Liga FGA de Tercera 2026 Rondas 9-11
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44 players participated in this 11-round tournament, held from 07 Mar 2026 to 21 Mar 2026 in Gipuzkoa, Spain. Top 10 Elo average was 1746, and top seed was Javier Arranz Arranz (🇪🇸 ESP, 1897).
Diego Alonso Eleno (🇪🇸 ESP, 1520) won with 2.5/11, ahead of Mikel Arechaga Zubelzu (2.0) and Andoni Otegi Eraso (2.0). Alonso Eleno shared the lead from round 10, winning on tie-break.
The biggest upset came in round 11: Mikel Arechaga Zubelzu (1693) beat Juan Manuel Riesco Lecuona (1894), a +201-point gap.
Location
🇪🇸Gipuzkoa, Spain
Dates
07 Mar 2026 → 21 Mar 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 11 rounds
Federations · 1 represented
🇪🇸Spain×29
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 11 roundsTitle race narrowed from 89 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.
Co-leaders
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Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | R8 | R9 | R10 | R11 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alonso Eleno, Diego | 1520 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +26N | =7B | +28B | 2.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.75 | 2400 | +42.8 |
| 2 | Arechaga Zubelzu, Mikel | 1693 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −13B | +10B | +11N | 2.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 2.00 | 1908 | +17.8 |
| 3 | Otegi Eraso, Andoni | 0 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +?N | F | +5B | 2.0 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.50 | 1721 | 0.0 |
| 4 | Iribar Iriondo, Martin | 1799 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +29B | F | +21B | 2.0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.50 | 2422 | +10.8 |
| 5 | Artola Lotero, Igor | 1688 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +30B | =6B | −3N | 1.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 0.75 | 1616 | -2.4 |
| 6 | Burunza Tornos, Inaki | 1609 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | =5N | +12B | 1.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 1.75 | 1772 | +8.2 |
| 7 | Intxaurrondo Gonzalez, Danel | 0 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +?B | =1N | F | 1.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 1.25 | 1575 | 0.0 |
| 8 | Urdanpilleta Garcia, Urtzi | 1637 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +27N | =9B | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.75 | 2361 | +7.4 |
| 9 | Olano Alsa, Jose Angel | 0 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +?N | F | =8N | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.75 | 1657 | 0.0 |
| 10 | Matas Arias, Ivan | 1747 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −2N | +14B | 1.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 1.00 | 1685 | -7.2 |
| 11 | Riesco Lecuona, Juan Manuel | 1894 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +14N | −2B | 1.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 1.00 | 1685 | -11.0 |
| 12 | Lopez Torres, Unai | 1498 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +32B | −15N | −6N | 1.0 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 0.00 | 816 | -11.6 |
| 13 | Garrido Dominguez, Jose Antonio | 1693 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +2N | F | F | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.00 | 2483 | +9.6 |
| 14 | Arrillaga Garitagoitia, Xabier | 1688 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +33N | −11B | −10N | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.00 | 1026 | -12.8 |
| 15 | FIDE 535092335 | 0 | — | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +12B | F | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.00 | 1477 | 0.0 |
| 16 | Dadebat Saldias, Jose Maria | 1569 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +31B | F | F | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2280 | +15.6 |
| 17 | FIDE 553056523 | 0 | — | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +27B | F | F | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 1581 | 0.0 |
| 18 | FIDE 535069643 | 0 | — | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +?N | F | F | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 1710 | 0.0 |
| 19 | Belar Egiguren, Bruno | 0 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +?N | F | F | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 1479 | 0.0 |
| 20 | FIDE 535092610 | 0 | — | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +?N | F | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 1555 | 0.0 |
| 21 | Matas Fernandez, Oihan | 1636 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | =24B | F | −4N | 0.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 0.25 | 1470 | -16.0 |
| 22 | Arranz Arranz, Javier | 1897 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | =23B | F | F | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 1749 | -3.6 |
| 23 | Imaz Iribarren, Juan Miguel | 1701 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | =22N | F | F | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 1880 | +7.2 |
| 24 | Sanchez Andres, Alejandro | 1543 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | =21N | F | F | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 1622 | +2.6 |
| 25 | FIDE 553054830 | 0 | — | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | =?N | F | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 1695 | 0.0 |
| 26 | Granado Camio, Unai | 0 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −1B | F | F | 0.0 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 0.00 | 775 | -18.0 |
| 27 | Alcibar Beloki, Jon | 1563 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −17N | −8B | F | 0.0 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 0.00 | 857 | -7.4 |
| 28 | Feijoo Rubio, Jose Jorge | 1662 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −1N | 0.0 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 0.00 | 775 | -12.4 |
| 29 | FIDE 553054768 | 0 | — | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −4N | F | F | 0.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.00 | 999 | 0.0 |
| 30 | Ormazabal Olaizola, Imanol | 0 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −5N | F | F | 0.0 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.00 | 901 | 0.0 |
| 31 | Reyes Garcia, Juan Manuel | 1480 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −16N | F | F | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 763 | -15.6 |
| 32 | FIDE 523043261 | 0 | — | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −12N | F | F | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 657 | 0.0 |
| 33 | Bilbao Beraza, Diego | 0 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −14B | F | F | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 887 | 0.0 |
| 34 | Abancens Alvarez, Iker | 0 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −?B | F | F | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 895 | 0.0 |
| 35 | FIDE 535002166 | 0 | — | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −?B | F | F | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 735 | 0.0 |
| 36 | FIDE 535026448 | 0 | — | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −?N | F | F | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 863 | 0.0 |
| 37 | FIDE 553054725 | 0 | — | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −?N | F | F | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 746 | 0.0 |
| 38 | FIDE 535026472 | 0 | — | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −?B | F | F | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 897 | 0.0 |
| 39 | Arrate Mujika, Ander | 0 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −?N | F | F | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 851 | 0.0 |
| 40 | FIDE 553054644 | 0 | — | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −?B | F | F | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 778 | 0.0 |
| 41 | FIDE 94773157 | 0 | — | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −?N | F | F | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 998 | 0.0 |
| 42 | Gutierrez Irisarri, Diego | 0 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −?N | F | F | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 728 | 0.0 |
| 43 | FIDE 553054881 | 0 | — | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −?B | F | F | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 751 | 0.0 |
| 44 | FIDE 553054962 | 0 | — | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −?B | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 895 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Alonso Eleno, DiegoESP+42.82.5 pts · #2
- 2Arechaga Zubelzu, MikelESP+17.82.0 pts · #1
- 3Dadebat Saldias, Jose MariaESP+15.61.0 pts · #7
Top rating losers
- 1Granado Camio, UnaiESP-18.00.0 pts · #33
- 2Matas Fernandez, OihanESP-16.00.5 pts · #20
- 3Reyes Garcia, Juan ManuelESP-15.60.0 pts · #27
Biggest upsets
- R11+201 Elo gap
- R11+142 Elo gap