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Cto Autonomico Veteranos Valencia 65 2026

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13 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 18 Jun 2026 to 21 Jun 2026 in Valencia, Spain. 2 titled players from 4 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1971, and top seed was Slobodan Kovacevic (🇷🇸 SRB, IM, 2203).

Joaquin Ballester Sanz (🇪🇸 ESP, 2076) won with 5.5/7, ahead of Slobodan Kovacevic (5.5) and Ferran Reig Albero (4.5). Ballester Sanz shared the lead from round 1, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 7: Manuel Cortes Recaman (1519) beat Lorenzo Mafe-Coll (1812), a +293-point gap.

Location
🇪🇸Valencia, Spain
Dates
18 Jun 2026 → 21 Jun 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 7 rounds
Top seed
🇷🇸IMSlobodan Kovacevic2203
Avg top 10
1,971
Participants
13
Titled players · 2
IM×1
CM×1
Federations · 4 represented
🇪🇸Spain×10
🇮🇪Ireland×1
🇷🇸Serbia×1
🇨🇭Switzerland×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

Tight race until R7; 2 players tied at 5.5/7, decided on Buchholz.

Co-leaders
5
3
1
1
1
1
2
23.55.57R1R2R3R4R5R6R7
Kovacevic5.5Ballester Sanz5.5Reig Albero4.5Balada Moreno4Cafolla4Marques Montolio3
R7 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 5.5/7. Ballester Sanz takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (24.0).

R3 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

IM Slobodan Kovacevic lost to Joaquin Ballester Sanz (Black).

R1–R3 · WIN STREAK

Joaquin Ballester Sanz won 3 in a row (R1–R3).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1IMSlobodan Kovacevic*
0
½
1
2Joaquin Ballester Sanz
1
*
½
½
3CMFerran Reig Albero
½
½
*
0
4Jose Luis Balada Moreno
0
½
1
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Ballester Sanz, Joaquin2076ESP+6B+9N+2B=3N+8B=5N=4B5.524.026.019.752223+24.4
2Kovacevic, SlobodanIM2203SRB+12N+5B−1N+4B+6B=3N+9B5.523.023.515.752181-1.3
3Reig Albero, FerranCM1968ESP+13N+10B−4N=1B+7N=2B=5B4.524.024.012.502010+11.2
4Balada Moreno, Jose Luis2019ESP=7B=8N+3B−2N+9B=6N=1N4.024.526.513.752019+1.4
5Cafolla, Peter1952IRL+11B−2N=9B=6N+10B=1B=3N4.022.524.511.501961+4.2
6Orti Stock, Carlos1869ESP−1N+7N+11B=5B−2N=4BF3.024.024.09.001916+7.6
7Marques Montolio, Luis1727ESP=4N−6B=8B+11N−3BF+13N3.016.516.55.501829+14.2
8Mancebo Ibanez, Fernando2043ESP−10N=4B=7N+12B−1N+13BF3.015.015.04.001858-25.8
9Camison Zornoza, Cesar1900ESPF−1B=5N=10B−4N+11B−2N2.023.023.05.001805-14.2
10Mafe-Coll, Lorenzo1812SUI+8B−3N=12B=9N−5NF−11B2.016.016.04.251751-9.2
11Cortes Recaman, Manuel1519ESP−5N+13B−6N−7BF−9N+10N2.014.014.02.001672+17.8
12Castro Santimoteo, Raul1872ESP−2BF=10N−8NFFF0.510.510.51.001746-9.4
13Alonso Leon, Jose1554ESP−3B−11NFFF−8N−7B0.013.013.00.00989-39.2

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets