Campeonato Nacional por Categorias 2025, Tercera Categoria

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98 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 21 Sept 2025 to 26 Sept 2025 in San Salvador, El Salvador. Top 10 Elo average was 1577, and top seed was Oscar Anzora (🇸🇻 ESA, 1587).

Melara Alejandra (🇸🇻 ESA, 1570) won with 7.5/9, ahead of Francisco David Olivar Molina (6.5) and Carlos Salvador Nerio (6.5). Alejandra shared the lead from round 7 and broke clear in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 5: Alexia Perez (1443) beat Fernando Eduardo Cardoza (1579), a +136-point gap.

Location

🇸🇻San Salvador, El Salvador

Dates

21 Sept 2025 → 26 Sept 2025

Time control

Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 9 rounds

Top seed

🇸🇻Oscar Anzora1587

Avg top 10

1,577

Participants

Federations · 1 represented

🇸🇻El Salvador×66

Top 3

🥇
Melara Alejandra
🇸🇻ESA·1570
7.5pts·1738perf+10.8
🥈
Francisco David Olivar Molina
🇸🇻ESA·1563
6.5pts·1668perf+22.0
🥉
Carlos Salvador Nerio
🇸🇻ESA·1583
6.5pts·1758perf+24.8

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

Melara Alejandra led from R9; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 4 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R9.

Co-leaders

Alejandra7.5Gonzalez Bonifacio6.5Gudiel6.5Santos6.5Sanchez6.5Novoa Fuentes6.5

R9–R9 · LEAD HELD

Melara Alejandra never relinquished the lead after R9; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.

R1–R4 · WIN STREAK

Melara Alejandra won 4 in a row (R1–R4).

R5 · LATE SURGE

Diego Anderson Gonzalez Bonifacio was #13 at R5, climbed to #1 over the final stretch.

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Melara Alejandra	*	—	—	0
2Diego Anderson Gonzalez Bonifacio	—	*	—	—
3Constantino Gudiel	—	—	*	—
4Ana Mariela Santos	1	—	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Melara Alejandra	1570	ESA	+39B	+68N	+25B	+8N	−6B	+17N	+13B	=2N	+7N	7.5	46.5	48.5	38.75	1738	+10.8
2	Olivar Molina, Francisco David	1563	ESA	+74N	+36B	+5N	+62B	+11N	=6B	−7N	=1B	=4N	6.5	45.5	47.5	30.75	1668	+22.0
3	Nerio, Carlos Salvador	1583	ESA	+30B	F	+12N	=20B	−7N	+10B	+28N	+5B	+9B	6.5	45.0	45.0	36.00	1758	+24.8
4	Gonzalez Bonifacio, Diego Anderson	0	ESA	+51N	=24B	+26N	−7B	+21B	+18N	=20B	+13N	=2B	6.5	44.5	47.5	32.75	1625	0.0
5	Constantino Gudiel	0	ESA	+59B	+23N	−2B	+16N	+15B	=22N	+19B	−3N	+14B	6.5	44.5	47.0	31.50	1707	-25.2
6	Santos, Ana Mariela	1464	ESA	+73N	+48B	+67N	+13B	+1N	=2N	−9B	=12B	=8N	6.5	43.5	45.5	30.00	1714	+106.4
7	Novoa Fuentes, Mateo Alberto	1547	ESA	F	+46N	+84B	+4N	+3B	+20N	+2B	=9N	−1B	6.5	42.0	42.0	31.50	1783	+63.2
8	Sanchez, Andres	1497	ESA	+91B	+33N	+61N	−1B	−10N	+62B	+17B	+15N	=6B	6.5	39.0	39.0	22.25	1667	+36.8
9	Calles, Johan	1567	ESA	F	+32N	+37B	+31N	=14B	+11B	+6N	=7B	−3N	6.0	43.5	43.5	31.00	1667	+14.4
10	Rivera, Roberto Angel	0	ESA	+43B	+17N	−15B	+52N	+8B	−3N	F	+23B	+12N	6.0	41.5	44.0	29.50	1571	0.0
11	Gonzalez Sanchez, Hugo Antonio	1483	ESA	+77B	+79N	+19B	+21N	−2B	−9N	=14B	=16N	+34N	6.0	39.0	40.5	22.50	1655	+65.6
12	Mendoza, Emma Lily	1476	ESA	+47B	+64N	−3B	+48N	+82B	+23N	=22B	=6N	−10B	6.0	37.0	38.0	19.75	1639	+43.6
13	Montoya Pena, Saul Eduardo	1541	ESA	+86B	+70N	+82B	−6N	+32B	+14N	−1N	−4B	+71N	6.0	35.0	36.0	15.50	784	-20.0
14	Chavez, German Omar	0	ESA	+88B	=15N	+18B	+19N	=9N	−13B	=11N	+28B	−5N	5.5	45.0	45.5	24.25	1574	0.0
15	Chavez Gomez, Miguel Angel	1571	ESA	+54N	=14B	+10N	=28B	−5N	+29B	+53N	−8B	=18N	5.5	42.0	45.0	24.25	1464	-11.0
16	Perez Vargas, Armando	1581	ESA	+97N	+34B	−20N	−5B	=45N	+77B	+26N	=11B	=27N	5.5	36.5	36.5	17.75	1566	+1.0
17	Perez, Alexia	1443	ESA	+81N	−10B	+80N	+47B	+51N	−1B	−8N	=29B	+45N	5.5	35.0	36.0	13.75	1577	+32.8
18	Martinez Serpas, Denis Alejandro	1445	ESA	=56B	+73B	−14N	+87N	+78B	−4B	=24N	+61N	=15B	5.5	30.5	31.0	12.50	1641	+31.6
19	Anzora, Oscar	1587	ESA	+40N	+41B	−11N	−14B	+90N	+34B	−5N	F	+25B	5.0	38.0	38.0	17.00	1549	-1.4
20	Melara, Karla Sofia	1452	ESA	+95N	F	+16B	=3N	+67B	−7B	=4N	−21B	+24N	5.0	37.0	37.0	19.00	1628	+10.0
21	Serrano, Rodrigo Ernesto	1567	ESA	+57B	F	=28N	−11B	−4N	+43N	+46B	+20N	=22B	5.0	36.0	38.0	18.75	1537	-4.8
22	Grande, Melissa Abigail	1516	ESA	−33B	F	+65N	+64B	+61N	=5B	=12N	=27B	=21N	5.0	32.5	32.5	17.25	1539	+3.2
