Festival Sudamericano de la Juventud 2025 - Sub 14 Abs Ajedrez Clasico

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90 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 06 Dec 2025 to 11 Dec 2025 in Cali - VAL, Colombia. 5 titled players from 8 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1991, and top seed was Juan Pablo Castro Lombana (🇨🇴 COL, FM, 2125).

Mateo Herrera Jimenez (🇨🇴 COL, FM, 2051) won with 7.5/9, ahead of Nicolas Alfonso Lacruz Ramirez (7.5) and Juan Pablo Castro Lombana (7.5). Herrera Jimenez shared the lead from round 1, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Jose Alejandro Ojeda Nieto (1466) beat Mateo Josue Barrantes Cueva (1789), a +323-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

🇨🇴FMJuan Pablo Castro Lombana2125

Avg top 10

1,991

Participants

Titled players · 5

FM×2

CM×3

Federations · 8 represented

🇨🇴Colombia×56

🇵🇪Peru×13

🇪🇨Ecuador×11

🇦🇷Argentina×3

🇻🇪Venezuela×3

🇺🇾Uruguay×1

🇨🇱Chile×1

🇵🇾Paraguay×1

Top 3

🥇
FMMateo Herrera Jimenez
🇨🇴COL·2051
7.5pts·2154perf+46.4
🥈
CMNicolas Alfonso Lacruz Ramirez
🇻🇪VEN·1826
7.5pts·2161perf+149.2
🥉
FMJuan Pablo Castro Lombana
🇨🇴COL·2125
7.5pts·2117perf+4.0

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

Tight race until R5; 3 players tied at 7.5/9, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 3 at the finish.

Co-leaders

Herrera Jimenez7.5Lacruz Ramirez7.5Castro Lombana7.5Barrantes Cueva7Marcelo Aguinaga7Ayala Delgado6.5

R5–R9 · LEAD HELD

FM Mateo Herrera Jimenez held the sole lead from R5 through R9 without losing it.

R9 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

3 players finish on 7.5/9. Herrera Jimenez takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (53.0).

R8 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

FM Mateo Herrera Jimenez drew with CM Nicolas Alfonso Lacruz Ramirez (White).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1FMMateo Herrera Jimenez	*	½	½	½
2CMNicolas Alfonso Lacruz Ramirez	½	*	½	—
3FMJuan Pablo Castro Lombana	½	½	*	—
4Mateo Josue Barrantes Cueva	½	—	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Herrera Jimenez, MateoFM	2051	COL	+25N	+40B	+10N	+9B	+4N	+7B	=3N	=2B	=5N	7.5	53.0	57.5	46.50	2154	+46.4
2	Lacruz Ramirez, Nicolas AlfonsoCM	1826	VEN	+78B	+41N	=6B	+20N	=3N	+4B	+12B	=1N	+13B	7.5	50.5	53.5	42.75	2161	+149.2
3	Castro Lombana, Juan PabloFM	2125	COL	+72B	=26N	+30B	+8N	=2B	+10N	=1B	+16N	+9B	7.5	48.5	52.0	42.00	2117	+4.0
4	Marcelo Aguinaga, Angel Leonel	1995	PER	+46N	+29B	+19N	+16B	−1B	−2N	+27B	+8N	+20B	7.0	47.5	52.0	37.00	2034	+20.0
5	Barrantes Cueva, Mateo Josue	1789	PER	−55N	+68B	+47N	=76B	+53N	+29B	+11N	+18B	=1B	7.0	40.0	43.0	33.75	1927	+59.6
6	Sepulveda Brango, Alberto Enrique	1957	COL	+47N	+42B	=2N	=24N	+23B	−18B	=40N	+10B	+17N	6.5	44.5	49.0	34.75	1917	-10.0
7	Ayala Delgado, Sergio Alejandro	1934	COL	+74B	+54N	+28B	+11B	=17N	−1N	−8B	+26N	+16B	6.5	44.5	47.5	31.25	1978	+26.0
8	Fernandez Herrera, Andres	1846	COL	+49N	=37B	+52N	−3B	+76N	+14B	+7N	−4B	=15N	6.0	47.0	50.0	30.00	1928	+43.2
9	Rodriguez, Elian FranciscoCM	1987	ARG	+51B	+44N	+27B	−1N	−16B	+54N	+21B	+12N	−3N	6.0	46.0	50.0	29.50	1940	-12.4
10	Sanabria Calderon, Santiago	1878	COL	+86B	+22N	−1B	+44N	+28B	−3B	+41N	−6N	+27B	6.0	46.0	48.5	27.00	1934	+29.6
11	Vargas Sanchez, Daniel Jose	2009	COL	+32B	+31N	+33B	−7N	+27B	−16N	−5B	+35N	+28B	6.0	44.0	49.0	30.00	1898	-42.4
12	Coaquira Gonzales, Oscar Adriano	1888	PER	+39N	+45B	−16N	+40B	+42N	+17B	−2N	−9B	+18N	6.0	44.0	48.5	29.50	1901	+9.6
13	Curcio, Luciano Joel	1985	ARG	=68N	+79B	+35N	−17B	=22N	+43B	+19N	+14B	−2N	6.0	43.0	46.0	28.50	1828	-54.4
14	Matute Luis, Jose Carlos	1832	VEN	+65B	=21N	=34B	+54N	+26B	−8N	+28B	−13N	+30B	6.0	41.5	45.0	27.75	1860	+15.6
15	Rueda Ahumada, Gabriel OmarCM	1975	COL	+63B	−30N	+51B	=31N	−21B	+56B	+45N	+33N	=8B	6.0	39.5	43.5	27.50	1801	-61.6
16	Reyes Zavaleta, Sergio Gabriel	1797	PER	+70B	+67N	+12B	−4N	+9N	+11B	=18N	−3B	−7N	5.5	48.0	51.5	27.75	1952	+51.5
17	Otalvaro Vasquez, Camilo Andres	1834	COL	+53B	=34N	+21B	+13N	=7B	−12N	=26B	+31N	−6B	5.5	45.5	49.5	28.75	1872	+22.8
18	Sozoranga Barahona,Jordy Alexander	1862	ECU	=69B	+58N	=26B	+30N	+24B	+6N	=16B	−5N	−12B	5.5	44.5	48.0	28.00	1811	-18.0
19	Paredes Minaya, Christian Jesus	1829	PER	+57N	+36B	−4B	=22N	+32B	=21N	−13B	+41B	=24N	5.5	44.0	48.0	26.75	1773	-19.6
20	Nandwani Narwani, Suraj Sriram	1868	CHI	+85N	=35B	+37N	−2B	=41N	=42B	+25N	+40B	−4N	5.5	43.5	46.0	24.50	1780	-35.2
21	Reyes Soto, Patricio Gabriel	1670	ECU	+80N	=14B	−17N	+49B	+15N	=19B	−9N	=29B	+40N	5.5	43.0	46.0	26.25	1843	+71.6
22	Viteri Saeteros, Nicklas Fernand	1689	ECU	+71N	−10B	+66N	=19B	=13B	−27N	+74B	+32N	=23B	5.5	40.0	43.0	23.50	1774	+37.2
23	Ricapa Cavero, Sebastian Gerardo	1762	PER	−26B	+78N	+63B	+34N	−6N	−41B	+46N	+49B	=22N	5.5	39.5	42.5	23.75	1729	-10.0
24	Andrade Gomez, Samuel	1605	COL	=77B	+81N	+50N	=6B	−18N	−40B	+56N	+42B	=19B	5.5	38.0	41.0	23.50	1807	+71.6
25	Castano Mejia, Juan Esteban	1575	COL	−1B	=70N	+81B	−29B	+71N	+75N	−20B	+50N	+44B	5.5	37.0	40.0	20.25	1710	+43.6
26	Tobar Beltran, Miguel Angel	1753	COL	+23N	=3B	=18N	+46B	−14N	+36B	=17N	−7B	=34B	5.0	46.5	51.0	26.75	1842	+35.6
27	Galvis Cala, Miguel Angel	1797	COL	+66N	+55B	−9N	+45B	−11N	+22B	−4N	+36B	−10N	5.0	44.0	47.5	22.50	1800	+4.4
28	Silva Alvarez, Matias	1758	COL	+48N	+56B	−7N	+36B	−10N	+46B	−14N	+43B	−11N	5.0	43.0	47.0	22.50	1713	-16.4
29	Guevara Garcia, Miguel Angel	1707	COL	+88B	−4N	=53B	+25N	+75B	−5N	=32B	=21N	=33B	5.0	42.0	44.0	20.25	1678	-13.2
30	Jimenez Rios, Manuel David	1706	COL	+87N	+15B	−3N	−18B	=66N	+53B	=43N	+48B	−14N	5.0	41.5	43.5	20.50	1717	+4.0
31	Lucio Pinzon, Santiago	1742	COL	+61N	−11B	+39N	=15B	−43N	+68B	+57N	−17B	=37N	5.0	40.0	43.5	22.00	1703	-16.4
32	Gallego Ramirez, Jeiren Said	1571	COL	−11N	=43B	+70N	+35B	−19N	+50B	=29N	−22B	+64N	5.0	40.0	43.5	21.75	1695	+43.6
33	Sierra Isaza, Jose Eduardo	1833	COL	+59N	+76B	−11N	−42B	+47N	=45B	+37N	−15B	=29N	5.0	39.5	42.5	21.25	1753	-34.4
34	Naranjo Diaz, Juan Felipe	1683	COL	+64N	=17B	=14N	−23B	−56N	+59N	=38B	+57B	=26N	5.0	39.0	43.0	22.75	1751	+24.4
35	Sanchez Velez, Alex Leonardo	1685	ECU	+75B	=20N	−13B	−32N	=48N	+85B	+66N	−11B	+55N	5.0	37.5	40.0	18.00	1674	-7.6
36	Delgado Caballero, Kevin Daniel	1589	COL	+38B	−19N	+67B	−28N	+74B	−26N	+62B	−27N	+61B	5.0	37.0	40.0	19.50	1625	+10.0
37	Doria Gastelbondo, Diego Alejandro	1634	COL	+90B	=8N	−20B	−53N	+86B	+58N	−33B	+65N	=31B	5.0	35.5	35.5	15.50	1674	+15.6
38	Rios Llanos, Juan Fernando	0	COL	−36N	−57B	+87N	+85B	−46N	+39B	=34N	+52B	=42N	5.0	35.0	37.0	18.75	1590	0.0
39	Zegarra Castaneda, Oliver Mateo	1545	PER	−12B	+82N	−31B	−67N	+61B	−38N	+77B	+59N	+60B	5.0	34.5	37.5	18.00	1642	+16.4
40	Caballero, Tabare	1725	URU	+84B	−1N	+74B	−12N	+59B	+24N	=6B	−20N	−21B	4.5	43.5	46.5	18.75	1724	-1.2
41	Barrera Pinilla, Nicolas	1633	COL	+60N	−2B	+55N	=50B	=20B	+23N	−10B	−19N	=48N	4.5	43.0	47.0	20.75	1691	+21.2
42	Naranjo Rodriguez, Miguel Angel	1703	COL	+82B	−6N	+59B	+33N	−12B	=20N	=48B	−24N	=38B	4.5	42.0	45.0	19.50	1679	-10.4
43	Mercado Florez, Diego Armando	1432	COL	−44B	=32N	+86B	+62N	+31B	−13N	=30B	−28N	=51B	4.5	39.0	41.5	18.75	1670	+100.8
44	Pinto Vera, Jesus Nabih	1725	PER	+43N	−9B	+85N	−10B	=57N	=49B	=65N	+47B	−25N	4.5	38.5	41.0	17.50	1609	-53.6
45	Madrid Blandon, Luis Felipe	1694	COL	+83B	−12N	+65B	−27N	+67B	=33N	−15B	=53B	=49N	4.5	37.5	40.5	16.75	1616	-32.4
46	Ballesteros Benitez, Santiago Alonso	1566	COL	−4B	+84N	+79B	−26N	+38B	−28N	−23B	=69N	+71B	4.5	37.5	40.5	16.25	1508	-23.6
