The 2026 Sants Open – Open Internacional d’Escacs de Sants, Hostafrancs i la Bordeta concluded today, August 30, 2026, at the Centre Cívic Cotxeres de Sants in Barcelona, Spain.
Organised by the Catalan Chess Federation alongside local institutions, the 10-round festival served as a premier stop on the XXII Catalan International Open Circuit.
The event featured three distinct rating divisions with a total prize fund exceeding €20,000, including a massive €5,000 top prize for the premier section.
The flagship Group A featured a formidable lineup of 345 participants representing 49 countries, including an elite contingent of 17 Grandmasters and 43 International Masters.
French GM Jules Moussard produced a sensational performance over 10 rounds with time control 90 min/40 moves + 30 min finish, 30s increment. Moussard dominated the field to finish clear first with an incredible score of 9.0/10 points, securing the prestigious title and the €5,000 first prize.
16-years-old IM Sauat Nurgaliyev from Kazakhstan finished in clear second place with 8.5 points and a performance of around 2700. With this result he obtained a GM norm.
On the shared third place is 15-years-old IM Atilla Kuru from Turkey who earned his third and final GM norm.
- Group A Field: 345 players from 49 nations (17 GMs, 43 IMs).
- Format: 10-round Swiss system.
- Venue: Auditori del Centre Cívic Cotxeres de Sants, Barcelona.
- Financial Stakes: Over €20,000 total prize pool across all categories.
- Side Divisions: Group B (Under 1950 Elo) and Group C (Under 1650 Elo).
Group A final standings:
1 GM Moussard Jules FRA 2602 – 9
2 IM Nurgaliyev Sauat KAZ 2493 – 8.5
3 IM Habans Aguerrea Javier ESP 2453 – 8
4 IM Kuru Atilla TUR 2508 – 8
5 GM Kosakowski Jakub POL 2540 – 7.5
6 GM Sethuraman S.P. IND 2541 – 7.5
7 IM Baasansuren Erdene MGL 2406 – 7.5
8 FM Marrujo Pardo Mauricio Emmanuel CHI 2410 – 7.5
9 IM Korley Kassa DEN 2416 – 7.5
10 GM Berdayes Ason Dylan Isidro CUB 2463 – 7.5
11 IM Shahil Dey IND 2438 – 7.5
12 FM Sason Noam ISR 2368 – 7.5
13 IM Cukrowski Filip POL 2403 – 7.5
14 GM Krush Irina USA 2398 – 7.5
15 IM Niedbala Bartlomiej POL 2384 – 7.5
16 IM Quirhuayo Chumbe German Gonzalo PER 2397 – 7.5
17 GM Alsina Leal Daniel CAT 2501 – 7
18 FM Ochedzan Tymon POL 2306 – 7
19 GM Elias Reyes Jorge Roberto CUB 2509 – 7
20 IM Lopez Rayo Santiago COL 2425 – 7
21 CM Majumder Shrayan IND 2164 – 7
22 IM Heimisson Hilmir Freyr ISL 2338 – 7
23 FM Chavez Suarez Carlos Alberto CUB 2328 – 7
24 Shaurya Chaudhary IND 2006 – 7
25 IM Travadon Loic FRA 2511 – 7
26 FM Lazaro Pujol Abel CAT 2385 – 7
27 Lad Mandar Pradip IND 2343 – 7
28 GM Rios Gomez Cristhian Camilo COL 2406 – 7
29 Singh Siddharth USA 2418 – 7
30 IM Masague Artero Guerau CAT 2401 – 7
31 FM Herrera Juan Sebastian COL 2302 – 7
32 IM Sardana Rishi AUS 2506 – 7
33 FM Ruiz Buendia Miguel CAT 2345 – 7
34 IM Rodriguez Hernandez Luis Daniel CUB 2369 – 7
35 FM Grot Blazej POL 2293 – 7
36 IM Hernandez Cristian Andres COL 2359 – 7
37 GM Solodovnichenko Yuri UKR 2486 – 6.5
38 IM Diaz Camallonga Carles CAT 2493 – 6.5
39 IM Sathvik Adiga IND 2445 – 6.5
40 IM Leiva Gianmarco PER 2322 – 6.5
41 GM Kazakouski Valery LTU 2597 – 6.5
42 IM Levitan Caleb Levi RSA 2316 – 6.5
43 GM Chasin Nico USA 2470 – 6.5
44 Japparbekova Malika KAZ 1927 – 6.5
45 Hou Yifan(Hlj) CHN 2372 – 6.5
46 CM Vedant Rupeshbhai Varasada IND 2233 – 6.5
47 FM Fava Lorenzo ITA 2314 – 6.5
48 FM Stoettner Lukas GER 2310 – 6.5
49 FM Stein Robert GER 2394 – 6.5
50 Om Batra IND 2086 – 6.5
51 GM Narciso Dublan Marc CAT 2383 – 6.5
52 FM Lajbl Jan CZE 2328 – 6.5
53 WIM Jarocka Liwia POL 2278 – 6.5
54 IM Campos Gomez Manuel COL 2421 – 6.5
55 Eveno Nathan FRA 2262 – 6.5
56 CM Anetov Amirzhan KAZ 2115 – 6.5
57 FM Suvradeepta Das IND 2139 – 6.5
58 FM Mateus Alejandro COL 2232 – 6
59 GM Hillarp Persson Tiger SWE 2427 – 6
60 Deusa Ballesteros Lucas ESP 2123 – 6
61 FM Llari Marc FRA 2330 – 6
62 IM Gong Sunle CHN 2438 – 6
63 IM Chen Hongsen CHN 2312 – 6
64 FM Labiano Hernandez Juan ESP 2252 – 6
65 CM Van Arkel Rogier NED 2221 – 6
66 FM Avila Bautista Roberto Alejandro MEX 2288 – 6
67 FM Valdats Reinis LAT 2260 – 6
68 IM Noboa Silva Kevin ECU 2403 – 6
69 CM Gonzalez Lopez Lucas 2013 ESP 2243 – 6
70 Shourya Paul IND 2102 – 6
71 Haladaj Adam POL 2085 – 6
72 Aarav Saish Amonkar IND 2069 – 6
73 CM Krawczyk Flawian POL 2315 – 6
74 FM Mora Munoz Alejandro COL 2056 – 6
75 IM Valenzuela Gomez Fernando CHI 2332 – 6
76 FM Smolik Jachym CZE 2384 – 6
77 FM Redzisz Michal POL 2286 – 6
78 CM Sanchez Aguilar Arnau CAT 2183 – 6
79 IM Rojas Salas Steven PER 2417 – 6
80 Krol Jan POL 2204 – 6
81 WIM Rivera Ingris COL 2118 – 6
82 CM Amartya Saumitra Gupta IND 2107 – 6
83 Soltanov Teymur AZE 2004 – 6
84 Gonzalez Alonso Marti CAT 2115 – 6
85 FM Zhukov Dmitry CAT 2296 – 6
86 FM Levitan Judah Nathan RSA 2115 – 6
87 Campins Machado Francesc ESP 2193 – 6
88 Silva Cerda Mark Valentin CAT 2137 – 6
89 Devansh Singh IND 2004 – 6
90 FM Sole Pijuan Ferran CAT 2174 – 6
