XXVI Obert Internacional Escacs Foment Martinenc Grup A Rondas 2-5

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58 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 02 May 2026 to 23 May 2026 in Barcelona, Spain. 7 titled players from 3 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2195, and top seed was Jorge Iglesias (🇪🇸 ESP, 2245).

Victor Alvarez Albiol (🇪🇸 ESP, FM, 2180) won with 3.5/5, ahead of Daniel Garrido Fernandez (3.5) and Felipe Vergara Jofre (3.5). Alvarez Albiol shared the lead from round 3, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 4: Arnau Guerrero Prieto (1864) beat Marc Capellades Subirana (FM, 2234), a +370-point gap.

Location

🇪🇸Barcelona, Spain

Dates

02 May 2026 → 23 May 2026

Time control

Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 5 rounds

Top seed

🇪🇸Jorge Iglesias2245

Avg top 10

2,195

Participants

Titled players · 7

FM×5

CM×1

WCM×1

Federations · 3 represented

🇪🇸Spain×56

🇺🇦Ukraine×1

🇨🇱Chile×1

Top 3

🥇
FMVictor Alvarez Albiol
🇪🇸ESP·2180
3.5pts·2231perf+3.0
🥈
FMDaniel Garrido Fernandez
🇪🇸ESP·2245
3.5pts·2353perf+7.0
🥉
FMFelipe Vergara Jofre
🇨🇱CHI·2189
3.5pts·2426perf+13.8

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Tight race until R5; 3 players tied at 3.5/5, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 3 at the finish.

Co-leaders

Alvarez Albiol3.5Garrido Fernandez3.5Vergara Jofre3.5Sole Pijuan3Vinolas Anglada3Badia Berthelot3

R5 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

3 players finish on 3.5/5. Alvarez Albiol takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (9.0).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

FM Victor Alvarez Albiol 3 wins (R2–R4)FM Felipe Vergara Jofre 3 wins (R2–R4)

