I Festival de Ajedrez La Manga Sub 1800

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73 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 27 Mar 2026 to 29 Mar 2026 in Cartagena (Murcia), Spain. 2 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1766, and top seed was Adrian Andres Garre (🇪🇸 ESP, 1799).

Juan De Zulueta Miranda (🇪🇸 ESP, 1794) won with 6.5/7, ahead of Alvaro Rojo Ferrer (6.0) and Inigo Martin McMullin (5.5). De Zulueta Miranda won solo starting round 5.

The biggest upset came in round 7: Cesar Guillen Sanchez (1400) beat Mariano Iglesias Gomez (1680), a +280-point gap.

Location

🇪🇸Cartagena (Murcia), Spain

Dates

27 Mar 2026 → 29 Mar 2026

Time control

Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 7 rounds

Top seed

🇪🇸Adrian Andres Garre1799

Avg top 10

1,766

Participants

Federations · 2 represented

🇪🇸Spain×66

FIDE (no federation)×1

Top 3

🥇
Juan De Zulueta Miranda
🇪🇸ESP·1794
6.5pts·2124perf+43.0
🥈
Alvaro Rojo Ferrer
🇪🇸ESP·1729
6.0pts·1968perf+36.2
🥉
Inigo Martin McMullin
🇪🇸ESP·1792
5.5pts·1885perf+29.6

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

Juan De Zulueta Miranda led from R5; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.

Co-leaders

De Zulueta Miranda6.5Rojo Ferrer6Martin McMullin5.5Garcia Pascual5Carro Prats5Cerdan Caro5

R5–R7 · LEAD HELD

Juan De Zulueta Miranda held the sole lead from R5 through R7 without losing it.

