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American Continental Blitz Championship 2025

SwissBlitz

30 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held on 30 May 2025 in Foz do Iguacu PR, Brazil. 26 titled players from 8 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2510, and top seed was Jose Eduardo Martinez Alcantara (🇲🇽 MEX, GM, 2705).

Alexandr Fier (🇧🇷 BRA, GM, 2522) won with 7.5/9, ahead of Santiago Avila Pavas (7.0) and Jose Eduardo Martinez Alcantara (6.5). Fier shared the lead from round 7 and broke clear in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 5: Maveric Mayta Aiza (CM, 2199) beat Roberto Garcia Pantoja (GM, 2560), a +361-point gap.

Location
🇧🇷Foz do Iguacu PR, Brazil
Dates
30 May 2025
Time control
Blitz: 3 minutes for game with 2 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 9 rounds
Top seed
🇲🇽GMJose Eduardo Martinez Alcantara2705
Avg top 10
2,510
Participants
30
Titled players · 26
GM×9
IM×7
FM×6
CM×4
Federations · 8 represented
🇧🇷Brazil×9
🇦🇷Argentina×4
🇨🇴Colombia×3
🇵🇪Peru×3
🇲🇽Mexico×2
🇨🇱Chile×2
🇧🇴Bolivia×2
🇻🇪Venezuela×2
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

GM Alexandr Fier led from R4; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
14
7
4
1
1
2
3
2
1
2.54.579R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9
Fier7.5Avila Pavas7Martinez Alcantara6.5Salinas Herrera6Quesada Perez6Ynojosa Aponte6
R4–R9 · LEAD HELD

GM Alexandr Fier held the sole lead from R4 through R9 without losing it.

R7 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

GM Alexandr Fier beat GM Santiago Avila Pavas (White).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

GM Alexandr Fier 4+3 wins (R1–R4, R7–R9)GM Santiago Avila Pavas 3 wins (R1–R3)GM Jose Eduardo Martinez Alcantara 4 wins (R3–R6)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1GMAlexandr Fier*
1
0
1
2GMSantiago Avila Pavas
0
*
1
½
3GMJose Eduardo Martinez Alcantara
1
0
*
½
4GMPablo Salinas Herrera
0
½
½
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Fier, AlexandrGM2522BRA+19B+12N+13B+4N=5B−3N+2B+8N+10B7.545.049.039.502716+21.0
2Avila Pavas, SantiagoGM2436COL+25B+3N+23B=5N=4B+14B−1N+12N+8B7.044.047.534.002636+23.5
3Martinez Alcantara, Jose EduardoGM2705MEX+8N−2B+17N+11B+13N+1B=4N+6B−7N6.547.552.036.002597-8.2
4Salinas Herrera, PabloGM2506CHI+18N+15B+7N−1B=2N+13B=3B+5N−6N6.048.052.031.752594+11.0
5Quesada Perez, Luis ErnestoGM2555MEX+27N+6B+14N=2B=1N−8B+15N−4B+9N6.046.049.030.252529-2.5
6Ynojosa Aponte, Felix JoseIM2425VEN+20B−5N+9B−13N+29B+18N+12B−3N+4B6.040.543.026.002508+10.5
7Garcia Pantoja, RobertoGM2560COL+9B+16N−4B−12N−18B+24N+17B+15N+3B6.039.543.028.502498-5.0
8Lima, DarcyGM2312BRA−3B+10B=16N+23N+12B+5N+14B−1B−2N5.545.549.025.752525+24.6
9Perez Gormaz, MatiasIM2299CHI−7N+28B−6N+26B+11N−15B+13N+23N−5B5.038.541.519.002387+9.8
10Ticona Rocabado, Licael RoderickIM2373BOL=23B−8N−19B+20N=16B+21N+18B+14N−1N5.038.041.520.502307-12.4
11Baules Rodriguez, Jorge LuisIM2329PAN+21B−13N+20B−3N−9B+16N=23B+22N=15B5.037.040.520.5023270.0
12Rojas Salas, StevenIM2401PER+22N−1B+29N+7B−8N+17B−6N−2B=13N4.545.047.519.252373-3.0
13Liascovich, LucasIM2476ARG+26N+11B−1N+6B−3B−4N−9B+19N=12B4.544.547.520.252397-8.9
14Tristan, LeonardoGM2491ARG+29B+17N−5B+21N+15B−2N−8N−10B=16N4.541.043.517.752337-16.8
15Campos Gomez, ManuelIM2344COL+24N−4N+25B+16B−14N+9N−5B−7B=11N4.540.544.019.002373+7.8
16Hungaski, RobertGM2425USA+28N−7B=8B−15N=10N−11B+29B+21N=14B4.537.540.017.002306-12.6
17Carcamo, Matias2317ARG+30N−14B−3B+19N+21B−12N−7N=18B+24B4.537.037.514.002278-7.4
18Mayta Aiza, MavericCM2199BOL−4B−20N+24B+25N+7N−6B−10N=17N=22B4.039.042.517.252250+18.4
19Muniz, Francisco Allysson da S.CM2228BRA−1N=22B+10N−17B−23N=20B+26N−13B+30B4.036.036.512.502194-8.6
20Giron Chavez, David EmanuelFM2129GUA−6N+18B−11N−10B=25B=19N−24B+30N+23B4.034.535.011.752155+5.2
21Dauer, Andre LeonardoCM1959BRA−11N+26B+22N−14B−17N−10B+30N−16B+27N4.033.534.010.502206+47.6
22Becker, Rogerio Sperb2128BRA−12B=19N−21B−24N+30B+25N+28B−11B=18N4.031.532.011.002111-4.2
23Reyes Zavaleta, Fabian RicardoFM2097PER=10N+27B−2N−8B+19B=29N=11N−9B−20N3.538.541.013.252207+22.4
24Reyes Zavaleta, Cristhian YamilFM2035PER−15B−29N−18N+22B+27N−7B+20N=28B−17N3.533.035.512.502161+50.4
25Caetano, Hugo Zanotti Mendonca2161BRA−2N+30B−15N−18B=20N−22B=27B=26N+28N3.532.533.08.502117-12.0
26Molina Sumoza, Jesus AlbertoCM2164VEN−13B−21N+30B−9N=28B−27N−19B=25B+29N3.029.530.06.252061-25.0
27Rodrigues, EdgarFM2297BRA−5B−23N−28B=30N−24B+26B=25N+29N−21B3.029.029.57.502011-65.4
28Lima, Stefan Moisei VIeiraFM2144BRA−16B−9N+27N−29B=26N+30B−22N=24N−25B3.029.029.56.752055-43.2
29Sanhueza, CristianFM2177ARG−14N+24B−12B+28N−6N=23B−16N−27B−26B2.532.535.58.252110-19.0
30Pavoni, Felipe Stevanin1930BRA−17B−25N−26N=27B−22N−28N−21B−20B−19N0.530.033.01.501726-28.6

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
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Biggest upsets
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