Semifinal del Campeonato Nacional 2026

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95 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 14 Feb 2026 to 01 Mar 2026 in Managua, Nicaragua. 7 titled players from 2 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2109, and top seed was Marcos Ortiz (🇳🇮 NCA, 2213).

Carlos Davila (🇳🇮 NCA, IM, 2138) won with 7.0/9, ahead of Jorge Picado (6.5) and Juan Bosco Ruiz (6.5). Davila shared the lead from round 6 and won solo starting round 8.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Pablo Sebastian Aguilar Bejarano (1698) beat Felix Alberto Espinoza Guerrero (2051), a +353-point gap.

Location

🇳🇮Managua, Nicaragua

Dates

14 Feb 2026 → 01 Mar 2026

Time control

Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 9 rounds

Top seed

🇳🇮Marcos Ortiz2213

Avg top 10

2,109

Participants

Titled players · 7

IM×1

FM×2

CM×2

WFM×1

WCM×1

Federations · 2 represented

🇳🇮Nicaragua×92

FIDE (no federation)×1

Top 3

🥇
IMCarlos Davila
🇳🇮NCA·2138
7.0pts·2155perf+4.4
🥈
Jorge Picado
🇳🇮NCA·2044
6.5pts·2149perf+27.2
🥉
Juan Bosco Ruiz
🇳🇮NCA·1943
6.5pts·2046perf+27.0

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

IM Carlos Davila led from R8; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders

Davila7Vanegas Lopez6.5Ceballos Reyes6.5Espinoza6.5Picado6.5Ruiz6.5

R8 · LEADER CHANGE01 Mar

IM Carlos Davila takes the sole lead (6.5/8).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

IM Carlos Davila 4 wins (R3–R6)Natanael Emanuel Vanegas Lopez 3 wins (R1–R3)Roberto Carlos Ceballos Reyes 3 wins (R7–R9)