47	Sonaridio, Santiago	1552	ARG	−6B	+88N	−5B	+61N	−33B	=67N	+75B	−44N	+69B	4.5	37.0	39.0	14.25	1628	+16.4
48	Lindao Goyes, Victor Samuel	1458	ECU	−28B	=62N	=58B	+63N	=35B	+52B	=42N	−30N	=41B	4.5	36.5	40.5	19.50	1643	+85.6
49	Lasso Villareal, Jose Joaquin	1513	ECU	−8B	=75N	+77B	−21N	+73B	=44N	+54B	−23N	=45B	4.5	36.5	39.5	16.50	1664	+51.2
50	Chaparro Giron, Jorge Ivan	1762	COL	=81B	+69N	−24B	=41N	=58B	−32N	+60N	−25B	+66N	4.5	35.5	38.5	16.75	1507	-105.2
51	Maza Gonzalez, Pedro de Jesus	1561	COL	−9N	+87B	−15N	−55B	+83N	−60B	+82N	+56B	=43N	4.5	34.5	36.5	14.25	1502	-25.6
52	Brinez Bernal, Juan Fernando	1609	COL	=58B	+77N	−8B	−75N	+69B	−48N	+67B	−38N	+65B	4.5	33.0	36.0	15.50	1575	-10.4
53	Dure Hetter, Alejo Daniel	1509	PAR	−17N	+80B	=29N	+37B	−5B	−30N	+76B	=45N	−54B	4.0	39.0	42.0	15.75	1624	+41.2
54	Tarazona Guzman, Piero Eleazar	1698	PER	F	−7B	+57N	−14B	+55N	−9B	−49N	+71B	+53N	4.0	38.5	38.5	15.50	1629	-28.0
55	Ojeda Nieto, Jose Alejandro	1466	VEN	+5B	−27N	−41B	+51N	−54B	−74N	+73B	+62N	−35B	4.0	37.5	40.5	19.00	1614	+56.0
56	Quintero Vergara, Santiago	0	COL	+73B	−28N	−62B	+65N	+34B	−15N	−24B	−51N	+74B	4.0	37.0	40.0	15.00	1605	0.0
57	Minchala Rivera, Iker Matias	1484	ECU	−19B	+38N	−54B	+79N	=44B	+76N	−31B	−34N	=73B	4.0	35.5	38.5	15.00	1542	+12.0
58	Males Ortega, Juan Camilo	1546	COL	=52N	−18B	=48N	+88B	=50N	−37B	−71N	=66B	+80N	4.0	34.0	36.0	13.50	1560	+0.8
59	Pena Gomez, Juan Esteban	1490	COL	−33B	+90N	−42N	+60B	−40N	−34B	+83N	−39B	+79N	4.0	34.0	34.0	10.00	899	-49.2
60	Montoya Garcia, Santiago	0	COL	−41B	−65N	+82B	−59N	+63B	+51N	−50B	+74N	−39N	4.0	33.0	36.0	14.50	1489	0.0
61	Basantes Urina, Maickel Steven	1452	ECU	−31B	+72N	−76N	−47B	−39N	+80B	+85N	+68B	−36N	4.0	32.5	35.0	12.50	1504	+19.6
62	Ng Parra, Gabriel Elias	1587	ECU	−79N	=48B	+56N	−43B	+70N	=66B	−36N	−55B	+75N	4.0	32.0	35.0	14.50	1362	-71.2
63	Bautista Sarmiento, Zoe Matias	1554	COL	−15N	+89B	−23N	−48B	−60N	−82B	+86B	+84N	+77B	4.0	31.5	33.0	10.00	1557	-6.0
64	Garrido Salgado, Jose Carlos	0	COL	−34B	=86N	=69B	−74N	−65B	+78N	+89B	+72N	−32B	4.0	29.0	30.5	11.00	1468	0.0
65	Perez Peralbo, Samuel Felipe	1490	COL	−14N	+60B	−45N	−56B	+64N	+72N	=44B	−37B	−52N	3.5	36.5	40.0	13.75	1487	-8.0
66	Ramirez Lezama, Jose David	1478	COL	−27B	+73N	−22B	+72N	=30B	=62N	−35B	=58N	−50B	3.5	36.5	40.0	13.50	1582	+42.8
67	Gonzalez Vargas, Ricardo Emanuel	0	COL	+89N	−16B	−36N	+39B	−45N	=47B	−52N	=70B	=68N	3.5	36.0	37.5	12.25	1464	0.0
68	Quispe Sanchez, Christopher Adrian	1558	PER	=13B	−5N	−75B	+81N	+77B	−31N	=69B	−61N	=67B	3.5	35.0	38.0	12.50	1530	-15.6
69	Freire Verdezoto, Ian Gustavo	1525	ECU	=18N	−50B	=64N	=71B	−52N	+89B	=68N	=46B	−47N	3.5	34.5	36.0	12.00	1462	-20.0
70	Infantas Arevalo, Thiago Edu	1472	PER	−16N	=25B	−32B	+84N	−62B	=77N	=79B	=67N	=72B	3.5	33.0	36.0	12.25	1468	-3.6
71	Espinosa Rey, Thomas	0	COL	−22B	−74N	+78B	=69N	−25B	+86N	+58B	−54N	−46N	3.5	33.0	35.5	11.25	1494	0.0
