La Costa standard III
21 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 01 Oct 2025 to 29 Oct 2025 in Ciudad de la Costa, Uruguay. Top 10 Elo average was 1789, and top seed was Mateo Varela (🇺🇾 URU, 1969).
Francisco Borgiani (🇺🇾 URU, 1774) won with 3.5/5, ahead of Mario Correa (3.5) and Julio Correa (3.5). Borgiani won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.
The biggest upset came in round 1: Fernando Campos (1627) beat Luis Perez Selios (1828), a +201-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 5 roundsTight race until R5; 4 players tied at 3.5/5, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 4 at the finish.
4 players finish on 3.5/5. Borgiani takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (11.5).
Julio Correa won 3 in a row (R1–R3).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Francisco Borgiani | * | — | — | ½ |
| 2Mario Correa | — | * | ½ | — |
| 3Julio Correa | — | ½ | * | — |
| 4Rudemar Ernesto Blanco | ½ | — | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Borgiani, Francisco | 1774 | URU | +7B | =8N | =9B | =4N | +11B | 3.5 | 11.5 | 13.5 | 9.25 | 1848 | +7.4 |
| 2 | Correa, Mario | 1743 | URU | +20N | −10B | +18N | +5B | =3N | 3.5 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 5.75 | 1830 | +18.0 |
| 3 | Correa, Julio | 1758 | URU | +19N | +17B | +5N | F | =2B | 3.5 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 5.75 | 2050 | +42.8 |
| 4 | Blanco, Rudemar Ernesto | 1719 | URU | +16N | −5B | +21N | =1B | +13N | 3.5 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 4.75 | 1807 | +6.6 |
| 5 | Rodriguez Farias, Victor | 1905 | URU | +18B | +4N | −3B | −2N | +14B | 3.0 | 12.0 | 13.0 | 6.00 | 1792 | -13.2 |
| 6 | Perez Selios, Luis | 1828 | URU | −10N | +19B | +8B | +7N | −9B | 3.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 5.50 | 1531 | -23.4 |
| 7 | Werle, Carolin | 1619 | URU | −1N | +16B | +17N | −6B | +10N | 3.0 | 9.5 | 10.5 | 4.00 | 1729 | +23.6 |
| 8 | Luzardo, Martin | 0 | URU | +14N | =1B | −6N | −13B | +15B | 2.5 | 10.0 | 11.5 | 4.75 | 1680 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Cicero, Carlos | 1723 | URU | F | F | =1N | +10B | +6N | 2.5 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 6.75 | 2016 | +43.2 |
| 10 | Campos, Fernando | 1627 | URU | +6B | +2N | −12B | −9N | −7B | 2.0 | 12.0 | 14.0 | 6.50 | 1702 | +16.8 |
| 11 | Werle, Julius | 1555 | URU | F | −12N | +15B | +14B | −1N | 2.0 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 3.00 | 1692 | +16.8 |
| 12 | Varela, Mateo | 1969 | URU | F | +11B | +10N | F | F | 2.0 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 4.00 | 2393 | +8.0 |
| 13 | Cano, Carlos | 1746 | URU | +15B | F | F | +8N | −4B | 2.0 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 4.00 | 923 | -10.6 |
| 14 | Buller, Eduard | 1722 | URU | −8B | =15N | +19B | −11N | −5N | 1.5 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 0.75 | 928 | -39.6 |
| 15 | Bobba, Pablo | 0 | URU | −13N | =14B | −11N | +20B | −8N | 1.5 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 0.75 | 1401 | 0.0 |
| 16 | Provera, Ricardo | 0 | URU | −4B | −7N | +20N | F | F | 1.0 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 0.00 | 871 | 0.0 |
| 17 | Uslenghi, Leonel | 1699 | URU | +21B | −3N | −7B | F | F | 1.0 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 0.00 | 889 | -20.0 |
| 18 | Grela, Matias | 1655 | URU | −5N | +20B | −2B | F | F | 1.0 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 0.00 | 1022 | -23.2 |
| 19 | Alonso, Daniel | 0 | URU | −3B | −6N | −14N | F | F | 0.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 0.00 | 969 | 0.0 |
| 20 | FIDE 3034887 | 0 | — | −2B | −18N | −16B | −15N | F | 0.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 0.00 | 899 | 0.0 |
| 21 | Provera, Santiago | 0 | URU | −17N | F | −4B | F | F | 0.0 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 0.00 | 906 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Cicero, CarlosURU+43.22.5 pts · #3
- 2Correa, JulioURU+42.83.5 pts · #5
- 3Werle, CarolinURU+23.63.0 pts · #6
- 1Buller, EduardURU-39.61.5 pts · #19
- 2Perez Selios, LuisURU-23.43.0 pts · #12
- 3Grela, MatiasURU-23.21.0 pts · #21
- R1+201 Elo gap
- R4+167 Elo gap
- R4+162 Elo gap