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Davila, CarlosIM	2138	NCA	+52N	−35B	+43N	+25B	+68N	+28B	=2N	+14B	=9N	7.0	40.5	43.5	32.75	2155	+4.4
2	Picado, Jorge	2044	NCA	+60B	+33N	+36B	+44N	=9B	=6N	=1B	=11N	=4B	6.5	45.5	49.0	33.00	2149	+27.2
3	Ruiz, Juan Bosco	1943	NCA	+62B	+30N	=4B	−5N	+38B	=24N	+23B	=13N	+17B	6.5	44.5	47.5	32.25	2046	+27.0
4	Espinoza, Jose	2081	NCA	+43N	+38B	=3N	+35B	−14N	+27B	=15N	+12B	=2N	6.5	44.0	48.0	33.25	2109	+9.8
5	Sanchez, Steven	2101	NCA	=76N	+73B	+26N	+3B	=15N	=12B	=10N	=28B	+18N	6.5	42.5	45.0	32.50	2092	0.0
6	Vanegas Lopez, Natanael Emanuel	2037	NCA	+49N	+45B	+68N	=15B	+10N	=2B	=14N	−9B	+36N	6.5	42.0	45.0	30.25	2144	+28.0
7	Colomer Fonseca, Eric Gabriel	1910	NCA	+39N	+94B	=10N	−14B	=25N	+31B	=24N	+26B	+15N	6.5	41.5	41.5	28.00	2018	+23.8
8	Ceballos Reyes, Roberto Carlos	1925	NCA	+70N	+24B	−9N	+45B	=27N	−10B	+43N	+35B	+14N	6.5	40.0	43.0	28.50	2054	+60.0
9	Ortiz, Marcos	2213	NCA	+31N	F	+8B	+12B	=2N	=14B	=11N	+6N	=1B	6.0	49.0	51.0	36.50	2221	+4.0
10	Garcia Cerda, Ricardo LeonelFM	2096	NCA	+32B	+18N	=7B	+20N	−6B	+8N	=5B	+16N	−11B	6.0	48.5	53.5	34.50	2075	-2.4
11	Alfaro, WilliamFM	2117	NCA	=74B	F	=35N	+33N	+29B	+17N	=9B	=2B	+10N	6.0	41.5	42.5	31.50	2162	+11.8
12	Carranza Narvaez, Sergio Ivan	1986	NCA	+82B	+42N	+77B	−9N	+46B	=5N	=16B	−4N	+47B	6.0	39.0	41.0	22.50	2016	+11.2
13	Treminio Umanzor, Leonel AlejandroCM	1988	NCA	+57N	+40B	−44N	=42B	=35N	+56B	=36N	=3B	+27N	6.0	36.5	40.0	26.25	1951	-14.0
14	Valle Alonso, Moises Abraham	2166	NCA	+84B	+46N	=20B	+7N	+4B	=9N	=6B	−1N	−8B	5.5	48.5	50.5	28.00	2065	-37.6
15	Fonseca Cabrera, Ernesto	2079	NCA	+21B	+27N	+29B	=6N	=5B	=16N	=4B	=17N	−7B	5.5	47.5	52.5	30.75	2035	-7.6
16	Velasquez, Rommel	1951	NCA	+47N	=25B	=76N	+41B	+18N	=15B	=12N	−10B	=19N	5.5	42.0	44.5	26.25	1933	-1.6
17	Espinoza Guerrero, Felix Alberto	2051	NCA	−24N	+70B	+49N	+36B	+54N	−11B	+29N	=15B	−3N	5.5	40.0	43.0	22.75	1944	-36.1
18	Martinez Romero, Luis	1880	NCA	+69N	−10B	+47N	+76B	−16B	=19N	+30B	+42N	−5B	5.5	39.5	42.0	21.25	1930	+12.8
19	Martinez Orozco, Cristiana Yorlene	1754	NCA	+89N	=26B	−25N	=37B	+62N	=18B	+22N	=27B	=16B	5.5	39.0	40.0	22.25	1885	+28.8
20	Guerrero Salazar, Jose Onell	1918	NCA	+63N	+75B	=14N	−10B	=42N	+25B	=35N	−36B	+32B	5.5	37.5	40.0	22.50	1897	-2.0
21	Espinoza Barrios, Marelys Cristina	1703	NCA	−15N	+87B	=37N	−22B	+75N	−41B	+67N	+53B	+35N	5.5	34.0	35.0	17.25	1853	+61.2
22	Cabezas Calero, Abigail CarolinaCM	1867	NCA	F	=63B	+67N	+21N	−24B	+77N	−19B	+65N	+40B	5.5	32.0	32.0	20.00	1792	-23.2
23	Salgado, Wilbert	1770	NCA	+93N	−68B	+92N	−29N	+80B	+44B	−3N	=31B	+54N	5.5	29.5	30.0	13.00	1834	+12.4
24	Aguilar Bejarano, Pablo Sebastian	1698	NCA	+17B	−8N	+58N	=26B	+22N	=3B	=7B	F	=28N	5.0	44.5	48.0	26.00	2032	+66.4
25	Berrios Cuadra, Michael Stefan	1744	NCA	+95B	=16N	+19B	−1N	=7B	−20N	+64B	=29B	=37N	5.0	42.5	42.5	19.25	1883	+54.8
26	Quintanilla, Marvin	1917	NCA	+64B	=19N	−5B	=24N	+32B	=42N	+38B	−7N	=30B	5.0	42.0	45.0	22.25	1843	-16.8
27	Garcia Martinez, Antonio Jose	1868	NCA	+79N	−15B	+51N	+62B	=8B	−4N	+40B	=19N	−13B	5.0	41.5	44.0	20.00	1852	-1.8
28	Arauz Espinoza, Douglas Ariel	1988	NCA	F	−36N	+32B	+30N	+44B	−1N	+46B	=5N	=24B	5.0	41.0	41.0	23.75	1974	-2.8
29	Machado Garcia, Ruben Efrain	1894	NCA	+65N	+92B	−15N	+23B	−11N	+47B	−17B	=25N	=42B	5.0	38.5	39.0	17.50	1844	-9.4
30	Flores, Manuel	1794	NCA	+55N	−3B	+94N	−28B	+57N	=54B	−18N	+39B	=26N	5.0	37.0	37.0	15.75	1784	-2.2
31	Aguirre Espinoza, Jonathan David	1741	NCA	−9B	+78N	+86B	−46N	+66B	−7N	+53B	=23N	=33B	5.0	36.5	37.5	15.75	1820	+30.0
32	Lopez Urrutia, Diego Zahid	1711	NCA	−10N	+79B	−28N	+94B	−26N	+78B	+37N	+45B	−20N	5.0	35.0	35.0	13.50	1828	+44.0
33	Bojorge Plata,Edwin Ramses	1862	NCA	+91N	−2B	+75N	−11B	=76N	−43B	+63N	+61B	=31N	5.0	33.0	34.0	13.75	1785	-30.8
34	Calderon Vasquez, Miguel Angel	1785	NCA	=73N	−76B	+39N	=63B	−47N	+51B	−48N	+80B	+62N	5.0	28.0	30.0	16.50	1634	-60.8
35	Castillo, Rommel	1866	NCA	+48B	+1N	=11B	−4N	=13B	+64N	=20B	−8N	−21B	4.5	47.0	50.0	22.75	1883	+5.6
36	Munoz Cortez, Jonathan Eduardo	1818	NCA	+87N	+28B	−2N	−17N	+70B	F	=13B	+20N	−6B	4.5	41.0	42.0	17.50	1928	+25.0
37	Berrios, Natanael	1909	NCA	+51B	−77N	=21B	=19N	=60B	=50N	−32B	+64N	=25B	4.5	35.5	38.0	18.75	1679	-51.0
38	Munoz Cortez, Anahi Alexandra	1829	NCA	+83B	−4N	=80B	F	−3N	+76B	−26N	+48B	+55N	4.5	33.5	35.5	13.00	1737	-13.8
39	Morales Vargas, Emanuel de Jesus	1575	NCA	−7B	=59N	−34B	−53N	+93B	+66N	+71B	−30N	+56N	4.5	33.5	34.0	11.75	1727	+54.0
40	Guido, Rene	1769	NCA	+88B	−13N	=55B	+65N	+81B	F	−27N	+75B	−22N	4.5	28.5	28.5	10.25	1788	+3.4
41	Granados, Fidel	1800	NCA	=85B	=74N	+66B	−16N	=50B	+21N	F	+43B	F	4.5	26.5	26.5	16.75	1833	+6.0
42	Alvarez Gutierrez, PatriciaWCM	1810	NCA	+67N	−12B	F	=13N	=20B	=26B	+54N	−18B	=29N	4.0	39.5	42.5	17.25	1874	+11.6
43	Ortega Diaz, Facundo Javier	1710	NCA	−4B	+83N	−1B	+71N	=69B	+33N	−8B	−41N	=65B	4.0	38.5	40.5	13.00	1748	+11.2
44	Gonzalez Herrera, Jhon Jeyson	1885	NCA	+66B	+80N	+13B	−2B	−28N	−23N	+49B	F	F	4.0	37.0	37.0	15.00	1848	-3.6
45	Herrera Gonzalez, Jose	1778	NCA	+72B	−6N	+48B	−8N	−64B	+82N	+50B	−32N	F	4.0	36.0	38.0	13.00	1662	-43.6
46	Cano, Carlos	1880	NCA	+71N	−14B	+57N	+31B	−12N	+48B	−28N	F	F	4.0	36.0	36.0	15.50	1842	-3.0
47	Oviedo Rocha, Mateo Javier	1614	NCA	−16B	+95N	−18B	+86N	+34B	−29N	+69B	F	−12N	4.0	35.0	35.0	9.00	1760	+36.8
48	Betancourt Matamoros, Carlos Alexis	1489	NCA	−35N	+52B	−45N	+49B	+59B	−46N	+34B	−38N	−51N	4.0	34.0	37.5	16.50	1728	+96.8
49	Ortega Arceda, Silvio Jose	1681	NCA	−6B	+72N	−17B	−48N	+89B	+80N	−44N	+63B	F	4.0	32.0	33.0	9.00	1645	-19.2
