XVIIe Obert d'Escacs Vilafranca 2026 Rondas 1-3

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103 players participated in this 3-round tournament, held from 10 Apr 2026 to 24 Apr 2026 in Vilafranca del Penedes (Barcelona), Spain. 5 titled players from 3 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2156, and top seed was Alexander Domene Mulyukov (🇪🇸 ESP, FM, 2340).

Francisco Fernandez Aguilar (🇪🇸 ESP, 2120) won with 3.0/3, ahead of Francisco Javier Garcia Jimenez (3.0) and Alexander Domene Mulyukov (3.0).

The biggest upset came in round 1: Alex Marin Palos (1482) beat Joan Gonzalez Fernandez (1804), a +322-point gap.

Location

🇪🇸Vilafranca del Penedes (Barcelona), Spain

Dates

10 Apr 2026 → 24 Apr 2026

Time control

Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 3 rounds

Top seed

🇪🇸FMAlexander Domene Mulyukov2340

Avg top 10

2,156

Participants

103

Titled players · 5

FM×3

CM×2

Federations · 3 represented

🇪🇸Spain×97

🇻🇪Venezuela×1

🇷🇴Romania×1

Top 3

🥇
Francisco Fernandez Aguilar
🇪🇸ESP·2120
3.0pts·2626perf+9.8
🥈
FMFrancisco Javier Garcia Jimenez
🇪🇸ESP·2311
3.0pts·2735perf+5.6
🥉
FMAlexander Domene Mulyukov
🇪🇸ESP·2340
3.0pts·2754perf+5.4

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 3 rounds

Tight race until R3; 6 players tied at 3.0/3, decided on Buchholz.

Co-leaders

Fernandez Aguilar3Garcia Jimenez3Layola Barrionuevo3Domene Mulyukov3Marin Ripoll3Gomez Navais3

R3 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

6 players finish on 3.0/3. Fernandez Aguilar takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (4.0).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

Francisco Fernandez Aguilar 3 wins (R1–R3)FM Francisco Javier Garcia Jimenez 3 wins (R1–R3)Oriol Layola Barrionuevo 3 wins (R1–R3)

