The Spanish National Chess Championship 2022 commenced on Thursday and takes place from 11 – 18 August in Linares. The event is played in 9 swiss rounds, with participation of more than 120 players.
The top seeds of the event are: GM Jaime Santos Latasa, GM Eduardo Iturrizaga Bonelli, GM Ivan Salgado Lopez, GM Daniil Yuffa. The winner receives €5,000 and the title of Spanish Champion, while the highest-scoring female player becomes the Spanish Women’s Champion. The rate of play is: 90 minutes + 30 seconds of increment for each move, starting from the move one. Scroll down for starting rank list of players
Spanish Chess Championship 2022 – LIVE

Starting rank list of players – Spanish Chess Championship 2022:
Ran. | Tit. | Name | Fed. | FIDE |
1 | GM | Santos Latasa, Jaime | ESP | 2672 |
2 | GM | Iturrizaga Bonelli, Eduardo | ESP | 2618 |
3 | GM | Salgado Lopez, Ivan | ESP | 2604 |
4 | GM | Yuffa, Daniil | ESP | 2594 |
5 | GM | Perez Candelario, Manuel | ESP | 2579 |
6 | GM | Cuenca Jimenez, Jose Fernando | ESP | 2555 |
7 | GM | Asis Gargatagli, Hipolito | ESP | 2513 |
8 | IM | Garriga Cazorla, Pere | ESP | 2511 |
9 | GM | Lopez Martinez, Josep Manuel | ESP | 2486 |
10 | IM | Gines Esteo, Pedro Antonio | ESP | 2472 |
11 | GM | Narciso Dublan, Marc | ESP | 2455 |
12 | IM | Ladron De Guevara Pinto, Paolo | ESP | 2446 |
13 | IM | Garrido Outon, Alex | ESP | 2442 |
14 | IM | Plazuelo Pascual, Juan | ESP | 2441 |
15 | IM | Garcia Ramos, Daniel | ESP | 2435 |
16 | GM | Gonzalez Perez, Arian | ESP | 2429 |
17 | IM | Moreno Ruiz, Javier | ESP | 2428 |
18 | IM | Espinosa Aranda, Angel | ESP | 2426 |
19 | IM | Merario Alarcon, Andres | ESP | 2423 |
20 | FM | Bernabeu Lopez, Carlos Javier | ESP | 2421 |
21 | IM | Moreno Tejera, Emilio | ESP | 2420 |
22 | IM | Garza Marco, Sergio | ESP | 2408 |
23 | IM | Lianes Garcia, Marcos | ESP | 2403 |
24 | IM | Suarez Uriel, Adrian | ESP | 2402 |
25 | IM | Valmana Canto, Jaime | ESP | 2395 |
26 | IM | Argandona Riveiro, Inigo | ESP | 2393 |
27 | IM | Tejedor Fuente, Enrique | ESP | 2387 |
28 | FM | Alonso Garcia, Aaron | ESP | 2369 |
29 | FM | Ingunza Curro, Andres | ESP | 2367 |
30 | FM | Medarde Santiago, Luis Marcos | ESP | 2367 |
31 | IM | Vega Gutierrez, Sabrina | ESP | 2366 |
32 | FM | Macias Pino, Diego | ESP | 2365 |
33 | GM | Fernandez Garcia, Jose Luis | ESP | 2362 |
34 | FM | Serarols Mabras, Bernat | ESP | 2357 |
35 | FM | Domingo Nunez, Ruben | ESP | 2355 |
36 | FM | Martinez Fernandez, Adrian | ESP | 2347 |
37 | FM | Domingo Nunez, Alejandro | ESP | 2345 |
38 | FM | Gomez Dieguez, David | ESP | 2345 |
39 | FM | Alvarez Fernandez, Enrique | ESP | 2344 |
40 | FM | Perez Guerra, Raul | ESP | 2341 |
41 | IM | Alshameary Puente, Ismael | ESP | 2324 |
42 | FM | Fernandez Lopez, Ruben | ESP | 2324 |
43 | FM | Masague Artero, Guerau | ESP | 2319 |
44 | FM | Lin, Yingrui | ESP | 2314 |
45 | FM | Luque Saiz, Andres | ESP | 2312 |
46 | Garrido Diaz, Jose Antonio | ESP | 2306 | |
47 | IM | Garcia Martin, Marta | ESP | 2305 |
48 | FM | Cesar Maestre, Bernardo | ESP | 2302 |
49 | FM | Del Prado Rodriguez, Xulio | ESP | 2295 |
50 | FM | Carbonell Sancho, Marc | ESP | 2285 |
51 | IM | Vehi Bach, Victor Manuel | ESP | 2280 |
52 | FM | Esquivias Quintero, Luis Manuel | ESP | 2280 |
53 | FM | Castellanos Gomez, Alejandro | ESP | 2266 |
54 | FM | Gonzalez Guedes, Iyan | ESP | 2244 |
55 | FM | Lopez Varela, Pablo | ESP | 2243 |
56 | IM | Guerra Bastida, Diego | ESP | 2242 |
57 | FM | Moral Garcia, Serafin | ESP | 2237 |
58 | FM | Silva Lucena, Cristian | ESP | 2234 |
59 | FM | Massanet Massanet, Sebastian | ESP | 2232 |
60 | De La Cruz Revilla, Miguel | ESP | 2213 | |
61 | IM | Pomes Marcet, Juan | ESP | 2210 |
62 | Fernandez Camello, Alejandro | ESP | 2199 | |
63 | Cuellar Montes, Alejandro | ESP | 2197 | |
64 | FM | Garcia Gimenez, Santiago | ESP | 2193 |
65 | WIM | Hernandez Estevez, Yudania | ESP | 2193 |
66 | Ramirez Diaz, Jose Ramon | ESP | 2193 | |
67 | Saenz Narciso, Miguel Angel | ESP | 2188 | |
68 | Martinez-Conde Hernandez, Carlos | ESP | 2187 | |
69 | Jimenez Bernal, Francisco | ESP | 2183 | |
70 | Bermudez Ureba, Juan Diego | ESP | 2182 | |
71 | IM | Rodriguez Lopez, Rafael | ESP | 2179 |
72 | Ilinca Ilinca, Felix Antonio | ESP | 2177 | |
73 | CM | Horcajuelo Rocamora, Martin | ESP | 2175 |
74 | Serrano Almendros, Alejandro | ESP | 2168 | |
75 | CM | Fernandez Garcia, Gumersindo | ESP | 2165 |
76 | Garcia Fernandez, Victor | ESP | 2157 | |
77 | Gomez Carreno, Martin | ESP | 2155 | |
78 | Cobo Montejo, Miguel Angel | ESP | 2152 | |
79 | Garrido Diaz, Ernesto | ESP | 2146 | |
80 | Diaz Mino, Daniel | ESP | 2145 | |
81 | Rey Martinez, Jaime | ESP | 2144 | |
82 | Vesga Izeta, Markel | ESP | 2143 | |
83 | Centeno Mendoza, Julio Stefano | ESP | 2138 | |
84 | Serrano Almendros, Angel | ESP | 2137 | |
85 | WFM | Comellas Martos, Lidia | ESP | 2132 |
86 | Garcia Escoda, Marc | ESP | 2130 | |
87 | Salazar de la Cruz, Jose Maria | ESP | 2127 | |
88 | Maldonado Mena, German | ESP | 2106 | |
89 | Arroyo Rodriguez, Jesus | ESP | 2100 | |
90 | Garcia Garcia, Samuel | ESP | 2095 | |
91 | Garcia Gonzalez, Omar | ESP | 2094 | |
92 | Vidal del Rio, Manuel | ESP | 2092 | |
93 | Yuste Valenzuela, Alejandro | ESP | 2090 | |
94 | Gomez Arce, Alejandro | ESP | 2089 | |
95 | WFM | Rodriguez Redondo, Adhara | ESP | 2085 |
96 | WFM | Jimenez Fernandez, Rebeca | ESP | 2067 |
97 | Gonzalez Castillo, Jose Javier | ESP | 2066 | |
98 | WFM | Ordonez Torres, Maria Del Carmen | ESP | 2063 |
99 | FM | Barez Menendez, Hector | ESP | 2060 |
100 | Del Carmen Hernandez, Aimer | ESP | 2036 | |
101 | Martinez Ramos, Paula | ESP | 2031 | |
102 | Aguado Doncel, Pablo Luis | ESP | 2029 | |
103 | WFM | Zhou, Lulu | ESP | 2027 |
104 | Alvarez Pampillon, Antonio | ESP | 2019 | |
105 | Blazquez Gomez, Miguel | ESP | 2010 | |
106 | Santos Martinez, Guillermo | ESP | 2006 | |
107 | Hernandez Tellez, Claudia | ESP | 2005 | |
108 | WCM | Abrisqueta Zudaire, Leyre | ESP | 1988 |
109 | Sanleon Pravisano, Nieves | ESP | 1986 | |
110 | WFM | Lorente Serrano, Rosa Adela | ESP | 1980 |
111 | Donate Moreno, Silvia | ESP | 1966 | |
112 | Lobo Pereira, Arami | ESP | 1947 | |
113 | Montesinos Diaz, Luis | ESP | 1911 | |
114 | Sanchez Lopez, Jesus | ESP | 1898 | |
115 | Magarino Carralero, Daylin | ESP | 1884 | |
116 | Mohamed Garcia, Ismael | ESP | 1874 | |
117 | Vinolas Anglada, Laura | ESP | 1872 | |
118 | Perez Sodupe, Cecilia | ESP | 1829 | |
119 | Martin Dinares, Sonia | ESP | 1811 | |
120 | Garcia Almeida, Aitana Maria | ESP | 1717 | |
121 | Romero Nieto, Hugo | ESP | 1712 |
