VIII Torneo de Ajedrez Artigas
26 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 15 Nov 2025 to 16 Nov 2025 in Artigas, Uruguay. 2 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1821, and top seed was Alvaro Garcia Martinez (🇺🇾 URU, 1993).
Alvaro Garcia Martinez (🇺🇾 URU, 1993) won with 4.5/5, ahead of Ruben Trajano Souza (4.5) and Romin Aguirre (4.0). Garcia Martinez shared the lead from round 4, winning on tie-break.
The biggest upset came in round 1: Osmar de Mello (1520) beat Marcos Aurelio Freire Fer Passos (1844), a +324-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 5 roundsTight race until R5; 2 players tied at 4.5/5, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.
2 players finish on 4.5/5. Garcia Martinez takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (13.0).
Ruben Trajano Souza won 3 in a row (R1–R3).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Alvaro Garcia Martinez | * | — | — | 1 |
| 2Ruben Trajano Souza | — | * | ½ | — |
| 3Romin Aguirre | — | ½ | * | — |
| 4Lautaro Varela | 0 | — | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Garcia Martinez, Alvaro | 1993 | URU | +11B | +12N | =4B | +5N | +7B | 4.5 | 13.0 | 15.5 | 13.75 | 2063 | +7.0 |
| 2 | Souza, Ruben Trajano | 1871 | URU | +19B | +13N | +8B | =3N | +4B | 4.5 | 13.0 | 15.0 | 13.00 | 2034 | +13.6 |
| 3 | Aguirre, Romin | 1860 | URU | =17N | +18B | +6N | =2B | +8N | 4.0 | 13.0 | 15.0 | 11.75 | 1912 | +6.2 |
| 4 | Suarez, Juan | 1800 | URU | +22N | +7B | =1N | +10B | −2N | 3.5 | 15.0 | 16.0 | 9.25 | 1897 | +10.8 |
| 5 | Varela, Lautaro | 1877 | URU | +16N | =6B | +9N | −1B | +12N | 3.5 | 13.5 | 16.0 | 9.75 | 1841 | -4.0 |
| 6 | Texeira, Lucas | 1672 | URU | +26B | =5N | −3B | +21N | +14B | 3.5 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 5.75 | 1860 | +28.8 |
| 7 | de Mello, Osmar | 1520 | URU | +18N | −4N | +13B | +9B | −1N | 3.0 | 13.5 | 15.5 | 7.50 | 1819 | +73.2 |
| 8 | Gomez, Nicolas | 0 | URU | +10N | +20B | −2N | +17B | −3B | 3.0 | 13.5 | 15.0 | 6.50 | 1754 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Avila, Lorenzo | 1611 | URU | +25B | +14N | −5B | −7N | +17B | 3.0 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 4.50 | 1692 | +14.8 |
| 10 | Balserini, Marcelo | 1825 | URU | −8B | +22N | +19B | −4N | +20B | 3.0 | 10.0 | 11.0 | 4.50 | 1764 | -7.2 |
| 11 | Garcia Piriz, Ezequiel | 1572 | URU | −1N | +23B | −15N | +25B | +18N | 3.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 3.00 | 1612 | +1.2 |
| 12 | Cor, Victor | 1622 | URU | +23N | −1B | =16N | +15B | −5B | 2.5 | 13.0 | 14.0 | 4.75 | 1630 | -4.8 |
| 13 | Otormin, Martin | 1599 | URU | +24N | −2B | −7N | +16B | =15N | 2.5 | 12.5 | 13.5 | 4.75 | 1510 | -22.0 |
| 14 | Ferrada, Heber | 1843 | URU | +15N | −9B | =17N | +20B | −6N | 2.5 | 11.0 | 12.5 | 5.00 | 1568 | -64.8 |
| 15 | Diaz Sandes, Lilyana | 1436 | URU | −14B | +25N | +11B | −12N | =13B | 2.5 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 4.25 | 1570 | +22.4 |
| 16 | Tramutolo, Gustavo | 1560 | URU | −5B | +26N | =12B | −13N | +21B | 2.5 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 2.75 | 1426 | -9.8 |
| 17 | Olivera, Keoma | 1527 | URU | =3B | +21N | =14B | −8N | −9N | 2.0 | 12.5 | 14.0 | 4.75 | 1647 | +14.8 |
| 18 | Passos, Marcos Aurelio Freire Fer | 1844 | BRA | −7B | −3N | +26B | +19N | −11B | 2.0 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 2.00 | 1428 | -75.2 |
| 19 | Sagardoy, Alejo | 1531 | URU | −2N | +24B | −10N | −18B | +25N | 2.0 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 1.00 | 1033 | -17.6 |
| 20 | Maidana, Diego | 1586 | URU | =21B | −8N | +22B | −14N | −10N | 1.5 | 10.0 | 11.0 | 1.75 | 1034 | -15.2 |
| 21 | FIDE 3030369 | 0 | — | =20N | −17B | +23N | −6B | −16N | 1.5 | 9.5 | 10.5 | 1.75 | 1265 | 0.0 |
| 22 | FIDE 3017940 | 0 | — | −4B | −10B | −20N | +26N | −23B | 1.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 0.00 | 937 | 0.0 |
| 23 | FIDE 3022064 | 0 | — | −12B | −11N | −21B | F | +22N | 1.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 1.00 | 797 | 0.0 |
| 24 | Nunez, Nelson | 0 | URU | −13B | −19N | F | −?B | +26N | 1.0 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 0.00 | 765 | 0.0 |
| 25 | FIDE 3024300 | 0 | — | −9N | −15B | F | −11N | −19B | 0.0 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 0.00 | 738 | 0.0 |
| 26 | FIDE 3036839 | 0 | — | −6N | −16B | −18N | −22B | −24B | 0.0 | 9.0 | 10.0 | 0.00 | 879 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1de Mello, OsmarURU+73.23.0 pts · #4
- 2Texeira, LucasURU+28.83.5 pts · #12
- 3Diaz Sandes, LilyanaURU+22.42.5 pts · #14
- 1Passos, Marcos Aurelio Freire FerBRA-75.22.0 pts · #17
- 2Ferrada, HeberURU-64.82.5 pts · #7
- 3Otormin, MartinURU-22.02.5 pts · #13
- R1+324 Elo gap
- R5+272 Elo gap
- R2+232 Elo gap