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Alvarez Albiol, VictorFM	2180	ESP	F	+40B	+14N	+9B	=13N	3.5	9.0	9.0	7.75	2231	+3.0
2	Garrido Fernandez, DanielFM	2245	ESP	F	+34N	=4B	+21N	+20B	3.5	8.5	8.5	7.00	2353	+7.0
3	Vergara Jofre, FelipeFM	2189	CHI	F	+33B	+31N	+22N	=4B	3.5	8.0	8.0	6.50	2426	+13.8
4	Badia Berthelot, Luca	2163	ESP	F	+19B	=2N	+7B	=3N	3.0	12.0	12.0	8.50	2357	+44.0
5	Sviridenko, Yaroslav	2224	UKR	F	+12B	=41N	+16B	=9N	3.0	8.5	8.5	6.50	2075	-9.8
6	Sole Pijuan, FerranFM	2157	ESP	F	=17N	=15B	+32N	+21B	3.0	8.0	8.0	5.75	2076	-6.0
7	Garcia Escoda, Marc	2164	ESP	F	+44N	+10B	−4N	+36B	3.0	8.0	8.0	5.00	2168	+2.2
8	Vinolas Anglada, LauraWCM	1980	ESP	F	−16B	+50N	+45B	+25N	3.0	5.5	5.5	3.50	1989	+1.4
9	Garcia Huerta, Joaquin Marc	1774	ESP	F	+32N	+24B	−1N	=5B	2.5	10.0	10.0	5.00	2186	+74.8
10	Riu Lopez, Sergi	1903	ESP	F	+28B	−7N	=27B	+16N	2.5	9.0	9.0	5.00	2077	+18.0
11	Lacasa Diaz, Oriol	2081	ESP	F	+20N	−22B	=31N	+17B	2.5	7.5	7.5	4.75	2108	+1.4
12	Guerrero Prieto, Arnau	1864	ESP	F	−5N	+55B	+23N	=34B	2.5	6.5	6.5	2.75	2160	+28.0
13	Bru Montoya, Pau	2023	ESP	F	+56B	F	+26N	=1B	2.5	5.5	5.5	3.75	2204	+33.2
14	Gil Jimenez, David	1934	ESP	F	+55N	−1B	=51N	+42B	2.5	5.5	5.5	1.75	1976	+2.0
15	Puerto Fernandez, Eloi	1949	ESP	F	+57B	=6N	F	+51B	2.5	3.5	3.5	2.00	2165	+48.8
16	Prat Sole, Max	1845	ESP	F	+8N	+34B	−5N	−10B	2.0	10.0	10.0	4.50	2029	+32.0
17	Vargas Drechsler, Carlos	1866	ESP	F	=6B	+33N	=19B	−11N	2.0	9.0	9.0	4.00	2065	+19.6
18	Namay Caceres, Santos	1962	ESP	F	−29N	+23B	−20N	+26B	2.0	8.0	8.0	4.00	2061	+9.4
19	Fernandez-Diaz Mascort, MiquelCM	1982	ESP	F	−4N	+44B	=17N	=24B	2.0	8.0	8.0	3.00	1991	+0.2
20	Garcia Castellote, Daniel	1985	ESP	F	−11B	+56N	+18B	−2N	2.0	8.0	8.0	2.00	2013	+2.6
21	Jimenez Haneda, Naoki	1993	ESP	F	+50B	+52N	−2B	−6N	2.0	7.5	7.5	1.00	2029	+20.0
22	Iglesias, Jorge	2245	ESP	F	+46B	+11N	−3B	F	2.0	7.0	7.0	3.50	2266	+1.6
23	Capellades Subirana, MarcFM	2234	ESP	F	+35B	−18N	−12B	+45N	2.0	7.0	7.0	2.50	1922	-28.2
24	Montero Olmos, Javier	2066	ESP	F	=52B	−9N	+47B	=19N	2.0	6.0	6.0	2.25	1896	-17.8
25	Cabrera Marmol, Manuel	1710	ESP	F	=37B	=48N	+54B	−8B	2.0	6.0	6.0	1.75	1888	+18.6
26	Castells Briones, Miquel	1878	ESP	F	+51B	+46N	−13B	−18N	2.0	6.0	6.0	1.50	1927	+5.8
27	Garcia Castellote, Oscar	2025	ESP	F	+39N	F	=10N	=32B	2.0	5.5	5.5	3.50	2002	-0.6
28	Uddin Khanam, Ayan	1988	ESP	F	−10N	+38B	F	+35N	2.0	5.5	5.5	3.00	2032	+21.6
29	Rocamora Martorell, Ferran	2153	ESP	F	+18B	F	F	+31B	2.0	3.5	3.5	3.50	2755	+9.6
30	Lopez Garriga, Mateu	1950	ESP	F	F	−45N	+38N	+50B	2.0	3.0	3.0	2.00	1945	+5.6
31	Pena Mor, David	1944	ESP	F	+36N	−3B	=11B	−29N	1.5	9.5	9.5	2.75	2033	+7.4
32	Romero Moreno, Felix	1917	ESP	F	−9B	+37N	−6B	=27N	1.5	9.0	9.0	2.50	1869	-7.0
33	Barcelo Sola, David	2016	ESP	F	−3N	−17B	=44N	+43B	1.5	8.0	8.0	2.00	1889	-15.2
34	Monell Lopez, Eduard	2011	ESP	F	−2B	−16N	+56B	=12N	1.5	8.0	8.0	1.25	1843	-18.8
35	Badia Berthelot, Leo	1869	ESP	F	−23N	+39B	=46N	−28B	1.5	6.5	6.5	2.00	1913	-16.4
36	Torrent San Nicolas, Biel	2038	ESP	F	−31B	=47N	+52B	−7N	1.5	6.0	6.0	1.00	1890	-19.6
37	Garcia Garrido, Enric	1879	ESP	F	=25N	−32B	=50N	=39B	1.5	5.5	5.5	2.00	1705	-19.0
38	Martinez Torras, Pol	1828	ESP	F	=48B	−28N	−30B	+53N	1.5	5.5	5.5	1.00	1834	-1.0
39	Iglesias Pau, Nil	1839	ESP	F	−27B	−35N	+55B	=37N	1.5	5.0	5.0	0.75	1830	+3.2
40	Tornay Gomez, Raul	1864	ESP	F	−1N	F	=53B	+55N	1.5	4.0	4.0	0.25	1953	+6.2
41	Amat Davins, Biel	1938	ESP	F	+53N	=5B	F	F	1.5	3.5	3.5	2.00	2238	+25.6
42	Vivancos Munoz, Manuel	1852	ESP	F	F	+57N	=49B	−14N	1.5	3.5	3.5	0.50	1912	+5.2
43	Torres Maiquez, Sergio	1912	ESP	F	=54N	+58B	F	−33N	1.5	2.0	2.0	0.25	1918	+1.6
44	Alberti Carrasco, Pau	1864	ESP	F	−7B	−19N	=33B	=49N	1.0	7.5	7.5	1.25	1835	-4.8
45	Pujol Zoilo, Eudald	1845	ESP	F	F	+30B	−8N	−23B	1.0	7.0	7.0	2.00	1913	+2.8
46	Xu, Jin Hao	2017	ESP	F	−22N	−26B	=35B	=47N	1.0	6.5	6.5	1.25	1794	-58.0
47	Presas Gharbi, Rayan	1849	ESP	F	F	=36B	−24N	=46B	1.0	4.5	4.5	1.25	1914	+10.0
48	Cunillera Amigo, Jose Luis	2019	ESP	F	=38N	=25B	F	F	1.0	3.5	3.5	1.75	1766	-11.6
49	Caballero Mogilnikov, Liam	2000	ESP	F	F	F	=42N	=44B	1.0	2.5	2.5	1.25	1863	-8.8
50	Mateo Escudero, Hugo	1765	ESP	F	−21N	−8B	=37B	−30N	0.5	8.5	8.5	0.75	1599	-23.2
51	Garcia Corpas, Nicolas	1735	ESP	F	−26N	F	=14B	−15N	0.5	7.0	7.0	1.25	1611	-10.0
52	Torres Julian, Marc	1946	ESP	F	=24N	−21B	−36N	F	0.5	5.5	5.5	1.00	1714	-17.8
53	Vardanyan Asilbekyan, Ani	1818	ESP	F	−41B	F	=40N	−38B	0.5	4.5	4.5	0.75	1620	-36.8
54	Agadzhanyan, Sonya	1735	ESP	F	=43B	F	−25N	F	0.5	3.5	3.5	0.75	1605	-8.8
55	Barrado Jimenez, Elias	1799	ESP	F	−14B	−12N	−39N	−40B	0.0	8.0	8.0	0.00	1071	-32.2
56	Costache, Stefan	1721	ESP	F	−13N	−20B	−34N	F	0.0	6.0	6.0	0.00	1195	-22.0
57	Jimenez Puig, Juan Jose	1841	ESP	F	−15N	−42B	F	F	0.0	4.0	4.0	0.00	1035	-20.0
58	Sanchez Riera, Javier	2049	ESP	F	F	−43N	F	F	0.0	1.5	1.5	0.00	1100	-13.8

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Garcia Huerta, Joaquin MarcESP
+74.8
2.5 pts · #15
2Puerto Fernandez, EloiESP
+48.8
2.5 pts · #12
3Badia Berthelot, LucaESP
+44.0
3.0 pts · #6

Top rating losers

1Xu, Jin HaoESP
-58.0
1.0 pts · #48
2Vardanyan Asilbekyan, AniESP
-36.8
0.5 pts · #53
3Barrado Jimenez, EliasESP
-32.2
0.0 pts · #56

Biggest upsets

R4+370 Elo gap
Guerrero Prieto, Arnau1864 beat FMCapellades Subirana, Marc2234
R3+292 Elo gap
Garcia Huerta, Joaquin Marc1774 beat Montero Olmos, Javier2066
R3+272 Elo gap
Namay Caceres, Santos1962 beat FMCapellades Subirana, Marc2234