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 |

