XV IRT Aficionados Raza Elo 1800 a 1999 Medellin 2025

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57 players participated in this 8-round tournament, held from 09 Oct 2025 to 13 Oct 2025 in Medellin - ANT, Colombia. 3 titled players from 3 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1967, and top seed was Alvaro Diego Lopez Gaviria (🇨🇴 COL, 1998).

Ricardo Andres Lopez (🇨🇴 COL, 1971) won with 6.5/8, ahead of Efrain Valle (6.0) and Juan Fernando Rios (6.0). Lopez shared the lead from round 6 and won solo starting round 7.

The biggest upset came in round 3: Oscar A Suaza Builes (1620) beat Juan Jose Zapata Sanchez (1949), a +329-point gap.

Location

🇨🇴Medellin - ANT, Colombia

Dates

09 Oct 2025 → 13 Oct 2025

Time control

Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 8 rounds

Top seed

🇨🇴Alvaro Diego Lopez Gaviria1998

Avg top 10

1,967

Participants

Titled players · 3

FM×1

CM×2

Federations · 3 represented

🇨🇴Colombia×54

🇵🇦Panama×1

🇻🇪Venezuela×1

Top 3

🥇
Ricardo Andres Lopez
🇨🇴COL·1971
6.5pts·2320perf+91.6
🥈
FMEfrain Valle
🇨🇴COL·1989
6.0pts·2021perf+6.6
🥉
Juan Fernando Rios
🇨🇴COL·1979
6.0pts·2044perf+12.4

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 8 rounds

Ricardo Andres Lopez led from R7; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders

Lopez6.5Valle6Valencia Gantiva6Rios6Layton Henao6Cardona5.5— ex-leaders:Mena Cordobaled R4–R5, #20

R7 · LEADER CHANGE13 Oct

Ricardo Andres Lopez takes the sole lead (6.0/7).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

Ricardo Andres Lopez 6 wins (R2–R7)Cristian Valencia Gantiva 3 wins (R1–R3)

R4–R5 · FORMER LEADER FALL

CM Yamil Octavio Mena Cordoba held the sole lead at R4–R5 but finished #20.

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Ricardo Andres Lopez	*	—	1	½
2FMEfrain Valle	—	*	—	—
3Cristian Valencia Gantiva	0	—	*	—
4Juan Fernando Rios	½	—	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Lopez, Ricardo Andres	1971	COL	F	+19N	+40B	+5B	+36N	+15B	+4N	=3N	6.5	32.5	32.5	29.50	2320	+91.6
2	Valle, EfrainFM	1989	COL	+18N	−10B	+34N	+13B	=14N	+11B	=5N	+12B	6.0	35.0	38.0	27.75	2021	+6.6
3	Rios, Juan Fernando	1979	COL	=40N	=12B	+30N	+16B	=10N	+27B	+15N	=1B	6.0	33.0	35.5	26.00	2044	+12.4
4	Valencia Gantiva, Cristian	1945	COL	+24B	+48N	+10B	−15N	+35B	+23N	−1B	+11B	6.0	32.0	34.0	23.00	2055	+22.4
5	Layton Henao, Cesar Tulio	1903	PAN	+52B	+42N	=14B	−1N	+40B	+50N	=2B	+10B	6.0	29.0	30.5	18.75	2012	+23.6
6	Lopez Gaviria, Alvaro Diego	1998	COL	+21B	−13N	=48B	=17N	+24B	=14N	+40B	+20N	5.5	29.5	31.5	21.00	1983	-3.2
7	Perez Lujan, Mateo	1983	COL	+17B	−14N	=24B	F	+52N	+21N	+16B	+15B	5.5	29.0	30.5	21.50	2043	+9.0
8	Cardona, Juan Ricardo	1912	COL	+44B	=33N	+41B	−11N	+21B	=16N	=18B	+14N	5.5	28.5	31.0	20.00	1932	+4.4
9	Hernandez Pinzon, HelvertCM	1955	COL	−33B	+44N	+37B	−10N	+17B	+42N	=14B	+27N	5.5	26.5	29.0	18.75	1955	0.0
10	Martinez A., Miguel Angel	1873	COL	+25B	+2N	−4N	+9B	=3B	=26N	+33B	−5N	5.0	37.5	40.5	23.50	1979	+46.8
11	Garces Suaza, Carlos Daniel	1762	COL	=23N	+55B	+31N	+8B	=15B	−2N	+26B	−4N	5.0	33.5	35.0	18.75	2010	+105.6
12	Hernandez Quintero, Juan Esteban	1830	COL	=19B	=3N	+39B	−36N	+25B	+35N	+23B	−2N	5.0	30.5	33.5	19.25	1957	+32.0
13	Bohorquez Gutierrez, Daniel	1887	COL	+49N	+6B	−15N	−2N	−42B	+39B	+34N	+33B	5.0	27.5	29.5	16.50	1896	+2.6
14	Villamil Alarcon, Hector Orlando	1866	COL	+51B	+7B	=5N	=23N	=2B	=6B	=9N	−8B	4.5	38.0	40.0	21.00	1939	+18.2
15	Mena Cordoba, Yamil OctavioCM	1857	COL	+56B	+36N	+13B	+4B	=11N	−1N	−3B	−7N	4.5	37.0	38.0	17.50	1911	+15.0
16	Almanza Montoya, Joseph	1800	COL	+47B	=35N	+26B	−3N	+20N	=8B	−7N	=17B	4.5	33.0	35.5	17.50	1963	+70.0
17	Mendez Rodriguez, Andres David	1826	COL	−7N	=54B	+53N	=6B	−9N	+43B	+45B	=16N	4.5	27.5	29.0	12.25	1846	+7.6
18	Fernandez Herrera, Andres	1828	COL	−2B	+25N	−50B	+43N	+49B	+36B	=8N	F	4.5	27.0	29.0	14.25	1865	+17.6
19	Perez Latorre, Juan Sebastian	1821	COL	=12N	−1B	−20N	+54B	−34N	+51B	+38N	+41B	4.5	26.5	28.0	11.50	1794	-7.6
20	Londono, Miguel Angel	1902	COL	=39N	F	+19B	+48N	−16B	+41N	+29B	−6B	4.5	26.0	28.0	14.00	1892	-0.8
21	Castano Herrera, Jeronimo	1834	COL	−6N	+49B	+56N	=46B	−8N	−7B	+52N	+50B	4.5	24.5	25.5	7.75	1810	-2.8
22	Mesa, Francisco Alonso Jr.	1860	COL	=53N	−34B	=32N	=52B	−48B	+54N	+25B	+42N	4.5	18.0	19.5	11.25	1713	-27.4
23	Hernandez Serrano, Cristhian Daniel	1925	COL	=11B	+43N	+27N	=14B	+33N	−4B	−12N	F	4.0	32.0	34.5	14.25	1869	-9.6
24	Soto Bedoya, Nicolas	1793	COL	−4N	+57B	=7N	=31B	−6N	+49N	+46B	−28B	4.0	29.0	29.0	9.00	1835	+13.6
25	Montoya Quintero, Sebastian	1603	COL	−10N	−18B	+54N	+30B	−12N	+37B	−22N	+34B	4.0	28.5	30.0	11.00	1783	+72.8
26	Laverde, Luis Eduardo	1898	COL	=34N	+53B	−16N	F	+41B	=10B	−11N	+48N	4.0	25.5	27.0	10.00	1783	-18.6
27	Giraldo, Marco	1867	COL	+54N	F	−23B	+29N	+45B	−3N	+50B	−9B	4.0	25.0	25.0	9.50	1861	+1.4
28	Molina Ballesteros, Juan Sebasti	1853	COL	+57N	F	−35B	−41N	+44B	−29N	+32B	+24N	4.0	19.0	19.0	10.00	1760	-15.0
29	Ramos Rendon, Melany	1698	COL	−31N	=38B	+55N	−27B	+30N	+28B	−20N	−37B	3.5	25.5	27.0	10.50	1814	+44.4
30	Cabrera Hernandez, Enrique Gabriel	1807	VEN	−36B	+51N	−3B	−25N	−29B	+57N	=39B	+43N	3.5	24.0	24.0	6.00	1632	-65.2
