Liga FGA de Primera 2026 Rondas 8
Open SwissStandard
62 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 1992, and top seed was Luis Olaizola Ortega (🇪🇸 ESP, 2078).
Aimar Arreche Amiano (🇪🇸 ESP, 1614) won with 1.0/8, ahead of Felix Manso Marquez (1.0) and Stalin Tinoco-Olmedo (1.0).
The biggest upset came in round 8: Aimar Arreche Amiano (1614) beat Antonio Estevez Iglesias (1758), a +144-point gap.
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
CM×1
Federations · 4 represented
🇪🇸Spain×57
🇨🇴Colombia×1
🇻🇪Venezuela×1
🇩🇪Germany×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 64 co-leaders at R4 to 19 at the finish.
Co-leaders
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64
64
64
64
64
64
19
R8 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER
17 players finish on 1.0/8. Arreche Amiano 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 | Arreche Amiano, Aimar | 1614 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +51N | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2558 | +27.2 |
| 2 | Manso Marquez, Felix | 2071 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +54N | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2622 | +3.8 |
| 3 | Tinoco-Olmedo, Stalin | 1894 | COL | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +59B | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2743 | +23.6 |
| 4 | Jauregi Barandiaran, Jon | 1757 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +58N | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2322 | +3.8 |
| 5 | Suescun Parra, Nenci Carolina | 1856 | VEN | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +53B | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2620 | +9.4 |
| 6 | Navarro Navarro, Juan Manuel | 1827 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +55B | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2577 | +8.6 |
| 7 | Olaizola Ortega, Luis | 2078 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +44B | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2710 | +5.4 |
| 8 | Rodriguez Lima, Axel | 1713 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +52B | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2602 | +23.2 |
| 9 | Apostol, Ecaterina | 1614 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +60B | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2553 | +14.0 |
| 10 | Izagirre Alsua, Aritz | 1831 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +47N | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2634 | +9.2 |
| 11 | Urdangarin Lasa, Joseba | 1747 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +48B | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2473 | +8.0 |
| 12 | Barros Pecina, Daniel | 1918 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +56N | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2788 | +23.6 |
| 13 | Gallego Saez, Mario | 1849 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +50N | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2532 | +7.4 |
| 14 | Leon Reinares, Mikel | 1790 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +46B | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2436 | +5.4 |
| 15 | Ganuza Saez De Heredia, Eduardo | 1775 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +57B | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2571 | +9.4 |
| 16 | Franke, Thomas | 2023 | GER | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +49N | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2665 | +5.6 |
| 17 | Moreno Lazarev, Haritz | 1754 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +45B | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2584 | +20.4 |
| 18 | Diez Timofeva, Andres | 1734 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | =34N | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 1965 | +5.8 |
| 19 | Prieto Toribio, Julio | 2075 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | =26B | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 1753 | -7.4 |
| 20 | Echeverria Eleicegui, Jose Ignacio | 1823 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | =21N | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 1753 | -2.0 |
| 21 | San Martin Santamaria, Jose Manuel | 1733 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | =20B | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 1823 | +4.0 |
| 22 | Rodriguez Vallejo, Julio | 1848 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | =40B | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 1900 | +1.8 |
| 23 | Algans Sagues, Pau | 1796 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | =27N | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 1786 | 0.0 |
| 24 | Iturbe Tejedor, Joseba | 1612 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | =39B | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 1785 | +9.6 |
| 25 | Diez Viera, Oscar | 1945 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | =33B | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 1892 | -1.4 |
| 26 | Sierra Gonzalez, Paul | 1753 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | =19N | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 2075 | +7.4 |
| 27 | Lasa Bengoa, Urtzi | 1768 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | =23B | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 1787 | 0.0 |
| 28 | Ugarte Azpiri, Ignacio | 1912 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | =37N | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 1668 | -5.6 |
| 29 | Orube Bona, Andoni | 1818 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | =32N | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 1835 | +0.2 |
| 30 | Bellosillo Perez, Alberto | 1788 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | =43N | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 1801 | -0.2 |
| 31 | Arrondo Carbonell, Pablo | 1829 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | =35B | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 1835 | +0.4 |
| 32 | Mendizabal Guridi, Ekaitz | 1850 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | =29B | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 1828 | -0.2 |
| 33 | Berdote Alonso, Carlos | 1888 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | =25N | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 1945 | +1.4 |
| 34 | Garrido Fernandez, David | 1965 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | =18B | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 1735 | -5.8 |
| 35 | Esnaola Gaston, Fernando | 1850 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | =31N | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 1818 | -0.4 |
| 36 | Garmendia Diaz, Xabier | 1780 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | =41B | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 1824 | +1.2 |
| 37 | Dorronsoro Plazaola, Xabier | 1668 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | =28B | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 1884 | +11.2 |
| 38 | Yarza Amondarain, Juan Carlos | 1805 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | =42N | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 1759 | -1.4 |
| 39 | Lazkano Balanzategi, Aitzol | 1785 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | =24N | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 1599 | -4.8 |
| 40 | Elias Torres, Unai | 1881 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | =22N | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 1837 | -1.8 |
| 41 | Arrieta Valero, Ion | 1824 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | =36N | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 1778 | -1.2 |
| 42 | Perez Cabezon, Jose Andres | 1745 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | =38B | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 1806 | +1.4 |
| 43 | Cantabrana Garona, Alejandro | 1801 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | =30B | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 1811 | +0.2 |
| 44 | Insausti Gonzalez, Asier | 1893 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −7N | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1288 | -5.4 |
| 45 | Lasa Bengoa, Harri | 1782 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −17N | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 977 | -10.2 |
| 46 | Urdanpilleta Garcia, Urtzi | 1637 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −14N | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1014 | -5.4 |
| 47 | Altuna Iza, Jon | 1814 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −10B | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1064 | -9.2 |
| 48 | Urcelay Crucelaegui, Zigor | 1667 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −11N | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 948 | -8.0 |
| 49 | Mendia Rezola, Jokin | 1858 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −16B | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1229 | -5.6 |
| 50 | Garcia Nestar, Daniel | 1721 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −13B | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1025 | -7.4 |
| 51 | Estevez Iglesias, Antonio | 1758 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −1B | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 826 | -13.6 |
| 52 | De Andres Andres, Eugenio | 1804 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −8N | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 946 | -11.6 |
| 53 | Ruiz Inurrieta, Iker | 1814 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −5N | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1041 | -9.4 |
| 54 | Gonzalez Bello, Oier | 1811 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −2B | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1278 | -7.6 |
| 55 | Martin Gines, Antonio | 1769 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −6N | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1029 | -8.6 |
| 56 | Ferreiro Montoya, Jose IgnacioCM | 1988 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −12B | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1121 | -11.8 |
| 57 | Gomez Montecelo, Miguel | 1788 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −15N | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 990 | -9.4 |
| 58 | Lasa Garmendia, Asier | 1526 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −4B | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 975 | -3.8 |
| 59 | Peteiro Osta, Luis Angel | 1945 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −3N | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1080 | -11.8 |
| 60 | Axpe Goikoetxea, Javier | 1747 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −9N | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 806 | -14.0 |
| 61 | FIDE 553054911 | 0 | — | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −?B | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 984 | 0.0 |
| 62 | FIDE 553040880 | 0 | — | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −?N | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 937 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Arreche Amiano, AimarESP+27.21.0 pts · #1
- 2Tinoco-Olmedo, StalinCOL+23.61.0 pts · #3
- 3Barros Pecina, DanielESP+23.61.0 pts · #12
Top rating losers
- 1Axpe Goikoetxea, JavierESP-14.00.0 pts · #62
- 2Estevez Iglesias, AntonioESP-13.60.0 pts · #51
- 3Ferreiro Montoya, Jose IgnacioCMESP-11.80.0 pts · #57
Biggest upsets
- R8+144 Elo gap
- R8+133 Elo gap