Campeonato Nacional Absoluto de Nicaragua 2026
12 players participated in this 11-round tournament, held from 11 Apr 2026 to 03 May 2026 in Managua, Nicaragua. 4 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 2095, and top seed was Marcos Ortiz (🇳🇮 NCA, 2217).
Jose Nahum Espinoza Solano (🇳🇮 NCA, FM, 2203) won with 9.0/11, ahead of Marcos Ortiz (8.5) and Maximiliano Rocha (7.5). Espinoza Solano took the lead from round 10.
The biggest upset came in round 9: Pablo Sebastian Aguilar Bejarano (1803) beat Steven Sanchez (2101), a +298-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 12 · 11 roundsFM Jose Nahum Espinoza Solano led from R10 onwards, the runner-up race stayed tight. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R10.
Marcos Ortiz takes the sole lead (6.5/8).
FM Jose Nahum Espinoza Solano drew with Marcos Ortiz (Black).
FM Jose Nahum Espinoza Solano 4 wins (R8–R11)Marcos Ortiz 6 wins (R5–R11)FM Maximiliano Rocha 4+3 wins (R2–R5, R8–R11)
Cross-table
| # | Player | Elo | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Pts | SB | Bh | Δ Elo | Perf |
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| 1 | 🇳🇮FMEspinoza Solano, Jose Nahum | 2203 | * | ½ | 1 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9.0 | 38.25 | 52.0 | +27.4 | 2307 |
| 2 | 🇳🇮Ortiz, Marcos | 2217 | ½ | * | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 8.5 | 40.00 | 52.5 | +29.4 | 2349 |
| 3 | 🇳🇮FMRocha, Maximiliano | 2169 | 0 | 0 | * | ½ | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7.5 | 26.50 | 53.5 | +18.6 | 2236 |
| 4 | 🇳🇮Vanegas Lopez, Natanael Emanuel | 2105 | ½ | 0 | ½ | * | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7.0 | 26.25 | 54.0 | +16.0 | 2156 |
| 6 | 🇳🇮Sanchez, Steven | 2101 | 1 | 0 | — | ½ | * | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 6.0 | 25.50 | 55.0 | +5.6 | 2115 |
| 5 | 🇳🇮FMAlfaro, William | 2129 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ | ½ | * | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6.0 | 23.50 | 55.0 | -11.0 | 2088 |
| 7 | 🇳🇮FMGarcia Cerda, Ricardo Leonel | 2094 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | * | ½ | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 5.0 | 23.75 | 56.0 | -7.0 | 2064 |
| 8 | 🇳🇮Colomer Fonseca, Eric Gabriel | 1943 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | * | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3.5 | 11.00 | 57.5 | -4.8 | 1936 |
| 9 | 🇳🇮Aguilar Bejarano, Pablo Sebastian | 1803 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | * | ½ | 0 | ½ | 3.0 | 11.25 | 58.0 | +20.8 | 1905 |
| 10 | 🇳🇮Carranza Narvaez, Sergio Ivan | 1997 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | * | — | 1 | 3.0 | 8.50 | 58.0 | -20.0 | 1924 |
| 11 | 🇳🇮Ruiz, Juan Bosco | 1970 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | — | * | — | 2.0 | 8.00 | 59.0 | -19.4 | 1875 |
| 12 | 🇳🇮Ceballos Reyes, Roberto Carlos | 1968 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | ½ | 0 | — | * | 0.5 | 1.50 | 60.5 | -111.2 | 1630 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Ortiz, MarcosNCA+29.48.5 pts · #2
- 2Espinoza Solano, Jose NahumFMNCA+27.49.0 pts · #1
- 3Aguilar Bejarano, Pablo SebastianNCA+20.83.0 pts · #9
- 1Ceballos Reyes, Roberto CarlosNCA-111.20.5 pts · #12
- 2Carranza Narvaez, Sergio IvanNCA-20.03.0 pts · #10
- 3Ruiz, Juan BoscoNCA-19.42.0 pts · #11
- R9+298 Elo gap
- R8+186 Elo gap
- R10+140 Elo gap