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XLVI Metropolitano Torneo Internacional 2025 A

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39 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 26 Dec 2025 to 30 Dec 2025 in San Jose, Costa Rica. 24 titled players from 7 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2278, and top seed was Omar Almeida Quintana (🇨🇺 CUB, GM, 2464).

Leonardo Valdes Romero (🇨🇷 CRC, IM, 2317) won with 7.0/9, ahead of Samy Shoker (7.0) and Omar Almeida Quintana (6.5). Valdes Romero won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Bruno Cossio Carvajal (2012) beat Elier Miranda Mesa (GM, 2462), a +450-point gap.

Location
🇨🇷San Jose, Costa Rica
Dates
26 Dec 2025 → 30 Dec 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 9 rounds
Top seed
🇨🇺GMOmar Almeida Quintana2464
Avg top 10
2,278
Participants
39
Titled players · 24
GM×3
IM×2
FM×8
CM×7
WIM×2
WFM×1
WCM×1
Federations · 7 represented
🇨🇷Costa Rica×29
🇬🇹Guatemala×3
🇵🇦Panama×2
🇨🇺Cuba×2
🇪🇬Egypt×1
🇲🇽Mexico×1
🇳🇮Nicaragua×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

Tight race until R9; 2 players tied at 7.0/9, decided on Buchholz.

Co-leaders
14
7
3
1
1
1
1
1
2
2.54.579R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9
Valdes Romero7Shoker7Miranda Mesa6.5Almeida Quintana6.5Mihajlov6.5Mendez Machado5.5
R9 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 7.0/9. Valdes Romero takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (46.0).

R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

IM Leonardo Valdes Romero drew with GM Samy Shoker (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

IM Leonardo Valdes Romero 3 wins (R1–R3)GM Samy Shoker 4 wins (R1–R4)GM Elier Miranda Mesa 3 wins (R2–R4)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1IMLeonardo Valdes Romero*
½
½
½
2GMSamy Shoker
½
*
½
1
3GMElier Miranda Mesa
½
½
*
½
4GMOmar Almeida Quintana
½
0
½
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Valdes Romero, LeonardoIM2317CRC+20N+18B+17N=3B=2N=5B+6N=4B+12N7.046.050.537.252443+15.6
2Shoker, SamyGM2438EGY+8B+23N+27B+19N=1B+3N=4B=5N=6B7.046.050.037.252438+3.1
3Almeida Quintana, OmarGM2464CUB+13B+38N+6B=1N=4B−2B+12N+24N=5B6.546.548.031.002394-3.6
4Miranda Mesa, ElierGM2462CUB−25N+7B+18N+16B=3N+10B=2N=1N+24B6.544.548.534.252355-6.7
5Mihajlov, SebastianIM2361CRCF+13N+11B+17B+25N=1N+23B=2B=3N6.543.043.032.752402+7.1
6Cabezas Solano, David AlejandroFM2191CRC+26B+11N−3N+32B=10B+9N−1B=7N=2N5.545.548.025.752214+7.4
7Mendez Machado, AndreFM2169PAN=14B−4N+22B=26N=23B+38N+20B=6B=9N5.539.541.022.502152-4.5
8Quesada Fallas, Esteban2011CRC−2N=12N=14B=11B+37N−30B+35N+33B+17N5.535.037.019.002088+16.4
9Mayorga Araya, SofiaWIM2031CRC−32N+36B+34B=23N+27B−6B+30N=15N=7B5.532.534.519.252108+36.8
10Avendano Porras, RodrigoCM1973CRC=15B+14N+29B=25B=6N−4N−16B=21N+27B5.039.543.522.502147+38.8
11Lizano Quiros, Matias HazielFM1925CRC+39B−6B−5N=8N+29B+26N=27B=16N=15B5.039.540.018.252141+96.8
12Schnell, Sebastian NarayanaCM2097PAN−18N=8B=20N+37B+32N+17B−3B+27N−1B5.039.041.018.002118+2.8
13Espitia Torres, MateoCM2018CRC−3N−5B=31N+21B+36N=18B=17N+30B=16N5.038.040.018.502115+18.8
14Angulo Perez, SebastianCM1971CRC=7N−10B=8N+28B−17N+29B=19N=25B+33N5.037.039.520.252052+38.4
15Chinchilla Miranda, EugenioFM2186CRC=10N+28B−19N−24B=30N+32B+18N=9B=11N5.036.038.520.501996-42.0
16Fernandez Sanchez, Mario AndresFM2025CRC−30B+33N+35B−4N+26B−24N+10N=11B=13B5.035.538.019.002038-0.2
17Fernandez Sibaja, Felipe JosueCM2020CRC+24B+30N−1B−5N+14B−12N=13B+23N−8B4.542.045.519.002064+8.0
18Cespedes Rodriguez, Luis Michel1970CRC+12B−1N−4B=29N+22B=13N−15B+38N=20B4.541.543.017.752117+31.8
19Solano Cordero, Jorge Alexis2034CRC+33B=32N+15B−2B=24N−23N=14B=20N=21B4.536.539.017.752046+0.2
20Jimenez Molina, Juan LeonFM2007CRC−1B=39N=12B=36N+33N+35B−7N=19B=18N4.533.534.013.252045+8.2
21Giron Chavez, David EmanuelFM2090GUA−31B−26N=33B−13N+34N+37B+28N=10B=19N4.530.532.514.501955-32.8
22Ramirez Madrid, Gerardo AlfonsoFM2021CRC−28N=37B−7N=31B−18N+34B+32N=36B+30N4.527.529.512.001951-17.0
23Magana Morales, Roberto1982MEXF−2B+28N=9B=7N+19B−5N−17B+25N4.041.541.518.002115+24.0
24Quesada Leon, Joshua1908CRC−17NF=26B+15N=19B+16B+25N−3B−4N4.040.040.018.252109+37.6
25Cossio Carvajal, Bruno2012CRC+4B+35N=32B=10N−5B=27N−24B=14N−23B4.037.540.017.252011-8.0
26Diaz Charpentier, Kristel MelissWIM1975CRC−6N+21B=24N=7B−16N−11B=29N=28B+36N4.037.539.515.251976+0.2
27Barboza Viquez, Martin EduardoCM2057CRC+36B+34N−2N+30B−9N=25B=11N−12B−10N4.037.539.512.501982-19.6
28Aguero Espinoza, Sebasthian1908CRC+22B−15N−23B−14N=31N+36B−21B=26N+35B4.032.534.512.501955+10.8
29Pastor Carvajal, JeigothCM2034CRC−34N+31B−10N=18B−11N−14N=26B+32B+38N4.031.533.011.251910-29.8
30Ramos Rodriguez, Daniel1910CRC+16N−17B+38B−27N=15B+8N−9B−13N−22B3.539.040.514.501961+23.2
31De Leon Calderon, Juan Carlos1928GUA−21N−29N=13B=22N=28B−33B−36N=34N+37B3.029.031.010.001847-19.6
32Aroche Cobos, Manuel Alejandro1915GUA+9B=19B=25N−6N−12B−15N−22B−29N=34B2.538.040.511.001892-13.3
33Campos Munoz, ValentinaWCM1917CRC−19N−16B=21NF−20B+31N+38B−8N−14B2.533.533.56.751868-19.6
34Colomer Fonseca, Eric Gabriel1918NCA+29B−27B−9N−38N−21B−22N=37N=31B=32N2.530.031.57.751834-19.8
35Munoz Garcia, Flavio Estuardo1903CRCF−25B−16N+39N=38B−20N−8B+37B−28N2.527.027.03.251854-9.8
36Carvajal Pena, Daniel1924CRC−27N−9NF=20B−13B−28N+31B=22N−26B2.034.534.57.501800-24.8
37Gamboa Alvarado, Olga LeticiaWFM1919CRCF=22N+39B−12N−8B−21N=34B−35N−31N2.028.028.04.001812-21.4
38Peraza Alvarez, Rafael Eduardo2004CRCF−3B−30N+34B=35N−7B−33N−18B−29B1.531.531.53.751777-47.6
39Vargas Arguedas, Caleb2076CRC−11N=20B−37N−35BFFFFF0.514.014.02.251617-44.8

Key insights

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