III Open Internacional de Ajedrez Sub-2400 Hotel Oasis Cordoba 2026

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82 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 02 Jan 2026 to 04 Jan 2026 in Cordoba, Spain. 2 titled players from 3 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2115, and top seed was Carlos Garcia Moreno (🇪🇸 ESP, FM, 2285).

Carlos Garcia Moreno (🇪🇸 ESP, FM, 2285) won with 6.0/7, ahead of Jesus Vazquez Gonzalez (5.5) and Alberto Garcia Dorado (5.5). Garcia Moreno won solo starting round 6.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Martina Mera Fernandez (1474) beat Nadim Hilmi Cuevas (1818), a +344-point gap.

Location

🇪🇸Cordoba, Spain

Dates

02 Jan 2026 → 04 Jan 2026

Time control

Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 7 rounds

Top seed

🇪🇸FMCarlos Garcia Moreno2285

Avg top 10

2,115

Participants

Titled players · 2

FM×1

CM×1

Federations · 3 represented

🇪🇸Spain×76

🇫🇷France×1

🇨🇺Cuba×1

Top 3

🥇
FMCarlos Garcia Moreno
🇪🇸ESP·2285
6.0pts·2337perf+8.2
🥈
Jesus Vazquez Gonzalez
🇪🇸ESP·1989
5.5pts·2163perf+31.4
🥉
CMAlberto Garcia Dorado
🇪🇸ESP·2162
5.5pts·2135perf-2.0

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

FM Carlos Garcia Moreno led from R4; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders

Garcia Moreno6Garcia Dorado5.5Vazquez Gonzalez5.5Herrera Pedroso5Vazquez Gonzalez5Martin Rodriguez5

R4–R7 · LEAD HELD

FM Carlos Garcia Moreno held the sole lead from R4 through R7 without losing it.

