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Campeonato De Euskadi Absoluto 2026

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20 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 08 Apr 2026 to 12 Apr 2026 in Legazpia (Gipuzkoa), Spain. 8 titled players from 2 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2334, and top seed was Carlos 1996 Suarez Garcia (🇪🇸 ESP, IM, 2465).

Carlos 1996 Suarez Garcia (🇪🇸 ESP, IM, 2465) won with 5.0/7, ahead of Asier Lakuntza Plazaola (5.0) and Unai Garbisu de Goni (4.5). Suarez Garcia took the lead from round 6, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 6: Zuhaitz Gimenez Lopez (2111) beat Unai Garbisu de Goni (IM, 2432), a +321-point gap.

Location
🇪🇸Legazpia (Gipuzkoa), Spain
Dates
08 Apr 2026 → 12 Apr 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 7 rounds
Top seed
🇪🇸IMCarlos 1996 Suarez Garcia2465
Avg top 10
2,334
Participants
20
Titled players · 8
GM×1
IM×4
FM×1
CM×1
WFM×1
Federations · 2 represented
🇪🇸Spain×19
🇲🇽Mexico×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

Tight race until R3; 2 players tied at 5.0/7, decided on Buchholz.

Co-leaders
8
3
1
1
1
1
2
23.55.57R1R2R3R4R5R6R7Suarez Garcia takes lead
Lakuntza Plazaola5Suarez Garcia5Garbisu de Goni4.5Argandona Riveiro4.5Larranaga Juaristi4.5Moreno Estebanez4
R6 · LEADER CHANGE11 Apr

IM Carlos 1996 Suarez Garcia takes the sole lead (4.5/6).

R7 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 5.0/7. Suarez Garcia takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (26.0).

R6 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Asier Lakuntza Plazaola lost to IM Carlos 1996 Suarez Garcia (Black).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Asier Lakuntza Plazaola*
0
½
—
2IMCarlos 1996 Suarez Garcia
1
*
½
½
3IMUnai Garbisu de Goni
½
½
*
½
4IMInigo Argandona Riveiro—
½
½
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Suarez Garcia, Carlos 1996IM2465ESP+14N=6B+9B=3N=7B+2B=4N5.026.029.521.002477+1.7
2Lakuntza Plazaola, Asier2242ESP+20N+13B+7B=6N=3B−1N+8B5.025.026.016.752433+37.0
3Garbisu de Goni, UnaiIM2432ESP+12B=4N+15B=1B=2N−8N+7B4.526.029.017.752355-4.6
4Argandona Riveiro, InigoIM2330ESP+8N=3B−6N=10B+16N+9B=1B4.525.028.017.502352+3.3
5Larranaga Juaristi, Alexander2150ESP−7B+19N=10B=15N+11N=12B+6N4.521.522.513.502312+30.2
6Vesga Izeta, MarkelFM2302ESP+19B=1N+4B=2B=9N=7N−5B4.027.028.014.502330+6.4
7Del Rio De Angelis, Salvador GabrielGM2422ESP+5N+18B−2N+12B=1N=6B−3N4.026.528.014.002305-8.9
8Gimenez Lopez, Zuhaitz2111ESP−4B+17N+11N=9B=13N+3B−2N4.025.027.514.252321+37.8
9Moreno Estebanez, Patxi2278ESP+16N+11B−1N=8N=6B−4N+10B4.024.527.514.002298+4.8
10Oroz Carrasco, Adrian2133ESP−11N+20B=5N=4N=14B+13B−9N3.523.524.510.752220+15.6
11Gonzalez De La Torre, SantiagoIM2367ESP+10B−9N−8B+14N−5B+15N=12N3.523.026.011.752153-18.5
12Garigorta Martinez, Ibai2169ESP−3N+16B+18N−7N=15B=5N=11B3.522.524.010.002185+4.4
13Ruiz Abad, Juan Manuel2277ESP=15B−2N=19B+18N=8B−10N+17B3.519.520.58.002060-36.4
14Odriozola Coscolin, Alex2224ESP−1B−15N+17B−11B=10N+19N+20B3.518.519.56.252132-15.6
15Parkhurst Casas, MiriamWFM2004MEX=13N+14B−3N=5B=12N−11B=16N3.023.026.010.752182+27.8
16Leranoz Zabalza, Adrian2031ESP−9B−12N+20B+19N−4B=17N=15B3.018.519.54.752055+2.4
17Bacigalupe Dehesa, Peio1969ESPF−8B−14N+20N+18B=16B−13N2.516.516.54.002017+5.2
18Elias Torres, Unai1889ESPF−7N−12B−13B−17N=20B+19N1.515.515.51.501922+1.0
19Martin Echeandia, IbonCM2074ESP−6N−5B=13N−16B=20N−14B−18B1.020.021.02.251803-43.0
20Alvarez De Arcaya Esquide, Javier1915ESP−2B−10N−16N−17B=19B=18N−14N1.019.020.01.251771-21.4

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets