Liga de Cantabria 3a Division 2026 Rondas 1-3

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79 players participated in this 3-round tournament, held from 10 Jan 2026 to 24 Jan 2026 in Cantabria, Spain. Top 10 Elo average was 1771, and top seed was Miguel Angel Perez Martinez (🇪🇸 ESP, 1966).

Gonzalo Ortiz Gomez (🇪🇸 ESP, 1658) won with 3.0/3, ahead of Wenceslao Poyatos Peces (3.0) and Ricardo Diaz Rojo (3.0).

The biggest upset came in round 2: Pablo 1999 Gonzalez Garcia (1660) beat Alejandro Del Campo Alonso (1817), a +157-point gap.

Location

🇪🇸Cantabria, Spain

Dates

10 Jan 2026 → 24 Jan 2026

Time control

Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 3 rounds

Top seed

🇪🇸Miguel Angel Perez Martinez1966

Avg top 10

1,771

Participants

Federations · 1 represented

🇪🇸Spain×55

Top 3

🥇
Gonzalo Ortiz Gomez
🇪🇸ESP·1658
3.0pts·2308perf+6.0
🥈
Wenceslao Poyatos Peces
🇪🇸ESP·1742
3.0pts·2474perf+16.4
🥉
Ricardo Diaz Rojo
🇪🇸ESP·1821
3.0pts·2486perf+21.4

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 3 rounds

Tight race until R3; 5 players tied at 3.0/3, decided on Buchholz.

Co-leaders

Diaz Rojo33Aguero Encinas3Poyatos Peces3Ortiz Gomez3Diaz Ortega2.5

R3 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

5 players finish on 3.0/3. Ortiz Gomez takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (3.0).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

Ricardo Diaz Rojo 3 wins (R1–R3)FIDE 523057580 3 wins (R1–R3)Gabriel Aguero Encinas 3 wins (R1–R3)

