IRT Clasico de marzo
20 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 02 Mar 2026 to 19 Mar 2026 in CABA - Club Argentino, Argentina. Top 10 Elo average was 1824, and top seed was Ezequiel Gullace (🇦🇷 ARG, 1943).
Benjamin Fernandez Quelali (🇦🇷 ARG, 1808) won with 4.5/6, ahead of Sebastian Sobrero (4.5) and Marcelo Prieto (4.0). Fernandez Quelali won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.
The biggest upset came in round 6: Mauro Varessi (1577) beat Hernan Francisco Cabrera (1794), a +217-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 6 roundsTight race until R6; 2 players tied at 4.5/6, decided on Buchholz.
2 players finish on 4.5/6. Fernandez Quelali takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (17.0).
Benjamin Fernandez Quelali drew with Sebastian Sobrero (Black).
Benjamin Fernandez Quelali 3 wins (R4–R6)Sebastian Sobrero 3 wins (R4–R6)Walter Montero 3 wins (R3–R5)
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Benjamin Fernandez Quelali | * | ½ | — | 1 |
| 2Sebastian Sobrero | ½ | * | 1 | 1 |
| 3Walter Montero | — | 0 | * | — |
| 4Marcelo Prieto | 0 | 0 | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fernandez Quelali, Benjamin | 1808 | ARG | +13N | −7B | =2N | +5B | +18N | +3N | 4.5 | 17.0 | 18.0 | 12.75 | 1911 | +35.2 |
| 2 | Sobrero, Sebastian | 1927 | ARG | F | +15N | =1B | +12N | +3B | +4N | 4.5 | 16.5 | 16.5 | 14.25 | 2203 | +23.4 |
| 3 | Prieto, Marcelo | 1859 | ARG | +5N | +6B | +16N | +7B | −2N | −1B | 4.0 | 19.0 | 21.0 | 12.00 | 1906 | +8.0 |
| 4 | Montero, Walter | 1858 | ARG | +19B | −12N | +9B | +14N | +7N | −2B | 4.0 | 14.0 | 14.5 | 8.00 | 1876 | +6.8 |
| 5 | Varessi, Mauro | 1577 | ARG | −3B | =17N | +20B | −1N | +13N | +14B | 3.5 | 13.5 | 13.5 | 4.50 | 1744 | +21.4 |
| 6 | Zaretzky, Julio | 1790 | ARG | +17N | −3N | F | +8B | =14B | +10N | 3.5 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 7.50 | 1832 | +4.4 |
| 7 | Sanz, Manuel | 1865 | ARG | +11B | +1N | +12B | −3N | −4B | F | 3.0 | 17.0 | 19.0 | 9.00 | 1885 | +3.6 |
| 8 | Lopez Medus, Ivan | 1617 | ARG | −12B | +19N | +15B | −6N | −10B | +13N | 3.0 | 12.0 | 12.5 | 4.50 | 1610 | -2.6 |
| 9 | Bollini, Maximo Roman | 1407 | ARG | =14N | =10B | −4N | =19B | +11N | F | 2.5 | 12.0 | 12.5 | 5.00 | 1679 | +62.4 |
| 10 | Yalet, Nestor | 1679 | ARG | −15B | =9N | F | +17B | +8N | −6B | 2.5 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 5.25 | 1604 | -5.4 |
| 11 | Tverdovsky, Marcelo | 1598 | ARG | −7N | −13B | =17B | +20N | −9B | +19N | 2.5 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 1.00 | 1466 | -18.4 |
| 12 | Gullace, Ezequiel | 1943 | ARG | +8N | +4B | −7N | −2B | F | F | 2.0 | 16.5 | 16.5 | 7.00 | 1817 | -12.4 |
| 13 | Fernandez Quelali, Abel | 1481 | ARG | −1B | +11N | −18B | +15N | −5B | −8B | 2.0 | 15.5 | 16.5 | 4.50 | 1399 | -20.0 |
| 14 | Cabrera, Hernan Francisco | 1794 | ARG | =9B | +18N | F | −4B | =6N | −5N | 2.0 | 14.5 | 14.5 | 4.00 | 1574 | -27.0 |
| 15 | Gam, Benjamin | 0 | ARG | +10N | −2B | −8N | −13B | +17N | F | 2.0 | 14.0 | 15.0 | 3.50 | 1483 | 0.0 |
| 16 | Hernandez, Carlos Marcelo | 1716 | ARG | F | +20N | −3B | F | +19N | F | 2.0 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 0.50 | 1723 | +1.6 |
| 17 | Arce, Alfonso | 0 | ARG | −6B | =5B | =11N | −10N | −15B | F | 1.0 | 14.0 | 14.0 | 3.00 | 1468 | 0.0 |
| 18 | Perez Silva, Joaquin | 1598 | ARG | F | −14B | +13N | F | −1B | F | 1.0 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 2.00 | 1569 | -5.6 |
| 19 | Cabrera, Marco | 1517 | ARG | −4N | −8B | F | =9N | −16B | −11B | 0.5 | 14.0 | 14.0 | 1.25 | 1273 | -25.2 |
| 20 | Cadelago, Luis | 1419 | ARG | F | −16B | −5N | −11B | F | F | 0.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 0.00 | 830 | -28.4 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Bollini, Maximo RomanARG+62.42.5 pts · #8
- 2Fernandez Quelali, BenjaminARG+35.24.5 pts · #1
- 3Sobrero, SebastianARG+23.44.5 pts · #4
- 1Cadelago, LuisARG-28.40.0 pts · #20
- 2Cabrera, Hernan FranciscoARG-27.02.0 pts · #13
- 3Cabrera, MarcoARG-25.20.5 pts · #19
- R6+217 Elo gap
- R5+191 Elo gap
- R2+117 Elo gap