23	Martinez Argueta, Cristian Alexander	1529	ESA	+98N	−5B	+69N	+77B	+62N	−12B	F	−10N	+47B	5.0	32.0	32.0	8.50	1573	+9.2
24	Cruz Galvez, America Julissa	1529	ESA	+89B	=4N	−31N	+46B	F	+78N	=18B	+41N	−20B	5.0	30.5	30.5	15.00	1217	-42.4
25	Ibarra, Katherine	1455	ESA	+83N	+35B	−1N	F	+48B	+32N	F	+81B	−19N	5.0	30.5	30.5	13.00	830	-20.0
26	Cardoza, Salvador	1488	ESA	F	+96N	−4B	+39N	−56B	+35N	−16B	+77N	+46B	5.0	27.0	27.0	12.50	1537	+2.6
27	Villalobos Hernandez, Pedro Roberto	1534	ESA	F	+90N	F	F	+33B	+82N	+63B	=22N	=16B	5.0	19.5	19.5	12.25	1699	+35.6
28	Alfaro, Daniel Eli	1440	ESA	+94B	+44N	=21B	=15N	=60B	+56N	−3B	−14N	−29N	4.5	35.5	35.5	12.50	1496	0.0
29	Carrillo Rodriguez, Aldo Nicolas	0	ESA	F	F	+83N	F	+58B	−15N	+32B	=17N	+28B	4.5	26.5	26.5	14.75	1293	0.0
30	FIDE 6713092	0	—	−3N	=87B	+?N	−72B	+57N	−?B	F	+38B	+56N	4.5	19.5	19.5	9.25	781	0.0
31	Vaquerano, Daniel Mateo	1401	ESA	F	+58N	+24B	−9B	=72N	+61B	F	F	+81N	4.5	18.5	18.5	11.50	1554	+20.8
32	FIDE 6713106	0	—	+?N	−9B	+34N	+70B	−13N	−25B	−29N	+?B	F	4.0	30.5	30.5	6.00	743	0.0
33	Herrera Sanchez, Genesis Haydee	0	ESA	+22N	−8B	F	−51B	−27N	+66N	+49B	−55N	+63B	4.0	29.5	29.5	12.00	1514	+22.0
34	Bonilla Contreras, Francisco Humberto	0	ESA	F	−16N	−32B	+?N	+81B	−19N	+50B	+63N	−11B	4.0	29.5	29.5	6.00	1436	0.0
35	Panameno Martinez, Fernando Josue	0	ESA	+49B	−25N	+66B	−82N	=37N	−26B	=57N	F	+36B	4.0	28.5	29.5	12.25	1327	0.0
36	FIDE 6712029	0	—	+38B	−2N	−44B	−42N	+?B	+48N	F	+80B	−35N	4.0	26.0	26.0	8.00	798	0.0
37	Romero Martinez, Helen Alexandra	1418	ESA	=58B	+78N	−9N	F	=35B	−54N	+65B	+50N	F	4.0	24.0	24.0	9.75	1530	0.0
38	FIDE 6711480	0	—	−36N	+54B	−40N	F	+?B	+68N	F	−30N	+66B	4.0	22.5	22.5	7.00	699	0.0
39	Lazo Guardado, Mario de Jesus	0	ESA	−1N	+?B	=72N	−26B	F	+59N	+79B	=78B	F	4.0	20.0	20.0	5.75	1555	0.0
40	Erazo Mejia, Jorge Andres	0	ESA	−19B	+88N	+38B	−67N	F	−49N	F	+83B	+80N	4.0	17.5	17.5	6.50	724	-56.0
41	FIDE 6711936	0	—	−62B	−19N	F	+91B	+69N	+90B	+?N	−24B	−78N	4.0	15.5	15.5	2.00	730	0.0
42	Rugamas, Allison Daniela	1583	ESA	F	F	+89N	+36B	F	F	F	+48N	+64B	4.0	15.0	15.0	9.50	2213	+10.0
43	Avelar Alas, Ivan Alexis	0	ESA	−10N	+81B	−48N	+65B	=77N	−21B	−45N	−?B	+58N	3.5	24.5	24.5	6.25	1244	0.0
44	FIDE 6710514	0	—	F	−28B	+36N	F	+71B	−63N	F	+70N	=57B	3.5	21.5	21.5	9.25	694	0.0
45	Landaverde Castillo, Matias Gabriel	0	ESA	F	F	+92N	F	=16B	−46N	+43B	+49N	−17B	3.5	20.5	20.5	9.25	1469	0.0
46	FIDE 6711952	0	—	F	−7B	+55N	−24N	F	+45B	−21N	+56B	−26N	3.0	31.0	31.0	9.00	728	0.0
47	Martinez Montoya, Cesar Antonio	0	ESA	−12N	F	+85B	−17N	+49B	−60N	F	+53B	−23N	3.0	29.0	29.0	7.00	1419	-30.8
48	Monico, Daniel	0	ESA	F	−6N	+43B	−12B	−25N	−36B	+90N	−42B	+?N	3.0	29.0	29.0	3.50	702	0.0
49	Olivar Rodas, Mario Francisco	1435	ESA	−35N	+83B	−77N	+69B	−47N	+40B	−33N	−45B	−65N	3.0	24.0	25.0	7.00	1297	-27.6
50	Rugamas. Rodrigo	0	ESA	F	F	F	+68N	+52B	−53B	−34N	−37B	+84N	3.0	24.0	24.0	6.00	657	-19.2
51	Cardoza, Fernando Eduardo	1579	ESA	−4B	+86N	+90B	+33N	−17B	F	F	F	F	3.0	24.0	24.0	5.00	1432	-16.0
52	Barraza Perez, Angel Efrain	0	ESA	+87N	−67B	+76N	−10B	−50N	+83B	F	F	F	3.0	23.5	23.5	3.50	714	0.0
53	Cruz Bonilla, Winston Damian	1462	ESA	F	F	=79B	=58N	+80B	+50N	−15B	−47N	F	3.0	20.5	20.5	6.00	1405	-12.0
54	FIDE 6712509	0	—	−15B	−38N	F	+?B	+85N	+37B	F	F	−?N	3.0	19.5	19.5	5.00	1353	0.0
55	FIDE 6713157	0	—	F	F	−46B	+?N	=?B	=58N	F	+33B	−?N	3.0	13.5	13.5	5.25	1491	0.0
56	Morales Morales, Maite Alejandra	0	ESA	=18N	F	+60B	F	+26N	−28B	F	−46N	−30B	2.5	29.0	29.0	10.25	1533	0.0
57	Guevara Delgado, Kevin Ernesto	0	ESA	−21N	F	=59B	−60N	−30B	+84N	=35B	F	=44N	2.5	27.0	27.0	6.00	1285	0.0
58	Perez Montes, Diego Miguel	0	ESA	=37N	−31B	+?N	=53B	−29N	=55B	F	F	−43B	2.5	22.5	22.5	5.00	1450	0.0
59	Martinez Flores, Marcela Leticia	1568	ESA	−5N	+74B	=57N	−61B	−79N	−39B	F	+88N	F	2.5	20.5	21.0	3.75	824	-34.4
60	Bolanos, Jeremias	1513	ESA	F	F	−56N	+57B	=28N	+47B	F	F	F	2.5	20.5	20.5	7.75	2297	+17.6
61	Zeledon, Rene	0	ESA	F	+85N	−8B	+59N	−22B	−31N	F	−18B	F	2.0	32.0	32.0	3.50	1357	0.0
62	FIDE 6712983	0	—	+41N	+?B	F	−2N	−23B	−8N	F	F	F	2.0	28.0	28.0	4.00	745	0.0
63	Monterrosa Rafael Alfonso	1461	ESA	F	F	F	+75N	F	+44B	−27N	−34B	−33N	2.0	23.0	23.0	5.50	687	-20.4
64	Martinez Chicas, Carlo Gabriel	0	ESA	F	−12B	F	−22N	F	F	+68B	+66N	−42N	2.0	21.0	21.0	4.00	745	-39.2
65	Iglesias, Carlos	0	ESA	F	F	−22B	−43N	−66B	F	−37N	+68N	+49B	2.0	19.5	19.5	5.00	1480	0.0
66	FIDE 6713114	0	—	−?B	F	−35N	−80B	+65N	−33B	+69N	−64B	−38N	2.0	19.0	19.0	4.00	631	0.0
67	Castro Cano, Elisa	1581	ESA	F	+52N	−6B	+40B	−20N	F	F	F	F	2.0	18.5	18.5	7.00	1396	-14.8
68	FIDE 6712533	0	—	+?N	−1B	−?N	−50B	+94N	−38B	−64N	−65B	F	2.0	18.5	18.5	0.00	721	0.0
69	FIDE 6711634	0	—	F	F	−23B	−49N	−41B	+?N	−66B	F	+70N	2.0	18.0	18.0	2.00	679	0.0
70	FIDE 6711774	0	—	+?N	−13B	F	−32N	−?B	F	+83N	−44B	−69B	2.0	17.5	17.5	1.00	783	0.0
71	FIDE 6711170	0	—	F	F	+?B	F	−44N	+80N	F	F	−13B	2.0	15.5	15.5	1.00	783	0.0
72	Palencia, Sophia	1513	ESA	F	F	=39B	+30N	=31B	F	F	F	F	2.0	13.0	13.0	8.75	1424	-6.4
73	Martinez Moreira, Fernando Arquimides	0	ESA	−6B	−18N	F	+93B	F	+92N	F	F	F	2.0	12.0	12.0	0.00	655	-43.6
74	FIDE 6712100	0	—	−2B	−59N	+88B	F	F	F	F	+91N	F	2.0	9.5	9.5	0.50	775	0.0
