The 2022 Spanish Championship, a 9-round Swiss tournament with classical time control, took place from 11-18 August in the halls of the hotel “RL Aníbal” in Linares. Both men and women competed in one event but were ranked separately, with the highest-scoring female player claiming the title of Spanish Women’s Champion.

The tournament turned into a close race of several top-rated players, with Eduardo Iturrizaga, Daniil Yuffa and Pedro Antonio Gines Esteo coming into the final round as joint leaders on 6½/8. Yuffa and Gines Esteo faced each other and split a point while the defending champion, Iturrizaga Bonelli, defeated Perez Candelario in style and claimed his second straight national title.
There was a three-way tie for second place, with tiebreaks favouring Daniil Yuffa (silver) and the rating favourite Jaime Santos Latasa (bronze). Although IM Pedro Antonio Gines Esteo did not make it to the podium finishing fourth, he won the U18 prize and picked 17 rating points.
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IM Marta Garcia Martin scored 6 points and became Spanish Women’s Champion for the first time in her career. The defending champion IM Sabrina Vega Gutiérrez netted an equal amount of points but had to settle for silver due to inferior tiebreaks. WIM Yudania Hernández Estévez closed the top three female winners scoring 4½ points.

Pos.
Tit.
Sex.
Name
Fed.
APRO
Pts.
1
GM
m
Iturrizaga Bonelli, Eduardo
ESP
2461.1
7.5
2
GM
m
Yuffa, Daniil
ESP
2484.4
7.0
3
GM
m
Santos Latasa, Jaime
ESP
2475.4
7.0
4
IM
m
Gines Esteo, Pedro Antonio
ESP
2443.0
7.0
5
IM
m
Garriga Cazorla, Pere
ESP
2506.9
6.5
6
IM
m
Merario Alarcon, Andres
ESP
2396.7
6.5
7
GM
m
Narciso Dublan, Marc
ESP
2396.7
6.5
8
IM
m
Moreno Ruiz, Javier
ESP
2382.9
6.5
9
GM
m
Cuenca Jimenez, Jose Fernando
ESP
2381.8
6.5
10
FM
m
Lin, Yingrui
ESP
2312.8
6.5
11
GM
m
Perez Candelario, Manuel
ESP
2440.8
6.0
12
GM
m
Asis Gargatagli, Hipolito
ESP
2374.1
6.0
13
IM
f
Garcia Martin, Marta
ESP
2373.0
6.0
14
FM
m
Alonso Garcia, Aaron
ESP
2364.9
6.0
15
IM
f
Vega Gutierrez, Sabrina
ESP
2356.1
6.0
16
IM
m
Lianes Garcia, Marcos
ESP
2333.8
6.0
17
IM
m
Garcia Ramos, Daniel
ESP
2311.7
6.0
18
IM
m
Alshameary Puente, Ismael
ESP
2297.3
6.0
19
FM
m
Carbonell Sancho, Marc
ESP
2282.3
6.0
20
IM
m
Garza Marco, Sergio
ESP
2222.2
6.0
21
FM
m
Perez Guerra, Raul
ESP
2164.7
6.0
22
GM
m
Lopez Martinez, Josep Manuel
ESP
2429.2
5.5
23
m
Martinez-Conde Hernandez, Carlos
ESP
2370.4
5.5
24
FM
m
Silva Lucena, Cristian
ESP
2369.3
5.5
25
FM
m
Macias Pino, Diego
ESP
2347.3
5.5
26
IM
m
Espinosa Aranda, Angel
ESP
2338.1
5.5
27
IM
m
Plazuelo Pascual, Juan
ESP
2315.6
5.5
28
FM
m
Lopez Varela, Pablo
ESP
2295.6
5.5
29
FM
m
Fernandez Lopez, Ruben
ESP
2289.1
5.5
30
FM
m
Medarde Santiago, Luis Marcos
ESP
2289.0
5.5
31
IM
m
Moreno Tejera, Emilio
ESP
2283.7
5.5
32
FM
m
Martinez Fernandez, Adrian
ESP
2265.0
5.5
33
FM
m
Ingunza Curro, Andres
ESP
2257.4
5.5
34
m
De La Cruz Revilla, Miguel
ESP
2227.2
5.5
35
IM
m
Garrido Outon, Alex
ESP
2194.8
5.5
36
FM
m
Masague Artero, Guerau
ESP
2166.7
5.5
37
IM
m
Ladron De Guevara Pinto, Paolo
ESP
2362.2
5.0
38
FM
m
Domingo Nunez, Ruben
ESP
2346.8
5.0
39
GM
m
Fernandez Garcia, Jose Luis
ESP
2342.6
5.0
40
FM
m
Bernabeu Lopez, Carlos Javier
ESP
2338.2
5.0
41
FM
m
Domingo Nunez, Alejandro
ESP
2296.1
5.0
42
IM
m
Tejedor Fuente, Enrique
ESP
2283.8
5.0
43
FM
m
Gomez Dieguez, David
ESP
2269.0
5.0
44
FM
m
Cesar Maestre, Bernardo
ESP
2263.3
5.0
45
m
Garcia Garcia, Samuel
ESP
2255.1
5.0
46
FM
m
