Campeonato Nacional Junior Absoluto 2025
23 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 20 Nov 2025 to 23 Nov 2025 in Merida - Estado Merida, Venezuela. 3 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 1956, and top seed was Mauricio Jose Vivas Gelves (🇻🇪 VEN, 2135).
Sebastian Francisco Borges Oliveros (🇻🇪 VEN, FM, 2015) won with 5.5/7, ahead of Richard Javier Singer Rojas (5.5) and Leonard David Ortiz Avila (5.5). Borges Oliveros shared the lead from round 6, winning on tie-break.
The biggest upset came in round 2: Samuel Elias Leon Duarte (1585) beat Luis Enrique Alexander Alvarez Romero (1949), a +364-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 7 roundsTight race until R7; 3 players tied at 5.5/7, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 3 at the finish.
3 players finish on 5.5/7. Borges Oliveros takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (27.5).
FM Sebastian Francisco Borges Oliveros lost to CM Richard Javier Singer Rojas (White).
FM Sebastian Francisco Borges Oliveros 4 wins (R3–R6)CM Richard Javier Singer Rojas 4 wins (R1–R4)Leonard David Ortiz Avila 3 wins (R1–R3)
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1FMSebastian Francisco Borges Oliveros | * | 0 | ½ | 1 |
| 2CMRichard Javier Singer Rojas | 1 | * | 1 | — |
| 3Leonard David Ortiz Avila | ½ | 0 | * | — |
| 4Moises Aaron Morales Velasquez | 0 | — | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Borges Oliveros, Sebastian FranciscoFM | 2015 | VEN | +18N | −2B | +14N | +12B | +4N | +5N | =3B | 5.5 | 27.5 | 29.0 | 20.75 | 2041 | +10.8 |
| 2 | Singer Rojas, Richard JavierCM | 1883 | VEN | +22B | +1N | +15B | +3N | =5B | =8N | =6B | 5.5 | 27.0 | 28.0 | 21.50 | 2136 | +92.8 |
| 3 | Ortiz Avila, Leonard David | 1939 | VEN | +11N | +23B | +12N | −2B | +6N | +9B | =1N | 5.5 | 27.0 | 27.0 | 18.75 | 2050 | +40.0 |
| 4 | Morales Velasquez, Moises Aaron | 1902 | VEN | +19N | −6B | +23N | +7B | −1B | +10N | +5B | 5.0 | 24.5 | 24.5 | 14.50 | 2028 | +43.2 |
| 5 | Gonzalez Ariza, Diego Gabriel | 1871 | VEN | +21N | +7B | +6N | +10B | =2N | −1B | −4N | 4.5 | 29.0 | 30.5 | 17.25 | 1993 | +51.2 |
| 6 | Vivas Gelves, Mauricio Jose | 2135 | VEN | +13B | +4N | −5B | +15N | −3B | +17N | =2N | 4.5 | 27.0 | 29.5 | 16.75 | 1971 | -48.4 |
| 7 | Vidal Rusa, Gabriel Lorenzo | 1981 | VEN | +17B | −5N | =13B | −4N | +19B | +14N | +8B | 4.5 | 23.0 | 24.5 | 13.25 | 1896 | -23.2 |
| 8 | Alvarez Romero, Luis Enrique Alexander | 1949 | VEN | +16B | −12N | =17B | +13N | +15B | =2B | −7N | 4.0 | 23.0 | 25.5 | 13.50 | 1845 | -30.4 |
| 9 | Cedeno Cedeno, Santiago Leandro | 1931 | VEN | −12B | =16N | +22B | =17N | +11B | −3N | +15B | 4.0 | 21.5 | 22.5 | 10.75 | 1761 | -49.2 |
| 10 | Campos Guanipa, Andres Eduardo | 1856 | VEN | +20B | −15N | +21B | −5N | +16B | −4B | +12N | 4.0 | 20.5 | 22.0 | 9.50 | 1732 | -32.8 |
| 11 | Contreras Reyes, Jesus EnriqueCM | 1603 | VEN | −3B | −13N | +20B | +21N | −9N | +19B | +16B | 4.0 | 19.0 | 20.5 | 7.50 | 1717 | +31.2 |
| 12 | Leon Duarte, Samuel Elias | 1585 | VEN | +9N | +8B | −3B | −1N | =17B | +13N | −10B | 3.5 | 26.5 | 29.0 | 12.75 | 1883 | +98.0 |
| 13 | Cristancho Bolivar, Jesus David | 1795 | VEN | −6N | +11B | =7N | −8B | +18N | −12B | +22N | 3.5 | 22.0 | 23.0 | 8.75 | 1782 | -5.6 |
| 14 | Azuaje Quintero, Abdiel Eduardo | 1719 | VEN | −15B | +20N | −1B | =16N | +23N | −7B | +18B | 3.5 | 19.0 | 19.0 | 4.50 | 1719 | -4.0 |
| 15 | Echeto Hernandez, Irving Isaac | 1958 | VEN | +14N | +10B | −2N | −6B | −8N | +22B | −9N | 3.0 | 25.5 | 26.5 | 8.50 | 1811 | -51.2 |
| 16 | Escalona Oviedo, Sebastian Francisco | 1633 | VEN | −8N | =9B | +18N | =14B | −10N | +20B | −11N | 3.0 | 21.0 | 22.5 | 6.75 | 1677 | +9.6 |
| 17 | Murcia, Leonardo Adrian | 1729 | VEN | −7N | +19B | =8N | =9B | =12N | −6B | F | 2.5 | 22.0 | 22.0 | 7.25 | 1799 | +11.2 |
| 18 | Lucero Carao, Angel Gabriel | 1754 | VEN | −1B | +22N | −16B | =19N | −13B | F | −14N | 1.5 | 18.0 | 18.0 | 1.75 | 1508 | -77.2 |
| 19 | Zabala Leon, Javier Jesus | 1564 | VEN | −4B | −17N | F | =18B | −7N | −11N | +23B | 1.5 | 17.5 | 17.5 | 0.75 | 1427 | -26.8 |
| 20 | Carreyo Ruiz, Victor Jesus | 0 | VEN | −10N | −14B | −11N | +23B | F | −16N | =21B | 1.5 | 16.0 | 16.0 | 0.75 | 1285 | 0.0 |
| 21 | Camacho Gonzalez, Jose Alejandro | 1444 | VEN | −5B | F | −10N | −11B | −22N | +23B | =20N | 1.5 | 15.0 | 15.0 | 0.75 | 892 | -36.4 |
| 22 | Camacho Montes, Santiago David | 1476 | VEN | −2N | −18B | −9N | F | +21B | −15N | −13B | 1.0 | 19.0 | 19.0 | 1.50 | 1498 | -2.8 |
| 23 | FIDE 23923342 | 0 | — | F | −3N | −4B | −20N | −14B | −21N | −19N | 0.0 | 18.5 | 18.5 | 0.00 | 913 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Leon Duarte, Samuel EliasVEN+98.03.5 pts · #10
- 2Singer Rojas, Richard JavierCMVEN+92.85.5 pts · #2
- 3Gonzalez Ariza, Diego GabrielVEN+51.24.5 pts · #5
- 1Lucero Carao, Angel GabrielVEN-77.21.5 pts · #18
- 2Echeto Hernandez, Irving IsaacVEN-51.23.0 pts · #12
- 3Cedeno Cedeno, Santiago LeandroVEN-49.24.0 pts · #8
- R2+364 Elo gap
- R1+346 Elo gap
- R3+264 Elo gap