R1–R4 · WIN STREAK

FM Carlos Garcia Moreno won 4 in a row (R1–R4).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1FMCarlos Garcia Moreno	*	—	1	½
2CMAlberto Garcia Dorado	—	*	—	—
3Jesus Vazquez Gonzalez	0	—	*	—
4Alex Herrera Pedroso	½	—	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Garcia Moreno, CarlosFM	2285	ESP	+51N	+18B	+2N	+13B	=8N	+4B	=5N	6.0	29.5	32.5	27.50	2337	+8.2
2	Vazquez Gonzalez, Jesus	1989	ESP	+55B	+40N	−1B	+22N	+23B	=6N	+11B	5.5	27.0	30.0	21.50	2163	+31.4
3	Garcia Dorado, AlbertoCM	2162	ESP	=26N	+49B	+25N	=9B	+36N	=7N	+12B	5.5	26.0	29.0	22.00	2135	-2.0
4	Martin Sanchez, Javier	2044	ESP	+47N	+38B	+15N	=5B	+10N	−1N	=6B	5.0	29.0	32.5	21.50	2159	+24.6
5	Herrera Pedroso, Alex	2157	CUB	+60B	+24N	+14B	=4N	=7B	=34N	=1B	5.0	28.5	31.0	21.00	2141	+1.6
6	Martin Rodriguez, Emilio	2084	ESP	+27B	−22N	+26N	+38B	+9N	=2B	=4N	5.0	27.5	31.0	21.75	2007	-8.6
7	Vazquez Gonzalez, Francisco	2025	ESP	+43B	+44N	+22B	=11N	=5N	=3B	=8N	5.0	27.5	31.0	21.00	2128	+22.8
8	Lopez Quevedo, Eduardo	2189	ESP	+46B	+29N	=12B	+37N	=1B	=11N	=7B	5.0	27.5	31.0	21.00	2133	-4.2
9	Hidalgo Arellano, Patricio	1885	ESP	+52B	+80N	=16B	=3N	−6B	+27N	+24B	5.0	26.0	26.0	16.00	2007	+20.6
10	Asensio Linan, Teodoro	2086	ESP	+79N	+17B	F	+12N	−4B	+14N	+19B	5.0	23.5	23.5	18.50	2160	+11.0
11	Lopez Quevedo, Angel Carlos	2071	ESP	+45N	+28B	=36N	=7B	+17N	=8B	−2N	4.5	27.5	31.0	18.75	2027	-3.8
12	Sanjuan Garcia, Miguel	1988	ESP	+50N	+39B	=8N	−10B	+32N	+15B	−3N	4.5	27.5	30.5	17.50	2034	+12.0
13	Sanchez Lopez, Jesus	2045	ESP	+56B	+32N	+23B	−1N	−14B	=17N	+22B	4.5	27.0	30.0	17.25	1993	-6.0
14	Cesar Maestre, Eduardo	1949	ESP	+59N	+33B	−5N	+39B	+13N	−10B	=34B	4.5	26.0	28.5	16.50	2009	+29.2
15	Ramos Saavedra, Mario	1946	ESP	+66B	+20N	−4B	=32N	+37B	−12N	+48B	4.5	25.0	27.5	16.00	1905	-4.0
16	Otero Ramirez, Martin	2022	ESP	+41N	+30B	=9N	−36B	=19B	=28N	+40B	4.5	24.5	28.0	17.75	1907	-34.4
17	Barrios del Pozo, Oscar	1836	ESP	+42B	−10N	+43B	+44N	−11B	=13B	+39N	4.5	24.5	28.0	16.25	1938	+40.8
18	Gonzalez del Campo, Diego	1853	ESP	+71B	−1N	=27B	=50N	=20B	+51N	+37B	4.5	24.0	26.0	14.25	1851	+0.6
19	Hilmi Cuevas, Nadim	1818	ESP	−49N	+52B	+59N	+35B	=16N	+36B	−10N	4.5	23.0	25.5	15.25	1866	+24.4
20	Melendez Melo, Bruno	1751	ESP	+75N	−15B	+57N	−25B	=18N	+42B	+36N	4.5	22.5	23.5	12.75	1842	+24.0
21	Herrero Pena, Laura	1953	ESP	+62N	−31B	=41N	=45B	+59N	=30B	+38N	4.5	21.0	23.5	14.00	1773	-50.4
22	Gomez Romero, Jesus Manuel	1814	ESP	+58N	+6B	−7N	−2B	+45N	+25B	−13N	4.0	27.5	30.0	15.00	1931	+23.6
23	Pastor Villalba, Arturo	1923	ESP	F	+35B	−13N	+31B	−2N	+33B	+26N	4.0	26.0	28.5	16.00	1963	+6.8
24	Rosa Arjona, Cristobal	1838	ESP	+64N	−5B	+62N	=33B	=26N	+35B	−9N	4.0	24.5	27.0	13.00	1811	-3.4
25	Giraldez Requena, Hugo	1965	ESP	+68B	=37N	−3B	+20N	=27B	−22N	+56B	4.0	24.5	26.5	13.25	1815	-45.2
26	Maceira Moya, Nery	1722	ESP	=3B	+70N	−6B	+61N	=24B	+44N	−23B	4.0	24.5	26.5	12.75	1859	+23.4
27	Fernandez Calzada, Juan Antonio	1665	ESP	−6N	+58B	=18N	+49B	=25N	−9B	+68N	4.0	24.0	26.0	11.75	1797	+22.0
