Campeonato Nacional por Categorias 2025, Primera Categoria

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21 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 1849, and top seed was Camilo Medrano (🇸🇻 ESA, 1879).

Camilo Medrano (🇸🇻 ESA, 1879) won with 7.5/9, ahead of Rodolfo Anibal Hernandez (7.5) and Wilbert Romero (6.0). Medrano took the lead from round 7, winning on tie-break.

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

🇸🇻Camilo Medrano1879

Avg top 10

1,849

Participants

Federations · 1 represented

🇸🇻El Salvador×21

Top 3

🥇
Camilo Medrano
🇸🇻ESA·1879
7.5pts·2083perf+39.6
🥈
Rodolfo Anibal Hernandez
🇸🇻ESA·1799
7.5pts·2094perf+63.8
🥉
Wilbert Romero
🇸🇻ESA·1854
6.0pts·1936perf+19.8

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

Tight race until R4; 2 players tied at 7.5/9, decided on Buchholz.

Co-leaders

Hernandez7.5Medrano7.5Romero6Alas5Melendez Cruz5Medrano5

R4 · LEADER CHANGE23 Sept

Rodolfo Anibal Hernandez takes the sole lead (3.5/4).

R9 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 7.5/9. Medrano takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (40.5).

R2 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Rodolfo Anibal Hernandez drew with Camilo Medrano (White).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Rodolfo Anibal Hernandez	*	½	1	1
2Camilo Medrano	½	*	1	1
3Wilbert Romero	0	0	*	1
4Rigoberto Alas	0	0	0	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Medrano, Camilo	1879	ESA	+8B	=2N	=6B	+16N	+5B	+3N	+7B	=4N	+15B	7.5	40.5	43.5	34.75	2083	+39.6
2	Hernandez, Rodolfo Anibal	1799	ESA	+3N	=1B	+15N	+5B	+14N	+16B	−4N	+10B	+12N	7.5	37.5	40.5	31.75	2094	+63.8
3	Romero, Wilbert	1854	ESA	−2B	+8N	+19B	+7N	+9B	−1B	+5N	+6N	−4B	6.0	43.0	43.0	23.00	1936	+19.8
4	Medrano, Daniel	1839	ESA	+19N	−11B	−9N	+10B	F	=7N	+2B	=1B	+3N	5.0	42.5	42.5	23.50	1913	+19.2
5	Alas, Rigoberto	1799	ESA	+10B	+12N	+7B	−2N	−1N	+11B	−3B	+15N	F	5.0	40.0	43.0	19.00	1904	+25.8
6	Melendez Cruz, Jose Roberto	1851	ESA	=15N	=9B	=1N	+17B	F	+13B	=16N	−3B	+11N	5.0	36.0	38.5	18.75	1917	+28.8
7	Monge, Rafael	1756	ESA	+13N	+17B	−5N	−3B	+15N	=4B	−1N	−8B	+18B	4.5	37.0	37.0	11.50	1818	+14.8
8	Escobar Flamenco, Kilmar Ademir	1814	ESA	−1N	−3B	+18N	+19B	−17N	−10B	=12B	+7N	+13B	4.5	31.5	31.5	9.75	1821	+1.8
9	Chavez, Hector Antonio	1771	ESA	F	=6N	+4B	=13B	−3N	+17B	−10N	=16N	=14B	4.0	32.5	32.5	15.00	1841	+10.4
10	Tobar, Jorge	1859	ESA	−5N	F	−14B	−4N	+18B	+8N	+9B	−2N	+17B	4.0	32.0	32.0	11.00	1800	-22.0
11	Franco, Jorge	1755	ESA	+21B	+4N	−16B	−14N	+12B	−5N	−15B	+18N	−6B	4.0	28.0	28.0	8.50	1758	+3.2
12	Moreno Guillermo	1754	ESA	F	−5B	=17N	=15B	−11N	+18B	=8N	+13N	−2B	3.5	30.0	30.0	8.50	1751	-1.2
13	Navarrete, Guillermo	1839	ESA	−7B	+18N	+20B	=9N	−16B	−6N	+17N	−12B	−8N	3.5	27.0	27.0	4.50	1731	-27.6
14	Velasquez, Jose Eduardo	1776	ESA	F	F	+10N	+11B	−2B	F	+18N	F	=9N	3.5	19.5	19.5	10.00	1955	+48.4
15	Alvarenga, Juan	1797	ESA	=6B	+20N	−2B	=12N	−7B	F	+11N	−5B	−1N	3.0	37.0	37.0	8.25	1721	-7.2
16	Ibarra, Alex R.	1836	ESA	F	F	+11N	−1B	+13N	−2N	=6B	=9B	F	3.0	36.5	36.5	12.00	1823	-11.2
17	Melendez, Jose Edo.	1844	ESA	+18B	−7N	=12B	−6N	+8B	−9N	−13B	F	−10N	2.5	29.0	29.0	6.25	1669	-35.0
18	Sandoval, Mario	1772	ESA	−17N	−13B	−8B	F	−10N	−12N	−14B	−11B	−7N	0.0	30.0	30.0	0.00	1004	-73.6
19	Fernandez Denis	1764	ESA	−4B	F	−3N	−8N	F	F	F	F	F	0.0	15.5	15.5	0.00	1030	-26.4
20	Rodriguez, Cristian A.	1851	ESA	F	−15B	−13N	F	F	F	F	F	F	0.0	6.5	6.5	0.00	996	-24.2
21	Araujo Jose Eduardo	1836	ESA	−11N	F	F	F	F	F	F	F	F	0.0	4.0	4.0	0.00	955	-12.6

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Hernandez, Rodolfo AnibalESA
+63.8
7.5 pts · #1
2Velasquez, Jose EduardoESA
+48.4
3.5 pts · #13
3Medrano, CamiloESA
+39.6
7.5 pts · #2

Top rating losers

1Sandoval, MarioESA
-73.6
0.0 pts · #19
2Melendez, Jose Edo.ESA
-35.0
2.5 pts · #17
3Navarrete, GuillermoESA
-27.6
3.5 pts · #12