Preparations are well underway for the upcoming 2026 Granada Chess Open. With the official tournament regulations now published, player registration shows exceptionally strong international interest ahead of the event.
The tournament has already secured a highly competitive and diverse playing field. To date, 287 players representing 40 different countries have officially registered to compete. The lineup features a significant number of titled players, including 15 Grandmasters (GMs) and 32 International Masters (IMs).
Dates and Venue: The tournament will take place from Tuesday, July 28 to Sunday, August 2, 2026. The official playing venue is the four-star Hotel Porcel Alixares (Hotel Alixares), located near Granada’s historic Alhambra landmark.
Format and Time Control: The event will be played as a 9-round Swiss system tournament. The time control is a standard classical format: 90 minutes for the entire game, with a 30-second increment added from move one.
Byes: Players are allowed to request up to three half-point byes during the first six rounds, provided the written request is submitted within the deadlines specified by the organization.
Capacity Limit: The organization has capped the maximum number of participants at 400 players, meaning fewer than 120 spots remain available. Entries are only fully confirmed once payment proof has been finalized.
The total prize fund for the event is €13,000. The structure features a wide range of payouts, including main overall prizes, dedicated categories for women and veterans, rating-group brackets, and special prizes for players residing within the province of Granada. Prizes are non-cumulative; if a player qualifies for multiple cash prizes, they will receive only the single highest-value prize.
The 2026 Granada Chess Open is organized by the Club de Ajedrez Villa de La Zubia, under Chief Organizer Francisco Javier Melero Rus and FIDE Chief Arbiter IA Francisco Jimenez Melguizo. Tournament website here.
Participants:
1 GM Nyback Tomi FIN 2601
2 GM Bharath Subramaniyam H IND 2591
3 GM Urkedal Frode Olav Olsen NOR 2566
4 GM Subelj Jan SLO 2565
5 GM Andersen Mads DEN 2559
6 GM Edouard Romain FRA 2538
7 GM Gholami Orimi Mahdi IRI 2530
8 GM Ivanisevic Ivan SRB 2528
9 GM Abdisalimov Abdimalik UZB 2528
10 GM Heberla Bartlomiej POL 2521
11 GM Laurent-Paoli Pierre FRA 2520
12 GM Solodovnichenko Yuri UKR 2510
13 IM Petriashvili Nikoloz GEO 2510
14 IM Putnam Liam USA 2503
15 GM Girel Joseph FRA 2492
16 IM Jubin Jimmy IND 2474
17 IM Sorensen Hampus SWE 2460
18 GM Almeida Quintana Omar CUB 2454
19 IM Fiorito Francisco ARG 2452
20 IM Tutisani Noe GEO 2445
21 IM Pantzar Milton SWE 2444
22 IM Garcia Ramos Daniel ESP 2443
23 IM Fiorito Joaquin ARG 2440
24 IM Fernandez Guillen Ernesto J. CUB 2439
25 IM Gusain Himal IND 2438
26 IM Narayanan Samrug USA 2433
27 IM Audi Ameya IND 2419
28 IM Shagbazyan Taron CZE 2412
29 IM Domingo Nuñez Ruben ESP 2405