28	Martin Martin, David	1816	ESP	+61B	−11N	+55B	+48N	−34B	=16B	=31N	4.0	23.5	26.0	13.25	1853	+17.6
29	Garcia Galeote, Lorenzo	1877	ESP	+73N	−8B	=50N	+41B	=33N	=31B	=30N	4.0	23.5	25.0	12.50	1788	-13.8
30	Trujillo Morales, Jose	1776	ESP	+78B	−16N	+53B	−34N	+50B	=21N	=29B	4.0	23.0	24.0	11.25	1826	+8.0
31	Real Arenas, Isidoro	1764	ESP	+69B	+21N	−37B	−23N	+66B	=29N	=28B	4.0	22.5	24.5	13.00	1811	+7.6
32	Guibet, Aymeric	1781	FRA	+57N	−13B	+65N	=15B	−12B	=53N	+62B	4.0	21.5	24.0	11.25	1768	-1.4
33	Romero Rodriguez, Angel	1756	ESP	+77B	−14N	+76B	=24N	=29B	−23N	+53B	4.0	20.5	21.5	9.00	1755	-1.2
34	Diaz Rodriguez, Jose Antonio	1986	ESP	F	F	+51N	+30B	+28N	=5B	=14N	4.0	20.5	20.5	15.75	2128	+17.8
35	Ferrete Rueda, Juan Carlos	1752	ESP	+81B	−23N	+80B	−19N	+57B	−24N	+52B	4.0	18.0	18.0	5.50	1582	-17.0
36	Llamas Rodriguez, Javier	1951	ESP	+53B	+48N	=11B	+16N	−3B	−19N	−20B	3.5	27.0	30.0	13.25	1876	-23.2
37	Moreno Arcario, Jose Manuel	1756	ESP	+72N	=25B	+31N	−8B	−15N	+41B	−18N	3.5	25.5	27.5	11.50	1823	+7.4
38	Claros Perez, Jose Antonio	1806	ESP	+54B	−4N	+68B	−6N	=43B	+60N	−21B	3.5	23.5	25.5	9.25	1767	-7.6
39	Garcia Balderas, Francisco Jose	1769	ESP	+67B	−12N	+54B	−14N	=53B	+43N	−17B	3.5	23.0	25.5	10.50	1639	-17.2
40	Barrios del Pozo, Daniela	1766	ESP	+74N	−2B	=49N	=42B	=58N	+47B	−16N	3.5	22.5	24.0	9.50	1613	-23.4
41	Ruz Herrador, Dario	1597	ESP	−16B	+78N	=21B	−29N	+46B	−37N	+61B	3.5	22.5	23.5	9.25	1736	+33.6
42	Garcia Sicilia, Daniel	1494	ESP	−17N	=79B	+46B	=40N	=48B	−20N	+60B	3.5	22.0	22.5	9.75	1742	+84.8
43	Perez Caravaca, Jose Luis	1620	ESP	−7N	+63B	−17N	+64B	=38N	−39B	+58N	3.5	21.5	24.0	9.25	1669	+9.2
44	Malagon Moreno, Bruno	1770	ESP	+63N	−7B	+64N	−17B	=65N	−26B	+59N	3.5	21.0	23.5	8.75	1639	-42.8
45	Gonzalez Lopez, Francisco Jesus	1648	ESP	−11B	=61N	+70B	=21N	−22B	=66N	+57B	3.5	20.5	22.5	9.25	1657	-2.4
46	Barranco Martinez, Gabriel	1738	ESP	−8N	=73B	−42N	+63B	−41N	+54B	+65N	3.5	20.0	21.5	8.75	1506	-32.4
47	Blanco Diaz, Cristobal Andres	1626	ESP	−4B	−54N	+67B	=71N	+61B	−40N	+63B	3.5	19.0	21.0	8.50	1598	-11.6
48	Merino Ferrer, Javier	1755	ESP	+82N	−36B	+75N	−28B	=42N	+65B	−15N	3.5	19.0	19.0	5.25	1600	-40.4
49	Mera Fernandez, Martina	1474	ESP	+19B	−3N	=40B	−27N	−60B	+78N	=55B	3.0	23.0	24.0	8.75	1605	+32.8
50	Rosa Garcia, Alberto	1570	ESP	−12B	+67N	=29B	=18B	−30N	−52N	+69B	3.0	22.5	24.5	8.75	1559	-7.6
51	Sanchez Sevilla, Oscar	1742	ESP	−1B	+71N	−34B	+52N	F	−18B	+66N	3.0	22.0	22.0	7.50	1758	+1.2
52	Melendez Aganzo, Alvaro	1521	ESP	−9N	−19N	+69B	−51B	+72N	+50B	−35N	3.0	21.5	23.5	7.00	1513	-4.4
53	Lozano Cortes, Fernando	1546	ESP	−36N	+82B	−30N	+75B	=39N	=32B	−33N	3.0	20.0	20.0	4.75	1565	+2.0
54	Garcia Chias, Daniel Jesus	0	ESP	−38N	+47B	−39N	=62B	=56B	−46N	+76B	3.0	19.5	20.5	7.25	1563	0.0
55	Gallardo Campos, Manuel Ignacio	1583	ESP	−2N	+74B	−28N	−58B	+69N	=71B	=49N	3.0	19.0	20.5	6.00	1398	-25.2
56	Real Palomares, Isidoro	1634	ESP	−13N	−57B	=74N	+73B	=54N	+58B	−25N	3.0	18.0	19.5	6.25	1732	+6.8
