XVI Open Marques de Pombal
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57 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 26 Dec 2025 to 29 Dec 2025 in Pombal, Portugal. 7 titled players from 5 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2172, and top seed was Jose Francisco R P Neves Veiga (🇵🇹 POR, IM, 2382).
Jose Francisco R P Neves Veiga (🇵🇹 POR, IM, 2382) won with 6.5/7, ahead of Gustavo Ribeiro (5.5) and Samuel Jesus P Goncalves (5.5). Veiga won solo starting round 5.
The biggest upset came in round 2: Goncalo Cravo Jesus Goncalves (1871) beat Rodrigo Ribeiro (FM, 2144), a +273-point gap.
Location
🇵🇹Pombal, Portugal
Dates
26 Dec 2025 → 29 Dec 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 7 rounds
Titled players · 7
IM×1
FM×4
WCM×2
Federations · 5 represented
🇵🇹Portugal×51
🇦🇴Angola×2
🇧🇷Brazil×1
🇪🇸Spain×1
🇩🇪Germany×1
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 7 roundsIM Jose Francisco R P Neves Veiga led from R5; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.
Co-leaders
23
10
5
2
1
1
1
R5–R7 · LEAD HELD
IM Jose Francisco R P Neves Veiga never relinquished the lead after R5; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.
R4 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND
IM Jose Francisco R P Neves Veiga beat FM Samuel Jesus P Goncalves (White).
WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers
IM Jose Francisco R P Neves Veiga 6 wins (R1–R6)FM Samuel Jesus P Goncalves 3 wins (R1–R3)FM Gustavo Ribeiro 4 wins (R1–R4)
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1IMJose Francisco R P Neves Veiga | * | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2FMSamuel Jesus P Goncalves | 0 | * | ½ | — |
| 3FMGustavo Ribeiro | 0 | ½ | * | — |
| 4Paulo Alexandre G Monteiro | 0 | — | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Veiga, Jose Francisco R P NevesIM | 2382 | POR | +25N | +7B | +10N | +3B | +2N | +4B | =6N | 6.5 | 31.0 | 34.5 | 32.00 | 2535 | +8.3 |
| 2 | Ribeiro, GustavoFM | 2265 | POR | +40N | +17B | +19N | +5B | −1B | +10N | =3N | 5.5 | 30.0 | 32.5 | 23.25 | 2324 | +13.2 |
| 3 | Goncalves, Samuel Jesus PFM | 2220 | POR | +22B | +14N | +12B | −1N | +16B | +15N | =2B | 5.5 | 29.0 | 32.5 | 23.25 | 2256 | +10.0 |
| 4 | Monteiro, Paulo Alexandre G | 2177 | POR | +35N | =18B | +30N | +13B | +11N | −1N | =8B | 5.0 | 28.0 | 31.0 | 20.00 | 2165 | +3.4 |
| 5 | Ryabukhin, RomanFM | 2272 | POR | +28B | +9N | +16B | −2N | =15B | =7N | +19B | 5.0 | 27.5 | 31.0 | 21.00 | 2136 | -31.6 |
| 6 | Ribeiro, RodrigoFM | 2144 | POR | +24B | −33N | +22B | +9N | +19B | =12N | =1B | 5.0 | 27.0 | 30.0 | 21.50 | 2104 | -1.8 |
| 7 | Goncalves, Diogo Figueiredo | 1929 | POR | +41B | −1N | +24B | =20N | +56N | =5B | +15B | 5.0 | 25.5 | 25.5 | 14.50 | 2074 | +50.4 |
| 8 | Almeida, Joao Pedro Dias | 2064 | POR | +23B | =15N | +36B | −11N | +17N | +18B | =4N | 5.0 | 25.0 | 28.0 | 19.00 | 2049 | +1.6 |
| 9 | Reis, Pedro Rafael Melo | 1910 | POR | +31N | −5B | +40N | −6B | +22N | +37B | +16B | 5.0 | 23.5 | 26.0 | 16.00 | 2034 | +36.9 |
| 10 | Santos, Tomas Afonso Pires | 2024 | POR | +47B | +56N | −1B | +39N | +32B | −2B | +17N | 5.0 | 23.0 | 23.0 | 11.00 | 2106 | +16.8 |
| 11 | Ryabukhina, VeronikaWCM | 2031 | POR | +32N | +21B | =27N | +8B | −4B | +20N | −12B | 4.5 | 26.0 | 29.0 | 17.75 | 2011 | -0.8 |
