XX Festival de Ajedrez Centroamericano y del Caribe de la Juventud - Sub 10 Femenino

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15 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 15 Dec 2025 to 20 Dec 2025 in Dorado, Puerto Rico. 8 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 899, and top seed was Rhea Gardener (🇯🇲 JAM, 1549).

Luciana Yassika Paguaga Cruz (🇳🇮 NCA, 0) won with 7.5/9, ahead of Saisha Jimena Merida Calderon (6.5) and Rhea Gardener (6.5). Paguaga Cruz shared the lead from round 4 and won solo starting round 6.

Location

🇵🇷Dorado, Puerto Rico

Dates

15 Dec 2025 → 20 Dec 2025

Time control

Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 9 rounds

Top seed

🇯🇲Rhea Gardener1549

Avg top 10

899

Participants

Federations · 8 represented

🇯🇲Jamaica×3

🇵🇦Panama×1

🇭🇳Honduras×1

🇵🇷Puerto Rico×1

🇧🇧Barbados×1

🇩🇴Dominican Republic×1

🇰🇾Cayman Islands×1

🇳🇮Nicaragua×1

Top 3

🥇
Luciana Yassika Paguaga Cruz
🇳🇮NCA
7.5pts·1771perf+39.2
🥈
Saisha Jimena Merida Calderon
🇬🇹GUA·1499
6.5pts·1673perf+46.8
🥉
Rhea Gardener
🇯🇲JAM·1549
6.5pts·1415perf-20.4

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

Luciana Yassika Paguaga Cruz led from R6; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R6.

Co-leaders

Paguaga Cruz7.5Merida Calderon6.5Gardener6.5Ali6Rodrigues Onofre5.5Dimitrova5

R6 · LEADER CHANGE18 Dec

Luciana Yassika Paguaga Cruz takes the sole lead (5.0/6).

R3 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Luciana Yassika Paguaga Cruz drew with Saisha Jimena Merida Calderon (Black).

R1–R9 · UNBEATEN

Luciana Yassika Paguaga Cruz went unbeaten across 9 games (R1–R9).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Luciana Yassika Paguaga Cruz	*	½	1	½
2Saisha Jimena Merida Calderon	½	*	½	½
3Rhea Gardener	0	½	*	½
4Catherine Ali	½	½	½	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Paguaga Cruz, Luciana Yassika	0	NCA	+9B	+3B	=2N	+8N	=4B	+5N	+6B	=7N	+11B	7.5	41.5	44.0	35.50	1771	+39.2
2	Merida Calderon, Saisha Jimena	1499	GUA	+15N	+5B	=1B	=4N	=3B	+8N	−7B	+11N	+6B	6.5	41.5	43.0	28.50	1673	+46.8
3	Gardener, Rhea	1549	JAM	+13B	−1N	+11N	+7B	=2N	=4B	+10N	=5B	+14N	6.5	38.0	40.0	23.50	1415	-20.4
4	Ali, Catherine	1498	TTO	+11B	+12N	+7B	=2B	=1N	=3N	−5B	+8N	=10B	6.0	40.0	42.5	25.25	1627	+27.2
5	Rodrigues Onofre, Caterina	0	PAN	+8B	−2N	+9B	+6B	+12N	−1B	+4N	=3N	−7B	5.5	43.5	46.0	24.25	1556	0.0
6	Dimitrova, Lia	1469	CAY	+10B	−7N	+12B	−5N	+11B	+9N	−1N	+13B	−2N	5.0	35.5	38.0	14.00	1413	-12.4
7	Singh, Samakhya	0	JAM	+14B	+6B	−4N	−3N	−8B	F	+2N	=1B	+5N	4.5	43.0	43.0	22.75	1463	0.0
8	Noble, Noelle	1477	JAM	−5N	+15B	+10N	−1B	+7N	−2B	+12N	−4B	F	4.0	37.0	37.0	11.50	740	-47.6
9	Bobadilla Deras, Ximena	1493	HON	−1N	+13B	−5N	−12B	+10N	−6B	=14N	F	+15B	3.5	29.5	29.5	8.00	758	-32.8
10	Ryder, Gabriella	0	PUR	−6N	F	−8B	+13N	−9B	+15N	−3B	=14B	=4N	3.0	31.0	31.0	8.00	1132	0.0
11	Jaikaran, Sameera	0	BAR	−4N	+14N	−3B	+15B	−6N	=13B	F	−2B	−1N	2.5	37.5	37.5	4.75	732	0.0
12	FIDE 11107073	0	—	F	−4B	−6N	+9N	−5B	=14N	−8B	=15N	=13B	2.5	30.0	30.0	6.50	1294	0.0
13	Estevez Cabrera, Leticia Maria	0	DOM	−3N	−9N	+14B	−10B	F	=11N	=15B	−6N	=12N	2.5	26.5	26.5	5.25	710	0.0
14	FIDE 3117057	0	—	−7N	−11B	−13N	F	=15N	=12B	=9B	=10N	−3B	2.0	26.5	26.5	5.25	1326	0.0
15	FIDE 11107596	0	—	−2B	−8N	F	−11N	=14B	−10B	=13N	=12B	−9N	1.5	26.5	26.5	3.50	685	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Merida Calderon, Saisha JimenaGUA
+46.8
6.5 pts · #3
2Paguaga Cruz, Luciana YassikaNCA
+39.2
7.5 pts · #1
3Ali, CatherineTTO
+27.2
6.0 pts · #5

Top rating losers

1Noble, NoelleJAM
-47.6
4.0 pts · #11
2Bobadilla Deras, XimenaHON
-32.8
3.5 pts · #12
3Gardener, RheaJAM
-20.4
6.5 pts · #7