Carnavales en Boquete 2026
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35 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 14 Feb 2026 to 17 Feb 2026 in Chiriqui, Panama. 2 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 1766, and top seed was Jose Antonio Delgado Rosas (🇵🇦 PAN, 2069).
Yavier Jesus Perez Castillo (🇵🇦 PAN, 1653) won with 6.0/7, ahead of Jose Antonio Delgado Rosas (6.0) and Diego Francisco Herrera Rowley (5.5). Perez Castillo won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.
The biggest upset came in round 1: Aldair Thomas Sheffer Ledesma (1430) beat Keytleen Denis Chavarria Troya (WCM, 1857), a +427-point gap.
Location
🇵🇦Chiriqui, Panama
Dates
14 Feb 2026 → 17 Feb 2026
Time control
Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 7 rounds
Titled players · 2
CM×1
WCM×1
Federations · 1 represented
🇵🇦Panama×28
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 7 roundsTight race until R7; 2 players tied at 6.0/7, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.
Co-leaders
18
8
4
2
1
1
2
R7 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER
2 players finish on 6.0/7. Perez Castillo takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (28.5).
R3 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND
Jose Antonio Delgado Rosas beat Yavier Jesus Perez Castillo (Black).
WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers
Jose Antonio Delgado Rosas 4 wins (R1–R4)Yavier Jesus Perez Castillo 4 wins (R4–R7)Diego Francisco Herrera Rowley 5 wins (R1–R5)
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Jose Antonio Delgado Rosas | * | 1 | 0 | — |
| 2Yavier Jesus Perez Castillo | 0 | * | 1 | — |
| 3Diego Francisco Herrera Rowley | 1 | 0 | * | ½ |
| 4WCMKeytleen Denis Chavarria Troya | — | — | ½ | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Perez Castillo, Yavier Jesus | 1653 | PAN | +16B | +6N | −2B | +13N | +20B | +7B | +3B | 6.0 | 28.5 | 31.5 | 25.50 | 1978 | +91.6 |
| 2 | Delgado Rosas, Jose Antonio | 2069 | PAN | +19N | +17B | +1N | +7B | −3N | +11B | +9N | 6.0 | 28.0 | 31.5 | 26.00 | 2032 | -2.6 |
| 3 | Herrera Rowley, Diego Francisco | 1882 | PAN | +21B | +14N | +8B | +20N | +2B | =4B | −1N | 5.5 | 29.0 | 32.0 | 23.25 | 1915 | +9.0 |
| 4 | Chavarria Troya, Keytleen DenisWCM | 1857 | PAN | −20N | +25B | +9B | +5N | +8B | =3N | +12B | 5.5 | 26.5 | 29.5 | 23.75 | 1820 | -4.4 |
| 5 | Lopez Santos, Diego Alejandro | 1539 | PAN | +32N | −7B | +18N | −4B | +21N | +20B | +11N | 5.0 | 23.5 | 25.5 | 15.50 | 1731 | +70.4 |
| 6 | Montezuma Camarena, Dayana Cristel | 1527 | PAN | +28N | −1B | +31N | −8N | +22B | +23N | +16B | 5.0 | 22.5 | 24.5 | 14.00 | 847 | -27.2 |
| 7 | Barria Valdez, Blass ErnestoCM | 1842 | PAN | +23B | +5N | +11B | −2N | +12B | −1N | =8B | 4.5 | 29.5 | 32.5 | 18.25 | 1745 | -12.4 |
| 8 | Pitti Torres, Dastan Aaron | 1637 | PAN | +26B | +13N | −3N | +6B | −4N | +10B | =7N | 4.5 | 29.0 | 32.0 | 18.75 | 1740 | +32.0 |
| 9 | Atencio Perez, Randy Nelson | 1646 | PAN | +27N | =10B | −4N | +22N | +14B | +15N | −2B | 4.5 | 27.0 | 29.5 | 15.75 | 1785 | +35.2 |
| 10 | Ramos Ceballos, Jose Andres | 1487 | PAN | +35B | =9N | −12B | +24N | +17B | −8N | +23B | 4.5 | 22.5 | 22.5 | 11.75 | 1510 | +2.4 |
| 11 | Jarrin Zhang, Dominick Yong Heng | 1628 | PAN | +34B | +24N | −7N | +16B | +15B | −2N | −5B | 4.0 | 26.0 | 27.0 | 11.50 | 1605 | -12.4 |
| 12 | Madrid Serrano, Alan Isac | 1630 | PAN | +25N | −20B | +10N | +21B | −7N | +13B | −4N | 4.0 | 24.5 | 27.5 | 14.50 | 1595 | -6.4 |
| 13 | Munoz Santos, Anthony Abdiel | 1492 | PAN | +31N | −8B | +27N | −1B | +30N | −12N | +26B | 4.0 | 22.0 | 24.0 | 9.50 | 1523 | +7.2 |
| 14 | Franceschi Urbaez, Ricardo Martin | 1605 | PAN | +29N | −3B | −21N | +27B | −9N | +25B | +20N | 4.0 | 21.5 | 24.0 | 11.00 | 1517 | -26.0 |
| 15 | Lopez Castillo, Angel David | 1811 | PAN | +18N | +30B | −20N | +17B | −11N | −9B | +21N | 4.0 | 21.5 | 23.5 | 12.00 | 1562 | -76.8 |
| 16 | Hidalgo Rodriguez, Sebastian Antonio | 1403 | PAN | −1N | +28B | +30N | −11N | =24B | +18B | −6N | 3.5 | 24.0 | 26.0 | 9.50 | 1481 | 0.0 |
| 17 | Valdes Gonzalez, Abinadab Ernesto | 1573 | PAN | +22B | −2N | +23B | −15N | −10N | =27B | +29N | 3.5 | 23.0 | 25.5 | 9.75 | 1349 | -20.8 |
| 18 | Castillo Castillo, Julia Julieth | 1407 | PAN | −15B | +33N | −5B | =28N | +19B | −16N | +22B | 3.5 | 21.5 | 23.5 | 9.75 | 1467 | +5.2 |
| 19 | Liu Qiu, Jhonny Bryan | 1481 | PAN | −2B | −22N | =24B | +31B | −18N | +34N | +27B | 3.5 | 20.0 | 21.0 | 7.00 | 1479 | -5.2 |
| 20 | Sheffer Ledesma, Aldair Thomas | 1430 | PAN | +4B | +12N | +15B | −3B | −1N | −5N | −14B | 3.0 | 30.0 | 34.0 | 13.50 | 1645 | +64.0 |
| 21 | Shayegan Fernandez, Yeisie Behroo | 1446 | PAN | −3N | +29B | +14B | −12N | −5B | +24N | −15B | 3.0 | 25.5 | 28.0 | 9.50 | 1439 | -3.6 |
| 22 | De Gracia Mora, Jeremy Yishaq | 0 | PAN | −17N | +19B | +?N | −9B | −6N | +30B | −18N | 3.0 | 22.0 | 22.0 | 5.50 | 1458 | 0.0 |
| 23 | Hidalgo Rodriguez, Pablo Andres | 1418 | PAN | −7N | +32B | −17N | +29B | +?N | −6B | −10N | 3.0 | 22.0 | 22.0 | 4.50 | 1322 | 0.0 |
| 24 | Ramos Ceballos, Gabriel Andres | 0 | PAN | +?N | −11B | =19N | −10B | =16N | −21B | +30N | 3.0 | 20.5 | 20.5 | 5.50 | 1459 | 0.0 |
| 25 | FIDE 6637850 | 0 | — | −12B | −4N | +33B | −?B | +32N | −14N | +35B | 3.0 | 17.5 | 17.5 | 4.00 | 850 | 0.0 |
| 26 | Ayala Barraza, Ericka Somary | 0 | PAN | −8N | −31B | +32N | −30B | +33N | +?B | −13N | 3.0 | 16.5 | 16.5 | 4.00 | 1347 | 0.0 |
| 27 | Atencio Perez, Gabriela Sofia | 0 | PAN | −9B | +35N | −13B | −14N | +28B | =17N | −19N | 2.5 | 22.0 | 22.0 | 4.25 | 1174 | -75.2 |
| 28 | Junca Rodriguez, Fabian Amir | 0 | PAN | −6B | −16N | +34B | =18B | −27N | =29B | =?N | 2.5 | 18.0 | 18.0 | 4.00 | 1296 | 0.0 |
| 29 | FIDE 6636276 | 0 | — | −14B | −21N | +35B | −23N | +31B | =28N | −17B | 2.5 | 18.0 | 18.0 | 3.25 | 702 | 0.0 |
| 30 | Ayala Barraza, Sofia Isabela | 1533 | PAN | +33B | −15N | −16B | +26N | −13B | −22N | −24B | 2.0 | 20.5 | 22.5 | 5.00 | 857 | -28.0 |
| 31 | FIDE 6623905 | 0 | — | −13B | +26N | −6B | −19N | −29N | F | +33B | 2.0 | 20.0 | 22.0 | 5.00 | 701 | 0.0 |
| 32 | FIDE 6631002 | 0 | — | −5B | −23N | −26B | +35N | −25B | F | +34N | 2.0 | 17.0 | 17.0 | 1.00 | 686 | 0.0 |
| 33 | FIDE 6629466 | 0 | — | −30N | −18B | −25N | +34N | −26B | +35B | −31N | 2.0 | 14.5 | 14.5 | 1.00 | 669 | 0.0 |
| 34 | FIDE 6637868 | 0 | — | −11N | −?B | −28N | −33B | +35N | −19B | −32B | 1.0 | 14.0 | 14.0 | 0.00 | 742 | 0.0 |
| 35 | FIDE 6639178 | 0 | — | −10N | −27B | −29N | −32B | −34B | −33N | −25N | 0.0 | 16.5 | 17.5 | 0.00 | 707 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Perez Castillo, Yavier JesusPAN+91.66.0 pts · #3
- 2Lopez Santos, Diego AlejandroPAN+70.45.0 pts · #5
- 3Sheffer Ledesma, Aldair ThomasPAN+64.03.0 pts · #11
Top rating losers
- 1Lopez Castillo, Angel DavidPAN-76.84.0 pts · #6
- 2Atencio Perez, Gabriela SofiaPAN-75.22.5 pts · #25
- 3Ayala Barraza, Sofia IsabelaPAN-28.02.0 pts · #28
Biggest upsets
- R1+427 Elo gap
- R3+381 Elo gap
- R7+229 Elo gap