XXXV CAMPEONATO PANAMERICANO DE AJEDREZ DE LA JUVENTUD 2025 - U 16 Absoluto

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82 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 27 Jul 2025 to 03 Aug 2025 in Lima, Peru. 17 titled players from 8 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2179, and top seed was Octavio Aaron Bazan Romero (🇦🇷 ARG, FM, 2317).

Andres Santiago Garzon Camelo (🇨🇴 COL, FM, 2180) won with 7.5/9, ahead of Octavio Aaron Bazan Romero (7.0) and Alex Zhang (7.0). Garzon Camelo clinched sole first place in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 3: Fabrizio Aaron Anticona Bocanegra (1644) beat Jorge Maximilian Guerra Mansilla (CM, 2126), a +482-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

Top seed

🇦🇷FMOctavio Aaron Bazan Romero2317

Avg top 10

2,179

Participants

82

Titled players · 17

FM×8

CM×9

Federations · 8 represented

🇵🇪Peru×40

🇺🇸United States of America×6

🇲🇽Mexico×6

🇪🇨Ecuador×6

🇨🇱Chile×3

🇯🇲Jamaica×2

🇨🇦Canada×2

🇸🇻El Salvador×1

Top 3

🥇
FMAndres Santiago Garzon Camelo
🇨🇴COL·2180
7.5pts·2251perf+36.4
🥈
FMOctavio Aaron Bazan Romero
🇦🇷ARG·2317
7.0pts·2275perf-4.6
🥉
CMAlex Zhang
🇺🇸USA·2109
7.0pts·2179perf+35.2

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

FM Andres Santiago Garzon Camelo led from R9; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 5 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R9.

Co-leaders

34

12

2

5

3

1

2

1

1

Garzon Camelo7.5Reyes Zavaleta7Zhang7Bazan Romero7Sanchez Negreiros6.5Rojas Linares6.5

R8 · LEADER CHANGE01 Aug

FM Octavio Aaron Bazan Romero takes the sole lead (7.0/8).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

