Liga FGA de Preferente 2026 Rondas 8
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47 players participated in this 8-round tournament, held on 28 Feb 2026 in Gipuzkoa, Spain. 1 titled players from 4 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2092, and top seed was Juan L Alfaro Garcia del Cerro (🇪🇸 ESP, 2272).
Gorka Tafall Villanueva (🇪🇸 ESP, 1964) won with 1.0/8, ahead of Francisco Javier Torres Ganuza (1.0) and Jesus Navascues Zabaleta (1.0).
Location
🇪🇸Gipuzkoa, Spain
Dates
28 Feb 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 8 rounds
Titled players · 1
FM×1
Federations · 4 represented
🇪🇸Spain×40
🇫🇷France×4
🇻🇪Venezuela×1
🇨🇺Cuba×1
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 8 roundsTight race until R8; 17 players tied at 1.0/8, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 48 co-leaders at R4 to 18 at the finish.
Co-leaders
48
48
48
48
48
48
48
18
Tafall Villanueva1Torres Ganuza1Navascues Zabaleta1Lertxundi Azpiazu1Ximenez Crespo1Rodriguez Hernandez1
R8 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER
17 players finish on 1.0/8. Tafall Villanueva takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (0.0).
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | R8 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tafall Villanueva, Gorka | 1964 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +39B | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2681 | +15.6 |
| 2 | Torres Ganuza, Francisco Javier | 1985 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +37B | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2679 | +7.2 |
| 3 | Navascues Zabaleta, Jesus | 1805 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +40N | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2462 | +6.2 |
| 4 | Lertxundi Azpiazu, Jon | 1893 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +33B | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2709 | +10.4 |
| 5 | Ximenez Crespo, Inigo | 1898 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +38B | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2734 | +11.2 |
| 6 | Rodriguez Hernandez, Jose Angel | 2116 | CUB | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +30B | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2883 | +9.4 |
| 7 | Alfaro Garcia del Cerro, Juan L | 2272 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +32B | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2845 | +4.4 |
| 8 | Laniella Fernandez, Igor | 1940 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +41N | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2767 | +10.8 |
| 9 | Olmo Vega, Diego | 2014 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +35N | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2803 | +9.4 |
| 10 | Arana Garate, Jon | 1982 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +31B | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2725 | +8.8 |
| 11 | Aguirre Canflanca, Josu | 2129 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +45B | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2744 | +5.2 |
| 12 | Perez Sodupe, Cecilia | 1823 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +43B | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2648 | +10.6 |
| 13 | Duhau-Marmon, Nicolas | 1983 | FRA | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +44B | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2785 | +10.6 |
| 14 | Diaz Etxaide, Jurgi | 1947 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +34N | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2596 | +6.0 |
| 15 | Used Zabalegui, Iosu | 1761 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +46N | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2620 | +24.8 |
| 16 | Ontiveros Acuna, Miguel Angel | 2066 | VEN | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +42B | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2875 | +9.8 |
| 17 | Jaumandreu Berrueta, Ignacio | 2008 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +36N | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2607 | +4.4 |
| 18 | Soto Avalos, Paulo | 1972 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | =20B | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 1960 | +0.4 |
| 19 | Fernandez Del Pozo, Anibal | 1878 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | =25B | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 1986 | +3.0 |
| 20 | Munoz Ferreira, Ibon | 1924 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | =18N | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 1952 | -0.4 |
| 21 | Angelovici, Eliott | 1720 | FRA | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | =24N | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 1911 | +8.0 |
| 22 | Parellada Elizalde, Jon | 1787 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | =26N | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 1921 | +3.4 |
| 23 | Guijarro Galan, Jose Luis | 2097 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | =28B | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 1999 | -2.6 |
| 24 | Uriarte Prieto, Goio | 1913 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | =21B | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 1765 | -4.0 |
| 25 | Corral Sierra, Javier | 1982 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | =19N | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 1878 | -3.0 |
| 26 | Nogues Fernandez, Ramon | 1937 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | =22B | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 1793 | -3.4 |
| 27 | Fuente San Sebastian, Ernesto | 1831 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | =29B | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 1899 | +2.2 |
| 28 | Vicente Ezeiza, Mikel | 2018 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | =23N | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 2096 | +2.6 |
| 29 | Figueras Puig, Jordi | 1894 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | =27N | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 1820 | -2.2 |
| 30 | Mayo Martinez, Manuel | 2083 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −6N | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1307 | -9.4 |
| 31 | Sanchez Merino, Christian | 1945 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −10N | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1168 | -8.8 |
| 32 | Garcia Lafuente, Roberto | 2046 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −7N | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1469 | -4.4 |
| 33 | Iraola Iraola, Unai | 1917 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −4N | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1092 | -10.4 |
| 34 | Galhaud, Jean-Philippe | 1800 | FRA | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −14B | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1149 | -6.0 |
| 35 | Zuloaga Erauskin, Markel | 2006 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −9B | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1222 | -9.4 |
| 36 | Ruiz Egana, Xabier | 1804 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −17B | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1225 | -4.4 |
| 37 | Mijole Arizcuren, Inigo | 1890 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −2N | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1179 | -7.2 |
| 38 | Alvarado Fernandez, Mikel | 1913 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −5N | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1089 | -11.2 |
| 39 | Daubas, Bernard | 1858 | FRA | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −1N | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1164 | -7.8 |
| 40 | Feijoo Rubio, Jose Jorge | 1662 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −3B | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1000 | -6.2 |
| 41 | Pedrera Lobato, Javier | 1973 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −8B | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1136 | -10.8 |
| 42 | Ros Eskisabel, Jose RamonFM | 2077 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −16N | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1279 | -9.8 |
| 43 | Beorlegi Erena, Xabier | 1846 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −12N | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1023 | -10.6 |
| 44 | Tafall Villanueva, Iker | 1982 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −13N | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1163 | -21.2 |
| 45 | Larranaga Aldalur, Jose Luis | 1944 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −11N | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1329 | -5.2 |
| 46 | Aranzabal Minguez, Alex | 1842 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −15B | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 934 | -12.4 |
| 47 | FIDE 54545897 | 0 | — | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −?N | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 1064 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Used Zabalegui, IosuESP+24.81.0 pts · #15
- 2Tafall Villanueva, GorkaESP+15.61.0 pts · #1
- 3Ximenez Crespo, InigoESP+11.21.0 pts · #5
Top rating losers
- 1Tafall Villanueva, IkerESP-21.20.0 pts · #45
- 2Aranzabal Minguez, AlexESP-12.40.0 pts · #47
- 3Alvarado Fernandez, MikelESP-11.20.0 pts · #39