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Last Stop Of the Tour. Menorca Open 2026

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I started this easter playing in Reykjavik later i played in Alicante and the last stop was Menorca, the strongest tournament of this 3.

In the first round i faced the former Barcelona Football coach Kike Setien and in the second round the prodigy Faustino Oro, i made 2 separate post talking about this games. In this post i going to analyze the other 7 round of this very strong tournament. R1 Analysis R2 Analysis

My Worst Game of 2026. Ruiz Buendia vs Sukodolskyi,O R3

Trying to avoid the prep i fell in a horrible position with the bishop trapped.

https://lichess.org/study/GE0bkyKU/QjLE3C9S#5

Playing Tired. Torrent Santoja vs Ruiz Buendia R4

After 2 hard tournament in the half of the third i start to felt a little bit tired

https://lichess.org/study/GE0bkyKU/Fr7jyH1k#5

Revenge, Great Prep and a Headache. R5 vs IM Xie Kaifan

I faced this same opponent in the previous tournament so for this game i used the same prep and this time worked, sadly i feel so tired with headache and i made a fast draw to rest for the last part of the tournament.

https://lichess.org/study/GE0bkyKU/bC26qOyW#4

Energy Again. R6 vs Haarish Neeraj

After a free morning i was ready to fight the last 4 rounds, for this game i decided to go for a najdorf but i was surprised in the opening.

https://lichess.org/study/GE0bkyKU/LlMriqV4#5

Caissa is a Fair Goddess. R7 vs IM Diego Vergara

2 months ago i lost against Diego blundering a rook in one move in a drawish endgame, this time i had Caissa on my side.

https://lichess.org/study/GE0bkyKU/hYbf9OFr#2

Fuck That Shit. R8 vs IM Harshavardhan

Horrible game from the start to the end.

https://lichess.org/study/GE0bkyKU/josGakkQ#1

Good Defence. Last Round vs IM Khesenkhojaev

The last game of my 3 tournaments and of course the most important cause if i lose i have no more games to come back.

https://lichess.org/study/GE0bkyKU/ZxxScnFf#5

I really enjoyed this tournament, i was tired cause this was the third strong sopen that i played in a row but here i get the best results of the 3 so not bad.
Now maybe i going to be some months without play classical tournaments but i going to still analyzing some self previous classic tournaments and future rapids that i going to play, apart of elite games too so follow me to learn more chess, byby.