Festival CXA Outubro Cidade de Sao Paulo STD
33 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 24 Oct 2025 to 26 Oct 2025 in Sao Paulo SP, Brazil. Top 10 Elo average was 1929, and top seed was Julio Cesar Fernandes De Sousa (🇧🇷 BRA, 2170).
Julio Cesar Fernandes De Sousa (🇧🇷 BRA, 2170) won with 5.0/5, ahead of Leonardo De Miranda Rodrigues (4.0) and Paulo Vinicius Macedo Moreira (3.5). Fernandes De Sousa won solo starting round 4.
The biggest upset came in round 1: Victor Hallack Almeida Da Costa (1427) beat Emilio Keiji Ishikawa (1779), a +352-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 5 roundsJulio Cesar Fernandes De Sousa led from R4; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up.
Julio Cesar Fernandes De Sousa never relinquished the lead after R4; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.
Julio Cesar Fernandes De Sousa beat Leonardo De Miranda Rodrigues (Black).
Julio Cesar Fernandes De Sousa 5 wins (R1–R5)Leonardo De Miranda Rodrigues 3 wins (R1–R3)
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Julio Cesar Fernandes De Sousa | * | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2Leonardo De Miranda Rodrigues | 0 | * | — | — |
| 3Paulo Vinicius Macedo Moreira | 0 | — | * | — |
| 4Guilherme Martins G Oliveira | 0 | — | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fernandes De Sousa, Julio Cesar | 2170 | BRA | +19N | +27B | +3N | +2N | +5B | 5.0 | 12.0 | 13.0 | 13.00 | 2714 | +21.0 |
| 2 | Rodrigues, Leonardo De Miranda | 2154 | BRA | +4B | +8N | +15N | −1B | +10N | 4.0 | 13.0 | 15.0 | 10.00 | 2123 | 0.0 |
| 3 | Moreira, Paulo Vinicius Macedo | 1844 | BRA | +11B | +31N | −1B | +20N | =9B | 3.5 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 5.25 | 1970 | +12.4 |
| 4 | Leal, Guilherme Alves de Souza | 1703 | BRA | −2N | +14B | −20B | +23N | +11B | 3.0 | 10.5 | 12.0 | 6.50 | 1810 | +24.4 |
| 5 | Oliveira, Guilherme Martins G | 1990 | BRA | F | +17N | +30B | +9N | −1N | 3.0 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 5.50 | 2023 | +6.2 |
| 6 | Capelo, Martinho Figueira | 1854 | BRA | =7N | +23B | +27N | −10B | =21N | 3.0 | 8.5 | 9.5 | 4.75 | 1825 | -2.0 |
| 7 | Silveira, Rodrigo H Branquinho | 1672 | BRA | =6B | F | =25N | +31B | +8N | 3.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 4.75 | 1914 | +38.8 |
| 8 | Ishida, Leopoldo Tetsuo | 1732 | BRA | +32B | −2B | =12N | +17N | −7B | 2.5 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 3.25 | 1685 | -8.2 |
| 9 | Ricci, Lucas Estremes | 1880 | BRA | +18B | F | +13N | −5B | =3N | 2.5 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 6.25 | 1905 | +2.8 |
| 10 | De Menezes, Ricardo Fagner Dias | 1896 | BRA | =24N | F | +21B | +6N | −2B | 2.5 | 10.5 | 12.0 | 5.25 | 1901 | 0.0 |
| 11 | Paiva,Marcelo Pavan | 1609 | BRA | −3N | +28B | +19N | =15B | −4N | 2.5 | 10.0 | 11.0 | 3.50 | 1690 | +14.4 |
| 12 | Nobre, Jose Adalberto Barbosa | 1652 | BRA | F | =20N | =8B | =22N | +27B | 2.5 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 3.75 | 1896 | +25.6 |
| 13 | Peixoto, Luis Fernando de Oliveira | 1723 | BRA | +28N | F | −9B | +29B | =15N | 2.5 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 3.00 | 1716 | +0.4 |
