Final de Preferent 2026
46 players participated in this 12-round tournament, held from 12 Apr 2026 to 19 Apr 2026 in Barcelona, Spain. 1 titled players from 3 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2082, and top seed was Francisco Olivares Canelles (🇨🇺 CUB, FM, 2306).
Francisco Olivares Canelles (🇨🇺 CUB, FM, 2306) won with 2.0/12, ahead of Josep Maria Andres Magri (2.0) and Ricard Nadal Fajardo (1.5). Olivares Canelles shared the lead from round 1, winning on tie-break.
The biggest upset came in round 11: Jan Konieczny Cardus (1627) beat Ramon Serret Sangra (1759), a +132-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 12 roundsTight race until R12; 2 players tied at 2.0/12, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 46 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.
2 players finish on 2.0/12. Olivares Canelles 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 | Olivares Canelles, FranciscoFM | 2306 | CUB | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +35N | +33B | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2833 | +6.8 |
| 2 | Andres Magri, Josep Maria | 1820 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +34B | +32N | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2632 | +20.6 |
| 3 | Nadal Fajardo, Ricard | 2180 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +38B | =4N | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.75 | 2217 | +1.6 |
| 4 | Monfa Sole, Ramon | 1998 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +36N | =3B | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.75 | 2258 | +13.4 |
| 5 | Martinez Torras, Pol | 1828 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +37B | =24N | 1.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 2010 | +9.4 |
| 6 | Roure Sola, Oriol | 2011 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +12N | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.00 | 2754 | +16.8 |
| 7 | Delgadillo Torrico, Felipe | 1939 | BOL | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +10N | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.00 | 2661 | +7.8 |
| 8 | Konieczny Cardus, Jan | 1627 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +11B | — | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.00 | 2559 | +27.2 |
| 9 | Niubo Parramon, Edgar | 1772 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | =27B | =23N | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.50 | 1807 | +2.0 |
| 10 | Turuguet Lopez, Josep Lluis | 1861 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +42N | −7B | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1887 | +1.4 |
| 11 | Serret Sangra, Ramon | 1759 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −8N | +43B | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1733 | -1.4 |
| 12 | Monfort Cebrian, Emilio | 1954 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +40N | −6B | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1992 | +2.2 |
| 13 | Garcia Corpas, Nicolas | 1735 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +26B | — | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.50 | 2641 | +25.6 |
| 14 | Delgadillo Vidal, Philippe Arnau | 1868 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +25N | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.50 | 2731 | +22.4 |
| 15 | Mir Vinas, Pau Jose | 1742 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +23B | — | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.50 | 2627 | +12.4 |
| 16 | Campos Cayuelas, Adria | 2077 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +33N | — | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2834 | +8.8 |
| 17 | Dea Amaro, Marius | 1798 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +45N | — | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2444 | +5.8 |
| 18 | Paniego Alvarez, Marc Antoni | 1979 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +41N | — | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2710 | +8.0 |
| 19 | Flores Soler, Diego | 1771 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +39B | — | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2555 | +9.6 |
| 20 | Martin Roque, Bernat | 1800 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +44B | — | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2616 | +20.8 |
| 21 | Sanchez Marin, Joan | 1968 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +32B | — | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2662 | +7.2 |
| 22 | Dea Ruiz, Jofre | 1885 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +46B | — | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2735 | +22.8 |
| 23 | Carmona Carreno, Gregorio | 1827 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −15N | =9B | 0.5 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.50 | 1564 | -14.0 |
| 24 | Lacasa Ferrando, Santos | 1807 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | =5B | 0.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.75 | 1828 | +0.6 |
| 25 | Domenech Lluch, Pedro | 1931 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | =28B | −14B | 0.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.25 | 1609 | -16.8 |
| 26 | Giribet Cunat, Joan Ramon | 1841 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −13N | =29N | 0.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.25 | 1750 | -5.6 |
| 27 | Jimenez Bazhin, Alexander | 1787 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | =9N | — | 0.5 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.50 | 1772 | -0.8 |
| 28 | Llorens Corominas, Marc | 1735 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | =25N | — | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 1931 | +10.0 |
| 29 | Martin Canfran, Ruben | 2151 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | =26B | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 1841 | -7.2 |
| 30 | Martinez Rodriguez, Jesus | 1819 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | =31B | — | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 1722 | -2.6 |
| 31 | Mestieri Farre, Gabriel | 1722 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | =30N | — | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 1819 | +2.6 |
| 32 | Garcia Llargues, Daniel | 1862 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −21N | −2B | 0.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.00 | 1094 | -18.4 |
| 33 | Ribera Pane, Jaume | 2034 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −16B | −1N | 0.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.00 | 1392 | -12.2 |
| 34 | Murgia Villamizar, Nicola | 1802 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −2N | — | 0.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.00 | 1020 | -18.8 |
| 35 | Angli Marti, Jordi | 2031 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −1B | — | 0.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.00 | 1506 | -3.4 |
| 36 | Real Masdeu, Albert | 1949 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −4B | — | 0.0 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.00 | 1198 | -8.6 |
| 37 | Penas Hernandez, Yolanda | 1826 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −5N | — | 0.0 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.00 | 1028 | -10.0 |
| 38 | Martin Garcia, Carlos | 2049 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −3N | — | 0.0 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.00 | 1380 | -6.4 |
| 39 | Martinez Diaz, Francisco Javier | 1755 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −19N | — | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 971 | -9.6 |
| 40 | Gea Cabrero, Jordi | 1972 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −12B | — | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1154 | -10.6 |
| 41 | Humanes Bespin, Ivan | 1910 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −18B | — | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1179 | -8.0 |
| 42 | Molinero Sayas, Teo | 1834 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −10B | — | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1061 | -18.4 |
| 43 | Gonzalez Arranz, Jordi | 1838 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −11N | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 959 | -12.2 |
| 44 | Muntane Aznar, Juan Manuel | 1816 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −20N | — | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1000 | -10.4 |
| 45 | Puignero Garcia, Anton | 1644 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −17B | — | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 998 | -11.6 |
| 46 | Ruiz Bravo, Alfonso | 1935 | ESP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −22N | — | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1085 | -11.4 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Konieczny Cardus, JanESP+27.21.0 pts · #11
- 2Garcia Corpas, NicolasESP+25.61.0 pts · #14
- 3Dea Ruiz, JofreESP+22.81.0 pts · #22
- 1Murgia Villamizar, NicolaESP-18.80.0 pts · #32
- 2Garcia Llargues, DanielESP-18.40.0 pts · #39
- 3Molinero Sayas, TeoESP-18.40.0 pts · #36
- R11+132 Elo gap
- R11+106 Elo gap