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Ortiz Gomez, Gonzalo	1658	ESP	+28B	+25N	+7B	3.0	3.0	4.0	4.00	2308	+6.0
2	Poyatos Peces, Wenceslao	1742	ESP	+8N	+63N	+23B	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.00	2474	+16.4
3	Diaz Rojo, Ricardo	1821	ESP	+53B	+52N	+24B	3.0	1.5	2.0	2.00	2486	+21.4
4	Aguero Encinas, Gabriel	0	ESP	+51N	+26B	+63N	3.0	1.5	1.5	1.50	1640	0.0
5	FIDE 523057580	0	—	+64B	+22N	+?N	3.0	1.0	1.0	1.00	1444	0.0
6	Diaz Ortega, Irene	1504	ESP	+29B	+67B	=54N	2.5	1.5	1.5	1.25	1679	+9.2
7	Stefan Talapan, Luca	0	ESP	+?N	+?N	−1N	2.0	3.0	3.0	0.00	1590	0.0
8	FIDE 94784264	0	—	−2B	+71B	+?N	2.0	3.0	3.0	0.00	942	0.0
9	Del Campo Alonso, Alejandro	1817	ESP	+33B	−19N	+69B	2.0	2.5	2.5	1.00	1539	-12.6
10	Gomez Bulnes, Emilio	1700	ESP	=55N	+51B	=20N	2.0	2.0	2.5	1.50	2420	+7.8
11	Jimenez De Arechaga Fernandez, Felipe	1529	ESP	+32N	F	+72N	2.0	1.0	1.0	1.00	2406	+24.4
12	Arrarte lopez-Tafall, Inigo	0	ESP	+?N	F	+22N	2.0	1.0	1.0	1.00	1444	0.0
13	Pintea, Mihai	1676	ESP	F	+68N	+27B	2.0	1.0	1.0	1.00	2359	+13.6
14	Ibanez Moratilla, Alejandro	0	ESP	+?B	F	+65N	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.00	1507	0.0
15	Kaji Senas, Omar	1448	ESP	+65N	+66B	F	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.00	2287	+22.4
16	FIDE 553019377	0	—	+?B	+?N	F	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.00	1505	0.0
17	Santisteban Albo, Antonio	1742	ESP	+35B	−34N	=18B	1.5	2.5	3.5	1.75	1590	-10.2
18	Garcia Zemler, Olga	1412	ESP	−22B	+56N	=17N	1.5	2.5	3.0	1.25	1390	-4.0
19	Gonzalez Garcia, Pablo 1999	1660	ESP	F	+9B	=52N	1.5	2.5	2.5	2.25	1937	+28.8
20	Reina Dominguez, Alejandro	0	ESP	F	+?B	=10B	1.5	2.0	2.0	1.00	1707	0.0
21	FIDE 22205225	0	—	+?N	F	=?B	1.5	0.0	0.0	0.00	1493	0.0
22	Palie, Yasmina Carolina	1420	ESP	+18N	−5B	−12B	1.0	5.0	6.5	1.50	2212	+19.2
23	Iglesias de la Pinta, Julio	1674	ESP	F	+30B	−2N	1.0	4.0	4.0	1.00	1638	-4.0
24	Perez Martinez, Miguel Angel	1966	ESP	+31B	F	−3N	1.0	4.0	4.0	1.00	1694	-12.2
25	Ruiz Calderon, Miguel	1509	ESP	+41B	−1B	F	1.0	4.0	4.0	1.00	858	-6.0
26	Ponton Lopez, Guillermo	0	ESP	F	−4N	+?B	1.0	3.0	3.0	0.00	1555	0.0
27	Blanco Eghosa, Mikel	1559	ESP	−37N	+74B	−13N	1.0	3.0	3.0	0.00	1666	+11.6
28	FIDE 535048905	0	—	−1N	F	+?B	1.0	3.0	3.0	0.00	858	0.0
29	FIDE 553019245	0	—	−6N	+?N	F	1.0	2.5	2.5	0.00	704	0.0
30	Orozco Zuniga, Jesus Emmanuel	1532	ESP	+40B	−23N	F	1.0	2.0	2.0	1.00	874	-12.4
31	Alonso Juarez, Maria Teresa	1401	ESP	−24N	−38N	+64B	1.0	2.0	2.0	0.00	1001	-1.6
32	Fernandez Gonzalez, Oliver 2014	0	ESP	−11B	+?N	F	1.0	2.0	2.0	0.00	728	0.0
33	Perez Mantecon, Rodrigo	1413	ESP	−9N	F	+70N	1.0	2.0	2.0	0.00	1012	-3.2
34	Diaz Unzueta, Maximo	1890	ESP	F	+17B	F	1.0	1.5	1.5	1.50	2542	+6.0
35	Alonso Llaguno, Jose Angel	1467	ESP	−17N	F	+66N	1.0	1.5	1.5	0.00	942	-6.8
36	Suarez Rangel, Alvaro	1540	ESP	+39N	F	F	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.00	2292	+17.2
37	FIDE 553019091	0	—	+27B	F	F	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.00	1579	0.0
38	Ortiz Maza, Zaira	0	ESP	−?N	+31B	F	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.00	1538	0.0
39	Velez Cousillas, Ana Isabel	1492	ESP	−36B	+73B	F	1.0	1.0	1.0	0.00	740	-8.6
40	FIDE 553019024	0	—	−30N	F	+?B	1.0	1.0	1.0	0.00	733	0.0
41	Olivera Del Castillo, Milan Alejandro	0	ESP	−25N	+?B	F	1.0	1.0	1.0	0.00	708	0.0
42	FIDE 553018990	0	—	F	+?B	F	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.00	1473	0.0
43	Gabancho Torre, Leo	0	ESP	F	F	+?B	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.00	1609	0.0
44	Pineda Torre, Bruno	0	ESP	F	+?B	F	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.00	1472	0.0
45	San Miguel Estebanez, Alberto J.	0	ESP	−?N	F	+?N	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.00	1694	0.0
46	FIDE 535049510	0	—	F	+?N	−?B	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.00	757	0.0
47	US, Alexandru	0	ESP	F	+?B	−?B	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.00	918	0.0
48	FIDE 523057645	0	—	+70B	F	−?N	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.00	679	0.0
49	FIDE 94784043	0	—	+?N	−?B	F	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.00	821	0.0
50	FIDE 535048921	0	—	−?B	F	+?N	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.00	693	0.0
51	Puente Camino, Julian	1620	ESP	−4B	−10N	=58B	0.5	5.0	5.5	0.25	1488	-6.6
52	Cruz Montes, Antonio	1670	ESP	F	−3B	=19B	0.5	4.5	4.5	0.75	1548	-12.4
53	Sanchez Gonzalez, Aaron	1409	ESP	−3N	=57B	F	0.5	3.5	3.5	0.25	1010	-3.2
54	Rivero Diaz, Oscar	1679	ESP	F	F	=6B	0.5	2.5	2.5	1.25	1504	-4.6
55	Munoz Azcona, Alejandro	0	ESP	=10B	−?B	F	0.5	2.0	2.0	1.00	1425	0.0
56	FIDE 553018915	0	—	F	−18B	=?N	0.5	1.5	1.5	0.00	612	0.0
57	FIDE 553019202	0	—	F	=53N	F	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.25	1410	0.0
58	Merino Conrado, Ricardo	1662	ESP	F	F	=51N	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.25	1620	-1.2
59	Cristinel Spuza, Emil	0	ESP	−?B	F	=60B	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.25	918	0.0
60	FIDE 523057262	0	—	−?B	F	=59N	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.25	685	0.0
61	Trueba Arguelles, Pablo	0	ESP	−?B	F	=?B	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.00	1353	0.0
62	Mazorra Sanz, Ivan	0	ESP	F	F	=?B	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.00	1475	0.0
63	Alvarez Perez-Gandara, Felix	0	ESP	F	−2B	−4B	0.0	6.0	6.0	0.00	942	0.0
64	FIDE 553019075	0	—	−5N	−?N	−31N	0.0	4.0	4.0	0.00	601	0.0
65	Reigadas Jimenez, Adriel	1487	ESP	−15B	F	−14B	0.0	4.0	4.0	0.00	646	-22.4
66	FIDE 535048832	0	—	−?N	−15N	−35B	0.0	3.0	3.0	0.00	689	0.0
67	FIDE 553019431	0	—	F	−6N	F	0.0	2.5	2.5	0.00	704	0.0
68	Elgueta Jimenez, Marcelo	0	ESP	F	−13B	F	0.0	2.0	2.0	0.00	876	0.0
69	Araujo De La Mata, Andres	0	ESP	F	−?N	−9N	0.0	2.0	2.0	0.00	968	0.0
70	FIDE 523057696	0	—	−48N	F	−33B	0.0	2.0	2.0	0.00	612	0.0
71	Ortiz Maza, Iker	0	ESP	−?B	−8N	F	0.0	2.0	2.0	0.00	721	0.0
72	Rodriguez Bollain, Carlos	1606	ESP	F	F	−11B	0.0	2.0	2.0	0.00	728	-24.4
73	FIDE 553018982	0	—	F	−39N	F	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.00	692	0.0
74	Palie, Bogdan Florin	1657	ESP	F	−27N	F	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.00	759	-25.2
75	Fernandez Barberarena, Irene	0	ESP	−?N	F	F	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.00	725	0.0
76	FIDE 553019466	0	—	F	−?N	F	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.00	630	0.0
77	FIDE 523082216	0	—	F	F	−?B	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.00	721	0.0
78	FIDE 535049499	0	—	−?N	F	F	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.00	701	0.0
79	Isequilla Castro, Ariel	0	ESP	−?B	F	F	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.00	630	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Gonzalez Garcia, Pablo 1999ESP
+28.8
1.5 pts · #3
2Jimenez De Arechaga Fernandez, FelipeESP
+24.4
2.0 pts · #7
3Kaji Senas, OmarESP
+22.4
2.0 pts · #26

Top rating losers

1Palie, Bogdan FlorinESP
-25.2
0.0 pts · #69
2Rodriguez Bollain, CarlosESP
-24.4
0.0 pts · #72
3Reigadas Jimenez, AdrielESP
-22.4
0.0 pts · #60

Biggest upsets

R2+157 Elo gap
Gonzalez Garcia, Pablo 19991660 beat Del Campo Alonso, Alejandro1817
R3+145 Elo gap
Diaz Rojo, Ricardo1821 beat Perez Martinez, Miguel Angel1966