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Circuito de Torneos Internacionales FVA 2025

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38 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 16 Sept 2025 to 20 Sept 2025 in Maracay - Estado Aragua, Venezuela. 34 titled players from 5 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2404, and top seed was Yago De Moura Santiago (🇧🇷 BRA, GM, 2483).

Ermes Espinosa Veloz (🇨🇺 CUB, GM, 2467) won with 7.0/9, ahead of Yago De Moura Santiago (6.5) and Dylan Isidro Berdayes Ason (6.5). Espinosa Veloz shared the lead from round 4 and won solo starting round 8.

The biggest upset came in round 2: Santiago de Jesus Casares Ugueto (FM, 2028) beat Eddy Ravelo Gil (IM, 2406), a +378-point gap.

Location
🇻🇪Maracay - Estado Aragua, Venezuela
Dates
16 Sept 2025 → 20 Sept 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 9 rounds
Top seed
🇧🇷GMYago De Moura Santiago2483
Avg top 10
2,404
Participants
38
Titled players · 34
GM×4
IM×8
FM×12
CM×6
WGM×1
WFM×2
WCM×1
Federations · 5 represented
🇻🇪Venezuela×31
🇨🇺Cuba×4
🇨🇴Colombia×1
🇦🇷Argentina×1
🇧🇷Brazil×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

GM Ermes Espinosa Veloz led from R5; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 4 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.

Co-leaders
15
6
3
4
1
2
2
1
1
2.54.579R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9
Espinosa Veloz7Santiago6.5Berdayes Ason6.5Ynojosa Aponte6Pena Duran6Escalona Landi6
R5–R9 · LEAD HELD

GM Ermes Espinosa Veloz held the sole lead from R5 through R9 without losing it.

R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

GM Ermes Espinosa Veloz beat GM Yago De Moura Santiago (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

GM Ermes Espinosa Veloz 4 wins (R2–R5)GM Yago De Moura Santiago 3 wins (R1–R3)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1GMErmes Espinosa Veloz*
1
½
—
2GMYago De Moura Santiago
0
*
½
1
3GMDylan Isidro Berdayes Ason
½
½
*
½
4IMFelix Jose Ynojosa Aponte—
0
½
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Espinosa Veloz, ErmesGM2467CUB=25N+34B+16N+7B+2N=10B=3N+8B=6B7.044.047.036.252506+5.4
2Santiago, Yago De MouraGM2483BRA+12B+6N+4B=10N−1B+5N+7B=3N=8B6.547.552.537.002506+3.4
3Berdayes Ason, Dylan IsidroGM2456CUB+18B=8N+32B=5N=4B+11N=1B=2B+7N6.546.049.033.502488+5.6
4Escalona Landi, Samid EduardoFM2368VEN+9N+19B−2N+12B=3N=6B+10N=7N=5B6.046.050.532.002437+17.6
5Ynojosa Aponte, Felix JoseIM2389VEN+20N+23B−7N=3B+28N−2B+18N+13B=4N6.043.046.528.252400+2.7
6Pena Duran, Dilson AlejandroFM2266VEN+30N−2B=25N+29B=17N=4N+28B+10B=1N6.040.544.026.502386+30.4
7Castro Torres, Jose LuisFM2309VEN+26N+24B+5B−1N+14B+13N−2N=4B−3B5.546.550.527.502397+22.8
8Palomo, Franklin AnnervysFM2228VEN+36N=3B+15N−13B=19N+20B+12B−1N=2N5.544.047.026.252354+30.8
9Colmenarez Rivero, Jheremia David2060VEN−4B+37N−11B−15B+34N=31N+35B+25N+23B5.533.536.018.502237+80.0
10Borges Matos, JuanGM2384CUB+29B+22N+28B=2B=13N=1N−4B−6N=16B5.043.547.023.252285-9.8
11Blanco Ronquillo, Humberto L.IM2428CUB−24N=31B+9N+16B+22N−3B=13B=14N=12B5.041.044.024.002227-20.5
12Corado Paz Castillo, RafaelCM2192VEN−2N+26B+20N−4N+33B+19B−8N=17B=11N5.041.044.021.002309+26.4
13Marichal Gonzalez, ArielIM2268VEN=32B+33N+21B+8N=10B−7B=11N−5N=15B5.039.542.522.002316+12.4
14Francisco Guecamburu, Candela BeWGM2272ARG=34N=25B+24N=28B−7N+22B=15N=11B=17N5.037.040.021.752248-4.4
15Bassan Noriega, Remo EnriqueIM2315VEN−28B+35N−8B+9N−18B+33N=14B+22B=13N5.036.539.521.002175-31.0
16Palencia Morales, Wilson GuillermoIM2193COL+37B=21N−1B−11N+31B=18N=25B+28N=10N5.036.539.018.002245+13.2
17Ravelo Gil, EddyIM2406VEN=33B−28N+31B=18N=6B=25N+29B=12N=14B5.034.537.520.252190-22.6
18Revilla Moron, Oniel JosueCM2167VEN−3N+30B=23N=17B+15N=16B−5B=19N=21B4.541.044.520.252291+28.4
19Castro Silva, Moises AntonioFM2265VEN+38B−4N=22B+32N=8B−12N=21B=18B=20N4.537.539.516.752150-25.4
20Molina Sumoza, Jesus AlbertoCM2098VEN−5B+38N−12B+26N+21B−8N−23N+36B=19B4.537.039.015.752177+17.8
21Guerrero Vargas, Andres JesusFM2325VEN+31N=16B−13N=25B−20N+24B=19N=23B=18N4.536.539.518.752184-33.0
22Vivas Gelves, Mauricio Jose2045VEN+27N−10B=19N+24B−11B−14N+33B−15N+28B4.536.539.517.252253+88.8
23Prasca Sosa, Rafael FelipeIM2302VEN+35B−5N=18B=33N=25B=29N+20B=21N−9N4.535.538.517.252157-16.4
24Gutierrez Anaya, Yeison JoelFM2136VEN+11B−7N−14B−22N+38B−21N=32B+31N+35B4.533.535.514.502150+2.6
25Jaramillo Lopez, Ali AaronFM2191VEN=1B=14N=6B=21N=23N=17B=16N−9B=27N4.042.546.520.502249+13.0
26Arias Serrano, Luis AntonioCM2010VEN−7B−12N+37B−20B−27N+30B−36N+34N+32B4.031.534.012.002019+0.4
27Leyva Proenza, RichardIM2333VEN−22B−32N=38B=35N+26B−28N=31B+29N=25B4.028.530.513.501991-36.1
28Casares Ugueto, Santiago de JesusFM2028VEN+15N+17B−10N=14N−5B+27B−6N−16B−22N3.541.545.516.502209+69.6
29Sanchez Medina, Luciano Alejandro2060VEN−10N=36B+34N−6N+32B=23B−17N−27B=30N3.534.037.011.502090+2.0
30Allen Leydenz, Christian GabrielCM1965VEN−6B−18N=35B−31N+37B−26N+38B=32N=29B3.529.531.59.251948-11.2
31Mora Moron, Jose RamonFM2033VEN−21B=11N−17N+30B−16N=9B=27N−24B=38N3.037.039.011.752076+4.2
32Perez Hernandez, Vicmary C.WFM1969VEN=13N+27B−3N−19B−29N=36B=24N=30B−26N3.035.538.512.002022+7.2
33Zambrano Rodriguez, Aaron JoseFM2112VEN=17N−13B+36N=23B−12N−15B−22N=38B=37N3.034.536.510.002007-24.8
34Otazo Sanchez, Annyd GabrielaWFM1989VEN=14B−1N−29B+38N−9B−35N=37N−26B+36N3.033.535.58.751926-17.6
35Borges Oliveros, Sebastian FranciscoFM2005VEN−23N−15B=30N=27B=36N+34B−9N=37B−24N3.033.035.59.501964-27.2
36Pena Gonzalez, Clara IsabelWCM1923VEN−8B=29N−33B=37N=35B=32N+26B−20N−34B3.029.532.010.001903-5.4
37Reyes Mayorca, Catherine Sofia1771VEN−16N−9B−26N=36B−30N=38N=34B=35N=33B2.530.032.07.001857+26.4
38Abiad Parra, VictorCM1960VEN−19N−20B=27N−34B−24N=37B−30N=33N=31B2.030.032.56.251859-24.2

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
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