Campeonato Nacional Categorias Menores Pares 2026 U14 Absoluto

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54 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 20 Feb 2026 to 22 Feb 2026 in San Jose, Costa Rica. Top 10 Elo average was 1704, and top seed was Emanuel Alvarez Ramirez (🇨🇷 CRC, 1828).

Mathias Flores Elizondo (🇨🇷 CRC, 1660) won with 6.5/7, ahead of Felipe Gonzalez Arguedas (6.0) and Diego Jimenez Gamboa (5.5). Flores Elizondo shared the lead from round 6 and broke clear in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 5: Mathias Flores Elizondo (1660) beat Emanuel Alvarez Ramirez (1828), a +168-point gap.

Location

🇨🇷San Jose, Costa Rica

Dates

20 Feb 2026 → 22 Feb 2026

Time control

Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 7 rounds

Top seed

🇨🇷Emanuel Alvarez Ramirez1828

Avg top 10

1,704

Participants

Federations · 1 represented

🇨🇷Costa Rica×47

Top 3

🥇
Mathias Flores Elizondo
🇨🇷CRC·1660
6.5pts·2016perf+78.0
🥈
Felipe Gonzalez Arguedas
🇨🇷CRC·1772
6.0pts·1894perf+34.8
🥉
Diego Jimenez Gamboa
🇨🇷CRC·1767
5.5pts·1866perf+32.8

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

Mathias Flores Elizondo led from R7; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders

Flores Elizondo6.5Gonzalez Arguedas6Giachino5.5Jimenez Gamboa5.5Alvarez Ramirez5Herrera Carmona5

R7 · LEADER CHANGE22 Feb

Mathias Flores Elizondo takes the sole lead (6.5/7).

R4–R7 · WIN STREAK

Mathias Flores Elizondo won 4 in a row (R4–R7).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Mathias Flores Elizondo	*	—	—	1
2Felipe Gonzalez Arguedas	—	*	—	½
3Lucas Giachino	—	—	*	0
4Diego Jimenez Gamboa	0	½	1	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Flores Elizondo, Mathias	1660	CRC	+52B	+13N	=15B	+27N	+5B	+6N	+3N	6.5	27.5	28.5	26.50	2016	+78.0
2	Gonzalez Arguedas, Felipe	1772	CRC	+34N	+17B	=16N	+5N	+9B	=3B	+11N	6.0	27.5	30.5	25.75	1894	+34.8
3	Jimenez Gamboa, Diego	1767	CRC	+43B	+26N	+7B	+14N	+4B	=2N	−1B	5.5	30.5	33.0	23.50	1866	+32.8
4	Giachino, Lucas	1745	CRC	+49B	+20N	=9B	+15N	−3N	+12B	+10B	5.5	27.0	28.5	20.75	1774	+12.4
5	Alvarez Ramirez, Emanuel	1828	CRC	+21N	+12B	+28N	−2B	−1N	+19B	+15N	5.0	29.0	32.5	20.00	1690	-33.6
6	Chacon Barboza, Carlos Humberto	1587	CRC	+38N	−28B	+34N	+22B	+8N	−1B	+14N	5.0	26.0	29.0	19.00	1628	+11.6
7	Herrera Carmona, Jhoel	1622	CRC	+30N	+22B	−3N	+28B	−14N	+16B	+9B	5.0	25.5	29.0	19.50	1637	+5.2
8	Albujar Mendoza, Mauricio	1591	CRC	+53B	−14N	+43B	+20N	−6B	+25N	+21B	5.0	23.5	24.5	15.50	1483	-23.6
9	Rodriguez Solis, Pablo Andres	1511	CRC	+48N	+24B	=4N	+16B	−2N	+13B	−7N	4.5	29.0	31.0	17.25	1638	+31.6
10	Bejarano Tames, Michael Andres	1540	CRC	=29N	+25B	=19N	+17B	=12N	+14B	−4N	4.5	26.0	29.5	18.00	1639	+18.4
11	Herrera Castro, David Elian	1620	CRC	+18B	=44N	−14B	+29N	+27B	+26N	−2B	4.5	24.5	27.0	15.75	1574	-11.2
12	Ramirez Acuna, Samuel Jesus	1511	CRC	+47B	−5N	+49B	+21N	=10B	−4N	+27B	4.5	24.5	26.0	13.25	1587	+9.2
13	Cosman, Jackson Robert	1607	CRC	+36N	−1B	=33N	+30B	+44N	−9N	+26B	4.5	24.0	26.5	14.00	1638	+8.0
14	Garcia Mendez, Julian	1530	CRC	+35N	+8B	+11N	−3B	+7B	−10N	−6B	4.0	29.5	32.5	17.50	1627	+44.8
15	Solis Rojas, Jose Pablo	1458	CRC	+41N	+51B	=1N	−4B	=16N	+31B	−5B	4.0	27.5	28.5	12.75	1476	-1.6
16	Lacayo Kolyzhikhin, Ivan	0	CRC	+46B	+23N	=2B	−9N	=15B	−7N	+35B	4.0	26.5	28.5	14.00	1529	+17.6
17	Campos Aguilar, Aaron Andres	1539	CRC	+40B	−2N	+18B	−10N	+45B	−21N	+29B	4.0	25.0	27.5	13.00	873	-27.2
18	Hyder Jimenez, Omar	0	CRC	−11N	+35B	−17N	+40B	+22N	+24B	−23B	4.0	23.5	26.5	14.00	1372	0.0
19	Duran Araya, Aaron Mathias	1518	CRC	=32N	+37B	=10B	=23N	=26B	−5N	+33N	4.0	23.5	26.5	13.75	1610	+12.4
20	Charpentier Badilla, Ian Sebastian	1431	CRC	+33N	−4B	+45N	−8B	−31N	+30B	+34N	4.0	23.5	26.0	12.00	866	-16.0
21	Vargas Chavarria, Oscar Jose	0	CRC	−5B	+47N	+51N	−12B	+35N	+17B	−8N	4.0	23.5	24.5	10.00	1431	0.0
22	Gutierrez Rodriguez, Ignacio	1458	CRC	+50B	−7N	+41B	−6N	−18B	+36N	+38B	4.0	23.0	24.5	10.50	1421	-6.4
23	Ovalles Guerrero, Diego	1643	CRC	F	−16B	=30N	=19B	+38N	+34B	+18N	4.0	21.5	21.5	13.75	1470	-24.8
24	FIDE 6534775	0	—	+39B	−9N	+54B	−26N	+36B	−18N	+40B	4.0	21.0	21.0	9.00	835	0.0
25	Castro Laurent, Mathias	0	CRC	+?B	−10N	=39B	=33N	+37B	−8B	+46N	4.0	20.5	20.5	8.00	781	0.0
26	Fuentes Otarola, Axel Gabriel	1757	CRC	+31N	−3B	+38N	+24B	=19N	−11B	−13N	3.5	26.0	29.0	12.50	1440	-81.6
27	Lopez Escalante, Adrian	0	CRC	=37N	+29B	+44N	−1B	−11N	+33B	−12N	3.5	25.0	27.5	10.50	1415	0.0
28	Villegas Robles, Tomas	1479	CRC	+42B	+6N	−5B	−7N	−33B	+37N	=31B	3.5	24.5	27.5	12.75	1641	+46.0
29	Barrantes Nunez, Pablo Matias	0	CRC	=10B	−27N	+36N	−11B	+39B	+44N	−17N	3.5	22.5	25.0	10.75	1505	0.0
30	Rodriguez Navarro, Aaron	0	CRC	−7B	+50N	=23B	−13N	+49B	−20N	+43B	3.5	21.5	23.0	7.50	1416	0.0
31	Arrieta Rojas, Eitan Matias	0	CRC	−26B	−49N	+46B	+43N	+20B	−15N	=28N	3.5	19.5	21.0	10.25	1370	0.0
32	Gomez Garcia, David Josue	0	CRC	=19B	−43N	−37N	−35B	+52B	+49N	+44B	3.5	16.5	17.5	7.00	1612	0.0
33	Herrera Solano, Daniel Emilio	1469	CRC	−20B	+52N	=13B	=25B	+28N	−27N	−19B	3.0	23.5	24.5	8.75	1402	0.0
34	Herrera Chinchilla, Matias	0	CRC	−2B	+40N	−6B	+?N	+51B	−23N	−20B	3.0	23.0	23.0	4.00	804	0.0
35	FIDE 6562892	0	—	−14B	−18N	+47B	+32N	−21B	+41N	−16N	3.0	22.5	24.5	8.50	667	0.0
36	Qiu Wang, Kenneth	0	CRC	−13B	+53N	−29B	+41N	−24N	−22B	+48B	3.0	21.0	22.0	6.00	1375	0.0
37	Cuevas Arias, Sebastian	0	CRC	=27B	−19N	+32B	=49N	−25N	−28B	+47B	3.0	20.5	22.0	8.00	1223	0.0
38	Salazar Espinoza, Mauricio	1424	CRC	−6B	+42N	−26B	+54N	−23B	+51N	−22N	3.0	20.5	20.5	4.00	1358	-16.8
39	FIDE 6564518	0	—	−24N	+48B	=25N	−44B	−29N	+50B	=45B	3.0	18.5	20.0	6.75	827	0.0
40	FIDE 6574297	0	—	−17N	−34B	+52B	−18N	+54B	+45N	−24N	3.0	18.5	18.5	3.50	748	0.0
41	Guadamuz Murillo, Sebastian	0	CRC	−15B	+?N	−22N	−36B	+42N	−35B	+51B	3.0	18.0	18.0	4.00	1368	0.0
42	Granados Garcia, Dennis Alberto	1565	CRC	−28N	−38B	−48N	+53N	−41B	+54B	+50N	3.0	14.0	14.0	2.50	1295	-41.2
43	Portuguez Araya, Jayden Alexander	0	CRC	−3N	+32B	−8N	−31B	=50N	+53B	−30N	2.5	22.5	23.5	5.25	1472	0.0
44	Villalobos Chinchilla, Mattias	1625	CRC	+54N	=11B	−27B	+39N	−13B	−29B	−32N	2.5	22.5	22.5	5.25	1419	-21.6
45	Fernandez Alvarado, Jared Saul	0	CRC	F	+46N	−20B	+50B	−17N	−40B	=39N	2.5	17.5	17.5	5.00	684	0.0
46	Montero Sanchez, Alexander	0	CRC	−16N	−45B	−31N	F	+48B	+47N	−25B	2.0	18.0	18.0	4.00	650	0.0
47	FIDE 6556744	0	—	−12N	−21B	−35N	+52N	+?B	−46B	−37N	2.0	17.5	17.5	1.00	726	0.0
48	Garrido Colina, Gerardo Antonio	0	CRC	−9B	−39N	+42B	−51N	−46N	+?B	−36N	2.0	16.5	16.5	3.00	1532	0.0
49	Zuniga Bedoya, Matias	1552	CRC	−4N	+31B	−12N	=37B	−30N	−32B	F	1.5	23.5	23.5	5.00	834	-32.0
50	Salazar Chavarria, Fabian Alberto	0	CRC	−22N	−30B	+53B	−45N	=43B	−39N	−42B	1.5	18.5	19.5	2.25	1358	0.0
51	Vindas Salazar, Jose Maria	0	CRC	F	−15N	−21B	+48B	−34N	−38B	−41N	1.0	19.0	19.0	2.00	645	0.0
52	FIDE 6572278	0	—	−1N	−33B	−40N	−47B	−32N	F	+?N	1.0	18.0	18.0	0.00	856	0.0
53	Dondi Castro, Fabrizzio	1437	CRC	−8N	−36B	−50N	−42B	F	−43N	+54N	1.0	15.0	15.0	0.00	771	-25.2
54	FIDE 6580386	0	—	−44B	F	−24N	−38B	−40N	−42N	−53B	0.0	16.5	16.5	0.00	710	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Flores Elizondo, MathiasCRC
+78.0
6.5 pts · #3
2Villegas Robles, TomasCRC
+46.0
3.5 pts · #15
3Garcia Mendez, JulianCRC
+44.8
4.0 pts · #8

Top rating losers

1Fuentes Otarola, Axel GabrielCRC
-81.6
3.5 pts · #18
2Granados Garcia, Dennis AlbertoCRC
-41.2
3.0 pts · #32
3Alvarez Ramirez, EmanuelCRC
-33.6
5.0 pts · #5

Biggest upsets

R5+168 Elo gap
Flores Elizondo, Mathias1660 beat Alvarez Ramirez, Emanuel1828
R7+150 Elo gap
Cosman, Jackson Robert1607 beat Fuentes Otarola, Axel Gabriel1757
R2+141 Elo gap
Salazar Espinoza, Mauricio1424 beat Granados Garcia, Dennis Alberto1565