IV IRT Sub-1800 Ciudad de Mutxamel 2026

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71 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 07 Apr 2026 to 09 Apr 2026 in Mutxamel (Alicante), Spain. 8 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1743, and top seed was Arseniy Khomenko ( FID, 1790).

Niclas Kohl (🇩🇪 GER, 1782) won with 6.0/6, ahead of Salvador Bleda Munoz (5.0) and Javier Morell Ibarra (4.5). Kohl won solo starting round 5.

The biggest upset came in round 4: Oliver Hurtado Valero (1437) beat Mateo Almonte Paz (1620), a +183-point gap.

Location

🇪🇸Mutxamel (Alicante), Spain

Dates

07 Apr 2026 → 09 Apr 2026

Time control

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

System

Swiss · 6 rounds

Top seed

Arseniy Khomenko1790

Avg top 10

1,743

Participants

Federations · 8 represented

🇪🇸Spain×60

🇺🇦Ukraine×2

FIDE (no federation)×1

🇫🇷France×1

🇩🇿Algeria×1

🇺🇾Uruguay×1

🇸🇮Slovenia×1

🇩🇪Germany×1

Top 3

🥇
Niclas Kohl
🇩🇪GER·1782
6.0pts·2472perf+42.8
🥈
Salvador Bleda Munoz
🇪🇸ESP·1743
5.0pts·1908perf+46.0
🥉
Javier Morell Ibarra
🇪🇸ESP·1774
4.5pts·1859perf+13.2

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 6 rounds

Niclas Kohl led from R5; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.

Co-leaders

Kohl6Bleda Munoz5Parypa4.5Turkin4.5Morell Ibarra4.5Borges Morales4.5

R5–R6 · LEAD HELD

Niclas Kohl never relinquished the lead after R5; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

Niclas Kohl 6 wins (R1–R6)Salvador Bleda Munoz 3 wins (R4–R6)

