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Campeonato de Gipuzkoa de Veteranos 2025

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18 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 26 Dec 2025 to 31 Dec 2025 in Astigarraga (Gipuzkoa), Spain. 1 titled players from 2 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1992, and top seed was Luis Angel Ortega Fuentes (🇪🇸 ESP, CM, 2135).

Roberto Roldan Riaga (🇪🇸 ESP, 2028) won with 5.0/7, ahead of Josu Tornay Gomez (5.0) and Jose Manuel Hernando Casas (4.5). Roldan Riaga shared the lead from round 4, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 2: Igor Artola Lotero (1688) beat Alex Aranzabal Minguez (1842), a +154-point gap.

Location
🇪🇸Astigarraga (Gipuzkoa), Spain
Dates
26 Dec 2025 → 31 Dec 2025
Time control
Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 7 rounds
Top seed
🇪🇸CMLuis Angel Ortega Fuentes2135
Avg top 10
1,992
Participants
18
Titled players · 1
CM×1
Federations · 2 represented
🇪🇸Spain×17
🇩🇰Denmark×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

Tight race until R7; 2 players tied at 5.0/7, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 4 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.

Co-leaders
8
1
1
4
4
3
2
23.55.57R1R2R3R4R5R6R7Manso Marquez takes lead
Roldan Riaga5Tornay Gomez5Hernando Casas4.5Corral Sierra4.5Manso Marquez4.5Garcia Lafuente4
R3 · LEADER CHANGE27 Dec

Felix Manso Marquez takes the sole lead (2.5/3).

R7 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 5.0/7. Roldan Riaga takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (26.5).

R4 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Roberto Roldan Riaga beat Josu Tornay Gomez (Black).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Roberto Roldan Riaga*
1
½
½
2Josu Tornay Gomez
0
*
½
—
3Jose Manuel Hernando Casas
½
½
*
1
4Javier Corral Sierra
½
—
0
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Roldan Riaga, Roberto2028ESP+12B=4N=3B+2N=5B+7N=8B5.026.529.520.752129+20.6
2Tornay Gomez, Josu2029ESP+11N=3B=10N−1B+13N+6B+4B5.024.026.017.252114+16.4
3Hernando Casas, Jose Manuel1951ESP+17B=2N=1N+6B=4B+5N−9N4.526.527.516.752055+21.6
4Manso Marquez, Felix2075ESP+9N=1B+6N=10B=3N+11B−2N4.525.028.016.752051-3.0
5Corral Sierra, Javier1982ESP+14NF+12B+11B=1N−3B+10N4.520.520.513.502045+10.8
6Garcia Lafuente, Roberto2046ESP+16B+7N−4B−3N+8B−2N+12B4.025.026.512.502001-6.2
7Rasmussen, Ulrik Ortiz1916DEN+15N−6B=9N+14B=10N−1B+11N4.020.522.09.751888-4.0
8Ortega Fuentes, Luis AngelCM2135ESP=13BF+17N+9B−6N+10B=1N4.018.518.511.002028-13.2
9Izagirre Alsua, Aritz1848ESP−4B+17N=7B−8N+18NF+3B3.520.020.07.501948+12.4
10Ximenez Crespo, Inigo1908ESP+18B=13N=2B=4N=7B−8N−5B3.024.024.07.751873-6.0
11Fuente San Sebastian, Ernesto1831ESP−2B+18N+13B−5N+12B−4N−7B3.023.023.05.001802-5.2
12Legarda Iturrioz, Jose Javier1707ESP−1N+15B−5N+17B−11N+18B−6N3.019.019.02.501701-3.2
13Esnaola Gaston, Fernando1850ESP=8N=10B−11N+15B−2BFF2.020.522.05.001799-6.0
14Artola Lotero, Igor1688ESP−5B+16NF−7NF+15BF2.013.513.53.001788+10.4
15Almandoz Zapiain, Santiago1410ESP−7B−12N+18B−13N=16B−14N−17N1.513.513.50.751347-10.0
16Aranzabal Minguez, Alex1842ESP−6N−14BFF=15N+17BF1.58.58.51.751622-22.2
17Armendariz Olalla, Sebastian1661ESP−3N−9B−8B−12NF−16N+15B1.018.018.01.501530-20.2
18Reyes Saavedra, Juan Manuel0ESP−10N−11B−15NF−9B−12NF0.015.515.50.00928-39.2

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets