XVII Obert de Primavera La Lira 2026 Rondas 3
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62 players participated in this 3-round tournament, held on 30 Apr 2026 in Barcelona, Spain. 2 titled players from 3 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2085, and top seed was Xavier Povill Claros (🇪🇸 ESP, FM, 2253).
Cesar Varela Cuadrado (🇪🇸 ESP, 1819) won with 1.0/3, ahead of Ferran Garcia Garrido (1.0) and Jordi De La Plaza Gras (1.0).
The biggest upset came in round 3: Pedro Escribano Rodriguez (1885) beat Javier Garcia Gil (2128), a +243-point gap.
Location
🇪🇸Barcelona, Spain
Dates
30 Apr 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 3 rounds
Titled players · 2
FM×2
Federations · 3 represented
🇪🇸Spain×60
🇮🇹Italy×1
🇨🇱Chile×1
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 3 roundsTight race until R3; 22 players tied at 1.0/3, decided on Buchholz.
Co-leaders
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70
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R3 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER
22 players finish on 1.0/3. Varela Cuadrado takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (0.0).
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Varela Cuadrado, Cesar | 1819 | ESP | F | F | +46B | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2494 | +6.6 |
| 2 | Garcia Garrido, Ferran | 1779 | ESP | F | F | +43N | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2699 | +13.2 |
| 3 | De La Plaza Gras, Jordi | 2037 | ESP | F | F | +56B | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2569 | +3.4 |
| 4 | Parayre Soguero, Jordi | 1882 | ESP | F | F | +50B | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2514 | +5.6 |
| 5 | Barrado Jimenez, Elias | 1800 | ESP | F | F | +58N | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2412 | +5.2 |
| 6 | Febrero Perez, Lluis | 1515 | ESP | F | F | +57N | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2469 | +14.2 |
| 7 | Capellades Subirana, MarcFM | 2234 | ESP | F | F | +47N | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2786 | +3.8 |
| 8 | Batista Perez, Carlos | 1890 | ESP | F | F | +45B | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2550 | +6.2 |
| 9 | Fernandez Aguilar, Francisco | 2120 | ESP | F | F | +41B | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2686 | +4.2 |
| 10 | Vazquez Sanchez, Juan Antonio | 1683 | ESP | F | F | +42B | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2353 | +6.4 |
| 11 | Morales Montalban, Miguel | 1914 | ESP | F | F | +59N | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2592 | +6.6 |
| 12 | Hurtado Insa, Vicente | 1624 | ESP | F | F | +60B | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2235 | +5.0 |
| 13 | Marin Pena, Faustino | 1751 | ESP | F | F | +44N | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2415 | +6.4 |
| 14 | Martinez Hernandez, Emili | 1694 | ESP | F | F | +48B | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2626 | +13.6 |
| 15 | De Graaf Sousa, Pau | 1687 | ESP | F | F | +54N | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2522 | +11.0 |
| 16 | Vallbona Domingo, Joan | 1939 | ESP | F | F | +53B | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2589 | +6.0 |
| 17 | Valbuena Castro, Gregorio | 1654 | ESP | F | F | +51N | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2322 | +6.4 |
| 18 | Escribano Rodriguez, Pedro | 1885 | ESP | F | F | +55B | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2928 | +16.0 |
| 19 | Valladares Cobo, Juan | 1547 | ESP | F | F | +40B | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2459 | +13.0 |
| 20 | Garcia i Riera, Josep | 1892 | ESP | F | F | +52B | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2394 | +3.0 |
| 21 | Ritter Aguilar, Jordi | 1830 | ESP | F | F | +39N | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2492 | +6.2 |
| 22 | Massanet Miret, Pere | 1730 | ESP | F | F | +49N | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2355 | +5.4 |
| 23 | Balague Orduna, Enric | 1943 | ESP | F | F | =38N | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 2163 | +5.6 |
| 24 | Tortosa Moros, Joan | 1711 | ESP | F | F | =32B | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 1666 | -1.2 |
| 25 | Suarez Garcia, Mario | 1675 | ESP | F | F | =35B | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 1817 | +3.8 |
| 26 | Lahoz Bonaventura, Jordi | 1666 | ESP | F | F | =29N | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 1815 | +4.0 |
| 27 | Clanchet Olle, Josep | 1786 | ESP | F | F | =28B | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 1883 | +2.6 |
| 28 | Ciria Sanchez, Julio Antonio | 1883 | ESP | F | F | =27N | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 1786 | -2.6 |
| 29 | Gomez Zepeda, Jesus Daniel | 1815 | ESP | F | F | =26B | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 1666 | -4.0 |
| 30 | Povill Claros, XavierFM | 2253 | ESP | F | F | =37B | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 1997 | -6.2 |
| 31 | Delgado Prada, Yeray | 1987 | ESP | F | F | =33N | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 1890 | -2.6 |
| 32 | Romero Funieles, Rafael | 1666 | ESP | F | F | =24N | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 1710 | +1.2 |
| 33 | Delgado Prada, Benjamin | 1890 | ESP | F | F | =31B | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 1987 | +2.6 |
| 34 | Ledezma Toro, Jorge | 1829 | CHI | F | F | =36B | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 1710 | -3.2 |
| 35 | Martin-Caro Molon, Julian | 1817 | ESP | F | F | =25N | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 1675 | -3.8 |
| 36 | Moya Escalona, Guillem | 1711 | ESP | F | F | =34N | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 1829 | +3.2 |
| 37 | Alonso Gonzalez, Carlos | 1997 | ESP | F | F | =30N | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 2253 | +6.2 |
| 38 | Serrahima Susany, Ramon | 2163 | ESP | F | F | =23B | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 1943 | -5.6 |
| 39 | Martin Arranz, Lluis | 1692 | ESP | F | F | −21B | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1031 | -6.2 |
| 40 | Porta Chicote, David | 1659 | ESP | F | F | −19N | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 751 | -13.0 |
| 41 | Ramos Alvarez, Maximo | 1886 | ESP | F | F | −9N | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1321 | -4.2 |
| 42 | Navarro I Rico, Sergi | 1556 | ESP | F | F | −10N | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 883 | -12.8 |
| 43 | Ji, Pablo | 1899 | ESP | F | F | −2B | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 978 | -13.2 |
| 44 | Giralt Garcia, Joaquin | 1615 | ESP | F | F | −13B | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 952 | -6.4 |
| 45 | Severri Arrese, Carlos | 1750 | ESP | F | F | −8N | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1090 | -6.2 |
| 46 | Cervera Lopez, Miguel | 1694 | ESP | F | F | −1N | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1019 | -6.6 |
| 47 | Bezzi, Alessio | 1986 | ITA | F | F | −7B | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1434 | -3.8 |
| 48 | Penas Hernandez, Yolanda | 1825 | ESP | F | F | −14N | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 894 | -13.6 |
| 49 | Ourille Suarez, Santos | 1574 | ESP | F | F | −22B | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 930 | -10.8 |
| 50 | Llopis Jordan, Lluis | 1713 | ESP | F | F | −4N | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1082 | -5.6 |
| 51 | Valverde Baras, Estanislao | 1522 | ESP | F | F | −17B | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 855 | -12.8 |
| 52 | Kawamura Ruiz, Lourdes | 1593 | ESP | F | F | −20N | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1092 | -6.0 |
| 53 | Bona Martinez, Daniel | 1789 | ESP | F | F | −16N | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1139 | -6.0 |
| 54 | Mestieri Farre, Gabriel | 1722 | ESP | F | F | −15B | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 886 | -11.0 |
| 55 | Garcia Gil, Javier | 2128 | ESP | F | F | −18N | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1086 | -16.0 |
| 56 | Gonzalez Pauner, Alfons | 1769 | ESP | F | F | −3N | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1237 | -3.4 |
| 57 | Villa Cardenas, Jorge | 1669 | ESP | F | F | −6B | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 713 | -14.2 |
| 58 | Lorda Cervera, Elies | 1612 | ESP | F | F | −5B | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 999 | -5.2 |
| 59 | Gonzalez Bolado, Laro | 1792 | ESP | F | F | −11B | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1114 | -6.6 |
| 60 | Popovic, Milena | 1435 | ESP | F | F | −12N | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 824 | -5.0 |
| 61 | Roca Ruiz, Victor | 0 | ESP | F | F | −?B | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 821 | 0.0 |
| 62 | Roura Martin, Ana Maria | 0 | ESP | F | F | −?N | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 1012 | -5.6 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Escribano Rodriguez, PedroESP+16.01.0 pts · #18
- 2Febrero Perez, LluisESP+14.21.0 pts · #6
- 3Martinez Hernandez, EmiliESP+13.61.0 pts · #14
Top rating losers
- 1Garcia Gil, JavierESP-16.00.0 pts · #57
- 2Villa Cardenas, JorgeESP-14.20.0 pts · #59
- 3Penas Hernandez, YolandaESP-13.60.0 pts · #48
Biggest upsets
- R3+243 Elo gap
- R3+154 Elo gap
- R3+131 Elo gap