31	Robledo, Andres Mauricio	1899	COL	+29B	=41N	−11B	=24N	+37B	−33N	=42B	−40N	3.5	23.5	26.0	11.00	1721	-38.8
32	Quitian Gallego, Felipe	1724	COL	−35B	+47N	=22B	F	−38N	+53B	−28N	+52B	3.5	22.5	24.0	7.75	1798	+13.4
33	Zuniga, Eddy Andres	1803	COL	+9N	=8B	F	=35N	−23B	+31B	−10N	−13N	3.0	31.5	34.0	13.25	1859	+10.4
34	Llano Colorado, Kriss Nicolle	1693	COL	=26B	+22N	−2B	−45N	+19B	=46N	−13B	−25N	3.0	30.5	33.0	12.25	1774	+27.6
35	Gonzalez Zapata, Julian David	1910	COL	+32N	=16B	+28N	=33B	−4N	−12B	F	F	3.0	28.0	28.0	11.25	1823	-14.0
36	Llano Buritica, Eduardo	1962	COL	+30N	−15B	+52N	+12B	−1B	−18N	F	F	3.0	25.5	25.5	10.00	1830	-20.8
37	Suarez Flores, Jacobo	1792	COL	−45B	F	−9N	+51B	−31N	−25N	+49B	+29N	3.0	23.0	23.0	7.50	1695	-35.6
38	Perez Giraldo, Jaime Alonso	1838	COL	−41B	=29N	=43B	=44N	+32B	−40N	−19B	=46N	3.0	21.5	24.0	9.00	1672	-74.0
39	Paniagua, Fabio De Jesus	1704	COL	=20B	F	−12N	F	+57B	−13N	=30N	+53B	3.0	19.5	19.5	5.50	1702	-0.4
40	Palacios Vidal, Jhon Harold	1818	COL	=3B	F	−1N	F	−5N	+38B	−6N	+31B	2.5	37.5	40.5	9.50	1875	+8.4
41	Piedrahita Zapata, Yeraldin Vanessa	1690	COL	+38N	=31B	−8N	+28B	−26N	−20B	F	−19N	2.5	29.0	31.5	8.75	1773	+27.6
42	Lucio Pinzon, Santiago	1747	COL	F	−5B	−46N	+56B	+13N	−9B	=31N	−22B	2.5	28.0	28.0	7.75	1733	-5.6
43	Gomez Ramirez, Geronimo	1680	COL	=55N	−23B	=38N	−18B	+56N	−17N	=47B	−30B	2.5	23.5	24.5	4.50	1673	-4.8
44	Rincon Salazar, Emmanuel	1737	COL	−8N	−9B	+57N	=38B	−28N	+56B	F	F	2.5	21.5	21.5	2.50	1651	-21.6
45	Perez, William	1934	COL	+37N	F	F	+34B	−27N	=48B	−17N	F	2.5	19.5	19.5	7.00	1797	-18.0
46	Londono Zamora, Duberney	1898	COL	F	F	+42B	=21N	−50N	=34B	−24N	=38B	2.5	19.0	19.0	7.75	1691	-32.8
47	Zapata Sanchez, Juan Jose	1949	COL	−16N	−32B	−49N	+53B	=51N	−52B	=43N	=55B	2.5	17.5	19.0	4.50	1551	-156.0
48	Ortega Moran, Helmer Andres	1808	COL	F	−4B	=6N	−20B	+22N	=45N	F	−26B	2.0	30.0	30.0	8.50	1798	-1.6
49	Suaza Builes, Oscar A	1620	COL	−13B	−21N	+47B	+55N	−18N	−24B	−37N	F	2.0	25.0	25.0	4.00	1697	+10.6
50	Santamaria Arcila, Nicolas	1579	COL	F	F	+18N	F	+46B	−5B	−27N	−21N	2.0	21.5	21.5	7.00	1794	+48.4
51	Quintero Rodriguez, Jose Miguel	1501	COL	−14N	−30B	F	−37N	=47B	−19N	=55B	+56N	2.0	20.5	20.5	3.00	1632	+29.6
52	Restrepo Cifuentes, Luciana	1705	COL	−5N	F	−36B	=22N	−7B	+47N	−21B	−32N	1.5	29.5	29.5	4.75	1658	-16.4
53	Zapata Urrego, Camilo	1468	COL	=22B	−26N	−17B	−47N	F	−32N	+54B	−39N	1.5	23.5	25.0	3.75	1549	+18.0
54	Hoyos Cartagena, Jose Alfredo	1601	COL	−27B	=17N	−25B	−19N	F	−22B	−53N	+57B	1.5	23.0	23.0	2.25	1340	-59.6
55	Patino, Camilo A	1898	COL	=43B	−11N	−29B	−49B	F	F	=51N	=47N	1.5	19.0	19.0	3.50	1510	-115.6
56	Castano Naranjo, Samuel	1443	COL	−15N	F	−21B	−42N	−43B	−44N	+57B	−51B	1.0	18.5	18.5	0.00	924	-42.8
57	FIDE 144459190	0	—	−28B	−24N	−44B	F	−39N	−30B	−56N	−54N	0.0	19.5	19.5	0.00	906	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Garces Suaza, Carlos DanielCOL
+105.6
5.0 pts · #11
2Lopez, Ricardo AndresCOL
+91.6
6.5 pts · #1
3Montoya Quintero, SebastianCOL
+72.8
4.0 pts · #26

Top rating losers

1Zapata Sanchez, Juan JoseCOL
-156.0
2.5 pts · #44
2Patino, Camilo ACOL
-115.6
1.5 pts · #53
3Perez Giraldo, Jaime AlonsoCOL
-74.0
3.0 pts · #33

Biggest upsets

R3+329 Elo gap
Suaza Builes, Oscar A1620 beat Zapata Sanchez, Juan Jose1949
R5+319 Elo gap
Santamaria Arcila, Nicolas1579 beat Londono Zamora, Duberney1898
R4+278 Elo gap
Suaza Builes, Oscar A1620 beat Patino, Camilo A1898