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Honduras Chess Championship 2026

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33 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 21 Feb 2026 to 08 Mar 2026 in Tegucigalpa, Honduras. 10 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 2032, and top seed was Alejandro Jose Chinchilla (🇭🇳 HON, FM, 2165).

Luis Fernando Soliz Gabarrete (🇭🇳 HON, CM, 1974) won with 7.0/9, ahead of Alejandro Jose Chinchilla (7.0) and Alcides Ivan Meza MartInez (6.5). Soliz Gabarrete shared the lead from round 2, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 2: Ariel Galicia Figueroa (1671) beat Daniel Colindres (FM, 2014), a +343-point gap.

Location
🇭🇳Tegucigalpa, Honduras
Dates
21 Feb 2026 → 08 Mar 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 9 rounds
Top seed
Avg top 10
2,032
Participants
33
Titled players · 10
IM×1
FM×3
CM×6
Federations · 1 represented
🇭🇳Honduras×33
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

Tight race until R7; 2 players tied at 7.0/9, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.

Co-leaders
12
3
5
3
2
2
1
1
2
2.54.579R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9
R7–R9 · LEAD HELD

CM Luis Fernando Soliz Gabarrete held the sole lead from R7 through R9 without losing it.

R9 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 7.0/9. Soliz Gabarrete takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (44.5).

R6 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

CM Luis Fernando Soliz Gabarrete drew with FM Alejandro Jose Chinchilla (White).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Soliz Gabarrete, Luis FernandoCM1974HON+14B+4N=7B+18N+15B=2B+9N=8N=5B7.044.548.036.002223+57.0
2Chinchilla, Alejandro JoseFM2165HON+6B=27N+18B+13N+7B=1N4B+11N+8B7.043.546.035.252206+8.8
3Meza MartInez, Alcides IvanCM2047HON+12B=16N=27B8N=10B+13N+19B+7N+4B6.540.042.531.002121+18.0
4Urbina, RicardoIM2164HON+30N1B+17B+16N=8B+19N+2N=5B3N6.044.546.026.752092-14.4
5Colindres, DanielFM2014HON17B23N+20B+22N+27B+6N+7B=4N=1N6.038.541.027.002012+1.0
6Ramirez, Daniel1910HON2N+20B+26N15B+28N5B+18N+12B+10N6.037.540.022.502043+62.4
7Cardenas Carbajal, NilsonCM2041HON+24N+8B=1N+9B2N+12B5N3B+20N5.545.548.525.5020350.0
8Alonzo, Jose1915HON+32N7N+22B+3B=4N=9B+10N=1B2N5.545.045.524.002023+23.8
9Fernandez, Luis1949HON=31B+22N+11B7N+17B=8N1B=15N=14B5.040.041.020.501918-6.8
10Gradiz Menjivar, Oscar1852HON15N+30B=19N+28B=3N+16B8B+17N6B5.037.539.018.001965+54.0
11Garcia, Ignacio1977HON=33N+21B9N+23B=12N=15N+14B2B=16N5.037.538.018.751928-11.2
12Paz Flores, Jose Icsacc1881HON3N+29B+32B+27N=11B7N+15B6N=13B5.037.538.015.001961+19.4
13Garcia Cuestas, Kevin1957HON=21N+33B+23N2B19N3B+24N+26B=12N5.034.535.013.751921-8.2
14Munoz Valeriano, Nelson Gerardo1798HON1N+24B=25N19B+23N+21B11N+22B=9N5.033.036.016.501884+18.2
15Medina Viana, RicardoCM1988HON+10B=17N=16B+6N1N=11B12N=9B=18N4.542.045.522.251924-15.8
16Martinez, Walter1921HON+29N=3B=15N4B+18B10N17B+25N=11B4.538.040.517.001949+6.4
17Enamorado, Ivis1864HON+5N=15B4N+21B9N=27B+16N10B=22N4.537.540.019.001952+18.2
18Velasquez, HectorFM1991HON+28N+26B2N1B16NF6B+29N=15B3.537.540.010.251871-25.6
19Martinez, Daniel1918HON=23B=31N=10B+14N+13B4B3NFF3.535.035.014.501896-4.2
20Lemus Mejia, Jose Adonis1769HON27B6N5N+24B+29N=26B+21NF7B3.533.035.510.501841+13.6
21Marzuca, Jacob1788HON=13B11N+30B17N+32B14N20B=23N=25B3.530.531.07.501751-9.8
22Meza Acosta, Mario Gaspar0HON+25N9B8N5B=24N+28BF14N=17B3.034.537.09.2518110.0
23Galicia Figueroa, Ariel1671HON=19N+5B13B11N14B30N=25N=21B=28N3.033.535.012.251775+20.6
24Paredes, Ricardo EnriqueCM1880HON7B14N+29B20N=22B+32N13BF=26N3.030.030.56.001714-31.8
25Mejia Varela, Fernando Alexis1913HON22B=28N=14B=32N=26NF=23B16B=21N3.028.028.58.751726-34.8
26Ardon, Marlon1748HONF18N6B=29N=25B=20N+30B13N=24B3.028.028.07.501794+8.0
27Elvir, Jorge1943HON+20N=2B=3N12B5N=17NFFF2.538.538.512.501900-8.2
28Paz Garcia, Mario1854HON18B=25B+33N10N6B22N29B=30N=23B2.527.528.04.251705-31.6
29Medina Ucles, Ernesto Efrain1747HON16B12N24N=26B20BF+28N18B+30N2.526.526.55.501725-10.0
30Enamorado, Jose LuisCM1882HON4B10N21NFF+23B26N=28B29B1.526.026.04.251602-50.0
31Martinez, Marlon1784HON=9N=19BFFFFFFF1.08.58.54.251934+8.0
32Hernandez Diaz, Jose Isai1651HON8BF12N=25B21N24BFFF0.520.020.01.501509-12.0
33Guzman Maradiaga, Edgar Rigobert1801HON=11B13N28BFFFFFF0.514.014.02.501656-19.6

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets