i Torneio Internacional do GD Cavadas

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57 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 05 Dec 2025 to 08 Dec 2025 in Amora, Portugal. 3 titled players from 4 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2075, and top seed was Matviy Faryma (🇵🇹 POR, FM, 2271).

Ricardo Joelson (🇦🇴 ANG, 1980) won with 6.0/7, ahead of Matviy Faryma (5.5) and Modeste Mendes (5.5). Joelson shared the lead from round 5 and won solo starting round 6.

The biggest upset came in round 7: Mateus Cabrita (1511) beat Amaro Lutuima (CM, 2091), a +580-point gap.

Location

🇵🇹Amora, Portugal

Dates

05 Dec 2025 → 08 Dec 2025

Time control

Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 7 rounds

Top seed

🇵🇹FMMatviy Faryma2271

Avg top 10

2,075

Participants

Titled players · 3

FM×2

CM×1

Federations · 4 represented

🇵🇹Portugal×49

🇦🇴Angola×4

🇦🇷Argentina×1

🇪🇨Ecuador×1

Top 3

🥇
Ricardo Joelson
🇦🇴ANG·1980
6.0pts·2275perf+44.4
🥈
FMMatviy Faryma
🇵🇹POR·2271
5.5pts·2243perf-4.0
🥉
Modeste Mendes
🇵🇹POR·1982
5.5pts·2086perf+17.0

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

Ricardo Joelson led from R6; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders

Joelson6Junior5.5Faryma5.5Mendes5.5Cabrita5.5Pereira5

R6 · LEADER CHANGE08 Dec

Ricardo Joelson takes the sole lead (5.5/6).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

Ricardo Joelson 3 wins (R4–R6)FM Matviy Faryma 4 wins (R1–R4)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Ricardo Joelson	*	—	1	½
2FMDomingos Junior	—	*	½	—
3FMMatviy Faryma	0	½	*	1
4Modeste Mendes	½	—	0	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Joelson, Ricardo	1980	ANG	+43B	+25N	=10B	+12N	+13B	+2B	=3N	6.0	27.0	29.0	24.00	2275	+44.4
2	Faryma, MatviyFM	2271	POR	+26B	+36N	+3B	+11N	=5B	−1N	+10B	5.5	29.0	31.5	22.75	2243	-4.0
3	Mendes, Modeste	1982	POR	+50N	+15B	−2N	+9B	+23N	+18B	=1B	5.5	27.5	29.0	20.50	2086	+17.0
4	Cabrita, Mateus	1511	POR	−6N	+54B	+14N	+30B	+7B	=10N	+11B	5.5	26.0	26.5	19.25	2069	+155.2
5	Junior, DomingosFM	2159	ANG	+24N	=12B	+30N	+20B	=2N	+8B	=13B	5.5	25.5	28.5	21.50	2198	+9.4
6	Julio, Rocha Miguel	2099	ANG	+4B	+16N	+7B	=13N	=10B	=11N	=20B	5.0	27.5	31.0	22.75	2090	+7.6
7	Moraes, Antonio Jose Oliveira	1883	POR	+47N	+21B	−6N	+39B	−4N	+24B	+14N	5.0	23.5	25.5	15.00	1801	-7.4
8	Pereira, Goncalo Mairos	2006	POR	+19B	+37N	−13B	+16N	+49B	−5N	+23N	5.0	23.0	25.0	15.50	2005	+10.8
9	Chainho, Tomas	1733	POR	+38B	−11N	+45B	−3N	+27B	+26N	+36N	5.0	21.0	23.0	13.00	1878	+17.8
10	Faryma, Maksym	2136	POR	+27N	+14B	=1N	+18B	=6N	=4B	−2N	4.5	30.0	33.0	19.25	2030	-24.8
11	Lutuima, AmaroCM	2091	ANG	+22N	+9B	+23N	−2B	+17N	=6B	−4N	4.5	28.5	31.5	18.00	1995	-10.4
12	Goncalves, Goncalo Cravo Jesus	1871	POR	+48B	=5N	+31N	−1B	+15N	−23B	+28N	4.5	24.5	26.5	14.75	1918	+7.8
13	Ferreira, Hugo Miguel Da Costa	2138	POR	+35B	F	+8N	=6B	−1N	+36B	=5N	4.0	27.5	30.0	15.75	2096	-3.6
14	Ferreira, Tiago Miguel Marques	1794	POR	+44B	−10N	−4B	+29N	+34B	+25N	−7B	4.0	24.0	26.0	11.00	1665	-17.6
15	Nandy, Satyaki	1608	POR	+56B	−3N	=38B	+46N	−12B	=19N	+29B	4.0	21.5	21.5	8.25	1603	-8.0
16	Correia, Pedro Mourao Soares	1677	POR	+54N	−6B	+27N	−8B	−21N	+52B	+24N	4.0	20.5	21.0	7.50	1788	+8.4
17	Naranjo Zolotov, Mijail	1880	ECU	+29B	+32N	−20N	+24B	−11B	F	+33N	4.0	20.0	20.0	12.00	1764	-10.0
18	Reis, Luis Simoes	1880	POR	+52N	F	+34B	−10N	+37B	−3N	+39B	4.0	19.0	19.0	9.00	1873	+1.2
19	Roces, Cesar	1490	ARG	−8N	=55B	+53B	−37N	+41N	=15B	+25B	4.0	18.0	18.5	8.75	1604	+10.0
20	Lachever, Diogo Freire	1881	POR	F	+33N	+17B	−5N	F	+31B	=6N	3.5	23.5	23.5	12.50	2039	+21.6
21	Fragoso, David	0	POR	F	−7N	+26B	−49N	+16B	=39B	+31N	3.5	19.5	19.5	11.25	1759	0.0
22	Vitoriano, Miguel	1507	POR	−11B	+44N	=37B	−28N	+46B	−40N	+45B	3.5	16.5	18.5	7.25	1519	-3.2
23	Caturra, Rafael Dias	1881	POR	F	+40N	−11B	+25N	−3B	+12N	−8B	3.0	25.0	25.0	10.00	1861	-1.8
24	Goncalves, Beatriz M A C Nunes	1544	POR	−5B	+29N	+32B	−17N	+48B	−7N	−16B	3.0	24.5	26.5	8.00	1047	-26.0
25	Lucas, Tiago	1616	POR	+55N	−1B	+43N	−23B	+52N	−14B	−19N	3.0	20.0	20.5	3.50	985	-24.6
26	Sharma, Harshit	1594	POR	−2N	+52B	−21N	+56B	+43N	−9B	−32B	3.0	20.0	20.0	3.00	1065	-15.6
27	Rebelato, Miguel	1520	POR	−10B	+48N	−16B	+44N	−9N	+51B	−49N	3.0	19.5	20.5	5.00	986	-30.0
28	Li, Leon	1757	POR	+51N	F	F	+22B	F	+42N	−12B	3.0	19.0	19.0	7.00	1768	+3.2
29	Gomes, Nuno Miguel Marques	0	POR	−17N	−24B	+51N	−14B	+56N	+35B	−15N	3.0	19.0	19.0	4.00	1431	0.0
30	Cesar, Ayrton Josefa	1848	POR	F	+46N	−5B	−4N	+38B	+34N	F	3.0	18.5	18.5	7.50	1665	-16.0
31	Gasimov, Eldar	1776	POR	F	+53N	−12B	+33N	+40B	−20N	−21B	3.0	18.0	18.0	6.50	1722	-5.2
32	Simoes, Pedro F C	0	POR	F	−17B	−24N	+47B	−39N	+43B	+26N	3.0	16.5	16.5	7.00	1486	0.0
33	Southwell, Daniel Fernandes	1535	POR	F	−20B	+41N	−31B	+55N	+37N	−17B	3.0	16.0	16.0	5.50	1605	+4.8
34	Southwell, Kevin Ernesto	1537	POR	F	+57B	−18N	+38N	−14N	−30B	+46B	3.0	15.5	15.5	4.50	1543	-4.4
35	Ribeiro, Nuno M G A	1528	POR	−13N	+51B	−36B	−48N	+44B	−29N	+56B	3.0	14.5	14.5	3.00	1083	-4.2
36	Mauricio, Guilherme	1843	POR	F	−2B	+35N	=40N	+42B	−13N	−9B	2.5	22.5	22.5	6.75	1740	-36.0
37	Sequeira, Pedro Miguel D Santos	1654	POR	F	−8B	=22N	+19B	−18N	−33B	+38N	2.5	22.0	22.0	8.25	1534	-18.2
38	Pontes, Hugo Filipe	0	POR	−9N	+50B	=15N	−34B	−30N	+55B	−37B	2.5	19.0	19.5	4.00	1312	0.0
39	Goncalves, Carlos Manuel M.	1697	POR	F	+41B	F	−7N	+32B	=21N	−18N	2.5	18.0	18.0	7.25	1081	-10.2
40	Rosa, Rafael	1599	POR	F	−23B	+47N	=36B	−31N	+22B	F	2.5	14.0	14.0	6.75	1666	+5.0
41	FIDE 1986147	0	—	F	−39N	−33B	+53N	−19B	=45N	+51B	2.5	13.5	13.5	3.00	770	0.0
42	Maissa, Susana Flora Cesana	1535	POR	F	=45N	F	+55B	−36N	−28B	+54B	2.5	8.5	8.5	2.00	1000	-7.6
43	Alves, Martim Amorim	0	POR	−1N	F	−25B	+45N	−26B	−32N	+44B	2.0	19.0	19.0	4.00	930	0.0
44	Patriarca, Jose	0	POR	−14N	−22B	+50N	−27B	−35N	+47B	−43N	2.0	17.5	19.0	3.50	787	0.0
45	Rolo, Giani	0	POR	F	=42B	−9N	−43B	+47N	=41B	−22N	2.0	17.5	17.5	4.50	1324	0.0
46	Matos, Andre	1423	POR	F	−30B	+57N	−15B	−22N	+50B	−34N	2.0	15.0	15.0	1.50	822	-42.0
47	Batista, Italo	0	POR	−7B	+56N	−40B	−32N	−45B	−44N	+57N	2.0	14.5	14.5	0.00	941	0.0
48	Nunes, Guilherme	0	POR	−12N	−27B	+54N	+35B	−24N	F	F	2.0	14.0	14.0	3.50	1423	0.0
49	Damasceno, Jorge	1811	POR	F	F	F	+21B	−8N	F	+27B	2.0	11.5	11.5	6.50	1763	-2.0
50	Afonso, Tomas	0	POR	−3B	−38N	−44B	+57N	=54B	−46N	—	1.5	12.5	12.5	0.25	903	0.0
51	Naranjo Pazmino, Nuno Vadim	0	POR	−28B	−35N	−29B	F	+53B	−27N	−41N	1.0	15.5	15.5	1.00	799	0.0
52	Lanca, Miguel	0	POR	−18B	−26N	F	F	−25B	−16N	+53B	1.0	15.0	15.0	1.00	892	0.0
53	FIDE 1985396	0	—	F	−31B	−19N	−41B	−51N	+57B	−52N	1.0	11.5	11.5	0.00	830	0.0
54	Rocha, Gustavo Filipe	0	POR	−16B	−4N	−48B	F	=50N	F	−42N	0.5	15.5	15.5	0.75	778	0.0
55	Roldao, Afonso	0	POR	−25B	=19N	F	−42N	−33B	−38N	—	0.5	15.0	15.0	2.00	1223	0.0
56	Silva, Duarte Cruz	0	POR	−15N	−47B	F	−26N	−29B	F	−35N	0.0	15.0	15.0	0.00	776	0.0
57	Fernandes, Maria Francisca Neto	0	POR	F	−34N	−46B	−50B	F	−53N	−47B	0.0	9.5	9.5	0.00	682	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Cabrita, MateusPOR
+155.2
5.5 pts · #8
2Joelson, RicardoANG
+44.4
6.0 pts · #4
3Lachever, Diogo FreirePOR
+21.6
3.5 pts · #13

Top rating losers

1Matos, AndrePOR
-42.0
2.0 pts · #44
2Mauricio, GuilhermePOR
-36.0
2.5 pts · #18
3Rebelato, MiguelPOR
-30.0
3.0 pts · #46

Biggest upsets

R7+580 Elo gap
Cabrita, Mateus1511 beat CMLutuima, Amaro2091
R5+372 Elo gap
Cabrita, Mateus1511 beat Moraes, Antonio Jose Oliveira1883
R4+337 Elo gap
Cabrita, Mateus1511 beat Cesar, Ayrton Josefa1848