XIII IRT SUB-1800 LES COVES DE PATERNA

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69 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 23 May 2026 to 24 May 2026 in Paterna (Valencia), Spain. 3 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1757, and top seed was Josep Fernandez Perez (🇪🇸 ESP, 1795).

Victor Galan Gil (🇪🇸 ESP, 1682) won with 5.0/6, ahead of Josep Fernandez Perez (5.0) and Arnau Salvador Tejedor (4.5). Galan Gil shared the lead from round 5, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Daniel Ortells Utrillas (1428) beat Sebastian Perez Tomas (1710), a +282-point gap.

Location

🇪🇸Paterna (Valencia), Spain

Dates

23 May 2026 → 24 May 2026

Time control

Standard: 30 minutes for game with 30 seconds increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 6 rounds

Top seed

🇪🇸Josep Fernandez Perez1795

Avg top 10

1,757

Participants

Federations · 3 represented

🇪🇸Spain×58

🇮🇹Italy×1

🇦🇷Argentina×1

Top 3

🥇
Victor Galan Gil
🇪🇸ESP·1682
5.0pts·1967perf+59.6
🥈
Josep Fernandez Perez
🇪🇸ESP·1795
5.0pts·1915perf+16.4
🥉
Arnau Salvador Tejedor
🇪🇸ESP·1729
4.5pts·1817perf+28.4

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 6 rounds

Tight race until R6; 2 players tied at 5.0/6, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 4 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.

Co-leaders

Fernandez Perez5Galan Gil5Carrera Hernandez4.5Tortosa Gomez4.5Salvador Tejedor4.5Navarro Hernandez4

R6 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 5.0/6. Galan Gil takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (19.5).

R1–R6 · UNBEATEN

Josep Fernandez Perez went unbeaten across 6 games (R1–R6).

R4 · LATE SURGE

Yudel Carrera Hernandez was #13 at R4, climbed to #3 over the final stretch.

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Galan Gil, Victor	1682	ESP	+22N	=10B	+20N	=9B	+7N	+8B	5.0	19.5	22.5	18.50	1967	+59.6
2	Fernandez Perez, Josep	1795	ESP	+36N	+11B	=21N	+7B	=8N	+12B	5.0	19.0	22.0	18.50	1915	+16.4
3	Salvador Tejedor, Arnau	1729	ESP	+38B	+39N	+6B	=4B	−19N	+20B	4.5	19.0	22.0	15.75	1817	+28.4
4	Tortosa Gomez, Alberto J	1788	ESP	+16B	+18N	+44B	=3N	F	+9B	4.5	19.0	19.0	16.75	2001	+20.2
5	Carrera Hernandez, Yudel	1750	ESP	+30B	−6N	+24B	=15N	+45B	+26N	4.5	17.0	19.0	13.00	1745	-0.2
6	Coca Mejia, Izan Deivy	1606	ESP	+32N	+5B	−3N	+14B	−9N	+25B	4.0	20.0	23.0	14.50	1695	+19.6
7	Solaz Belloc, Daniel Miguel	1595	ESP	+65B	+17N	+31B	−2N	−1B	+29N	4.0	20.0	20.5	10.50	1742	+31.6
8	Klitochenko, Luka	1766	ESP	+24B	=26N	+28B	+23N	=2B	−1N	4.0	19.0	22.0	13.00	1744	-5.2
9	Lavin Dreher, Esteban	1642	ESP	+42B	+57N	=33B	=1N	+6B	−4N	4.0	19.0	20.0	11.50	1721	+23.2
10	Catapano, Tiziano	0	ITA	+?B	=1N	+17B	=33N	+21B	−13N	4.0	19.0	19.0	11.00	1751	0.0
11	Xu, Javier	1616	ESP	+40B	−2N	+29B	−13N	+62B	+30N	4.0	17.5	18.5	9.50	1556	-10.0
12	Garcia Arriola, Agustin	1679	ESP	+46B	=23N	+53B	=21N	+18B	−2N	4.0	17.0	18.5	10.50	1723	+15.2
13	Mendoza Alcala, Juan Jose	1766	ESP	+37N	=41B	F	+11B	=26N	+10B	4.0	16.5	16.5	13.75	1771	+0.6
14	Arakelyan Simonyan, Levon	1660	ESP	+29B	−28N	+38B	−6N	+46B	+23N	4.0	16.0	18.0	11.00	1586	-18.0
15	Torrelles Perez, Josep	1563	ESP	+25N	−21B	+64N	=5B	=47N	+27B	4.0	15.5	16.0	9.75	1674	+23.6
16	Lavin Dreher, Anais	1510	ESP	−4N	+50B	=25N	+54B	=31N	+47B	4.0	14.5	16.0	8.50	1744	+47.2
17	Acosta Gonzalez, Arnaldo Gregorio	1766	ESP	+60N	−7B	−10N	+42B	+61N	+41B	4.0	14.0	15.0	7.00	1715	-4.0
18	Albert Orti, Carles	1641	ESP	+59N	−4B	+61N	+57B	−12N	+22B	4.0	13.5	14.5	6.00	1621	-2.8
19	Navarro Hernandez, Enrique	1741	ESP	F	F	+30B	+28N	+3B	+48N	4.0	12.5	12.5	12.50	2387	+24.2
20	Ramos Peinado, Enrique	1584	ESP	=43B	+52N	−1B	+35N	+36B	−3N	3.5	18.0	19.5	8.75	1520	-5.2
21	Gevorgyan, Saten	1674	ESP	F	+15N	=2B	=12B	−10N	+34B	3.0	20.0	20.0	11.50	1842	+34.4
22	Dykes, Jason	1420	ESP	−1B	+58N	+39B	−27N	+28B	−18N	3.0	18.0	19.0	7.00	1544	+30.0
23	Esteban Escriva, Nil	1571	ESP	+67N	=12B	+27N	−8B	=25N	−14B	3.0	18.0	18.0	6.50	1599	+4.4
24	Garcia Mata, Joaquin Angel	1495	ESP	−8N	+32B	−5N	=40B	+52B	=35N	3.0	17.0	18.5	7.25	958	-7.2
25	Rodriguez Moreno, Marc	0	ESP	−15B	+46N	=16B	+52N	=23B	−6N	3.0	17.0	18.5	7.00	1462	0.0
26	Valero Gil, Alvaro	1636	ESP	+50N	=8B	+41N	F	=13B	−5B	3.0	17.0	17.0	8.50	1712	+16.8
27	Gadea Ruiz, Carlos	1638	ESP	=35B	+56N	−23B	+22B	=34N	−15N	3.0	16.0	17.5	7.50	1519	-15.8
28	Bernardo Arastey, Izan	1532	ESP	+68N	+14B	−8N	−19B	−22N	+58B	3.0	16.0	16.0	5.00	1454	-16.8
29	Albert Molins, Manuel	0	ESP	−14N	+68B	−11N	+64B	+39N	−7B	3.0	15.5	15.5	3.50	1421	0.0
30	Laursen Baydzhanova, Victoria	1481	ESP	−5N	+66B	−19N	+49B	+58N	−11B	3.0	15.5	15.5	3.00	902	-26.8
31	Barrantes Dusserre, Mateo	1725	ESP	+55N	+45B	−7N	−48B	=16B	=32N	3.0	15.0	16.5	7.00	1533	-48.4
32	Gimeno Asensi, Aitor	0	ESP	−6B	−24N	+55N	+37B	=53N	=31B	3.0	14.5	16.0	6.75	1539	0.0
33	Perez Fernandez, Arys	1743	ESP	+54N	+34B	=9N	=10B	F	F	3.0	14.5	14.5	8.50	1821	+10.8
34	Nardi, Hector	1557	ARG	+58B	−33N	+40B	=44N	=27B	−21N	3.0	14.0	15.0	6.25	1484	-7.2
35	Cabrejas Marco, Eric	0	ESP	=27N	−47B	+65N	−20B	+40N	=24B	3.0	14.0	14.5	6.00	1395	0.0
36	Torres Albert, Victor	1523	ESP	−2B	+43N	+63B	F	−20N	+53B	3.0	13.5	13.5	5.00	1497	-5.6
37	Cortes Mas, Alejandro	1492	ESP	−13B	−40N	+50B	−32N	+59B	+62N	3.0	12.5	13.5	4.00	966	-3.4
38	Ferrer Ganatovska, Milena	1441	ESP	−3N	+67B	−14N	−58B	+49N	+57B	3.0	12.5	12.5	3.00	1481	+4.0
39	Gil Sempere, David	1585	ESP	+66N	−3B	−22N	+59N	−29B	+61B	3.0	12.5	12.5	2.00	1401	-14.8
40	Ferrer Ganatovska, Jorge	0	ESP	−11N	+37B	−34N	=24N	−35B	+59N	2.5	16.0	17.0	5.50	1453	0.0
41	Ferrandis Rudilla, Pablo	1566	ESP	+49B	=13N	−26B	F	+57N	−17N	2.5	14.0	14.0	5.00	1562	-2.8
42	Alonso Leon, Jose	0	ESP	−9N	+60B	−48N	−17N	+63B	=56B	2.5	12.5	13.5	2.75	1449	0.0
43	Lund, Phillip John	0	ESP	=20N	−36B	−54N	+65B	F	+45N	2.5	11.0	11.5	4.25	1433	0.0
44	Flores Castillo, Cristofer	1653	ESP	+69N	+64B	−4N	=34B	F	F	2.5	8.0	8.0	2.00	1480	-18.0
45	Ferrer Ganatovska, Alicia	1528	ESP	+63B	−31N	+49B	F	−5N	−43B	2.0	13.0	13.0	3.00	938	-18.8
46	Valenzuela Gimeno, Araceli	1420	ESP	−12N	−25B	+66N	+68B	−14N	−51B	2.0	13.0	13.0	0.00	883	-10.8
47	Fernandez Calabuig, Manuel Antonio	1635	ESP	=52B	+35N	F	F	=15B	−16N	2.0	12.5	12.5	5.75	1344	-15.4
48	Yi, Yusi	1604	ESP	F	F	+42B	+31N	F	−19B	2.0	12.5	12.5	5.50	1733	+13.6
49	Michalczik Gonzalez, Helena	0	ESP	−41N	+55B	−45N	−30N	−38B	+66B	2.0	12.0	12.0	1.50	1249	0.0
50	Candel Ribarrocha, Rafael	0	ESP	−26B	−16N	−37N	−60B	+69N	+67B	2.0	11.0	11.0	0.00	734	0.0
51	Perez Tomas, Sebastian	1710	ESP	−57B	F	F	F	+67N	+46N	2.0	4.5	4.5	2.00	1424	-13.6
52	FIDE 553058089	0	—	=47N	−20B	F	−25B	−24N	+64B	1.5	13.5	14.0	1.50	1298	0.0
53	Yi, Rentao	1486	ESP	F	+62B	−12N	F	=32B	−36N	1.5	11.0	11.0	2.50	801	-28.0
54	Rodriguez Fernandez, Manuel	1446	ESP	−33B	=65N	+43B	−16N	F	F	1.5	10.0	10.0	2.75	827	-22.4
55	Duna, Luca Stefan	1429	ESP	−31B	−49N	−32B	F	=64N	+63N	1.5	9.5	9.5	1.25	925	-6.0
56	Diaz Maiquez, Jordi	1482	ESP	F	−27B	−62N	F	+66B	=42N	1.5	6.5	6.5	1.25	838	-5.8
57	Ortells Utrillas, Daniel	1428	ESP	+51N	−9B	F	−18N	−41B	−38N	1.0	15.5	15.5	2.00	1360	-16.4
58	Ruiz Viegas, Aaron	0	ESP	−34N	−22B	F	+38N	−30B	−28N	1.0	15.0	15.0	3.00	1246	0.0
59	Arakelyan Simonyan, Gevorg	0	ESP	−18B	−?N	+60N	−39B	−37N	−40B	1.0	13.5	13.5	1.00	1330	0.0
60	Rodriguez Cobos, Manuel	1498	ESP	−17B	−42N	−59B	+50N	F	F	1.0	12.0	12.0	2.00	966	-3.4
61	Diaz Caceres, Jordi	1429	ESP	F	F	−18B	+63N	−17B	−39N	1.0	12.0	12.0	1.00	864	-25.6
62	FIDE 553017161	0	—	F	−53N	+56B	F	−11N	−37B	1.0	10.0	10.0	1.50	1326	0.0
63	FIDE 535042869	0	—	−45N	+69B	−36N	−61B	−42N	−55B	1.0	10.0	10.0	0.00	677	0.0
64	FIDE 553062973	0	—	F	−44N	−15B	−29N	=55B	−52N	0.5	12.5	12.5	0.75	1275	0.0
65	FIDE 535087986	0	—	−7N	=54B	−35B	−43N	F	F	0.5	11.0	11.0	0.75	1328	0.0
66	FIDE 535043415	0	—	−39B	−30N	−46B	F	−56N	−49N	0.0	11.5	11.5	0.00	692	0.0
67	FIDE 553025180	0	—	−23B	−38N	F	F	−51B	−50N	0.0	10.0	10.0	0.00	774	0.0
68	FIDE 535059680	0	—	−28B	−29N	F	−46N	F	F	0.0	8.0	8.0	0.00	676	0.0
69	FIDE 553025172	0	—	−44B	−63N	F	F	−50B	F	0.0	6.5	6.5	0.00	853	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Galan Gil, VictorESP
+59.6
5.0 pts · #2
2Lavin Dreher, AnaisESP
+47.2
4.0 pts · #19
3Gevorgyan, SatenESP
+34.4
3.0 pts · #13

Top rating losers

1Barrantes Dusserre, MateoESP
-48.4
3.0 pts · #20
2Yi, RentaoESP
-28.0
1.5 pts · #62
3Laursen Baydzhanova, VictoriaESP
-26.8
3.0 pts · #68

Biggest upsets

R1+282 Elo gap
Ortells Utrillas, Daniel1428 beat Perez Tomas, Sebastian1710
R2+171 Elo gap
Solaz Belloc, Daniel Miguel1595 beat Acosta Gonzalez, Arnaldo Gregorio1766
R3+165 Elo gap
Dykes, Jason1420 beat Gil Sempere, David1585