The Roquetas Chess Festival 2026 will take place from January 02 to January 07 in Roquetas de Mar (Almería). Spain. It is a 9-round Swiss system tournament with a time control of 90 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 Diptayan Ghosh (2577), GM Vitaliy Bernadskiy (2554), GM Rithvik Raja (2544), IM Nico Chasin (2524), IM Aronyak Ghosh (2522), GM Vignesh N R (2505), GM Prraneeth Vuppala (2496), GM Praveen Balakrishnan (2488), IM Lukasz Licznerski (2479), IM Neelash Saha (2474), GM Harshit Raja (2472), IM Javier Habans Aguerrea (2457), IM Piotr Brodowski (2454), IM Francisco Fiorito (2447), IM Felix-Antonio Ilinca (2445), IM Christian Gloeckler (2444), Alexandre Bacrot (2444), IM Joaquin Fiorito (2429), IM Krishna C R G (2419), IM Filip Cukrowski (2417). Scroll down for the full participants list.
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Roquetas Chess Festival 2026 Participants
Ran.
Tit.
Name
Fed.
FIDE
1
GM
Ghosh, Diptayan
IND
2577
2
GM
Bernadskiy, Vitaliy
UKR
2554
3
GM
Raja Rithvik R
IND
2544
4
IM
Chasin, Nico
USA
2524
5
IM
Aronyak Ghosh
IND
2522
6
GM
Vignesh N R
IND
2505
7
GM
Prraneeth Vuppala
IND
2496
8
GM
Balakrishnan, Praveen
USA
2488
9
IM
Licznerski, Lukasz
POL
2479
10
IM
Neelash Saha
IND
2474
11
GM
Raja Harshit
IND
2472
12
IM
Habans Aguerrea, Javier
ESP
2457
13
IM
Brodowski, Piotr
POL
2454
14
IM
Fiorito, Francisco
ARG
2447
15
IM
Ilinca, Felix-Antonio
ROU
2445
16
IM
Gloeckler, Christian
GER
2444
17
Bacrot, Alexandre
FRA
2444
18
IM
Fiorito, Joaquin
ARG
2429
19
IM
Krishna C R G
IND
2419
20
IM
Cukrowski, Filip
POL
2417
21
IM
Shahil Dey
IND
2409
22
GM
Shyaam Nikhil P
IND
2405
23
GM
Narciso Dublan, Marc
ESP
2391
24
IM
Cao, Qingfeng
CHN
2390
25
FM
Perez Marimon, Jorge De Jesus
CUB
2390
26
IM
Liyanage, Ranindu Dilshan
SRI
2384
27
IM
Gomez Ledo, Roberto Carlos
CUB
2370
28
FM
Moldagali, Beksultan
KAZ
2366
29
FM
Povshednyi, Ivan
UKR
2357
30
IM
Luch, Michal
POL
2353
31
IM
Sanket Chakravarty
IND
2350
32
FM
Remolar Gallen, Jose
ESP
2346
33
FM
Aranda Marin, Cristian
ESP
2343
34
IM
Das, Arghyadip
IND
2337
35
FM
Domingo Nunez, Alejandro
ESP
2337
36
FM
Muratov, Batyrkhan
KAZ
2337
37
IM
Leiva, Gianmarco
PER
2335
38
FM
Torres Rebolledo, Alvaro
ESP
2331
39
FM
Marin Ferragut, Pau
ESP
2330
40
Dong, Hongfu
CHN
2322
41
IM
Lacasa Diaz, Josep Anton
ESP
2319
42
IM
Mikrut, Dariusz
POL
2313
43
IM
Fiorito, Fabian
ARG
2313
44
FM
Sanchez Negreiros, Jose Alberto
PER
2301
45
FM
Chavez Suarez, Carlos Alberto
CUB
2294
46
FM
Yu, Jennifer
USA
2291
47
WIM
Zhang, Lanlin
CHN
2291
48
FM
Bru Rullo, Llatzer
ESP
2290
49
FM
Navarro Martinez, Victor
ESP
2289
50
FM
Moral Garcia, Serafin
ESP
2277
51
FM
Carrascoso Morales, Abel
ESP
2275
52
FM
Iglesias Ferreira, Andres
ESP
2264
53
Ordiz Fernandez, Roque
ESP
2252
54
IM
Goluch, Piotr
POL
2250
55
Arce Gonzalez, Dario
ESP
2237
56
FM
Schenderowitsch, Michael
GER
2235
57
Gomez Arce, Alejandro
ESP
2229
58
FM
Aditya Varun Gampa
IND
2226
59
Torosyan Saghatelyan, Arturo
ESP
2222
60
Jimenez Freniche, David
ESP
2208
61
Gomez Sanjuan, Hector Fernando
ESP
2204
62
CM
Portero Rubio, Martin
ESP
2203
63
FM
Silva Lucena, Cristian
ESP
2202
64
CM
Castro Quijano, Eduardo
ESP
2200
65
Ibanez Koblash, Daniel
ESP
2198
66
GM
Perez Mitjans, Orelvis
ESP
2191
67
Suarez Hernan, Santiago
ESP
2187
68
IM
Vehi Bach, Victor Manuel
ESP
2183
69
Garcia Ramos, Marcos
ESP
2177
70
Cabanas Lopez, Eduardo
ESP
2154
71
CM
Jankowiak, Tomasz
POL
2152
72
Shao, Wenbin
CHN
2138
73
WFM
Jimenez Fernandez, Rebeca
ESP
2133
74
Valle Portillo, Jose Daniel
ESP
2132
75
Deusa Ballesteros, Lucas
ESP
2131
76
Guillen Martinez, Hugo
ESP
2127
77
Lacasa Diaz, Oriol
ESP
2126
78
Navarrete Delgado, Sergio
ESP
2116
79
CM
Swayham P Das
IND
2115
80
Hompanera Lopez, Enrique
ESP
2106
81
Benseny Martinez, Guerau
ESP
2105
82
Bittner, Titus
POR
2100
83
WFM
Ordonez Torres, Maria Del Carmen
ESP
2098
84
Xu, Chang(CQ)
CHN
2097
85
Rodriguez Garcia, Manuel Francis
ESP
2092
86
Palomo Monserrat, Lorenzo
ESP
2088
87
FM
Muhammed, Shuaau
MDV
2083
88
Moreto Quintana, Alex
ESP
2074
89
Fernandez Ramos, Iago
ESP
2071
90
Debbagh Boutarboch Benkiran, Ami
ESP
2067
91
Segarra Victorio, Israel
ESP
2057
92
Ibanez Valentin, Gabriel
ESP
2051
93
Alvarez Morales, Miguel
ESP
2042
94
Ezcurra Garzo, Adrian
ESP
2040
95
Bednarek, Jan
POL
2039
96
WFM
Dmochowska, Agnieszka
POL
2034
97
Perdomo Araujo, Angel Eduardo
VEN
2030
98
Campos Rodriguez, Alvaro
ESP
2027
99
Vela Ignacio, Jose Manuel
ESP
2022
100
Juan Lepp, Jaime Boris
ESP
2021
101
Romero Barkouk, Rayan
ESP
2021
102
Olmo, Jose
ESP
2017
103
Cabanas Lopez, Manuel Anxo
ESP
2014
104
WFM
Lobo Pereira, Arami
ESP
2008
105
Sala Esquiva, Miguel
ESP
2008
106
Martinez Rovira, Josep
ESP
2004
107
Ruiz Lao, Eric
ESP
1998
108
Pousada Garcia, Victor Daniel
ESP
1988
109
Amartya Saumitra Gupta
IND
1981
110
Moldovan, Lucas Gabriel
POR
1980
111
Moya Albaladejo, Jose Antonio
ESP
1977
112
Rashmika Maringanti
IND
1977
113
Miguez Dominguez, Guillermo Sant
ESP
1972
114
Juan Mas, Santiago
ESP
1972
115
Macias Sanchez, Homero
ESP
1971
116
Ainsa Jimenez, Lucas
ESP
1961
117
Torres Rebolledo, Marcos
ESP
1953
118
Degro, Heiko
GER
1948
119
Latre Rodriguez, Javier
ESP
1943
120
Zanoletty Garcia, David
ESP
1941
121
Bru Rullo, Samuel
ESP
1941
122
Mansor Habash, Zouheir
ESP
1931
123
Liang, Hanzhe
CHN
1931
124
Olbrycht, Hubert
POL
1927
125
Gimenez Moreno, Carlos
ESP
1924
126
Valenzuela Fernandez, Alejandro
ESP
1916
127
Gomez Ligero, Sergio
ESP
1915
128
Chekanov, Timur
FID
1899
129
CM
Schmitz, Andreas Arnold
GER
1893
130
Galiano Martinez, Antonio
ESP
1889
131
Sun, Chang-Jyu
TPE
1875
132
Vedant Nayudu
SGP
1865
133
Koblash Koblash, Andres Ricardo
ESP
1863
134
Lopez Perez, Jose Joaquin
ESP
1852
135
Erades Berenguer, Ana
ESP
1851
136
Donauer Daniel
SUI
1846
137
Burriel Ureta, Raul
ESP
1845
138
WFM
Schmitz, Manuela
GER
1840
139
Asensio Ramon, Ismael
ESP
1836
140
Qwarfort, Fredrik
SWE
1835
141
Ramirez Carrasco, Antonio
ESP
1822
142
Fornieles Bretones, Antonio
ESP
1821
143
Lopez Perez, Juan Pedro
ESP
1813
144
Saravanan Durga
SGP
1811
145
Mukhtarkhan, Arailym
ESP
1810
146
Luo, Chenyu
CHN
1799
147
Navarro Guirado, Francisco Javie
ESP
1797
148
Ibanez Guillen, Enrique
ESP
1796
149
Pintor Avila, Antonio
ESP
1795
150
Diz Lorono, Irene
ESP
1794
151
Molina Santos, Raul
ESP
1713
152
Titos Gonzalez, Jose Antonio
ESP
1684
153
Martin Estrada, Jose Miguel
ESP
1660
154
Perez Gonzalez, Jesus Miguel
ESP
1649
155
Moya Perez, Arturo 1989
ESP
1648
156
Valverde Lopez, Francisco Leopol
ESP
1643
157
Gonzalez Manchon, Cosme
ESP
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