30 IM Soham Kamotra IND 2405
31 IM Masague Artero Guerau ESP 2399
32 IM Janzelj Tim SLO 2398
33 IM Baasansuren Erdene MGL 2389
34 IM Srihari L IND 2386
35 GM Narciso Dublan Marc ESP 2384
36 IM Niedbala Bartlomiej POL 2381
37 IM Cesar Maestre Bernardo ESP 2376
38 FM Rohit S IND 2372
39 FM Domingo Nuñez Alejandro ESP 2368
40 IM Jain Kashish Manoj IND 2365
41 FM Cederstam Carl SWE 2365
42 FM Kacprzak Kacper POL 2361
43 IM Defromont Benjamin FRA 2355
44 IM Avinash Ramesh IND 2353
45 IM Lin Yingrui ESP 2352
46 FM Martin Carmona Gaston Manuel ESP 2351
47 IM Tahay Alexis FRA 2347
48 FM Baglan Esat TUR 2346
49 FM Kacprzak Karol POL 2345
50 FM Sabria Batlle Pol ESP 2345
51 FM Serrano Almendros Angel ESP 2333
52 IM Fiorito Fabian ARG 2331
53 IM Molaei Mohammadamin IRI 2325
54 FM Koziorowicz Michal POL 2323
55 FM Zhukov Dmitry ESP 2321
56 FM Uzcategui Rodriguez Alejandro VEN 2319
57 FM Mahir Taneja IND 2318
58 FM Mamyrov Beybarys KAZ 2317
59 FM Toledo Hillel BEL 2301
60 FM Moral Garcia Serafin ESP 2295
61 FM Rychagov Nikita EST 2295
62 FM Tomov Georgi BUL 2286
63 FM Arcelin Gael FRA 2283
64 FM Gonzalez Castillo Jose Javier ESP 2282
65 FM Romero Pallares Daniel ESP 2270
66 IM Aguera Naredo Javier ESP 2270
67 FM Burcu Cagatay TUR 2269
68 FM Almagro Mazariegos Sebastian ESP 2259
69 CM Sian Shadi NOR 2259
70 Arce Gonzalez Dario ESP 2258
71 CM Molina Carretero Daniel ESP 2248
72 FM Gavilan Diaz Mario ESP 2242
73 FM Crevatin Leo SWE 2242
74 FM Oksendal Martin NOR 2240
75 Jin Ruijun CHN 2236
76 Herrera Pedroso Alex CUB 2229
77 Yuste Valenzuela Alejandro ESP 2225
78 FM Sahin Ozgun TUR 2225
79 FM Lindh Fredrik SWE 2224
80 FM Perez Gonzalez Jose Manuel ESP 2217
81 CM Rodriguez Avila Alvaro ESP 2216
82 CM Lazaro Azcutia Miguel ESP 2214
83 CM Roquero Redondo Miguel ESP 2214
84 FM Amador Garcia Ismael ESP 2213
85 FM Rey Malde Henrique ESP 2204
86 CM Sharnarthi Shlok IND 2203
87 CM Aishwin Daniel IND 2199
88 Bukharkov Stepan FID 2189
89 Cabrera Ruiz Luis ESP 2185
90 Palenciano Escolar Adrian ESP 2181
91 IM Vehi Bach Victor Manuel ESP 2179
92 Dubuisson Samuel FRA 2173
93 Sarrias Granados Jesus ESP 2169
94 Alba Fernandez Nicolas ESP 2164
95 Bas Mas Miguel ESP 2161
96 WFM Blanquet Camille FRA 2159
97 Bethencourt Hernandez Alberto ESP 2155
98 CM Valhondo Morales Ruben ESP 2154
99 Gonzalez Pinar Adrian ESP 2149
100 FM Bas Mas Jose Joaquin ESP 2148
101 WIM Bjerke Silje NOR 2147
102 Serrano Almendros Alejandro ESP 2140
103 WFM Jakobsen Shanne Hedegaard DEN 2133
104 Berglind Axel SWE 2132
105 Cayon Pelaez Pablo ESP 2126
106 Dai Wenzhi CHN 2126
107 WFM Djidjeli Sarah FRA 2124
108 WFM Dylag Emilia POL 2121
109 Marrero Rodriguez Jorge ESP 2109
110 WFM Koridze Lile GEO 2109
111 Lopez Nieto Jose Manuel ESP 2108
112 Tillet Louis-Juan FRA 2108
113 CM Widjaja Luke USA 2096
114 FM Lizano Quiros Matias Haziel CRC 2095
115 Gomez Daniel ENG 2094
116 Gaitan Galstyan Narek ESP 2090
117 WFM Matute Escobar Roxanny VEN 2080