| 12 | Joelson, Ricardo | 1980 | ANG | +45N | F | −3N | +21B | +13N | =6B | +11N | 4.5 | 25.5 | 25.5 | 17.50 | 2190 | +34.0 |
| 13 | Goncalves, Lucas Jordao | 2138 | POR | +48N | +26B | +33B | −4N | −12B | =14N | +34N | 4.5 | 23.5 | 25.0 | 13.25 | 2014 | -34.4 |
| 14 | Moraes, Antonio Jose Oliveira | 1883 | POR | +44N | −3B | −32N | +52B | +35N | =13B | +26N | 4.5 | 22.0 | 23.0 | 12.25 | 1936 | +10.8 |
| 15 | Fougerat, Emma | 1833 | POR | +42N | =8B | +18N | +27B | =5N | −3B | −7N | 4.0 | 28.0 | 30.5 | 15.00 | 2022 | +51.6 |
| 16 | Filipe, Marcio | 2021 | ANG | +29N | +20B | −5N | +26B | −3N | +33B | −9N | 4.0 | 26.5 | 29.5 | 14.00 | 1997 | -2.6 |
| 17 | Abdurramane, Danial Germano | 1911 | POR | +55B | −2N | +23B | +25N | −8B | +32N | −10B | 4.0 | 25.5 | 26.0 | 10.50 | 1921 | +2.6 |
| 18 | Neto, Dinis Fonseca | 1881 | POR | +43B | =4N | −15B | +28N | +27B | −8N | =30B | 4.0 | 24.5 | 27.0 | 13.75 | 1895 | +7.6 |
| 19 | Mendes, Modeste | 1982 | POR | +37B | +53N | −2B | +33N | −6N | +25B | −5N | 4.0 | 24.5 | 25.0 | 9.50 | 1984 | +3.2 |
| 20 | Costa, Nuno Guilherme R | 1809 | POR | +49B | −16N | +53B | =7B | +34N | −11B | =39N | 4.0 | 20.5 | 21.0 | 8.75 | 1888 | +25.2 |
| 21 | Almeida, Marta DiasWCM | 1831 | POR | +54B | −11N | +37B | −12N | −23B | +47N | +32B | 4.0 | 19.5 | 20.0 | 7.50 | 1787 | -12.6 |
| 22 | Ferreira, Alexander Ciorici | 1750 | POR | −3N | +31B | −6N | +53B | −9B | +43N | =29N | 3.5 | 25.0 | 25.5 | 8.25 | 1793 | +4.0 |
| 23 | Manuel dos Santos, Fabio | 1710 | GER | −8N | +42B | −17N | +44B | +21N | −26B | =28N | 3.5 | 22.5 | 25.0 | 10.75 | 1774 | +15.2 |
| 24 | Montenegro, Matias | 1746 | POR | −6N | +44B | −7N | +31B | =26N | −34B | +38N | 3.5 | 22.5 | 25.0 | 10.25 | 1782 | +10.0 |
| 25 | Yifan, Jiang | 1769 | POR | −1B | +38N | +43B | −17B | +46N | −19N | =36B | 3.5 | 22.5 | 24.5 | 8.50 | 1767 | -4.4 |
| 26 | Parreira, Luis Miguel | 1871 | POR | +51B | −13N | +47B | −16N | =24B | +23N | −14B | 3.5 | 21.5 | 22.5 | 7.75 | 1807 | -11.6 |
| 27 | Morais, Vitor | 1808 | POR | +57N | +34B | =11B | −15N | −18N | =29B | =37N | 3.5 | 21.5 | 21.5 | 8.25 | 1762 | -8.6 |
| 28 | Aragao, Joshua | 1757 | POR | −5N | =45B | +29N | −18B | =36B | +55N | =23B | 3.5 | 21.0 | 21.5 | 8.25 | 1758 | -4.4 |
| 29 | Correia, Pedro Mourao Soares | 1677 | POR | −16B | +49N | −28B | +54N | =39B | =27N | =22B | 3.5 | 18.5 | 19.0 | 6.75 | 1697 | +0.8 |
| 30 | Gomes, Micael | 1762 | POR | F | +50N | −4B | −32B | +41N | +38B | =18N | 3.5 | 18.5 | 18.5 | 8.50 | 1810 | +6.4 |
| 31 | Izidoro, Klaus | 1564 | POR | −9B | −22N | +51B | −24N | =54B | +41N | +48B | 3.5 | 17.0 | 17.5 | 5.25 | 1676 | +26.0 |
| 32 | Goncalves, Carlos Manuel M. | 1697 | POR | −11B | +51N | +14B | +30N | −10N | −17B | −21N | 3.0 | 25.5 | 26.5 | 9.00 | 1782 | +11.6 |
| 33 | Goncalves, Goncalo Cravo Jesus | 1871 | POR | F | +6B | −13N | −19B | +50N | −16N | +35B | 3.0 | 22.0 | 22.0 | 9.50 | 1942 | +10.4 |
| 34 | Cardoso, Miguel Sanchez | 1867 | POR | F | −27N | +38B | +36N | −20B | +24N | −13B | 3.0 | 21.0 | 21.0 | 9.00 | 1791 | -11.6 |
| 35 | Reque Garcia, Marcos | 1749 | ESP | −4B | +55N | −39B | +43N | −14B | +46N | −33N | 3.0 | 19.5 | 20.0 | 5.00 | 1725 | -12.4 |
