IRT sub1800 Club Ruy Lopez Marzo 2026

Open SwissStandard

20 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held on 08 Mar 2026 in Vina del Mar, Chile. Top 10 Elo average was 1715, and top seed was Pablo Iocco Barias (🇨🇱 CHI, 1781).

Christian Cuadros Betancur (🇨🇱 CHI, 1768) won with 4.0/5, ahead of Francisco Javier Yuraszeck Espinosa (3.5) and Maximiliano Pino Smythe (3.5). Cuadros Betancur broke clear in the final round.

Location

🇨🇱Vina del Mar, Chile

Dates

08 Mar 2026

Time control

Standard: 30 minutes for game with 30 seconds increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 5 rounds

Top seed

🇨🇱Pablo Iocco Barias1781

Avg top 10

1,715

Participants

Federations · 1 represented

🇨🇱Chile×18

Top 3

🥇
Christian Cuadros Betancur
🇨🇱CHI·1768
4.0pts·1916perf+17.4
🥈
Francisco Javier Yuraszeck Espinosa
🇨🇱CHI·1779
3.5pts·1865perf+11.4
🥉
Maximiliano Pino Smythe
🇨🇱CHI·1732
3.5pts·1813perf+22.4

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Christian Cuadros Betancur led from R5; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.

Co-leaders

Cuadros Betancur4Yuraszeck Espinosa3.5Pino Smythe3.5Pena Aguirre3.5Vega Veloso3.5Iocco Barias3

R5–R5 · LEAD HELD

Christian Cuadros Betancur held the sole lead from R5 through R5 without losing it.

R4 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Christian Cuadros Betancur drew with Francisco Javier Yuraszeck Espinosa (White).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

Christian Cuadros Betancur 3 wins (R1–R3)Francisco Javier Yuraszeck Espinosa 3 wins (R1–R3)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Christian Cuadros Betancur	*	½	½	—
2Francisco Javier Yuraszeck Espinosa	½	*	1	1
3Maximiliano Pino Smythe	½	0	*	—
4Alejandro Pena Aguirre	—	0	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Cuadros Betancur, Christian	1768	CHI	+11B	+13N	+7B	=2B	=3N	4.0	12.0	14.0	10.50	1916	+17.4
2	Yuraszeck Espinosa, Francisco Javier	1779	CHI	+6B	+4N	+3B	=1N	−8N	3.5	14.0	17.0	12.00	1865	+11.4
3	Pino Smythe, Maximiliano	1732	CHI	+12B	+17N	−2N	+13B	=1B	3.5	11.5	12.5	7.00	1813	+22.4
4	Pena Aguirre, Alejandro	1679	CHI	+14N	−2B	+16N	=10B	+6B	3.5	11.0	12.5	7.75	1817	+11.0
5	Vega Veloso, Clemente Tomas	1723	CHI	+18N	−7B	=8B	+16N	+10B	3.5	10.0	11.0	6.50	1698	-4.4
6	Pino Diaz, Matias	1620	CHI	−2N	+10N	+12B	+9B	−4N	3.0	12.5	14.5	7.50	1683	+14.4
7	Orrego Astudillo, Angelo	1635	CHI	+20B	+5N	−1N	−8B	+12B	3.0	12.5	12.5	5.50	1708	+7.8
8	Iocco Barias, Pablo	1781	CHI	F	=16B	=5N	+7N	+2B	3.0	11.5	11.5	9.00	1898	+23.2
9	Ruiz Chapilliquen, Ronald	1717	CHI	−10B	+19N	+17B	−6N	+11B	3.0	8.5	8.5	3.00	1706	-0.8
10	Charnock Alvarez, Emmanuel Alejandro	0	CHI	+9N	−6B	+11B	=4N	−5N	2.5	13.0	15.0	6.75	1662	0.0
11	Ruiz Tagle Ainzua, Juan Ignacio	1572	CHI	−1N	+14B	−10N	+15B	−9N	2.0	11.5	13.5	4.00	943	-22.0
12	Opazo Bascunan, Kabir	1556	CHI	−3N	+15B	−6N	+19B	−7N	2.0	11.5	11.5	2.00	861	-43.2
13	Pardo Fiedler, Sabina	1661	CHI	+15N	−1B	F	−3N	+17B	2.0	10.5	11.5	3.00	1561	-15.6
14	Araya Varela, Valentina Amanda Isidora	0	CHI	−4B	−11N	+20B	−17N	+16B	2.0	8.0	8.0	1.50	1428	0.0
15	FIDE 3491110	0	—	−13B	−12N	+19B	−11N	+20N	2.0	6.0	6.0	0.00	796	0.0
16	Toledo Sandoval, Claudio	1678	CHI	+19B	=8N	−4B	−5B	−14N	1.5	12.0	12.0	1.50	1456	-15.8
17	Vergara Arenas, Amapola Angely	1559	CHI	F	−3B	−9N	+14B	−13N	1.0	10.5	10.5	2.00	903	-18.4
18	Iglesias Orfali, Joaquin	0	CHI	−5B	+20N	F	F	F	1.0	5.5	5.5	0.00	926	0.0
19	Sifon Egas, Vicente	0	CHI	−16N	−9B	−15N	−12N	F	0.0	8.5	8.5	0.00	850	0.0
20	FIDE 3491129	0	—	−7N	−18B	−14N	F	−15B	0.0	8.0	8.0	0.00	835	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Iocco Barias, PabloCHI
+23.2
3.0 pts · #4
2Pino Smythe, MaximilianoCHI
+22.4
3.5 pts · #3
3Cuadros Betancur, ChristianCHI
+17.4
4.0 pts · #1

Top rating losers

1Opazo Bascunan, KabirCHI
-43.2
2.0 pts · #20
2Ruiz Tagle Ainzua, Juan IgnacioCHI
-22.0
2.0 pts · #16
3Vergara Arenas, Amapola AngelyCHI
-18.4
1.0 pts · #14