XXII Gran Hotel Bali Festival 2025 – Group A LIVE

The XXII edition of Gran Hotel Bali Festival 2025 – Group A will take place from November 28 to December 05 in Benidorm, Spain. This tournament has 2 sections – Group A and Group B (Under 2000). The Group A section is a 9-round Swiss system 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 Brandon Jacobson (2599), GM Carlos Daniel Albornoz Cabrera (2584), GM Kacper Piorun (2557), GM Volodymyr Vetoshko (2513), IM Nikoloz Petriashvili (2509), GM Vitaliy Bernadskiy (2491), GM Daniel Alsina Leal (2490), IM Ernesto J. Fernandez Guillen (2488), IM V S Rathanvel (2483), IM Zhihang Xu (2477), GM Renier Castellanos Rodriguez (2475), GM Misa Pap (2456), IM Danyil Mosesov (2453), IM AL Muthaiah (2432), IM Felix-Antonio Ilinca (2429), IM Diego Vergara Anton (2426), IM Claudio Javier Minzer (2417), GM Viktor Moskalenko (2416), GM Mihail Marin (2415), FM Johannes Florstedt (2415). Scroll down for the full participants list.

Categories: Group B
More: Benidorm Chess Open 2025 – Group A / Benidorm Chess Open 2025 – Group B

XXII Gran Hotel Bali Festival 2025 – Group A Participants

Initial ranking
Ran.	Tit.	Name	Fed.	FIDE
1	GM	Jacobson, Brandon	USA	2599
2	GM	Albornoz Cabrera, Carlos Daniel	CUB	2584
3	GM	Piorun, Kacper	POL	2557
4	GM	Vetoshko, Volodymyr	UKR	2513
5	IM	Petriashvili, Nikoloz	GEO	2509
6	GM	Bernadskiy, Vitaliy	UKR	2491
7	GM	Alsina Leal, Daniel	ESP	2490
8	IM	Fernandez Guillen, Ernesto J.	CUB	2488
9	IM	Rathanvel, V S	IND	2483
10	IM	Xu, Zhihang	CHN	2477
11	GM	Castellanos Rodriguez, Renier	ESP	2475
12	GM	Pap, Misa	SRB	2456
13	IM	Mosesov, Danyil	UKR	2453
14	IM	Muthaiah AL	IND	2432
15	IM	Ilinca, Felix-Antonio	ROU	2429
16	IM	Vergara Anton, Diego	ESP	2426
17	IM	Minzer, Claudio Javier	ARG	2417
18	GM	Moskalenko, Viktor	ESP	2416
19	GM	Marin, Mihail	ROU	2415
20	FM	Florstedt, Johannes	GER	2415
21	FM	Besou, Hussain	GER	2410
22	IM	Sandoval Mercado, Carlos	MEX	2409
23	GM	Del Rio De Angelis, Salvador G.	ESP	2407
24	IM	Suarez Uriel, Adrian	ESP	2407
25	GM	Gormally, Daniel W	ENG	2396
26	FM	Assylov, Miras	KAZ	2393
27	IM	Sos Andreu, Eric	ESP	2386
28	IM	Chen, Hongsen	CHN	2366
29	IM	Hari Madhavan N B	IND	2363
30	FM	Toncheva, Nadya	BUL	2352
31	FM	Domingo Nunez, Alejandro	ESP	2349
32	GM	Arkell, Keith C	ENG	2348
33	GM	Campora, Daniel H.	ARG	2348
34	FM	Trigo Urquijo, Sergio	ESP	2348
35	IM	Garcia Martin, Marta	ESP	2346
36	FM	Gomez Aguirre, Juan Alberto	ESP	2345
37	IM	Pallardo Lozoya, Jose Vicente	ESP	2340
38	IM	Nitin, S.	IND	2337
39	FM	Davtyan, David Arm.	ARM	2325
40	FM	Manukyan, Sargis A.	ARM	2322
41	FM	Garcia Fernandez, Victor 2007	ESP	2318
42	FM	Rey Martinez, Jaime	ESP	2314
43	FM	Llari, Marc	FRA	2311
44	FM	Adharsh K	IND	2299
45	FM	Mompel Ferruz, Xavier	GEQ	2291
46	FM	Hartikainen, Markku	FIN	2288
47	IM	Del Rey, Diego	ESP	2287
