Liga FGA de Preferente 2026 Rondas 1-3

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76 players participated in this 3-round tournament, held from 10 Jan 2026 to 24 Jan 2026 in Gipuzkoa, Spain. 1 titled players from 5 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2087, and top seed was Juan L Alfaro Garcia del Cerro (🇪🇸 ESP, 2272).

Ibon Munoz Ferreira (🇪🇸 ESP, 1924) won with 3.0/3, ahead of Mikel Alvarado Fernandez (3.0) and Ignacio Jaumandreu Berrueta (2.5). Munoz Ferreira shared the lead from round 2, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Jon Parellada Elizalde (1787) beat Christian Sanchez Merino (1945), a +158-point gap.

Location

🇪🇸Gipuzkoa, 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

🇪🇸Juan L Alfaro Garcia del Cerro2272

Avg top 10

2,087

Participants

Titled players · 1

FM×1

Federations · 5 represented

🇪🇸Spain×66

🇫🇷France×6

🇨🇴Colombia×1

🇻🇪Venezuela×1

🇨🇺Cuba×1

Top 3

🥇
Ibon Munoz Ferreira
🇪🇸ESP·1924
3.0pts·2699perf+37.2
🥈
Mikel Alvarado Fernandez
🇪🇸ESP·1913
3.0pts·2608perf+21.4
🥉
Ignacio Jaumandreu Berrueta
🇪🇸ESP·2008
2.5pts·2242perf+16.8

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 3 rounds

Tight race until R3; 2 players tied at 3.0/3, decided on Buchholz.

Co-leaders

Alvarado Fernandez3Munoz Ferreira3Osa Astrain2.5Jaumandreu Berrueta2.5Etxabe Uria2Sanz Perez2

R3 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 3.0/3. Munoz Ferreira takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (1.0).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

Mikel Alvarado Fernandez 3 wins (R1–R3)Ibon Munoz Ferreira 3 wins (R1–R3)

