CAMPEONATO DE MALAGA B 2026 - SUB 2000

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61 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 17 Apr 2026 to 19 Apr 2026 in Malaga, Spain. 1 titled players from 2 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1919, and top seed was Victor Millan Luque (🇪🇸 ESP, 1995).

Juan Carlos Donda Martin (🇪🇸 ESP, 1895) won with 6.0/7, ahead of Alberto Lucena Palomo (6.0) and Diego Borrego Gil (5.5). Donda Martin shared the lead from round 3, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Juan Carrillo Moreno (1612) beat Manuel Moreno Alberti (1924), a +312-point gap.

Location

🇪🇸Malaga, Spain

Dates

17 Apr 2026 → 19 Apr 2026

Time control

Standard: 75 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 7 rounds

Top seed

🇪🇸Victor Millan Luque1995

Avg top 10

1,919

Participants

Titled players · 1

CM×1

Federations · 2 represented

🇪🇸Spain×59

🇫🇷France×1

Top 3

🥇
Juan Carlos Donda Martin
🇪🇸ESP·1895
6.0pts·2120perf+35.8
🥈
Alberto Lucena Palomo
🇪🇸ESP·1958
6.0pts·2105perf+21.6
🥉
Diego Borrego Gil
🇪🇸ESP·1886
5.5pts·2044perf+27.8

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

Tight race until R7; 2 players tied at 6.0/7, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.

Co-leaders

Lucena Palomo6Donda Martin6Millan Luque5.5Borrego Gil5.5Garcia Pascual5Romero Soler5

R7 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 6.0/7. Donda Martin takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (29.5).

R4 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Alberto Lucena Palomo lost to Juan Carlos Donda Martin (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

