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La Costa Relampago

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16 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 12 Jan 2026 to 16 Jan 2026 in Ciudad de la Costa, Uruguay. 2 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1759, and top seed was Guillermo Flores Pedreira (🇺🇾 URU, 1884).

Nahuel Ibarburu (🇺🇾 URU, 1875) won with 4.0/5, ahead of Julio Correa (4.0) and Francisco Borgiani (3.5). Ibarburu shared the lead from round 1, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 3: Julius Werle (1589) beat Guillermo Flores Pedreira (1884), a +295-point gap.

Location
🇺🇾Ciudad de la Costa, Uruguay
Dates
12 Jan 2026 → 16 Jan 2026
Time control
Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Top seed
🇺🇾Guillermo Flores Pedreira1884
Avg top 10
1,759
Participants
16
Federations · 2 represented
🇺🇾Uruguay×15
🇪🇸Spain×1
Top 3
  • 🥇
    Nahuel Ibarburu
    🇺🇾URU·1875
    4.0pts·1933perf+5.6
  • 🥈
    Julio Correa
    🇺🇾URU·1753
    4.0pts·2022perf+68.4
  • 🥉
    Francisco Borgiani
    🇺🇾URU·1796
    3.5pts·1863perf+9.2

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Tight race until R5; 2 players tied at 4.0/5, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.

Co-leaders
5
3
3
2
2
1.52.545R1R2R3R4R5
Correa4Ibarburu4Borgiani3.5Pizarro3.5Werle3Werle2.5
R5 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 4.0/5. Ibarburu takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (12.0).

R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Julio Correa drew with Nahuel Ibarburu (White).

R1–R5 · UNBEATEN

Julio Correa went unbeaten across 5 games (R1–R5).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Julio Correa*
½
1
—
2Nahuel Ibarburu
½
*
½
—
3Francisco Borgiani
0
½
*
1
4Nick Pizarro——
0
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Ibarburu, Nahuel1875URU+6N+15B=3N+8B=2N4.012.012.08.251933+5.6
2Correa, Julio1753URU+13N+12B=8N+3B=1B4.010.511.58.502022+68.4
3Borgiani, Francisco1796URU+4B+5N=1B−2N+9B3.514.516.510.501863+9.2
4Pizarro, Nick1625URU−3N+10B+15N+6B=5N3.511.011.06.001782+33.2
5Werle, Julius1589URU+9N−3B+12N=13B=4B3.010.011.05.251797+54.4
6Luzardo, Martin1657URU−1B+7N+16B−4N=8N2.512.012.03.501660+1.2
7Werle, Carolin1724URU−12N−6B+11N=9B+14B2.57.58.54.001649-9.0
8Perez Selios, Luis1778URUF+14N=2B−1N=6B2.011.511.54.251739-2.8
9Blanco, Rudemar Ernesto1729URU−5B+16N=13B=7N−3N2.010.010.01.751482-26.0
10Rodriguez Carvallo, Facundo1716ESPF−4N+14BF+13N2.06.56.52.001757+3.2
11Risso, Mauro0URUFF−7B+16N+15N2.02.52.50.009240.0
12Flores Pedreira, Guillermo1884URU+7B−2N−5BFF1.011.511.52.501564-24.8
13Campos, Fernando1589URU−2BF=9N=5N−10B1.011.011.02.501504-16.8
14Buller, Eduard1682URUF−8B−10N+15B−7N1.06.56.50.00935-51.2
15Gomez, Enrique0URUF−1N−4B−14N−11B0.010.510.50.009270.0
16Alonso, Daniel0URUF−9B−6N−11BF0.06.56.50.008890.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets
La Costa Relampago (2026) — Ciudad de la Costa, Uruguay | Chess Tournament Results | ChessStats