Taca de Portugal r. 3
KnockoutStandard
107 players participated in this 3-round tournament, held on 01 Feb 2026 in Clubes, Portugal. 20 titled players from 8 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2354, and top seed was Ruben Pereira (🇵🇹 POR, IM, 2452).
Joao Francisco Silva Sousa (🇵🇹 POR, 2005) won with 1.0/3, ahead of Antonio Pedro Freixial Vasques (1.0) and Tiago Alexandre M Antunes (1.0).
The biggest upset came in round 3: Miguel Gil (1584) beat Jiang Yifan (1827), a +243-point gap.
Location
🇵🇹Clubes, Portugal
Dates
01 Feb 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Knockout · 3 rounds
Titled players · 20
IM×6
FM×10
CM×3
WFM×1
Federations · 8 represented
🇵🇹Portugal×96
🇵🇱Poland×2
🇬🇧Wales×1
FIDE (no federation)×1
🇳🇱Netherlands×1
🇦🇴Angola×1
🇱🇹Lithuania×1
🇮🇳India×1
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 3 roundsTight race until R3; 39 players tied at 1.0/3, decided on Buchholz.
Co-leaders
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R3 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER
39 players finish on 1.0/3. Sousa takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (0.0).
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sousa, Joao Francisco Silva | 2005 | POR | F | F | +91N | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2470 | +2.4 |
| 2 | Vasques, Antonio Pedro FreixialFM | 2216 | POR | F | F | +75B | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2665 | +2.2 |
| 3 | Antunes, Tiago Alexandre M | 1658 | POR | F | F | +74N | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2437 | +18.8 |
| 4 | Eggert, AlbertoCM | 2068 | POR | F | F | +70B | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2517 | +2.2 |
| 5 | Costa, Gil | 1675 | POR | F | F | +78B | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2606 | +13.6 |
| 6 | Goncalves, Samuel Jesus PFM | 2230 | POR | F | F | +94B | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2630 | +1.6 |
| 7 | Morais, Andre De Oliveira Conde | 1703 | POR | F | F | +76N | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2404 | +7.2 |
| 8 | Sismeiro, MiguelFM | 2324 | POR | F | F | +79N | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2773 | +2.2 |
| 9 | Araujo, Ricardo | 2064 | POR | F | F | +102B | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2523 | +4.8 |
| 10 | Mendes, Modeste | 2013 | POR | F | F | +90B | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2414 | +1.6 |
| 11 | Silva, Miguel Antonio Neto | 2191 | POR | F | F | +87N | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2870 | +6.8 |
| 12 | Ryabukhin, RomanFM | 2222 | POR | F | F | +99B | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 3174 | +28.0 |
| 13 | Sa, Nuno Baltasar Fogaca Barros | 1817 | POR | F | F | +86B | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2458 | +5.8 |
| 14 | Monteiro, Paulo Alexandre G | 2199 | POR | F | F | +73B | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2600 | +1.6 |
| 15 | Silva, Flavio Artur Cardoso Da | 1964 | POR | F | F | +104B | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2378 | +1.8 |
| 16 | Nichols, James Edward | 1691 | HKG | F | F | +81B | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2397 | +14.8 |
| 17 | Silva, Pedro Gil Ferreira DaFM | 2329 | POR | F | F | +106N | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2729 | +1.6 |
| 18 | Marinho, Antonio Pedro | 1792 | POR | F | F | +85B | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2639 | +11.4 |
| 19 | Gil, Miguel | 1584 | POR | F | F | +95N | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2627 | +32.0 |
| 20 | Pereira, RubenIM | 2452 | POR | F | F | +84B | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2926 | +1.3 |
| 21 | Dias, Guilherme Salgado | 1757 | POR | F | F | +83N | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2215 | +4.8 |
| 22 | Aditya Batra | 1811 | IND | F | F | +88B | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2421 | +10.0 |
| 23 | Luch, MichalIM | 2347 | POL | F | F | +72N | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2756 | +0.8 |
| 24 | Faryma, Maksym | 2120 | POR | F | F | +101N | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2546 | +3.6 |
| 25 | Dias, PauloIM | 2309 | POR | F | F | +98B | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2776 | +1.2 |
| 26 | Guerreiro, Nuno | 2009 | POR | F | F | +89N | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2636 | +5.4 |
| 27 | Mendes, Bruno Daniel | 1708 | POR | F | F | +92N | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2411 | +7.4 |
| 28 | Pinho, Paulo | 2098 | POR | F | F | +82B | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2711 | +5.2 |
| 29 | Marques, Ricardo Taborda Trigo | 2028 | POR | F | F | +96N | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2686 | +6.2 |
| 30 | Guerra, Jose Antonio Goulart De | 1849 | POR | F | F | +93B | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2683 | +11.0 |
| 31 | FIDE 8688680 | 0 | — | F | F | +?B | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2040 | 0.0 |
| 32 | Ledas, Armandas | 2003 | LTU | F | F | +80B | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2443 | +4.0 |
| 33 | Cordeiro, Joao Carlos | 2091 | POR | F | F | +105N | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2694 | +5.0 |
| 34 | Krasovskiy, KirillCM | 2175 | FID | F | F | +77B | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2788 | +5.2 |
| 35 | Faryma, MatviyFM | 2309 | POR | F | F | +71B | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2709 | +1.6 |
| 36 | Reis, Luis Sousa | 2141 | POR | F | F | +100B | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2758 | +5.2 |
| 37 | Soares, Luis | 2058 | POR | F | F | +69B | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2692 | +5.6 |
| 38 | Silva, Reinaldo | 1858 | POR | F | F | +97N | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2411 | +3.8 |
| 39 | Nunes, Miguel Camisa | 1754 | POR | F | F | +103B | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2472 | +15.6 |
| 40 | Silva, Stephane | 1992 | POR | F | F | =43N | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 2056 | +1.8 |
| 41 | Dias, Ivo RodriguesCM | 2117 | POR | F | F | =58N | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 1982 | -3.6 |
| 42 | Sousa, Andre VenturaIM | 2445 | POR | F | F | =55N | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 2276 | -2.2 |
| 43 | Sarabando, Rodrigo Andias | 2056 | POR | F | F | =40B | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 1992 | -1.8 |
| 44 | Sousa, Guilherme Resende Miranda | 1729 | POR | F | F | =52N | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 1893 | +8.8 |
| 45 | Correia, Rafael Silva | 1851 | POR | F | F | =54B | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 1890 | +2.4 |
| 46 | Dos Santos Oliveira, Sancho | 2179 | FRA | F | F | =57N | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 2102 | -2.2 |
| 47 | Paiva, Manuel Maria Fonseca | 1996 | POR | F | F | =66N | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 1882 | -3.2 |
| 48 | Cavaleiro, Daniel Felipe Costa | 2006 | POR | F | F | =50B | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 2163 | +4.2 |
| 49 | Cichecki, Adam | 1945 | POL | F | F | =60N | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 2076 | +7.2 |
| 50 | Fidalgo, Andre Neves | 2163 | POR | F | F | =48N | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 2006 | -4.2 |
| 51 | Frois, AntonioIM | 2194 | POR | F | F | =61N | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 2375 | +2.4 |
| 52 | Heirich, Andreas | 1893 | NED | F | F | =44B | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 1729 | -4.4 |
| 53 | Novais, Carlos Joao Fernandes | 2135 | POR | F | F | =65B | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 2168 | +1.0 |
| 54 | Silva, Ana Ines Teixeira DaWFM | 1890 | POR | F | F | =45N | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 1847 | -1.2 |
| 55 | Ribeiro, GustavoFM | 2276 | POR | F | F | =42B | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 2445 | +4.4 |
| 56 | Santos, Antonio PFM | 2178 | POR | F | F | =67N | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 2041 | -3.6 |
| 57 | Almeida, Joao Pedro Dias | 2102 | POR | F | F | =46B | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 2180 | +2.2 |
| 58 | Vasconcelos, Luis Miguel Amaral | 1982 | POR | F | F | =41B | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 2117 | +3.6 |
| 59 | Costa, Nuno Pereira | 1643 | POR | F | F | =63N | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 1752 | +5.6 |
| 60 | Quaresma, Luis Manuel Trindade | 2076 | POR | F | F | =49B | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 1946 | -7.2 |
| 61 | Barria, JoseIM | 2375 | POR | F | F | =51B | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 2194 | -2.4 |
| 62 | Ferreira, Tiago Miguel Marques | 1802 | POR | F | F | =64B | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 1863 | +1.6 |
| 63 | Dionisio, Joao | 1752 | POR | F | F | =59B | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 1648 | -5.6 |
| 64 | Bento, Rudolfo Antonio Campos | 1863 | POR | F | F | =62N | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 1802 | -1.6 |
| 65 | Junior, DomingosFM | 2169 | ANG | F | F | =53N | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 2135 | -1.0 |
| 66 | Borges, Diogo | 1882 | POR | F | F | =47B | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 1996 | +6.4 |
| 67 | Ferreira, Eduardo Jose | 2042 | POR | F | F | =56B | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 2178 | +7.2 |
| 68 | Soares, Pedro Rodrigo Frias | 0 | POR | F | F | =?B | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 1772 | 0.0 |
| 69 | Tavares, Antonio Americo | 1892 | POR | F | F | −37N | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1258 | -5.6 |
| 70 | Ambrosio, Jonathan | 1718 | POR | F | F | −4N | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1268 | -4.4 |
| 71 | Haleta, Oleh | 1814 | POR | F | F | −35N | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1414 | -3.2 |
| 72 | Sampaio, Dinis | 1838 | POR | F | F | −23B | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1438 | -3.2 |
| 73 | Beijoco, Bernardo | 1794 | POR | F | F | −14N | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1397 | -3.2 |
| 74 | Belchior, Nuno Miguel Bettencour | 1637 | POR | F | F | −3B | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 858 | -9.4 |
| 75 | Caturra, Rafael Dias | 1865 | POR | F | F | −2N | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1416 | -2.2 |
| 76 | Nandy, Satyaki | 1603 | POR | F | F | −7B | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 904 | -14.4 |
| 77 | Bernardo, Daniel Madureira | 1988 | POR | F | F | −34N | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1375 | -5.2 |
| 78 | Teixeira, Tiago Guedes | 1806 | POR | F | F | −5N | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 873 | -13.6 |
| 79 | Sousa, Pedro Simao | 1974 | POR | F | F | −8B | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1524 | -2.2 |
| 80 | Rocha, Paulo | 1643 | POR | F | F | −32N | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1203 | -2.0 |
| 81 | Abreu, Duarte Ferreira | 1604 | POR | F | F | −16N | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 890 | -14.8 |
| 82 | Duque, Raquel Dos Santos | 1911 | POR | F | F | −28N | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1298 | -5.2 |
| 83 | Fonseca, Constanca | 0 | POR | F | F | −21B | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 957 | -4.8 |
| 84 | Cruz, Jorge Filipe Egas Da | 2126 | POR | F | F | −20N | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1652 | -2.6 |
| 85 | Alvarez, Ricardo Fernando | 1842 | POR | F | F | −18N | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 992 | -11.4 |
| 86 | Moniz, Bruno Furtado | 1658 | POR | F | F | −13N | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1016 | -5.8 |
| 87 | Reis, Pedro Rafael Melo | 2070 | POR | F | F | −11B | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1391 | -6.8 |
| 88 | Martins, Nuno Goncalo Alves | 1621 | POR | F | F | −22N | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1014 | -5.0 |
| 89 | Santos, Joao Carlos Martins | 1836 | POR | F | F | −26B | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1209 | -5.4 |
| 90 | Pickwick, Samuel Louis Peter | 1610 | WLS | F | F | −10N | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1211 | -3.2 |
| 91 | Fernandes, Rui Filipe Santos | 1670 | POR | F | F | −1B | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1205 | -2.4 |
| 92 | Lemos, Artur Jorge Capela Gomes | 1608 | POR | F | F | −27B | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 908 | -7.4 |
| 93 | Cymbron, Victoria | 1884 | POR | F | F | −30N | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1049 | -22.0 |
| 94 | Ribeiro, Carlos Henrique | 1589 | POR | F | F | −6N | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1189 | -1.6 |
| 95 | Yifan, Jiang | 1827 | POR | F | F | −19B | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 782 | -32.0 |
| 96 | Pires, Igor Tiago Duarte | 1886 | POR | F | F | −29B | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1228 | -6.2 |
| 97 | Gil, Diogo | 1623 | POR | F | F | −38B | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1059 | -7.6 |
| 98 | Goncalves, Diogo Figueiredo | 1978 | POR | F | F | −25N | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1509 | -2.4 |
| 99 | Farias, David Nuno M EFM | 2374 | POR | F | F | −12N | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1422 | -14.0 |
| 100 | Amaro, Goncalo Ferreira | 1958 | POR | F | F | −36N | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1341 | -5.2 |
| 101 | Hips, Valentyn | 1746 | POR | F | F | −24B | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1321 | -1.8 |
| 102 | Vidigal, Bernardo | 1724 | POR | F | F | −9N | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1265 | -2.4 |
| 103 | Pereira, Carlos Marco | 1675 | POR | F | F | −39N | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 953 | -7.8 |
| 104 | Chen, Tiago | 1577 | POR | F | F | −15N | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1164 | -3.6 |
| 105 | Lachever, Diogo Freire | 1894 | POR | F | F | −33B | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1291 | -5.0 |
| 106 | Sa, Luis Afonso | 1758 | POR | F | F | −17B | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1357 | -1.6 |
| 107 | Berezovsky, Taras | 0 | POR | F | F | −?B | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 1150 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Gil, MiguelPOR+32.01.0 pts · #19
- 2Ryabukhin, RomanFMPOR+28.01.0 pts · #12
- 3Antunes, Tiago Alexandre MPOR+18.81.0 pts · #3
Top rating losers
- 1Yifan, JiangPOR-32.00.0 pts · #96
- 2Cymbron, VictoriaPOR-22.00.0 pts · #94
- 3Abreu, Duarte FerreiraPOR-14.80.0 pts · #81
Biggest upsets
- R3+243 Elo gap
- R3+152 Elo gap
- R3+131 Elo gap