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Munoz Ferreira, Ibon	1924	ESP	+42B	+41N	+43N	3.0	1.0	1.5	1.50	2699	+37.2
2	Alvarado Fernandez, Mikel	1913	ESP	+63B	+27B	+66B	3.0	1.0	1.0	1.00	2608	+21.4
3	Jaumandreu Berrueta, Ignacio	2008	ESP	+25N	+16N	=44N	2.5	2.5	3.0	2.75	2242	+16.8
4	Osa Astrain, Ricardo	1882	ESP	+49B	=15B	+26B	2.5	2.5	3.0	2.25	2259	+28.4
5	Daubas, Bernard	1858	FRA	−12B	+11B	+67N	2.0	3.0	3.0	1.50	2176	+23.2
6	Sanz Perez, Eduardo	2067	ESP	+13B	+46B	F	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.00	2849	+19.0
7	Ontiveros Acuna, Miguel Angel	2066	VEN	F	+45B	+28B	2.0	1.5	1.5	1.50	2738	+13.0
8	Olmo Vega, Diego	2014	ESP	=45N	+65B	=50N	2.0	1.0	1.0	0.50	2107	+7.6
9	Etxabe Uria, Andoni	1794	ESP	+69N	+64B	F	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.00	2399	+10.8
10	Diaz Etxaide, Jon	1718	ESP	F	+68B	+70N	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.00	2521	+40.4
11	Zuloaga Erauskin, Markel	2006	ESP	=54N	−5N	+14N	1.5	3.5	4.0	1.75	1976	-2.6
12	Alfaro Garcia del Cerro, Juan L	2272	ESP	+5N	=14B	F	1.5	3.5	3.5	2.75	2178	-3.0
13	Rodriguez Hernandez, Jose Angel	2116	CUB	−6N	+29B	=46N	1.5	3.0	3.5	1.25	2011	-8.6
14	Guijarro Galan, Jose Luis	2097	ESP	+44B	=12N	−11B	1.5	3.0	3.5	1.25	2088	-0.8
15	Ros Eskisabel, Jose RamonFM	2077	ESP	+47B	=4N	F	1.5	3.0	3.0	1.75	2034	-1.6
16	Laniella Fernandez, Igor	1940	ESP	=41B	−3B	+71N	1.5	3.0	3.0	0.25	1855	-4.2
17	Uriarte Prieto, Goio	1913	ESP	=55B	+18B	−25N	1.5	2.5	3.0	1.75	1885	-2.2
18	Parellada Elizalde, Jon	1787	ESP	+26N	−17N	=47N	1.5	2.5	3.0	1.25	1886	+8.0
19	Mayo Martinez, Manuel	2083	ESP	F	+48B	=31N	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.00	2083	0.0
20	Dorronsoro Arenas, Unai	1964	ESP	F	+47B	=42B	1.5	1.0	1.0	0.75	2052	+4.2
21	Pedrera Lobato, Javier	1973	ESP	=52N	F	+41N	1.5	1.0	1.0	0.75	1719	-6.2
22	Figueras Puig, Jordi	1894	ESP	+72B	=30N	F	1.5	1.0	1.0	0.50	1997	+5.0
23	Minondo Torres, Alvaro	1833	ESP	F	=53N	+64B	1.5	0.5	0.5	0.25	1805	0.0
24	Garcia Lafuente, Roberto	2046	ESP	=48N	F	+65N	1.5	0.5	0.5	0.25	2141	+4.8
25	Arana Garate, Jon	1982	ESP	−3B	−28N	+17B	1.0	4.0	5.0	1.50	1813	-13.6
26	Sanchez Merino, Christian	1945	ESP	−18B	+63N	−4N	1.0	4.0	4.0	0.00	1697	-20.0
27	Fuente San Sebastian, Ernesto	1831	ESP	=51N	−2N	=56N	1.0	3.5	4.0	0.50	1762	-5.4
28	Lertxundi Azpiazu, Jon	1893	ESP	−29B	+25B	−7N	1.0	3.0	4.0	1.00	1885	-0.6
29	Tafall Villanueva, Iker	1982	ESP	+28N	−13N	F	1.0	2.5	2.5	1.00	2005	+2.4
30	Beorlegi Erena, Xabier	1846	ESP	=43N	=22B	F	1.0	2.0	2.0	1.00	1887	+2.4
31	Rabadan Amas, Aritz	1902	ESP	F	=59B	=19B	1.0	2.0	2.0	1.00	2056	+8.2
32	FIDE 54545897	0	—	+34N	F	F	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.00	1779	0.0
33	Ruiz Egana, Xabier	1804	ESP	=58B	=57B	F	1.0	1.0	1.0	0.50	1860	+3.2
34	Etxeberria Garcia, Tomas	1759	ESP	−32B	F	+74B	1.0	1.0	1.0	0.00	2488	+8.0
35	Ezpeleta Pradera, Juan Francisco	2021	ESP	F	+43N	F	1.0	0.5	0.5	0.50	2680	+6.2
36	Rivera Trujillo, Edgar Fabian	0	COL	F	F	+51N	1.0	0.5	0.5	0.50	1946	0.0
37	Ganuza Saez De Heredia, Eduardo	1775	ESP	F	F	+63B	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.00	2598	+10.6
38	Mendikute Fierro, Claudio	1972	ESP	+64N	F	F	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.00	2372	+1.6
39	Gonzalez Blanco, Aitor	1990	ESP	F	+75N	F	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.00	2605	+5.2
40	Moreno Lazarev, Haritz	1754	ESP	+73B	F	F	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.00	2561	+20.4
41	Domingo Horrillo, Jorge Fernando	0	ESP	=16N	−1B	−21B	0.5	4.5	6.0	0.75	1672	0.0
42	Iraola Iraola, Unai	1917	ESP	−1N	F	=20N	0.5	4.5	4.5	0.75	1751	-8.4
43	Cuevas Padron, Valentin	1880	ESP	=30B	−35B	−1B	0.5	4.0	5.0	0.50	1657	-16.0
44	Torres Ganuza, Francisco Javier	1985	ESP	−14N	F	=3B	0.5	4.0	4.0	1.25	1860	-6.4
45	Corral Sierra, Javier	1982	ESP	=8B	−7N	F	0.5	4.0	4.0	1.00	1847	-6.8
46	Duhau-Marmon, Nicolas	1983	FRA	F	−6N	=13B	0.5	3.5	3.5	0.75	1899	-4.0
47	Galhaud, Jean-Philippe	1800	FRA	−15N	−20N	=18B	0.5	3.0	4.5	0.75	1669	-9.4
48	Fernandez Del Pozo, Anibal	1878	ESP	=24B	−19N	F	0.5	3.0	3.0	0.75	1872	-0.4
49	Nogues Fernandez, Ramon	1937	ESP	−4N	=60B	F	0.5	3.0	3.0	0.25	1628	-16.2
50	Diaz Etxaide, Jurgi	1947	ESP	F	F	=8B	0.5	2.0	2.0	1.00	2014	+1.8
51	Vernier Urtasun, Jon	1926	ESP	=27B	F	−36B	0.5	2.0	2.0	0.50	1831	-5.2
52	Angelovici, Eliott	1720	FRA	=21B	F	F	0.5	1.5	1.5	0.75	1973	+12.4
53	Jauregi Barandiaran, Jon	1757	ESP	F	=23B	F	0.5	1.5	1.5	0.75	1833	+2.0
54	Soto Avalos, Paulo	1972	ESP	=11B	F	F	0.5	1.5	1.5	0.75	2006	+2.0
55	Duo Iruretagoyena, Aitor	1887	ESP	=17N	F	F	0.5	1.5	1.5	0.75	1913	+0.8
56	Perez Sodupe, Cecilia	1823	ESP	F	F	=27B	0.5	1.0	1.0	0.50	1831	+0.2
57	Cuesta Senosiain, Asier	1822	ESP	F	=33N	F	0.5	1.0	1.0	0.50	1804	-0.6
58	Ximenez Crespo, Inigo	1898	ESP	=33N	F	F	0.5	1.0	1.0	0.50	1804	-2.6
59	Roldan Riaga, Roberto	2028	ESP	F	=31N	F	0.5	1.0	1.0	0.50	1902	-3.4
60	Larranaga Galan, Imanol	1759	ESP	F	=49N	F	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.25	1937	+4.6
61	Goni Garmendia, Aitor	1796	ESP	F	F	=62B	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.25	1632	-4.4
62	Gajate Mendizabal, Joritz	1633	ESP	F	F	=61N	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.25	1796	+8.8
63	Tholey, Jean-Paul	1798	FRA	−2N	−26B	−37N	0.0	4.0	5.0	0.00	1078	-23.4
64	Vale Faria, Diogo	1466	ESP	−38B	−9N	−23N	0.0	3.5	4.5	0.00	1031	-12.4
65	Vicente Ezeiza, Mikel	2018	ESP	F	−8N	−24B	0.0	3.5	3.5	0.00	1230	-19.4
66	Valor Murillo, Juan Carlos	1796	ESP	F	F	−2N	0.0	3.0	3.0	0.00	1113	-13.6
67	Mijole Arizcuren, Inigo	1890	ESP	F	F	−5B	0.0	2.0	2.0	0.00	1058	-10.8
68	Gattegno, Laurent	1867	FRA	F	−10N	F	0.0	2.0	2.0	0.00	918	-14.0
69	Sagarzazu Fernandez, Benat	1732	ESP	−9B	F	F	0.0	2.0	2.0	0.00	994	-16.4
70	Garcia Escribano, Iker	1574	ESP	F	F	−10B	0.0	2.0	2.0	0.00	918	-12.4
71	Velte, Daniela	1701	ESP	F	F	−16B	0.0	1.5	1.5	0.00	1140	-4.0
72	Torrent, Charles	1761	ESP	−22N	F	F	0.0	1.5	1.5	0.00	1094	-12.8
73	Used Zabalegui, Iosu	1761	ESP	−40N	F	F	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.00	954	-20.4
74	Arrillaga Garitagoitia, Xabier	1688	ESP	F	F	−34N	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.00	959	-8.0
75	Navascues Zabaleta, Jesus	1805	ESP	F	−39B	F	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.00	1190	-5.2
76	Alzas Delgado, Alejandro	0	ESP	F	F	−?B	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.00	1223	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Diaz Etxaide, JonESP
+40.4
2.0 pts · #7
2Munoz Ferreira, IbonESP
+37.2
3.0 pts · #6
3Osa Astrain, RicardoESP
+28.4
2.5 pts · #2

Top rating losers

1Tholey, Jean-PaulFRA
-23.4
0.0 pts · #71
2Used Zabalegui, IosuESP
-20.4
0.0 pts · #66
3Sanchez Merino, ChristianESP
-20.0
1.0 pts · #34

Biggest upsets

R1+158 Elo gap
Parellada Elizalde, Jon1787 beat Sanchez Merino, Christian1945
R2+149 Elo gap
Diaz Etxaide, Jon1718 beat Gattegno, Laurent1867
R2+148 Elo gap
Daubas, Bernard1858 beat Zuloaga Erauskin, Markel2006