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

Juan De Zulueta Miranda 6 wins (R1–R6)Alvaro Rojo Ferrer 3+3 wins (R1–R3, R5–R7)Inigo Martin McMullin 4 wins (R3–R6)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Juan De Zulueta Miranda	*	—	½	1
2Alvaro Rojo Ferrer	—	*	—	1
3Inigo Martin McMullin	½	—	*	—
4Christian Garcia Pascual	0	0	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	De Zulueta Miranda, Juan	1794	ESP	+50N	+40B	+7N	+6B	+4N	+10B	=3N	6.5	28.5	31.0	28.25	2124	+43.0
2	Rojo Ferrer, Alvaro	1729	ESP	+68N	+8B	+5N	−4B	+29N	+7B	+13N	6.0	28.0	29.0	24.00	1968	+36.2
3	Martin McMullin, Inigo	1792	ESP	+31B	−12N	+56B	+23N	+16B	+4N	=1B	5.5	27.5	29.5	21.75	1885	+29.6
4	Collantes Perez, Aitor	1699	ESP	+60N	+70B	+9N	+2N	−1B	−3B	+22N	5.0	29.0	29.5	17.50	1805	+34.8
5	Cerdan Caro, Jorge	1696	ESP	+52B	+21N	−2B	+18N	+17B	=6N	=8B	5.0	28.0	30.5	19.50	1764	+28.8
6	Carro Prats, Martina	1726	ESP	+44N	+36B	+15N	−1N	+12B	=5B	=33N	5.0	27.5	30.5	19.75	1837	+43.2
7	Garcia Pascual, Christian	1718	ESP	+41N	+27B	−1B	+39N	+24B	−2N	+28B	5.0	27.5	30.5	18.00	1786	+26.8
8	Carcelen Sanchez, Javier	1631	ESP	+48B	−2N	+61B	+49N	=14N	+20B	=5N	5.0	25.0	27.0	16.25	1820	+60.8
9	Perez Mendez, David	1728	ESP	+54B	+24N	−4B	−19N	+39B	+41N	+16B	5.0	23.0	25.0	16.00	1740	+3.4
10	De La Viuda Pettersson, Iker Henry	1716	ESP	−18B	+52N	+67B	+54N	+19B	−1N	+17B	5.0	23.0	24.5	14.00	1757	+16.8
11	Ruiz Plazas, Jesus Maria	1679	FID	=43N	=46B	+44N	=41B	=22N	+42B	+23N	5.0	20.0	23.0	16.50	1717	+8.0
12	Medina Sanchez, Gines	1651	ESP	+64N	+3B	=20N	=14B	−6N	=29B	+30N	4.5	26.0	27.5	16.50	1792	+23.6
13	Albaladejo Martinez, Javier	1711	ESP	+35N	+58B	=17B	−16N	+21B	+45N	−2B	4.5	24.5	26.5	14.50	1690	-3.2
14	Betanzos Atienza, Miguel	1760	ESP	+39B	+28N	F	=12N	=8B	=16N	+24B	4.5	24.5	24.5	17.75	1808	+7.0
15	Bleda Munoz, Salvador	1679	ESP	+32B	+25N	−6B	=21N	+53B	−17N	+45B	4.5	23.5	25.5	14.50	1704	+12.8
16	Cerdan Caro, Franco	1635	ESP	+59N	=20B	+26N	+13B	−3N	=14B	−9N	4.0	27.5	29.5	14.75	1745	+35.6
17	Rubio Garcia, Antonio Ramon	1769	ESP	+22N	+23B	=13N	=29B	−5N	+15B	−10N	4.0	27.0	30.5	16.50	1716	-9.4
18	Meca Garcia, Mario	1499	ESP	+10N	=26B	=30N	−5B	+40N	−23B	+42N	4.0	24.5	27.5	14.75	1741	+88.4
19	Alijarte Alfaya, Roberto	1576	ESP	+33N	=30B	F	+9B	−10N	+34B	=20N	4.0	24.5	24.5	15.75	1870	+94.8
20	Lamborena Valderrama, Garazi	1770	ESP	+45B	=16N	=12B	=37N	+46B	−8N	=19B	4.0	24.0	27.0	14.00	1659	-39.2
21	Guillen Sanchez, Cesar	1400	ESP	+42N	−5B	+27N	=15B	−13N	=50B	+40N	4.0	24.0	26.5	13.50	1705	+107.2
22	Mera Fernandez, Martina	1550	ESP	−17B	+55N	=25B	+38N	=11B	+49N	−4B	4.0	24.0	26.0	12.50	1721	+53.6
23	Castellanos Gomez, Pascual	1668	ESP	+62B	−17N	+63B	−3B	+58N	+18N	−11B	4.0	22.5	24.5	10.00	1655	-1.0