Luque Saiz, Andres
ESP
2227.4
5.0
47
FM
m
Del Prado Rodriguez, Xulio
ESP
2219.6
5.0
48
FM
m
Serarols Mabras, Bernat
ESP
2210.8
5.0
49
FM
m
Esquivias Quintero, Luis Manuel
ESP
2207.7
5.0
50
m
Ilinca Ilinca, Felix Antonio
ESP
2207.1
5.0
51
m
Garcia Fernandez, Victor
ESP
2119.2
5.0
52
FM
m
Alvarez Fernandez, Enrique
ESP
2308.1
4.5
53
m
Del Carmen Hernandez, Aimer
ESP
2247.7
4.5
54
IM
m
Guerra Bastida, Diego
ESP
2245.1
4.5
55
IM
m
Pomes Marcet, Juan
ESP
2239.8
4.5
56
FM
m
Massanet Massanet, Sebastian
ESP
2238.6
4.5
57
FM
m
Garcia Gimenez, Santiago
ESP
2238.6
4.5
58
m
Garrido Diaz, Jose Antonio
ESP
2225.1
4.5
59
IM
m
Vehi Bach, Victor Manuel
ESP
2219.7
4.5
60
m
Gomez Carreno, Martin
ESP
2202.3
4.5
61
m
Yuste Valenzuela, Alejandro
ESP
2201.5
4.5
62
IM
m
Suarez Uriel, Adrian
ESP
2183.4
4.5
63
WIM
f
Hernandez Estevez, Yudania
ESP
2168.6
4.5
64
m
Alvarez Pampillon, Antonio
ESP
2166.1
4.5
65
m
Gonzalez Castillo, Jose Javier
ESP
2147.3
4.5
66
FM
m
Moral Garcia, Serafin
ESP
2136.8
4.5
67
WFM
f
Rodriguez Redondo, Adhara
ESP
2130.2
4.5
68
FM
m
Gonzalez Guedes, Iyan
ESP
2298.9
4.0
69
m
Jimenez Bernal, Francisco
ESP
2261.9
4.0
70
IM
m
Rodriguez Lopez, Rafael
ESP
2237.9
4.0
71
WFM
f
Jimenez Fernandez, Rebeca
ESP
2237.7
4.0
72
m
Saenz Narciso, Miguel Angel
ESP
2227.3
4.0
73
m
Bermudez Ureba, Juan Diego
ESP
2222.9
4.0
74
FM
m
Castellanos Gomez, Alejandro
ESP
2221.4
4.0
75
CM
m
Fernandez Garcia, Gumersindo
ESP
2204.6
4.0
76
IM
m
Argandona Riveiro, Inigo
ESP
2188.3
4.0
77
m
Centeno Mendoza, Julio Stefano
ESP
2167.7
4.0
78
m
Serrano Almendros, Alejandro
ESP
2166.3
4.0
79
m
Rey Martinez, Jaime
ESP
2165.7
4.0
80
m
Ramirez Diaz, Jose Ramon
ESP
2154.9
4.0
81
m
Diaz Mino, Daniel
ESP
2150.7
4.0
82
m
Maldonado Mena, German
ESP
2149.7
4.0
83
m
Vesga Izeta, Markel
ESP
2125.1
4.0
84
m
Montesinos Diaz, Luis
ESP
2116.1
4.0
85
f
Magarino Carralero, Daylin
ESP
2043.3
4.0
86
IM
m
Valmana Canto, Jaime
ESP
2252.0
3.5
87
m
Vidal del Rio, Manuel
ESP
2231.7
3.5
88
CM
m
Horcajuelo Rocamora, Martin
ESP
2216.8
3.5
89
WFM
f
Zhou, Lulu
ESP
2187.7
3.5
90
m
Garcia Gonzalez, Omar
ESP
2184.0
3.5
91
m
Fernandez Camello, Alejandro
ESP
2162.6
3.5
92
m
Aguado Doncel, Pablo Luis
ESP
2136.8
3.5
93
f
Donate Moreno, Silvia
ESP
2135.1
3.5
94
WFM
f
Comellas Martos, Lidia
ESP
2125.4
3.5
95
m
Garcia Escoda, Marc
ESP
2119.4
3.5
96
m
Cuellar Montes, Alejandro
ESP
2119.1
3.5
97
m
Serrano Almendros, Angel
ESP
2118.6
3.5
98
m
Arroyo Rodriguez, Jesus
ESP
2097.7
3.5
99
m
Santos Martinez, Guillermo
ESP
2095.9
3.5
100
GM
m
Gonzalez Perez, Arian
ESP
2305.5
3.0
101
m
Romero Nieto, Hugo
ESP
2185.5
3.0
102
WFM
f
Ordonez Torres, Maria Del Carmen
ESP
2162.6
3.0
103
m
Gomez Arce, Alejandro
ESP
2112.0
3.0
104
f
Garcia Almeida, Aitana Maria
ESP
2063.9
3.0
105
m
Sanchez Lopez, Jesus
ESP
2045.7
3.0
106
WCM
f
Abrisqueta Zudaire, Leyre
ESP
2042.1
3.0
107
m
Blazquez Gomez, Miguel
ESP
1992.3
3.0
108
GM
m
Salgado Lopez, Ivan
ESP
0.0
3.0
109
f
Sanleon Pravisano, Nieves
ESP
2148.4
2.5
110
f
Hernandez Tellez, Claudia
ESP
2131.4
2.5
111
f
Martinez Ramos, Paula
ESP
2100.7
2.5
112
WFM
f
Lorente Serrano, Rosa Adela
ESP
2046.2
2.5
113
f
Perez Sodupe, Cecilia
ESP
2033.7
2.5
114
f
Martin Dinares, Sonia
ESP
1983.8
2.5
115
m
Garrido Diaz, Ernesto
ESP
2113.4
2.0
116
m
Salazar de la Cruz, Jose Maria
ESP
2010.6
2.0
117
f
Vinolas Anglada, Laura
ESP
1990.8
2.0
118
m
Mohamed Garcia, Ismael
ESP
1988.4
2.0
119
f
Lobo Pereira, Arami
ESP
2044.4
1.5
120
m
Cobo Montejo, Miguel Angel
ESP
0.0
0.5
121
FM
m
Barez Menendez, Hector
ESP
0.0
0.0
.
