Torneo Clasico Semana Santa - Preparacion Juegos Nacionales 2027

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57 players participated in this 8-round tournament, held from 02 Apr 2026 to 04 Apr 2026 in Pereira -RIS, Colombia. 5 titled players from 3 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2046, and top seed was Alejandro Mateus (🇨🇴 COL, FM, 2237).

Julian Andres Gallego (🇨🇴 COL, FM, 2217) won with 7.5/8, ahead of Juan Esteban Cardona Duque (6.0) and Jose Ernesto Aponte Castillo (6.0). Gallego won solo starting round 4.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Emanuel Velez Zuluaga (1469) beat Jorge Hernando Atehortua (1858), a +389-point gap.

Location

🇨🇴Pereira -RIS, Colombia

Dates

02 Apr 2026 → 04 Apr 2026

Time control

Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 8 rounds

Top seed

🇨🇴FMAlejandro Mateus2237

Avg top 10

2,046

Participants

Titled players · 5

FM×4

WFM×1

Federations · 3 represented

🇨🇴Colombia×53

🇪🇸Spain×1

🇵🇦Panama×1

Top 3

🥇
FMJulian Andres Gallego
🇨🇴COL·2217
7.5pts·2380perf+19.6
🥈
Juan Esteban Cardona Duque
🇨🇴COL·1883
6.0pts·2070perf+81.6
🥉
Jose Ernesto Aponte Castillo
🇨🇴COL·2053
6.0pts·2057perf+5.6

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 8 rounds

FM Julian Andres Gallego led from R4; +1.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders

Gallego7.5Aponte Castillo6Cardona Duque6Mateus6Lopez Rayo5.5Layton Henao5.5

R4–R8 · LEAD HELD

FM Julian Andres Gallego never relinquished the lead after R4; final gap +1.5 over the runner-up.

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

FM Julian Andres Gallego 5 wins (R1–R5)Jose Ernesto Aponte Castillo 3 wins (R5–R7)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1FMJulian Andres Gallego	*	—	1	½
2Jose Ernesto Aponte Castillo	—	*	0	½
3Juan Esteban Cardona Duque	0	1	*	—
4FMAlejandro Mateus	½	½	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Gallego, Julian AndresFM	2217	COL	+27N	+12B	+23N	+8B	+2N	=4B	+5N	+6B	7.5	37.5	41.5	38.50	2380	+19.6
2	Cardona Duque, Juan Esteban	1883	COL	+47B	=18N	+24B	+3N	−1B	+16N	=7B	+11N	6.0	37.5	39.5	27.00	2070	+81.6
3	Aponte Castillo, Jose Ernesto	2053	COL	+38N	=15B	+21N	−2B	+14B	+7N	+10B	=4N	6.0	37.0	40.5	29.00	2057	+5.6
4	Mateus, AlejandroFM	2237	COL	+32B	+33N	=5B	+10N	+23B	=1N	=9B	=3B	6.0	37.0	40.5	28.25	2171	-7.6
5	Lopez Rayo, IsabellaWFM	1969	COL	+35N	+6B	=4N	+15B	=7N	+8B	−1B	=9N	5.5	40.5	44.0	28.00	2091	+27.4
6	Jacome Revelo, Daniela Alexandra	1708	COL	+52B	−5N	+26B	+11N	=10B	+12N	+13B	−1N	5.5	37.0	39.0	23.50	2009	+90.0
7	Mora Munoz, AlejandroFM	2069	COL	+28B	=24N	+16B	+13N	=5B	−3B	=2N	+19N	5.5	36.0	40.0	26.25	1980	-12.6
8	Layton Henao, Cesar Tulio	1925	PAN	+40B	+25N	+11B	−1N	+12B	−5N	+23B	=13N	5.5	36.0	39.0	23.50	2045	+26.2
9	Montoya Echeverri, Sebastian	2044	COL	+20B	+36N	−10B	=14N	+32B	+18N	=4N	=5B	5.5	34.0	37.5	24.25	1948	-11.6
10	Otalvaro Vasquez, Camilo Andres	1862	COL	+43N	+19B	+9N	−4B	=6N	+20B	−3N	=14B	5.0	37.0	39.5	22.25	1886	+10.8
11	Lopez Idarraga, Daniel EduardoFM	2021	COL	+29N	+14B	−8N	−6B	+25N	+17B	+30N	−2B	5.0	35.0	39.0	22.00	1854	-29.4
12	Montoya, Duvan	1828	COL	+57B	−1N	+18B	+30N	−8N	−6B	+25N	+31B	5.0	35.0	35.0	16.50	1851	+6.4
13	Mera Rivas, Jose Moises	1922	COL	+53N	=21B	+34N	−7B	+19N	+15B	−6N	=8B	5.0	34.0	35.0	19.00	1841	-25.6
14	Orozco Parra, Nelson	1725	COL	+39B	−11N	+40B	=9B	−3N	+37N	+18B	=10N	5.0	33.0	36.0	19.75	1835	+15.0
15	Jaramillo Castrillon, Carlos Orlando	1806	COL	+44B	=3N	+22B	−5N	+48B	−13N	+21B	=24N	5.0	32.0	34.0	18.50	1862	+13.4
16	Lopez Ortiz, Jeison Daniel	1843	COL	+45N	+49B	−7N	+27B	=20N	−2B	=22N	+30B	5.0	31.0	33.0	17.00	1769	-22.8
17	Mejia Tamayo, Julian David	1780	COL	−19N	+41B	−20N	+43B	+29B	−11N	+47B	+23N	5.0	27.5	29.5	15.50	1827	+23.6
18	Velez Zuluaga, Emanuel	1469	COL	+31N	=2B	−12N	+34B	+24N	−9B	−14N	+32N	4.5	33.0	36.5	18.00	1838	+138.8
19	Caicedo, Juan Guillermo	0	COL	+17B	−10N	=32B	+21N	−13B	+36N	+34N	−7B	4.5	32.0	35.5	18.25	1829	0.0
20	Ojeda Bedoya, David	1608	COL	−9N	+54B	+17B	+33N	=16B	−10N	−24N	+34B	4.5	31.5	32.5	15.50	1843	+79.6
21	Zuluaga, Nicolas	1676	COL	+55N	=13N	−3B	−19B	+45N	+35B	−15N	+48N	4.5	28.5	29.5	11.50	1792	+13.0
22	Cruz Duque, Esteban	1687	COL	+51B	F	−15N	F	+44B	+26N	=16B	+33N	4.5	24.0	24.0	14.50	1820	+14.6
23	Paez Villanueva, Santiago	2007	COL	+48B	+30N	−1B	+25N	−4N	+28B	−8N	−17B	4.0	36.0	38.0	14.00	1852	-54.8
24	Vanegas Lopez, Josue	1800	COL	+50N	=7B	−2N	F	−18B	+32N	+20B	=15B	4.0	33.0	35.0	15.25	1745	-6.2
25	Molano, Walter Rene	1700	COL	+46N	−8B	+43N	−23B	−11B	+53N	−12B	+37N	4.0	28.0	29.0	9.50	1677	-5.8
26	Castano Naranjo, Samuel	0	COL	−42N	+35B	−6N	=38B	+43N	−22B	+36B	=28N	4.0	27.5	30.0	13.25	1651	0.0
27	Osorio Jaramillo, Mauricio	1637	ESP	−1B	+37N	+39B	−16N	−33B	−47N	+52B	+49N	4.0	27.0	29.0	11.00	1006	-49.6
28	Caicedo Vallejo, Jacobo	1626	COL	−7N	+56B	+49N	−42B	+31N	−23N	=33B	=26B	4.0	26.0	26.5	10.25	1746	+22.0
29	Hernandez Garcia, Fredy	1601	COL	−11B	+44N	+36B	F	−17N	+49N	−32B	+50N	4.0	25.5	27.5	10.00	1664	+15.6
