Benidorm Chess Open 2026 · Group A

Benidorm Chess Open 2026 — Group A Round 1

Best game of the round

Piotr Jankowiak (2051) vs FM Carlos Enrique Mena Crespo (2260), 0-1, Modern Defense: Standard Defense — replay the game

Critical game

GM Felix-Antonio Ilinca (2507) vs IM Virginijus Dambrauskas (2086), 1-0, Pirc Defense: 150 Attack, Sveshnikov-Jansa Attack — replay the game

Biggest upset

Jaime Lopez Martinez (2060) vs FM Aaron Bendayan Claros (2280), 1-0, Sicilian Defense: Kalashnikov Variation — replay the game

Games

• GM Felix-Antonio Ilinca (2507) – IM Virginijus Dambrauskas (2086) 1-0 game
• Valery Grigoryev (2086) – GM Kristian Stuvik Holm (2500) 1/2-1/2 game
• GM Lalit Babu M R (2489) – Vit Zemlicka (2085) 1-0 game
• WFM Uliana Yeshchenko (2073) – GM Helgi Ass Gretarsson (2405) 0-1 game
• FM Vladyslav Sydoryka (2401) – Kyran Rodriguez Dogmoch (2064) 1/2-1/2 game
• Jaime Lopez Martinez (2060) – FM Aaron Bendayan Claros (2280) 1-0 game
• FM Michal Redzisz (2280) – Miguel Alvarez Morales (2059) 1-0 game
• Ayaan Arora (2059) – FM Georgi Tomov (2280) 1/2-1/2 game
• IM Stanislav Tsyhanchuk (2270) – Oriol Najar Arrieta (2055) 1-0 game
• Piotr Jankowiak (2051) – FM Carlos Enrique Mena Crespo (2260) 0-1 game
• FM Ramon Ibanez Aullana (2253) – Rauan Bakhyt (2043) 1-0 game
• Rafael Gomez-Cabrero Lopez (2042) – FM Andre Mendez Machado (2250) 0-1 game
• Hector Fernando Gomez Sanjuan (2232) – Kota Nagataki (2036) 1/2-1/2 game
• Junior Machado Hernandez (2034) – FM Miroslav Baturin-Vinogradov (2216) 1/2-1/2 game
• FM Daniel Gomez Anadon (2205) – Pavlo Abalmaz (2022) 1-0 game
• Juan Pablo Soriano Maya (2020) – WFM Adhara Rodriguez Redondo (2200) 0-1 game
• IM Stephen R Mannion (2191) – Oleksandr Rybchenko (2018) 1-0 game
• Yannick Woods (2017) – WGM Tatiana Grabuzova (2189) 1/2-1/2 game
• CM Malko Martel Bruniaux (2185) – Andres Zamora Beamud (2014) 0-1 game
• David Cortijo Tocino (2008) – Israel Segarra Victorio (2185) 1/2-1/2 game
• Iker Gonzalez Salazar (2184) – CM Juan Francisco Defez Gomez (2005) 1/2-1/2 game
• Maximilian Mueller (1999) – Balaguru Vinodhkumar (2166) 0-1 game
• IM Rafael Rodriguez Lopez (2165) – David Nechifor (1999) 1/2-1/2 game
• CM Bernard Sakulski (1992) – Asier Gonzalez Pereira (2165) 0-1 game
• CM Razvan-George Parvu (2165) – Zhanbolat Amankos (1983) 0-1 game
• Johannes Bertram (1979) – CM Luc Hoffman (2162) 1/2-1/2 game
• FM John Delaney (2161) – Juan Bosco Prats Rodriguez (1976) 1-0 game
• WFM Marium Fatima (1973) – Miguel Cubillo Munoz (2154) 1-0 game

Standings after round 1

1. Ilinca, Felix-Antonio
2. Lalit Babu M R
3. Gretarsson, Helgi Ass
4. Redzisz, Michal
5. Tsyhanchuk, Stanislav
6. Mena Crespo, Carlos Enrique
7. Ibanez Aullana, Ramon
8. Mendez Machado, Andre
9. Gomez Anadon, Daniel
10. Rodriguez Redondo, Adhara

Round 2