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XL Campionat de Catalunya de Veterans 2026 - Grup 50

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19 players participated in this 8-round tournament, held from 09 May 2026 to 16 May 2026 in Salou (Tarragona), Spain. 4 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 2072, and top seed was Josep Anton Lacasa Diaz (🇪🇸 ESP, IM, 2332).

Antonio Torrecillas Martinez (🇪🇸 ESP, IM, 2259) won with 6.5/8, ahead of Josep Anton Lacasa Diaz (6.5) and Jordi Colomer Gomez (5.0). Torrecillas Martinez shared the lead from round 1, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 8: Jordi Ferrer Teixido (1804) beat Juan Bosco Prats Rodriguez (1951), a +147-point gap.

Location
🇪🇸Salou (Tarragona), Spain
Dates
09 May 2026 → 16 May 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 8 rounds
Top seed
🇪🇸IMJosep Anton Lacasa Diaz2332
Avg top 10
2,072
Participants
19
Titled players · 4
IM×2
CM×2
Federations · 1 represented
🇪🇸Spain×19
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 8 rounds

Tight race until R8; 2 players tied at 6.5/8, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.

Co-leaders
7
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2468R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8
Torrecillas Martinez6.5Lacasa Diaz6.5Sanchez Criado5Colomer Gomez5Lobo Munoz4.5Garcia Garcia4.5
R8 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 6.5/8. Torrecillas Martinez takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (34.0).

R3 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

IM Antonio Torrecillas Martinez drew with IM Josep Anton Lacasa Diaz (Black).

R1–R8 · UNBEATEN

IM Antonio Torrecillas Martinez went unbeaten across 8 games (R1–R8).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1IMAntonio Torrecillas Martinez*
½
½
1
2IMJosep Anton Lacasa Diaz
½
*—
½
3CMLluis Sanchez Criado
½
—*
½
4Jordi Colomer Gomez
0
½
½
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Torrecillas Martinez, AntonioIM2259ESP+7N+10B=2N+3B=4N+5B+12N=6B6.534.037.529.502279+2.9
2Lacasa Diaz, Josep AntonIM2332ESP+9B+14N=1B+15N=5B+7N+8B=3N6.532.035.027.002287-1.9
3Colomer Gomez, Jordi1976ESP+18B=4N=5B−1N=9B+11N+14B=2B5.033.534.518.002123+30.0
4Sanchez Criado, LluisCM2057ESP=12N=3B=7N+10B=1B=6N+9B=5N5.033.036.522.252104+9.0
5Argerich Farras, Josep1988ESP+16N=15B=3N+8B=2N−1N=6B=4B4.535.036.017.502099+22.6
6Fernandez Muixi, Francesc1955ESP=8N=12B=10N+17B=7N=4B=5N=1N4.532.533.517.252051+20.6
7Lobo Munoz, Alberto1958ESP−1B+17N=4B+14N=6B−2B+15N=9N4.532.533.513.752097+27.8
8Garcia Garcia, Manel2063ESP=6B=9N+16B−5N=11B+13N−2N+14B4.530.031.013.752013-9.0
9Sanchez Bernardino, Miguel Angel1975ESP−2N=8B+13N=12B=3N+10B−4N=7B4.033.036.516.252018+7.6
10Draghici Flutur, GavrilCM2006ESP+17B−1N=6B−4N+18B−9N=11B+16N4.026.027.07.251923-16.0
11Pique Safont, Joan Manel1923ESPF=13B=12N+16B=8N−3B=10N+17B4.022.522.59.751956+7.0
12Prats Rodriguez, Juan Bosco1951ESP=4B=6N=11B=9N+15B=14N−1B−13B3.530.533.513.251962+0.6
13Ferrer Teixido, Jordi1804ESP−14B=11N−9B=18N+17N−8B=16B+12N3.521.022.07.501851+8.4
14Saldana Caballe, Enric2024ESP+13N−2B=15N−7B+16N=12B−3N−8N3.030.531.57.751899-28.4
15Fernandez Lozano, Francesc2044ESP+19B=5N=14B−2B−12N+18N−7BF3.023.023.04.751928-22.0
16Sanges Montfort, Joan1761ESP−5BF−8N−11N−14B=17B=13N−10B1.024.524.52.251632-18.8
17Maseras Rozas, Gumersind1782ESP−10N−7BF−6N−13B=16N=18B−11N1.022.522.51.001559-34.4
18Aymat Satue, Joan1669ESP−3NFF=13B−10N−15B=17NF1.016.516.52.251682-0.4
19Barberans Sola, Sebastia1922ESP−15NFFFFFFF0.04.04.00.001244-6.6

Key insights

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