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 |