57	Herrero Marquez, Manuel	0	ESP	−32B	+56N	−20B	+68N	−35N	=59B	−45N	2.5	21.5	23.5	6.25	1567	0.0
58	Narula, Lavin	1415	ESP	−22B	−27N	+77B	+55N	=40B	−56N	−43B	2.5	21.0	22.0	5.75	1488	+15.2
59	Ruz Herrador, Alejandro	1544	ESP	−14B	+77N	−19B	+76N	−21B	=57N	−44B	2.5	20.5	21.5	3.25	1069	-21.6
60	Moreno Carrasco, Luis	1674	ESP	−5N	−64B	=63N	+74B	+49N	−38B	−42N	2.5	20.0	21.5	5.75	1431	-32.2
61	Blanco Diaz, German Alberto	1438	ESP	−28N	=45B	+73N	−26B	−47N	+74B	−41N	2.5	20.0	21.5	4.75	1461	+2.8
62	Castejon Riber, Francisco	1550	ESP	−21B	+69N	−24B	=54N	F	+64B	−32N	2.5	20.0	20.0	6.00	1576	-0.2
63	Guerrero Herruzo, Javier	0	ESP	−44B	−43N	=60B	−46N	+70N	+73B	−47N	2.5	18.5	20.0	4.75	1530	0.0
64	Lopez Sanchez, Gonzalo	1505	ESP	−24B	+60N	−44B	−43N	+76B	−62N	=67B	2.5	18.5	19.5	4.75	1450	-14.8
65	Rebollo Rico, Ignacio	1536	ESP	F	+81N	−32B	+80N	=44B	−48N	−46B	2.5	18.5	18.5	1.75	1439	-7.4
66	Sibaja Varo, Salvador	1542	ESP	−15N	−75B	+72N	+81B	−31N	=45B	−51B	2.5	18.0	18.0	3.75	1452	-16.0
67	Castejon Tofe, Francisco Javier	0	ESP	−39N	−50B	−47N	+70B	+75N	−68B	=64N	2.5	16.5	17.5	4.25	1395	0.0
68	Moreno Rodriguez, Antonio	1570	ESP	−25N	+72B	−38N	−57B	F	+67N	−27B	2.0	18.5	18.5	4.50	1012	-13.2
69	Bautista Madrid, Oliver	0	ESP	−31N	−62B	−52N	+82B	−55B	+80N	−50N	2.0	15.5	15.5	0.00	797	0.0
70	Muntane Relat, Jordi	1486	ESP	F	−26B	−45N	−67N	−63B	+75B	+74N	2.0	15.0	15.0	2.50	886	-19.6
71	Sanchez Romero, Miguel Angel	1505	ESP	−18N	−51B	+82N	=47B	F	=55N	F	2.0	14.0	14.0	3.25	1507	-2.0
72	Alvarez Barbudo, Daniel	0	ESP	−37B	−68N	−66B	+77N	−52B	−76N	+73N	2.0	13.5	14.5	2.50	1340	0.0
73	De Toro Gomez, Silvia Rosa	1511	ESP	−29B	=46N	−61B	−56N	+80B	−63N	−72B	1.5	17.5	17.5	1.75	1351	-29.6
74	Aragon Pineda, Maria	0	ESP	−40B	−55N	=56B	−60N	+77B	−61N	−70B	1.5	16.5	17.5	2.50	1197	0.0
75	FIDE 535067454	0	—	−20B	+66N	−48B	−53N	−67B	−70N	−78B	1.0	18.0	19.0	2.50	1376	0.0
76	Lara Lara, Juan Jose	0	ESP	F	F	−33N	−59B	−64N	+72B	−54N	1.0	14.0	14.0	2.00	803	0.0
77	FIDE 523091614	0	—	−33N	−59B	−58N	−72B	−74N	F	+80B	1.0	12.5	12.5	0.00	771	0.0
78	Caceres Lopez, Leonardo	0	ESP	−30N	−41B	F	F	F	−49B	+75N	1.0	11.5	11.5	1.00	815	0.0
79	Carmona Gomez, Antonio	1670	ESP	−10B	=42N	F	F	F	F	F	0.5	8.5	8.5	1.75	1591	-12.8
80	Vilchez Ridaura, Rafael	0	ESP	F	−9B	−35N	−65B	−73N	−69B	−77N	0.0	16.0	16.0	0.00	871	0.0
81	FIDE 553017340	0	—	−35N	−65B	F	−66N	F	F	F	0.0	11.0	11.0	0.00	810	0.0
82	FIDE 553017331	0	—	−48B	−53N	−71B	−69N	F	F	F	0.0	10.5	10.5	0.00	802	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Garcia Sicilia, DanielESP
+84.8
3.5 pts · #30
2Barrios del Pozo, OscarESP
+40.8
4.5 pts · #13
3Ruz Herrador, DarioESP
+33.6
3.5 pts · #45

Top rating losers

1Herrero Pena, LauraESP
-50.4
4.5 pts · #16
2Giraldez Requena, HugoESP
-45.2
4.0 pts · #20
3Malagon Moreno, BrunoESP
-42.8
3.5 pts · #42

Biggest upsets

R1+344 Elo gap
Mera Fernandez, Martina1474 beat Hilmi Cuevas, Nadim1818
R2+270 Elo gap
Gomez Romero, Jesus Manuel1814 beat Martin Rodriguez, Emilio2084
R3+244 Elo gap
Garcia Sicilia, Daniel1494 beat Barranco Martinez, Gabriel1738