III Chess Folia
Open SwissStandard
34 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 14 Feb 2026 to 16 Feb 2026 in Ponta Grossa PR, Brazil. 1 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 1759, and top seed was Atila Balzer Piekarski (π§π· BRA, 1986).
Mitzi Vedan De Ramos (π§π· BRA, WCM, 1919) won with 5.0/6, ahead of Atila Balzer Piekarski (5.0) and Paulo Gomes De Franca Junior (4.5). De Ramos won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.
Location
π§π·Ponta Grossa PR, Brazil
Dates
14 Feb 2026 β 16 Feb 2026
Time control
Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss Β· 6 rounds
Titled players Β· 1
WCMΓ1
Federations Β· 1 represented
π§π·BrazilΓ29
Top 3
- π₯
- π₯
- π₯
How it unfolded
Top 6 Β· 6 roundsTight race until R6; 2 players tied at 5.0/6, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.
Co-leaders
17
6
1
3
2
2
R6 Β· TIEBREAK CLUSTER
2 players finish on 5.0/6. De Ramos takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (19.5).
R4βR6 Β· WIN STREAK
WCM Mitzi Vedan De Ramos won 3 in a row (R4βR6).
Key matchups Β· top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1WCMMitzi Vedan De Ramos | * | β | β | 1 |
| 2Atila Balzer Piekarski | β | * | β | β |
| 3Adrian Felipe L Gomes | β | β | * | β |
| 4Arthur Lelinski | 0 | β | β | * |
Grille amΓ©ricaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Ξ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | De Ramos, Mitzi VedanWCM | 1919 | BRA | +14N | +20B | β7N | +11B | +8N | +4B | 5.0 | 19.5 | 22.5 | 18.50 | 2539 | +16.2 |
| 2 | Piekarski, Atila Balzer | 1986 | BRA | +30B | =16N | +24B | =7B | +9N | +3N | 5.0 | 18.0 | 20.0 | 16.50 | 1879 | -3.8 |
| 3 | De Franca Junior, Paulo Gomes | 1759 | BRA | +26N | +10B | =4N | +5B | +7N | β2B | 4.5 | 22.0 | 24.0 | 16.75 | 1876 | +18.4 |
| 4 | Lelinski, Arthur | 1828 | BRA | +27B | +18N | =3B | +6N | +10B | β1N | 4.5 | 20.5 | 22.5 | 15.25 | 1835 | +1.6 |
| 5 | Gomes, Adrian Felipe L | 1812 | BRA | +21B | +29N | =6B | β3N | +22B | +12N | 4.5 | 17.5 | 19.5 | 13.00 | 1695 | -18.8 |
| 6 | Maravieski, Lucas Emanuel Tarum | 1714 | BRA | +13N | +8B | =5N | β4B | +11N | =7B | 4.0 | 20.5 | 24.0 | 15.25 | 1793 | +12.8 |
| 7 | Brandalize, Heitor Fernando | 0 | BRA | +?B | +?N | +1B | =2N | β3B | =6N | 4.0 | 18.5 | 18.5 | 9.50 | 1860 | 0.0 |
| 8 | De Matos, Gustavo Emanoel Franca | 0 | BRA | +?B | β6N | +25B | +19N | β1B | +16N | 4.0 | 17.5 | 17.5 | 8.50 | 1706 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Franco, Rafael Soares | 0 | BRA | β16B | +30N | +17B | +?N | β2B | +18N | 4.0 | 16.0 | 16.0 | 8.00 | 1699 | 0.0 |
| 10 | Da Silva, Arthur Ramos | 0 | BRA | +33B | β3N | +23B | +21N | β4N | +?B | 4.0 | 14.5 | 14.5 | 5.50 | 1574 | 0.0 |
| 11 | Conor, Gilberto Bordignon | 1738 | BRA | +25B | =24N | +16B | β1N | β6B | +22N | 3.5 | 17.0 | 19.5 | 9.25 | 1623 | -9.2 |
| 12 | Abilhoa, Felipe Auer | 1515 | BRA | =31B | =17N | =15B | +24N | +19B | β5B | 3.5 | 16.5 | 18.0 | 9.50 | 1600 | +12.0 |
| 13 | De Lima, Joao Vinicius Teixeira | 0 | BRA | β6B | +?N | =18B | β17N | +23B | +25N | 3.5 | 15.0 | 15.0 | 6.50 | 1291 | 0.0 |
| 14 | La Madrid, Felipe | 0 | BRA | β1B | β15N | +27B | =23N | +?B | +29N | 3.5 | 15.0 | 15.0 | 5.25 | 1660 | 0.0 |
| 15 | Andreata, Miguel Henrique | 0 | BRA | β20N | +14B | =12N | =?B | +17B | =?N | 3.5 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 8.25 | 1581 | 0.0 |
| 16 | Camargo, Julio Cesar Mazepa | 1612 | BRA | +9N | =2B | β11N | =22B | +28N | β8B | 3.0 | 19.0 | 21.0 | 9.75 | 1669 | +2.8 |
| 17 | Lelinski, Bernardo | 1411 | BRA | =28N | =12B | β9N | +13B | β15N | +26B | 3.0 | 16.5 | 18.5 | 8.25 | 1515 | +5.6 |
| 18 | De Lima, Pedro Henrique Alves | 1568 | BRA | +22N | β4B | =13N | =28B | +26N | β9B | 3.0 | 16.5 | 18.5 | 7.25 | 1029 | -7.2 |
| 19 | Pinto, Yasmin Zaika De Souza | 1578 | BRA | +23B | F | +26N | β8B | β12N | +28B | 3.0 | 14.0 | 14.0 | 6.50 | 715 | -23.6 |
| 20 | Ribeiro,Erica De Jesus | 1648 | BRA | +15B | β1N | F | F | +24B | +27B | 3.0 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 8.00 | 1119 | -3.4 |
| 21 | De Ramos, Manuella de Oliveira | 0 | BRA | β5N | +34B | +33N | β10B | β?N | +30B | 3.0 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 2.00 | 861 | 0.0 |
| 22 | Goncalves, Gabriel Batista | 0 | BRA | β18B | +27N | +29B | =16N | β5N | β11B | 2.5 | 16.0 | 18.0 | 5.50 | 1477 | 0.0 |
| 23 | Goncalves, Emanuel Bezerra | 0 | BRA | β19N | +32B | β10N | =14B | β13N | +?B | 2.5 | 15.0 | 15.0 | 2.75 | 778 | 0.0 |
| 24 | De Ramos , Joao Victor Vedan | 0 | BRA | +?N | =11B | β2N | β12B | β20N | +?N | 2.5 | 15.0 | 15.0 | 1.75 | 1531 | 0.0 |
| 25 | Maciel, Pedro Henrique E Menezes | 0 | BRA | β11N | =?B | β8N | +31B | +?N | β13B | 2.5 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 1.50 | 1431 | 0.0 |
| 26 | Campagnaro, Murilo Pereira | 0 | BRA | β3B | +?N | β19B | +29N | β18B | β17N | 2.0 | 15.5 | 15.5 | 2.00 | 1303 | 0.0 |
| 27 | FIDE 538057506 | 0 | β | β4N | β22B | β14N | +32B | +34B | β20N | 2.0 | 14.5 | 14.5 | 1.00 | 939 | 0.0 |
| 28 | Walenga,Anthony | 0 | BRA | =17B | +31N | β?B | =18N | β16B | β19N | 2.0 | 13.5 | 13.5 | 4.50 | 1358 | 0.0 |
| 29 | Sikorski, Valentim Enrico | 1401 | BRA | +34N | β5B | β22N | β26B | +33N | β14B | 2.0 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 0.00 | 1001 | -3.2 |
| 30 | FIDE 44798580 | 0 | β | β2N | β9B | +34N | +33B | β?B | β21N | 2.0 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 0.00 | 1104 | 0.0 |
| 31 | De Lara, Eduarda Camilly Motta | 0 | BRA | =12N | β28B | β?N | β25N | F | +34B | 1.5 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 1.75 | 1320 | 0.0 |
| 32 | FIDE 44798563 | 0 | β | β?B | β23N | β?B | β27N | F | +33B | 1.0 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 0.00 | 1021 | 0.0 |
| 33 | FIDE 538084520 | 0 | β | β10N | F | β21B | β30N | β29B | β32N | 0.0 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 0.00 | 601 | 0.0 |
| 34 | FIDE 44732589 | 0 | β | β29B | β21N | β30B | F | β27N | β31N | 0.0 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 0.00 | 601 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets β the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1De Franca Junior, Paulo GomesBRA+18.44.5 pts Β· #11
- 2De Ramos, Mitzi VedanWCMBRA+16.25.0 pts Β· #2
- 3Maravieski, Lucas Emanuel TarumBRA+12.84.0 pts Β· #8
Top rating losers
- 1Pinto, Yasmin Zaika De SouzaBRA-23.63.0 pts Β· #29
- 2Gomes, Adrian Felipe LBRA-18.84.5 pts Β· #4
- 3Conor, Gilberto BordignonBRA-9.23.5 pts Β· #16