48	FM	Iglesias Ferreira, Andres	ESP	2286
49	FM	Mingarro Carceller, Sergi	ESP	2282
50	IM	Garcia, Jhoel	PER	2281
51	FM	Pranav K P	IND	2276
52	FM	Daakshin Arun	IND	2274
53	FM	Sydoryka, Vladyslav	UKR	2262
54	FM	Serarols Mabras, Bernat	ESP	2258
55		Hou, Yifan(HLJ)	CHN	2257
56	FM	Arias Igual, Alejandro	ESP	2242
57	FM	Navarro Lopez-Menchero, Daniel	ESP	2240
58	WIM	Sgircea, Silvia-Raluca	ROU	2240
59		Majumder Shrayan	IND	2234
60	CM	Goderdzishvili, Giga	GEO	2233
61	FM	Mohylnyi, Stepan	UKR	2223
62		Gotsiridze, Davit	GEO	2205
63		Perez Pacheco, Ricardo	ESP	2201
64	WGM	Arribas Robaina, Maritza	CUB	2195
65		Shah Jeet	IND	2195
66	FM	Garcia Molina, Jose	ESP	2188
67		Olsson, Pether 1962	SWE	2184
68	CM	Stefan, Romulus-Cristian	ROU	2177
69	FM	Neagu, Roberto Florin	ESP	2176
70	WFM	Charvi A	IND	2174
71	FM	Hristodorescu, Daniel	ROU	2171
72		Gonzalez Lema, Carlos	ESP	2171
73		Segarra Martinez, Axel	ESP	2169
74		Antonanzas Fernandez, Mario	ESP	2160
75	FM	Saurabh Anand	IND	2158
76	CM	Stokstad, Petter G.	NOR	2154
77		Bas Mas, Miguel	ESP	2154
78		Pardo Ruiz, Carlos	ESP	2150
79		Garcia Amelibia, Emilio	ESP	2148
80	WIM	Cosman, Andreea-Marioara	ROU	2146
81		Garcia Ramos, Marcos	ESP	2145
82	IM	Dambrauskas, Virginijus	LTU	2143
83	FM	Medvedyk, Volodymyr	UKR	2138
84		Cornelisse, John	NED	2137
85		Midilesh MS	IND	2132
86	CM	Maldonado Mena, German	ESP	2129
87		Gonzalez Salazar, Iker	ESP	2129
88		Herraiz Gomez, Iker	ESP	2128
89		Praveen K B	IND	2128
90		Perets, Dmytro	UKR	2127
91	WFM	Fernandez Bustamante, Leancy B.	CUB	2124
92		Nicolas Zapata, Javier	ESP	2124
93		Freijedo Alvarez, Salvador	ESP	2123
94		Segarra Victorio, Israel	ESP	2122
95		Bono Monreal, Alberto	ESP	2119
96	CM	Bartakke, Amardeep S.	IND	2116
97	CM	Portero Rubio, Martin	ESP	2115
98		Gonzalez Martinez, Miguel Angel	ESP	2114
99		Jarque Megias, Juan Jose	ESP	2112
100		Angskog, Kent	SWE	2110
101		Gutierrez Garcia, Marcos 2007	ESP	2110
102		Jimenez Ramallo, Francisco Javie	ESP	2109
103		Thanke, Bror	NOR	2109
104		Tran, Duc Cuong	GER	2109
105		Thuesen, Mogens	DEN	2107
106		Obers, Frits	NED	2104
107		Jordan Martinez, Miguel	ESP	2102
108		Alvarez Morales, Miguel	ESP	2095
109		Teply Koutsky, David	ESP	2095
110		Rachit H Gurnani	IND	2094
111		Jordan Martinez, David	ESP	2093
112	WFM	Sunea, Sara Maria	ROU	2084
113		Bethencourt Hernandez, Alberto 2	ESP	2082
114	FM	Voiteanu, Cristian-Gabriel	ROU	2077
115		Blanco Garcia Bajo, David	ESP	2074
116		Majeed, Haroon	ENG	2074
117		Bukharkov, Stepan	FID	2073
118	WCM	Flores Mirabal, Nancy	ARG	2069
119	WCM	Stefan, Iulia-Cristiana	ROU	2067
120		Beneyto de Ramon, Guillermo	ESP	2066
121	WIM	Miranda Rodriguez, Tania	MEX	2063
122		Sergooris, Danail Jurgen	BEL	2062
123	CM	Ahmed Holi Ali, Moawia	SUD	2059
124	WFM	Walter, Ema	SVK	2059
125	FM	Sanchez Negreiros, Jose Alberto	PER	2055
126	CM	Akshit Kumar J	IND	2053
127	FM	Lacrosse, Marc	BEL	2046
128	WFM	Patino Garcia, Corals	VEN	2043
129		Manukonda Arun	IND	2043
130		Moreto Quintana, Alex	ESP	2042
131		Stuer, Marc	BEL	2037
132	WFM	Keerti Shree Reddy	IND	2033
133		Perez Cabas, Jose	ESP	2031
134	CM	Uran Bermudez, Oliver Kevin	VEN	2026
135		Rubial Blanco, Heriberto	ESP	2026
136		Fernandez Gonzalez, Francisco 19	ESP	2025
137		Homer, Stephen J	ENG	2024
138		Mataix Arbona, Cesar	ESP	2024
139	CM	Gonzalez Aguirre, Luis	ESP	2022
140		Lorenzo Martin, Hector	ESP	2020
141	CM	Young, Micah	AUS	2019
142		Puerto Fernandez, Eloi	ESP	2019
143		Baitleu, Syrym	KAZ	2018
144		Gimeno Simo, Sergio	ESP	2016
145		Herrera Mellado, Luis	ESP	2012
146		Di Leva, Michele	ITA	2008
147		Chaudhari, Ashish	IND	2006
148	FM	Acebal Muniz, Antonio	ESP	2003
149	WIM	Caballero Quijano, Mitzy Mishell	PER	2002
150		Anacak, Hasan Gunes	TUR	2002
151		Parals Marce, Luis	ESP	2002
152	FM	Garcia, Jason	WLS	2001
153		Arguelles Gonzalez, Victor	ESP	2001
154		Ghysels, Marc	BEL	1999
155		Bartakke Aditya	IND	1994
156		Maloberti, David	FRA	1993
157		Martin, Jake	ENG	1992
158		Nechifor, David	ESP	1992
159		Arandjelovic, Aleksandar Z	SRB	1991
160	WIM	Zapata Campos, Lidia Karen	ESP	1990
161	FM	Kandic, Milan	SRB	1981
162		Faramarzi Garousi, Maartia	IRI	1981
163	WCM	Sharvaanica A S	IND	1979
164		Ezcurra Garzo, Adrian	ESP	1977
165		Olmo, Jose	ESP	1974
166	CM	Estevez Sacristan, Deva	ESP	1970
167	WFM	Iugina, Mariia	ROU	1970
168		Dizdar, Orkun	TUR	1970
169		Sadbhav Rautela	IND	1968
170		Tereshchenko, Eliza	FID	1968
171		Sanada, Tetsuaki	JPN	1967
172		Sanchez Dengra, Barbara	ESP	1965
173		Mezquita Salas, Eloy	ESP	1964
174		Pousada Garcia, Victor Daniel	ESP	1956
175		Sniedziewski, Emil	POL	1954
176		Gyldenas, Ole Jorn	NOR	1941
177		Pastor Villalba, Arturo	ESP	1937
178		Tereshchenko, Eva	FID	1933
179		Naudin, Yvan	FRA	1929
180		Ochoa Aldaz, Mikel	ESP	1928
181		Bartolome Martin, Angel	ESP	1921
182		Dyshliuk, Fedir	UKR	1921
183		Barros Pecina, Daniel	ESP	1918
184		Patlolla Indra Reddy	IND	1915
185		Prajit Ravishankar	IND	1914
186		Sinervuo, Veli-Pekka	FIN	1909
187		Cafolla, Peter	IRL	1902
188		Marquinez Cabrejas, Francisco J.	ESP	1896
189		Khandhar, Kaushal	MAS	1887
190		Akshobhya Damodar Katti	IND	1877
191		Ramakrishnan, Yoggenraj	MAS	1868
192		Gada Om	IND	1845
193		Torras Campdelacreu, Xavier	ESP	1845
194	WCM	Yasaswi Krishna Bommi	IND	1843
195		Adamski, Adam	POL	1831
196		Abadia Pascual, Lluis	ESP	1827
197		Valledor Pereira, Dominik Damian	GER	1817
198		Siddhi Rao	IND	1811
199		Dyrnes, Jussi	NOR	1791
200		Shah Veer Kunjan	IND	1789
201		Boittin, Pascal	NED	1785
202		Liagre, Nicolas Gonzague Henri	HKG	1738
203		Prieto Iniguez, Diego	ESP	1725
204		Gonzalez Ferreras, Jose Antonio	ESP	1707
205		Garcia de Vega, Inigo	ESP	1616
206	WCM	Ashbrooke, Monika	JCI	1601