I Torneo de Ajedrez Sub-1800 Molina de Segura

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62 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 20 Jun 2026 to 21 Jun 2026 in Molina de Segura (Murcia), Spain. Top 10 Elo average was 1724, and top seed was Jaime Espadina Solano (🇪🇸 ESP, 1768).

Antonio Javier Martinez Garcia (🇪🇸 ESP, 1735) won with 6.0/6, ahead of Luis Gomez Ruiz (5.0) and Jorge 2014 Gomez Lopez (4.5). Martinez Garcia won solo starting round 5.

The biggest upset came in round 4: Alejandro Fernandez Mondejar (1517) beat Dario Romero Navarro (1763), a +246-point gap.

Location

🇪🇸Molina de Segura (Murcia), Spain

Dates

20 Jun 2026 → 21 Jun 2026

Time control

Standard: 30 minutes for game with 30 seconds increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 6 rounds

Top seed

🇪🇸Jaime Espadina Solano1768

Avg top 10

1,724

Participants

Federations · 1 represented

🇪🇸Spain×47

Top 3

🥇
Antonio Javier Martinez Garcia
🇪🇸ESP·1735
6.0pts·2423perf+42.6
🥈
Luis Gomez Ruiz
🇪🇸ESP·1619
5.0pts·2335perf+62.4
🥉
Jorge 2014 Gomez Lopez
🇪🇸ESP·1695
4.5pts·1725perf+10.0

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 6 rounds

Antonio Javier Martinez Garcia led from R5; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.

Co-leaders

Martinez Garcia6Gomez Ruiz5Alvarez Sanchez4.5Albaladejo Martinez4.5Gomez Lopez4.5Cerdan Caro4.5

R5–R6 · LEAD HELD

Antonio Javier Martinez Garcia never relinquished the lead after R5; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

Antonio Javier Martinez Garcia 6 wins (R1–R6)Luis Gomez Ruiz 5 wins (R2–R6)Julian Alvarez Sanchez 3 wins (R2–R4)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Antonio Javier Martinez Garcia	*	—	—	—
2Luis Gomez Ruiz	—	*	—	—
3Julian Alvarez Sanchez	—	—	*	1
4Javier Albaladejo Martinez	—	—	0	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Martinez Garcia, Antonio Javier	1735	ESP	+24B	+8N	+4B	+3N	+7B	+11N	6.0	21.0	24.0	24.00	2423	+42.6
2	Gomez Ruiz, Luis	1619	ESP	−55N	+28N	+24B	+27B	+21N	+9B	5.0	16.5	17.5	16.50	2335	+62.4
3	Gomez Lopez, Jorge 2014	1695	ESP	+62N	+27B	+15N	−1B	+22N	=4N	4.5	21.0	21.0	12.75	1725	+10.0
4	Cerdan Caro, Jorge	1652	ESP	+58B	+45N	−1N	+32B	+13N	=3B	4.5	19.5	20.5	12.25	1711	+12.4
5	Albaladejo Martinez, Javier	1768	ESP	+26B	=10N	+51B	−6N	+30N	+17B	4.5	18.0	19.5	13.00	1746	-2.4
6	Alvarez Sanchez, Julian	1662	ESP	F	+60B	+34N	+5B	=17N	+7N	4.5	15.0	15.0	13.25	1991	+35.4
7	Sanchez Rosique, Aitana	1697	ESP	+16B	+13N	+19B	+9N	−1N	−6B	4.0	22.5	26.0	15.50	1741	+14.8
8	Fernandez Mondejar, Alejandro	1517	ESP	+56N	−1B	+41N	+12B	−9B	+28N	4.0	19.0	20.0	10.00	1596	+11.6
9	Castellanos Gomez, Pascual	1666	ESP	+47B	+52N	+17B	−7B	+8N	−2N	4.0	18.5	20.0	11.00	1671	+1.4
10	Ayala Diaz, Alberto	1554	ESP	+36B	=5B	+23N	−18N	+46B	=14N	4.0	18.0	20.0	12.25	1721	+34.4
11	Ruiz Garcia, Pedro 2001	1694	ESP	+33B	+55N	+30B	F	+18N	−1B	4.0	16.5	16.5	10.50	1819	+26.4
12	Romero Navarro, Dario	1763	ESP	+35B	−30N	+43B	−8N	+26B	+23N	4.0	16.0	18.0	11.00	1606	-18.6
13	Gil Villascusa, Jose	1510	ESP	+59N	−7B	+56N	+19N	−4B	+33B	4.0	16.0	17.0	8.50	1613	+10.6
14	Caballero Frutos, Jose Alfredo	1713	ESP	=20N	−34B	+36N	+53B	+39N	=10B	4.0	15.0	16.5	10.25	1508	-21.0
15	FIDE 553076095	0	—	+40B	+50N	−3B	F	+31N	+18B	4.0	15.0	15.0	10.50	1713	0.0
16	Campos Martinez, Manuel	1475	ESP	−7N	−56B	+42N	+57B	+25N	+32B	4.0	13.0	14.0	9.00	1712	+37.6
17	Ruiz Castillejos, Marcos	1736	ESP	+21N	+22B	−9N	+25B	=6B	−5N	3.5	20.0	23.0	12.25	1664	-19.6
18	Espadina Solano, Jaime	1768	ESP	+37N	=25B	+31N	+10B	−11B	−15N	3.5	18.0	20.5	11.00	1722	-4.6
19	Salmeron Castro, Pedro 1973	1646	ESP	+42N	+41B	−7N	−13B	+24N	=21B	3.5	16.5	18.5	8.75	1456	-21.0
20	Forte Llorens, Antonio	1477	ESP	=14B	−29N	+38B	=28N	+40B	=22B	3.5	16.0	18.0	9.75	1614	+28.8
21	Riquelme Pokorna, Sofia	1483	ESP	−17B	+48N	+44B	+40N	−2B	=19N	3.5	16.0	18.0	7.75	1623	+36.4
22	Sanchez Munoz-Calero, Armando	1526	ESP	+53B	−17N	+55B	+29N	−3B	=20N	3.5	16.0	17.0	7.25	1557	+4.4
23	Ayala Carrion, Santiago	1633	ESP	+54B	=51N	−10B	+26N	+34N	−12B	3.5	15.0	16.5	7.75	1572	-13.2
24	Gil Pedreno, Tomas	1482	ESP	−1N	+61B	−2N	+41B	−19B	+48N	3.0	18.5	18.5	4.00	867	-31.6
25	Hurtado Pages, Manuel	1539	ESP	+48B	=18N	=29B	−17N	−16B	+49N	3.0	16.0	18.0	7.25	1541	-1.6
26	Gonzalez Alarcon, Alejandro	1492	ESP	−5N	+42B	+57N	−23B	−12N	+43B	3.0	16.0	17.0	5.00	921	-26.0
27	Rivero Acedo, Jesus	1509	ESP	+57B	−3N	+45B	−2N	−28B	+52N	3.0	16.0	17.0	4.50	857	-12.2
28	FIDE 553075897	0	—	=?N	−2B	+60N	=20B	+27N	−8B	3.0	16.0	16.0	5.25	1513	0.0
29	Zapata Salas, Alberto	1667	ESP	=60N	+20B	=25N	−22B	=37B	=34N	3.0	15.0	15.5	7.75	1493	-54.4
30	Pagan Sanchez, Domingo	1543	ESP	+61N	+12B	−11N	F	−5B	+35B	3.0	15.0	15.0	6.50	1678	+27.2
31	Candela Castejon, Aitana	1591	ESP	=38B	+46N	−18B	+51N	−15B	=37N	3.0	14.5	16.0	6.00	1436	-16.4
