GM Eduardo Iturrizaga wins Nocturnal Blitz Candidates Tournament

The 2022 International Individual Nocturnal Blitz Candidates Tournament was held on June 25  in Casa del Reloj Cultural Center in Madrid as a side event of the 2022 FIDE Candidates Chess Tournament.

Grandmaster Eduardo Iturrizaga (Spain) emerged as a winner with a fantastic result of 8/9, half a point above grandmasters Yusnel Bacallao (Cuba) and Karen Grigoryan (Armenia). (scroll down for final rankings)

138 players (as many as 49 of them titled) from 14 countries took part in this fun FIDE Candidates side event organized by FIDE, Spanish Chess Federation – FEDA, Madrid Chess Federation and sponsored by the Community of Madrid.

Final rankings – Nocturnal Blitz Candidates Tournament 2022:

Pos.	Tit.	Name	Fed.	Pts.	BucT	BucM
1	GM	Iturrizaga Bonelli, Eduardo	ESP	8.0	53.5	41.5
2	GM	Bacallao Alonso, Yusnel	CUB	7.5	54.5	43.0
3	GM	Grigoryan, Karen H.	ARM	7.5	55.5	43.0
4	GM	Alonso Rosell, Alvar	ESP	7.0	56.5	44.0
5	GM	Forcen Esteban, Daniel	ESP	7.0	53.0	41.5
6	GM	Cuenca Jimenez, Jose Fernando	ESP	7.0	49.5	39.0
7	IM	Llorente Zaro, Alfonso	ESP	7.0	49.5	39.0
8	IM	Tejedor Fuente, Enrique	ESP	6.5	54.5	42.5
9	IM	Fernandez Guillen, Ernesto J.	CUB	6.5	54.0	43.0
10	IM	Suarez Garcia, Carlos	ESP	6.5	53.0	41.0
11	IM	Plazuelo Pascual, Juan	ESP	6.5	53.0	41.0
12	FM	Buendia Pinar, Alvaro	ESP	6.5	47.0	37.0
13	IM	Pulvett Marin, Daniel Eduardo	ESP	6.5	50.5	39.5
14	FM	Ortega Ruiz, Jose Miguel	ESP	6.5	46.5	36.0
15	IM	Almagro Llamas, Pablo	ESP	6.5	47.0	36.0
16	IM	Bernal Moro, Luis Javier	ESP	6.5	49.0	38.0
17		Perez Rosales, Pedro	ESP	6.5	42.5	33.5
18	IM	Valles Moreno, Ivan	ESP	6.0	55.0	43.5
19	IM	Garriga Cazorla, Pere	ESP	6.0	50.5	39.5
20	GM	Abbasifar, Hasan	IRI	6.0	48.0	37.0
21	FM	Domingo Nunez, Ruben	ESP	6.0	51.0	39.5
22	FM	Guerrero Vargas, Andres Jesus	VEN	6.0	46.0	36.5
23	IM	Martin Duque, Jesus	ESP	6.0	41.0	32.5
24	FM	Balbuena Fuentes, Mario	ESP	6.0	42.5	33.0
25	FM	Domingo Nunez, Alejandro	ESP	6.0	45.5	34.0
26	GM	Gareyev, Timur	USA	6.0	44.0	35.0
27		Fernandez Lledo, Javier	ESP	6.0	41.0	30.5
28	GM	Del Rio De Angelis, Salvador G.	ESP	5.5	51.0	40.0
29		Alvarez Serrano, Carlos	ESP	5.5	48.0	38.0
30	WIM	Fernandez, Maria Florencia	ARG	5.5	42.5	32.5
31	FM	Ingunza Curro, Andres	ESP	5.5	45.5	35.0
32	FM	Sanchez Gonzalez, Sergio	ESP	5.5	48.5	37.5
33		Gallardo Retortillo, Enrique	ESP	5.5	43.5	33.5
34	FM	Lozano Ramirez, Nestor Favian	COL	5.5	45.0	37.0
35	FM	Moreno Ibanez, Miguel	ESP	5.5	44.5	33.5
36	FM	Herrera Reyes, Jose Antonio	ESP	5.5	42.0	32.5
37		Serrano Ruiz, Lope	ESP	5.5	41.5	33.0
38		Fernandez Estremera, Fernando	ESP	5.5	39.5	31.5
39		Torres Rebolledo, Alvaro	ESP	5.5	41.5	32.5
40	IM	Lianes Garcia, Marcos	ESP	5.0	48.5	37.0
41		Romero Calduch, Sergio	ESP	5.0	48.0	38.0
42	WGM	Reizniece-Ozola, Dana	LAT	5.0	48.0	38.0
43	IM	Suarez Uriel, Adrian	ESP	5.0	45.0	34.0
44	IM	Rubio Mejia, Luis Ignacio	ESP	5.0	46.5	36.5
45		Neagu, Roberto Florin	ESP	5.0	46.5	38.0
46		Bento Iglesias, Pablo	ESP	5.0	44.5	35.0
47	FM	Quispe Arteaga, Gabriel	ESP	5.0	46.0	37.0
48	FM	Martinez Reyes, Pedro Ramon	VEN	5.0	47.0	36.5
49		Hernandez Ramos, David	ESP	5.0	43.0	34.5
50		Lopez Mijail, Nicolas	ESP	5.0	42.0	33.0
51	FM	Perez Gonzalez, Jose Manuel	ESP	5.0	39.5	31.0
52		Ruiz Buendia, Miguel	ESP	5.0	42.5	33.0
53		Gonzalez Castillo, Jose Javier	ESP	5.0	41.5	32.0
54		De La Puerta Cresis, Javier	ESP	5.0	42.5	32.5
55	FM	Lopez Del Alamo, Antonio	ESP	5.0	41.5	31.0
56		Torres Rebolledo, Victor	ESP	5.0	42.0	34.0
57	FM	Aranda Marin, Cristian	ESP	5.0	37.0	28.5
58		Mota Cossio, Alberto	ESP	5.0	36.5	29.5
59		Martinez Garcia, Ruben	ESP	5.0	39.5	30.5
60		Condezo Abderrahim, Ibrahim	ESP	5.0	39.0	30.5
61		Zhao, Yuyang	ESP	5.0	39.0	30.5
62		Barriga Meijide, Guillermo	ESP	5.0	35.0	27.5
63	WFM	Cancio-Bello Ayes, Flavia	CUB	4.5	42.0	32.5
64	IM	Garcia Padron, Jose	ESP	4.5	41.5	31.5
65	WIM	Varela La Madrid, Tilsia Carolin	VEN	4.5	38.5	29.5
66		Fernandez Gonzalez, Francisco	ESP	4.5	38.5	30.5
67	FM	Garcia Callejo, Jesus	ESP	4.5	37.0	29.0
68		Calderon Rojo, Borja	ESP	4.5	38.5	28.5
69		Sanz Menendez, Juan Carlos	ESP	4.5	39.0	30.0
70		Portero Rubio, Martin	ESP	4.5	38.0	30.0
71		Alejandre Ruiz, Antonio	ESP	4.5	32.0	24.0
72		Blazquez Sanz, Oscar	ESP	4.5	38.5	31.5
73		Pulido Gomez, Pablo	ESP	4.5	34.0	27.5
74		Martinez Garcia, Jorge	ESP	4.5	34.5	26.5
75		Lopez Herrero, Israel	ESP	4.0	46.5	36.5
76		Santamaria Baeza, Adolfo	ESP	4.0	43.0	34.0
77	WFM	Jimenez Fernandez, Rebeca	ESP	4.0	45.5	34.5
78		Viudes Serra, Aaron	ESP	4.0	44.0	35.0
79		Garcia Prada, Alejandro	ESP	4.0	42.5	34.5
80		Rodriguez Bittar, Karim Javier	ESP	4.0	41.0	32.5
81		Casares Sanchez, Rodrigo	ESP	4.0	39.5	30.5
82		Vazquez Moreno, Luis	ESP	4.0	40.5	32.5
83		Fernandez Rosado, Roberto	ESP	4.0	36.5	29.0
84		Arevillca Colque, Jonatan	ESP	4.0	39.0	31.0
85		Moreno De La Fuente, Jose A.	ESP	4.0	34.5	26.0
86		Vazquez Gonzalez, Francisco	ESP	4.0	37.5	28.0
87		Salov Draganov, Gabriel	ESP	4.0	31.5	25.5
88		Anton Ortiz, Carlos	ESP	4.0	30.5	24.5
89		Melero Fernandez, Jose M	ESP	4.0	34.0	26.5
90		Pena Rodriguez, Jose Maria	ESP	4.0	31.0	23.5
91		Torres Rebolledo, Marcos	ESP	4.0	34.0	26.5
92		Longa Yauca, Javier	PER	3.5	48.0	37.0
93		Luque Ibanes, Manuel	ESP	3.5	40.0	31.0
94		Selva Salvador, Antonio	ESP	3.5	37.5	29.5
95		Garcia Gomez, Jose Manuel	ESP	3.5	37.5	29.0
96		Serrano Ruiz, Miguel	ESP	3.5	40.0	31.0
97		Gilardi Olarrea, Mikel	ESP	3.5	40.5	31.5
98		Pulido, Nelson	COL	3.5	39.5	31.0
99		Ballesteros Serrano, Cristian	ESP	3.5	36.5	28.5
100		Moya Barba, Diego	ESP	3.5	35.5	27.5
101		Retolaza Izpizua, Aitor	ESP	3.5	34.0	26.0
102		Garcia Prada, Guillermo	ESP	3.5	34.5	27.0
103		Bartolome Benito, Alejandro	ESP	3.5	35.5	28.0
104		Stock, Ulrich	GER	3.5	33.0	25.5
105		Mila Hernandez, Lorena	ESP	3.0	38.0	29.5
106		Garcia Martin, Esteban	ESP	3.0	39.0	30.5
107		Garcia Torija, Enrique	ESP	3.0	36.5	29.5
108		Cuadrado Carmona, Javier	ESP	3.0	36.5	30.0
109		Erades Berenguer, Ana	ESP	3.0	37.5	28.5
110		Ruiz Grau, David	ESP	3.0	36.5	28.5
111		Caravantes Camacho, Fernando	ESP	3.0	35.5	27.5
112		Sanz Senor, Ricardo	ESP	3.0	38.0	28.5
113		Derecho Yeregui, Ignacio	ESP	3.0	30.0	21.5
114		Martinez Zurita, Enrique	ESP	3.0	33.0	25.5
115		Lopez Rodriguez, Guillermo	ESP	3.0	32.0	25.0
116		Aguado Hernandez, Diego	ESP	3.0	31.5	24.0
117		Avendano Layunta, Manuel	ESP	3.0	28.5	22.0
118		Moncada Bueno, Juan C	ESP	2.5	41.0	31.0
119		Mansor, Zouheir	ESP	2.5	33.5	26.0
120		Diaz Rojo, Ricardo	ESP	2.5	31.0	24.5
121		Gardezabal Redondo, Cristian	ESP	2.5	28.0	21.5
122		Blanco Barrios, Aitana	ESP	2.5	27.5	21.5
123		Melgar Morraja, Mateo	ESP	2.0	39.0	30.0
124		El Merabet, Maimoun	ESP	2.0	34.0	26.5
125		Cujba, Anca-Claudia	ROU	2.0	29.5	23.5
126		Romero Palacios, Adrian	ESP	2.0	30.5	23.5
127		Barbas, Fernando	FRA	2.0	27.0	21.0
128		De Fuenmayor Fernandez de la Hoz	ESP	2.0	27.5	20.5
129		Melgar Morraja, Martin	ESP	2.0	24.0	18.5
130		Luque Garcia, Pablo	ESP	2.0	25.5	19.5
131		Sansa Olivan, Javier	ESP	2.0	27.5	21.5
132		Moreno Amador, Hector	ESP	1.0	24.0	17.5
133	GM	Stella, Andrea	ITA	0.0	27.0	21.0
134	FM	Martin Rueda, Daniel	ESP	0.0	27.0	21.0
135	IM	Gines Esteo, Pedro Antonio	ESP	0.0	27.0	21.0
136	IM	Elissalt Cardenas, Hector	ESP	0.0	27.0	21.0
137		Jimenez Zapata, Nuria	ESP	0.0	27.0	21.0
138		Abbasifar, Baran	IRI	0.0	27.0	21.0