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Curacao Chess Festival 2025 OPEN

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27 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 19 Sept 2025 to 21 Sept 2025 in Willemstad, Curacao, Netherlands Antilles. 6 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 1877, and top seed was Ursus Van Bemmelen ( AHO, FM, 2090).

Sherman Maduro ( AHO, CM, 1984) won with 4.0/5, ahead of Ursus Van Bemmelen (4.0) and Edler Castro de (4.0). Maduro shared the lead from round 4, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 2: Amir Ayubi (1572) beat Rurik Capella (FM, 1950), a +378-point gap.

Location
Willemstad, Curacao, Netherlands Antilles
Dates
19 Sept 2025 → 21 Sept 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Top seed
FMUrsus Van Bemmelen2090
Avg top 10
1,877
Participants
27
Titled players · 6
FM×2
CM×2
WCM×2
Federations · 1 represented
Netherlands Antilles×25
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Tight race until R5; 5 players tied at 4.0/5, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 5 at the finish.

Co-leaders
13
6
1
3
5
1.52.545R1R2R3R4R5
Maduro4Van Bemmelen4Castro de4Bedi4Bregita4Cuellar3.5
R5 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

5 players finish on 4.0/5. Maduro takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (15.0).

R4 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

CM Sherman Maduro beat FM Ursus Van Bemmelen (White).

R1–R3 · WIN STREAK

FM Ursus Van Bemmelen won 3 in a row (R1–R3).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1CMSherman Maduro*
1
½
½
2FMUrsus Van Bemmelen
0
*——
3Edler Castro de
½
—*—
4CMVaibhav Bedi
½
——*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Maduro, ShermanCM1984AHO+13N+9B=5N+2B=3N4.015.017.513.502069+12.0
2Van Bemmelen, UrsusFM2090AHO+17B+4N+7B−1N+10B4.014.016.012.002036-3.2
3Castro de, Edler1905AHO+20B=11N+14B+8N=1B4.012.014.010.751971+17.6
4Bregita, Jhonathan1797AHO+22N−2B+12N+15B+6N4.012.013.59.502025+17.6
5Bedi, VaibhavCM1799AHO+16B+18N=1B=7N+11B4.011.513.510.001924+20.4
6Cuellar, Oscar1967AHO+19B+15N=8B+11N−4B3.511.513.58.001786-16.8
7Albregtse, Tjerk1808AHO+26N+12B−2N=5B=8N3.013.513.56.001694-9.6
8Ayubi, Amir1572AHO+24B+14N=6N−3B=7B3.013.014.57.251908+60.4
9Capella, Gregory1769AHO+21B−1N−11B+23N+16B3.010.512.05.50994-19.0
10Pop, Serapio1704AHO−12N+26B+25N+13B−2N3.010.010.03.501794+5.6
11Diaz de Pool, Xavi1604AHO+25N=3B+9N−6B−5N2.514.515.56.001772+28.8
12Rajpal, Hriday0AHO+10B−7N−4B+18N=20B2.512.014.06.0016440.0
13Paris Hodge, CeannaWCM1497AHO−1B+21N+23B−10N=14B2.511.513.04.751560+4.4
14Capella, RurikFM1950AHO+27N−8B−3N+22B=13N2.511.011.02.751403-37.8
15Pieter, LianaWCM1645AHO+23B−6B+24N−4N−18B2.011.012.53.001082-17.2
16Jeandor, Kaylani0AHO−5N=17N=19B+25B−9N2.011.012.03.0014620.0
17Khatri, Nisarg1562AHO−2N=16BF+21N=19B2.010.010.04.001534-7.2
18Wu, Jie-Peng0AHOF−5B+22N−12B+15N2.010.010.03.5017200.0
19Pourier, Dianthely1492AHO−6N−22B=16N+27B=17N2.09.09.02.001534+0.8
20Bhatia, Kush0AHO−3N−25B+26N=24B=12N2.09.09.02.0011050.0
21Jubitana, Vanilla0AHO−9N−13B+27N−17B+25N2.08.58.51.008090.0
22Jubitana, Ginger0AHO−4B+19N−18B−14N=23B1.510.512.02.7516210.0
23Rico, Quinten0AHO−15N+27B−13N−9B=22N1.59.09.00.758370.0
24Wadhwani, Ronish0AHO−8NF−15B=20N+26B1.57.07.01.008080.0
25Rico, Zayra0AHO−11B+20N−10B−16N−21B1.09.511.52.008540.0
26FIDE 75022220—−7B−10N−20BF−24N0.09.59.50.009560.0
27FIDE 75032100—−14B−23N−21B−19NF0.08.08.00.009210.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets