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.
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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