Clasificatorio Nacional U-1700 2026 ( San Pedro Sula ) II Fase
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40 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 21 Feb 2026 to 22 Feb 2026 in San Pedro Sula, Honduras. 3 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 1852, and top seed was Jose Luis Enamorado (🇭🇳 HON, CM, 1882).
Mario Paz Garcia (🇭🇳 HON, 1854) won with 4.0/5, ahead of Mario Gaspar Meza Acosta (4.0) and Ivis Enamorado (4.0). Paz Garcia shared the lead from round 4, winning on tie-break.
The biggest upset came in round 2: Jose Manuel Escoto Cueva (1570) beat Rodolfo Deras Flores (1848), a +278-point gap.
Location
🇭🇳San Pedro Sula, Honduras
Dates
21 Feb 2026 → 22 Feb 2026
Time control
Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Titled players · 3
CM×3
Federations · 1 represented
🇭🇳Honduras×38
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 5 roundsTight race until R5; 5 players tied at 4.0/5, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 5 at the finish.
Co-leaders
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1
3
5
Gradiz Menjivar4Paz Garcia4Meza Acosta4Medina Ucles4Enamorado4Paredes3.5— ex-leaders:Enamoradoled R3, #9
R5 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER
5 players finish on 4.0/5. Paz Garcia takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (13.5).
R3–R5 · WIN STREAK
Mario Gaspar Meza Acosta won 3 in a row (R3–R5).
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Paz Garcia, Mario | 1854 | HON | +21N | +11B | =17N | +8B | =3N | 4.0 | 13.5 | 16.0 | 12.75 | 1967 | +14.0 |
| 2 | Meza Acosta, Mario Gaspar | 0 | HON | +13B | −8N | +15B | +25N | +14B | 4.0 | 12.5 | 14.5 | 11.00 | 1805 | 0.0 |
| 3 | Enamorado, Ivis | 1864 | HON | +39B | +15N | +24B | =6N | =1B | 4.0 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 8.75 | 1980 | +12.2 |
| 4 | Gradiz Menjivar, Oscar | 1852 | HON | +32B | +28N | =6B | +9B | =7N | 4.0 | 12.0 | 13.5 | 10.00 | 2025 | +43.2 |
| 5 | Medina Ucles, Ernesto Efrain | 1747 | HON | −24B | +37N | +29B | +13N | +12B | 4.0 | 9.5 | 10.0 | 8.00 | 2539 | +58.8 |
| 6 | Enamorado, Jose LuisCM | 1882 | HON | +22N | +18B | =4N | =3B | =11N | 3.5 | 14.0 | 16.5 | 10.75 | 1952 | +9.4 |
| 7 | Martinez, Marlon | 1784 | HON | +38B | =9B | +10N | =12N | =4B | 3.5 | 14.0 | 14.0 | 8.75 | 1868 | +6.8 |
| 8 | Mendoza, EdwinCM | 1808 | HON | +40N | +2B | =12B | −1N | +31N | 3.5 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 7.00 | 1760 | -3.4 |
| 9 | Paredes, Ricardo EnriqueCM | 1880 | HON | +35B | =7N | +26B | −4N | +17B | 3.5 | 12.0 | 13.5 | 7.75 | 1899 | +3.8 |
| 10 | Cruz Torres, Angel Augusto | 0 | HON | +14B | =25N | −7B | +28N | +19N | 3.5 | 11.0 | 12.5 | 8.00 | 1780 | 0.0 |
| 11 | Perdomo, Hesler | 1756 | HON | +31B | −1N | +30B | +24N | =6B | 3.5 | 11.0 | 12.5 | 6.75 | 1739 | -1.2 |
| 12 | Zuniga Garcia, German | 1873 | HON | +20N | +36B | =8N | =7B | −5N | 3.0 | 13.5 | 14.5 | 7.00 | 1821 | -6.4 |
| 13 | Velasquez Perez, Miguel | 1786 | HON | −2N | +16B | +34N | −5B | +25N | 3.0 | 13.0 | 14.5 | 6.50 | 1848 | +10.4 |
| 14 | Bonilla, Jonathan | 1765 | HON | −10N | +33B | +27N | +17B | −2N | 3.0 | 12.0 | 13.5 | 6.00 | 2393 | +11.0 |
| 15 | Villafranca Becerra, Rafael Andres | 1778 | HON | +34N | −3B | −2N | +27B | +26B | 3.0 | 12.0 | 13.5 | 5.50 | 1856 | +8.8 |
| 16 | Caballero, David Eli | 1834 | HON | =25B | −13N | =23N | +18B | +24B | 3.0 | 10.0 | 12.0 | 6.75 | 1750 | -17.6 |
| 17 | Escoto Cueva, Jose Manuel | 1570 | HON | +23B | +26N | =1B | −14N | −9N | 2.5 | 13.0 | 15.0 | 6.50 | 1833 | +63.6 |
| 18 | Gomez Dubon, Francisco | 1806 | HON | +30B | −6N | =20B | −16N | +29B | 2.5 | 10.5 | 12.0 | 4.25 | 1622 | -38.0 |
| 19 | Rosales, Wilfredo | 1809 | HON | +37B | −24N | =35B | +20N | −10B | 2.5 | 9.5 | 10.0 | 3.75 | 1903 | +12.4 |
| 20 | Calix, Jose | 1636 | HON | −12B | +38N | =18N | −19B | +33N | 2.5 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 2.75 | 1689 | +8.8 |
| 21 | Zelaya, Josue | 1635 | HON | −1B | −29N | +38B | =30N | +28B | 2.5 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 2.25 | 1696 | +9.2 |
| 22 | Interiano Montoya, Roberto | 1737 | HON | −6B | −30N | +37B | =29N | +32B | 2.5 | 8.0 | 8.5 | 2.75 | 1637 | -10.0 |
| 23 | Hernandez Reyes, Elvis | 1819 | HON | −17N | F | =16B | +39N | +30B | 2.5 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 3.00 | 1725 | -8.2 |
| 24 | Soto Velasquez, Cesar Yassin | 0 | HON | +5N | +19B | −3N | −11B | −16N | 2.0 | 14.5 | 17.0 | 6.50 | 1730 | 0.0 |
| 25 | Ramos Mendoza, Milton | 1589 | HON | =16N | =10B | +36N | −2B | −13B | 2.0 | 13.5 | 14.5 | 4.25 | 1797 | +32.4 |
| 26 | Deras Flores, Rodolfo | 1848 | HON | +33N | −17B | −9N | +34B | −15N | 2.0 | 10.5 | 12.0 | 3.00 | 1518 | -33.6 |
| 27 | FIDE 8412278 | 0 | — | −28B | +32N | −14B | −15N | +38N | 2.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 1.50 | 1538 | 0.0 |
| 28 | Chirinos, Joel Alejandro | 1753 | HON | +27N | −4B | =31N | −10B | −21N | 1.5 | 12.0 | 13.5 | 2.75 | 943 | -20.6 |
| 29 | Becerra Martinez, Liam Emil | 0 | HON | −36N | +21B | −5N | =22B | −18N | 1.5 | 11.5 | 12.5 | 3.75 | 1590 | 0.0 |
| 30 | Regalado Rivera, Fernando | 1480 | HON | −18N | +22B | −11N | =21B | −23N | 1.5 | 11.0 | 13.5 | 3.75 | 1602 | +24.0 |
| 31 | Hernandez Maldonado, Daniel Ricardo | 0 | HON | −11N | F | =28B | +35N | −8B | 1.5 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 2.25 | 1667 | 0.0 |
| 32 | Alfaro Perdomo, Jorge Yousef | 1626 | HON | −4N | −27B | +40N | =33B | −22N | 1.5 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 0.75 | 1602 | -7.6 |
| 33 | Rodezno, Jeremy | 1616 | HON | −26B | −14N | +39B | =32N | −20B | 1.5 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 0.75 | 1554 | -17.2 |
| 34 | Amaya, Rony | 0 | HON | −15B | +39N | −13B | −26N | =37N | 1.5 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 0.25 | 1572 | 0.0 |
| 35 | Rivera Mejia, Guillermo | 1696 | HON | −9N | +40B | =19N | −31B | F | 1.5 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 1.25 | 1747 | +8.0 |
| 36 | Caballero, Danery Javier | 1769 | HON | +29B | −12N | −25B | F | F | 1.0 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 1.50 | 931 | -22.0 |
| 37 | Bueso, Leonardo Daniel | 1558 | HON | −19N | −5B | −22N | F | =34B | 0.5 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 0.75 | 964 | -28.4 |
| 38 | FIDE 8416532 | 0 | — | −7N | −20B | −21N | F | −27B | 0.0 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 0.00 | 885 | 0.0 |
| 39 | Gomez Betancourth, Jose Daniel | 1636 | HON | −3N | −34B | −33N | −23B | F | 0.0 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 0.00 | 966 | -40.0 |
| 40 | Sierra, Guillermo | 1551 | HON | −8B | −35N | −32B | F | F | 0.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 0.00 | 910 | -17.8 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Escoto Cueva, Jose ManuelHON+63.62.5 pts · #12
- 2Medina Ucles, Ernesto EfrainHON+58.84.0 pts · #8
- 3Gradiz Menjivar, OscarHON+43.24.0 pts · #1
Top rating losers
- 1Gomez Betancourth, Jose DanielHON-40.00.0 pts · #35
- 2Gomez Dubon, FranciscoHON-38.02.5 pts · #27
- 3Deras Flores, RodolfoHON-33.62.0 pts · #33
Biggest upsets
- R2+278 Elo gap
- R2+257 Elo gap
- R1+249 Elo gap