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National Qualifier #1 (North) 2026

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25 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 11 Apr 2026 to 19 Apr 2026 in Aranguez, Trinidad and Tobago. 4 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 1915, and top seed was Ryan Harper (🇹🇹 TTO, FM, 2073).

Enen-Sa-Tefa Ab Khafra (🇹🇹 TTO, 1966) won with 6.0/7, ahead of Ryan Harper (6.0) and Joshua Medina (5.5). Khafra shared the lead from round 1, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 1: David Maynard (1497) beat David Fortune (1859), a +362-point gap.

Location
🇹🇹Aranguez, Trinidad and Tobago
Dates
11 Apr 2026 → 19 Apr 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 7 rounds
Top seed
🇹🇹FMRyan Harper2073
Avg top 10
1,915
Participants
25
Titled players · 4
FM×2
CM×2
Federations · 1 represented
🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago×24
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

Tight race until R7; 2 players tied at 6.0/7, decided on Buchholz.

Co-leaders
11
5
2
1
1
3
2
23.55.57R1R2R3R4R5R6R7
Harper6Khafra6Medina5.5Ramdath5Ramdatt4.5Duncan4
R7 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 6.0/7. Khafra takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (24.5).

R4 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

FM Ryan Harper lost to Enen-Sa-Tefa Ab Khafra (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

FM Ryan Harper 3+3 wins (R1–R3, R5–R7)Enen-Sa-Tefa Ab Khafra 5 wins (R1–R5)CM Joshua Medina 3 wins (R4–R6)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1FMRyan Harper*
0
1
—
2Enen-Sa-Tefa Ab Khafra
1
*
0
—
3CMJoshua Medina
0
1
*
½
4Simon Ramdath——
½
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Khafra, Enen-Sa-Tefa Ab1966TTO+13B+6N+17B+2B+11N−3N+10B6.024.527.522.002186+34.6
2Harper, RyanFM2073TTO+15B+10N+3B−1N+6B+11N+12N6.024.527.521.502154+12.4
3Medina, JoshuaCM1924TTO+19N+7B−2N+10B+20N+1B=4N5.526.528.520.002059+44.4
4Ramdath, Simon1909TTO+12B=14N−10B+21B+5N+6N=3B5.023.025.017.751874-1.2
5Ramdatt, Nilesh1620TTO=11B+15N−14B+12N−4B+17B+9B4.520.523.514.001903+100.4
6Lee, Hayden1811TTO+22N−1B+8N+16B−2N−4B+13N4.026.528.511.501825+5.4
7Duncan, LeonardCM1801TTO+21B−3NF+8B=17N+19B=11B4.019.521.511.001844+9.8
8Maynard, David1497TTO+9N−16B−6B−7N+24N+18B=22N3.519.520.58.501697+31.4
9Fortune, David1859TTO−8B−11N+15B=22N+21B+20B−5N3.518.020.08.001566-41.4
10Lee, Courtney1863TTO+23N−2B+4N−3N+18BF−1N3.028.530.09.501814-4.8
11Yee, FrankFM1975TTO=5N+9B+16NF−1B−2B=7N3.027.030.010.751868-15.6
12Campo, Caleb1555TTO−4N+22B+25N−5BF+13N−2B3.023.523.55.001645+14.8
13Haynes, Trevor Anthony1609TTO−1N+23B=21N+19B=14N−12B−6B3.020.522.06.501605-3.0
14Dolly, Samantha1724TTO+20N=4B+5NF=13BFF3.020.520.510.501838+17.6
15Gillette, Luke1699TTO−2N−5B−9N+23B+25N+16B−20N3.020.520.54.501716-0.8
16Bartholomew, Kena1885TTO+18B+8N−11B−6NF−15N+19B3.019.522.09.001679-27.8
17Jones, David1887TTO+24N+25B−1N−20B=7B−5N=21N3.019.519.54.001607-33.0
18Superville, Arthur1511TTO−16N=19B=23N+25B−10N−8N+24B3.014.514.53.001517-2.4
19Singh, Zayden1581TTO−3B=18N+24B−13N+22B−7N−16N2.520.521.54.501575-10.0
20Lalla, Eli0TTO−14BFF+17N−3B−9N+15B2.022.022.06.0017470.0
21Bassant, Zac1447TTO−7N+24B=13B−4N−9NF=17B2.019.519.54.001620+38.4
22Ramsaroop, Sandhya1490TTO−6B−12NF=9B−19N+23N=8B2.018.018.05.001509+1.2
23Borneo, Arcanjo1501TTO−10B−13N=18B−15NF−22B+25N1.514.014.01.501268-48.0
24Rambally, Arjun1522TTO−17B−21N−19NF−8B+25B−18N1.014.014.00.00785-86.8
25FIDE 77141730—F−17N−12B−18N−15B−24N−23B0.014.514.50.008130.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets