XXXV CAMPEONATO PANAMERICANO DE AJEDREZ DE LA JUVENTUD 2025 - U 08 Absoluto
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46 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 27 Jul 2025 to 03 Aug 2025 in Lima, Peru. 8 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1603, and top seed was Devansh Vellanki (🇺🇸 USA, 1767).
Devansh Vellanki (🇺🇸 USA, 1767) won with 7.5/9, ahead of Harrison Cai (7.5) and Karson Lu (7.0). Vellanki shared the lead from round 1, winning on tie-break.
The biggest upset came in round 3: Piero Alexander Zeballos Rosales (1435) beat Milton Kael Bolanos Torres (1715), a +280-point gap.
Location
🇵🇪Lima, Peru
Dates
27 Jul 2025 → 03 Aug 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 9 rounds
Federations · 8 represented
🇵🇪Peru×21
🇨🇴Colombia×5
🇺🇸United States of America×3
🇵🇦Panama×2
🇪🇨Ecuador×2
🇨🇱Chile×1
🇲🇽Mexico×1
🇧🇷Brazil×1
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 9 roundsTight race until R5; 2 players tied at 7.5/9, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.
Co-leaders
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3
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R5–R9 · LEAD HELD
Devansh Vellanki held the sole lead from R5 through R9 without losing it.
R9 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER
2 players finish on 7.5/9. Vellanki takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (49.0).
R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND
Devansh Vellanki beat Harrison Cai (Black).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Devansh Vellanki | * | 1 | 1 | ½ |
| 2Harrison Cai | 0 | * | — | — |
| 3Karson Lu | 0 | — | * | 1 |
| 4Juan Eduardo Ramos Barriga | ½ | — | 0 | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | R8 | R9 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vellanki, Devansh | 1767 | USA | +41B | +34N | +9B | +8B | +2N | =6B | +3N | =5B | =4N | 7.5 | 49.0 | 52.0 | 42.50 | 1774 | +6.8 |
| 2 | Cai, Harrison | 1526 | USA | +31B | +28N | +21B | +15N | −1B | =7N | +17B | +8N | +13B | 7.5 | 44.5 | 48.5 | 38.00 | 1778 | +88.8 |
| 3 | Lu, Karson | 1757 | CAN | +18N | +7B | +5N | +16B | −6N | +4B | −1B | +9N | +8B | 7.0 | 49.5 | 54.5 | 41.00 | 1705 | -12.8 |
| 4 | Cantor Pardo, Joaquin | 1423 | COL | +45B | −8N | +31B | +13N | +10B | −3N | +11B | +14N | =1B | 6.5 | 48.0 | 49.5 | 32.75 | 1600 | +46.8 |
| 5 | Ramos Barriga, Juan Eduardo | 1517 | PER | +35B | +38N | −3B | +10N | +28B | −8B | +18N | =1N | +7B | 6.5 | 45.0 | 48.0 | 31.25 | 1628 | +36.0 |
| 6 | Holguin Segovia, David Luis | 1495 | PER | +24B | +13N | =10B | +11N | +3B | =1N | −8B | −7N | +16B | 6.0 | 49.5 | 54.5 | 35.75 | 1573 | +22.8 |
| 7 | Espinoza Molinas, Edgar Elian | 1464 | PAR | +14B | −3N | +30B | +32N | +9B | =2B | =15N | +6B | −5N | 6.0 | 47.5 | 51.5 | 31.75 | 1600 | +53.2 |
| 8 | Agudelo Ramirez, Santiago | 1536 | COL | +36N | +4B | +40B | −1N | +38B | +5N | +6N | −2B | −3N | 6.0 | 47.5 | 50.5 | 28.50 | 1619 | +41.2 |
