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Campeonato Nacional Juvenil Absoluto 2025

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22 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 22 Jun 2025 to 28 Jun 2025 in Holguin, Cuba. 8 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 2266, and top seed was Daniel Hidalgo Diaz (🇨🇺 CUB, IM, 2391).

Leduard Manuel Gonzalez Soler (🇨🇺 CUB, IM, 2305) won with 7.0/9, ahead of Adrian Jesus Almaguel Mendez (6.0) and Ronniel Abraham Ramirez Cabreja (5.5). Gonzalez Soler took the lead from round 8.

The biggest upset came in round 9: Kevin Alejandro Ponciano Perez (1810) beat Carlos Julio Martinez Ruz (2160), a +350-point gap.

Location
🇨🇺Holguin, Cuba
Dates
22 Jun 2025 → 28 Jun 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 9 rounds
Top seed
🇨🇺IMDaniel Hidalgo Diaz2391
Avg top 10
2,266
Participants
22
Titled players · 8
IM×3
FM×4
CM×1
Federations · 1 represented
🇨🇺Cuba×22
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

IM Leduard Manuel Gonzalez Soler led from R5; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 6 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.

Co-leaders
10
2
4
6
1
2
1
1
1
2.54.579R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9Almaguel Mendez takes leadGonzalez Soler takes lead
R7 · LEADER CHANGE27 Jun

FM Adrian Jesus Almaguel Mendez takes the sole lead (5.5/7).

R6 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

IM Leduard Manuel Gonzalez Soler lost to FM Adrian Jesus Almaguel Mendez (Black).

R7–R9 · WIN STREAK

IM Leduard Manuel Gonzalez Soler won 3 in a row (R7–R9).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Gonzalez Soler, Leduard ManuelIM2305CUB+17B=6N+16B=3N+4B−2N+11B+13N+12B7.039.543.031.502445+31.8
2Almaguel Mendez, Adrian JesusFM2352CUB+5B+8N=3B=4N=11B+1B+7N−6B=9N6.044.549.033.252344+0.2
3Ramirez Cabreja, Ronniel AbrahamFM2310CUB+14N+12B=2N=1B=5N=6B−13N+11N=8B5.542.547.028.002284-5.2
4Hidalgo Diaz, DanielIM2391CUB+13N=7B+15N=2B−1N−12B+14N=5N+11B5.542.046.026.002285-10.8
5Gonzalez Hernandez, Derek AlejandFM2103CUB−2N+19B+10N+7B=3B−11N=12N=4B+6N5.542.045.527.252274+78.3
6Calzadilla Gonzalez, David Alejan2154CUB+21N=1B−12N+9B=8B=3N+16B+2N−5B5.542.044.525.752238+46.8
7Fernandez Aguilera, Ibrain2244CUB+18B=4N=11B−5N+16B+8N−2B=12N+13B5.539.042.523.752287+11.6
8Neira Garcia, Llirbel Anei2238CUB+9N−2B=14N+15B=6N−7B=10N+16B=3N5.041.044.522.752198-17.6
9Gandia Munoz, Pedro Julio1961CUB−8B=17N+18B−6N+22N=14B=15N+19B=2B5.035.537.518.002109+32.0
10Adela Campos, Addiel1990CUB−11B+22N−5B+17N=12N−13B=8B+20N+18B5.034.036.016.752119+58.8
11Torres Valiente, BrayanFM2262CUB+10N=15B=7N+12B=2N+5B−1N−3B−4N4.544.548.522.752232-6.6
12Hernandez Izquierdo, Jose A.IM2231CUB+20B−3N+6B−11N=10B+4N=5B=7B−1N4.544.047.022.002184-9.6
13Diaz Bombino, Esley2130CUB−4B−16N+22B=18N+21B+10N+3B−1B−7N4.538.040.016.752105-6.1
14Fernandez Hernandez, Daniel Alejandro2058CUB−3B+20N=8B−16N+18B=9N−4B=17N+21B4.534.537.015.752083+5.0
15Martinez Ruz, Carlos Julio2160CUB+22B=11N−4B−8N+17B−16N=9B+21B−19N4.033.035.012.752003-31.8
16Lopez Suarez, Manuel Alejandro2164CUB=19N+13B−1N+14B−7N+15B−6N−8N−20B3.539.542.514.752031-60.8
17Ravelo Lobaina, Erick AngeloCM2035CUB−1N=9B+19N−10B−15N=21N=20B=14B=22N3.534.536.512.001891-68.8
18Ondar Hernandez, Wilber Dariel1989CUB−7N+21B−9N=13B−14N=20B=19N+22B−10N3.533.535.510.001881-53.2
19Ponciano Perez, Kevin Alejandro1810CUB=16B−5N−17B=21B−20N+22N=18B−9N+15B3.530.532.510.751905+34.8
20Morales Leyva, Brayan Daniel1901CUB−12N−14B−21N−22B+19B=18N=17N−10B+16N3.030.532.510.501856-25.2
21Arencibia Miranda, Lehiran1760CUB−6B−18N+20B=19N−13N=17B=22B−15N−14N2.532.034.07.501837+19.8
22Curiel Verdecia, Luis Daniel1793CUB−15N−10B−13N+20N−9B−19B=21N−18N=17B2.032.034.56.001751-23.2

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

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