Liga FGA de Primera 2026 Rondas 4
Open SwissStandard
63 players participated in this 4-round tournament, held on 31 Jan 2026 in Gipuzkoa, Spain. 5 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1973, and top seed was Luis Olaizola Ortega (🇪🇸 ESP, 2078).
Igor Altolaguirre Munduate (🇪🇸 ESP, 1920) won with 1.0/4, ahead of Markel Kerexeta Zabala (1.0) and Axel Rodriguez Lima (1.0).
The biggest upset came in round 4: Joseba Iturbe Tejedor (1612) beat Juan Carlos Yarza Amondarain (1805), a +193-point gap.
Location
🇪🇸Gipuzkoa, Spain
Dates
31 Jan 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 4 rounds
Federations · 5 represented
🇪🇸Spain×59
🇨🇴Colombia×1
🇫🇷France×1
🇻🇪Venezuela×1
🇬🇧England×1
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 4 roundsTight race until R4; 24 players tied at 1.0/4, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 25 co-leaders at R4 to 25 at the finish.
Co-leaders
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Altolaguirre Munduate1Kerexeta Zabala1Rodriguez Lima1Navarro Navarro1De Andres Andres1Manso Marquez1
R4 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER
24 players finish on 1.0/4. Altolaguirre Munduate takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (0.0).
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Altolaguirre Munduate, Igor | 1920 | ESP | F | F | F | +42N | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2326 | +1.6 |
| 2 | Kerexeta Zabala, Markel | 1841 | ESP | F | F | F | +62B | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2694 | +11.4 |
| 3 | Rodriguez Lima, Axel | 1713 | ESP | F | F | F | +41B | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2652 | +27.6 |
| 4 | Navarro Navarro, Juan Manuel | 1827 | ESP | F | F | F | +44N | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2529 | +7.4 |
| 5 | De Andres Andres, Eugenio | 1804 | ESP | F | F | F | +39N | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2619 | +10.4 |
| 6 | Manso Marquez, Felix | 2071 | ESP | F | F | F | +50N | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2534 | +2.4 |
| 7 | Garrido Fernandez, David | 1965 | ESP | F | F | F | +47B | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2582 | +5.2 |
| 8 | Onate del Moral, Daniel | 1659 | ESP | F | F | F | +46N | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2397 | +8.2 |
| 9 | Used Zabalegui, Iosu | 1761 | ESP | F | F | F | +48B | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2602 | +22.4 |
| 10 | Baroja Arrue, Miguel Maria | 1880 | ESP | F | F | F | +51B | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2566 | +6.8 |
| 11 | Estevez Iglesias, Antonio | 1758 | ESP | F | F | F | +45B | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2524 | +9.0 |
| 12 | Martin Arina, Alberto | 1963 | ESP | F | F | F | +61B | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2761 | +10.0 |
| 13 | Garcia Arana, Iker | 1890 | ESP | F | F | F | +40B | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2648 | +8.8 |
| 14 | Ruiz Inurrieta, Iker | 1814 | ESP | F | F | F | +60B | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2712 | +12.6 |
| 15 | Esnaola Gaston, Fernando | 1850 | ESP | F | F | F | +55B | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2521 | +6.6 |
| 16 | Olaizola Ortega, Luis | 2078 | ESP | F | F | F | +43N | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2656 | +4.4 |
| 17 | Clota Rasero, Eneko | 1666 | ESP | F | F | F | +53N | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2623 | +28.4 |
| 18 | Corral Gutierrez, Asier | 1675 | ESP | F | F | F | +52N | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2667 | +15.0 |
| 19 | Elias Torres, Unai | 1881 | ESP | F | F | F | +57B | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2650 | +9.2 |
| 20 | Bolado Rodriguez, Ion | 1842 | ESP | F | F | F | +54B | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2554 | +7.6 |
| 21 | Iturbe Tejedor, Joseba | 1612 | ESP | F | F | F | +49N | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2605 | +30.0 |
| 22 | Garmendia Diaz, Xabier | 1780 | ESP | F | F | F | +59N | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2647 | +11.8 |
| 23 | Sierra Gonzalez, Paul | 1753 | ESP | F | F | F | +56N | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2624 | +12.0 |
| 24 | Echeverria Eleicegui, Jose Ignacio | 1823 | ESP | F | F | F | +58N | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2509 | +6.8 |
| 25 | Urcelay Crucelaegui, Zigor | 1667 | ESP | F | F | F | =30B | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 1733 | +1.8 |
| 26 | Cantabrana Garona, Alejandro | 1801 | ESP | F | F | F | =27N | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 1725 | -2.0 |
| 27 | Gomez Lopez, Alvaro | 1725 | ESP | F | F | F | =26B | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 1801 | +4.0 |
| 28 | Vegas Garcia, Daniel | 1702 | ESP | F | F | F | =32B | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 1745 | +2.4 |