91 FM Webb Laurence E ENG 2232 – 6
92 Bustos Salinas Thomas FRA 2116 – 6
93 CM Ocelak Jakub CZE 2223 – 6
94 Rishit Sharma IND 2002 – 6
95 FM Herman Gamazo Isaac CAT 2255 – 6
96 GM Perez Mitjans Orelvis CAT 2189 – 6
97 Doraszelski Alexander GER 2204 – 5.5
98 MC Serrano Batova Vicent CAT 2261 – 5.5
99 WGM Khalafova Narmin AZE 2198 – 5.5
100 Abhinav Anand IND 2155 – 5.5
101 WIM Shatil Or SUI 2237 – 5.5
102 IM Rojas Keim Luis CHI 2294 – 5.5
103 Anustoop Biswas IND 2237 – 5.5
104 Hartofylakas Spyros GRE 2180 – 5.5
105 FM Almedina Ortiz Edgardo J. PUR 2216 – 5.5
106 FM Montes Molina Ivan CAT 2230 – 5.5
107 FM Garcia Jimenez Francisco Javier CAT 2270 – 5.5
108 Gasic Merino Franco CHI 2238 – 5.5
109 Lozano Casasayas Marc CAT 2070 – 5.5
110 CM Barcelo Melnyk Marc CAT 2220 – 5.5
111 CM Asici Poyraz Efe TUR 2223 – 5.5
112 Badia Berthelot Luca CAT 2128 – 5.5
113 Farkash Denys UKR 2104 – 5.5
114 FM Dominguez Pons Eric CAT 2327 – 5.5
115 WGM Rudzinska Michalina POL 2245 – 5.5
116 FM Ramirez Garcia Jorge Alberto MEX 2216 – 5.5
117 Hlavina Matous CZE 2216 – 5.5
118 Ayaan Phutane IND 2154 – 5.5
119 Garcia Canals Gerard CAT 1996 – 5.5
120 CM Gomez Navais Marcal CAT 2176 – 5.5
121 WFM Altynbek Aiaru KAZ 2083 – 5.5
122 Ilgililer Bertug TUR 2046 – 5.5
123 FM Sanhueza Cristian ARG 2230 – 5.5
124 Chang Eli USA 2023 – 5.5
125 WIM Obregon Garcia Roxangel CUB 2136 – 5.5
126 WFM Obada Ema ROU 2183 – 5.5
127 WIM Montilla Reyes Jorcerys COL 2124 – 5.5
128 WIM Mogollon Tobar Nicolle Julieth COL 2102 – 5.5
129 Marin Ripoll Marti CAT 2127 – 5.5
130 Tiwari Shivansh IND 2039 – 5.5
131 Suarez Hernan Santiago ESP 2128 – 5.5
132 Lavanant Maxime FRA 2081 – 5.5
133 FM Strache Michael GER 2238 – 5.5
134 Gomez Flores Pol CAT 2111 – 5.5
135 Boehm Christian GER 2128 – 5.5
136 FM Soucek Jan CZE 2280 – 5.5
137 FM Alrehaili Ahmed Abdullah S KSA 2106 – 5.5
138 Matsunaga Toma JPN 1952 – 5.5
139 Pasa Ahmet TUR 2044 – 5.5
140 Salord Guillen Joan ESP 2092 – 5
141 CM Prada Villagrasa Pau Manel CAT 2176 – 5
142 MC Garcia Escoda Marc CAT 2139 – 5
143 FM Valle Luis Leo CAT 2355 – 5
144 CM Shangin Lev USA 2209 – 5
145 Benseny Martinez Guerau CAT 2120 – 5
146 WIM Franco Valencia Angela COL 2174 – 5
147 MC Villar Reymundo Juan Antonio PER 2133 – 5
148 FM Hristodorescu Daniel ROU 2110 – 5
149 MC Juncosa Padros Ernest CAT 2171 – 5
150 WIM Argote Heredia Valentina COL 2207 – 5
151 Assylkhan Asiya KAZ 1969 – 5
152 Mallorqui Llop Marc CAT 2155 – 5
153 FM Gelle Istvan HUN 2117 – 5
154 FM Alvarez Albiol Victor CAT 2190 – 5
155 IM Toktomushev Teimur SUI 2426 – 5
156 MC Sviridenko Yaroslav UKR 2219 – 5
157 FM Atoyan Alberto GER 2367 – 5
158 Bru Montoya Pau CAT 2017 – 5
159 FM Dominguez Rueda Juan CAT 1931 – 5
160 FM Jaksland Tim DEN 2112 – 5
161 MC Castaner Harster Xavier CAT 1997 – 5
162 MC Fernandez Climent Albert CAT 2187 – 5
163 IM Musat Adrian ROU 2348 – 5
164 FM Selbes Tamer Tarik TUR 2271 – 5
165 WFM Lopez Rayo Isabella COL 2020 – 5
166 FM Lettieri Giuseppe ITA 2379 – 5
167 Shreyas S Nikam IND 1905 – 5
168 FM Gomez Jurado Luis Alberto CAT 2143 – 5
169 IM Gonzalez Rodriguez Jorge A. CAT 2178 – 5
170 Biedenkopf Philipp GER 2143 – 5
171 WFM Luna Monsalve Sofia COL 1907 – 5
172 Garcia Castellote Oscar CAT 2021 – 5
173 Palomo Monserrat Lorenzo ESP 2026 – 5
174 Guix Torres David CAT 2074 – 5
175 WFM Dicen Elis Denele ENG 2182 – 5
176 MC Parals Marce Luis CAT 2007 – 5
177 Barbany Vellve Ricard CAT 1898 – 5
178 Le Blevec Yelisey FRA 1921 – 5
179 Berrozpe Gonzalez Marc CAT 1917 – 5
180 Torres Maiquez Sergio CAT 1915 – 5
181 WFM Koridze Lile GEO 2195 – 4.5
182 Elhayek Yazid PLE 2074 – 4.5
183 WIM Hernandez Fonseca Maria Paula COL 1967 – 4.5
184 WCM Siekanska Zuzanna POL 1928 – 4.5
185 WGM Franco Valencia Beatriz Irene COL 2045 – 4.5
186 FM Garrigue Julian FRA 2301 – 4.5
187 Biernacki Mark USA 1958 – 4.5
188 Enrique Hernandez Eddy Ernesto ECU 2197 – 4.5
189 Valle Luis Liam CAT 2164 – 4.5
190 Marabajan Navas Saul CAT 2053 – 4.5
191 Rolle Lorenzo Anthony ITA 2074 – 4.5
192 Escoriza Pons Xavier CAT 2078 – 4.5
193 CM Shefer Uri ISR 2183 – 4.5
194 Marcos Rodriguez Raul CAT 2078 – 4.5
195 MC Badia Mas Jordi CAT 2038 – 4.5
196 MC Comellas Blanchart Jordi CAT 2017 – 4.5
197 Pons Morro Mateo ESP 2079 – 4.5
198 Perez Pastora Evarist CAT 1969 – 4.5
199 WCM Rajanya Datta IND 2116 – 4.5
200 MC Fernandez Aguilar Francisco CAT 2126 – 4.5
201 CM Medero Mino Leon ARG 2028 – 4.5
202 Alzamil Abdulaziz KSA 1868 – 4.5
203 Vyas Alisha ENG 1884 – 4.5
204 Huerta Llorens Arnau CAT 1934 – 4.5
205 MC Carrasco Rodriguez Jesus CAT 2062 – 4.5
206 Zhang Ying Jun Xiong CAT 2019 – 4.5
207 WCM Zhou Abigail USA 2023 – 4.5
208 WCM Kudlak Julia POL 2070 – 4.5
209 Sauer Marko GER 2076 – 4.5
210 Ezzeldin Ezzat Youssef CAT 1870 – 4.5
211 Navajas Alvarez Antoni CAT 2094 – 4.5
212 MC Prats Rodriguez Juan Bosco CAT 1967 – 4.5
213 Neininger Ralph GER 2085 – 4.5
214 San Juan Morigosa Isaura CAT 1943 – 4.5
215 Alepoudeas Stylianos GRE 1912 – 4.5
216 Martinez Lopez Carlos CAT 2091 – 4.5
217 Torres Teruel Joan CAT 1965 – 4.5
218 Lopez Cortes Aitor Josep CAT 1952 – 4.5
219 Badia Berthelot Leo CAT 1855 – 4.5
220 WCM Lampou Marianta GRE 1908 – 4.5
221 Prudent Sylvio FRA 1877 – 4.5
222 Garcia Huerta Joaquin Marc CAT 1942 – 4.5
223 Burton Graham P ENG 1939 – 4.5
224 Chrabalowski Gustavo ARG 1894 – 4.5
225 FM Alcala Gonzalez Cesar CAT 2318 – 4
226 Nepali Dolkar Sherab Odsel CAT 1998 – 4
227 Puerto Fernandez Eloi CAT 2027 – 4
228 Costache Andrei Eugeniu ROU 2078 – 4
229 Sham R IND 2054 – 4
230 IM Alonso Bouza Julio Javier CAT 2336 – 4
231 Roure Sola Oriol CAT 2065 – 4
232 Uddin Khanam Ayan CAT 2074 – 4
233 WFM Pinyol I Llora Julia CAT 2092 – 4
234 Scarabottolo Sebastiano ITA 1871 – 4
235 Membrive Vargas Gerard CAT 1951 – 4
236 FM Voiteanu Cristian-Gabriel ROU 2081 – 4
237 Lampos Charalampos GRE 1907 – 4
238 Gil Jimenez David CAT 1948 – 4
239 Galiana Moll Ramon Aron ESP 2064 – 4
240 CM Univio Sanchez German COL 2031 – 4
241 FM Montilla Carrillo Esteban CAT 2084 – 4
242 Garrigue Mahel FRA 1964 – 4
243 Palahi Hervas Dalmau CAT 1902 – 4
244 WCM Pinillo Canon Silvana COL 1985 – 4
245 CM Fernandez Madrid Carlos CAT 2044 – 4
246 FM Hanache Kai ENG 2221 – 4
247 Del Rio Baena Dani CAT 2128 – 4
248 Lopez Perez Jose Joaquin ESP 1816 – 4
249 Ribera Caro Joan CAT 1910 – 4
250 Marquina Sierra David CAT 1931 – 4
251 Balochestani Bardia IRI 2058 – 4
252 FM Lacrosse Marc BEL 2052 – 4
253 Calderon Tocino Jon CAT 2018 – 4
254 Nova Ayer Juyal IND 1936 – 4
255 Horvath Adel HUN 1779 – 4
256 Hoffet Felix FRA 1781 – 4
257 Degro Heiko GER 1926 – 4
258 Barrera Baucells Grau CAT 1915 – 4
259 Porta Lara Xavier CAT 1911 – 4
260 Mironescu Stefan ROU 1943 – 4
261 Alcaraz Lopez Francesc CAT 1855 – 4
262 Gomila Benejam Teodoro CAT 2022 – 3.5
263 Rocamora Martorell Ferran CAT 2170 – 3.5
264 FM Seres Bela HUN 2139 – 3.5
265 Hijarrubia Alvarez-Cuevas Gonzalo CAT 2072 – 3.5
266 Garcia Comas Pau CAT 1923 – 3.5
267 Xu Jin Hao CAT 1937 – 3.5
268 Galiano Martinez Antonio ESP 1849 – 3.5
269 Catalan Monteagudo Elm CAT 1989 – 3.5
270 Rodriguez Rodriguez Rafael MEX 2024 – 3.5
271 FM Thompson Ian D ENG 2007 – 3.5
272 Rudowski Szymon POL 1821 – 3.5
273 Delgadillo Vidal Philippe Arnau CAT 1986 – 3.5
274 FM Castillo Dalmau Albert CAT 2277 – 3.5
275 Radji Ethan FRA 1869 – 3.5
276 Segura Del Frago Imanol ESP 2003 – 3.5
277 Benavent Valles Nil CAT 1730 – 3.5
278 Ravi Krishna G IND 2072 – 3.5
279 Bellpuig Mencos Gerard CAT 1932 – 3.5
280 Quinones-Maletti Julio Guillermo DEN 2133 – 3.5
281 Git Itamar ISR 0 – 3.5
