Campeonato Nacional Sub 12 Absoluto COL 2026

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79 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 20 Mar 2026 to 23 Mar 2026 in Bogota D.C., Colombia. Top 10 Elo average was 1671, and top seed was Juan Sebastian Castro Herrera (🇨🇴 COL, 1760).

Samuel Hernandez Arias (🇨🇴 COL, 1692) won with 7.0/7, ahead of Juan Sebastian Castro Herrera (6.0) and Esteban Higuera Camargo (5.5). Hernandez Arias won solo starting round 6.

The biggest upset came in round 2: Alvaro Delgado Pena (1560) beat Juan Sebastian Castro Herrera (1760), a +200-point gap.

Location

🇨🇴Bogota D.C., Colombia

Dates

20 Mar 2026 → 23 Mar 2026

Time control

Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 7 rounds

Top seed

🇨🇴Juan Sebastian Castro Herrera1760

Avg top 10

1,671

Participants

Federations · 1 represented

🇨🇴Colombia×66

Top 3

🥇
Samuel Hernandez Arias
🇨🇴COL·1692
7.0pts·2363perf+94.8
🥈
Juan Sebastian Castro Herrera
🇨🇴COL·1760
6.0pts·1846perf+21.6
🥉
Esteban Higuera Camargo
🇨🇴COL·1527
5.5pts·1849perf+99.6

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

Samuel Hernandez Arias led from R6; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R6.

Co-leaders

Hernandez Arias7Castro Herrera6Lara Daguer5.5Higuera Camargo5.5Martinez Redondo5.5Romero Ballesteros5

R6–R7 · LEAD HELD

Samuel Hernandez Arias never relinquished the lead after R6; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

