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 |
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