GRAND PRIX 2do FRONTIER OPEN 2026
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60 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 27 Feb 2026 to 01 Mar 2026 in Pedro Juan Caballero, Paraguay. 2 titled players from 2 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2044, and top seed was Rodolfo Cantero (🇵🇾 PAR, CM, 2204).
Rodolfo Cantero (🇵🇾 PAR, CM, 2204) won with 6.5/7, ahead of Leonardo C B C De Almeida Neves (5.5) and Enrique Allo Collante (5.5). Cantero broke clear in the final round.
The biggest upset came in round 3: Larissa Aleli Ruiz Espinola (1541) beat Pedro Porta Aguilera (1879), a +338-point gap.
Location
🇵🇾Pedro Juan Caballero, Paraguay
Dates
27 Feb 2026 → 01 Mar 2026
Time control
Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 7 rounds
Titled players · 2
FM×1
CM×1
Federations · 2 represented
🇧🇷Brazil×28
🇵🇾Paraguay×17
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 7 roundsCM Rodolfo Cantero led from R7; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 5 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R7.
Co-leaders
23
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2
5
3
2
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R7–R7 · LEAD HELD
CM Rodolfo Cantero never relinquished the lead after R7; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.
R4 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND
CM Rodolfo Cantero drew with Leonardo C B C De Almeida Neves (Black).
WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers
CM Rodolfo Cantero 3+3 wins (R1–R3, R5–R7)Leonardo C B C De Almeida Neves 3 wins (R1–R3)Enrique Allo Collante 5 wins (R2–R6)
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1CMRodolfo Cantero | * | ½ | 1 | — |
| 2Leonardo C B C De Almeida Neves | ½ | * | 0 | — |
| 3Enrique Allo Collante | 0 | 1 | * | 1 |
| 4Jairo Quintiliano De Oliveira | — | — | 0 | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cantero, RodolfoCM | 2204 | PAR | +34N | +15B | +6B | =2N | +5B | +7N | +3N | 6.5 | 30.0 | 33.0 | 30.25 | 2384 | +20.6 |
| 2 | Neves, Leonardo C B C De Almeida | 2141 | BRA | +20N | +14B | +12N | =1B | +4N | −3B | +26B | 5.5 | 29.0 | 32.5 | 23.75 | 2208 | +15.2 |
| 3 | Allo Collante, Enrique | 2116 | PAR | =33B | +51N | +11B | +24N | +9B | +2N | −1B | 5.5 | 28.0 | 29.0 | 21.00 | 2129 | +6.4 |
| 4 | Vinales Gonzalez, Enzo MathiasFM | 2199 | PAR | +21B | +8N | =24B | +25N | −2B | =5N | +17B | 5.0 | 27.0 | 30.5 | 20.75 | 2036 | -33.3 |
| 5 | Gonzalez, Augusto | 1945 | PAR | +32N | =19B | +16N | +29B | −1N | =4B | +13N | 5.0 | 27.0 | 30.5 | 19.50 | 1934 | +2.6 |
| 6 | Ramalho, Lucas Pereira | 1948 | BRA | F | +37B | −1N | +13B | +36N | +12B | +8N | 5.0 | 25.5 | 25.5 | 19.00 | 2077 | +37.2 |
| 7 | Cristino, Felipe Borges | 1976 | BRA | =31N | +46B | +19N | =36B | +14N | −1B | +15N | 5.0 | 25.0 | 27.0 | 17.25 | 1891 | -8.6 |
| 8 | Areco Alvarenga, Eric Adriel | 1761 | PAR | +52N | −4B | +22N | +27B | +35N | +23B | −6B | 5.0 | 24.5 | 25.5 | 15.50 | 1898 | +34.0 |
| 9 | De Oliveira, Jairo Quintiliano | 1992 | BRA | +22N | =36B | =13N | +37B | −3N | +35B | +12N | 5.0 | 23.5 | 26.5 | 17.50 | 1895 | -9.4 |
| 10 | Deus Filho, Joaquim de | 1869 | BRA | +47B | −24N | −25B | +42N | +38B | +29N | +34B | 5.0 | 19.0 | 21.0 | 14.00 | 1695 | -20.2 |
| 11 | Duailibi, Ricardo Miguel | 1849 | BRA | +59N | =16B | −3N | F | +30B | +24B | +21N | 4.5 | 20.5 | 20.5 | 13.00 | 1831 | -1.6 |
| 12 | Fontoura, Alexandre Souza | 1855 | BRA | +42B | +38N | −2B | +28N | +33B | −6N | −9B | 4.0 | 25.0 | 27.5 | 12.00 | 1808 | -6.4 |
| 13 | Leite Lima,Luiz Henrique | 1673 | BRA | +48B | =26N | =9B | −6N | +32B | +33N | −5B | 4.0 | 25.0 | 27.0 | 12.75 | 1809 | +28.4 |
| 14 | Hitiro Matsunaga, Pedro | 1721 | BRA | +53B | −2N | +32B | +21N | −7B | −34N | +33B | 4.0 | 24.0 | 25.0 | 11.50 | 1688 | -7.8 |
| 15 | Villasanti Ferres, Sebastian | 1766 | PAR | +49B | −1N | −33B | +46N | +31B | +28N | −7B | 4.0 | 23.5 | 25.5 | 11.00 | 1682 | -13.0 |
| 16 | Galeano Rolin, Mateo Josias | 1604 | PAR | +56B | =11N | −5B | +41N | +18B | −26N | =29B | 4.0 | 23.0 | 23.0 | 10.50 | 1769 | +33.2 |
| 17 | Gatelli, Jacson Henrique | 1869 | BRA | −27N | +40B | +20N | −35B | +22N | +37B | −4N | 4.0 | 22.5 | 25.5 | 14.00 | 1764 | -10.8 |
| 18 | Aguilera, Pedro Porta | 1879 | BRA | =43N | +41B | −29N | +30B | −16N | +20B | =19N | 4.0 | 21.5 | 24.0 | 13.25 | 1491 | -76.4 |
| 19 | Matos, Fagner Morel | 1622 | BRA | +60B | =5N | −7B | −33N | +51B | +25N | =18B | 4.0 | 21.5 | 21.5 | 9.00 | 1737 | +23.2 |
| 20 | De Araujo, Fernando Ruiz | 1539 | BRA | −2B | +57N | −17B | +49N | +39B | −18N | +40B | 4.0 | 21.5 | 21.5 | 8.00 | 1649 | +14.8 |
| 21 | Gonzalez Gauto, Victor | 1564 | PAR | −4N | +52B | +56N | −14B | +45N | +36B | −11B | 4.0 | 20.0 | 20.0 | 6.50 | 1737 | +19.0 |
| 22 | Roeder, Guilherme H Oliveira | 1530 | BRA | −9B | +48N | −8B | +55N | −17B | +52N | +37N | 4.0 | 20.0 | 20.0 | 6.00 | 1604 | +8.8 |
| 23 | Fedrizzi, Roberto Senatore | 1931 | BRA | +54B | =25N | =28B | +38N | +34B | −8N | F | 4.0 | 19.0 | 19.0 | 10.50 | 1733 | -22.4 |
| 24 | De Araujo, Gabriel Ruiz | 1651 | BRA | +30N | +10B | =4N | −3B | −26B | −11N | +42B | 3.5 | 27.0 | 29.5 | 13.50 | 1813 | +30.4 |
| 25 | Mendonca, Erico | 1713 | BRA | +50N | =23B | +10N | −4B | −29N | −19B | +44N | 3.5 | 24.0 | 26.0 | 11.50 | 1666 | -8.8 |
| 26 | Serafim, Guilherme | 1989 | BRA | F | =13B | −36N | +43B | +24N | +16B | −2N | 3.5 | 22.5 | 22.5 | 12.00 | 1755 | -26.0 |
| 27 | Cantaluppi Ibanez, Paolo | 0 | PAR | +17B | −45N | +39B | −8N | −28B | +38N | =35N | 3.5 | 21.5 | 24.0 | 11.50 | 1701 | 0.0 |
| 28 | Assan, Nasser Charif | 1626 | BRA | =41N | +43B | =23N | −12B | +27N | −15B | =31N | 3.5 | 21.5 | 24.0 | 11.00 | 1563 | -14.8 |
| 29 | Ruiz Espinola, Larissa Aleli | 1541 | PAR | F | +58N | +18B | −5N | +25B | −10B | =16N | 3.5 | 21.5 | 21.5 | 9.50 | 1802 | +59.6 |
| 30 | Mezher, Antoine | 0 | BRA | −24B | +47N | =31B | −18N | −11N | +51B | +43N | 3.5 | 20.0 | 21.0 | 7.25 | 1390 | 0.0 |
| 31 | Assan, Lucio Charif Medina | 1469 | BRA | =7B | F | =30N | +50B | −15N | +46N | =28B | 3.5 | 20.0 | 20.0 | 10.00 | 1629 | +19.2 |
| 32 | Areco Arguello, Edison | 0 | PAR | −5B | +55N | −14N | +56B | −13N | =44B | +41N | 3.5 | 18.0 | 18.0 | 3.75 | 980 | 0.0 |
| 33 | Ishikawa, Cesar Mineo De Paula | 1531 | BRA | =3N | =35B | +15N | +19B | −12N | −13B | −14N | 3.0 | 25.5 | 28.5 | 12.25 | 1683 | +47.6 |
| 34 | Franco Gonzalez, Paul | 1601 | PAR | −1B | +53N | F | +45B | −23N | +14B | −10N | 3.0 | 23.0 | 23.0 | 7.50 | 1794 | +21.0 |
| 35 | Ruiz Espinola, Osvaldo German | 1566 | PAR | F | =33N | +46B | +17N | −8B | −9N | =27B | 3.0 | 22.5 | 22.5 | 9.25 | 1694 | +19.6 |
| 36 | Andretto,Matheus dos Reis | 1701 | BRA | +57B | =9N | +26B | =7N | −6B | −21N | F | 3.0 | 22.5 | 22.5 | 8.50 | 1823 | +26.0 |
| 37 | Areco Alvarenga, Abner Ariel | 1628 | PAR | +55B | −6N | +42B | −9N | +48B | −17N | −22B | 3.0 | 22.5 | 22.5 | 4.50 | 1035 | -42.4 |
| 38 | Gonzalez, Domingo Faustino | 1606 | PAR | +44N | −12B | +50N | −23B | −10N | −27B | +52B | 3.0 | 21.0 | 22.0 | 5.50 | 1085 | -20.0 |
| 39 | Barreiros, Romulo Andretto | 1679 | BRA | −46N | +49B | −27N | +40B | −20N | +41B | F | 3.0 | 17.0 | 17.0 | 7.50 | 739 | -27.6 |
| 40 | FIDE 538085305 | 0 | — | −45B | −17N | +53B | −39N | +55B | +47N | −20N | 3.0 | 16.5 | 16.5 | 3.00 | 923 | 0.0 |
| 41 | Noguera Villalba, Vidal Samuel | 0 | PAR | =28B | −18N | +51B | −16B | +43N | −39N | −32B | 2.5 | 20.5 | 21.5 | 5.25 | 1376 | 0.0 |
| 42 | Cavalcante, Ana Julia Alves Andra | 0 | BRA | −12N | +44B | −37N | −10B | +57N | =45B | −24N | 2.5 | 20.5 | 20.5 | 3.75 | 1396 | 0.0 |
| 43 | FIDE 538031329 | 0 | — | =18B | −28N | +58B | −26N | −41B | +48N | −30B | 2.5 | 19.0 | 19.0 | 4.00 | 1558 | 0.0 |
| 44 | Roeder, Artur Inacio Doebber | 0 | BRA | −38B | −42N | +47B | −51N | +49B | =32N | −25B | 2.5 | 16.5 | 17.5 | 5.75 | 860 | 0.0 |
| 45 | Arruda Filho, Ivo Pereira de | 1805 | BRA | +40N | +27B | F | −34N | −21B | =42N | F | 2.5 | 16.0 | 16.0 | 7.75 | 785 | -31.2 |
| 46 | Insaurralde, Rafael | 0 | BRA | +39B | −7N | −35N | −15B | +54N | −31B | F | 2.0 | 19.5 | 20.5 | 4.00 | 1451 | 0.0 |
| 47 | FIDE 3726975 | 0 | — | −10N | −30B | −44N | +58B | +50N | −40B | F | 2.0 | 18.0 | 18.0 | 2.00 | 1069 | 0.0 |
| 48 | FIDE 3726304 | 0 | — | −13N | −22B | +52N | +54B | −37N | −43B | F | 2.0 | 16.5 | 17.5 | 2.00 | 810 | 0.0 |
| 49 | FIDE 538085313 | 0 | — | −15N | −39N | +57B | −20B | −44N | −50B | +58N | 2.0 | 15.5 | 15.5 | 0.00 | 862 | 0.0 |
| 50 | FIDE 44721315 | 0 | — | −25B | +54N | −38B | −31N | −47B | +49N | −?B | 2.0 | 15.0 | 15.0 | 3.00 | 796 | 0.0 |
| 51 | FIDE 3726991 | 0 | — | F | −3B | −41N | +44B | −19N | −30N | F | 1.0 | 20.0 | 20.0 | 2.50 | 1069 | 0.0 |
| 52 | FIDE 3723682 | 0 | — | −8B | −21N | −48B | +53N | F | −22B | −38N | 1.0 | 19.0 | 19.0 | 1.00 | 817 | 0.0 |
| 53 | FIDE 3726983 | 0 | — | −14N | −34B | −40N | −52B | F | F | +54N | 1.0 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 1.00 | 862 | 0.0 |
| 54 | FIDE 538085321 | 0 | — | −23N | −50B | F | −48N | −46B | +55N | −53B | 1.0 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 0.00 | 1131 | 0.0 |
| 55 | FIDE 3727009 | 0 | — | −37N | −32B | F | −22B | −40N | −54B | F | 0.0 | 14.5 | 14.5 | 0.00 | 779 | 0.0 |
| 56 | Rojas Casco, Donald Ariel | 0 | PAR | −16N | F | −21B | −32N | F | F | F | 0.0 | 13.5 | 13.5 | 0.00 | 789 | 0.0 |
| 57 | FIDE 538031370 | 0 | — | −36N | −20B | −49N | F | −42B | −?N | F | 0.0 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 0.00 | 820 | 0.0 |
| 58 | FIDE 538017563 | 0 | — | F | −29B | −43N | −47N | −?B | F | −49B | 0.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 0.00 | 741 | 0.0 |
| 59 | FIDE 3727017 | 0 | — | −11B | F | F | F | F | F | F | 0.0 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 0.00 | 1049 | 0.0 |
| 60 | FIDE 538031434 | 0 | — | −19N | F | F | F | F | F | F | 0.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 0.00 | 822 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Ruiz Espinola, Larissa AleliPAR+59.63.5 pts · #16
- 2Ishikawa, Cesar Mineo De PaulaBRA+47.63.0 pts · #13
- 3Ramalho, Lucas PereiraBRA+37.25.0 pts · #4
Top rating losers
- 1Aguilera, Pedro PortaBRA-76.44.0 pts · #27
- 2Areco Alvarenga, Abner ArielPAR-42.43.0 pts · #49
- 3Vinales Gonzalez, Enzo MathiasFMPAR-33.35.0 pts · #5
Biggest upsets
- R3+338 Elo gap
- R4+303 Elo gap
- R3+288 Elo gap