Taca do Algarve 2025 final
6 players participated in this 4-round tournament, held on 12 Jul 2025 in clubes, Portugal. 4 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1843, and top seed was Manuel Gonzalez Amate (🇪🇸 ESP, 2081).
Margarida Correia (🇵🇹 POR, 1712) won with 1.0/4, ahead of Henk Van Ginkel (1.0) and Vitor Popovici (0.5). Correia won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.
The biggest upset came in round 4: Margarida Correia (1712) beat Alejandro Gomez Alvarez (1970), a +258-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 4 roundsTight race until R4; 2 players tied at 1.0/4, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.
2 players finish on 1.0/4. Correia takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (0.0).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Margarida Correia | * | — | — | — |
| 2Henk Van Ginkel | — | * | — | — |
| 3Vitor Popovici | — | — | * | ½ |
| 4Gerd Meinecke | — | — | ½ | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Correia, Margarida | 1712 | POR | F | F | F | +5N | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2795 | +31.2 |
| 2 | Van Ginkel, Henk | 1826 | NED | F | F | F | +6B | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2745 | +13.2 |
| 3 | Popovici, Vitor | 1576 | POR | F | F | F | =4B | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 1969 | +16.8 |
| 4 | Meinecke, Gerd | 2010 | GER | F | F | F | =3N | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 1634 | -16.8 |
| 5 | Gomez Alvarez, Alejandro | 1970 | ESP | F | F | F | −1B | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 973 | -15.6 |
| 6 | Botelho, Luis Miguel Rodrigues | 1962 | POR | F | F | F | −2N | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1027 | -13.2 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Correia, MargaridaPOR+31.21.0 pts · #1
- 2Popovici, VitorPOR+16.80.5 pts · #3
- 3Van Ginkel, HenkNED+13.21.0 pts · #2
- 1Meinecke, GerdGER-16.80.5 pts · #4
- 2Gomez Alvarez, AlejandroESP-15.60.0 pts · #5
- 3Botelho, Luis Miguel RodriguesPOR-13.20.0 pts · #6
- R4+258 Elo gap
- R4+136 Elo gap