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Fernandez Aguilar, Francisco	2120	ESP	+54B	+27N	+15B	3.0	4.0	5.0	5.00	2626	+9.8
2	Garcia Jimenez, Francisco JavierFM	2311	ESP	+51B	+20N	+16B	3.0	4.0	5.0	5.00	2735	+5.6
3	Domene Mulyukov, AlexanderFM	2340	ESP	+56N	+23B	+22N	3.0	4.0	5.0	5.00	2754	+5.4
4	Marin Ripoll, Marti	2102	ESP	+55B	+21N	+28B	3.0	4.0	5.0	5.00	2611	+20.0
5	Gomez Navais, MarcalCM	2159	ESP	+52B	+24N	+14B	3.0	4.0	5.0	5.00	2661	+9.6
6	Layola Barrionuevo, Oriol	2086	ESP	+57N	+53B	+25N	3.0	3.0	4.0	4.00	2600	+10.2
7	Codina Feixes, Josep	2027	ESP	+33B	+35N	=8B	2.5	4.5	6.5	5.25	2058	+2.6
8	Dea Ruiz, Jofre	1885	ESP	+48N	+30B	=7N	2.5	4.5	6.0	4.75	1993	+13.2
9	Gallego Bergada, AntoniCM	2167	ESP	+59N	+34B	=13N	2.5	4.5	5.5	4.25	2140	-0.4
10	Avila Jimenez, XavierFM	2126	ESP	+58N	+31B	=11N	2.5	4.5	5.5	4.25	2111	+0.2
11	Vinas Racionero, Josep	1959	ESP	+85B	+36N	=10B	2.5	4.5	4.5	3.25	2119	+12.2
12	Toledano Luna, Pedro	2117	ESP	+72N	=18B	+17N	2.5	4.0	5.0	4.00	2044	-3.0
13	Roca Calaf, Jordi	1979	ESP	+60B	+49N	=9B	2.5	4.0	5.0	3.75	2138	+12.2
14	Fernandez Lopez, Mario	1978	ESP	+69N	+40B	−5N	2.0	5.0	6.0	3.00	1979	+1.6
15	Prats Rodriguez, Juan Bosco	1947	ESP	+67N	+41B	−1N	2.0	5.0	6.0	3.00	1962	+2.2
16	Martinez Marcos, Erik	1982	ESP	+86N	+38B	−2N	2.0	5.0	5.0	2.00	2040	+10.0
17	Toribio Ruiz, Ismael	1790	ESP	+82B	+32N	−12B	2.0	4.5	5.0	2.50	1981	+15.2
18	Callau Tellez, Roger	1804	ESP	+94B	=12N	=26B	2.0	4.5	4.5	2.25	1908	+8.2
19	Canales Garcia, Vicenc	1947	ESP	+66B	=26N	=29B	2.0	4.0	5.0	3.00	1895	-3.0
20	Ortiz Lama, Alex	1861	ESP	+75N	−2B	+58N	2.0	4.0	5.0	2.00	1957	+6.6
21	Saldana Portella, Eric	1804	ESP	+74N	−4B	+69N	2.0	4.0	5.0	2.00	1878	+12.0
22	Argerich Farras, Josep	1983	ESP	+70B	+64N	−3B	2.0	4.0	5.0	2.00	2054	+5.2
23	Lluverol Torrents, Salvador	1873	ESP	+65B	−3N	+59B	2.0	4.0	5.0	2.00	1977	+7.2
24	Arranz Penalba, Sergio	1848	ESP	+76N	−5B	+57N	2.0	4.0	5.0	2.00	1911	+5.2
25	Soteras Largo, Angel	1912	ESP	+83B	+62N	−6B	2.0	4.0	4.5	1.50	1835	-2.8
26	Arroyo Andrades, Alberto	1746	ESP	+95N	=19B	=18N	2.0	4.0	4.0	2.00	1876	+6.8
27	Mas Mestres, Jordi	1810	ESP	+91B	−1B	+80N	2.0	4.0	4.0	1.00	1887	+6.0
28	Oropeza Brito, David Arturo	1927	VEN	+101B	+68N	−4N	2.0	4.0	4.0	1.00	1934	+2.0
29	Vilella Bertran, Joan	1927	ESP	+63N	=47B	=19N	2.0	3.5	4.5	2.75	1820	-5.2
30	Piera Fernandez, Alvaro	0	ESP	+71B	−8N	+68B	2.0	3.5	4.5	2.00	1809	0.0
31	Clotet Torrelles, Ramon	1830	ESP	+84B	−10N	+54B	2.0	3.5	4.0	1.50	1906	+6.2
32	Martinez Gutierrez, Bernat	2014	ESP	+99N	−17B	+47N	2.0	3.5	3.5	1.50	1816	-11.8
33	Cort Hidalgo, Jordi	1672	ESP	−7N	+92B	+53N	2.0	3.5	3.5	1.00	1874	+15.2
34	Alegre Bosch, Blai	1854	ESP	+97B	−9N	+52B	2.0	3.5	3.5	1.00	1921	+5.6
35	Dea Amaro, Marius	1798	ESP	+89N	−7B	+67N	2.0	3.5	3.5	1.00	1830	+3.8
36	Marti Palomero, Sergi	1764	ESP	+96N	−11B	+61N	2.0	3.5	3.5	1.00	1720	-1.8
37	Garcia Navarro, Jose Jesus	1930	ESP	+39N	F	+51B	2.0	3.0	3.0	3.00	2473	+7.6
38	Ferran Giralt, Bernat	1780	ESP	+90B	−16N	+70B	2.0	3.0	3.0	1.00	1810	+8.0
39	Tutusaus Carbo, Josep M	1619	ESP	−37B	+87N	+64B	2.0	3.0	3.0	1.00	1968	+26.8
40	Serradell Munoz, Silvia	1753	ESP	+78B	−14N	+86B	2.0	3.0	3.0	1.00	1816	+6.4
41	Llobet Planes, Jordi	1748	ESP	+93B	−15N	+60B	2.0	3.0	3.0	1.00	1800	+5.2
42	Esteve Paez, Sergi	1923	ESP	+73N	+61B	F	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.00	2357	+4.0
43	Roure Sola, Oriol	2011	ESP	F	+66N	+56B	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.00	2482	+10.0
44	Carnicer Rovira, Francesc	1828	ESP	F	+65N	+55B	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.00	2419	+9.6
45	Gonzalez Fernandez, Joan	1804	ESP	−61N	+63B	+85N	2.0	2.0	2.0	1.00	1704	-13.2
46	Rocamora Bages, Albert	1739	ESP	+88B	−77N	+62B	2.0	2.0	2.0	1.00	1129	-5.0
47	Sanchez Fabregat, Marc	1520	ESP	+87B	=29N	−32B	1.5	4.0	4.0	1.00	1885	+23.8
48	Mendez Fernandez, Asensio	1572	ESP	−8B	=71N	+82B	1.5	3.5	4.0	1.00	1691	+8.4
49	Quintana Grife, Noel	1776	ESP	+98B	−13B	=84N	1.5	3.0	3.0	0.25	1558	-11.0
50	Perez-Aranda Piphe, Hiroshi Jose	1778	ESP	−62N	+73B	=83N	1.5	2.0	2.5	1.25	1780	+0.4
51	Sole Jimenez, Joan	1727	ESP	−2N	+75B	−37N	1.0	5.0	6.0	1.00	1740	-2.4
52	Admetlla Delclos, Didac	1695	ESP	−5N	+76B	−34N	1.0	5.0	6.0	1.00	1700	-1.8
53	Munuera Drieguez, Joaquin	1802	ESP	+79B	−6N	−33B	1.0	5.0	6.0	1.00	1617	-14.4
54	Valls Anton, Lluis Felip	1694	ESP	−1N	+74B	−31N	1.0	5.0	6.0	1.00	1684	-3.0
55	Contreras Fernandez, Joan	1675	ESP	−4N	+89B	−44N	1.0	5.0	5.0	0.00	1658	-3.4
56	Trevino Martinez, Cristobal	1727	ESP	−3B	+97N	−43N	1.0	5.0	5.0	0.00	1763	0.0
57	Garcia Seto, Jose Martin	1673	ESP	−6B	+90N	−24B	1.0	5.0	5.0	0.00	1652	-3.4
58	Trinidad Moreno, Victor	1695	ESP	−10B	+79N	−20B	1.0	4.5	5.5	1.00	1683	-3.0
59	Isach Miqueleiz, Ian	1720	ESP	−9B	+91N	−23N	1.0	4.5	4.5	0.00	1708	-6.0
60	Saade Azzi, Salim	1653	ESP	−13N	+95B	−41N	1.0	4.5	4.5	0.00	1064	-20.0
61	Marin Palos, Alex	1482	ESP	+45B	−42N	−36B	1.0	4.0	6.0	2.00	1691	+12.6
62	Ferret Diaz, Adria	0	ESP	+50B	−25B	−46N	1.0	4.0	5.5	1.50	1685	0.0
63	Gil Fernandez, Lluis Antoni	1610	ESP	−29B	−45N	+90B	1.0	4.0	4.0	0.00	1589	-2.8
64	Clotet Ruiz, Josep	1783	ESP	+92N	−22B	−39N	1.0	4.0	4.0	0.00	1549	-17.2
65	Fernandez Pros, Arnau	1563	ESP	−23N	−44B	+89N	1.0	4.0	4.0	0.00	1591	+0.8
66	Marrugat Olivella, Rosa	1635	ESP	−19N	−43B	+94N	1.0	4.0	4.0	0.00	1690	+1.4
67	Torres Palau, Jordi	1643	ESP	−15B	+88N	−35B	1.0	4.0	4.0	0.00	1073	-8.6
68	Lopez Buil, Jesus	1733	ESP	+103N	−28B	−30N	1.0	4.0	4.0	0.00	1127	-5.0
69	Pons Vendrell, Pere	1651	ESP	−14B	+93N	−21B	1.0	4.0	4.0	0.00	1092	-17.2
70	Pinheiro Moraes, Diego	1663	ESP	−22N	+96B	−38N	1.0	4.0	4.0	0.00	1082	-9.4
71	Rosich Guberna, Pascual	1752	ESP	−30N	=48B	=72N	1.0	3.5	4.5	1.25	1624	-6.8
72	Elipe Sanchez, Dario	1676	ESP	−12B	=82N	=71B	1.0	3.5	4.0	0.75	1630	-5.6
