7N	4.0	25.5	28.0	16.00	2171	+8.4
9	Blasco Cardona, Pol	2080	ESP	=16N	+12B	=6N	+18B	−1N	+22B	−3N	4.0	25.0	27.0	12.25	2050	-9.2
10	Marcos Rodriguez, Raul	2055	ESP	+25B	−3N	+12B	−7N	+11B	−8N	+15B	4.0	24.5	26.0	12.50	2069	+7.2
11	Xu, Jin Hao	2023	ESP	=23N	+27B	+16N	−2B	−10N	=15B	+21N	4.0	19.5	20.0	8.00	2056	+13.6
12	Aballanet Beltran, Eloi	1864	ESP	+15B	−9N	−10N	+24B	+18N	−13B	+22N	4.0	19.0	21.0	9.50	1995	+24.8
13	Ribera Caro, Joan	1907	ESP	=27N	−16B	−15B	+28N	+25B	+12N	−6B	3.5	16.5	16.5	5.75	1954	+8.0
14	Gomez Parrado, Angel	1952	ESP	−2N	−25B	+20N	−21B	+26B	=17N	+28B	3.5	15.5	15.5	5.00	1898	-20.8
15	Gardela Batlle, Jordi	2048	ESP	−12N	=23B	+13N	+16B	−5B	=11N	−10N	3.0	23.0	25.0	9.50	1917	-24.6
16	Custodio Criado, Jofre	1881	ESP	=9B	+13N	−11B	−15N	=19B	=20N	=17B	3.0	20.0	22.5	9.50	1941	+10.6
17	Berrozpe Gonzalez, Marc	1936	ESP	−3B	+28N	+26B	−8N	−21N	=14B	=16N	3.0	18.5	18.5	4.25	1881	-23.2
18	Martinez Maya, Joel	1909	ECU	−5B	+21N	+30B	−9N	−12B	=19N	F	2.5	17.0	17.0	3.25	1891	-4.2
19	Domenech Vallejos, Josep Lluis	2038	ESP	+28B	−5N	=25N	−6B	=16N	=18B	F	2.5	16.0	16.0	3.50	1894	-23.8
20	Jimenez Haneda, Naoki	1903	ESP	F	F	−14B	F	+24N	=16B	+26N	2.5	13.5	13.5	4.50	1907	+1.6
21	Benet Saniger, Xavier	1817	ESP	−6N	−18B	F	+14N	+17B	−7N	−11B	2.0	22.0	22.0	6.50	1838	+3.4
22	Vardanyan Asilbekyan, Ani	1885	ESP	−4N	−24B	F	+25N	+23B	−9N	−12B	2.0	18.0	18.0	3.50	1787	-32.4
23	Franzoni Ladron de Guevara, Enric	1827	ESP	=11B	=15N	−7B	+26N	−22N	−24B	F	2.0	16.5	16.5	4.50	1765	-10.4
24	Aparicio Escudero, Hector F.	1734	ESP	−7B	+22N	F	−12N	−20B	+23N	F	2.0	15.0	15.0	4.00	1817	+10.4
25	Noya Guia, Alvaro	1879	ESP	−10N	+14N	=19B	−22B	−13N	F	F	1.5	15.5	15.5	4.75	1818	-8.2
26	Gardela Fuentes, Jofre	1682	ESP	F	−1B	−17N	−23B	−14N	+28B	−20B	1.0	17.0	17.0	0.00	1649	-10.8
27	Perez Garcia, Adria	2180	ESP	=13B	−11N	F	F	F	F	F	0.5	7.5	7.5	1.75	1772	-20.8
28	Vargas Ramirez, Ana Maria	1832	COL	−19N	−17B	F	−13B	F	−26N	−14N	0.0	13.5	13.5	0.00	1103	-40.8
29	Bosch Garcia, Ivan	1911	ESP	−1N	F	F	F	F	F	F	0.0	8.0	8.0	0.00	1432	-5.2
30	Lopera Larrea, Izan	1679	ESP	F	−4B	−18N	F	F	F	F	0.0	7.0	7.0	0.00	1194	-11.6

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Torrent San Nicolas, BielESP
+50.4
4.5 pts · #7
2Bru Montoya, PauESP
+40.4
4.5 pts · #6
3Cervello Tost, FerranFMESP
+26.0
6.0 pts · #1

Top rating losers

1Vargas Ramirez, Ana MariaCOL
-40.8
0.0 pts · #29
2Vardanyan Asilbekyan, AniESP
-32.4
2.0 pts · #22
3Gardela Batlle, JordiESP
-24.6
3.0 pts · #17

Biggest upsets

R1+184 Elo gap
Aballanet Beltran, Eloi1864 beat Gardela Batlle, Jordi2048
R2+157 Elo gap
Xu, Jin Hao2023 beat Perez Garcia, Adria2180
R2+151 Elo gap
Aparicio Escudero, Hector F.1734 beat Vardanyan Asilbekyan, Ani1885