Benidorm Chess Open 2026 · Group A

Benidorm Chess Open 2026 — Group A Round 9

Best game of the round

Asier Gonzalez Pereira (2165) vs Mehmet Kagan Apaydin (1940), 0-1, Sicilian Defense: Nyezhmetdinov-Rossolimo Attack — replay the game

Critical game

GM Helgi Ass Gretarsson (2405) vs GM Lalit Babu M R (2489), 0-1, Queen's Gambit Declined: Three Knights, Vienna Variation — replay the game

Biggest upset

Asier Gonzalez Pereira (2165) vs Mehmet Kagan Apaydin (1940), 0-1, Sicilian Defense: Nyezhmetdinov-Rossolimo Attack — replay the game

Games

• GM Helgi Ass Gretarsson (2405) – GM Lalit Babu M R (2489) 0-1 game
• GM Felix-Antonio Ilinca (2507) – CM Malko Martel Bruniaux (2185) 0-1 game
• FM Vladyslav Sydoryka (2401) – FM Miroslav Baturin-Vinogradov (2216) 0-1 game
• Iker Gonzalez Salazar (2184) – FM Michal Redzisz (2280) 1/2-1/2 game
• IM Stanislav Tsyhanchuk (2270) – FM Carlos Enrique Mena Crespo (2260) 1-0 game
• WFM Marium Fatima (1973) – WFM Adhara Rodriguez Redondo (2200) 1/2-1/2 game
• Balaguru Vinodhkumar (2166) – FM Georgi Tomov (2280) 0-1 game
• CM Luc Hoffman (2162) – FM Ramon Ibanez Aullana (2253) 0-1 game
• Javier Atienza Alvarez (2151) – FM Andre Mendez Machado (2250) 1-0 game
• IM Stephen R Mannion (2191) – CM Damian Daniel (2134) 1-0 game
• CM Marc Barcelo Melnyk (2148) – Israel Segarra Victorio (2185) 1-0 game
• Hector Fernando Gomez Sanjuan (2232) – WFM Bhagyashree Patil (1950) 0-1 game
• Asier Gonzalez Pereira (2165) – Mehmet Kagan Apaydin (1940) 0-1 game
• CM Razvan-George Parvu (2165) – David Cortijo Tocino (2008) 1/2-1/2 game
• Yannick Woods (2017) – Vit Zemlicka (2085) 1-0 game
• Andres Zamora Beamud (2014) – Kyran Rodriguez Dogmoch (2064) 1-0 game
• FM John Delaney (2161) – WCM Sasvatha A (1830) 1/2-1/2 game
• Piotr Jankowiak (2051) – FM Aaron Bendayan Claros (2280) 1/2-1/2 game
• CM Juan Francisco Defez Gomez (2005) – WGM Tatiana Grabuzova (2189) 1/2-1/2 game
• Denys Farkash (2154) – Ayaan Arora (2059) 1-0 game
• Guillermo Beneyto de Ramon (2090) – FM Shane Melaugh (2147) 1-0 game
• Guillermo Horcajada Reales (2138) – WFM Uliana Yeshchenko (2073) 0-1 game
• David Nechifor (1999) – Stepan Bukharkov (2124) 1/2-1/2 game
• Rocco Enrico Vairo (2119) – Rauan Bakhyt (2043) 1-0 game
• Giuseppe Enmanuel Boyer Censore (2112) – Pavlo Abalmaz (2022) 0-1 game
• Poorna Sri M.K (1880) – Ethan Cole (2109) 1-0 game
• IM Rafael Rodriguez Lopez (2165) – Jaime Lopez Martinez (2060) 0-1 game
• Sebastian-Ionut Pavel (2153) – Maximilian Mueller (1999) 1-0 game

Standings after round 9

1. Lalit Babu M R
2. Baturin-Vinogradov, Miroslav
3. Gretarsson, Helgi Ass
4. Tsyhanchuk, Stanislav
5. Ilinca, Felix-Antonio
6. Sydoryka, Vladyslav
7. Redzisz, Michal
8. Tomov, Georgi
9. Rodriguez Redondo, Adhara
10. Mannion, Stephen R

Round 8