The 2022 International Individual Nocturnal Blitz Candidates Tournament was held on June 25 in Casa del Reloj Cultural Center in Madrid as a side event of the 2022 FIDE Candidates Chess Tournament.
Grandmaster Eduardo Iturrizaga (Spain) emerged as a winner with a fantastic result of 8/9, half a point above grandmasters Yusnel Bacallao (Cuba) and Karen Grigoryan (Armenia). (scroll down for final rankings)
138 players (as many as 49 of them titled) from 14 countries took part in this fun FIDE Candidates side event organized by FIDE, Spanish Chess Federation – FEDA, Madrid Chess Federation and sponsored by the Community of Madrid.

Final rankings – Nocturnal Blitz Candidates Tournament 2022:
Pos.
Tit.
Name
Fed.
Pts.
BucT
BucM
1
GM
Iturrizaga Bonelli, Eduardo
ESP
8.0
53.5
41.5
2
GM
Bacallao Alonso, Yusnel
CUB
7.5
54.5
43.0
3
GM
Grigoryan, Karen H.
ARM
7.5
55.5
43.0
4
GM
Alonso Rosell, Alvar
ESP
7.0
56.5
44.0
5
GM
Forcen Esteban, Daniel
ESP
7.0
53.0
41.5
6
GM
Cuenca Jimenez, Jose Fernando
ESP
7.0
49.5
39.0
7
IM
Llorente Zaro, Alfonso
ESP
7.0
49.5
39.0
8
IM
Tejedor Fuente, Enrique
ESP
6.5
54.5
42.5
9
IM
Fernandez Guillen, Ernesto J.
CUB
6.5
54.0
43.0
10
IM
Suarez Garcia, Carlos
ESP
6.5
53.0
41.0
11
IM
Plazuelo Pascual, Juan
ESP
6.5
53.0
41.0
12
FM
Buendia Pinar, Alvaro
ESP
6.5
47.0
37.0
13
IM
Pulvett Marin, Daniel Eduardo
ESP
6.5
50.5
39.5
14
FM
Ortega Ruiz, Jose Miguel
ESP
6.5
46.5
36.0
15
IM
Almagro Llamas, Pablo
ESP
6.5
47.0
36.0
16
IM
Bernal Moro, Luis Javier
ESP
6.5
49.0
38.0
17
Perez Rosales, Pedro
ESP
6.5
42.5
33.5
18
IM
Valles Moreno, Ivan
ESP
6.0
55.0
43.5
19
IM
Garriga Cazorla, Pere
ESP
6.0
50.5
39.5
20
GM
Abbasifar, Hasan
IRI
6.0
48.0
37.0
21
FM
Domingo Nunez, Ruben
ESP
6.0
51.0
39.5
22
FM
Guerrero Vargas, Andres Jesus
VEN
6.0
46.0
36.5
23
IM
Martin Duque, Jesus
ESP
6.0
41.0
32.5
24
FM
Balbuena Fuentes, Mario
ESP
6.0
42.5
33.0
25
FM
Domingo Nunez, Alejandro
ESP
6.0
45.5
34.0
26
GM
Gareyev, Timur
USA
6.0
44.0
35.0
27
Fernandez Lledo, Javier
ESP
6.0
41.0
30.5
28
GM
Del Rio De Angelis, Salvador G.
ESP
5.5
51.0
40.0
29
Alvarez Serrano, Carlos
ESP
5.5
48.0
38.0
30
WIM
Fernandez, Maria Florencia
ARG
5.5
42.5
32.5
31
FM
Ingunza Curro, Andres
ESP
5.5
45.5
35.0
32
FM
Sanchez Gonzalez, Sergio
ESP
5.5
48.5
37.5
33
Gallardo Retortillo, Enrique
ESP
5.5
43.5
33.5
34
FM
Lozano Ramirez, Nestor Favian
COL
5.5
45.0
37.0
35
FM
Moreno Ibanez, Miguel
ESP
5.5
44.5
33.5
36
FM
Herrera Reyes, Jose Antonio
ESP
5.5
42.0
32.5
37
Serrano Ruiz, Lope
ESP
5.5
41.5
33.0
38
Fernandez Estremera, Fernando
ESP
5.5
39.5
31.5
39
Torres Rebolledo, Alvaro
ESP
5.5
41.5
32.5
40
IM
Lianes Garcia, Marcos
ESP
5.0
48.5
37.0
41
Romero Calduch, Sergio
ESP
5.0
48.0
38.0
42
WGM
Reizniece-Ozola, Dana
LAT
5.0
48.0
38.0
43
IM
Suarez Uriel, Adrian
ESP
5.0
45.0
34.0
44
IM
Rubio Mejia, Luis Ignacio
ESP
5.0
46.5
36.5
45
Neagu, Roberto Florin
ESP
5.0
46.5
38.0
46
Bento Iglesias, Pablo
ESP
5.0
44.5
35.0
47
FM
Quispe Arteaga, Gabriel
ESP
5.0
46.0
37.0
48
FM
Martinez Reyes, Pedro Ramon
VEN
5.0
47.0
36.5
49
Hernandez Ramos, David
ESP
5.0
43.0
34.5
50
Lopez Mijail, Nicolas
ESP
5.0
42.0
33.0
51
FM
Perez Gonzalez, Jose Manuel
ESP
5.0
39.5
31.0
52
Ruiz Buendia, Miguel
ESP
5.0
42.5
33.0
53
Gonzalez Castillo, Jose Javier
ESP
5.0
41.5
32.0
54
De La Puerta Cresis, Javier
ESP
5.0
42.5
32.5
55
FM
Lopez Del Alamo, Antonio
ESP
5.0
41.5
31.0
56
Torres Rebolledo, Victor
ESP
5.0
42.0
34.0
57
FM
Aranda Marin, Cristian
ESP
5.0
37.0
28.5
58
Mota Cossio, Alberto
ESP
5.0
36.5
29.5
59
Martinez Garcia, Ruben
ESP
5.0
39.5
30.5
60
Condezo Abderrahim, Ibrahim
ESP
5.0
39.0
30.5
61
Zhao, Yuyang
ESP
5.0
39.0
30.5
62
Barriga Meijide, Guillermo
ESP
5.0
35.0
27.5
63
WFM
Cancio-Bello Ayes, Flavia
CUB
4.5
42.0
32.5
64
IM
Garcia Padron, Jose
ESP
4.5
41.5
31.5
65
WIM
Varela La Madrid, Tilsia Carolin
VEN
4.5
38.5
29.5
66
Fernandez Gonzalez, Francisco
ESP
4.5
38.5
30.5
67
FM
Garcia Callejo, Jesus
ESP
4.5
37.0
29.0
68
Calderon Rojo, Borja
ESP
4.5
38.5
28.5
69
Sanz Menendez, Juan Carlos
ESP
4.5
39.0
30.0
70
Portero Rubio, Martin
ESP
4.5
38.0
30.0
71
Alejandre Ruiz, Antonio
ESP
4.5
32.0
24.0
72
Blazquez Sanz, Oscar
ESP
4.5
38.5
31.5
73
Pulido Gomez, Pablo
ESP
4.5
34.0
27.5
74
Martinez Garcia, Jorge
ESP
4.5
34.5
26.5
75
Lopez Herrero, Israel
ESP
4.0
46.5
36.5
76
Santamaria Baeza, Adolfo
ESP
4.0
43.0
34.0
77
WFM
Jimenez Fernandez, Rebeca
ESP
4.0
45.5
34.5
78
Viudes Serra, Aaron
ESP
4.0
44.0
35.0
79
Garcia Prada, Alejandro
ESP
4.0
42.5
34.5
80
Rodriguez Bittar, Karim Javier
ESP
4.0
41.0
32.5
81
Casares Sanchez, Rodrigo
ESP
4.0
39.5
30.5
82
Vazquez Moreno, Luis
ESP
4.0
40.5
32.5
83
Fernandez Rosado, Roberto
ESP
4.0
36.5
29.0
84
Arevillca Colque, Jonatan
ESP
4.0
39.0
31.0
85
Moreno De La Fuente, Jose A.
ESP
4.0
34.5
26.0
86
Vazquez Gonzalez, Francisco
ESP
4.0
37.5
28.0
87
Salov Draganov, Gabriel
ESP
4.0
31.5
25.5
88
Anton Ortiz, Carlos
ESP
4.0
30.5
24.5
89
Melero Fernandez, Jose M
ESP
4.0
34.0
26.5
90
Pena Rodriguez, Jose Maria
ESP
4.0
31.0
23.5
91
Torres Rebolledo, Marcos
ESP
4.0
34.0
26.5
92
Longa Yauca, Javier
PER
3.5
48.0
37.0
93
Luque Ibanes, Manuel
ESP
3.5
40.0
31.0
94
Selva Salvador, Antonio
ESP
3.5
37.5
29.5
95
Garcia Gomez, Jose Manuel
ESP
3.5
37.5
29.0
96
Serrano Ruiz, Miguel
ESP
3.5
40.0
31.0
97
Gilardi Olarrea, Mikel
ESP
3.5
40.5
31.5
98
Pulido, Nelson
COL
3.5
39.5
31.0
99
Ballesteros Serrano, Cristian
ESP
3.5
36.5
28.5
100
Moya Barba, Diego
ESP
3.5
35.5
27.5
101
Retolaza Izpizua, Aitor
ESP
3.5
34.0
26.0
102
Garcia Prada, Guillermo
ESP
3.5
34.5
27.0
103
Bartolome Benito, Alejandro
ESP
3.5
35.5
28.0
104
Stock, Ulrich
GER
3.5
33.0
25.5
105
Mila Hernandez, Lorena
ESP
3.0
38.0
29.5
106
Garcia Martin, Esteban
ESP
3.0
39.0
30.5
107
Garcia Torija, Enrique
ESP
3.0
36.5
29.5
108
Cuadrado Carmona, Javier
ESP
3.0
36.5
30.0
109
Erades Berenguer, Ana
ESP
3.0
37.5
28.5
110
Ruiz Grau, David
ESP
3.0
36.5
28.5
111
Caravantes Camacho, Fernando
ESP
3.0
35.5
27.5
112
Sanz Senor, Ricardo
ESP
3.0
38.0
28.5
113
Derecho Yeregui, Ignacio
ESP
3.0
30.0
21.5
114
Martinez Zurita, Enrique
ESP
3.0
33.0
25.5
115
Lopez Rodriguez, Guillermo
ESP
3.0
32.0
25.0
116
Aguado Hernandez, Diego
ESP
3.0
31.5
24.0
117
Avendano Layunta, Manuel
ESP
3.0
28.5
22.0
118
Moncada Bueno, Juan C
ESP
2.5
41.0
31.0
119
Mansor, Zouheir
ESP
2.5
33.5
26.0
120
Diaz Rojo, Ricardo
ESP
2.5
31.0
24.5
121
Gardezabal Redondo, Cristian
ESP
2.5
28.0
21.5
122
Blanco Barrios, Aitana
ESP
2.5
27.5
21.5
123
Melgar Morraja, Mateo
ESP
2.0
39.0
30.0
124
El Merabet, Maimoun
ESP
2.0
34.0
26.5
125
Cujba, Anca-Claudia
ROU
2.0
29.5
23.5
126
Romero Palacios, Adrian
ESP
2.0
30.5
23.5
127
Barbas, Fernando
FRA
2.0
27.0
21.0
128
De Fuenmayor Fernandez de la Hoz
ESP
2.0
27.5
20.5
129
Melgar Morraja, Martin
ESP
2.0
24.0
18.5
130
Luque Garcia, Pablo
ESP
2.0
25.5
19.5
131
Sansa Olivan, Javier
ESP
2.0
27.5
21.5
132
Moreno Amador, Hector
ESP
1.0
24.0
17.5
133
GM
Stella, Andrea
ITA
0.0
27.0
21.0
134
FM
Martin Rueda, Daniel
ESP
0.0
27.0
21.0
135
IM
Gines Esteo, Pedro Antonio
ESP
0.0
27.0
21.0
136
IM
Elissalt Cardenas, Hector
ESP
0.0
27.0
21.0
137
Jimenez Zapata, Nuria
ESP
0.0
27.0
21.0
138
Abbasifar, Baran
IRI
0.0
27.0
21.0