FM Andres Santiago Garzon Camelo 4 wins (R6–R9)FM Cristhian Yamil Reyes Zavaleta 3+3 wins (R3–R5, R7–R9)CM Alex Zhang 5 wins (R3–R7)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1FMAndres Santiago Garzon Camelo	*	—	—	1
2FMCristhian Yamil Reyes Zavaleta	—	*	0	—
3CMAlex Zhang	—	1	*	0
4FMOctavio Aaron Bazan Romero	0	—	1	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Garzon Camelo, Andres SantiagoFM	2180	COL	+42N	+22B	=5N	+23B	−6N	+13B	+25N	+26B	+2B	7.5	45.5	50.0	40.25	2251	+36.4
2	Bazan Romero, Octavio AaronFM	2317	ARG	+36N	+11B	=40N	+14B	+5N	=7B	+6N	+3B	−1N	7.0	50.5	55.0	42.00	2275	-4.6
3	Zhang, AlexCM	2109	USA	+27N	−48B	+69N	+10B	+23N	+4B	+14N	−2N	+5B	7.0	46.0	49.0	38.00	2179	+35.2
4	Reyes Zavaleta, Cristhian YamilFM	2188	PER	+55B	−13N	+49B	+47N	+21B	−3N	+30B	+9N	+16B	7.0	42.0	46.0	33.50	2179	+3.2
5	Montano Velasco, Matias Khaleb	1962	ECU	+66N	+80B	=1B	+15N	−2B	+8N	+16B	+6N	−3N	6.5	49.0	49.5	31.75	2223	+110.8
6	Rojas Linares, Nicolas GabrielCM	2088	PER	+57B	+60N	=13B	+39N	+1B	+9N	−2B	−5B	+14N	6.5	46.5	50.0	33.75	2157	+36.8
7	Deng, HenryFM	2293	USA	+25B	=31N	=39B	+24N	+29B	=2N	=9B	=15N	+13B	6.5	44.0	48.5	34.50	2162	-19.4
8	Sanchez Negreiros, Jose AlbertoFM	2192	PER	+49N	+24B	−14N	=22B	+50N	−5B	+37N	+21N	+15B	6.5	41.5	45.5	31.00	2088	-35.6
9	Dhaliwal, Jaipreet Singh	2088	CAN	+69N	=10B	+41N	+48B	+28N	−6B	=7N	−4B	+23N	6.0	44.5	47.5	27.75	2101	+11.0
10	Poma Bernal, Cristian Andres	1882	PER	+77B	=9N	=21B	−3N	+19B	+61N	−15B	+47N	+30B	6.0	41.5	43.0	25.00	2024	+71.6
11	Ramirez Espino, Alessandro	1937	PER	+74B	−2N	+57B	+32N	−16B	=27N	=39B	+49N	+25B	6.0	40.0	42.0	24.75	1977	+21.2
12	Borjon Garza, Rodrigo	1824	MEX	+72B	−40N	−32B	+43N	=68B	+65N	=24B	+29N	+21B	6.0	35.5	38.5	25.00	1866	+22.0
13	Mancheno Barahona, Matias Gabriel	1912	ECU	+65N	+4B	=6N	=40B	=14N	−1N	+34B	+18B	−7N	5.5	48.0	51.5	29.25	2104	+92.4
14	Guerrero Cajeca, Matias Israel	2002	ECU	+56N	+68B	+8B	−2N	=13B	+31N	−3B	+27N	−6B	5.5	46.5	49.5	26.25	2036	+24.0
15	Levano Loayza, Adriano JaffetCM	2023	PER	+46N	+50B	=48N	−5B	+44N	=22B	+10N	=7B	−8N	5.5	43.5	47.5	26.75	2035	+7.2
16	Liu, PatrickFM	2134	USA	=41N	+63B	+54N	=29B	+11N	=25B	−5N	+31B	−4N	5.5	43.0	46.5	25.75	1997	-52.8
17	Amarilla Ettiene, EzequielCM	2004	PAR	+45B	−39N	=34B	−37N	+64B	+41N	+60B	=25N	=19B	5.5	37.5	41.0	23.75	1855	-61.2
18	Guerra Mansilla, Jorge MaximilianCM	2126	CHI	+33B	=44N	−47B	=60N	+49B	+54B	=22N	−13N	+39B	5.5	36.5	40.0	24.00	1925	-79.6
19	Chile Vela, David Leonardo	1751	PER	−28N	+79B	−24N	+76B	−10N	+52B	+51N	+50B	=17N	5.5	35.0	35.5	16.75	1927	+74.8
20	Gonzalez Fajardo, Christian Daniel	1994	CUB	−47B	=43N	+71B	−33N	−53B	+77N	+69N	+58B	+42N	5.5	32.0	33.5	18.25	1763	-86.8
21	Quiroz Alva, Gian Carlo Gabriel	1982	PER	=62N	+38B	=10N	+36B	−4N	+23B	+28N	−8B	−12N	5.0	45.5	49.0	24.75	1929	-18.4
22	Ramirez Aguilar, Julian Jose	1905	CRC	+71B	−1N	+58B	=8N	+37B	=15N	=18B	=30N	F	5.0	44.0	47.0	23.25	2037	+57.2
23	Ramirez Mori, Angel Farid	1827	PER	+79N	+28B	+61B	−1N	−3B	−21N	+35B	+32N	−9B	5.0	44.0	44.5	19.00	1993	+64.8
24	Hong, Zihan	1915	CAN	+73B	−8N	+19B	−7B	=41N	+46B	=12N	=33N	=27B	5.0	43.5	46.0	22.75	1894	-11.2
25	Magne Alcoba, Yonatan Israel	1819	BOL	−7N	+70B	+80N	+26B	+40N	=16N	−1B	=17B	−11N	5.0	43.5	44.0	18.50	2031	+76.8
26	Abad Huaman, Adrian EstivenCM	2158	PER	+34B	=54N	=31B	−25N	+33B	+35N	+29B	−1N	F	5.0	42.5	46.5	24.50	2011	-51.2
27	Cardenas Huachaca, Alessandro Jair	1777	PER	−3B	+64N	+51N	−28B	+52N	=11B	+48N	−14B	=24N	5.0	40.5	44.0	21.00	1963	+86.8
28	Ziegler, Nate	2036	USA	+19B	−23N	+55B	+27N	−9B	+47N	−21B	=39N	=34B	5.0	40.0	44.0	23.25	1878	-67.6
29	Zapana Huarza, Fabricio Elvis	1985	PER	+43B	=47N	+44B	=16N	−7N	+50B	−26N	−12B	+56N	5.0	40.0	44.0	21.75	1944	-13.6
30	Carrillo Fonseca, Miguel Angel	1985	MEX	=63N	−41B	+38N	+46B	+56N	+48B	−4N	=22B	−10N	5.0	40.0	43.5	21.75	1855	-53.6
31	Alfaro Zambrano, Luis FabricioCM	1940	PER	+70N	=7B	=26N	=56B	+62N	−14B	+32B	−16N	=33B	5.0	40.0	43.0	21.75	1918	-6.4
32	Villacorta Asto, Rodrigo Sebastian	1609	PER	=51N	=52B	+12N	−11B	+36N	+40B	−31N	−23B	+50N	5.0	39.5	43.5	23.50	1948	+143.2
33	Boydell, Oliver	1789	USA	−18N	+82B	=52N	+20B	−26N	=51B	+54N	=24B	=31N	5.0	38.0	38.0	18.50	1994	+80.4
34	Chavez Bautista, Lennin Alfredo	1805	PER	−26N	+76B	=17N	=52B	=51N	+59B	−13N	+48B	=28N	5.0	37.0	38.5	18.75	1922	+49.2
35	Alarcon Vega, Icker Aldair	1917	ECU	=38N	=62B	=46N	=41B	+42N	−26B	−23N	+69B	+47N	5.0	36.0	39.0	20.25	1812	-45.2
36	Vasquez Florez, Yoshua Marcelo	1822	PER	−2B	+74N	+68B	−21N	−32B	=45N	+63B	=70N	+53B	5.0	35.0	37.0	16.25	1762	-29.6
37	Rayme Angulo Andres Joaquin	1829	PER	+75B	−61N	=53B	+17B	−22N	+68N	−8B	=45N	+70B	5.0	35.0	36.5	17.25	1815	-5.6
38	Urbano Pilco, Joaquin Alejandro	1566	PER	=35B	−21N	−30B	+75N	−46N	+74B	=55N	+54B	+49B	5.0	33.5	35.0	16.00	1835	+99.2
39	Diaz Bermudez, Pedro Teofilo	1824	PER	+59N	+17B	=7N	−6B	−48N	+62B	=11N	=28B	−18N	4.5	43.0	46.5	21.75	1949	+43.6
40	Guevara Ruiz, Marvin AndresFM	2009	ESA	+58N	+12B	=2B	=13N	−25B	−32N	−49B	+55B	=41N	4.5	41.0	45.0	22.50	1843	-72.8
41	Ramirez Espino, Gian Sandro	1802	PER	=16B	+30N	−9B	=35N	=24B	−17B	+59N	=61N	=40B	4.5	40.5	44.0	20.75	1966	+65.2
42	Bedi, VaibhavCM	1813	AHO	−1B	=71N	=43B	+73N	−35B	+64N	=61B	+60N	−20B	4.5	36.0	38.5	15.00	1788	-8.8