75	FIDE 6707068	0	—	+?N	F	F	−63B	+88N	F	F	F	F	2.0	9.0	9.0	0.50	694	0.0
76	Perez Pascual, Sofia Sarai	0	ESA	−85B	+93N	−52B	F	+?N	F	F	F	F	2.0	6.0	6.0	0.00	609	0.0
77	Martinez Argueta, Salvador Alejandro	0	ESA	−11N	F	+49B	−23N	=43B	−16N	F	−26B	F	1.5	35.0	35.0	4.75	1258	-64.8
78	Novoa Cisneros, Jorge Alberto	0	ESA	F	−37B	F	F	−18N	−24B	F	=39N	+41B	1.5	25.5	25.5	6.00	675	0.0
79	Joaquin Cabrera, Eduardo Andres	0	ESA	F	−11B	=53N	F	+59B	F	−39N	F	F	1.5	15.5	15.5	4.00	1502	+5.2
80	Lopez Portand, Luis Sebastian	0	ESA	F	F	−17B	+66N	−53N	−71B	F	−36N	−40B	1.0	24.5	24.5	2.00	657	0.0
81	Nerio Alvarenga, Blanca Sarai	0	ESA	−17B	−43N	F	+92B	−34N	F	F	−25N	−31B	1.0	24.5	24.5	0.00	624	0.0
82	FIDE 6712495	0	—	F	F	−13N	+35B	−12N	−27B	F	F	F	1.0	23.0	23.0	4.00	737	0.0
83	FIDE 6712274	0	—	−25B	−49N	−29B	+?N	F	−52N	−70B	−40N	F	1.0	22.0	22.0	0.00	655	0.0
84	FIDE 6711944	0	—	F	F	−7N	F	F	−57B	F	+?N	−50B	1.0	14.0	14.0	0.00	698	0.0
85	Parada Medrano, Mathias Sebastian	1405	ESA	+76N	−61B	−47N	F	−54B	F	F	F	F	1.0	10.0	10.0	2.00	697	-15.2
86	Guevara Ruiz, Maria Jose	0	ESA	−13N	−51B	+?N	F	F	F	F	F	F	1.0	9.0	9.0	0.00	781	0.0
87	FIDE 6711715	0	—	−52B	=30N	F	−18B	F	F	F	F	F	0.5	19.5	19.5	2.25	645	0.0
88	FIDE 6710522	0	—	−14N	−40B	−74N	F	−75B	=?N	F	−59B	F	0.5	17.5	17.5	0.00	731	0.0
89	FIDE 6712711	0	—	−24N	F	−42B	F	F	F	=?B	F	F	0.5	9.5	9.5	0.00	757	0.0
90	FIDE 6713068	0	—	F	−27B	−51N	F	−19B	−41N	−48B	F	F	0.0	28.0	28.0	0.00	754	0.0
91	FIDE 6712193	0	—	−8N	−?B	F	−41N	−?B	F	F	−74B	F	0.0	12.5	12.5	0.00	730	0.0
92	FIDE 6713181	0	—	F	F	−45B	−81N	F	−73B	F	F	F	0.0	8.5	8.5	0.00	689	0.0
93	FIDE 6712819	0	—	F	−76B	F	−73N	F	F	F	F	F	0.0	7.0	7.0	0.00	689	0.0
94	FIDE 6711391	0	—	−28N	F	F	F	−68B	−?N	−?B	F	F	0.0	6.5	6.5	0.00	669	0.0
95	FIDE 6713017	0	—	−20B	F	F	F	F	F	F	F	F	0.0	6.0	6.0	0.00	800	0.0
96	FIDE 6710662	0	—	F	−26B	F	F	F	F	F	F	F	0.0	5.5	5.5	0.00	690	0.0
97	FIDE 6713050	0	—	−16B	F	F	F	F	F	F	F	F	0.0	5.5	5.5	0.00	757	0.0
98	FIDE 6712835	0	—	−23B	F	F	−?N	F	F	−?B	F	F	0.0	5.0	5.0	0.00	728	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Santos, Ana MarielaESA
+106.4
6.5 pts · #3
2Gonzalez Sanchez, Hugo AntonioESA
+65.6
6.0 pts · #5
3Novoa Fuentes, Mateo AlbertoESA
+63.2
6.5 pts · #11

Top rating losers

1Martinez Argueta, Salvador AlejandroESA
-64.8
1.5 pts · #39
2Erazo Mejia, Jorge AndresESA
-56.0
4.0 pts · #68
3Martinez Moreira, Fernando ArquimidesESA
-43.6
2.0 pts · #69

Biggest upsets

R5+136 Elo gap
Perez, Alexia1443 beat Cardoza, Fernando Eduardo1579
R3+129 Elo gap
Melara, Karla Sofia1452 beat Perez Vargas, Armando1581
R5+129 Elo gap
Melara, Karla Sofia1452 beat Castro Cano, Elisa1581