The Lorca Chess Festival 2025 will take place from December 26 to December 28 in Murcia, Spain. This tournament has 2 categories – Open A (Under 2400) and Open B (Under 1800). The Open A section is a 7-round Swiss system tournament with a time control of 60 min + 30 sec/move. For more events from Spain, check out The European Chess Calendar, which is part of The Chess Calendar.
The top-seeded players are GM Ibragim S. Khamrakulov (2365), FM Alejandro Castellanos Gomez (2318), GM H James Plaskett (2316), FM Francisco Sanchez Saez (2273), IM Stephane Bressac (2266), FM Alain Prieto Aranguren (2228), GM Orelvis Perez Mitjans (2208), IM Victor Manuel Vehi Bach (2177), Gines Perez Epinin (2147), Majur Manyang Peter (2074), Miguel Alvarez Morales (2073), Alejandro Garceran Perez (2066), CM Hillel Toledo (2065), Teodoro Asensio Linan (2064), Pablo Martinez Soriano (2060), Pablo Cano Mateos (2033), Jose Perez Cabas (2028), Miguel A. Martinez Gonzalez (2020), Antonio Manuel Martinez Sanchez (2014), George Maycol Torres Torres (2010). Scroll down for the full participants list.
Categories: Open B (Under 1800)
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Lorca Chess Festival 2025 – Open A (Under 2400) Participants
No.
Name
FED
Rtg
1
GM
Khamrakulov, Ibragim S.
ESP
2365
2
FM
Castellanos Gomez, Alejandro
ESP
2318
3
GM
Plaskett, H James
ENG
2316
4
FM
Sanchez Saez, Francisco
ESP
2273
5
IM
Bressac, Stephane
FRA
2266
6
FM
Prieto Aranguren, Alain
ESP
2228
7
GM
Perez Mitjans, Orelvis
ESP
2208
8
IM
Vehi Bach, Victor Manuel
ESP
2177
9
Perez Epinin, Gines
ESP
2147
10
Peter, Majur Manyang
SSD
2074
11
Alvarez Morales, Miguel
ESP
2073
12
Garceran Perez, Alejandro
ESP
2066
13
CM
Toledo, Hillel
BEL
2065
14
Asensio Linan, Teodoro
ESP
2064
15
Martinez Soriano, Pablo 2009
ESP
2060
16
Cano Mateos, Pablo
ESP
2033
17
Perez Cabas, Jose
ESP
2028
18
Martinez Gonzalez, Miguel A.
ESP
2020
19
Martinez Sanchez, Antonio Manuel
ESP
2014
20
Torres Torres, George Maycol
PER
2010
21
Otero Ramirez, Martin
ESP
1988
22
Cebrian Flores, Juan Antonio
ESP
1983
23
Diaz Rodriguez, Jose Antonio
ESP
1981
24
Molina Molina, Sergio
ESP
1981
25
Aguilar Martin, Alberto
ESP
1980
26
Rodriguez Canovas, Elena
ESP
1971
27
Molina Cano, Ruben
ESP
1960
28
Guirado Lara, Pablo
ESP
1947
29
Mena Hernandez, Diego
ESP
1941
30
Sikharulidze Andronova, Ilya
ESP
1938
31
Plazas Ros, Juan Jose
ESP
1937
32
Valera Espejo, Javier
ESP
1937
33
Ferro Martinez, Damian
CUB
1936
34
Pastor Villalba, Arturo
ESP
1931
35
Khandhar, Kaushal
MAS
1928
36
Herrero Pena, Laura
ESP
1921
37
Gomez Ligero, Sergio
ESP
1914
38
Nwachukwu, Chino
NGR
1909
39
Torroglosa Minarro, Juan Jose
ESP
1895
40
Pol Plazas, Pedro
ESP
1889
41
Arranz Munoz, Jose Luis
ESP
1882
42
Marco Francisco, Miriam
ESP
1877
43
Lau, Sau Ching
MAS
1873
44
Lorca Sanchez, Manuel
ESP
1871
45
Ramakrishnan, Yoggenraj
MAS
1868
46
Martinez Perez, Patricio
ESP
1865
47
Ruiz Gutierrez, Jose Manuel
ESP
1863
48
Picazo Palacios, Jose Maria
ESP
1862
49
Pastor Pastor, Lucas
ESP
1860
50
Soria Martinez, Sergio
ESP
1858
51
Vicente Disla, Juan
ESP
1846
52
Escoriza Lusilla, Pedro
ESP
1844
53
Murcia Vivancos, Tomas
ESP
1844
54
Hostalet Ferrer, Pedro Enrique
ESP
1843
55
Romero Garcia, Jose Luis
ESP
1842
56
AIM
Golatkar, Aditya
IND
1841
57
AFM
Asensio Ramon, Ismael
ESP
1836
58
Parra Gonzalez, Ruben
ESP
1833
59
AIM
Yee, Hao Loong
MAS
1823
60
Maldonado Fernandez, Jose
ESP
1805
61
Morell Ibarra, Javier
ESP
1805
62
Ruiz Garcia, Pedro
ESP
1804
63
Gea Garcia, Alvaro
ESP
1796
64
Vedant, Nayudu
SGP
1776
65
Cano Liza, Alvaro
ESP
1753
66
Guirado Castillo, Pablo
ESP
1747
67
Ugalde Ortiz, Antonio
ESP
1747
68
Lim, Kian Guan
MAS
1745
69
Rashmika, Maringanti
IND
1721
70
ACM
Kumanan, Shiv Sarves Manan
MAS
1569
71
Chanthiran, Taj Prasshad Nambiyar
MAS
1518
72
Matencio Fernandez, Leonardo
ESP
1482