43	Edwards, Zuberi	1640	JAM	−29N	=20B	=42N	−12B	−59N	+80B	+74N	+51B	=44N	4.5	35.5	36.0	13.75	1864	+73.6
44	Villaverde Salas, Gonzalo Matias	1880	PER	+82N	=18B	−29N	+63B	−15B	=53N	−47B	+68N	=43B	4.5	35.0	35.0	13.50	1731	-59.2
45	Cardenas Corona, Joaquin Ignacio	1674	PER	−17N	+59B	−50N	−51B	+76N	=36B	+62N	=37B	=61B	4.5	34.5	36.0	15.75	1776	+33.2
46	Brown Camano, Andres Camilo	1718	PAN	−15B	+81N	=35B	−30N	+38B	−24N	−70B	+77N	+60B	4.5	33.5	33.5	12.50	1741	+5.2
47	Anticona Bocanegra, Fabrizio Aaron	1644	PER	+20N	=29B	+18N	−4B	=54N	−28B	+44N	−10B	−35B	4.0	43.5	47.5	20.00	1921	+110.0
48	Rosas llamocca, Alvaro Rodrigo	1897	PER	+64B	+3N	=15B	−9N	+39B	−30N	−27B	−34N	=57B	4.0	42.0	45.5	19.75	1833	-27.2
49	Reyes Rivera, Jose Isaac	1817	MEX	−8B	+73N	−4N	+70B	−18N	+58B	+40N	−11B	−38N	4.0	41.5	44.0	14.00	1825	-1.6
50	Jimenez Espinola, Herles Hazael	1863	PER	+81B	−15N	+45B	+61N	−8B	−29N	+53B	−19N	−32B	4.0	39.5	39.5	12.00	1773	-41.6
51	Medina Castillo, Benjamin Ignacio	1951	CHI	=32B	=53N	−27B	+45N	=34B	=33N	−19B	−43N	+62N	4.0	38.5	42.0	17.50	1656	-129.6
52	Monroy Lopez, Gustavo AdolfoCM	1975	GUA	=53B	=32N	=33B	=34N	−27B	−19N	+64B	=57N	=58B	4.0	37.5	41.0	17.00	1666	-133.2
53	Julca Sosa, Jeanfranco Jesus	1620	PER	=52N	=51B	=37N	−54B	+20N	=44B	−50N	+67B	−36N	4.0	36.0	39.5	17.75	1858	+100.4
54	Pedrosa Rivera, Joshua	1890	PUR	+76N	=26B	−16B	+53N	=47B	−18N	−33B	−38N	+74N	4.0	36.0	37.5	12.00	1749	-59.2
55	Harvey, Corbin	1815	JAM	−4N	+65B	−28N	+74B	−61B	=70N	=38B	−40N	+71B	4.0	34.5	36.5	12.50	1742	-34.0
56	Rodriguez Juarez, Daniel Alexander	1668	MEX	−14B	+72N	+67B	=31N	−30B	−60N	=68B	+63N	−29B	4.0	34.0	37.0	14.00	1767	+30.0
57	Arapa Ticona, Carlos Daniel Franian	1775	PER	−6N	+78B	−11N	−68N	+73B	−69B	+66N	=52B	=48N	4.0	32.5	34.0	11.50	1700	-34.8
58	Gutarra Minaya, Percy Eduardo	1683	PER	−40B	+75N	−22N	+80B	=60B	−49N	+65B	−20N	=52N	4.0	31.5	32.0	9.25	1712	+2.4
59	Knowles, Michael	0	BAH	−39B	−45N	=77B	+71N	+43B	−34N	−41B	=65N	+75B	4.0	31.0	32.5	11.50	1562	0.0
60	Fauci, Bruno	1862	URU	+78N	−6B	=62N	=18B	=58N	+56B	−17N	−42B	−46N	3.5	38.0	39.5	12.00	1699	-69.6
61	Ortiz Menacho, Sebastian AlonsoFM	2023	PER	F	+37B	−23N	−50B	+55N	−10B	=42N	=41B	=45N	3.5	37.5	37.5	15.75	1770	-104.4
62	Harit, Neil	1620	USA	=21B	=35N	=60B	+67N	−31B	−39N	−45B	+75N	−51B	3.5	35.0	36.5	11.75	1741	+39.2
63	Quispe Cieza, Renzo Takeshi	1641	PER	=30B	−16N	+66B	−44N	−65B	+71N	−36N	−56B	+80N	3.5	34.0	34.5	9.50	1619	-25.2
64	Jaramillo Buele,Diego Misael	1454	ECU	−48N	−27B	+79N	+69B	−17N	−42B	−52N	+72B	=66N	3.5	32.5	33.0	8.25	1561	+24.8
65	Zevallos Uscuchagua, Marco Antonio Ronaldo	1530	PER	−13B	−55N	=75B	+77N	+63N	−12B	−58N	=59B	=67N	3.5	32.0	33.5	9.50	1640	+28.8
66	Kibrit Arakanchi, Teofilo	1618	MEX	−5B	−67N	−63N	=78B	+75B	=73N	−57B	+76N	=64B	3.5	26.5	28.0	6.75	1513	-44.4
67	Cortez Vilca, Tomas	1901	CHI	−68N	+66B	−56N	−62B	−74N	+79B	+76B	−53N	=65B	3.5	25.0	25.5	7.25	1440	-176.4
68	Paco Naupa, Marc Raul	1496	PER	+67B	−14N	−36N	+57B	=12N	−37B	=56N	−44B	F	3.0	37.5	40.5	12.50	1738	+76.4
69	Moctezuma Rodriguez, Josue	1774	MEX	−9B	+77N	−3B	−64N	+79B	+57N	−20B	−35N	F	3.0	35.5	36.0	6.00	1662	-42.4
70	Bellido Gutierrez, Franco Michael	1603	PER	−31B	−25N	F	−49N	+72B	=55B	+46N	=36B	−37N	3.0	35.5	35.5	12.00	1665	+16.8
71	Chavez Espinoza, Paul Nicolas	1519	ECU	−22N	=42B	−20N	−59B	+80N	−63B	=72N	+79B	−55N	3.0	30.0	30.5	4.75	1456	-11.2
72	Jacinto Guzman, Victor Oswaldo	0	PER	−12N	−56B	−76N	+81B	−70N	=78B	=71B	−64N	+79N	3.0	23.0	23.0	2.75	1184	0.0
73	Leon Nunez, Carlos Geovani Noe	1541	PER	−24N	−49B	+78N	−42B	−57N	=66B	−75N	F	+77B	2.5	25.5	25.5	4.75	1529	-0.8
74	Valdez Maravi, Angel Yhadiel	1598	PER	−11N	−36B	F	−55N	+67B	−38N	−43B	+78N	−54B	2.0	33.5	33.5	5.00	1487	-33.6
75	Chipana Ramirez, Patrick Dominic	0	PER	−37N	−58B	=65N	−38B	−66N	F	+73B	−62B	−59N	1.5	31.0	31.0	4.25	1391	0.0
76	Barrett, Daijon	1443	CAY	−54B	−34N	+72B	−19N	−45B	F	−67N	−66B	=78N	1.5	30.5	30.5	3.75	956	-34.8
77	Albarran Santos, Billy Ernesto	1405	PER	−10N	−69B	=59N	−65B	+78N	−20B	F	−46B	−73N	1.5	30.5	30.5	3.50	935	0.0
78	Chero Mego, Alejandro	0	PER	−60B	−57N	−73B	=66N	−77B	=72N	F	−74B	=76B	1.5	21.5	21.5	4.00	1291	0.0
79	FIDE 81472781	0	—	−23B	−19N	−64B	F	−69N	−67N	=80B	−71N	−72B	0.5	27.0	27.0	0.25	905	0.0
80	Puescas Garcia, Diego Alejandro	0	PER	F	−5N	−25B	−58N	−71B	−43N	=79N	F	−63B	0.5	27.0	27.0	0.25	914	0.0
81	FIDE 81472773	0	—	−50N	−46B	F	−72N	F	F	F	F	F	0.0	18.0	18.0	0.00	991	0.0
82	FIDE 81472765	0	—	−44B	−33N	F	F	F	F	F	F	F	0.0	12.0	12.0	0.00	1036	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Villacorta Asto, Rodrigo SebastianPER
+143.2
5.0 pts · #22
2Montano Velasco, Matias KhalebECU
+110.8
6.5 pts · #18
3Anticona Bocanegra, Fabrizio AaronPER
+110.0
4.0 pts · #47

Top rating losers

1Cortez Vilca, TomasCHI
-176.4
3.5 pts · #62
2Monroy Lopez, Gustavo AdolfoCMGUA
-133.2
4.0 pts · #36
3Medina Castillo, Benjamin IgnacioCHI
-129.6
4.0 pts · #42

Biggest upsets

R3+482 Elo gap
Anticona Bocanegra, Fabrizio Aaron1644 beat CMGuerra Mansilla, Jorge Maximilian2126
R1+405 Elo gap
Paco Naupa, Marc Raul1496 beat Cortez Vilca, Tomas1901
R6+400 Elo gap
Villacorta Asto, Rodrigo Sebastian1609 beat FMGuevara Ruiz, Marvin Andres2009