| 29 | Lasa Bengoa, Harri | 1782 | ESP | F | F | F | =33B | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 1788 | +0.2 |
| 30 | San Martin Santamaria, Jose Manuel | 1733 | ESP | F | F | F | =25N | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 1667 | -3.6 |
| 31 | Izagirre Alsua, Aritz | 1831 | ESP | F | F | F | =37N | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 1818 | -0.4 |
| 32 | Perez Cabezon, Jose Andres | 1745 | ESP | F | F | F | =28N | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 1701 | -1.2 |
| 33 | Bellosillo Perez, Alberto | 1788 | ESP | F | F | F | =29N | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 1782 | -0.2 |
| 34 | Bellosillo Perez, Sergio | 1666 | ESP | F | F | F | =38B | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 1768 | +2.8 |
| 35 | Gomez Montecelo, Miguel | 1788 | ESP | F | F | F | =36B | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 2075 | +6.8 |
| 36 | Prieto Toribio, Julio | 2075 | ESP | F | F | F | =35N | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 1788 | -6.8 |
| 37 | Orube Bona, Andoni | 1818 | ESP | F | F | F | =31B | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 1835 | +0.4 |
| 38 | Lasa Bengoa, Urtzi | 1768 | ESP | F | F | F | =34N | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 1666 | -5.6 |
| 39 | Imaz Aracama, Asier | 1819 | ESP | F | F | F | −5B | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1004 | -10.4 |
| 40 | Rodriguez Vallejo, Julio | 1848 | ESP | F | F | F | −13N | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1090 | -8.8 |
| 41 | Puga Senar, Fernando | 1852 | ESP | F | F | F | −3N | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 913 | -13.8 |
| 42 | Lasa Garmendia, Asier | 1526 | ESP | F | F | F | −1B | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1120 | -1.6 |
| 43 | Suescun Parra, Nenci Carolina | 1856 | VEN | F | F | F | −16B | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1278 | -4.4 |
| 44 | Artola Alberdi, Iraitz | 1728 | ESP | F | F | F | −4B | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1027 | -14.8 |
| 45 | Vesga Gomez, Alberto | 1724 | ESP | F | F | F | −11N | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 958 | -9.0 |
| 46 | Jimenez Legazkue, Irune | 1597 | ESP | F | F | F | −8B | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 859 | -8.2 |
| 47 | Ibarra Whittecar, Siena | 1783 | ESP | F | F | F | −7N | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1165 | -10.4 |
| 48 | Aguado Zabaleta, Felix | 1802 | ESP | F | F | F | −9N | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 961 | -11.2 |
| 49 | Yarza Amondarain, Juan Carlos | 1805 | ESP | F | F | F | −21B | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 812 | -15.0 |
| 50 | Diez Timofeva, Andres | 1734 | ESP | F | F | F | −6B | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1271 | -2.4 |
| 51 | Alberdi Jauregi, Eneko | 1766 | ESP | F | F | F | −10N | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1080 | -6.8 |
| 52 | Gattegno, Laurent | 1867 | FRA | F | F | F | −18B | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 875 | -15.0 |
| 53 | Guerrero Itarte, Alfredo | 1823 | ESP | F | F | F | −17B | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 866 | -14.2 |
| 54 | Moreno Lazarev, Haritz | 1754 | ESP | F | F | F | −20N | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1042 | -15.2 |
| 55 | Garcia Nestar, Daniel | 1721 | ESP | F | F | F | −15N | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1050 | -6.6 |
| 56 | Arrieta Valero, Ion | 1824 | ESP | F | F | F | −23B | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 953 | -12.0 |
| 57 | Mendizabal Guridi, Ekaitz | 1850 | ESP | F | F | F | −19N | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1081 | -9.2 |
| 58 | Isasmendi Aguirre, Patxi | 1709 | ESP | F | F | F | −24B | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1023 | -13.6 |
| 59 | Villar Moron, Roberto | 1847 | ESP | F | F | F | −22B | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 980 | -11.8 |
| 60 | Ugarte Azpiri, Ignacio | 1912 | ESP | F | F | F | −14N | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1014 | -12.6 |
| 61 | Church, Michael John | 1961 | ENG | F | F | F | −12N | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1163 | -20.0 |
| 62 | Tinoco-Olmedo, Stalin | 1894 | COL | F | F | F | −2N | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1041 | -22.8 |
| 63 | Igartua Alberdi, Zigor | 0 | ESP | F | F | F | −?B | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 814 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Iturbe Tejedor, JosebaESP+30.01.0 pts · #21
- 2Clota Rasero, EnekoESP+28.41.0 pts · #17
- 3Rodriguez Lima, AxelESP+27.61.0 pts · #3
Top rating losers
- 1Tinoco-Olmedo, StalinCOL-22.80.0 pts · #63
- 2Church, Michael JohnENG-20.00.0 pts · #62
- 3Moreno Lazarev, HaritzESP-15.20.0 pts · #55
Biggest upsets
- R4+193 Elo gap
- R4+192 Elo gap
- R4+157 Elo gap