| 36 | Bernardes, Afonso | 1693 | POR | F | +46B | −8N | −34B | =28N | +50B | =25N | 3.0 | 18.5 | 18.5 | 7.00 | 1771 | +21.6 |
| 37 | Duarte, Pedro Saraiva | 1622 | POR | −19N | +57B | −21N | F | +40N | −9N | =27B | 2.5 | 19.0 | 19.0 | 4.25 | 1708 | +17.2 |
| 38 | Ribeiro, Margarida | 1552 | POR | =39N | −25B | −34N | +42B | +45B | −30N | −24B | 2.5 | 18.5 | 20.5 | 5.75 | 1582 | +5.2 |
| 39 | Quintino, Luis | 1890 | POR | =38B | F | +35N | −10B | =29N | F | =20B | 2.5 | 18.0 | 18.0 | 8.00 | 1762 | -15.4 |
| 40 | Izidoro, Kivam Arruda | 1754 | BRA | −2B | +41N | −9B | =45N | −37B | +54N | F | 2.5 | 18.0 | 18.0 | 4.00 | 1634 | -36.8 |
| 41 | Kotova, Diana | 1613 | POR | −7N | −40B | =42N | +55N | −30B | −31B | +53N | 2.5 | 17.5 | 18.0 | 2.25 | 1571 | -15.6 |
| 42 | Cordeiro, Alexandre Sintra | 0 | POR | −15B | −23N | =41B | −38N | +49B | −45N | +54B | 2.5 | 16.0 | 16.5 | 3.25 | 1299 | 0.0 |
| 43 | Cabrita, Mateus | 1511 | POR | −18N | +48B | −25N | −35B | +53N | −22B | =55B | 2.5 | 16.0 | 16.5 | 2.25 | 1618 | +31.2 |
| 44 | Gasalho, Mario | 1548 | POR | −14B | −24N | +49B | −23N | +57B | −48N | =47B | 2.5 | 16.0 | 16.0 | 2.25 | 1383 | -15.0 |
| 45 | Aragao, Mairon | 1617 | POR | −12B | =28N | F | =40B | −38N | +42B | F | 2.0 | 15.5 | 15.5 | 5.50 | 1568 | -12.8 |
| 46 | Goncalves, Beatriz M A C Nunes | 1544 | POR | F | −36N | =48B | +47N | −25B | −35B | =50N | 2.0 | 14.0 | 14.0 | 3.00 | 1581 | +9.2 |
| 47 | Mendes, Alberto Correa | 1683 | POR | −10N | F | −26N | −46B | +51N | −21B | =44N | 1.5 | 18.0 | 18.0 | 2.25 | 1399 | -30.8 |
| 48 | Vidigal, Bernardo | 1724 | POR | −13B | −43N | =46N | −51B | F | +44B | −31N | 1.5 | 16.0 | 16.0 | 3.50 | 1511 | -60.8 |
| 49 | Parreira, Joao | 0 | POR | −20N | −29B | −44N | F | −42N | =53B | +51B | 1.5 | 14.0 | 14.0 | 1.25 | 1336 | 0.0 |
| 50 | Nunes, Adelino Vitor | 1620 | POR | F | −30B | F | +57N | −33B | −36N | =46B | 1.5 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 1.00 | 1397 | -20.0 |
| 51 | Cardoso, Tomas Rodrigues | 0 | POR | −26N | −32B | −31N | +48N | −47B | F | −49N | 1.0 | 14.5 | 14.5 | 1.50 | 1467 | 0.0 |
| 52 | Silva, Rui Manuel De Almeida | 1618 | POR | F | F | F | −14N | F | +57B | — | 1.0 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 0.00 | 1083 | -3.6 |
| 53 | Sharma, Harshit | 1594 | POR | F | −19B | −20N | −22N | −43B | =49N | −41B | 0.5 | 18.0 | 18.0 | 0.75 | 933 | -68.0 |
| 54 | Horta, Miguel | 0 | POR | −21N | F | F | −29B | =31N | −40B | −42N | 0.5 | 16.0 | 16.0 | 1.75 | 1385 | 0.0 |
| 55 | Li Wei, David | 1574 | POR | −17N | −35B | F | −41B | F | −28B | =43N | 0.5 | 15.5 | 15.5 | 1.25 | 1341 | -47.6 |
| 56 | Damasceno, Jorge | 1811 | POR | F | −10B | F | F | −7B | F | F | 0.0 | 14.5 | 14.5 | 0.00 | 1175 | -11.4 |
| 57 | FIDE 1988760 | 0 | — | −27B | −37N | F | −50B | −44N | −52N | — | 0.0 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 0.00 | 844 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Fougerat, EmmaPOR+51.64.0 pts · #30
- 2Goncalves, Diogo FigueiredoPOR+50.45.0 pts · #6
- 3Reis, Pedro Rafael MeloPOR+36.95.0 pts · #10
Top rating losers
- 1Sharma, HarshitPOR-68.00.5 pts · #57
- 2Vidigal, BernardoPOR-60.81.5 pts · #41
- 3Li Wei, DavidPOR-47.60.5 pts · #47
Biggest upsets
- R2+273 Elo gap
- R2+213 Elo gap
- R3+186 Elo gap