72	Gutierrez Sanchez, Josue	1581	COL	−3N	−61B	+83N	−66B	+88N	−65B	+84N	−64B	=70N	3.5	32.0	34.0	9.75	1440	-60.8
73	Barrera Giraldo, Santiago	1603	COL	−56N	−66B	=89N	+80B	−49N	=84B	−55N	+83B	=57N	3.5	29.0	30.5	10.25	1242	-93.2
74	Huertas Cabrera, Daniel	1545	COL	−7N	+71B	−40N	+64B	−36N	+55B	−22N	−60B	−56N	3.0	37.5	41.0	11.50	1446	-27.6
75	Garcia Vargas, Nicolas Esteban	0	COL	−35N	=49B	+68N	+52B	−29N	−25B	−47N	=76B	−62B	3.0	36.5	39.5	11.75	1476	0.0
76	Salazar Perez, Nicolas David	1611	COL	F	−33N	+61B	=5N	−8B	−57B	−53N	=75N	+81B	3.0	36.0	36.0	12.00	1525	-36.8
77	Ordonez Daza, Wilmer Camilo	0	COL	=24N	−52B	−49N	+87B	−68N	=70B	−39N	+86B	−63N	3.0	33.0	35.0	9.00	1409	0.0
78	Romero Barreto, David Santiago	1484	COL	−2N	−23B	−71N	−83B	+87N	−64B	−80N	+90B	+85N	3.0	31.0	31.0	4.50	1629	+26.4
79	Rivera Ardila, David Santiago	0	COL	+62B	−13N	−46N	−57B	−89N	+88B	=70N	=85B	−59B	3.0	30.5	32.0	9.00	1485	0.0
80	Maguina Solis, Leonardo Fabian	0	PER	−21B	−53N	=84B	−73N	=81B	−61N	+78B	+82N	−58B	3.0	30.0	33.0	9.00	1327	0.0
81	Saavedra del Castillo, Luis Sebastian	1465	PER	=50N	−24B	−25N	−68B	=80N	−83B	+90N	+87B	−76N	3.0	30.0	30.0	5.75	1394	-20.0
82	Bolanos Valencia, David Alejandro	0	COL	−42N	−39B	−60N	+90B	−85N	+63N	−51B	−80B	+88N	3.0	29.5	29.5	6.00	1434	0.0
83	Contreras Urango, Jorge Isaac	0	COL	−45N	−85B	−72B	+78N	−51B	+81N	−59B	−73N	+89B	3.0	28.5	30.0	7.50	1357	0.0
84	Zamora Martinez, Elio Arnold	1437	COL	−40N	−46B	=80N	−70B	+90N	=73N	−72B	−63B	+87N	3.0	28.5	28.5	5.25	1330	-35.6
85	Perez Borre, Joirel Uzval	1526	COL	−20B	+83N	−44B	−38N	+82B	−35N	−61B	=79N	−78B	2.5	33.0	36.0	7.50	843	-71.6
86	Cobo Amaya, Juan Jose	1537	COL	−10N	=64B	−43N	+89B	−37N	−71B	−63N	−77N	+90B	2.5	31.5	31.5	3.50	826	-64.0
87	Beltran Juzga, Sergio Alexander	1405	COL	−30B	−51N	−38B	−77N	−78B	+90B	+88N	−81N	−84B	2.0	28.5	28.5	2.00	1245	-45.6
88	Alvarado Aleaga, Dylan Roberto	1423	ECU	−29N	−47B	+90N	−58N	−72B	−79N	−87B	+89N	−82B	2.0	26.5	26.5	1.50	761	-73.6
89	Castaneda Rangel, Diego Alejandro	0	COL	−67B	−63N	=73B	−86N	+79B	−69N	−64N	−88B	−83N	1.5	27.0	29.0	4.75	1170	0.0
90	FIDE 144416466	0	—	−37N	−59B	−88B	−82N	−84B	−87N	−81B	−78N	−86N	0.0	25.5	27.5	0.00	688	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Lacruz Ramirez, Nicolas AlfonsoCMVEN
+149.2
7.5 pts · #2
2Mercado Florez, Diego ArmandoCOL
+100.8
4.5 pts · #27
3Lindao Goyes, Victor SamuelECU
+85.6
4.5 pts · #30

Top rating losers

1Chaparro Giron, Jorge IvanCOL
-105.2
4.5 pts · #44
2Barrera Giraldo, SantiagoCOL
-93.2
3.5 pts · #83
3Alvarado Aleaga, Dylan RobertoECU
-73.6
2.0 pts · #89

Biggest upsets

R1+323 Elo gap
Ojeda Nieto, Jose Alejandro1466 beat Barrantes Cueva, Mateo Josue1789
R5+310 Elo gap
Mercado Florez, Diego Armando1432 beat Lucio Pinzon, Santiago1742
R5+305 Elo gap
Reyes Soto, Patricio Gabriel1670 beat CMRueda Ahumada, Gabriel Omar1975