Benidorm Chess Open 2026 · Group A

Benidorm Chess Open 2026 — Group A Round 5

Best game of the round

Hector Fernando Gomez Sanjuan (2232) vs Oriol Najar Arrieta (2055), 0-1, Nimzo-Indian Defense: Sämisch Variation — replay the game

Critical game

GM Felix-Antonio Ilinca (2507) vs GM Helgi Ass Gretarsson (2405), 0-1, Slav Defense: Chebanenko Variation — replay the game

Biggest upset

WFM Marium Fatima (1973) vs Asier Gonzalez Pereira (2165), 1-0, English Defense — replay the game

Games

• GM Felix-Antonio Ilinca (2507) – GM Helgi Ass Gretarsson (2405) 0-1 game
• GM Kristian Stuvik Holm (2500) – GM Lalit Babu M R (2489) 1/2-1/2 game
• IM Stephen R Mannion (2191) – FM Aaron Bendayan Claros (2280) 1/2-1/2 game
• IM Stanislav Tsyhanchuk (2270) – CM Malko Martel Bruniaux (2185) 1/2-1/2 game
• Iker Gonzalez Salazar (2184) – FM Carlos Enrique Mena Crespo (2260) 1/2-1/2 game
• IM Rafael Rodriguez Lopez (2165) – FM Miroslav Baturin-Vinogradov (2216) 0-1 game
• FM Daniel Gomez Anadon (2205) – WFM Adhara Rodriguez Redondo (2200) 1/2-1/2 game
• FM Vladyslav Sydoryka (2401) – CM Damian Daniel (2134) 1-0 game
• FM Michal Redzisz (2280) – Jaime Lopez Martinez (2060) 1-0 game
• Rocco Enrico Vairo (2119) – FM Georgi Tomov (2280) 1/2-1/2 game
• Valery Grigoryev (2086) – FM Andre Mendez Machado (2250) 0-1 game
• Ayaan Arora (2059) – Israel Segarra Victorio (2185) 1/2-1/2 game
• WFM Marium Fatima (1973) – Asier Gonzalez Pereira (2165) 1-0 game
• Yannick Woods (2017) – CM Luc Hoffman (2162) 1/2-1/2 game
• Sebastian-Ionut Pavel (2153) – Juan Sendra Tormo (2017) 1/2-1/2 game
• WGM Tatiana Grabuzova (2189) – WCM Sasvatha A (1830) 1/2-1/2 game
• Hector Fernando Gomez Sanjuan (2232) – Oriol Najar Arrieta (2055) 0-1 game
• Denys Farkash (2154) – Rauan Bakhyt (2043) 1-0 game
• Kota Nagataki (2036) – Javier Atienza Alvarez (2151) 0-1 game
• CM Marc Barcelo Melnyk (2148) – Oleksandr Rybchenko (2018) 1-0 game
• Jan Bara (2126) – Maximilian Mueller (1999) 1/2-1/2 game
• FM Maiorescu-Dorin Titu (2032) – Stepan Bukharkov (2124) 0-1 game
• CM Max Wahlund (2123) – WFM Bhagyashree Patil (1950) 0-1 game
• David Nechifor (1999) – Ethan Cole (2109) 1/2-1/2 game
• Zhanbolat Amankos (1983) – WFM Uliana Yeshchenko (2073) 1-0 game
• Poorna Sri M.K (1880) – Miguel Alvarez Morales (2059) 1-0 game
• CM Razvan-George Parvu (2165) – Andres Zamora Beamud (2014) 0-1 game
• Juan Pablo Soriano Maya (2020) – FM John Delaney (2161) 1/2-1/2 game

Standings after round 5

1. Gretarsson, Helgi Ass
2. Ilinca, Felix-Antonio
3. Holm, Kristian Stuvik
4. Lalit Babu M R
5. Baturin-Vinogradov, Miroslav
6. Mannion, Stephen R
7. Sydoryka, Vladyslav
8. Redzisz, Michal
9. Tsyhanchuk, Stanislav
10. Mena Crespo, Carlos Enrique

Round 4 · Round 6