This is the podium of Sants Chess Open 2026. From left to right: IM Sauat Nurgaliyev (🇰🇿 Kazakhstan), GM Jules Moussard (🇫🇷 France) and IM Javier Habans (🇪🇸 Spain). Congratulations!! #santschess #chess #barcelona #catalonia #chessplayer

Despite an almost perfect tournament, after beating two GMs, IM Javier Habans (Spain) was unable to win a GM norm. However, with 8 points out of 10, he finished in third place in the Sants Chess Open after winning the tiebreaker against IM Atilla Kuru (Turkey). Congratulations!

The tournament that the new GM Atilla Kuru (🇹🇷 Turkey) has been extraordinary: in fourth position after the tiebreaker of the Sants Chess Open with 8 points out of 10 and a performance of 2656. This has earned him the third and definitive GM norm. Congratulations! #santschess

Congratulations to IM Sauat Nurgaliyev (🇰🇿 Kazakhstan) after finishing in second place at Sants Chess Open with an extraordinary 8.5 points from 10 games and a performance of around 2700. With this result he obtains a GM norm. #santschess #chess #barcelona #kazakhstan

GM Jules Moussard (🇫🇷 France) has been proclaimed the new winner of the Sants Chess Open. With an extraordinary result of 9 points out of 10, finishing the tournament undefeated, with a resistant and at the same time precise game. Congratulations!! #santschess #chess #barcelona

Singh Siddharth (🇺🇸United States), 15 years old, had a very good Sants Chess Open. He finished the tournament undefeated with 7 points (4 wins and 6 draws). #santschess #chess #barcelona #unitedstates #chessplayer

GM Jules Moussard (🇫🇷France) defeated FM Mauricio Marrujo Pardo (🇨🇱Chile) of the last round of Sants Chess Open. Excellent championship for the Frenchman who finished the tournament undefeated and with a total of 9 points out of 10. #santschess #chess #france #chessplayer

Congratulations to Malika Japparbekova (🇰🇿 Kazakhstan) for the FIDE WIM norm. She finished Sants Chess Open with 6.5 points and a performance of 2320. In the last game she won WIM Or Shatil (🇨🇭Switzerland). #santschess #chess #barcelona #kazakhstan #chessplayer

Mario Campos Ruano (Catalonia), only 12 years old, has had an impeccable tournament winning the Group C tournament of the Sants Chess Open with 9 points from 10 games. Congratulations! #santschess #chess #barcelona #catalonia #chessplayer

The XXVII International Chess Open of Sants - Ciutat de Barcelona reaches the tenth and final round. Today we will know the champions of the three groups, all the prize winners and the players who have also obtained some norm of a FIDE title. #santschess #sants #barcelona

Tenth and last round pairings Group A: s3.chess-results.com/tnr1389… Group B: s3.chess-results.com/tnr1389… Group C: s3.chess-results.com/tnr1389… #santschess #chess #barcelona

GM Jules Moussard (🇫🇷 France) won the game against GM S.P. Sethuraman (🇮🇳 India) in the ninth round of the Sants Chess Open. A long and balanced game of almost five hours and 50 moves, which ended in favor of Moussard taking advantage of an endgame with an extra pawn. #santschess

IM Loic Travadon (🇫🇷 France), 24 years old, has 6 points and is in eighth place in the Sants Chess Open, despite not having a good start to the tournament. Patience is also part of the game of chess! #santschess #chess #barcelona #france #chessplayer

IM Levi Levitan Caleb (🇿🇦 South Africa), 16 years old, has 6 points at Sants Chess Open without losing a game yet. He has won GM Tiger Hillarp Persson (🇸🇪 Sweden) and has drawn with GM Valery Kazakouski (🇱🇹 Lithuania). #santschess #chess #barcelona #southafrican #chessplayer

José Miguel Pérez (Spain) is a regular Valencian player participating in the Sants Chess Open. This is his eleventh edition and he is currently leading Group B alone. #santschess #chess #barcelona #spain #chessplayer

FM Mauricio Emmanuel Marrujo Pardo (🇨🇱 Chile) is a young 16-year-old player who is having a very good tournament at the Sants Chess Open. In the eighth round he beat IM Gianmarco Leiva (🇵🇪 Peru) and has 6.5 points, placing him in seventh position. #santschess #chess #barcelona

Nineth round pairings Group A: s3.chess-results.com/tnr1389… Group B: s3.chess-results.com/tnr1389… Group C: s3.chess-results.com/tnr1389… #santschess #chess #barcelona

IM Atilla Kuru (🇹🇷 Turkey) and GM S.P. Sethuraman (🇮🇳 India) have drawn after four hours of play and almost 90 moves at 8th round of the Sants Chess Open. #santschess #chess #barcelona #turkey #india

IM Sauat Nurgaliyev (🇰🇿 Kazakhstan) has won GM Daniel Alsina (Catalonia) thanks to his knight control. The good results he is obtaining until now in Sants Chess Open could lead him to obtain a GM norm. #santschess #chess #barcelona #kazakhstan #chessplayer

GM Irina Krush (🇺🇸United States), eight-time women's champion of her country, has played against GM Valery Kazakouski (🇱🇹Lithuania). Krush now has 5.5 points in seven rounds. #santschess #chess #unitedstates #barcelona #chessplayer