32	Palazon Tenza, Victor	1525	ESP	−41N	+58B	+52B	−4N	+47B	−16N	3.0	14.0	15.0	4.50	1393	-21.2
33	Castellanos Gomez, Elena	1456	ESP	−11N	+59B	−40B	+58N	+44B	−13N	3.0	13.0	14.0	4.00	1386	-13.6
34	Alferez Anton, Adrian	1479	ESP	F	+14N	−6B	+43N	−23B	=29B	2.5	17.0	17.0	7.50	1582	+19.2
35	Olivares Carrion, Miguel	1485	ESP	−12N	=36B	−46B	+45N	+51B	−30N	2.5	13.5	15.0	4.75	853	-23.6
36	FIDE 535076224	0	—	−10N	=35N	−14B	+42B	−?N	+55B	2.5	13.5	13.5	4.25	1244	0.0
37	Lopez Ronquillo, Juan Vicente	1489	ESP	−18B	=54N	F	+55B	=29N	=31B	2.5	12.0	12.0	4.75	1550	+4.2
38	FIDE 553024109	0	—	=31N	−39B	−20N	F	+56B	+44N	2.5	12.0	12.0	4.50	1451	0.0
39	Smith Sandford, Gary Paul	1522	ESP	=43B	+38N	F	F	−14B	+46N	2.5	10.5	10.5	5.50	913	-5.0
40	Sandoval Martinez, Ruben	1549	ESP	−15N	+49B	+33N	−21B	−20N	−45B	2.0	16.0	18.0	5.00	1459	-20.0
41	FIDE 535091231	0	—	+32B	−19N	−8B	−24N	+55N	−51B	2.0	15.0	16.0	4.00	1350	0.0
42	Domenech Perez, Javier	0	ESP	−19B	−26N	−16B	−36N	+61B	+56N	2.0	14.0	14.0	1.00	738	0.0
43	FIDE 553062302	0	—	=39N	+?B	−12N	−34B	=52B	−26N	2.0	13.5	13.5	2.00	1405	0.0
44	Hurtado Valero, Oliver	1563	ESP	−52N	+47B	−21N	+49B	−33N	−38B	2.0	13.0	14.5	4.00	1446	-25.2
45	Paredes Perez, Samuel	0	ESP	F	−4B	−27N	−35B	+57N	+40N	2.0	13.0	13.0	3.00	1356	0.0
46	FIDE 54770718	0	—	F	−31B	+35N	+?B	−10N	−39B	2.0	12.0	12.0	2.50	1461	0.0
47	Garcia Ferreira, Joaquin	1428	ESP	−9N	−44N	+61B	+56B	−32N	−50B	2.0	12.0	12.0	1.00	804	-44.0
48	Perea Paredes, Jose Angel	0	ESP	−25N	−21B	−49N	+61N	+62B	−24B	2.0	11.5	11.5	0.00	1236	0.0
49	Lopez Soler, Jose	1418	ESP	−50B	−40N	+48B	−44N	+59N	−25B	2.0	11.0	12.0	3.00	778	-23.4
50	Grinan Macanas, Jose	1660	ESP	+49N	−15B	F	F	F	+47N	2.0	8.0	8.0	4.00	2223	+8.2
51	FIDE 553057074	0	—	F	=23B	−5N	−31B	−35N	+41N	1.5	15.5	15.5	3.75	1297	0.0
52	FIDE 553024117	0	—	+44B	−9B	−32N	F	=43N	−27B	1.5	14.0	14.0	3.00	1373	0.0
53	Sagredo Paredes, Pedro	0	ESP	−22N	+62B	F	−14N	F	=?B	1.5	9.0	9.0	0.00	1466	0.0
54	Justiz Ocana, Elthon Carlos	0	ESP	−23N	=37B	−?N	+60B	F	F	1.5	8.0	8.0	1.75	1433	0.0
55	FIDE 553057120	0	—	+2B	−11B	−22N	−37N	−41B	−36N	1.0	17.5	19.5	5.00	1389	0.0
56	FIDE 553063643	0	—	−8B	+16N	−13B	−47N	−38N	−42B	1.0	16.5	18.5	4.00	1290	0.0
57	FIDE 553075927	0	—	−27N	F	−26B	−16N	−45B	+61N	1.0	12.0	12.0	0.00	692	0.0
58	FIDE 553024125	0	—	−4N	−32N	+59B	−33B	F	F	1.0	11.5	11.5	1.00	744	0.0
59	FIDE 553075935	0	—	−13B	−33N	−58N	F	−49B	+62N	1.0	10.0	10.0	0.00	1268	0.0
60	Duran Cerezo, Ana Isabel	1445	ESP	=29B	−6N	−28B	−54N	F	F	0.5	12.0	12.0	1.50	1472	+1.2
61	FIDE 553075889	0	—	−30B	−24N	−47N	−48B	−42N	−57B	0.0	12.0	13.0	0.00	684	0.0
62	Martinez Morcillo, Mateo	1460	ESP	−3B	−53N	F	F	−48N	−59B	0.0	9.0	9.0	0.00	895	-8.4

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Gomez Ruiz, LuisESP
+62.4
5.0 pts · #5
2Martinez Garcia, Antonio JavierESP
+42.6
6.0 pts · #1
3Campos Martinez, ManuelESP
+37.6
4.0 pts · #19

Top rating losers

1Zapata Salas, AlbertoESP
-54.4
3.0 pts · #14
2Garcia Ferreira, JoaquinESP
-44.0
2.0 pts · #52
3Gil Pedreno, TomasESP
-31.6
3.0 pts · #51

Biggest upsets

R4+246 Elo gap
Fernandez Mondejar, Alejandro1517 beat Romero Navarro, Dario1763
R2+234 Elo gap
Alferez Anton, Adrian1479 beat Caballero Frutos, Jose Alfredo1713
R2+220 Elo gap
Pagan Sanchez, Domingo1543 beat Romero Navarro, Dario1763