50	Sequeira Vargas, Cristopher	1590	NCA	−68N	−54B	+93N	+58B	=41N	=37B	−45N	−62B	+63N	4.0	29.0	29.5	11.50	1710	+31.6
51	Serrano Herrera, Daniela de Andrea	1571	NCA	−37N	F	−27B	−81N	+95B	−34N	+82B	+69N	+48B	4.0	28.5	28.5	9.00	1717	+22.8
52	Robleto Aleman, Marlon	1731	NCA	−1B	−48N	+83B	−66N	=72B	+85N	−75N	+67B	=71N	4.0	27.5	29.0	9.50	1422	-98.4
53	Mendieta, KathyaWFM	1943	NCA	F	F	F	+39B	+94N	+62B	−31N	−21N	+64B	4.0	21.0	21.0	10.50	1714	-24.8
54	Acevedo, Guillermo	1886	NCA	F	+50N	+82B	F	−17B	=30N	−42B	+57N	−23B	3.5	33.0	35.0	12.00	1759	-22.4
55	Bravo Rodriguez,Oniel	0	NCA	−30B	F	=40N	F	−65B	+59N	+74N	+56B	−38B	3.5	31.5	31.5	12.25	1761	0.0
56	Paiz, Porfirio	1831	NCA	F	+64N	=65B	=80N	+82B	−13N	=57B	−55N	−39B	3.5	27.5	27.5	9.25	1651	-30.8
57	Avilez Sanchez, Ruy Marcelino	1648	NCA	−13B	+88N	−46B	+95N	−30B	F	=56N	−54B	+78N	3.5	27.5	27.5	5.25	1621	-5.6
58	Ulloa Diaz, Felipe Josue	1891	NCA	−80B	+85N	−24B	−50N	+83B	=65N	F	F	+66B	3.5	23.5	23.5	8.00	1525	-52.6
59	Allen, Alonso	1813	NCA	F	=39B	=73N	=75B	−48N	−55B	−79N	+92B	+85N	3.5	22.0	22.0	7.00	1340	-47.0
60	Quintanilla Rivera, Humberto Rafael	1697	NCA	−2N	−67B	+87N	+92B	=37N	F	F	+72B	F	3.5	21.0	21.0	6.75	1804	+15.2
61	Cortez Ruiz, Luis Miguel	1742	NCA	−90B	−66N	+91B	−64N	+85B	+70N	=65B	−33N	F	3.5	20.5	20.5	7.00	1545	-31.4
62	Gaitan Valle, Jhafet Eleazar	1603	FID	−3N	F	+81B	−27N	−19B	−53N	+66B	+50N	−34B	3.0	35.0	36.0	9.00	1706	+31.6
63	Guevara Saenz, Oscar Emmanuel	1586	NCA	−20B	=22N	+85B	=34N	=77B	=69N	−33B	−49N	−50B	3.0	34.5	36.0	9.50	1592	-1.2
64	Petters Rodrigues, Fatima Sofia	1586	NCA	−26N	−56B	+88N	+61B	+45N	−35B	−25N	−37B	−53N	3.0	34.0	35.0	8.50	1648	+18.4
65	Matus Acevedo, Ariadna Lucia	1568	NCA	−29B	F	=56N	−40B	+55N	=58B	=61N	−22B	=43N	3.0	33.0	33.0	10.75	1657	+23.6
66	Rodriguez Gonzalez, Meyling Vanesa	1550	NCA	−44N	+61B	−41N	+52B	−31N	−39B	−62N	+86B	−58N	3.0	32.0	33.0	8.50	1553	-1.8
67	Ayerdis Lopez, Gary Gabriel	0	NCA	−42B	+60N	−22B	−82N	=71B	+83N	−21B	−52N	=72B	3.0	30.5	32.5	8.50	1533	0.0
68	Jimenez Lira, Julio Cesar	1922	NCA	+50B	+23N	−6B	+77N	−1B	F	F	F	F	3.0	30.0	30.0	12.00	1932	+3.0
69	Matamoros, Jorge	1808	NCA	−18B	F	+79N	+78B	=43N	=63B	−47N	−51B	F	3.0	29.5	31.5	8.50	1575	-41.2
70	Bolanos Garcia, Heidi Paola	1590	NCA	−8B	−17N	+72B	F	−36N	−61B	+86N	=78B	=73N	3.0	29.5	30.5	6.75	1430	-16.6
71	Espinoza Berrios, Cristiano Gabriel	1528	NCA	−46B	+84N	F	−43B	=67N	+92B	−39N	F	=52B	3.0	29.0	29.5	6.00	1577	+8.8
72	Ortez Gutierrez, Meredith Guadalupe	0	NCA	−45N	−49B	−70N	+79B	=52N	−75B	+91B	−60N	=67N	3.0	26.5	27.5	7.00	1483	0.0
73	Matus Acevedo, Andrea Lucia	0	NCA	=34B	−5N	=59B	−85N	F	=79B	+92N	F	=70B	3.0	25.0	25.0	7.50	1689	0.0
74	Altamirano Beteta, Alexander Jose	1724	NCA	=11N	=41B	+90N	F	F	F	−55B	+83N	F	3.0	21.5	21.5	8.25	1910	+13.6
75	Arteaga Porras, Alejandro Jose	1556	NCA	F	−20N	−33B	=59N	−21B	+72N	+52B	−40N	F	2.5	35.0	38.0	8.75	1606	+11.2
76	Pavon Ruiz, Cristhoffer Israel	1722	NCA	=5B	+34N	=16B	−18N	=33B	−38N	F	F	F	2.5	32.0	32.0	13.50	1845	+17.0
77	Sandoval Gutierrez, William	1744	NCA	+86N	+37B	−12N	−68B	=63N	−22B	F	F	F	2.5	26.0	26.0	7.00	1705	-5.8
78	Medrano Barrera, Jenny Ariadna	1506	NCA	−81N	−31B	F	−69N	+86B	−32N	+85B	=70N	−57B	2.5	24.0	25.0	4.00	1328	-17.8
79	Real Miranda, Halinda Mariel	1500	NCA	−27B	−32N	−69B	−72N	+87B	=73N	+59B	F	F	2.5	23.5	23.5	6.00	1660	+16.0
80	Pena Baltodano, Yaddolly	1567	NCA	+58N	−44B	=38N	=56B	−23N	−49B	F	−34N	F	2.0	33.0	35.0	7.50	1653	+11.4
81	Mejia, Donaldo	1878	NCA	+78B	F	−62N	+51B	−40N	F	F	F	F	2.0	25.5	25.5	6.50	1612	-24.8
82	Moncada, Orlando Jose	1626	NCA	−12N	+93B	−54N	+67B	−56N	−45B	−51N	F	F	2.0	25.5	25.5	3.50	1010	-27.8
83	Rivas Urbina,Maria Valentina	1437	NCA	−38N	−43B	−52N	+88B	−58N	−67B	+95N	−74B	F	2.0	23.0	23.0	1.00	966	-25.6
84	Gaitan Rivas, Norlan Miguel	1732	NCA	−14N	−71B	F	=93B	=92N	F	F	+88B	F	2.0	11.5	11.5	1.50	1030	-16.8
85	Borrell Espinoza, Maria Alessandra	0	NCA	=41N	−58B	−63N	+73B	−61N	−52B	−78N	F	−59B	1.5	27.5	27.5	5.25	1302	0.0
86	Siezar Cajina, Diego Andre	0	NCA	−77B	F	−31N	−47B	−78N	+88N	−70B	−66N	F	1.0	23.0	23.0	1.00	824	0.0
87	Gallo Sandino, Grettha Lucia	1432	NCA	−36B	−21N	−60B	−89N	−79N	+95B	F	F	F	1.0	22.0	22.0	0.00	881	-37.6
88	FIDE 6114628	0	—	−40N	−57B	−64B	−83N	−91N	−86B	F	−84N	+92B	1.0	17.5	18.0	0.50	804	0.0
89	Pomares Clark, Jose Miguel	0	NCA	−19B	F	F	+87B	−49N	F	F	F	F	1.0	16.5	16.5	1.00	1507	0.0
90	Velasquez Arostegui, Luis Alexander	0	NCA	+61N	F	−74B	F	F	F	F	F	F	1.0	15.5	15.5	3.50	1733	0.0
91	Canales Sanchez, Mathias Luciano	1453	NCA	−33B	F	−61N	F	+88B	F	−72N	F	F	1.0	12.5	12.5	1.00	998	-9.6
92	Marin Balmaceda, Sebastian Ivan	0	NCA	F	−29N	−23B	−60N	=84B	−71N	−73B	−59N	−88N	0.5	26.5	26.5	1.00	1337	0.0
93	Ortiz Baltodano, Sofia	0	NCA	−23B	−82N	−50B	=84N	−39N	F	F	F	F	0.5	20.0	20.0	1.00	1297	0.0
94	FIDE 6114741	0	—	F	−7N	−30B	−32N	−53B	F	F	F	F	0.0	27.0	27.0	0.00	1040	0.0
95	Ramirez Cajina, Moises Antonio	0	NCA	−25N	−47B	F	−57B	−51N	−87N	−83B	F	F	0.0	21.0	21.0	0.00	779	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Betancourt Matamoros, Carlos AlexisNCA
+96.8
4.0 pts · #38
2Aguilar Bejarano, Pablo SebastianNCA
+66.4
5.0 pts · #21
3Espinoza Barrios, Marelys CristinaNCA
+61.2
5.5 pts · #27

Top rating losers

1Robleto Aleman, MarlonNCA
-98.4
4.0 pts · #75
2Calderon Vasquez, Miguel AngelNCA
-60.8
5.0 pts · #30
3Ulloa Diaz, Felipe JosueNCA
-52.6
3.5 pts · #61

Biggest upsets

R1+353 Elo gap
Aguilar Bejarano, Pablo Sebastian1698 beat Espinoza Guerrero, Felix Alberto2051
R1+324 Elo gap
Pena Baltodano, Yaddolly1567 beat Ulloa Diaz, Felipe Josue1891
R5+324 Elo gap
Betancourt Matamoros, Carlos Alexis1489 beat Allen, Alonso1813