IV Valida Circuito IRT Open de la Juventud Absoluto, Grupo Colonos, Lara 2025
20 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 11 Sept 2025 to 12 Sept 2025 in Barquisimeto - Estado Lara, Venezuela. Top 10 Elo average was 1653, and top seed was Jose Carlos Matute Luis (🇻🇪 VEN, 1700).
Jose Antonio Rodriguez Barradas (🇻🇪 VEN, 1663) won with 5.5/6, ahead of Jose Carlos Matute Luis (5.0) and Andrea Valentina Gallego Diaz (4.0). Rodriguez Barradas shared the lead from round 4 and won solo starting round 5.
The biggest upset came in round 3: Jose Alejandro Ojeda Nieto (1477) beat Santiago Daniel Palacios Pena (1661), a +184-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 6 roundsJose Antonio Rodriguez Barradas led from R5; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.
Jose Antonio Rodriguez Barradas held the sole lead from R5 through R6 without losing it.
Jose Antonio Rodriguez Barradas won 4 in a row (R3–R6).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Jose Antonio Rodriguez Barradas | * | — | 1 | 1 |
| 2Jose Carlos Matute Luis | — | * | ½ | ½ |
| 3Andrea Valentina Gallego Diaz | 0 | ½ | * | — |
| 4Jorge Elias Mussaffi Chami | 0 | ½ | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rodriguez Barradas, Jose Antonio | 1663 | VEN | +14N | =13B | +10N | +3B | +7N | +4B | 5.5 | 17.0 | 19.5 | 18.25 | 2484 | +44.5 |
| 2 | Matute Luis, Jose Carlos | 1700 | VEN | +8N | +6B | =3N | =4B | +9N | +7B | 5.0 | 19.0 | 22.0 | 18.00 | 1879 | +24.8 |
| 3 | Gallego Diaz, Andrea Valentina | 1675 | VEN | +12N | +11B | =2B | −1N | =5N | +9B | 4.0 | 20.5 | 23.5 | 13.50 | 1742 | +14.7 |
| 4 | Mussaffi Chami, Jorge Elias | 1670 | VEN | +17B | =7N | +9B | =2N | +8B | −1N | 4.0 | 20.5 | 22.5 | 12.75 | 1755 | +20.3 |
| 5 | Vasquez Rivero, Angel David | 1645 | VEN | −13N | +14B | =8N | +16N | =3B | +10B | 4.0 | 15.5 | 17.5 | 11.25 | 1805 | +38.0 |
| 6 | Palacios Pena, Santiago Daniel | 1661 | VEN | +20B | −2N | −16B | +14N | +15B | +11N | 4.0 | 15.0 | 15.5 | 8.50 | 1492 | -25.5 |
| 7 | Mussaffi Chami, York Abelardo | 0 | VEN | +19N | =4B | +13N | +11B | −1B | −2N | 3.5 | 20.0 | 21.0 | 8.50 | 1661 | 0.0 |
| 8 | Guerra Rubio, Sebastian Alejandro | 1586 | VEN | −2B | +20N | =5B | +13N | −4N | +16B | 3.5 | 17.5 | 18.0 | 7.00 | 1541 | -11.2 |
| 9 | Romero Mendez, Victor Isaac | 1597 | VEN | +15N | +10B | −4N | +12B | −2B | −3N | 3.0 | 19.0 | 21.5 | 8.50 | 1578 | -4.4 |
| 10 | Jimenez Francisco, Angelica Maria | 1698 | VEN | +16B | −9N | −1B | +17N | +12B | −5N | 3.0 | 17.5 | 19.5 | 7.00 | 1543 | -48.0 |
| 11 | Mantola Derko, Vicente Jesus | 1626 | VEN | +18B | −3N | +17B | −7N | +16B | −6B | 3.0 | 15.5 | 17.0 | 5.50 | 1567 | -13.2 |
| 12 | Herrera Rodriguez, Alejandro Antonio | 1454 | VEN | −3B | +18N | +19B | −9N | −10N | +13B | 3.0 | 14.0 | 15.0 | 5.00 | 1451 | -1.2 |
| 13 | Colmenarez Rodriguez, Ricardo Enmanuel | 0 | VEN | +5B | =1N | −7B | −8B | +17N | −12N | 2.5 | 19.5 | 21.5 | 8.75 | 1554 | 0.0 |
| 14 | Angulo Josue, Samuel de Jesus | 0 | VEN | −1B | −5N | +18B | −6B | +19N | =15N | 2.5 | 17.5 | 18.5 | 3.75 | 1444 | 0.0 |
| 15 | Hernandez Colmenares, Diego Andres | 0 | VEN | −9B | −16N | +20B | +18N | −6N | =14B | 2.5 | 13.0 | 13.5 | 3.25 | 778 | 0.0 |
| 16 | Ojeda Nieto, Jose Alejandro | 1477 | VEN | −10N | +15B | +6N | −5B | −11N | −8N | 2.0 | 17.5 | 20.0 | 6.50 | 1400 | -17.6 |
| 17 | Lin Hung, Kobby Raymond | 1443 | VEN | −4N | +19B | −11N | −10B | −13B | +20N | 2.0 | 13.5 | 14.0 | 1.50 | 1457 | +2.0 |
| 18 | Florido Arroyo, Sergio | 0 | VEN | −11N | −12B | −14N | −15B | =20N | +19B | 1.5 | 12.0 | 12.5 | 1.25 | 1437 | 0.0 |
| 19 | Castro Paitan, Julian Andres | 1596 | VEN | −7B | −17N | −12N | +20B | −14B | −18N | 1.0 | 12.5 | 13.0 | 0.50 | 650 | -56.0 |
| 20 | Coelho Mazzini, Ivanna Victoria | 0 | VEN | −6N | −8B | −15N | −19N | =18B | −17B | 0.5 | 13.5 | 14.5 | 0.75 | 773 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Rodriguez Barradas, Jose AntonioVEN+44.55.5 pts · #5
- 2Vasquez Rivero, Angel DavidVEN+38.04.0 pts · #6
- 3Matute Luis, Jose CarlosVEN+24.85.0 pts · #1
- 1Castro Paitan, Julian AndresVEN-56.01.0 pts · #20
- 2Jimenez Francisco, Angelica MariaVEN-48.03.0 pts · #4
- 3Palacios Pena, Santiago DanielVEN-25.54.0 pts · #16
- R3+184 Elo gap
- R2+153 Elo gap
- R3+142 Elo gap