30	Beltran Grisales, Daniel Eduardo	1723	COL	+54N	−23B	+47N	−12B	+53B	+33N	−11B	−16N	4.0	25.5	26.5	7.50	1750	+2.8
31	Atehortua, Jorge Hernando	1858	COL	−18B	−34B	+50N	+47N	−28B	+40N	+42B	−12N	4.0	25.0	27.0	10.00	1629	-42.0
32	Avella, Alfonso	1637	COL	−4N	+50B	=19N	+45B	−9N	−24B	+29N	−18B	3.5	31.0	33.0	10.75	1597	-20.4
33	Torres, Saulo De Jesus	1812	COL	+41N	−4B	+38N	−20B	+27N	−30B	=28N	−22B	3.5	30.5	33.5	12.50	1653	-34.8
34	Benavides, Ricardo	1794	COL	=37B	+31N	−13B	−18N	+40B	+48N	−19B	−20N	3.5	29.0	31.0	10.75	1669	-17.8
35	Acevedo Gonzalez, Salome	1585	COL	−5B	−26N	+56B	+39N	=36B	−21N	−37B	+40N	3.5	27.5	28.0	8.75	1649	+7.6
36	Zuluaga Alzate, Gustavo	1728	COL	+56N	−9B	−29N	+41B	=35N	−19B	−26N	+43B	3.5	27.0	27.5	7.75	1630	-13.2
37	Arredondo Rodriguez, Andres Felipe	0	COL	=34N	−27B	−45N	+46B	+38N	−14B	+35N	−25B	3.5	26.0	28.5	11.25	1621	0.0
38	Serna, Luis Orlando	1626	COL	−3B	+57N	−33B	=26N	−37B	+39N	−48B	+46N	3.5	25.0	25.0	8.00	1528	-24.4
39	Duarte Varela, Juan Jose	0	COL	−14N	+53B	−27N	−35B	+41N	−38B	=43N	+44B	3.5	24.0	25.0	7.75	1518	0.0
40	Hernandez Arboleda, Rebeca	1563	COL	−8N	+46B	−14N	+54B	−34N	−31B	+41N	−35B	3.0	27.0	28.0	6.50	1449	-36.4
41	Cardona Salazar, Matias	1444	COL	−33B	−17N	+55B	−36N	−39B	+46N	−40B	+51N	3.0	23.0	24.0	5.50	923	-28.4
42	Sanchez, Carlos Andres	1769	COL	+26B	F	F	+28N	F	F	−31N	+47B	3.0	14.0	14.0	10.00	1796	+2.6
43	Perez Cardenas, Luis Miguel	1472	COL	−10B	+52N	−25B	−17N	−26B	+51N	=39B	−36N	2.5	27.0	29.0	5.75	968	-24.8
44	Trujillo Granada, Matias	1443	COL	−15N	−29B	=46N	+51B	−22N	+45B	F	−39N	2.5	24.0	24.0	5.75	898	-22.8
45	Narvaez Pulgarin, Carlos Alberto	1462	COL	−16B	=51N	+37B	−32N	−21B	−44N	−49B	+56N	2.5	23.0	23.5	5.00	848	0.0
46	Quintero Olaya, Santiago	0	COL	−25B	−40N	=44B	−37N	+55N	−41B	+56N	−38B	2.5	20.5	21.0	2.75	1189	0.0
47	Bastidas Bonilla, Sara	1525	COL	−2N	F	−30B	−31B	+54N	+27B	−17N	−42N	2.0	27.0	28.0	5.00	1502	-8.8
48	Giraldo Uribe, Jose Jardani	1590	COL	−23N	F	+51B	F	−15N	−34B	+38N	−21B	2.0	27.0	27.0	5.50	1538	-14.8
49	Vargas Fernandez, Emmanuel Esteban	0	COL	F	−16N	−28B	F	+50N	−29B	+45N	−27B	2.0	22.5	22.5	4.50	1382	0.0
50	Munera Garcia, Lina Marcela	1401	COL	−24B	−32N	−31B	+52N	−49B	+55N	F	−29B	2.0	20.5	21.5	3.00	909	-12.2
51	FIDE 144480946	0	—	−22N	=45B	−48N	−44N	=56B	−43B	+54N	−41B	2.0	18.0	18.5	2.50	726	0.0
52	Munoz Gomez, Emmanuel	0	COL	−6N	−43B	−53N	−50B	F	+54B	−27N	+55B	2.0	17.0	17.0	2.00	756	0.0
53	Ospina Lopez, Pablo Alejandro	1560	COL	−13B	−39N	+52B	F	−30N	−25B	F	F	1.0	22.5	22.5	2.00	983	-27.6
54	Londono Vera, Fabio	0	COL	−30B	−20N	+57B	−40N	−47B	−52N	−51B	F	1.0	17.5	17.5	0.00	1337	0.0
55	FIDE 144463014	0	—	−21B	F	−41N	+56N	−46B	−50B	F	−52N	1.0	16.5	16.5	0.50	708	0.0
56	Cuartas Ramirez, Matias	0	COL	−36B	−28N	−35N	−55B	=51N	F	−46B	−45B	0.5	19.0	19.0	1.00	848	0.0
57	Carmona, Luisa Maria	1456	COL	−12N	−38B	−54N	F	F	F	F	F	0.0	9.5	9.5	0.00	926	-7.6

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Velez Zuluaga, EmanuelCOL
+138.8
4.5 pts · #13
2Jacome Revelo, Daniela AlexandraCOL
+90.0
5.5 pts · #21
3Cardona Duque, Juan EstebanCOL
+81.6
6.0 pts · #3

Top rating losers

1Paez Villanueva, SantiagoCOL
-54.8
4.0 pts · #16
2Osorio Jaramillo, MauricioESP
-49.6
4.0 pts · #56
3Atehortua, Jorge HernandoCOL
-42.0
4.0 pts · #19

Biggest upsets

R1+389 Elo gap
Velez Zuluaga, Emanuel1469 beat Atehortua, Jorge Hernando1858
R5+331 Elo gap
Velez Zuluaga, Emanuel1469 beat Vanegas Lopez, Josue1800
R4+325 Elo gap
Velez Zuluaga, Emanuel1469 beat Benavides, Ricardo1794