IMJavier Habans Aguerrea

Javier Habans Aguerrea grew up in Pamplona and learned chess at five, first with his older sister Elena and then with club teacher Diego Moral. He developed at Navarra's Oberena club, also working with grandmaster Jesús de la Villa. He won the Spanish under-eight title in 2015. In 2016 he won both the under-eight and under-ten national championships.

Habans took bronze at the 2021 European Under-14 Championship. In 2024 he became world under-sixteen champion in Florianópolis, remaining unbeaten through eleven rounds. He also helped Spain win the European under-eighteen team championship that year. FIDE awarded him the international-master title in 2024. Outside chess, he enjoys tennis and follows economics.