Alberto Lucena Palomo 3+3 wins (R1–R3, R5–R7)Juan Carlos Donda Martin 5 wins (R1–R5)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Alberto Lucena Palomo	*	0	—	—
2Juan Carlos Donda Martin	1	*	—	½
3Victor Millan Luque	—	—	*	0
4Diego Borrego Gil	—	½	1	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Donda Martin, Juan Carlos	1895	ESP	+23B	+18N	+9B	+2B	+5N	=8B	=3N	6.0	29.5	33.5	28.50	2120	+35.8
2	Lucena Palomo, Alberto	1958	ESP	+46B	+17N	+12B	−1N	+22B	+15N	+9B	6.0	27.0	29.0	23.00	2105	+21.6
3	Borrego Gil, Diego	1886	ESP	+32N	+20B	+4N	−8B	+11N	+5B	=1B	5.5	29.5	32.5	25.00	2044	+27.8
4	Millan Luque, Victor	1995	ESP	+19B	+26N	−3B	+18N	=9B	+16N	+8B	5.5	26.5	30.0	22.25	2000	+1.8
5	Romero Soler, Saul	1874	ESP	+52B	+31N	+15B	+6N	−1B	−3N	+16B	5.0	27.5	29.0	17.50	1963	+18.6
6	Garcia Pascual, Angel	1912	ESP	+48N	=51B	+11N	−5B	=19N	+17B	+22N	5.0	23.5	25.5	17.50	1876	-7.6
7	Chen Jin, Alex	1780	ESP	F	F	+38B	+26N	+33B	+18N	+15B	5.0	17.5	17.5	17.50	2516	+83.6
8	Fernandez Garcia, Javier 1985	1917	ESP	+36B	+16N	+10B	+3N	−15B	=1N	−4N	4.5	29.5	32.5	20.00	1937	+6.4
9	Garcia Sanz, Eduardo	1774	ESP	+56N	+55B	−1N	+47B	=4N	+14B	−2N	4.5	25.0	26.0	11.25	1845	+15.4
10	Guibet, Aymeric	1792	FRA	+38B	+21N	−8N	+25B	−16N	+20B	=11N	4.5	24.5	27.5	16.75	1786	+1.0
11	Sweet Lopez, Eduardo Javier	1774	ESP	+28B	+42N	−6B	+43N	−3B	+31N	=10B	4.5	24.0	26.5	13.75	1797	+7.6
12	Loriente Galiano, Eric	1858	ESP	+29N	+33B	−2N	−16B	=25N	+47B	+30N	4.5	23.5	25.5	13.75	1782	-21.6
13	Gutierrez San Agustin, Alvaro	1794	ESP	−21N	+41N	+33B	−20B	+47N	=19B	+25N	4.5	21.0	23.0	13.00	1682	-31.2
14	Cortes Lopez, David	1741	ESP	+54B	−15N	+48B	=19N	+31B	−9N	+27B	4.5	21.0	22.5	12.00	1794	+19.6
15	Otero Ramirez, Martin	1974	ESP	+40N	+14B	−5N	+17B	+8N	−2B	−7N	4.0	29.0	32.0	16.00	1854	-32.0
16	Pinazo Acosta, Alejandro	1713	ESP	+50B	−8B	+55N	+12N	+10B	−4B	−5N	4.0	26.0	27.0	12.00	1807	+18.8
17	Garcia Pascual, Christian	1725	ESP	+49B	−2B	+28N	−15N	+23B	−6N	+35B	4.0	25.5	27.5	12.50	1720	-0.8
18	Jimenez Lopez, Carmen	1705	ESP	+34N	−1B	+49N	−4B	+37N	−7B	+32N	4.0	25.5	27.5	11.00	1660	-13.6
19	Cabello Coronado, Duncan	1635	ESP	−4N	+57B	+53N	=14B	=6B	=13N	=24N	4.0	25.0	26.0	11.50	1788	+44.0
20	Ferrer Posa, Victor	1677	ESP	+35B	−3N	+23B	+13N	F	−10N	+36B	4.0	24.5	24.5	14.50	1798	+16.4
21	Higueras Garcia, Seth Joseph	1527	ESP	+13B	−10B	−25N	−46N	+44B	+33N	+31B	4.0	21.0	23.0	13.00	1694	+50.8
22	Garcia Balderas, Francisco Jose	1730	ESP	−55N	+56B	+32N	+37B	−2N	+34B	−6B	4.0	21.0	22.0	10.00	1608	-16.0
23	Gallardo Campos, Manuel Ignacio	1566	ESP	−1N	+60B	−20N	+53B	−17N	+52B	+34N	4.0	20.0	20.0	6.00	1521	-5.4
24	Santana Martin, JuanCM	1807	ESP	F	F	+59B	+52N	+46B	=27N	=19B	4.0	11.5	11.5	7.75	1930	+15.0
25	Alarcon Gonzalez, Mario	1655	ESP	=41B	=59N	+21B	−10N	=12B	+26N	−13B	3.5	23.5	24.0	11.25	1776	+37.2
26	Lopez Linares, Miguel Angel	1761	ESP	+57N	−4B	=39N	−7B	+42N	−25B	+37N	3.5	22.5	23.5	8.00	1632	-19.6
27	Santos Sanchez, Hugo	1720	ESP	−42N	−28B	+56N	+29B	+32N	=24B	−14N	3.5	21.0	22.0	9.50	1582	-48.0
28	Crespillo Pareja, Fabian	1488	ESP	−11N	+27N	−17B	=45B	−30N	+53B	+43N	3.5	20.5	22.0	8.75	1637	+21.4
29	Hernandez, David	1541	ESP	−12B	−35N	+44B	−27N	+50B	=43N	+41B	3.5	18.5	20.5	8.25	1579	+4.4
30	Mera Fernandez, Martina	1638	ESP	F	F	=54B	+35N	+28B	+41N	−12B	3.5	15.0	15.0	9.75	1602	-6.0
31	Munoz Martin, Javier	1697	ESP	+60N	−5B	+34N	+39B	−14N	−11B	−21N	3.0	24.0	24.0	6.00	1505	-46.4
32	Morata Perez, Jose	1565	ESP	−3B	+44N	−22B	+49N	−27B	+39N	−18B	3.0	22.5	24.5	7.50	1588	+2.2
33	Carrillo Moreno, Juan	1612	ESP	+59B	−12N	−13N	+55B	−7N	−21B	+47N	3.0	21.0	21.5	3.50	1661	+13.6
34	Vazquez Azuaga, Miguel David	0	ESP	−18B	+36N	−31B	+48N	+43B	−22N	−23B	3.0	20.5	22.5	7.50	1600	0.0
35	Cortes Rengel, David	0	ESP	−20N	+29B	−40N	−30B	+55N	+45B	−17N	3.0	20.5	21.5	7.00	1563	0.0
36	Burrezo del Pino, Simon	1593	ESP	−8N	−34B	+57N	=42B	=45N	+40B	−20N	3.0	19.5	20.5	6.50	1625	+8.4
37	Stadnyk, Dariia	0	ESP	−47B	+38N	+41B	−22N	−18B	+46N	−26B	3.0	19.0	21.0	7.50	1539	0.0
38	Higueras Garcia, Tristan	1527	ESP	−10N	−37B	−7N	+60B	=53N	+42B	=49N	3.0	18.5	18.5	4.25	1515	-6.4
39	Maldonado Mena, Remedios Sofia	1811	ESP	+61B	=43N	=26B	−31N	F	−32B	+46N	3.0	14.0	14.0	5.00	1642	-40.6
40	Lozano Lozano, Juan	1630	ESP	−15B	+54N	+35B	F	F	−36N	+50B	3.0	13.5	13.5	6.50	1610	-3.4
41	Outes Lopez, Diego	0	ESP	=25N	−13B	−37N	+59N	+48B	−30B	−29N	2.5	20.0	20.5	4.25	1633	0.0
42	Sanchez Bazaga, Ezequiel	1414	ESP	+27B	−11B	−47N	=36N	−26B	−38N	+52B	2.5	19.5	21.0	6.50	1552	+40.4
43	Sanchez Romero, Juan Jose	1674	ESP	+53N	=39B	=51N	−11B	−34N	=29B	−28B	2.5	19.5	21.0	5.75	1514	-21.2
44	Garcia Pastor, Maria Luz	0	ESP	−51N	−32B	−29N	+57B	−21N	+56B	=45N	2.5	16.0	17.0	3.25	1464	0.0
45	Coca Majaron, Alvaro	1634	ESP	F	F	+50B	=28N	=36B	−35N	=44B	2.5	14.0	14.0	6.50	1623	-1.6
46	Sierra Martinez, Sebastian	1613	ESP	−2N	−49B	+58N	+21B	−24N	−37B	−39B	2.0	22.0	23.0	5.00	1546	-12.6
47	Gil Toscano, Pablo	1646	ESP	+37N	F	+42B	−9N	−13B	−12N	−33B	2.0	22.0	22.0	5.50	1450	-24.0
48	Solis Lopez, Jose Francisco	1585	ESP	−6B	+50N	−14N	−34B	−41N	F	+56B	2.0	18.0	18.0	3.00	1646	+10.4
49	Capilla Pueyo, Ricardo	1423	ESP	−17N	+46N	−18B	−32B	=52N	F	=38B	2.0	17.5	19.0	4.25	1491	+18.0
50	Narula, Lavin	1412	ESP	−16N	−48B	−45N	+58B	−29N	+57B	−40N	2.0	16.0	17.0	2.00	1424	+0.8
51	De La Viuda Pettersson, Iker Henry	1702	ESP	+44B	=6N	=43B	F	F	F	F	2.0	10.0	10.0	6.25	1793	+9.2
52	Moreno Rodriguez, Antonio	1558	ESP	−5N	−53B	+60N	−24B	=49B	−23N	−42N	1.5	19.0	19.0	1.00	1251	-33.6
53	Gallardo Valtancoli, Gael	0	ESP	−43B	+52N	−19B	−23N	=38B	−28N	−58N	1.5	18.5	19.5	3.00	1334	0.0
54	Gomez Castillo, Francisco	1461	ESP	−14N	−40B	=30N	+56B	F	F	F	1.5	14.0	14.0	2.75	1545	+7.4
55	Redondo Fuentes, David	1448	ESP	+22B	−9N	−16B	−33N	−35B	F	F	1.0	18.5	18.5	4.00	1514	+5.0
56	Garrido Roldan, Juan Manuel	1517	ESP	−9B	−22N	−27B	−54N	+58B	−44N	−48N	1.0	18.0	19.0	1.00	1355	-46.8
57	Santos Sanchez, Javier	1476	ESP	−26B	−19N	−36B	−44N	F	−50N	+60B	1.0	15.0	15.0	0.00	800	-55.2
58	Coca Palmero, Jose Antonio	1497	ESP	F	F	−46B	−50N	−56N	F	+53B	1.0	6.5	6.5	1.50	714	-57.2
59	Moreno Alberti, Manuel	1924	ESP	−33N	=25B	−24N	−41B	F	F	F	0.5	13.0	13.0	1.75	1418	-37.0
60	FIDE 553023560	0	—	−31B	−23N	−52B	−38N	F	F	−57N	0.0	12.5	12.5	0.00	765	0.0
61	Ferrer Dominguez, Victor	1539	ESP	−39N	F	F	F	F	F	F	0.0	3.0	3.0	0.00	1011	-6.8

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Chen Jin, AlexESP
+83.6
5.0 pts · #7
2Higueras Garcia, Seth JosephESP
+50.8
4.0 pts · #23
3Cabello Coronado, DuncanESP
+44.0
4.0 pts · #28

Top rating losers

1Coca Palmero, Jose AntonioESP
-57.2
1.0 pts · #59
2Santos Sanchez, JavierESP
-55.2
1.0 pts · #58
3Santos Sanchez, HugoESP
-48.0
3.5 pts · #18

Biggest upsets

R1+312 Elo gap
Carrillo Moreno, Juan1612 beat Moreno Alberti, Manuel1924
R1+306 Elo gap
Sanchez Bazaga, Ezequiel1414 beat Santos Sanchez, Hugo1720
R1+282 Elo gap
Redondo Fuentes, David1448 beat Garcia Balderas, Francisco Jose1730