24	Gomez Lopez, Jorge 2014	1599	ESP	+73N	−9B	+70N	+34B	−7N	+26B	−14N	4.0	22.5	22.5	8.00	1657	+14.8
25	Alvaro Lopez, Irene	1772	ESP	+56N	−15B	=22N	+51B	=37B	−28N	+39B	4.0	21.5	23.5	11.25	1639	-45.6
26	Cerdan Olmo, Franco de Sena	1709	ESP	+47B	=18N	−16B	=32N	+54B	−24N	+58B	4.0	20.5	22.5	10.75	1583	-21.6
27	Valera Aznar, Javier	1594	ESP	+65B	−7N	−21B	+48N	=49B	=46N	+61B	4.0	19.5	21.0	9.25	1509	-11.4
28	Valentin Lopez, Miguel	1628	ESP	+72N	−14B	−41N	+57B	+69N	+25B	−7N	4.0	19.5	19.5	7.00	1572	-16.0
29	Tobarra Salmeron, Jesus	1639	ESP	+55B	=49N	+38B	=17N	−2B	=12N	−37B	3.5	24.0	26.0	11.00	1644	+0.8
30	Pujalte Perez, Miguel	1723	ESP	+51B	=19N	=18B	=46N	−45B	+53N	−12B	3.5	21.0	23.0	10.00	1556	-30.6
31	Marin Hernandez, Yoel	1573	ESP	−3N	+64B	−34N	+55B	−33N	=44B	+50N	3.5	20.0	21.5	7.50	1533	-11.6
32	Garre Heredia, Daniel	1457	ESP	−15N	+50B	=36N	=26B	−42N	=68B	+53B	3.5	19.5	20.5	8.75	1613	+56.4
33	Andres Garre, Adrian	1799	ESP	−19B	+47N	F	F	+31B	+37N	=6B	3.5	19.0	19.0	12.50	1747	-10.4
34	Navarro Orcajada, Antonio	1730	ESP	−58B	+60N	+31B	−24N	+56B	−19N	=41B	3.5	18.5	20.5	9.00	1546	-33.2
35	Lamborena Valderrama, Inigo	1492	ESP	−13B	+65N	−51N	−40B	+55N	=36B	+49B	3.5	18.0	19.5	7.75	1503	+1.6
36	Garcia Romero, Placido	1624	ESP	+66B	−6N	=32B	−53N	=68B	=35N	+52B	3.5	18.0	19.0	8.00	1477	-24.6
37	Sanchez Garcia, Leandro	1643	ESP	+71N	F	=49B	=20B	=25N	−33B	+29N	3.5	18.0	18.0	9.25	1744	+13.4
38	Santos Saura, Aedan	1666	ESP	F	+43B	−29N	−22B	+65N	=63B	+51N	3.5	16.5	16.5	8.00	1536	-17.4
39	Rivero Acedo, Jesus	1546	ESP	−14N	+59B	+40N	−7B	−9N	+57B	−25N	3.0	23.5	25.5	7.00	1562	+2.0
40	Iglesias Gomez, Mariano	1680	ESP	+57N	−1N	−39B	+35N	−18B	+54N	−21B	3.0	23.0	25.0	7.50	1481	-73.6
41	Soriano Polo, Diego	1504	ESP	−7B	+73N	+28B	=11N	F	−9B	=34N	3.0	22.5	22.5	8.25	1625	+29.2
42	Tornero Campa, Aurelio	1647	ESP	−21B	+57N	−54B	+61N	+32B	−11N	−18B	3.0	20.5	22.5	7.50	1449	-37.0
43	Gutierrez Gottinger, Alfonso	1457	ESP	=11B	−38N	+47B	−45N	−50N	+65B	=44N	3.0	20.0	21.5	8.50	1454	-1.6
44	Minguez Crocci, Aristides	1513	ESP	−6B	+66N	−11B	−69N	+62B	=31N	=43B	3.0	20.0	21.0	6.75	1501	-4.8
45	Munoz Perez, Juan Carlos	1556	ESP	−20N	+71B	F	+43B	+30N	−13B	−15N	3.0	20.0	20.0	7.00	1596	+4.6
46	Yagues Garijo, Alvaro	1575	ESP	F	=11N	+69B	=30B	−20N	=27B	=63N	3.0	19.5	19.5	8.25	1586	+1.6
47	Lamborena Perez, Gorka	1482	ESP	−26N	−33B	−43N	+64B	−59N	+55B	+57N	3.0	16.5	18.0	5.50	1414	-7.8
48	Castellanos Gomez, Elena	0	ESP	−8N	−53B	+64N	−27B	−57N	+71B	+60N	3.0	16.5	17.0	4.00	1300	0.0
49	Casaliglla Almachi, Christan Enrique	1740	ESP	+53N	=29B	=37N	−8B	=27N	−22B	−35N	2.5	23.5	25.5	7.50	1481	-49.0
50	Jordan Paiva, Pedro	1575	ESP	−1B	−32N	F	+66N	+43B	=21N	−31B	2.5	22.0	22.0	6.50	1387	-51.2
51	Sanchez Martin, Leandro	1513	ESP	−30N	F	+35B	−25N	=52B	+56N	−38B	2.5	19.0	19.0	6.75	1559	+13.2
52	Chen Lei, Yi Xuan	1476	ESP	−5N	−10B	−59N	+72B	=51N	+73B	−36N	2.5	18.0	18.0	1.25	1314	-27.2
53	Chinestra Rodriguez, Pablo	1537	ESP	−49B	+48N	F	+36B	−15N	−30B	−32N	2.0	20.5	20.5	6.50	1405	-30.0
54	Candelas Megia, David	1513	ESP	−9N	+72B	+42N	−10B	−26N	−40B	F	2.0	20.0	20.0	3.00	1457	-7.4
55	Bakker, Matthew	0	ESP	−29N	−22B	+60B	−31N	−35B	−47N	+71N	2.0	19.5	20.0	2.50	1263	0.0
56	Tomas Hernandez, Jose Antonio	1567	ESP	−25B	+62N	−3N	+59B	−34N	−51B	F	2.0	19.5	19.5	4.00	1406	-20.2
57	Chen Lei, Yi Xiang	1463	ESP	−40B	−42B	+72N	−28N	+48B	−39N	−47B	2.0	19.0	19.0	3.00	797	-65.2
58	Araque Bolivar, Miguel Angel	1530	ESP	+34N	−13N	F	F	−23B	+59B	−26N	2.0	18.0	18.0	5.50	1511	-1.8
59	Botella Garcia, Joaquin	0	ESP	−16B	−39N	+52B	−56N	+47B	−58N	−62B	2.0	16.5	18.5	5.50	1366	0.0
60	Valverde Moreira, Hugo	1482	ESP	−4B	−34B	−55N	=71B	+64N	=66N	−48B	2.0	16.5	17.0	2.50	914	-16.4
61	Vivas Asensio, Roberto	1468	ESP	F	F	−8N	−42B	+70N	+67B	−27N	2.0	14.0	14.0	2.00	1414	-10.4
62	Garcia Olmo, Marco	1432	ESP	−23N	−56B	F	F	−44N	+70B	+59N	2.0	11.5	11.5	2.50	782	-36.8
63	Smith Sandford, Gary Paul	1529	ESP	F	F	−23N	+70B	F	=38N	=46B	2.0	11.0	11.0	3.75	1511	-1.0
64	Tobarra Salmeron, Jaime	1422	ESP	−12B	−31N	−48B	−47N	−60B	+72N	=70N	1.5	16.5	16.5	0.25	746	0.0
65	FIDE 553063643	0	—	−27N	−35B	F	=67N	−38B	−43N	+73B	1.5	15.5	15.5	0.75	1186	0.0
66	FIDE 553024109	0	—	−36N	−44B	+71N	−50B	F	=60B	−67N	1.5	13.0	13.0	1.50	1184	0.0
67	Antolinos Merono, Enzo	1556	ESP	F	F	−10N	=65B	F	−61N	+66B	1.5	10.0	10.0	2.25	794	-36.0
68	Alijarte Marquez, David	1520	ESP	−2B	F	F	F	=36N	=32N	F	1.0	13.0	13.0	3.50	1480	-3.6
69	Gil Pedreno, Tomas	0	ESP	F	F	−46N	+44B	−28B	F	F	1.0	10.0	10.0	3.00	1448	0.0
70	FIDE 553024141	0	—	F	−4N	−24B	−63N	−61B	−62N	=64B	0.5	16.5	16.5	0.75	745	0.0
71	FIDE 553007859	0	—	−37B	−45N	−66B	=60N	F	−48N	−55B	0.5	15.0	15.0	1.00	1287	0.0
72	FIDE 94786569	0	—	−28B	−54N	−57B	−52N	F	−64B	F	0.0	12.0	12.0	0.00	723	0.0
73	FIDE 553057147	0	—	−24B	−41B	F	F	F	−52N	−65N	0.0	11.0	11.0	0.00	727	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Guillen Sanchez, CesarESP
+107.2
4.0 pts · #18
2Alijarte Alfaya, RobertoESP
+94.8
4.0 pts · #13
3Meca Garcia, MarioESP
+88.4
4.0 pts · #16

Top rating losers

1Iglesias Gomez, MarianoESP
-73.6
3.0 pts · #29
2Chen Lei, Yi XiangESP
-65.2
2.0 pts · #69
3Jordan Paiva, PedroESP
-51.2
2.5 pts · #50

Biggest upsets

R7+280 Elo gap
Guillen Sanchez, Cesar1400 beat Iglesias Gomez, Mariano1680
R7+248 Elo gap
Lamborena Valderrama, Inigo1492 beat Casaliglla Almachi, Christan Enrique1740
R1+247 Elo gap
Guillen Sanchez, Cesar1400 beat Tornero Campa, Aurelio1647