282 Parma Pamela ARG 1838 – 3.5
283 Varela Acosta Valeria COL 1696 – 3.5
284 MC Viladrich Claret Jordi CAT 2233 – 3.5
285 Angulo Serrato Josep CAT 1830 – 3.5
286 Shaffer Alexander PUR 1700 – 3.5
287 Vardanyan Asilbekyan Ani CAT 1917 – 3.5
288 Rios Torondell Jaume ESP 1858 – 3.5
289 Julia Yebra David CAT 1876 – 3.5
290 Font Sharapa Ruslan CAT 1917 – 3.5
291 MC Namay Caceres Santos CAT 1980 – 3
292 Rachishnu Datta IND 2007 – 3
293 Vargas Drechsler Carlos CAT 1847 – 3
294 CM Al Ibrahim Abdulrahman KUW 2022 – 3
295 Suez-Panama Gilles FRA 1954 – 3
296 Benecke Torsten GER 1990 – 3
297 Terron Chueco David CAT 1936 – 3
298 FM Fernandez Diaz Cristian CAT 2218 – 3
299 WCM Viveros Erica Johana COL 1973 – 3
300 Cervello I Tost Roger CAT 2062 – 3
301 Barcelo Sola David CAT 1990 – 3
302 Vicente Haro Gabriel CAT 1948 – 3
303 Izagirre Alsua Aritz ESP 1882 – 3
304 Haynes Noah NOR 1854 – 3
305 Cerdo Fernandez Miguel ESP 1821 – 3
306 WCM Vicens Company Maria Antonia ESP 2014 – 3
307 Alem Ali Hussain KSA 1678 – 3
308 Romero Moreno Felix CAT 1879 – 3
309 Terradas Calafell Jaume ESP 1851 – 3
310 Delgadillo Torrico Felipe BOL 1944 – 3
311 Romero Calafell Ilan CAT 1742 – 3
312 Paso Viola Juan ARG 1994 – 3
313 Caputo Andrea ITA 1633 – 3
314 Cemborain Oricain Alfonso ESP 1923 – 3
315 Guiu Ruiz Lluc CAT 1889 – 3
316 Semenov Nikita Al. FID 1578 – 3
317 Al Mutlaq Ibrahim A KSA 1832 – 3
318 Jimenez Haneda Naoki CAT 1938 – 2.5
319 Lopez Perez Juan Pedro ESP 1808 – 2.5
320 Varela Cuadrado Cesar CAT 1756 – 2.5
321 Rodon Balcells Jaume CAT 1862 – 2.5
322 Erdogan Hassan ENG 1839 – 2.5
323 Martinez Rodriguez Jose Gregorio VEN 1977 – 2.5
324 Ruiz Gonzalez Jorge ESP 1985 – 2.5
325 CM Di Fonzo Valerio ITA 2090 – 2.5
326 Melnychuk Ovchar Anton CAT 1602 – 2.5
327 Rudolph Klaus GER 1753 – 2.5
328 Mulet Polo Pau CAT 2055 – 2.5
329 Gomez Montanes Eloi CAT 1880 – 2.5
330 IM Utsab Chatterjee IND 2353 – 2
331 Mir Vinas Pau Jose CAT 1754 – 2
332 Costache Stefan CAT 1815 – 2
333 Schuster Rebekka GER 1849 – 2
334 Roig Ruiz Carles CAT 1770 – 2
335 Aymerich Martinez Josep Ramon CAT 1925 – 2
336 Ruiz Sala Antonio CAT 1909 – 1.5
337 MC Severri Arrese Carlos CAT 1733 – 1.5
338 Jin Xuzhe CAT 1875 – 1.5
339 WIM Miller Rachel JAM 2003 – 1.5
340 Ramos Dominguez Joaquin ESP 2068 – 1.5
341 MC Cano Sevilla Ivan CAT 2143 – 1
342 WCM Avila Bautista Teresa Alejandra MEX 1879 – 1
343 Romero Perera Eugeni CAT 1988 – 0.5
344 Mateu Cama Jordi CAT 2043 – 0.5
345 WIM Miranda Rodriguez Tania MEX 2036 – 0.5
