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Sub 18 CTL 2026

Open SwissStandard

20 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 14 Feb 2026 to 16 Feb 2026 in Avila, Spain. Top 10 Elo average was 1895, and top seed was Ibai Sanz Gorospe (🇪🇸 ESP, 2239).

Ibai Sanz Gorospe (🇪🇸 ESP, 2239) won with 5.0/6, ahead of Dario Hervada Serrano (4.5) and Mario Sierra Pena (4.0). Sanz Gorospe shared the lead from round 5 and broke clear in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 2: Adrian Gutierrez Castellanos (1760) beat Ibai Sanz Gorospe (2239), a +479-point gap.

Location
🇪🇸Avila, Spain
Dates
14 Feb 2026 → 16 Feb 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 6 rounds
Top seed
🇪🇸Ibai Sanz Gorospe2239
Avg top 10
1,895
Participants
20
Federations · 1 represented
🇪🇸Spain×20
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 6 rounds

Ibai Sanz Gorospe led from R6; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
10
3
1
1
2
1
1.534.56R1R2R3R4R5R6Sanz Gorospe takes lead
Sanz Gorospe5Hervada Serrano4.5Llorente Bombin4Sierra Pena4Esteban Montero3.5Rubial Blanco3.5
R6 · LEADER CHANGE16 Feb

Ibai Sanz Gorospe takes the sole lead (5.0/6).

R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Ibai Sanz Gorospe beat Dario Hervada Serrano (White).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

Ibai Sanz Gorospe 4 wins (R3–R6)Dario Hervada Serrano 4 wins (R1–R4)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Ibai Sanz Gorospe*
1
——
2Dario Hervada Serrano
0
*
1
½
3Guillermo Llorente Bombin—
0
*—
4Mario Sierra Pena—
½
—*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Sanz Gorospe, Ibai2239ESP+18B−10N+13B+9N+2B+5N5.016.518.515.502181-7.2
2Hervada Serrano, Dario2070ESP+19N+7B+9N+4B−1N=3B4.519.521.014.002060+7.2
3Sierra Pena, Mario2039ESP+16B=11N+10B−5N+6B=2N4.017.520.012.751967-15.2
4Llorente Bombin, Guillermo1818ESP+14B=13N+11B−2N=9B+10N4.016.018.511.251853+12.8
5Rubial Blanco, Heriberto2021ESP−13N+14B+7N+3B=10N−1B3.518.020.511.501904-26.0
6Gomez Martinez, Daniel1768ESP+15N−9B+12N=10B−3N+13B3.515.518.09.501749-4.0
7Esteban Montero, Natalia1756ESP+20B−2N−5B+17N=11B+15N3.515.516.57.001826+21.2
8Sanz Santo-Tomas, Ivan1721ESP−9N=15B=17N+19B=13N+14B3.512.514.07.501666-16.4
9Campano Diez, David1504ESP+8B+6N−2B−1B=4N=11N3.020.523.510.501812+84.4
10Gutierrez Castellanos, Adrian1760ESP+17B+1B−3N=6N=5B−4B3.020.022.010.501899+37.2
11Sanchez Martin, Sergio1759ESP+12N=3B−4N=13B=7N=9B3.017.520.09.501727-10.4
12Carbia Velasco, Xian1580ESP−11B+16N−6B+20N−14B+18N3.013.514.55.501679+31.2
13Dominguez Tapia, Javier1667ESP+5B=4B−1N=11N=8B−6N2.519.522.58.751802+34.4
14Lobato Gil, Martin1605ESP−4N−5N+16B=15B+12N−8N2.516.519.06.751676+16.8
15Sanchez Garcia, Celia1604ESP−6B=8N=20B=14N+19N−7B2.514.515.55.001627+6.0
16Hernandez Martin, Jose Manuel1673ESP−3N−12B−14N=18N+17B+19B2.513.515.04.501642-16.4
17Mordvintseva, Daria1589ESP−10N=18N=8B−7B−16N+20B2.014.515.53.751572-4.8
18Emilov Chalev, Emilio1698ESP−1N=17B−19N=16B+20N−12B2.014.015.03.251575-44.4
19Blasco Barriuso, Jaime1684ESP−2B=20N+18B−8N−15B−16N1.515.016.02.501530-51.6
20Jular Ayala, Lucas1572ESP−7N=19B=15N−12B−18B−17N1.013.014.52.001378-54.8

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets
Sub 18 CTL 2026 — Avila, Spain | Chess Tournament Results | ChessStats