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XXVI IRT Hibrido de Las Americas Sub-1800 2025 U17

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14 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 21 Mar 2026 to 22 Mar 2026 in Guarenas-Porlamar-Barcelona-Puerto Espana, Venezuela. 2 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1618, and top seed was Samuel Alejandro Garate Giron (🇻🇪 VEN, 1721).

Luis Alfredo Zamora Garcia (🇻🇪 VEN, 1639) won with 6.5/7, ahead of Aranza Victoria Luzardo Lopez (5.5) and Jose Luis Reyes Hernandez (4.0). Zamora Garcia won solo starting round 5.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Sophia Luimar Vargas Brito (1456) beat Daniel Alejandro Cruces Rivas (1608), a +152-point gap.

Location
🇻🇪Guarenas-Porlamar-Barcelona-Puerto Espana, Venezuela
Dates
21 Mar 2026 → 22 Mar 2026
Time control
Standard: 30 minutes for game with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 7 rounds
Top seed
🇻🇪Samuel Alejandro Garate Giron1721
Avg top 10
1,618
Participants
14
Federations · 2 represented
🇻🇪Venezuela×13
🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

Luis Alfredo Zamora Garcia led from R3; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
6
2
1
2
1
1
1
23.55.57R1R2R3R4R5R6R7
Zamora Garcia6.5Luzardo Lopez5.5Vargas Brito4Reyes Hernandez4Amundaray Millan3.5Rodriguez Gomez3.5
R3–R7 · LEAD HELD

Luis Alfredo Zamora Garcia never relinquished the lead after R3; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.

R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Luis Alfredo Zamora Garcia beat Aranza Victoria Luzardo Lopez (Black).

2× WIN STREAK · 3+3 wins

Luis Alfredo Zamora Garcia posted 3 in a row (R1–R3) and 3 in a row (R5–R7) — total 6 wins.

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Luis Alfredo Zamora Garcia*
1
1
1
2Aranza Victoria Luzardo Lopez
0
*
1
1
3Sophia Luimar Vargas Brito
0
0
*
0
4Jose Luis Reyes Hernandez
0
0
1
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Zamora Garcia, Luis Alfredo1639VEN+5N+7B+3N=8B+2N+6B+4N6.524.027.025.502021+106.0
2Luzardo Lopez, Aranza Victoria1621VEN+11N=8N+5B+4N−1B+3B+6N5.524.526.518.501817+67.6
3Reyes Hernandez, Jose Luis1624VEN+14B+4N−1B+10N−6B−2N+5B4.025.526.010.501622+4.0
4Vargas Brito, Sophia Luimar1456VEN+10N−3B+9N−2B+7B+11N−1B4.025.027.011.001637+72.8
5Amundaray Millan, Jorge Luis1531VEN−1B+11N−2N+13B+10B=9N−3N3.523.524.57.001569+15.2
6Rodriguez Gomez, Alfonso David1696VEN=12B−10N+14B+11B+3N−1N−2B3.522.022.57.251565-47.6
7Gomez Aponte, Aranza Noylee1604VEN+13N−1N−8B=9B−4N+10B+12N3.520.521.56.501570+2.0
8Garate Giron, Samuel Alejandro1721VEN+9N=2B+7N=1NFFF3.018.518.512.501798+14.4
9Frontado Salazar, Aniuska del Valle1596VEN−8B+12N−4B=7N+13B=5BF3.016.516.56.001540-18.4
10Cruces Rivas, Daniel Alejandro1608VEN−4B+6B+13N−3B−5N−7N=14B2.519.520.04.751436-66.4
11Bassant, Zac1465TTO−2B−5BF−6N+14N−4B+13N2.018.018.01.501409-18.4
12Carvajal Romero, Daniel Alejandro1536VEN=6N−9BFFF+14N−7B1.510.510.52.251495-10.4
13Montufar Lopez, Fernando David1441VEN−7B+14N−10B−5N−9NF−11B1.015.015.00.501266-48.4
14Salazar Moujalli, Leonardo1473VEN−3N−13B−6NF−11B−12B=10N0.514.514.51.251159-72.4

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets