Benidorm Chess Open 2026 · Group A

Benidorm Chess Open 2026 — Group A Round 8

Best game of the round

WFM Bhagyashree Patil (1950) vs Denys Farkash (2154), 1-0, Queen's Pawn Game: Symmetrical Variation, Pseudo-Catalan — replay the game

Critical game

GM Lalit Babu M R (2489) vs FM Miroslav Baturin-Vinogradov (2216), 1-0, English Opening: King's English Variation, Four Knights Variation, Fianchetto Line — replay the game

Biggest upset

Mehmet Kagan Apaydin (1940) vs Sebastian-Ionut Pavel (2153), 1-0, English Opening: King's English Variation, Four Knights Variation, Korchnoi Line — replay the game

Games

• GM Helgi Ass Gretarsson (2405) – CM Malko Martel Bruniaux (2185) 1/2-1/2 game
• GM Lalit Babu M R (2489) – FM Miroslav Baturin-Vinogradov (2216) 1-0 game
• FM Ramon Ibanez Aullana (2253) – GM Felix-Antonio Ilinca (2507) 0-1 game
• FM Andre Mendez Machado (2250) – FM Vladyslav Sydoryka (2401) 0-1 game
• FM Michal Redzisz (2280) – WFM Marium Fatima (1973) 1/2-1/2 game
• Kyran Rodriguez Dogmoch (2064) – IM Stanislav Tsyhanchuk (2270) 0-1 game
• FM Carlos Enrique Mena Crespo (2260) – Yannick Woods (2017) 1-0 game
• WFM Adhara Rodriguez Redondo (2200) – Andres Zamora Beamud (2014) 1-0 game
• Javier Atienza Alvarez (2151) – IM Stephen R Mannion (2191) 1/2-1/2 game
• WCM Sasvatha A (1830) – Iker Gonzalez Salazar (2184) 0-1 game
• FM Aaron Bendayan Claros (2280) – CM Marc Barcelo Melnyk (2148) 0-1 game
• FM Georgi Tomov (2280) – Guillermo Horcajada Reales (2138) 1-0 game
• CM Damian Daniel (2134) – FM Daniel Gomez Anadon (2205) 1-0 game
• Israel Segarra Victorio (2185) – Guillermo Beneyto de Ramon (2090) 1-0 game
• Juan Sendra Tormo (2017) – Balaguru Vinodhkumar (2166) 1/2-1/2 game
• David Cortijo Tocino (2008) – Asier Gonzalez Pereira (2165) 1/2-1/2 game
• CM Luc Hoffman (2162) – Rocco Enrico Vairo (2119) 1-0 game
• WFM Bhagyashree Patil (1950) – Denys Farkash (2154) 1-0 game
• Hector Fernando Gomez Sanjuan (2232) – Zhanbolat Amankos (1983) 1-0 game
• Vit Zemlicka (2085) – IM Rafael Rodriguez Lopez (2165) 1-0 game
• Jaime Lopez Martinez (2060) – CM Razvan-George Parvu (2165) 0-1 game
• Ayaan Arora (2059) – FM John Delaney (2161) 1/2-1/2 game
• Mehmet Kagan Apaydin (1940) – Sebastian-Ionut Pavel (2153) 1-0 game
• FM Shane Melaugh (2147) – Poorna Sri M.K (1880) 1/2-1/2 game
• Stepan Bukharkov (2124) – Giuseppe Enmanuel Boyer Censore (2112) 1/2-1/2 game
• WGM Tatiana Grabuzova (2189) – Junior Machado Hernandez (2034) 1-0 game
• Pavlo Abalmaz (2022) – Jan Bara (2126) 1-0 game
• Maximilian Mueller (1999) – CM Max Wahlund (2123) 1/2-1/2 game

Standings after round 8

1. Lalit Babu M R
2. Gretarsson, Helgi Ass
3. Ilinca, Felix-Antonio
4. Sydoryka, Vladyslav
5. Baturin-Vinogradov, Miroslav
6. Redzisz, Michal
7. Tsyhanchuk, Stanislav
8. Mena Crespo, Carlos Enrique
9. Rodriguez Redondo, Adhara
10. Gonzalez Salazar, Iker

Round 7 · Round 9