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Sestao Chess Open 2025

XL Open Basque Country Sestao 2025 aka Ajedrez Sestao 2025 aka Sestao Chess Open 2025 is taking place September 12 – September 18 in Spain. It is one of the top open tournaments of the European Chess Calendar (part of The Chess Calendar) for September and features 234 players from 33 countries. Among the participants are Elham Amar, Eduardo Iturrizaga Bonelli, Carlos Daniel Albornoz Cabrera, Simen Agdestein, Pierre Laurent-Paoli, Fernando Peralta, Kirk Ghazarian, Yuri Solodovnichenko, Sion Radamantys Galaviz Medina, Timothe Razafindratsima, Aksel Bu Kvaloy, Loic Travadon, Julen Luis Arizmendi Martinez, Harry Grieve, Vladyslav Larkin, etc. Scroll down for the full participants list.

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Sestao 2025 participants


1 GM Amar, Elham NOR 2584
2 GM Iturrizaga Bonelli, Eduardo ESP 2583
3 GM Albornoz Cabrera, Carlos Daniel CUB 2572
4 GM Agdestein, Simen NOR 2563
5 GM Laurent-Paoli, Pierre FRA 2560
6 GM Peralta, Fernando ARG 2547
7 GM Ghazarian, Kirk USA 2518
8 GM Solodovnichenko, Yuri UKR 2518
9 IM Galaviz Medina, Sion Radamantys MEX 2498
10 IM Razafindratsima, Timothe FRA 2495
11 IM Kvaloy, Aksel Bu NOR 2490
12 IM Travadon, Loic FRA 2486
13 GM Arizmendi Martinez, Julen Luis ESP 2485
14 IM Grieve, Harry ENG 2484
15 IM Larkin, Vladyslav UKR 2484
16 IM Petriashvili, Nikoloz GEO 2465
17 IM Haring, Filip SVK 2464
18 IM Gloeckler, Christian GER 2452
19 GM Poetsch, Hagen GER 2449
20 IM Fiorito, Francisco ARG 2448
21 IM Alonso Garcia, Aaron ESP 2447
22 IM Levin, Guy ISR 2447
23 IM Kanov, Nikola BUL 2439
24 IM Degraeve, Remy FRA 2435
25 IM Gkoumas, Georgios GRE 2434
26 IM Fiorito, Joaquin ARG 2424
27 IM Martinez Ramirez, Lennis CUB 2424
28 IM Noboa Silva, Kevin ECU 2423
29 IM Tutisani, Noe GEO 2422
30 IM Domingo Nunez, Ruben ESP 2417
31 IM Lohia, Sohum ENG 2405
32 FM Alvarez Calzadilla, Jose Avelino CUB 2401
33 IM Merario Alarcon, Andres ESP 2400
34 FM Perez Marimon, Jorge De Jesus CUB 2387
35 IM Shohat, Yotam ISR 2382
36 IM Leiva, Gianmarco PER 2380
37 IM Gomez Ledo, Roberto Carlos CUB 2378
38 FM Martinez Lopez, David ESP 2370
39 GM Khamrakulov, Ibragim S. ESP 2364
40 FM Aayush, Bhattacherjee IND 2360
41 FM Falkevall, Axel SWE 2360
42 FM Sherman, Raem ISR 2357
43 FM Becerra, Juan David COL 2356
44 FM Lopez Varela, Pablo ESP 2354
45 FM Trigo Urquijo, Sergio ESP 2347
46 FM Lux, Hugo De Melo BRA 2345
47 FM Domingo Nunez, Alejandro ESP 2341
48 FM Iglesias, Yosha FRA 2336
49 FM Ostensen, Nicolai Maxime NOR 2335
50 FM Ruiz Buendia, Miguel ESP 2335
51 FM Nemsadze, Daviti GEO 2330
52 WGM Rakshitta, Ravi IND 2326
53 FM Ezra, Paul Chambers BDI 2316
54 FM Loftgaard, Mikkel Vinh DEN 2305
55 IM Perez Garcia, Rodney Oscar CUB 2302
56 FM Iglesias Ferreira, Andres ESP 2301
57 FM Jacobsen, Mikkel Manosri DEN 2296
58 IM Fiorito, Fabian ARG 2291
59 FM Wernberg, Hugo SWE 2285
60 CM Bendayan Claros, Aaron ESP 2275
61 FM Eliseev, Sergey NOR 2272
62 FM Llari, Marc FRA 2268
63 Ruiz Abad, Juan Manuel ESP 2254
64 FM Prieto Aranguren, Alain ESP 2236
65 CM Rodriguez Avila, Alvaro ESP 2235
66 CM Khoo-Thwe, Louis NOR 2233
67 CM Evenshaug, Amadeus Hestvik NOR 2229
68 FM Stefanou, Konstantinos GRE 2228
69 FM Kupervaser, Erez ISR 2226
70 CM Grebennikov, Nikolai A. FID 2225
71 CM Sarasketa Irastortza, Oier ESP 2214
72 Saad, Gabriel FRA 2212
73 WFM Prado Acebo, Ines ESP 2209
74 Barbazan Bilbao, Xabier ESP 2209
75 Morante Rafael, Aritz ESP 2208
76 Alvarez Serrano, Carlos ESP 2203
77 CM Torfoss, Sivert Schanche NOR 2202
78 Perez Pacheco, Ricardo ESP 2187
79 Aamodt, Peder Marcus NOR 2183
80 Beneyto De Ramon, Guillermo ESP 2181
81 WFM Muniz Guevara, Amanda Maria CUB 2177
82 CM Zieba, Hubert POL 2172
83 Shtemler, Lavi ISR 2171
84 IM Guerra Bastida, Diego ESP 2169
85 IM Vehi Bach, Victor Manuel ESP 2167
86 WFM Christodoulaki, Antonia GRE 2165
87 FM Lorscheid, Gerhard GER 2160
88 WIM Sucikova, Svetlana SVK 2159
89 Midoux, Sebastien FRA 2159
90 FM Kochavi, Dana ISR 2152
91 Sarkoezy, Benjamin GER 2143
92 FM Rey Malde, Henrique ESP 2139
93 Kaewpitakkun, Pantham NOR 2138
94 Olsen, William Alexander NOR 2135
95 Sabirov, Rafael GER 2133
96 Om, Batra IND 2126
97 Mocic, Ivano CRO 2125
98 WIM Hapala, Elisabeth AUT 2124
99 Roquero Redondo, Miguel ESP 2121
100 Fernandez Garcia, Juan Carlos ESP 2115
101 Ostolazaga Barragan, Eneko ESP 2107
102 Gonzalez Pereira, Asier ESP 2103
103 Gotsiridze, Davit GEO 2101
104 FM Morais, Thomas FRA 2100
105 Pesuto, Ivan ARG 2100
106 Bech, Havard Eriksen NOR 2097
107 Curiel Garcia, Christian ESP 2092
108 Neininger, Ralph GER 2092
109 Arvola, Daniel NOR 2091
110 Reguillaga Elias, Manex ESP 2090
111 Parra Ordorica, Arnau ESP 2085
112 FM Lacrosse, Marc BEL 2084
113 Revilla Rio, Francisco ESP 2081
114 Zima, Teofil POL 2063
115 Calleja Gonzalez, Unai ESP 2057
116 Perez Carballo, David ESP 2057
117 Legrand, Vincent FRA 2045
118 Avadhoot, Lokesh Bhakti Brahme IND 2044
119 Castillo Sanjuan, Daniel ESP 2036
120 Rodriguez Dogmoch, Kyran ESP 2028
121 Besga Lopez, Jose Angel ESP 2026
122 Garigorta Martinez, Ibai ESP 2015
123 Colloridi, Dominic ESP 2012
124 Garcia Ortega, Joseba ESP 2010
125 Moreto Quintana, Alex ESP 2009
126 Hamm, Fabien FRA 2007
127 Martin Ibisate, Xabier ESP 2005
128 Pesuto, Nicolas Francesco ARG 1999
129 CM Fernandez-Diaz Mascort, Miquel ESP 1990
130 Segura Del Frago, Imanol ESP 1985
131 Shlaen, Rem ISR 1972
132 AGM Wang, Minqing GER 1967
133 Urbieta Gabancho, Koldo ESP 1963
134 WFM Tokarz, Izabela POL 1962
135 Geaney-O`brien, David IRL 1961
136 Woznicki, Tomasz POL 1959
137 Wu Martin, Eneko ESP 1949
138 Pomares Munoz, Ruben ESP 1948
139 Garcia De Eulate Latorre, Unai ESP 1944
140 Rodriguez Gonzalez, Alex ESP 1940
141 Perdiguero Herreros, Alejandro ESP 1937
142 Fonteboa Lopez, Samuel ESP 1936
143 Leniz Markes, Inaki ESP 1935
144 Valdezate Suarez, Fernando ESP 1934
145 Echevarria Uriarte, Ibai ESP 1930
146 Marquinez Cabrejas, Francisco J. ESP 1929
147 AFM Dhanesh, Venkata Narayanaswamy SGP 1928
148 Gomez Ferrer, Jesus ESP 1928
149 Carballido Bouzas, Adan ESP 1926
150 Peralta Garcia, Manuel ESP 1925
151 Goldschmidt, Raimar Dr. GER 1924
152 Munoz Ferreira, Ibon ESP 1921
153 Aguirre Maiz, Aitor ESP 1913
154 Tokarz, Gabriela POL 1911
155 Kosma, Maria GRE 1910
156 Galarza Docampo, Karmel ESP 1909
157 Zapirain Bilbao, Mikel ESP 1903
158 Martinez De Soria Gordon, Jose Manuel ESP 1893
159 Parramon Arimany, Marc ESP 1871
160 Barros Pecina, Daniel ESP 1868
161 Meneses Arenas, Mikel ESP 1859
162 Oriza De Castro, Inigo ESP 1846
163 Blauhut, Anna NOR 1841
164 Etxeberria Seijas, Ugaitz ESP 1840
165 Diaz Perez, Jose Juan ESP 1839
166 Salazar Gomez, Guzman ESP 1835
167 Grande Gonzalez, Julen ESP 1817
168 Garcinuno Gonzalez, David ESP 1811
169 Manas Garcia, Lander ESP 1810
170 Mirek, Sebastian POL 1804
171 Mlynek, Maksymilian POL 1789
172 Arechavaleta Garcia, Candido ESP 1786
173 Bonaetxea Gutierrez, Aitor ESP 1786
174 Tellier, Louise-Marie BEL 1782
175 Gerrikabeitia Uriarte, Antxoka ESP 1781
176 Garcia Alvarez, Juan Bautista ESP 1779
177 Vercruysse, Kasper BEL 1774
178 Reguillaga Otano, Juan ESP 1761
179 Mirek, Szymon POL 1754
180 Soria Ayarzaguena, Iker ESP 1754
181 Armao, Olivier FRA 1753
182 Cosgaya Garcia, Marcelino ESP 1739
183 Ortega Martinez, Jorge ESP 1735
184 Bravo Freire, Aitor ESP 1732
185 Hellmann, Thomas GER 1722
186 Sedano Rodriguez, Ruben ESP 1718
187 Nordahl, Christine NOR 1714
188 Ciprian Merlo, Ibai ESP 1705
189 Kirikov, Petr FRA 1704
190 Sanchez Serrano, Luis Ignacio ESP 1704
191 Zarate Ivchenko, Andrei ESP 1702
192 Barranco Yanez, Jaime ESP 1698
193 Falomir Ballega, Sergi ESP 1696
194 Ciruelos Clerencia, Juan Manuel ESP 1695
195 Moreno Lazarev, Haritz ESP 1695
196 Hansen, Jonah GER 1694
197 Macias Reyes, Jose Luis ESP 1693
198 Elias Gonzalez, Dario ESP 1690
199 Azcondo Blanco, Juan Antonio ESP 1687
200 Crespo Arce, Miguel Angel ESP 1681
201 Moreno Mora, Milaydes Lourdes ARU 1674
202 Pose Segura, Erik ESP 1668
203 Lorenzo Aramburuzabala, Inaki ESP 1667
204 De La Cruz Esteibarlanda, Ametz ESP 1665
205 Felices Sanchez, Marco Antonio ESP 1657
206 Shaffer, Alexander PUR 1648
207 Domec Labarta, Ixidor ESP 1635
208 Popadyuk, Olga UKR 1627
209 Caycedo Pelaez, Oriana ESP 1625
210 Fernandez Menendez, Markel ESP 1625
211 Young, Anna Ovidia NOR 1616
212 Luengas Velasco, Unai ESP 1615
213 Martinez Goiriz, Jose Manuel ESP 1608
214 Gonzalez Anuncibay, Juan Pablo ESP 1598
215 Villanueva Vivanco, Valentin ESP 1590
216 Perez Pacheco, Sergio ESP 1581
217 Carmona Herrera, Ivan ESP 1570
218 Setien Gomez, Jose Ignacio ESP 1560
219 Ibarrola Gobantes, Jokin ESP 1556
220 Doval Garmendia, Markel ESP 1545
221 Goti Cordon, Luis Pedro ESP 1511
222 Pesquera Lopez, Ibon ESP 1492
223 Doval Garmendia, Aimar ESP 1440
224 Agreda Rodriguez, Joan ESP 0
225 Arconada Infante, Julen ESP 0
226 Den Hertog, Adriaan NED 0
227 Diaz Cantera, Mirari ESP 0
228 Gartzia Gartzia, Mikel ESP 0
229 Gutierrez Arias, Luis ESP 0
230 Holgado Sanchez, Jon Ander ESP 0
231 Ocio Fernandez, David ESP 0
232 Redondo Burgos, Josu ESP 0
233 Suero Castanos, Maria Angeles ESP 0
234 Uriarte Aretxabala, Jose Ignacio ESP 0