Finales Departamentales Montevideo Absoluto LUA
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22 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 27 Sept 2025 to 28 Sept 2025 in Montevideo, Uruguay. Top 10 Elo average was 1848, and top seed was Nicolas Kulik (🇺🇾 URU, 2111).
Juan Rivas Puch (🇺🇾 URU, 1806) won with 5.0/5, ahead of Nicolas Kulik (4.0) and Nahiara Fabra (4.0). Rivas Puch won solo starting round 4.
The biggest upset came in round 3: Juan Rivas Puch (1806) beat Nicolas Kulik (2111), a +305-point gap.
Location
🇺🇾Montevideo, Uruguay
Dates
27 Sept 2025 → 28 Sept 2025
Time control
Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Federations · 1 represented
🇺🇾Uruguay×21
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 5 roundsJuan Rivas Puch led from R4; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up.
Co-leaders
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R4–R5 · LEAD HELD
Juan Rivas Puch never relinquished the lead after R4; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.
R1–R5 · WIN STREAK
Juan Rivas Puch won 5 in a row (R1–R5).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Juan Rivas Puch | * | — | 1 | 1 |
| 2Nahiara Fabra | — | * | — | — |
| 3Nicolas Kulik | 0 | — | * | — |
| 4Evangelina Polito | 0 | — | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rivas Puch, Juan | 1806 | URU | +12N | +18B | +2N | +6B | +4B | 5.0 | 12.5 | 13.5 | 13.50 | 2535 | +33.2 |
| 2 | Kulik, Nicolas | 2111 | URU | +14B | +15N | −1B | +18N | +6N | 4.0 | 12.0 | 13.0 | 8.00 | 1942 | -23.2 |
| 3 | Fabra, Nahiara | 1818 | URU | +13B | +16N | −6B | +11N | +7B | 4.0 | 10.5 | 12.0 | 9.00 | 1869 | +13.2 |
| 4 | Polito, Evangelina | 1591 | URU | =10B | +11N | +8B | +5B | −1N | 3.5 | 14.0 | 16.5 | 10.25 | 1938 | +88.0 |
| 5 | Diaz Delograsi, Francisco | 1862 | URU | =11B | +19N | +10B | −4N | +15B | 3.5 | 10.5 | 11.5 | 6.75 | 1796 | -4.8 |
| 6 | Lopez, Bryan | 1768 | URU | +21N | +17B | +3N | −1N | −2B | 3.0 | 14.5 | 14.5 | 5.50 | 1787 | 0.0 |
| 7 | Machado, Frank | 1722 | URU | +22B | −10N | +13B | +14N | −3N | 3.0 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 4.00 | 1707 | -1.4 |
| 8 | Fernandez Rodriguez, Antonio | 1797 | URU | F | +12B | −4N | +13N | +14B | 3.0 | 9.5 | 10.5 | 6.00 | 1734 | -4.6 |
| 9 | Miller, Ariel | 1991 | URU | F | F | +19B | +16N | +10B | 3.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.00 | 2496 | +21.6 |
| 10 | Flores Pedreira, Guillermo | 1905 | URU | =4N | +7B | −5N | +17B | −9N | 2.5 | 13.0 | 14.5 | 6.25 | 1705 | -20.8 |
| 11 | Miladinoff, David | 1577 | URU | =5N | −4B | +12N | −3B | +19N | 2.5 | 13.0 | 14.0 | 4.75 | 1639 | +14.0 |
| 12 | Cotelo, Sebastian | 1469 | URU | −1B | −8N | −11B | +21N | +20B | 2.0 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 1.00 | 927 | -24.0 |
| 13 | Gereda, Guillermo | 1501 | URU | −3N | +20B | −7N | −8B | +21B | 2.0 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 1.00 | 979 | -20.0 |
| 14 | Amaral, Jonathan | 1602 | URU | −2N | +21B | +22N | −7B | −8N | 2.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 0.00 | 1040 | -26.8 |
| 15 | Esteves, Andres | 1700 | URU | +20N | −2B | −18N | +22B | −5N | 2.0 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 1.00 | 1181 | -14.8 |
| 16 | Escobal, Jose | 1577 | URU | F | −3B | =17N | −9B | +22N | 1.5 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 0.75 | 1098 | -11.2 |
| 17 | Wajner, Javier | 0 | URU | F | −6N | =16B | −10N | +18B | 1.5 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 1.75 | 1477 | 0.0 |
| 18 | de Leon, Francisco | 0 | URU | F | −1N | +15B | −2B | −17N | 1.0 | 14.0 | 15.5 | 2.00 | 1747 | 0.0 |
| 19 | Stefano, Avril | 1456 | URU | F | −5B | −9N | +20N | −11B | 1.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 1.00 | 963 | -20.0 |
| 20 | FIDE 3037592 | 0 | — | −15B | −13N | +21N | −19B | −12N | 1.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 0.00 | 732 | 0.0 |
| 21 | Ledesma, Yesica | 0 | URU | −6B | −14N | −20B | −12B | −13N | 0.0 | 9.0 | 10.0 | 0.00 | 785 | 0.0 |
| 22 | Porto, William | 0 | URU | −7N | F | −14B | −15N | −16B | 0.0 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 0.00 | 850 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Polito, EvangelinaURU+88.03.5 pts · #3
- 2Rivas Puch, JuanURU+33.25.0 pts · #2
- 3Miller, ArielURU+21.63.0 pts · #5
Top rating losers
- 1Amaral, JonathanURU-26.82.0 pts · #18
- 2Cotelo, SebastianURU-24.02.0 pts · #15
- 3Kulik, NicolasURU-23.24.0 pts · #6
Biggest upsets
- R3+305 Elo gap
- R4+271 Elo gap
- R3+206 Elo gap