Samuel Hernandez Arias 7 wins (R1–R7)Juan Sebastian Castro Herrera 5 wins (R3–R7)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Samuel Hernandez Arias	*	—	—	—
2Juan Sebastian Castro Herrera	—	*	—	1
3Nestor Eduardo Lara Daguer	—	—	*	½
4Esteban Higuera Camargo	—	0	½	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Hernandez Arias, Samuel	1692	COL	+63N	+23B	+10N	+7B	+16N	+6B	+9N	7.0	28.5	30.5	30.50	2363	+94.8
2	Castro Herrera, Juan Sebastian	1760	COL	+42B	−15N	+39B	+23N	+19B	+3B	+6N	6.0	27.0	30.5	26.00	1846	+21.6
3	Higuera Camargo, Esteban	1527	COL	+58N	+12B	+8N	=4B	+15B	−2N	+17B	5.5	30.5	33.0	24.25	1849	+99.6
4	Lara Daguer, Nestor Eduardo	1669	COL	+41B	+48N	=15B	=3N	+27B	=17N	+7B	5.5	27.0	30.0	22.75	1767	+31.2
5	Martinez Redondo, Victor Andres	0	COL	=18N	+51B	−38N	+28B	+46N	+24B	+15B	5.5	23.5	26.5	20.75	1622	0.0
6	Moreno Cardenas, Joseph Thomas	1606	COL	+67N	+26B	+20N	+25B	+24N	−1N	−2B	5.0	29.5	31.5	18.50	1694	+28.4
7	Palacio Salazar, Nicolas	1583	COL	+71B	+74N	+14B	−1N	+12N	+16B	−4N	5.0	28.5	29.5	17.00	1755	+47.2
8	Camacho Casalinas, Said Gabriel	1643	COL	+31B	+36N	−3B	=18N	+39B	+10B	=13N	5.0	28.0	31.5	21.25	1648	+4.0
9	Ortiz Ortiz, Diego Alejandro	1594	COL	+52B	−25N	+33B	+42N	+37B	+11N	−1B	5.0	27.0	30.0	19.00	1603	+3.2
10	Schettini Acuna, Massimo Matteo	1577	COL	+59N	+57B	−1B	+40N	+14B	−8N	+26N	5.0	27.0	29.5	17.50	1637	+12.4
11	Romero Ballesteros, Gabriel Matias	1651	COL	+33N	+56B	−27N	+30B	+26N	−9B	+23N	5.0	25.0	27.5	18.50	1671	+8.0
12	Molina Vivas, Joshua	1693	COL	+49B	−3N	+45B	+48N	−7B	+25N	+27B	5.0	24.5	27.5	17.00	1655	-9.6
13	Alvarez Guzman, Joseph Emmanuel	1458	COL	+60N	+28B	=24B	−15N	+44B	+38N	=8B	5.0	24.0	26.5	17.50	1723	+84.8
14	Agudelo Ramirez, Santiago	1740	COL	+45N	+46B	−7N	+56B	−10N	+29B	+30N	5.0	24.0	26.5	16.50	1675	-18.0
15	Delgado Pena, Alvaro	1560	COL	+78N	+2B	=4N	+13B	−3N	+20B	−5N	4.5	32.0	32.0	18.25	1728	+44.8
16	Verdugo Silva, Felipe	1627	COL	+62N	+30B	+32N	+27B	−1B	−7N	=21B	4.5	28.5	30.5	16.25	1615	-2.4
17	Ramirez Mejia, Jose Gregorio	1609	COL	+65B	−20N	+49B	+36N	+25B	=4B	−3N	4.5	26.5	28.5	15.75	1565	-12.8
18	Barraza Castaneda, Samir Alejandro	1484	COL	=5B	=21N	+74B	=8B	−20N	+42N	+37B	4.5	26.5	27.5	15.50	1529	+9.2
19	Echeverria Sabogal, Jeronimo	1593	COL	+61N	+29B	−25N	+32B	−2N	=33N	+39B	4.5	25.5	28.0	16.00	1566	-7.2
20	Hernandez Lopez, Isaac	1477	COL	+64N	+17B	−6B	=44N	+18B	−15N	+38B	4.5	25.0	27.0	16.00	1640	+54.0
21	Morales Aldana, David Alejandro	1538	COL	=51N	=18B	+53N	−26B	+63N	+60B	=16N	4.5	21.5	23.5	13.50	1502	-7.6
22	Rodriguez Rodriguez, Thiago	1458	COL	−37B	+71N	−40B	=58N	+70B	+43N	+44B	4.5	17.5	19.0	10.75	2343	+48.8
23	Guevara Garcia, Samuel Alejandro	1535	COL	+79B	−1N	+65B	−2B	+41N	+31N	−11B	4.0	27.5	27.5	9.50	1512	-8.0
24	Comas Bermeo, Emilie	1583	COL	+53N	+35B	=13N	+38B	−6B	−5N	=33B	4.0	27.0	30.0	15.00	1584	+7.6
25	Carreno Poveda, Noah David	1460	COL	+68N	+9B	+19B	−6N	−17N	−12B	+64N	4.0	26.0	28.0	13.50	1547	+23.6
