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Romeo Daou Tournament 2026

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25 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 13 Jan 2026 to 03 Mar 2026 in Willemstad, Curacao, Netherlands Antilles. 5 titled players from 2 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1867, and top seed was Han H.W.M. Neumann ( AHO, FM, 2012).

Luis Gallardo Rodriguez ( AHO, 1949) won with 5.5/7, ahead of Liana Pieter (5.5) and Vaibhav Bedi (4.0). Gallardo Rodriguez shared the lead from round 1, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 2: Taqesyah Marcos (WCM, 1753) beat Johan Van Delden (2001), a +248-point gap.

Location
Willemstad, Curacao, Netherlands Antilles
Dates
13 Jan 2026 → 03 Mar 2026
Time control
Standard: 75 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 7 rounds
Top seed
Avg top 10
1,867
Participants
25
Titled players · 5
FM×1
CM×1
WCM×3
Federations · 2 represented
Netherlands Antilles×24
🇳🇱Netherlands×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

Tight race until R2; 2 players tied at 5.5/7, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.

Co-leaders
8
1
3
2
2
2
2
23.55.57R1R2R3R4R5R6R7
R2–R7 · LEAD HELD

Luis Gallardo Rodriguez held the sole lead from R2 through R7 without losing it.

R7 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 5.5/7. Gallardo Rodriguez takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (22.0).

R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Luis Gallardo Rodriguez drew with WCM Liana Pieter (Black).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Luis Gallardo Rodriguez*
½
½
2WCMLiana Pieter
½
*
3Johan Van Delden*
4CMVaibhav Bedi
½
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Gallardo Rodriguez, Luis1949AHO+21N+13B=3N+9B=2N+10B=7N5.522.023.016.502008+20.0
2Pieter, LianaWCM1800AHO+14N=10B+12N+6B=1B+9N=5B5.521.524.518.502020+76.4
3Bedi, VaibhavCM1939AHO+15B=9N=1B=8N+14B=5NF4.021.021.013.251857-18.8
4Van Delden, Johan2001AHO=11B16N+15B+21N=10B6N+9B4.017.018.09.501779-32.8
5Teeken, Joshua1795NEDF+11N+8B=10N7B=3B=2N3.522.522.512.751843+16.8
6Neumann, Han H.W.M.FM2012AHOF=12B+13N2N=11B+4B=10N3.521.521.511.501842-22.6
7Albregtse, Tjerk1804AHOF+23B9N+12B+5NF=1B3.515.515.59.751925+16.2
8Capella, Gregory1763AHOF+25B5N=3B+17NF+11B3.515.515.57.001791+4.0
9Hodgson, Norman1725AHO+24N=3B+7B1N=16B2B4N3.024.525.07.001750+2.6
10Bregita, Jhonathan1776AHO+22B=2NF=5B=4N1N=6B3.024.025.09.251833+9.8
11Devnani, Yash1632AHO=4N5B+25N=16B=6N=12B8N3.019.519.56.251727+27.6
12Everts, Roy-Anthony1699AHO+17B=6N2B7N+20B=11NF3.019.019.06.751684-3.4
13Diaz de Pool, Julian1799AHO+18B1N6B+20N+21BFF3.017.017.04.501805+2.0
14Jansen, Romer1577AHO2B+17N+18BF3NF+20N3.015.015.05.501710+24.0
15Khatri, Nisarg1584AHO3N=20B4N+25B+23NFF2.512.012.01.251717+27.2
16Marcos, TaqesyahWCM1753AHOF+4BF=11N=9NFF2.015.515.57.001911+12.2
17Dunker, Nathan0AHO12N14BF+18N8B+25NF2.012.512.52.0015330.0
18Diaz de Pool, Xavi1570AHO13N+24B14N17B+22NFF2.010.510.51.501479-15.2
19Roose, Alex1790AHO+20NFFF+24BFF2.02.02.02.002329+3.6
20Jeandor, Kaylani1516AHO19B=15N+23N13B12NF14B1.514.515.01.751501-9.6
21Spong, Robby1600AHO1B+22NF4B13NFF1.017.517.51.001604-6.4
22Paris Hodge, CeannaWCM1437AHO10N21B=24N=23B18BFF1.08.58.50.501344-15.6
23Erdelyi, Ferencz1713AHOF7N20B=22N15BFF0.59.09.00.501267-84.8
24Diaz, Alfonso0AHO9B18N=22BF19NFF0.58.58.50.5013090.0
25Costa, Fabianny1419AHOF8N11B15NF17BF0.012.012.00.00860-24.8

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets