Torneo Clasificatorio de Tercera Division, ARAJA 2025
17 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 09 Aug 2025 to 10 Aug 2025 in San Ramon, Costa Rica. Top 10 Elo average was 1632, and top seed was Carlos Andres Leon Villalobos (🇨🇷 CRC, 1691).
Carlo Cesar Ugalde Chaves (🇨🇷 CRC, 1634) won with 5.5/7, ahead of Mauricio Jose Elizondo Zumbado (5.5) and Hendrik Estrada Rodriguez (5.0). Ugalde Chaves took the lead from round 6, winning on tie-break.
The biggest upset came in round 1: Isaac Antonio Leiva Coto (1458) beat Fabian Campos Prendas (1687), a +229-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 7 roundsTight race until R6; 2 players tied at 5.5/7, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.
Hendrik Estrada Rodriguez takes the sole lead (4.5/5).
2 players finish on 5.5/7. Ugalde Chaves takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (25.0).
Carlo Cesar Ugalde Chaves drew with Mauricio Jose Elizondo Zumbado (White).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Carlo Cesar Ugalde Chaves | * | ½ | 1 | ½ |
| 2Mauricio Jose Elizondo Zumbado | ½ | * | 0 | 1 |
| 3Hendrik Estrada Rodriguez | 0 | 1 | * | — |
| 4Felipe Gonzalez Arguedas | ½ | 0 | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ugalde Chaves, Carlo Cesar | 1634 | CRC | +9N | =2B | =8N | +13B | +7N | +3N | =4B | 5.5 | 25.0 | 27.0 | 20.25 | 1802 | +51.6 |
| 2 | Elizondo Zumbado, Mauricio Jose | 1650 | CRC | +17B | =1N | −3B | +4B | +11N | +5B | +7N | 5.5 | 25.0 | 25.0 | 17.25 | 1777 | +38.8 |
| 3 | Estrada Rodriguez, Hendrik | 1633 | CRC | =8N | +14B | +2N | +12B | +5N | −1B | =10B | 5.0 | 24.0 | 26.0 | 17.25 | 1752 | +44.4 |
| 4 | Gonzalez Arguedas, Felipe | 1534 | CRC | +7B | =11N | =5B | −2N | +12N | +9B | =1N | 4.5 | 24.0 | 26.5 | 15.00 | 1694 | +62.4 |
| 5 | Bejarano Tames, Michael Andres | 1475 | CRC | +13N | +10B | =4N | +11B | −3B | −2N | =6B | 4.0 | 24.5 | 26.5 | 11.75 | 1571 | +29.6 |
| 6 | Leiva Coto, Isaac Antonio | 1458 | CRC | +15N | −8B | −12N | +14B | +13N | =7B | =5N | 4.0 | 17.5 | 19.0 | 9.25 | 1605 | +45.6 |
| 7 | Rojas Mora, Jose Elias | 1593 | CRC | −4N | +15B | +14N | +8B | −1B | =6N | −2B | 3.5 | 25.0 | 26.5 | 9.00 | 1609 | +4.8 |
| 8 | Arias Arguello, Roberto | 1670 | CRC | =3B | +6N | =1B | −7N | −9B | +11N | =12B | 3.5 | 23.5 | 26.0 | 13.00 | 1587 | -31.6 |
| 9 | Rosales Gonzalez, Jessica | 1582 | CRC | −1B | F | −13N | +17B | +8N | −4N | +15B | 3.0 | 17.0 | 17.0 | 5.00 | 1632 | +5.2 |
| 10 | Bonilla Castillo, Cindy Julieth | 1517 | CRC | F | −5N | −11B | +16N | =15B | +13B | =3N | 3.0 | 16.0 | 16.0 | 6.25 | 1553 | +8.8 |
| 11 | Rodriguez Gonzalez, Santiago | 1553 | CRC | +12N | =4B | +10N | −5N | −2B | −8B | −14N | 2.5 | 23.0 | 25.0 | 7.75 | 1478 | -61.2 |
| 12 | Sotelo Izaguirre, Isaac David | 1544 | CRC | −11B | +17N | +6B | −3N | −4B | F | =8N | 2.5 | 19.5 | 19.5 | 5.75 | 1438 | -18.6 |
| 13 | Cruz Badilla, Francisco Antonio | 0 | CRC | −5B | +16N | +9B | −1N | −6B | −10N | F | 2.0 | 20.5 | 20.5 | 4.00 | 1436 | 0.0 |
| 14 | Urena Matamoros, Sebastian | 1631 | CRC | =16B | −3N | −7B | −6N | F | =15N | +11B | 2.0 | 17.5 | 17.5 | 3.75 | 1490 | -44.0 |
| 15 | Campos Prendas, Fabian | 1687 | CRC | −6B | −7N | =16B | F | =10N | =14B | −9N | 1.5 | 16.5 | 16.5 | 3.00 | 1384 | -94.4 |
| 16 | Leon Villalobos, Carlos Andres | 1691 | CRC | =14N | −13B | =15N | −10B | F | F | F | 1.0 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 1.75 | 1486 | -32.8 |
| 17 | FIDE 6502709 | 0 | — | −2N | −12B | F | −9N | F | F | F | 0.0 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 0.00 | 803 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Gonzalez Arguedas, FelipeCRC+62.44.5 pts · #2
- 2Ugalde Chaves, Carlo CesarCRC+51.65.5 pts · #3
- 3Leiva Coto, Isaac AntonioCRC+45.64.0 pts · #7
- 1Campos Prendas, FabianCRC-94.41.5 pts · #14
- 2Rodriguez Gonzalez, SantiagoCRC-61.22.5 pts · #9
- 3Urena Matamoros, SebastianCRC-44.02.0 pts · #13
- R1+229 Elo gap
- R4+174 Elo gap
- R4+173 Elo gap