73	Segador Sanchez, Didac	1590	ESP	−42B	−50N	+98B	1.0	3.5	3.5	0.00	1051	-7.6
74	Rovirosa Fernandez, Jose Luis	1504	ESP	−21B	−54N	+102B	1.0	3.0	3.0	0.00	1617	+7.6
75	Bernat Mor, Juli	1539	ESP	−20B	−51N	+93B	1.0	3.0	3.0	0.00	994	-7.8
76	Moya Aceituno, Juan Gabriel	1526	ESP	−24B	−52N	+88B	1.0	3.0	3.0	0.00	972	-8.2
77	Borrellas Comellas, Josep	1929	ESP	F	+46B	F	1.0	2.0	2.0	2.00	2539	+5.0
78	Ojeda Manzanares, Gabriel	0	ESP	−40N	F	+91B	1.0	2.0	2.0	0.00	1629	0.0
79	Matas Ibanez, Josep	1470	ESP	−53N	−58B	+100N	1.0	2.0	2.0	0.00	1580	+7.4
80	Fernandez Davi, Jordi	1660	ESP	F	+98N	−27B	1.0	2.0	2.0	0.00	1010	-12.0
81	Termens Motyl, Jan	1543	ESP	F	F	+92N	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.00	2219	+13.2
82	Urzica, Albert-Florin	1437	ROU	−17N	=72B	−48N	0.5	3.5	4.5	0.50	1406	-5.2
83	Sepulveda Corchero, Victor	1583	ESP	−25N	F	=50B	0.5	3.5	3.5	0.75	1652	+4.8
84	Lopez Canfranc, Santos	1522	ESP	−31N	F	=49B	0.5	3.5	3.5	0.75	1610	+6.8
85	Borras Suriol, Jordi	1647	ESP	−11N	F	−45B	0.0	4.5	4.5	0.00	1082	-17.2
86	Gomes Gimenez, Lucas	1655	ESP	−16B	F	−40N	0.0	4.0	5.0	0.00	1067	-20.0
87	Figueroba Amaro, Angel	1817	ESP	−47N	−39B	F	0.0	3.5	3.5	0.00	769	-32.2
88	FIDE 553005805	0	—	−46N	−67B	−76N	0.0	3.0	4.0	0.00	836	0.0
89	Sarda Roig, Carme	1446	ESP	−35B	−55N	−65B	0.0	3.0	4.0	0.00	879	-13.2
90	Mestre Romeu, Gerard	1409	ESP	−38N	−57B	−63N	0.0	3.0	4.0	0.00	888	-10.4
91	Martinez Segura, Salvador	1507	ESP	−27N	−59B	−78N	0.0	3.0	4.0	0.00	966	-7.4
92	Serradell Villa, Andrea	1419	ESP	−64B	−33N	−81B	0.0	3.0	4.0	0.00	866	-24.8
93	Termens Arbos, Joan	0	ESP	−41N	−69B	−75N	0.0	3.0	4.0	0.00	847	0.0
94	Arjona Sanchez, Juan	1486	ESP	−18N	F	−66B	0.0	3.0	3.0	0.00	921	-8.6
95	FIDE 535052970	0	—	−26B	−60N	F	0.0	3.0	3.0	0.00	900	0.0
96	FIDE 553066812	0	—	−36B	−70N	F	0.0	3.0	3.0	0.00	914	0.0
97	Sanza Porcar, Ramon	1528	ESP	−34N	−56B	F	0.0	3.0	3.0	0.00	991	-14.8
98	Gomes, Yohan	0	ESP	−49N	−80B	−73N	0.0	2.5	3.5	0.00	875	0.0
99	Valles Soler, Jaume	1669	ESP	−32B	F	F	0.0	2.0	2.0	0.00	1214	-2.2
100	Delfino, Giulio	1619	ESP	F	F	−79B	0.0	2.0	2.0	0.00	669	-28.0
101	Gonzalez Robaina, Juan Carlos	1594	ESP	−28N	F	F	0.0	2.0	2.0	0.00	1127	-2.4
102	Cusco Valls, Oriol	1726	ESP	F	F	−74N	0.0	1.5	1.5	0.00	704	-31.2
103	FIDE 94707863	0	—	−68B	F	F	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.00	931	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Tutusaus Carbo, Josep MESP
+26.8
2.0 pts · #32
2Sanchez Fabregat, MarcESP
+23.8
1.5 pts · #41
3Marin Ripoll, MartiESP
+20.0
3.0 pts · #5

Top rating losers

1Figueroba Amaro, AngelESP
-32.2
0.0 pts · #90
2Cusco Valls, OriolESP
-31.2
0.0 pts · #93
3Delfino, GiulioESP
-28.0
0.0 pts · #83

Biggest upsets

R1+322 Elo gap
Marin Palos, Alex1482 beat Gonzalez Fernandez, Joan1804
R1+297 Elo gap
Sanchez Fabregat, Marc1520 beat Figueroba Amaro, Angel1817
R2+224 Elo gap
Toribio Ruiz, Ismael1790 beat Martinez Gutierrez, Bernat2014