26	Palacios Munoz, James Samuel	1477	COL	+40B	−6N	+66B	+21N	−11B	+47N	−10B	4.0	26.0	28.0	13.00	1401	-15.2
27	Caicedo Guerrero, Daniel Andres	1568	COL	+69B	+37N	+11B	−16N	−4N	+62B	−12N	4.0	25.5	27.5	12.50	1468	-19.6
28	Sierra Romero, Ronald Esteban	1592	COL	+47B	−13N	=31B	−5N	+58B	=37N	+49B	4.0	24.0	26.5	12.25	1428	-26.0
29	Leguizamo Corzo, Hesson Samuel	1469	COL	+50B	−19N	+34B	−39N	+40B	−14N	+47B	4.0	23.5	26.5	13.50	805	-39.2
30	Alcala Manotas, Sebastian Samuel	1492	COL	+66B	−16N	+47B	−11N	+52B	+50N	−14B	4.0	23.5	25.5	11.00	874	-32.0
31	Cardona Salazar, Matias	1402	COL	−8N	+72B	=28N	=41N	+48B	−23B	+46N	4.0	22.5	23.5	10.75	1538	+42.8
32	Rosales Rojas, Juan Sebastian	1480	COL	+34B	+44N	−16B	−19N	−47B	+52N	+62N	4.0	22.0	24.0	12.00	1485	+1.2
33	Ortiz Contreras, Samuel	1413	COL	−11B	+79N	−9N	+73B	+56N	=19B	=24N	4.0	22.0	22.0	7.75	1511	+25.6
34	Obando Reyes, Santiago	0	COL	−32N	+67B	−29N	+54B	=35N	=56B	+45N	4.0	20.5	22.5	11.25	1400	0.0
35	Casas Mejia, Santiago	1459	COL	+75B	−24N	−37B	+55N	=34B	=44N	+50B	4.0	20.5	21.5	10.50	1392	-6.8
36	Gurrute Samboni, Samuel Josue	1491	COL	+72N	−8B	+57N	−17B	−62N	+53B	+54N	4.0	20.0	21.0	9.50	827	-25.6
37	Zuluaga Penagos, Gabriel	0	COL	+22N	−27B	+35N	+46B	−9N	=28B	−18N	3.5	26.0	29.0	13.50	1530	0.0
38	Cortes Espana, Diego Alejandro	1623	COL	+76B	=39N	+5B	−24N	+43B	−13B	−20N	3.5	26.0	27.0	11.75	1341	-76.0
39	Miranda Agudelo, Santiago	1480	COL	+73N	=38B	−2N	+29B	−8N	+57B	−19N	3.5	25.5	26.5	9.25	1468	-5.2
40	Rangel Aguirre, Josue Matias	0	COL	−26N	+61B	+22N	−10B	−29N	=41B	+56N	3.5	23.5	26.0	11.25	1429	0.0
41	Martinez Galeano, Esteban Ricardo	1414	COL	−4N	=70B	+59N	=31B	−23B	=40N	+57N	3.5	22.0	23.5	9.50	1262	-22.0
42	Contreras Salcedo, Samuel Esteban	1456	COL	−2N	+78B	+75N	−9B	=57N	−18B	+59N	3.5	21.5	21.5	4.75	814	-36.4
43	Gomez Calderon, Sebastian	1472	COL	−57N	=59B	+51N	+70B	−38N	−22B	+61N	3.5	18.5	20.0	8.25	741	-32.8
44	Duarte Guiza, Fredy Samuel	1611	COL	+54N	−32B	+63N	=20B	−13N	=35B	−22N	3.0	25.0	27.0	9.25	1334	-88.4
45	Barrios Gonzalez, Federico	1431	COL	−14B	+69N	−12N	+53B	−50B	+55N	−34B	3.0	23.0	25.0	8.00	917	-12.8
46	Romero Ballesteros, Alan Gabriel	1548	COL	+55B	−14N	+62B	−37N	−5B	+67N	−31B	3.0	23.0	25.0	7.00	772	-38.0
47	Castellanos Castaneda, Samuel Daniel	0	COL	−28N	+60B	−30N	+75B	+32N	−26B	−29N	3.0	22.5	23.5	7.50	1262	0.0
48	Alvarez Ramos, Ary	1493	COL	+70N	−4B	+73N	−12B	−31N	=61B	=60N	3.0	21.0	22.0	5.00	788	-45.2
49	Ayala Gonzalez, Hector Manuel	1426	COL	−12N	+58B	−17N	+69B	−60B	+72N	−28N	3.0	20.5	21.5	5.50	831	-28.4
50	FIDE 144479859	0	—	−29N	−53B	+78N	+59B	+45N	−30B	−35N	3.0	20.5	20.5	5.50	1270	0.0
51	Ferrada Parada, Mateo Eduardo	0	COL	=21B	−5N	−43B	=71N	−54N	+75B	+65N	3.0	20.0	21.0	6.00	1313	0.0
52	FIDE 144479697	0	—	−9N	+68B	−56N	+64B	−30N	−32B	+74N	3.0	19.5	20.5	5.00	721	0.0
53	Castellanos, Juan Jose	0	COL	−24B	+50N	−21B	−45N	+73B	−36N	+72B	3.0	19.5	20.5	5.00	705	0.0
54	FIDE 144479794	0	—	−44B	−66N	+79B	−34N	+51B	+68N	−36B	3.0	18.0	18.0	5.00	752	0.0
55	Fajardo Prieto, Nicolas	0	COL	−46N	−63B	+68N	−35B	+75N	−45B	+73N	3.0	15.0	16.0	4.00	666	0.0
56	Martinez Russi, Tygua Lautaro	1515	COL	+77B	−11N	+52B	−14N	−33B	=34N	−40B	2.5	24.5	25.5	6.00	801	-47.2
57	Ropero Penaranda, Miguel Angel	0	COL	+43B	−10N	−36B	+65N	=42B	−39N	−41B	2.5	23.0	25.0	7.25	1290	0.0
58	FIDE 144451083	0	—	−3B	−49N	+67N	=22B	−28N	−59B	+70N	2.5	21.5	23.0	5.75	1179	0.0
59	Chinchilla Penilla, Jose David	0	COL	−10B	=43N	−41B	−50N	+71B	+58N	−42B	2.5	21.0	22.5	5.75	1160	0.0
60	FIDE 144422555	0	—	−13B	−47N	F	+61B	+49N	−21N	=48B	2.5	21.0	21.0	7.00	1391	0.0
61	FIDE 144457707	0	—	−19B	−40N	+72B	−60N	+66B	=48N	−43B	2.5	19.0	20.0	4.50	1246	0.0
62	Camacho Bernal, Mathias	0	COL	−16B	F	−46N	+66N	+36B	−27N	−32B	2.0	21.5	22.5	6.00	1304	0.0
63	Lee Morales, Juan Martin	1418	COL	−1B	+55N	−44B	+74N	−21B	F	F	2.0	20.5	20.5	4.00	812	-30.4
64	Perico Parra, Juan Esteban	0	COL	−20B	−65N	+71B	−52N	+69N	F	−25B	2.0	17.5	19.0	3.50	666	0.0
65	FIDE 144479808	0	—	−17N	+64B	−23N	−57B	−72N	+70N	−51B	2.0	17.5	18.5	3.50	773	0.0
66	FIDE 144439245	0	—	−30N	+54B	−26N	−62B	−61N	F	+67B	2.0	17.5	17.5	5.00	685	0.0
67	Bernal Pena, Manuel Felipe	0	COL	−6B	−34N	−58B	+79N	+74B	−46B	−66N	2.0	17.5	17.5	1.00	779	0.0
68	Sotelo Acosta, Mathias Emilio	0	COL	−25B	−52N	−55B	+76N	+78B	−54B	−69N	2.0	16.0	16.0	1.00	653	0.0
69	Cortes Valderrama, Samuel Jose	0	COL	−27N	−45B	F	−49N	−64B	+77N	+68B	2.0	15.0	16.0	3.00	674	0.0
70	Gordillo Silva, Samuel Jeronimo	0	COL	−48B	=41N	+76B	−43N	−22N	−65B	−58B	1.5	19.0	20.0	2.75	1138	0.0
71	FIDE 144479816	0	—	−7N	−22B	−64N	=51B	−59N	F	+76N	1.5	18.0	19.0	2.50	720	0.0
72	Jimenez Escobar, Sebastian Andres	0	COL	−36B	−31N	−61N	F	+65B	−49B	−53N	1.0	18.5	18.5	2.00	640	0.0
73	Medrano Cardenas, Miguel Angel	0	COL	−39B	+76N	−48B	−33N	−53N	F	−55B	1.0	18.0	19.0	1.00	660	0.0
74	FIDE 144480350	0	—	F	−7B	−18N	−63B	−67N	+76N	−52B	1.0	17.5	17.5	1.00	695	0.0
75	Sotelo Aguirre, Jeronimo	0	COL	−35N	F	−42B	−47N	−55B	−51N	+79B	1.0	16.5	16.5	0.00	659	0.0
76	Aguirre Saravia, Martin	0	COL	−38N	−73B	−70N	−68B	+79N	−74B	−71B	1.0	10.5	10.5	0.00	824	0.0
77	FIDE 144480342	0	—	−56N	F	F	F	F	−69B	+78N	1.0	8.5	8.5	0.00	716	0.0
78	FIDE 144480326	0	—	−15B	−42N	−50B	F	−68N	F	−77B	0.0	16.0	17.0	0.00	708	0.0
79	FIDE 144480334	0	—	−23N	−33B	−54N	−67B	−76B	F	−75N	0.0	15.0	15.0	0.00	672	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Higuera Camargo, EstebanCOL
+99.6
5.5 pts · #8
2Hernandez Arias, SamuelCOL
+94.8
7.0 pts · #1
3Alvarez Guzman, Joseph EmmanuelCOL
+84.8
5.0 pts · #10

Top rating losers

1Duarte Guiza, Fredy SamuelCOL
-88.4
3.0 pts · #31
2Cortes Espana, Diego AlejandroCOL
-76.0
3.5 pts · #32
3Martinez Russi, Tygua LautaroCOL
-47.2
2.5 pts · #71

Biggest upsets

R2+200 Elo gap
Delgado Pena, Alvaro1560 beat Castro Herrera, Juan Sebastian1760
R2+166 Elo gap
Higuera Camargo, Esteban1527 beat Molina Vivas, Joshua1693
R6+165 Elo gap
Alvarez Guzman, Joseph Emmanuel1458 beat Cortes Espana, Diego Alejandro1623