| 9 | Urquizo Apaza, Jose Adriano | 1516 | PER | +25N | +22B | −1N | +39B | −7N | +12B | +20N | −3B | +23N | 6.0 | 46.5 | 49.5 | 29.00 | 1476 | -9.2 |
| 10 | Estrada Herrera, Jeronimo | 1525 | COL | +26N | +29B | =6N | −5B | −4N | +34B | =12N | +24B | +20N | 6.0 | 43.5 | 47.0 | 28.00 | 1445 | -20.8 |
| 11 | Gonzales Olazo, Rodrigo | 0 | PER | =12N | +?B | +17N | −6B | =20N | +40B | −4N | +19B | +15N | 6.0 | 41.5 | 41.5 | 23.50 | 1637 | -14.0 |
| 12 | Bolanos Torres, Milton Kael | 1715 | ECU | =11B | +43N | −16B | +27N | +14B | −9N | =10B | +38N | +17B | 6.0 | 41.0 | 43.5 | 26.50 | 1502 | -49.6 |
| 13 | Zheng, William | 0 | USA | +?N | −6B | +?N | −4B | +39N | +19B | +16N | +15B | −2N | 6.0 | 38.0 | 38.0 | 18.00 | 1482 | 0.0 |
| 14 | Otrilla Guevara, Hernan Andre | 0 | PER | −7N | +18B | +29N | =19B | −12N | +26B | +22N | −4B | +40B | 5.5 | 42.0 | 45.0 | 24.00 | 1358 | -27.6 |
| 15 | Serrano Arevalo, Adrian Josue | 1587 | ECU | =27N | +20B | +19N | −2B | +26N | +16B | =7B | −13N | −11B | 5.0 | 45.0 | 49.5 | 24.75 | 1562 | -6.8 |
| 16 | Zeballos Rosales, Piero Alexander | 1435 | PER | +32B | +17B | +12N | −3N | +21B | −15N | −13B | +22B | −6N | 5.0 | 45.0 | 49.0 | 25.00 | 1604 | +51.2 |
| 17 | Cornejo Isaza, Emmanuel | 1585 | PAN | +30B | −16N | −11B | +31N | +25B | +35N | −2N | +18B | −12N | 5.0 | 42.5 | 46.0 | 21.50 | 751 | -65.6 |
| 18 | De la Cruz Aguas, Valentino Nohan | 0 | PER | −3B | −14N | +24B | +?N | +37B | +21N | −5B | −17N | +28B | 5.0 | 41.5 | 41.5 | 17.50 | 1415 | -90.8 |
| 19 | Palacio Salazar, Nicolas | 1450 | COL | =20N | +27B | −15B | =14N | +32B | −13N | +25B | −11N | +33B | 5.0 | 41.0 | 45.0 | 22.75 | 1330 | -12.0 |
| 20 | Prudencio Cuba, Emir Dayron | 0 | PER | =19B | −15N | +?B | +34N | =11B | +28N | −9B | +40N | −10B | 5.0 | 38.5 | 38.5 | 16.00 | 1500 | 0.0 |
| 21 | Minaya Palomino, Mathias Gael | 1507 | PER | +44N | +23B | −2N | +22B | −16N | −18B | F | +34N | +30B | 5.0 | 38.0 | 40.0 | 19.50 | 1352 | -24.8 |
| 22 | Sevilla Ramirez, Eithan Saul | 0 | MEX | +39B | −9N | +?B | −21N | +30B | +38N | −14B | −16N | +29B | 5.0 | 35.5 | 35.5 | 14.00 | 679 | 0.0 |
| 23 | Zegarra Castaneda, Daniel Ignacio | 0 | PER | +?B | −21N | +41B | −28N | −35B | +30N | +39B | +29N | −9B | 5.0 | 32.5 | 32.5 | 14.00 | 683 | 0.0 |
| 24 | Ortiz Mas, Luis Fabiano | 0 | PER | −6N | −?B | −18N | +?B | +?N | +36B | +28B | −10N | +38B | 5.0 | 27.5 | 27.5 | 10.50 | 1354 | 0.0 |
| 25 | Lopez Pachao, Eduardo Franco | 0 | PER | −9B | +?N | −28B | +?N | −17N | +42B | −19N | +39B | +?N | 5.0 | 26.0 | 26.0 | 6.00 | 694 | 0.0 |
| 26 | Jara Acevedo, Mateo Alonso | 0 | CHI | −10B | +45N | =34B | +29N | −15B | −14N | +27B | −28N | +39N | 4.5 | 35.5 | 37.0 | 14.75 | 1127 | 0.0 |
| 27 | Guevara Rivera, Dereck Adrian | 0 | PER | =15B | −19N | +43B | −12B | −34N | +?B | −26N | +?N | +35B | 4.5 | 30.0 | 30.0 | 8.50 | 1231 | 0.0 |
| 28 | Cabrera Lemus, Ian Marco | 1425 | GUA | +46N | −2B | +25N | +23B | −5N | −20B | −24N | +26B | −18N | 4.0 | 43.5 | 43.5 | 14.50 | 719 | -30.0 |
| 29 | Arteaga Cordova, Daniel Emanuel | 0 | PER | +?B | −10N | −14B | −26B | +31N | +44N | +37B | −23B | −22N | 4.0 | 35.5 | 35.5 | 9.50 | 688 | 0.0 |
| 30 | FIDE 7410956 | 0 | — | −17N | +46B | −7N | +42B | −22N | −23B | +45N | +32B | −21N | 4.0 | 34.5 | 34.5 | 8.50 | 717 | 0.0 |
| 31 | Ilizarbe Parillo, Ethan Gael | 0 | PER | −2N | +37B | −4N | −17B | −29B | +?N | −33B | +46N | +41B | 4.0 | 33.5 | 33.5 | 6.50 | 702 | 0.0 |
| 32 | Rivera Bautista, Alex Dylan Ghael | 0 | PER | −16N | +36B | +?N | −7B | −19N | −43N | +41B | −30N | +42B | 4.0 | 32.0 | 32.0 | 9.50 | 648 | 0.0 |
| 33 | FIDE 3483410 | 0 | — | −34B | −41N | −36N | +43B | −?N | +?B | +31N | +?B | −19N | 4.0 | 21.5 | 21.5 | 6.50 | 663 | 0.0 |
| 34 | Quiroz Santamaria, Eric Evans | 1478 | PAN | +33N | −1B | =26N | −20B | +27B | −10N | +43N | −21B | −37N | 3.5 | 40.0 | 42.5 | 13.25 | 797 | -42.4 |
| 35 | FIDE 81411901 | 0 | — | −5N | −39N | +46B | +?B | +23N | −17B | −40N | =37B | −27N | 3.5 | 30.5 | 30.5 | 6.75 | 743 | 0.0 |
| 36 | FIDE 10402179 | 0 | — | −8B | −32N | +33B | −37N | +?B | −24N | −42B | +44N | =45B | 3.5 | 29.0 | 29.0 | 6.75 | 706 | 0.0 |
| 37 | Zuniga Perez, Ahmed Fabian | 0 | PER | −38B | −31N | F | +36B | −18N | +?B | −29N | =35N | +34B | 3.5 | 26.5 | 26.5 | 8.75 | 1495 | 0.0 |
| 38 | Covarrubias Ochoa, Octavio | 0 | PER | +37N | −5B | +42N | +40B | −8N | −22B | F | −12B | −24N | 3.0 | 40.0 | 43.0 | 9.50 | 1369 | 0.0 |
| 39 | Arando Ochoa, Milan | 0 | PER | −22N | +35B | +?N | −9N | −13B | +45B | −23N | −25N | −26B | 3.0 | 36.5 | 36.5 | 5.00 | 716 | 0.0 |
| 40 | Guimaraes, Felipe Pavanato | 1512 | BRA | F | +42B | −8N | −38N | +44B | −11N | +35B | −20B | −14N | 3.0 | 34.0 | 34.0 | 8.50 | 681 | -45.2 |
| 41 | Cruz Lopez, Gustavo | 0 | COL | −1N | +33B | −23N | −44B | −42N | +?B | −32N | +43B | −31N | 3.0 | 32.0 | 32.0 | 6.50 | 965 | 0.0 |
| 42 | FIDE 7411839 | 0 | — | +?B | −40N | −38B | −30N | +41B | −25N | +36N | −?B | −32N | 3.0 | 25.5 | 25.5 | 6.50 | 728 | 0.0 |
| 43 | Villanueva Castillo, Vladimir Gabriel | 0 | PER | =?N | −12B | −27N | −33N | F | +32B | −34B | −41N | +46B | 2.5 | 25.0 | 25.0 | 4.00 | 786 | 0.0 |
| 44 | Miranda Tavara, Eliel Abdiel | 0 | PER | −21B | −?N | +45B | +41N | −40N | −29B | −?N | −36B | F | 2.0 | 20.0 | 20.0 | 4.50 | 718 | 0.0 |
| 45 | FIDE 44782241 | 0 | — | −4N | −26B | −44N | F | +?B | −39N | −30B | F | =36N | 1.5 | 23.5 | 23.5 | 1.75 | 601 | 0.0 |
| 46 | FIDE 81472803 | 0 | — | −28B | −30N | −35N | −?B | −?N | F | F | −31B | −43N | 0.0 | 18.0 | 18.0 | 0.00 | 625 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Cai, HarrisonUSA+88.87.5 pts · #3
- 2Espinoza Molinas, Edgar ElianPAR+53.26.0 pts · #5
- 3Zeballos Rosales, Piero AlexanderPER+51.25.0 pts · #9
Top rating losers
- 1De la Cruz Aguas, Valentino NohanPER-90.85.0 pts · #16
- 2Cornejo Isaza, EmmanuelPAN-65.65.0 pts · #27
- 3Bolanos Torres, Milton KaelECU-49.66.0 pts · #14
Biggest upsets
- R3+280 Elo gap
- R5+262 Elo gap
- R6+199 Elo gap