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Kohl, Niclas	1782	GER	+29N	+18B	+17N	+24B	+3N	+4B	6.0	19.0	22.0	22.00	2472	+42.8
2	Bleda Munoz, Salvador	1743	ESP	+40N	+28B	−33N	+18B	+34N	+24B	5.0	14.5	16.5	14.00	1908	+46.0
3	Morell Ibarra, Javier	1774	ESP	+43B	+14N	+19B	+33N	−1B	=5N	4.5	20.5	22.5	14.25	1859	+13.2
4	Penalva Cuerva, Fran	1694	ESP	=39B	+62N	+27B	+6N	+12B	−1N	4.5	19.5	20.5	13.50	1691	-0.2
5	Armendia Alcazar, Ignacio	1706	ESP	=16N	+63B	+21N	=15B	+23N	=3B	4.5	18.5	19.5	13.75	1776	+22.0
6	Turkin, Illia	1723	UKR	+51N	+30B	=15N	−4B	+16N	+33B	4.5	17.0	19.0	12.75	1777	+16.8
7	Borges Morales, Jose Felix	1704	ESP	+47N	+26B	=25N	+16B	−24N	+15B	4.5	16.0	18.0	13.50	1788	+26.8
8	Parypa, Vsevolod	1697	UKR	+42N	−15B	+54N	+28B	=13N	+20B	4.5	16.0	18.0	12.50	1758	+9.2
9	Gonzalez Caceres, Lauren	1621	ESP	+64N	=11B	−16N	+36B	+35N	+19N	4.5	16.0	17.0	11.50	1644	+1.8
10	Montaner Torrente, Jaime	1665	ESP	+46N	+31B	−24N	+41B	+17N	=25B	4.5	14.5	16.5	12.00	1770	+15.0
11	Gomez Lopez, Pedro	1734	ESP	+41B	=9N	=12B	+14N	=33B	=13N	4.0	19.0	21.0	13.50	1758	+3.6
12	Berrios Castello, Francesc	0	ESP	+20N	+34B	=11N	+25B	−4N	=17B	4.0	18.5	21.0	12.75	1741	0.0
13	Gomez Lopez, Jorge 2014	1627	ESP	+22N	−25B	+45N	+50N	=8B	=11B	4.0	17.0	19.0	11.75	1759	+36.0
14	Gomis Perez, Francisco	1624	ESP	+57N	−3B	+52N	−11B	+42N	+26B	4.0	15.5	17.5	9.00	1655	+4.8
15	Tajada Levochkina, Zoia	1547	ESP	+65B	+8N	=6B	=5N	=19B	−7N	3.5	21.5	22.5	11.75	1705	+42.0
16	Hurtado Pages, Manuel	1473	ESP	=5B	+59N	+9B	−7N	−6B	+56N	3.5	20.0	22.0	10.75	1634	+33.6
17	Carrasco Gomez, Alfonso Jose	1697	ESP	+70B	+37N	−1B	+30N	−10B	=12N	3.5	20.0	20.0	7.50	1682	-1.0
18	Altes Macia, Jesus	1624	ESP	+55B	−1N	+22B	−2N	=41N	+52B	3.5	18.5	20.5	8.50	1520	-11.6
19	De Pian, Umberto	1693	ESP	+71N	+45B	−3N	+26B	=15N	−9B	3.5	17.5	17.5	6.75	1622	-20.0
20	Vazquez Gomez, Laura	1633	ESP	−12B	=44N	+39B	+56N	+27B	−8N	3.5	15.5	17.5	8.00	1633	0.0
21	Ferrando Crespo, Jorge	1595	ESP	=44B	+39N	−5B	=37N	+46B	=34N	3.5	13.5	15.5	7.50	1651	+16.0
22	Frances Gil, Hector	0	ESP	−13B	+?B	−18N	+45N	=48B	+40N	3.5	13.5	13.5	5.00	1573	0.0
23	Garcia Lopez, Alex	1652	ESP	+67B	=27N	F	+58N	−5B	+32N	3.5	13.0	13.0	7.00	1684	+6.0
24	Tena Escolano, Carlos	1721	ESP	F	+32N	+10B	−1N	+7B	−2N	3.0	23.0	23.0	12.00	1764	+5.8
25	Khomenko, Arseniy	1790	FID	F	+13N	=7B	−12N	+40B	=10N	3.0	19.0	19.0	10.50	1816	+6.0
26	Lladosa Estrugo, Eduardo	1554	ESP	+58B	−7N	+62B	−19N	+31B	−14N	3.0	17.0	18.0	6.00	873	-40.4
27	Marin Torres, Antonio	0	ESP	+61N	=23B	−4N	+29B	−20N	=41B	3.0	16.5	18.0	7.25	1602	0.0
28	Delgado Estella, Miguel	1623	ESP	+49B	−2N	F	−8N	+63B	+50N	3.0	15.5	16.5	5.00	1653	+3.4
29	Arminana Miret, Aleix	1525	ESP	−1B	+55N	−50B	−27N	+49B	+63N	3.0	15.0	16.0	5.00	1526	-1.6
30	Kerdougheli, Mehdi	1601	ALG	+36N	−6N	+69B	−17B	−52N	+38B	3.0	15.0	15.0	5.00	812	-57.6
31	Alcaide Campos, Antonio	0	ESP	+?B	−10N	−37B	+43N	−26N	+42B	3.0	14.0	14.0	4.00	1560	0.0
32	Zarco Cebrian, Antonio	1567	ESP	+35N	−24B	+46N	−34B	+53N	−23B	3.0	13.5	15.5	6.50	1498	-9.2
33	Ashcroft, Raymond	1685	ESP	F	+48N	+2B	−3B	=11N	−6N	2.5	20.0	20.0	9.00	1704	+2.8
34	Fedoriaka, Platon	1658	ESP	F	−12N	+43B	+32N	−2B	=21B	2.5	17.5	17.5	6.75	1697	+7.6
35	Opariuc, Cesar	0	ESP	−32B	=47B	+61N	+48N	−9B	−59N	2.5	13.5	15.0	4.50	1481	0.0
36	Munoz Martinez, Francisco	0	ESP	−30B	+51B	F	−9N	=39N	+43B	2.5	13.5	13.5	5.00	1553	0.0
37	Sirvent Gonzalvez, Jose Luis	1555	ESP	+56N	−17B	+31N	=21B	F	F	2.5	12.0	12.0	6.75	1452	-5.0
38	Villalba Ballester, Francisco Jaime	0	ESP	+?B	−60N	=48B	−40N	+47B	−30N	2.5	11.0	11.0	3.00	1490	0.0
39	Hurtado Valero, Oliver	1437	ESP	=4N	−21B	−20N	+61B	=36B	F	2.0	16.0	17.5	5.00	1548	-5.2
40	Levochkina, Marina	1496	ESP	−2B	+49N	F	+38B	−25N	−22B	2.0	16.0	16.0	4.50	966	-6.8
41	Lorenzo LOfroth, Axel	1492	ESP	−11N	+64B	F	−10N	=18B	=27N	2.0	16.0	16.0	4.25	1402	-11.2
42	Frances Gil, Marcos	1437	ESP	−8B	−58N	+65B	+49N	−14B	−31N	2.0	15.5	16.5	3.00	861	-17.6
43	Millan Ibanez, Cesar Jesus	1507	ESP	−3N	+57B	−34N	−31B	+64B	−36N	2.0	14.5	15.5	3.00	917	-9.4
44	Navarro Vieites, Ciro	0	ESP	=21N	=20B	F	−59B	+55N	F	2.0	14.0	14.5	5.50	1422	0.0
45	Huerta Soriano, Aitor	1466	ESP	F	−19N	−13B	−22B	+62N	+57B	2.0	14.0	14.0	3.00	861	-20.0
46	Cano Alvarez, Josue Daniel	1413	ESP	−10B	+65N	−32B	+69N	−21N	−54B	2.0	14.0	14.0	1.00	787	-43.2
47	Alberola Reig, Francisco	1459	ESP	−7B	=35N	=53B	F	−38N	+61B	2.0	13.0	13.0	3.75	1576	+9.2
48	Olmedilla Ruiz, Jose Antonio	1547	ESP	+69N	−33B	=38N	−35B	=22N	F	2.0	13.0	13.0	3.00	885	-12.8
49	Irala Gauto, Blas Gabriel	0	ESP	−28N	−40B	+51N	−42B	−29N	+65B	2.0	12.0	13.0	3.00	1270	0.0
50	Varcagiu Nadoleanu, Bianca Andreea	1749	ESP	F	F	+29N	−13B	+54N	−28B	2.0	12.0	12.0	5.00	1575	-35.6
51	Alferez Anton, Adrian	1478	ESP	−6B	−36N	−49B	F	+65N	+53B	2.0	12.0	12.0	3.00	1565	+8.8
52	Corredera Padilla, Hugo	1421	ESP	F	F	−14B	+64N	+30B	−18N	2.0	11.5	11.5	4.00	1491	+11.2
53	Pico Carbonell, Juan	1407	ESP	−60B	=61B	=47N	+62N	−32B	−51N	2.0	10.5	11.5	2.75	1314	-11.0
54	Lopez Carcel, Oscar	1524	ESP	F	F	−8B	+55N	−50B	+46N	2.0	10.5	10.5	4.00	1494	-6.0
55	Galan Peral, Nicolas	0	ESP	−18N	−29B	+?N	−54B	−44B	+69N	2.0	10.5	10.5	0.00	1364	0.0
56	Ruiz Rioja, Laureano	0	ESP	−37B	+70N	F	−20B	+67N	−16B	2.0	10.0	10.0	0.50	1437	0.0
57	Herrera Montes, Abraham	0	ESP	−14B	−43N	+70B	−63N	+?B	−45N	2.0	9.0	9.0	0.00	1393	0.0
58	Sanchez Martinez, Jose	0	ESP	−26N	+42B	+?N	−23B	F	F	2.0	8.5	8.5	2.00	1571	0.0
59	Selles Carbonell, Jorge	1415	ESP	F	−16B	F	+44N	F	+35B	2.0	8.0	8.0	4.50	705	-7.6
60	Lopez Dominguez, Alberto Manuel	1657	ESP	+53N	+38B	F	F	F	F	2.0	4.5	4.5	4.50	2206	+7.6
61	Almonte Paz, Mateo	1620	ESP	−27B	=53N	−35B	−39N	+69B	−47N	1.5	11.5	11.5	1.00	1204	-62.4
62	Yanevych, Mariia	0	ESP	+68N	−4B	−26N	−53B	−45B	−64N	1.0	12.5	13.0	0.50	1290	0.0
63	Batlles Cardenas, Luis Carlos	1423	ESP	F	−5N	F	+57B	−28N	−29B	1.0	12.5	12.5	2.00	818	-30.4
64	FIDE 553066359	0	—	−9B	−41N	F	−52B	−43N	+62B	1.0	11.5	11.5	1.00	708	0.0
65	Urbancic, Marcos Alexander	0	SLO	−15N	−46B	−42N	+?B	−51B	−49N	1.0	11.5	11.5	0.00	1244	0.0
66	FIDE 23913274	0	—	+?N	F	F	F	F	F	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.00	1577	0.0
67	Lespiauc, Rafael	1405	URU	−23N	F	=68B	F	−56B	F	0.5	8.0	8.0	0.25	1399	-0.8
68	Larkeche Cloarec, Hugo	1534	ESP	−62B	F	=67N	F	F	F	0.5	1.5	1.5	0.25	1405	-6.8
69	Torres Saavedra, Jostin	0	COL	−48B	F	−30N	−46B	−61N	−55B	0.0	10.5	10.5	0.00	745	0.0
70	Steffen, Fabio	1449	FRA	−17N	−56B	−57N	F	F	F	0.0	7.5	7.5	0.00	896	-7.6
71	Borja Fernandez, Daniel	1425	ESP	−19B	F	F	F	F	F	0.0	3.5	3.5	0.00	894	-6.8

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Bleda Munoz, SalvadorESP
+46.0
5.0 pts · #2
2Kohl, NiclasGER
+42.8
6.0 pts · #1
3Tajada Levochkina, ZoiaESP
+42.0
3.5 pts · #22

Top rating losers

1Almonte Paz, MateoESP
-62.4
1.5 pts · #54
2Kerdougheli, MehdiALG
-57.6
3.0 pts · #71
3Cano Alvarez, Josue DanielESP
-43.2
2.0 pts · #61

Biggest upsets

R4+183 Elo gap
Hurtado Valero, Oliver1437 beat Almonte Paz, Mateo1620
R5+180 Elo gap
Corredera Padilla, Hugo1421 beat Kerdougheli, Mehdi1601
R6+161 Elo gap
Alberola Reig, Francisco1459 beat Almonte Paz, Mateo1620