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Clasificatorio Nacional U-1700 2026 ( LICOA )

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20 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 19 Feb 2026 to 20 Feb 2026 in Santa Rosa de Copan, Honduras. Top 10 Elo average was 1553, and top seed was Ceshia Alvarado (🇭🇳 HON, 1645).

Fernando Regalado Rivera (🇭🇳 HON, 1480) won with 4.0/5, ahead of Jose Manuel Escoto Cueva (4.0) and Leonardo Daniel Bueso (3.5). Regalado Rivera took the lead from round 3, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 2: Jesus Miguel Pena (1412) beat Ceshia Alvarado (1645), a +233-point gap.

Location
🇭🇳Santa Rosa de Copan, Honduras
Dates
19 Feb 2026 → 20 Feb 2026
Time control
Standard: 30 minutes for game with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Top seed
🇭🇳Ceshia Alvarado1645
Avg top 10
1,553
Participants
20
Federations · 1 represented
🇭🇳Honduras×17
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Tight race until R3; 2 players tied at 4.0/5, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.

Co-leaders
8
4
1
2
2
1.52.545R1R2R3R4R5
Regalado Rivera4Escoto Cueva4Rodezno3.5Pineda Melgar3.5Bueso3.5Lara Chavarria3.5
R3–R5 · LEAD HELD

Fernando Regalado Rivera held the sole lead from R3 through R5 without losing it.

R5 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 4.0/5. Regalado Rivera takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (14.0).

R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Fernando Regalado Rivera drew with Jose Manuel Escoto Cueva (Black).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Fernando Regalado Rivera*
½
——
2Jose Manuel Escoto Cueva
½
*—
1
3Jeremy Rodezno——*
½
4Ismael Pineda Melgar—
0
½
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Regalado Rivera, Fernando1480HON+13N+5B+7N=3B=2N4.014.016.012.251759+58.4
2Escoto Cueva, Jose Manuel1570HON+9B+14N=3N+6B=1B4.014.016.012.251634+10.0
3Bueso, Leonardo Daniel1558HON+18B+8N=2B=1N=4B3.514.515.59.751637+16.4
4Rodezno, Jeremy1616HON=10N=6B+11N+7B=3N3.512.014.09.501661+12.4
5Lara Chavarria, Axel1494HON+15B−1N+9B+12N=8B3.512.014.08.501507+2.0
6Pineda Melgar, Ismael1489HON+16B=4N+10B−2N+12B3.511.513.57.751706+58.4
7Alvarado, Joshiel1641HON+11B+12N−1B−4N+13B3.011.513.56.001524-24.8
8Osorto Chavez, Zoe Iveth1500HON+17N−3B+14B=10N=5N3.011.012.56.251363-22.0
9Henriquez, Zoe Dominique0HON−2N+20B−5N+17B+11N3.011.011.54.0013830.0
10Pena, Jesus Miguel1412HON=4B+16N−6N=8B−14B2.012.014.05.251562+30.8
11Bobadilla Deras, Ximena1471HON−7N+19B−4B+15N−9B2.011.512.53.00829-22.0
12Romero Fuentes, Brandon1539HON+19N−7B+18N−5B−6N2.011.012.02.00741-59.6
13Bueso Mejia, Daniel Abraham0HON−1B−15N+20N+19B−7N2.010.010.51.507610.0
14FIDE 84160950—F−2B−8N+18B+10N2.010.010.03.0013690.0
15Quesada Nunez, Mateo Jose0HON−5N+13B−19N−11B+18N2.08.59.53.006780.0
16Alvarado, Ceshia1645HON−6N−10B−17N+20B+19N2.08.08.51.50650-60.0
17FIDE 84163540—−8B−18N+16B−9N=20N1.59.09.52.2515720.0
18Suazo, Ariana Elizabeth0HON−3N+17B−12B−14N−15B1.09.511.01.507490.0
19Mejia, Shirlem Isalen0HON−12B−11N+15B−13N−16B1.08.010.02.007480.0
20FIDE 84144400—F−9N−13B−16N=17B0.58.58.50.758450.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets