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IV Open de Classicas da Velhinha

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31 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 10 Dec 2025 to 20 Dec 2025 in Lisboa, Portugal. 1 titled players from 2 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1887, and top seed was Kirill Krasovskiy ( FID, CM, 2175).

Ruben Jose Melo Santos (🇵🇹 POR, 1892) won with 5.5/6, ahead of Diogo Figueiredo Goncalves (4.5) and Pedro Rafael Melo Reis (4.0). Santos won solo starting round 4.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Diogo Mikhail Ferreira (1655) beat Francisco Amoes (1940), a +285-point gap.

Location
🇵🇹Lisboa, Portugal
Dates
10 Dec 2025 → 20 Dec 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 6 rounds
Top seed
Avg top 10
1,887
Participants
31
Titled players · 1
CM×1
Federations · 2 represented
🇵🇹Portugal×30
FIDE (no federation)×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 6 rounds

Ruben Jose Melo Santos led from R4; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
11
3
2
1
1
1
1.534.56R1R2R3R4R5R6
R4–R6 · LEAD HELD

Ruben Jose Melo Santos never relinquished the lead after R4; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

Ruben Jose Melo Santos 5 wins (R1–R5)Pedro Rafael Melo Reis 3 wins (R1–R3)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Santos, Ruben Jose Melo1892POR+19B+27N+10B+3N+4B=6N5.516.017.015.252188+35.4
2Goncalves, Diogo Figueiredo1929POR=9B+16N+25B6N+5B+3B4.516.017.012.001914-0.4
3Reis, Pedro Rafael Melo1910POR+12N+5B+17N1B+7B2N4.020.022.012.001922+4.0
4Amoes, Francisco1940POR28N+8B+19N+23B1N+11B4.015.016.09.501738-21.2
5Damasceno, Jorge1811POR+20B3N+16B=9N2N+15B3.516.017.57.501715-11.4
6Morais, Vitor1808POR+26NFF+2B+9N=1B3.514.014.011.252090+20.8
7Bicho, Ivan-Pi1774POR=14B+30NF+21B3N+9B3.511.011.05.751791+8.8
8Dias, Hugo Hierro0POR=21B4N+30BF+20N+14N3.59.59.54.7516690.0
9Bravo, Ricardo Antonio Rodrigues1627POR=2N+31B+22N=5B6B7N3.016.516.55.501716+12.4
10Apolonia, Pedro Filipe Cristov1865POR+15N+11B1NF+14BF3.013.513.58.001847+0.8
11Goncalves, Carlos Manuel M.1697POR+24B10N26B+20N+16B4N3.011.512.54.501658-3.2
12Lucas, Tiago1616POR3B20NF+29B+19N+24B3.09.09.53.001533-7.6
13Krasovskiy, KirillCM2175FID+25BFFF+22N+17N3.06.56.54.502575+4.8
14Lemos, Joao Manuel1402POR=7N22B+31N+26B10N8B2.512.512.52.751550+21.6
15Bento, Andre1561POR10B+24NF=22B+21N5N2.510.510.53.251651+14.4
16Amaral, Francisco M Lobinho0POR+?N2B5N+19B11NF2.013.513.51.5016620.0
17Santos, Afonso P N S1766POR+18NF3BF+24N13B2.013.013.03.001238-15.6
18Afonso, Ricardo0POR17B25N+29B+30NFF2.05.05.00.5015340.0
19Ribeiro, Nuno M G A1575POR1N+29B4B16N12B=23N1.516.016.51.251422-10.4
20Pereira, Dinis1495POR5N+12B23N11B8B=29N1.514.515.03.251474-14.4
21Alves, Joao Pedro Balau1711POR=8N+23BF7N15BF1.513.013.03.251503-33.2
22Neves, Rui Manuel Gracio Das1564PORF+14N9B=15N13BF1.511.011.03.751554-3.8
23Maissa, Susana Flora Cesana1535PORF21N+20B4NF=19B1.58.58.52.251592+2.0
24Martins, Carlos Alberto Fernandes0POR11N15BF+25N17B12N1.013.514.51.0014200.0
25Ramos, Vitorino1659POR13N+18B2N24BFF1.012.512.52.001193-5.2
26Silva, Duarte Gomes0POR6BF+11N14N?BF1.09.09.03.0014630.0
27Ferreira, Rafael Henrique1674POR+29N1BFFFF1.06.06.00.501092-8.8
28Ferreira, Diogo Mikhail1655POR+4BFFFFF1.04.04.04.002740+33.6
29Pereira, Leonor Barbosa0POR27B19N18N12NF=20B0.59.09.00.7512670.0
30Gasalho, Mario1548PORF7B8N18BFF0.010.010.00.00973-4.4
31Martins, Domingos Antonio M1411PORF9N14BFFF0.05.55.50.00718-14.6

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets