Festival Sudamericano de la Juventud 2025 - Sub 8 Abs Ajedrez Clasico

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50 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 06 Dec 2025 to 11 Dec 2025 in Cali - VAL, Colombia. 8 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1627, and top seed was Matias Alejandro Lacruz Ramirez (🇻🇪 VEN, 1674).

Edgar Elian Espinoza Molinas (🇵🇾 PAR, 1626) won with 7.5/9, ahead of Santiago Agudelo Ramirez (7.5) and Matias Alejandro Lacruz Ramirez (7.0). Espinoza Molinas shared the lead from round 4, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 6: Hernan Andre Otrilla Guevara (1414) beat Juan Ignacio Sonaridio (1641), a +227-point gap.

Location

🇨🇴Cali - VAL, Colombia

Dates

06 Dec 2025 → 11 Dec 2025

Time control

Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 9 rounds

Top seed

🇻🇪Matias Alejandro Lacruz Ramirez1674

Avg top 10

1,627

Participants

Federations · 8 represented

🇨🇴Colombia×20

🇪🇨Ecuador×10

🇵🇪Peru×7

🇻🇪Venezuela×3

🇧🇷Brazil×2

🇦🇷Argentina×2

🇺🇾Uruguay×1

🇨🇱Chile×1

Top 3

🥇
Edgar Elian Espinoza Molinas
🇵🇾PAR·1626
7.5pts·1832perf+72.0
🥈
Santiago Agudelo Ramirez
🇨🇴COL·1645
7.5pts·1845perf+85.6
🥉
Matias Alejandro Lacruz Ramirez
🇻🇪VEN·1674
7.0pts·1760perf+34.4

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

Tight race until R9; 2 players tied at 7.5/9, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.

Co-leaders

Agudelo Ramirez7.5Espinoza Molinas7.5Lacruz Ramirez7Palacio Salazar7Bolanos Torres6.5Cantor Pardo6.5

R9 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 7.5/9. Espinoza Molinas takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (48.5).

R7 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Santiago Agudelo Ramirez drew with Edgar Elian Espinoza Molinas (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

Santiago Agudelo Ramirez 3 wins (R1–R3)Edgar Elian Espinoza Molinas 5 wins (R1–R5)Matias Alejandro Lacruz Ramirez 3 wins (R1–R3)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Santiago Agudelo Ramirez	*	½	½	—
2Edgar Elian Espinoza Molinas	½	*	½	1
3Matias Alejandro Lacruz Ramirez	½	½	*	0
4Nicolas Palacio Salazar	—	0	1	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Espinoza Molinas, Edgar Elian	1626	PAR	+26B	+30N	+17B	+10N	+15B	=3N	=2B	+4N	=5B	7.5	48.5	52.5	42.00	1832	+72.0
2	Agudelo Ramirez, Santiago	1645	COL	+39N	+20B	+13N	=3B	=5N	+9B	=1N	+15B	+11N	7.5	48.0	51.5	41.00	1845	+85.6
3	Lacruz Ramirez, Matias Alejandro	1674	VEN	+24B	+12N	+6B	=2N	+16B	=1B	+5N	+8N	−4B	7.0	51.5	56.5	42.00	1760	+34.4
4	Palacio Salazar, Nicolas	1636	COL	+38N	−7B	+31N	+18B	+13N	+15N	+8B	−1B	+3N	7.0	46.0	49.5	36.00	1718	+74.4
5	Bolanos Torres, Milton Kael	1659	ECU	+37B	+18N	+8B	=16N	=2B	+6N	−3B	+7N	=1N	6.5	50.5	54.0	37.00	1694	+15.2
6	Cantor Pardo, Joaquin	1571	COL	+35N	+40B	−3N	+17B	+29N	−5B	=11N	+9B	+18N	6.5	43.0	46.0	29.75	1628	+24.8
7	Otrilla Guevara, Hernan Andre	1414	PER	+11B	+4N	+14B	−15N	−9N	+10B	+20N	−5B	+17N	6.0	46.5	51.5	34.00	1633	+81.2
8	Navarro Espana, Jacobo	1557	COL	+43N	+27B	−5N	+40B	+19N	+16B	−4N	−3B	+15N	6.0	43.0	45.5	25.00	1597	+13.2
9	Serrano Arevalo, Adrian Josue	1569	ECU	+36B	+41N	−15B	+48N	+7B	−2N	+32B	−6N	+19B	6.0	41.0	42.5	23.50	1493	-24.4
10	Sonaridio, Juan Ignacio	1641	ARG	+31B	+49N	−16B	−1B	+35N	−7N	+33B	+25N	+21B	6.0	40.0	41.0	22.50	1423	-57.6
11	Vides Beleno, Mario Sebastian	0	COL	−7N	+35B	+28N	−13B	+30B	+19N	=6B	+12N	−2B	5.5	44.5	48.5	26.25	1518	-19.6
12	Mecerreyes Marquez, Mariano David	1487	VEN	+47N	−3B	+38N	=22B	+18N	+25B	−15N	−11B	+26N	5.5	40.0	42.0	22.00	1398	-17.2
13	De la Cruz Aguas, Valentino Nohan	1516	PER	+46B	+48N	−2B	+11N	−4B	−32N	+34B	=26N	+25B	5.5	39.0	40.5	19.75	1448	-13.6
14	Arteaga Cordova, Daniel Emanuel	1584	PER	−40N	+36B	−7N	+38B	+23N	=17B	−25N	+28B	+22N	5.5	37.5	40.5	24.50	612	0.0
15	Ramos Barriga, Juan Eduardo	1666	PER	+28N	+29B	+9N	+7B	−1N	−4B	+12B	−2N	−8B	5.0	50.0	54.0	26.00	1535	-50.4
16	Estrada Herrera, Jeronimo	1504	COL	+23N	+42B	+10N	=5B	−3N	−8N	=26B	−17B	+31N	5.0	44.0	47.0	23.50	1545	+7.2
17	Arriaga Zambrano, Jeshua Matthew	0	ECU	+34B	+19B	−1N	−6N	+33B	=14N	=29B	+16N	−7B	5.0	43.5	47.5	22.75	1467	0.0
18	Ortiz Contreras, Samuel	1465	COL	+22B	−5B	+23N	−4N	−12B	+48N	+45B	+32N	−6B	5.0	41.5	43.0	17.50	755	-60.8
19	Jara Acevedo, Mateo Alonso	1572	CHI	+32B	−17N	+26B	+30N	−8B	−11B	+35N	+20B	−9N	5.0	40.0	44.0	21.50	1449	-33.2
20	Pucachaqui Arotingo, Jempue	1452	ECU	+44B	−2N	=25B	=21N	+48B	+34N	−7B	−19N	+32B	5.0	38.5	40.0	16.75	1199	-45.2
21	Mendez Zuluaga, Jeronimo	1473	COL	−27N	+43B	−40N	=20B	+31N	+24B	=22N	+23B	−10N	5.0	37.5	40.0	21.50	1353	-12.4
22	Ruiz, Lautaro	0	ARG	−18N	+39B	+?B	=12N	−25B	+27N	=21B	+29N	−14B	5.0	37.5	37.5	17.25	1474	0.0
23	Martinez Russi, Tygua Lautaro	0	COL	−16B	+24N	−18B	+41N	−14B	+30N	+37B	−21N	+29B	5.0	37.0	40.0	19.50	1400	0.0
24	Belza, Miguel	0	URU	−3N	−23B	+46N	=27B	+49N	−21N	=31B	+45B	+33N	5.0	33.5	34.5	13.25	1411	0.0
25	Rodriguez Yepes, Josue	0	COL	−29N	+28B	=20N	+42B	+22N	−12N	+14B	−10B	−13N	4.5	41.0	44.0	20.50	1151	0.0
26	Guevara Rodriguez, Jeronimo	0	COL	−1N	+33B	−19N	+49B	+45N	=29B	=16N	=13B	−12B	4.5	38.5	39.5	14.25	1420	0.0
27	Romero Ballesteros, Alan Gabriel	0	COL	+21B	−8N	−30B	=24N	+36B	−22B	−28N	+49N	+38B	4.5	37.0	38.0	16.00	1484	0.0
28	Castellanos, Juan Jose	0	COL	−15B	−25N	−11B	+47N	=43B	+36N	+27B	−14N	+41B	4.5	34.5	36.5	14.75	813	0.0
29	Torres Orozco, Martin Alejandro	1474	COL	+25B	−15N	+32B	+34N	−6B	=26N	=17N	−22B	−23N	4.0	39.5	43.5	17.25	806	-26.0
30	Covarrubias Ochoa, Octavio	1440	PER	+33N	−1B	+27N	−19B	−11N	−23B	+42N	+35B	−34N	4.0	39.5	42.5	15.50	789	-36.8
31	Ferrada Parada, Mateo Eduardo	0	COL	−10N	+50B	−4B	=36N	−21B	+43N	=24N	+39B	−16B	4.0	38.0	38.5	11.00	735	0.0
32	Lara Mora, Dereck Isaias	0	ECU	−19N	+45B	−29N	+39B	+42N	+13B	−9N	−18B	−20N	4.0	37.0	39.0	14.00	1240	0.0
33	Toapanta Lara, Julian Jared	0	ECU	−30B	−26N	+43N	+46B	−17N	+39B	−10N	+37B	−24B	4.0	34.0	36.0	11.50	742	0.0
34	Yau, Song	0	BRA	−17N	F	+37B	−29B	+40N	−20B	−13N	+41N	+30B	4.0	33.0	33.0	13.50	1283	0.0
35	Linder, Matheus Pauli	0	BRA	−6B	−11N	+50B	+?N	−10B	+41N	−19B	−30N	+45N	4.0	32.5	32.5	5.50	756	0.0
36	Lucena Vergara, Diego Alejandro	0	VEN	−9N	−14N	+44B	=31B	−27N	−28B	+48B	+?N	=37N	4.0	32.0	32.0	7.75	782	0.0
37	De la Espriella, Martin	0	COL	−5N	+47B	−34N	−45B	+44N	+42B	−23N	−33N	=36B	3.5	31.0	33.0	9.50	858	0.0
38	Guaman Rodriguez, Jose Ernesto	0	ECU	−4B	+44N	−12B	−14N	−41B	+50N	=?B	+43N	−27N	3.5	31.0	31.0	5.50	702	0.0
39	Fernandez Guerra, Angel Rafael	0	ECU	−2B	−22N	+47B	−32N	+?B	−33N	+46B	−31N	=44N	3.5	31.0	31.0	5.25	828	0.0
40	Jimenez Jimenez, Matias	0	COL	+14B	−6N	+21B	−8N	−34B	−45N	−41B	+48N	−42B	3.0	35.0	36.5	12.00	1404	0.0
41	Aucay Tenecota, Juan Fernando	0	ECU	+45N	−9B	−42N	−23B	+38N	−35B	+40N	−34B	−28N	3.0	33.0	35.0	8.50	782	0.0
42	Villanueva Castillo, Vladimir Gabriel	0	PER	+?B	−16N	+41B	−25N	−32B	−37N	−30B	F	+40N	3.0	27.0	27.0	6.00	673	0.0
43	FIDE 23920009	0	—	−8B	−21N	−33B	+50N	=28N	−31B	+47N	−38B	−?B	2.5	29.5	29.5	4.75	715	0.0
44	Sotelo Aguirre, Jeronimo	0	COL	−20N	−38B	−36N	F	−37B	−?N	+50B	+46N	=39B	2.5	22.0	22.0	4.25	651	0.0
45	Zegarra Castaneda, Daniel Ignacio	0	PER	−41B	−32N	F	+37N	−26B	+40B	−18N	−24N	−35B	2.0	32.0	32.0	6.50	666	0.0
46	FIDE 3664651	0	—	−13N	−?N	−24B	−33N	+47B	+49B	−39N	−44B	F	2.0	23.5	23.5	3.00	1499	0.0
47	Molina Alvarado, Juan Diego	0	ECU	−12B	−37N	−39N	−28B	−46N	F	−43B	+50N	+49B	2.0	23.0	23.0	1.50	1473	0.0
48	Mazutier Gomez, Simon	0	COL	F	−13B	+49N	−9B	−20N	−18B	−36N	−40B	=50B	1.5	30.0	30.0	1.25	1259	0.0
49	Parra, Issac	1457	COL	+50N	−10B	−48B	−26N	−24B	−46N	F	−27B	−47N	1.0	26.0	26.0	0.50	841	-10.8
50	FIDE 144452004	0	—	−49B	−31N	−35N	−43B	F	−38B	−44N	−47B	=48N	0.5	21.0	21.0	0.75	662	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Agudelo Ramirez, SantiagoCOL
+85.6
7.5 pts · #1
2Otrilla Guevara, Hernan AndrePER
+81.2
6.0 pts · #7
3Palacio Salazar, NicolasCOL
+74.4
7.0 pts · #5

Top rating losers

1Ortiz Contreras, SamuelCOL
-60.8
5.0 pts · #48
2Sonaridio, Juan IgnacioARG
-57.6
6.0 pts · #13
3Ramos Barriga, Juan EduardoPER
-50.4
5.0 pts · #6

Biggest upsets

R6+227 Elo gap
Otrilla Guevara, Hernan Andre1414 beat Sonaridio, Juan Ignacio1641
R2+222 Elo gap
Otrilla Guevara, Hernan Andre1414 beat Palacio Salazar, Nicolas1636
R3+170 Elo gap
Otrilla Guevara, Hernan Andre1414 beat Arteaga Cordova, Daniel Emanuel1584