Campeonato de Canarias Juvenil 2025
46 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 15 May 2025 to 18 May 2025 in Arrecife de Lanzarote (Las Palmas), Spain. 1 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 1947, and top seed was Alberto 2009 Bethencourt Hernandez (🇪🇸 ESP, 2126).
Helena Joana Li Chen (🇪🇸 ESP, WFM, 2060) won with 5.0/6, ahead of Victor Olive Garcia (5.0) and Carlos De La Cruz Perez (5.0). Li Chen won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.
The biggest upset came in round 6: Javier Castillo Saras (1463) beat Jinxin Chen (1686), a +223-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 6 roundsTight race until R6; 3 players tied at 5.0/6, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 4 co-leaders at R4 to 3 at the finish.
3 players finish on 5.0/6. Li Chen takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (22.0).
WFM Helena Joana Li Chen beat Carlos De La Cruz Perez (White).
WFM Helena Joana Li Chen 3 wins (R1–R3)Carlos De La Cruz Perez 3 wins (R4–R6)
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1WFMHelena Joana Li Chen | * | 1 | ½ | ½ |
| 2Carlos De La Cruz Perez | 0 | * | — | — |
| 3Victor Olive Garcia | ½ | — | * | 1 |
| 4Alberto 2009 Bethencourt Hernandez | ½ | — | 0 | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Li Chen, Helena JoanaWFM | 2060 | ESP | +14B | +33N | +3B | =4N | =2B | +6N | 5.0 | 22.0 | 24.0 | 19.25 | 2161 | +32.4 |
| 2 | Olive Garcia, Victor | 1990 | ESP | +24N | +11B | =5N | +25B | =1N | +4N | 5.0 | 20.5 | 23.0 | 18.25 | 2083 | +36.0 |
| 3 | De La Cruz Perez, Carlos | 1943 | ESP | +23N | +15B | −1N | +17B | +8N | +12B | 5.0 | 19.5 | 22.0 | 17.00 | 2029 | +32.8 |
| 4 | Bethencourt Hernandez, Alberto 2009 | 2126 | ESP | +35N | +16B | +7N | =1B | +5N | −2B | 4.5 | 22.0 | 24.0 | 16.50 | 2084 | -5.2 |
| 5 | Castro Miguelez, Jose | 1901 | ESP | +13B | +28N | =2B | +20N | −4B | +16N | 4.5 | 19.5 | 22.0 | 15.00 | 1917 | +14.8 |
| 6 | Diaz Reyes, Iker | 1909 | ESP | +29N | +17B | =8N | =7B | +10N | −1B | 4.0 | 20.5 | 23.0 | 14.00 | 1922 | +12.4 |
| 7 | Rivero Tacoronte, Gabriel | 1943 | ESP | +31B | +19N | −4B | =6N | +20B | =9N | 4.0 | 18.5 | 21.0 | 12.50 | 1871 | -10.8 |
| 8 | Gonzalez Perdomo, Sergio | 1944 | ESP | +32B | +18N | =6B | =12N | −3B | +25N | 4.0 | 18.5 | 20.5 | 11.75 | 1877 | -12.0 |
| 9 | Matos Espino, Carlos Silverio | 1775 | ESP | +39B | +38N | −12B | =14N | +13B | =7B | 4.0 | 16.0 | 17.5 | 10.25 | 1700 | -12.8 |
| 10 | Bangiev, Katharina | 1788 | ESP | +36N | +37B | F | +19N | −6B | +14B | 4.0 | 14.5 | 14.5 | 10.50 | 1806 | +8.0 |
| 11 | Guan, Hui | 1590 | ESP | +41B | −2N | −13B | +38N | +32B | +34N | 4.0 | 14.0 | 15.5 | 7.00 | 1522 | -15.2 |
| 12 | Ascension Suarez, Joel | 1862 | ESP | F | +26B | +9N | =8B | +15N | −3N | 3.5 | 19.0 | 19.0 | 12.00 | 1936 | +21.6 |
| 13 | Castillo Saras, Javier | 1463 | ESP | −5N | +43B | +11N | =16B | −9N | +26B | 3.5 | 18.5 | 19.0 | 8.75 | 1711 | +58.8 |
| 14 | Mayor Viera, Aaron | 1531 | ESP | −1N | +46B | +37N | =9B | +22B | −10N | 3.5 | 18.0 | 18.0 | 7.00 | 1687 | +25.2 |
| 15 | Tirado Delgado, Salome | 1587 | ESP | +27B | −3N | +38B | +18N | −12B | =19N | 3.5 | 17.5 | 19.0 | 9.00 | 1679 | +13.6 |
| 16 | Gonzalez Orban, Nicolas | 1654 | ESP | +44B | −4N | +32B | =13N | +21B | −5B | 3.5 | 17.5 | 17.5 | 6.75 | 1639 | -8.8 |
| 17 | Li, Junrong | 1549 | ESP | +40B | −6N | +27B | −3N | =26N | +24B | 3.5 | 16.5 | 18.0 | 7.75 | 1673 | +18.4 |
| 18 | Sanchez Riascos, Brayan | 1683 | ESP | +46N | −8B | +23N | −15B | =24N | +35B | 3.5 | 14.5 | 14.5 | 5.75 | 1611 | -19.6 |
| 19 | Li, Shenghao | 1588 | ESP | +21N | −7B | +30N | −10B | =23N | =15B | 3.0 | 17.0 | 19.5 | 8.50 | 1508 | -17.6 |
| 20 | Parra Erazo, Santiago | 1535 | ESP | +34B | F | +22N | −5B | −7N | +29B | 3.0 | 16.0 | 16.0 | 7.50 | 1726 | +32.4 |
| 21 | Ma Ma, Yueyang | 0 | ESP | −19B | F | +36B | +28N | −16N | +32B | 3.0 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 6.50 | 1559 | 0.0 |
| 22 | Romero Villalba, Javier | 1608 | ESP | +45N | F | −20B | +24B | −14N | +23B | 3.0 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 5.00 | 1515 | -18.8 |
| 23 | Quintana Arcila, Yaiza | 1487 | ESP | −3B | +41N | −18B | +27N | =19B | −22N | 2.5 | 17.0 | 18.5 | 5.50 | 1366 | -22.4 |
| 24 | Gonzalez Orban, Thomas | 1508 | ESP | −2B | +44N | +40B | −22N | =18B | −17N | 2.5 | 16.5 | 16.5 | 3.25 | 1360 | -26.8 |
| 25 | Chen, Xiwei | 1581 | ESP | +30N | F | +33B | −2N | =34B | −8B | 2.5 | 15.5 | 15.5 | 5.50 | 1749 | +19.6 |
| 26 | Chen, Jinxin | 1686 | ESP | −38B | −12N | +46B | +31N | =17B | −13N | 2.5 | 14.5 | 14.5 | 4.25 | 1497 | -40.4 |
| 27 | Magsano Alcaide, Alexander Jacob | 0 | ESP | −15N | +29B | −17N | −23B | +43N | =33B | 2.5 | 14.0 | 14.5 | 4.00 | 1408 | 0.0 |
| 28 | You, Xinying | 1543 | ESP | +43N | −5B | =34N | −21B | =39N | =30B | 2.5 | 13.5 | 14.0 | 3.50 | 1102 | -4.0 |
| 29 | Chara Erazo, Laura | 1465 | ESP | −6B | −27N | +44B | =33N | +41B | −20N | 2.5 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 2.50 | 1427 | -7.2 |
| 30 | Martinez Toribio, Yuri | 0 | ESP | −25B | +31N | −19B | −32N | +38B | =28N | 2.5 | 12.5 | 14.0 | 5.25 | 1383 | 0.0 |
| 31 | Dsouza, Ashley Kevin | 1472 | ESP | −7N | −30B | +45N | −26B | =40N | +42B | 2.5 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 2.25 | 979 | -12.4 |
| 32 | Rodriguez Gonzalez, Aaron Benjamin | 1492 | ESP | −8N | +45B | −16N | +30B | −11N | −21N | 2.0 | 17.0 | 17.0 | 2.50 | 908 | -29.6 |
| 33 | Castillo Palacios, Jesus David | 1749 | ESP | +42N | −1B | −25N | =29B | F | =27N | 2.0 | 14.0 | 14.0 | 4.00 | 1427 | -42.8 |
| 34 | Rosa Gonzalez, Ancor | 0 | ESP | −20N | F | =28B | +39B | =25N | −11B | 2.0 | 13.5 | 13.5 | 4.00 | 1367 | 0.0 |
| 35 | Regulez Cabra, Sergio | 1533 | ESP | −4B | F | −39N | +40N | +36B | −18N | 2.0 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 3.50 | 1557 | -0.8 |
| 36 | Pulido Buciuleac, Alicia Maria | 1437 | ESP | −10B | F | −21N | +42B | −35N | +44B | 2.0 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 1.50 | 859 | -18.8 |
| 37 | Tilokani Sachdev, Rehan Kishin | 0 | ESP | F | −10N | −14B | F | +44N | +39B | 2.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 1.50 | 859 | 0.0 |
| 38 | Dsouza, Alvia Kevin | 0 | ESP | +26N | −9B | −15N | −11B | −30N | =43B | 1.5 | 16.5 | 17.0 | 2.75 | 1466 | 0.0 |
| 39 | Bonilla Aguirre, Michael Santiago | 0 | ESP | −9N | F | +35B | −34N | =28B | −37N | 1.5 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 3.25 | 1616 | 0.0 |
| 40 | FIDE 535061634 | 0 | — | −17N | +42B | −24N | −35B | =31B | F | 1.5 | 12.0 | 13.5 | 2.75 | 1190 | 0.0 |
| 41 | FIDE 523018950 | 0 | — | −11N | −23B | =42N | +45B | −29N | F | 1.5 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 0.75 | 713 | 0.0 |
| 42 | Chen Huang, Xin Yu | 0 | ESP | −33B | −40N | =41B | −36N | +45B | −31N | 1.5 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 0.75 | 735 | 0.0 |
| 43 | FIDE 535086874 | 0 | — | −28B | −13N | F | F | −27B | =38N | 0.5 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 0.75 | 703 | 0.0 |
| 44 | Hernandez Dominguez, Jesus Jadel | 0 | ESP | −16N | −24B | −29N | F | −37B | −36N | 0.0 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 0.00 | 712 | 0.0 |
| 45 | FIDE 535066822 | 0 | — | −22B | −32N | −31B | −41N | −42N | F | 0.0 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 0.00 | 722 | 0.0 |
| 46 | Galvis Vargas, Diego | 0 | ESP | −18B | −14N | −26N | F | F | F | 0.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 0.00 | 832 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Castillo Saras, JavierESP+58.83.5 pts · #13
- 2Olive Garcia, VictorESP+36.05.0 pts · #3
- 3De La Cruz Perez, CarlosESP+32.85.0 pts · #2
- 1Castillo Palacios, Jesus DavidESP-42.82.0 pts · #32
- 2Chen, JinxinESP-40.42.5 pts · #24
- 3Rodriguez Gonzalez, Aaron BenjaminESP-29.62.0 pts · #46
- R6+223 Elo gap
- R3+168 Elo gap
- R6+136 Elo gap