Play Off d'Ascens-Descens a Primera Divisio 2026
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66 players participated in this 12-round tournament, held from 12 Apr 2026 to 19 Apr 2026 in Barcelona, Spain. 10 titled players from 5 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2276, and top seed was Arthur Kogan (🇮🇱 ISR, GM, 2476).
Xavier Escoriza Pons (🇪🇸 ESP, 2088) won with 2.0/12, ahead of Cristian Cabanilla Roca (2.0) and Ricardo Graells (2.0). Escoriza Pons shared the lead from round 11, winning on tie-break.
The biggest upset came in round 12: Albert Pardina Domenech (1873) beat Tatjana Plachkinova (WIM, 2010), a +137-point gap.
Location
🇪🇸Barcelona, Spain
Dates
12 Apr 2026 → 19 Apr 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 12 rounds
Titled players · 10
GM×4
IM×1
FM×2
CM×2
WIM×1
Federations · 5 represented
🇪🇸Spain×59
🇮🇱Israel×4
🇨🇴Colombia×1
🇨🇭Switzerland×1
🇮🇪Ireland×1
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 12 roundsTight race until R12; 4 players tied at 2.0/12, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 66 co-leaders at R4 to 4 at the finish.
Co-leaders
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R12 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER
4 players finish on 2.0/12. Escoriza Pons takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (0.0).
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | R8 | R9 | R10 | R11 | R12 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Escoriza Pons, Xavier | 2088 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +51N | +47N | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2781 | +28.4 |
| 2 | Cabanilla Roca, Cristian | 1992 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +46B | +44B | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2771 | +18.8 |
| 3 | Graells, Ricardo | 1949 | SUI | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +49N | +50N | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2751 | +20.0 |
| 4 | Pogorelov, RuslanGM | 2273 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +45B | +48B | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2867 | +4.8 |
| 5 | Ryan, JosephFM | 2196 | IRL | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | =27N | +53N | 1.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 2208 | +0.6 |
| 6 | Munoz Palmerin, Juan Carlos | 2060 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +54B | =29B | 1.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 2181 | +6.0 |
| 7 | Guasch Figuerola, Agusti | 2025 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +52N | =28N | 1.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 2138 | +5.6 |
| 8 | Domene Mulyukov, AlexanderFM | 2340 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +14B | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.00 | 2782 | +2.0 |
| 9 | Sivan, YaacovIM | 2245 | ISR | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +12N | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.00 | 2764 | +1.6 |
| 10 | Finkel, AlexanderGM | 2377 | ISR | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +13N | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.00 | 2869 | +1.4 |
| 11 | Oratovsky, MichaelGM | 2368 | ISR | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | =33N | =34N | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.50 | 2144 | -5.6 |
| 12 | Riu Lopez, Daniel | 1964 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +61N | −9B | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 2123 | +7.8 |
| 13 | Lopez Sebastian, Lluis | 2069 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +57B | −10B | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 2207 | +6.2 |
| 14 | Bertran Morancho, Joan | 1982 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +59B | −8N | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 2157 | +7.8 |
| 15 | Serratosa Gimenez-Frontin, Jorge | 1930 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +32N | — | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.50 | 2734 | +10.2 |
| 16 | Vidal Palou, Jordi | 1824 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +30N | — | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.50 | 2650 | +10.8 |
| 17 | Petit Montes, Marc | 2010 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +31N | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.50 | 2688 | +6.6 |
| 18 | Pardina Domenech, Albert | 1873 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +58N | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2810 | +13.6 |
| 19 | Kogan, ArthurGM | 2476 | ISR | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +63B | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2947 | +1.2 |
| 20 | Saldana Caballe, Enric | 2019 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +66B | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2645 | +5.4 |
| 21 | Garcia Navarro, Jose Jesus | 1930 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +55B | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2535 | +5.0 |
| 22 | Bosch Porta, Cristina | 1841 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +62N | — | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2632 | +9.8 |
| 23 | Clot Chico, Arnau | 1975 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +64B | — | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2855 | +12.2 |
| 24 | Panades Catarineu, Oriol | 2017 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +65N | — | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2703 | +6.8 |
| 25 | Saldana Portella, Eric | 1805 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +60N | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2597 | +19.6 |
| 26 | Dalmas Segura, David | 1950 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +56N | — | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2605 | +12.4 |
| 27 | Gutierrez Palomino, Albert | 1973 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | =5B | — | 0.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.75 | 2196 | +5.6 |
| 28 | Martin Tarrio, David | 1946 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | =7B | 0.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.75 | 2025 | +2.2 |
| 29 | Pera Muntasell, Marc | 2047 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | =6N | 0.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.75 | 2060 | +0.4 |
| 30 | Atserias Batalla, Jordi | 1850 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −16B | =36B | 0.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.25 | 1711 | -7.2 |
| 31 | Escoda Ferrer, Pauli | 1888 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | =42B | −17B | 0.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.25 | 1747 | -7.2 |
| 32 | Masalias Mira, Marc | 1934 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −15B | =40B | 0.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.25 | 1757 | -9.2 |
| 33 | Busom Isach, CarlosCM | 2086 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | =11B | — | 0.5 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.50 | 2368 | +6.8 |
| 34 | Troncoso Gutierrez, AdrianCM | 2202 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | =11B | 0.5 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.50 | 2368 | +4.4 |
| 35 | Arribas Viera, David | 1832 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | =39B | — | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 1858 | +0.8 |
| 36 | Garcia Menchon, Jose | 1983 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | =30N | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 1850 | -3.6 |
| 37 | Carranza Font, Joan | 1838 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | =41B | — | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 1898 | +1.6 |
| 38 | Karpukhin Karpukhin, Andrei | 1785 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | =43N | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 1710 | -4.0 |
| 39 | Bosch Romay, Jaume | 1858 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | =35N | — | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 1832 | -0.8 |
| 40 | Guerrero Pau, Xavier | 1969 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | =32N | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 1934 | -1.0 |
| 41 | Arias Aranda, Guillem | 1898 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | =37N | — | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 1838 | -1.6 |
| 42 | Castro Vasquez, Renzo | 1870 | COL | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | =31N | — | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 1888 | +0.6 |
| 43 | Agadzhanian, Vladimir | 1710 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | =38B | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 1785 | +4.0 |
| 44 | Vasilev, Andrei | 2030 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −2N | 0.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.00 | 1192 | -11.0 |
| 45 | Blasco Benito, Albert | 2000 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −4N | — | 0.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.00 | 1473 | -3.4 |
| 46 | Torres Maiquez, Sergio | 1912 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −2N | — | 0.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.00 | 1192 | -7.8 |
| 47 | Ballesteros Collazos, Sergi | 2020 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −1B | 0.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.00 | 1288 | -8.2 |
| 48 | Vera Pons, Felipe | 2133 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −4N | 0.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.00 | 1473 | -6.2 |
| 49 | Perez Carreras, David | 1929 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −3B | — | 0.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.00 | 1149 | -9.4 |
| 50 | Serrano Aspa, Xavier | 1972 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −3B | 0.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.00 | 1149 | -10.6 |
| 51 | Margalef Kriesten, Joan | 1941 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −1B | — | 0.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.00 | 1288 | -6.0 |
| 52 | Jimenez Ortiz, Gonzalo | 1943 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −7B | — | 0.0 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.00 | 1225 | -7.8 |
| 53 | Morcillo Ferran, Jordi | 2056 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −5B | 0.0 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.00 | 1396 | -6.2 |
| 54 | Mut Company, Guillem | 1928 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −6N | — | 0.0 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.00 | 1260 | -6.4 |
| 55 | Agadzhanyan, Sonya | 1735 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −21N | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1130 | -10.0 |
| 56 | Lliberia Blasco, Josep Lluis | 1805 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −26B | — | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1150 | -6.2 |
| 57 | Turon Crosa, Isaac | 2036 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −13N | — | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1269 | -9.0 |
| 58 | Plachkinova, TatjanaWIM | 2010 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −18B | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1073 | -13.6 |
| 59 | Nunez Colome, David | 1974 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −14N | — | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1182 | -9.8 |
| 60 | Campoy Prades, Marc | 1797 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −25B | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1005 | -9.8 |
| 61 | Mogro Flores, Simon | 2000 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −12B | — | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1164 | -11.0 |
| 62 | Pujades Bosch, Genis | 1832 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −22B | — | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1041 | -9.8 |
| 63 | Yepes Martinez, Eduard | 2147 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −19N | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1676 | -2.4 |
| 64 | Lluis Alabedra, Alvar | 2055 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −23N | — | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1175 | -12.2 |
| 65 | Riu Lopez, Sergi | 1903 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −24B | — | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1217 | -6.8 |
| 66 | Pujol Zoilo, Eudald | 1845 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −20N | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1219 | -9.7 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Escoriza Pons, XavierESP+28.42.0 pts · #1
- 2Graells, RicardoSUI+20.02.0 pts · #3
- 3Saldana Portella, EricESP+19.61.0 pts · #25
Top rating losers
- 1Plachkinova, TatjanaWIMESP-13.60.0 pts · #52
- 2Lluis Alabedra, AlvarESP-12.20.0 pts · #64
- 3Mogro Flores, SimonESP-11.00.0 pts · #59
Biggest upsets
- R12+137 Elo gap