| 14 | Vieira, Ana Julia Candido | 1597 | BRA | −15B | −4N | +32N | =19B | +31N | 2.5 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 0.75 | 1481 | -14.8 |
| 15 | Dos Anjos, Higor Gabriel Leite | 1842 | BRA | +14N | F | −2B | =11N | =13B | 2.0 | 11.5 | 12.5 | 5.00 | 1770 | -16.0 |
| 16 | Gomes, Catarina Crote | 1627 | BRA | F | F | F | +28B | +19N | 2.0 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 2.50 | 2517 | +25.2 |
| 17 | Santos, Caua Lopes | 1632 | BRA | F | −5B | +33N | −8B | +29N | 2.0 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 1.00 | 1591 | -9.2 |
| 18 | Usui, Gabriella Yumi | 1683 | BRA | −9N | +32B | F | F | +26N | 2.0 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 1.50 | 1724 | +3.6 |
| 19 | De Gouvea, Marina Pereira | 1717 | BRA | −1B | +26N | −11B | =14N | −16B | 1.5 | 12.0 | 13.5 | 2.75 | 1553 | -49.2 |
| 20 | Kikuchi, Alexandre Hideki Lopes | 1839 | BRA | F | =12B | +4N | −3B | −22N | 1.5 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 4.25 | 1668 | -18.6 |
| 21 | Barranco, Andre De Carvalho | 0 | BRA | F | +22B | −10N | F | =6B | 1.5 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 3.00 | 1857 | 0.0 |
| 22 | Iamamoto, Christian Eiji | 1822 | BRA | F | −21N | F | =12B | +20B | 1.5 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 2.75 | 1939 | +12.0 |
| 23 | Arranz, Murilo Machado | 1542 | BRA | F | −6N | =24B | −4B | +33N | 1.5 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 0.75 | 1478 | -8.8 |
| 24 | Darin, Matheus dos Santos | 1696 | BRA | =10B | −25N | =23N | F | =28B | 1.5 | 6.5 | 7.5 | 2.50 | 1614 | -13.2 |
| 25 | Ishikawa, Emilio Keiji | 1779 | BRA | −29N | +24B | =7B | F | F | 1.5 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 3.00 | 1598 | -13.2 |
| 26 | Ung Jo, Alexandro | 1568 | BRA | −27N | −19B | =28N | +33B | −18B | 1.5 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 0.50 | 937 | -33.6 |
| 27 | Goncalves Junior,Klebert R Machado | 1811 | BRA | +26B | −1N | −6B | F | −12N | 1.0 | 12.0 | 13.5 | 1.50 | 1618 | -21.0 |
| 28 | Senday, Guilherme | 0 | BRA | −13B | −11N | =26B | −16N | =24N | 1.0 | 8.5 | 10.0 | 1.50 | 1403 | 0.0 |
| 29 | Da Costa, Victor Hallack Almeida | 1427 | BRA | +25B | F | F | −13N | −17B | 1.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 1.50 | 1587 | +20.0 |
| 30 | Goncalves, Marcel Figueiredo | 1636 | BRA | F | +33B | −5N | F | F | 1.0 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 0.00 | 1190 | -4.4 |
| 31 | Lacerda,Francisco J C A | 0 | BRA | F | −3B | F | −7N | −14B | 0.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 0.00 | 904 | 0.0 |
| 32 | Ferreira, Gabriel Felipe Da Silva | 0 | BRA | −8N | −18N | −14B | F | F | 0.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 0.00 | 870 | 0.0 |
| 33 | Da Cruz Lima, Filipe Santos | 0 | BRA | F | −30N | −17B | −26N | −23B | 0.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 0.00 | 795 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Silveira, Rodrigo H BranquinhoBRA+38.83.0 pts · #10
- 2Nobre, Jose Adalberto BarbosaBRA+25.62.5 pts · #7
- 3Gomes, Catarina CroteBRA+25.22.0 pts · #26
- 1De Gouvea, Marina PereiraBRA-49.21.5 pts · #11
- 2Ung Jo, AlexandroBRA-33.61.5 pts · #33
- 3Goncalves Junior,Klebert R MachadoBRA-21.01.0 pts · #21
- R1+352 Elo gap
- R5+159 Elo gap
- R3+108 Elo gap