Taca de Portugal 2024-25 qf
KnockoutStandard
32 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held on 25 May 2025 in Clubes, Portugal. 9 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 2273, and top seed was Ruben Pereira (🇵🇹 POR, IM, 2447).
Vasco Diogo (🇵🇹 POR, FM, 2170) won with 1.0/5, ahead of Joao Pedro Pires Meira (1.0) and Hugo Antonio Alexandre Gomes (1.0).
The biggest upset came in round 5: Carlos Joao Fernandes Novais (2145) beat Jose Barria (IM, 2379), a +234-point gap.
Location
🇵🇹Clubes, Portugal
Dates
25 May 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Knockout · 5 rounds
Titled players · 9
IM×3
FM×4
CM×1
WCM×1
Federations · 1 represented
🇵🇹Portugal×32
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 5 roundsTight race until R5; 13 players tied at 1.0/5, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 32 co-leaders at R4 to 13 at the finish.
Co-leaders
873
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R5 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER
13 players finish on 1.0/5. Diogo takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (0.0).
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Diogo, VascoFM | 2170 | POR | F | F | F | F | +27N | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2682 | +3.2 |
| 2 | Meira, Joao Pedro Pires | 1987 | POR | F | F | F | F | +26N | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2641 | +6.0 |
| 3 | Gomes, Hugo Antonio Alexandre | 1885 | POR | F | F | F | F | +30B | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2566 | +6.8 |
| 4 | Goncalves, Samuel Jesus PFM | 2264 | POR | F | F | F | F | +22N | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2886 | +5.6 |
| 5 | Ferreira, Nuno David De Oliveira Reis | 1708 | POR | F | F | F | F | +28N | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2694 | +14.8 |
| 6 | Reis, Luis Sousa | 2140 | POR | F | F | F | F | +31B | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2695 | +4.0 |
| 7 | Araujo, Ricardo | 2098 | POR | F | F | F | F | +20N | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2682 | +8.8 |
| 8 | Sousa, Andre VenturaIM | 2396 | POR | F | F | F | F | +25B | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2911 | +1.6 |
| 9 | Fidalgo, Andre Neves | 2233 | POR | F | F | F | F | +21N | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2647 | +1.6 |
| 10 | Novais, Carlos Joao Fernandes | 2145 | POR | F | F | F | F | +32B | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 3179 | +15.8 |
| 11 | Fernandes, Joao Pedro Murtinho | 2159 | POR | F | F | F | F | +23B | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2573 | +1.8 |
| 12 | Ribeiro, RodrigoFM | 2159 | POR | F | F | F | F | +29N | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2628 | +2.4 |
| 13 | Pereira, RubenIM | 2447 | POR | F | F | F | F | +24B | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2847 | +0.8 |
| 14 | Santos, Tomas Afonso Pires | 2037 | POR | F | F | F | F | =18B | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 2041 | +0.2 |
| 15 | Dias, Ricardo Pedro Cruz | 2207 | POR | F | F | F | F | =19B | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 2127 | -2.2 |
| 16 | Ribeiro, Bruno | 2097 | POR | F | F | F | F | =17B | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 2317 | +5.6 |
| 17 | Ribeiro, GustavoFM | 2317 | POR | F | F | F | F | =16N | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 2097 | -5.6 |
| 18 | Romano, Joao | 2041 | POR | F | F | F | F | =14N | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 2037 | -0.2 |
| 19 | Gaspar, Artur | 2127 | POR | F | F | F | F | =15N | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 2207 | +2.2 |
| 20 | Zhang, Xin An | 1884 | POR | F | F | F | F | −7B | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1298 | -8.8 |
| 21 | Batista, Sandro Manuel Almeida | 1783 | POR | F | F | F | F | −9B | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1383 | -1.6 |
| 22 | Dias, Ivo RodriguesCM | 2086 | POR | F | F | F | F | −4B | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1451 | -5.6 |
| 23 | Yifan, Jiang | 1773 | POR | F | F | F | F | −11N | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1359 | -3.6 |
| 24 | Alvarez, Ricardo Fernando | 1883 | POR | F | F | F | F | −13N | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1483 | -1.6 |
| 25 | Romano, Luis Miguel | 2111 | POR | F | F | F | F | −8N | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1596 | -3.2 |
| 26 | Alves, Jose Pedro Figueiredo | 1841 | POR | F | F | F | F | −2B | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1187 | -12.0 |
| 27 | Ryabukhina, VeronikaWCM | 1882 | POR | F | F | F | F | −1B | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1370 | -6.4 |
| 28 | Carvalho, Vitor Hugo Pina Soares | 1894 | POR | F | F | F | F | −5B | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 908 | -14.8 |
| 29 | Rei, Joao Pedro | 1828 | POR | F | F | F | F | −12B | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1359 | -4.8 |
| 30 | Alexandre, Jose Antonio Duarte | 1767 | POR | F | F | F | F | −3N | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1085 | -6.8 |
| 31 | Sousa, Pedro Simao | 1895 | POR | F | F | F | F | −6N | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1340 | -4.0 |
| 32 | Barria, JoseIM | 2379 | POR | F | F | F | F | −10N | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1345 | -7.9 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Novais, Carlos Joao FernandesPOR+15.81.0 pts · #10
- 2Ferreira, Nuno David De Oliveira ReisPOR+14.81.0 pts · #5
- 3Araujo, RicardoPOR+8.81.0 pts · #7
Top rating losers
- 1Carvalho, Vitor Hugo Pina SoaresPOR-14.80.0 pts · #28
- 2Alves, Jose Pedro FigueiredoPOR-12.00.0 pts · #26
- 3Zhang, Xin AnPOR-8.80.0 pts · #20
Biggest upsets
- R5+234 Elo gap
- R5+186 Elo gap