118 Ramirez Maillo Cristian ESP 2069
119 Ibañez Macias Julen ESP 2067
120 Laliena Solanes Luis ESP 2061
121 Perez Garcia Saul ESP 2059
122 Sadki Mohamed MAR 2057
123 FM Rempe Jonas GER 2052
124 Vazquez Pino Miguel Angel ESP 2049
125 Barrios Muñoz Antonio Oscar ESP 2028
126 WCM Babak Iuliia FID 2027
127 Leiva Raya Nicolas ESP 2026
128 Otero Porcel Yago ESP 2026
129 Vaz Perez Benito ESP 2020
130 Molina Perez Jesus ESP 2020
131 Cezar Junior William Carlos BRA 2019
132 Robert Pierre BEL 2015
133 Maloberti David FRA 2013
134 Bartolo Filipe Diogo Correia POR 2012
135 Anirudh R IND 2010
136 Perez Garcia Jimena ESP 2000
137 Ruiz Lao Eric ESP 1998
138 Zubizarreta Landera Denis ESP 1997
139 CM Schoonmaker Nicholas USA 1988
140 Reinertsen Edvard NOR 1987
141 Khanov Peter Malachi FIN 1986
142 Sharma Sameer JPN 1985
143 Armstrong Malcolm J ENG 1982
144 Makhanbetali Dinmukhammed KAZ 1979
145 Garcia Bellido Alvaro ESP 1976
146 Razola Garcia Joaquin ESP 1969
147 WCM Adamczyk Zuzanna POL 1965
148 Roldan Ortiz Antonio Jose ESP 1963
149 Cesar Maestre Eduardo ESP 1960
150 Navas Rubio Jesus Maria ESP 1958
151 Rodriguez Perez Jesus ESP 1957
152 McCallum Elliot CAN 1956
153 Otero Ramirez Martin ESP 1950
154 Peinado Ruiz Reinaldo ESP 1943
155 Lebon Joffrey FRA 1943
156 Gomez Ferrer Jesus ESP 1939
157 Almagro Recio Vicente ESP 1938
158 Broekman Willem NED 1936
159 Villena Delgado Fernando ESP 1933
160 Fiz Criado Fidel ESP 1931
161 Ramirez Maillo Juan Adonay ESP 1927
162 Morell Altozano Nicolas ESP 1926
163 Valenzuela Fernandez Alejandro ESP 1923
164 Perez Bellido Jose Manuel ESP 1922
165 Makrylakis Iason GRE 1911
166 Thomsen Thomas Claudius ESP 1902
167 Sanchez Maldonado Angel ESP 1898
168 Domingo Valverde Gerardo ESP 1896
169 Carruana Fuentes Rafael ESP 1896
170 AIM Kim Changhyung KOR 1893
171 Martin Fernandez Pablo ESP 1886
172 Lu Karson CAN 1886
173 Romero Delgado Juan Francisco ESP 1882
174 Lubino Adrien FRA 1877
175 Romero Soler Saul ESP 1873
176 Esteban Bernardo Oier ESP 1866
177 WFM Tynyshtyk Diana KAZ 1864
178 Jeanjean Laurent FRA 1862
179 Rossello Sanchez Bartolome ESP 1855
180 Fernandez Aguado Marcos ESP 1855
181 Muminov Suhayl ESP 1852
182 Araki Dai JPN 1839
183 Vallejo Cantero Diego ESP 1832
184 Tanaka Ryosuke JPN 1830
185 Piehl Thorsten GER 1823
186 Gomez Cerezo Diego Jesus ESP 1822
187 Escribano Serrano Pedro ESP 1821
188 Maniero Andrea ITA 1820
189 Garcia-blazquez Perez Manuel ESP 1818
190 Muñoz Jorva Miguel Angel ESP 1815
191 Kane Robert ENG 1815
192 Fernandez Salmeron Ricardo Antonio ESP 1811
193 Fernandez Mata Victor ESP 1811
194 Abad Gramaje Antonio ESP 1808
195 Barrios del Pozo Oscar ESP 1806
196 Granja Fuentes Jorge ESP 1797
197 WCM Bogantes Robleto Karina CRC 1797
198 Diez Machin Vicente ESP 1795
199 Hoyos Garcia Ignacio ESP 1790
200 Redouane Omri ESP 1782
201 Pintor Avila Antonio ESP 1781
202 Carmona Martinez Pablo ESP 1779
203 Bae Anton NOR 1778
204 Martinez Lopez Emilio Pauli ESP 1775
205 Seco de Herrera Martinez Diego ESP 1771
206 Ganan Margallo Marcelino ESP 1767
207 Perez Perez Jorge Francisco ESP 1764
208 Garcia Lopez Pedro ESP 1751
209 Barrios del Pozo Daniela ESP 1745
210 Creo Abeijon Diego ESP 1732
211 Bethencourt Hernandez Valeria ESP 1730
212 Chai Jiaqi CHN 1727
213 Maniero Riccardo ITA 1724
214 Garcia Balderas Francisco Jose ESP 1715
215 Garcia Ramos Jose Miguel ESP 1713
216 Morales de la Rosa Jose Manuel ESP 1712
217 Blanco Mira Alvaro ESP 1710
218 Fernandez Garcia Alfonso Javier ESP 1709
219 O`neill Julie Anne USA 1709
220 Andre Antonin FRA 1705
221 Rus Beltran Abel ESP 1704
222 Catalan Navarro Vicente ESP 1702
223 Perez Odero Gonzalo ESP 1697
224 Valverde Lopez Francisco Leopoldo ESP 1696
225 Seco de Herrera Martinez Luis ESP 1684
226 Darsh Ilwadi IND 1680
227 Villa Caiguelas Pascual ESP 1677
228 Templonuevo Rosario Ewygene ESP 1676
229 Arias Izaguirre Alberto ESP 1670
230 Alvarez Ruiz-Dorizzi Pedro Antonio ESP 1668
231 Perez Lopez Juan Manuel ESP 1661
232 Wei Yuren CHN 1660
233 Toledo Samuel BEL 1654
234 Ibañez del Rio Saul ESP 1653
235 Pinto Ruiz Cosme ESP 1653
236 Fernandez Zaldivar Antonio Manuel ESP 1651
237 Galvez Lopez Jose Luis ESP 1649
238 Manzano Lopez Juan Manuel ESP 1642
239 Abad Munoz Alba ESP 1636
240 Vargas Del Moral Rafael ESP 1621
241 Garcia de Vega Inigo ESP 1616
242 Dean Eskander Zaki ENG 1610
243 Jimenez Sanchez Daniel ESP 1606
244 Herrera Varona Jose Ramon ESP 1599
245 Kapoor Jason ENG 1593
246 Rico-Villademoros Martin Carlos ESP 1591
247 Vargas Casaseca Cesar GER 1585
248 Ocaña Solans Elena Rosario ESP 1582
249 Achilles Diego Gonzalo ARG 1576
250 Perez Anduiza Marcos ESP 1574
251 Rondon Montes Juan Manuel ESP 1571
252 Angulo Garcia Bruno ESP 1571
253 Morata Perez Jose ESP 1561
254 Toledo Jim BEL 1542
255 Garrido Gonzalez Francisco Javier ESP 1540
256 Araque Bolivar Miguel Angel ESP 1531
257 Crespillo Pareja Fabian ESP 1526
258 Moreno Rodriguez Antonio ESP 1524
259 Wen Aiyu CHN 1522
260 Garcia Almendros David ESP 1511
261 Gimenez Lobato Jose Camilo ESP 1510
262 Otero Porcel Marcos ESP 1508
263 Del Aguila Aceituno Sofia ESP 1505
264 Padilla Martinez Alvaro ESP 1503
265 Abad Munoz Antonio ESP 1503
266 Castarnado Serrano Diego ESP 1497
267 Seco de Herrera Martinez Pablo ESP 1493
268 Perez Anguita Arturo ESP 1489
269 Lorenzo Cordero Jose Maria ESP 1463
270 Garcia Flores Andrea ESP 1449
271 Otero Gallizo Santiago ESP 1448
272 Gomez Mario ENG 1439
273 Hita Hurtado Paulino ESP 1417
274 Cabrera Espinosa Jose Antonio ESP 1411
275 Castro Delgado Jose Luis ESP 0
276 Piñas Navarro Humberto ESP 0
277 Arias Melgarejo Jorge ESP 0
278 Molina Cumbreras Gabriel Domingo ESP 0
279 Vaz Caballero Angel ESP 0
280 Almagro Recio Alfonso ESP 0
281 Artemev Vyacheslav ESP 0
282 Hughes Rhianna SCO 0
283 Kunst Mark NED 0
284 Lopez Bayona Baltasar ESP 0
285 Purcell Michael Angelo USA 0
286 Rodriguez Alexander ENG 0
287 Smith Tom ENG 0
