IRT "Buscando Campeones"
10 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 01 May 2026 to 03 May 2026 in Santa Cruz, Bolivia. Top 10 Elo average was 1602, and top seed was Jhoana Velarde Alarcon (🇧🇴 BOL, 1867).
Juan Alberto Ramirez Pinto (🇧🇴 BOL, 1614) won with 5.0/6, ahead of Jorge Alberto Tito Ramirez (5.0) and Jhoana Velarde Alarcon (4.0). Ramirez Pinto shared the lead from round 1, winning on tie-break.
The biggest upset came in round 2: Juan Alberto Ramirez Pinto (1614) beat Jhoana Velarde Alarcon (1867), a +253-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 6 roundsTight race until R6; 2 players tied at 5.0/6, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.
2 players finish on 5.0/6. Ramirez Pinto takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (16.0).
Jorge Alberto Tito Ramirez beat Juan Alberto Ramirez Pinto (White).
Jorge Alberto Tito Ramirez 5 wins (R1–R6)Juan Alberto Ramirez Pinto 3 wins (R1–R3)
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishersGrille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ramirez Pinto, Juan Alberto | 1614 | BOL | +7N | +3B | +9B | −2N | +4B | +6N | 5.0 | 16.0 | 17.0 | 12.00 | 1885 | +78.4 |
| 2 | Tito Ramirez, Jorge Alberto | 1721 | BOL | +8N | +6B | F | +1B | +3N | +7B | 5.0 | 14.0 | 14.0 | 14.00 | 2387 | +33.4 |
| 3 | Velarde Alarcon, Jhoana | 1867 | BOL | +4B | −1N | +5B | +9N | −2B | +10N | 4.0 | 17.0 | 18.0 | 8.00 | 1741 | -16.8 |
| 4 | Pusarico Garcia, Marie Jane | 1595 | BOL | −3N | +7B | =6N | +10B | −1N | +5B | 3.5 | 15.0 | 16.0 | 6.00 | 1655 | +20.0 |
| 5 | Maquera Soto, Benjamin | 1532 | BOL | =10N | =8B | −3N | =6B | +9B | −4N | 2.5 | 12.0 | 13.0 | 3.25 | 1553 | +2.4 |
| 6 | Ventura Guzman, Laia Isabella | 1425 | BOL | F | −2N | =4B | =5N | +8B | −1B | 2.0 | 17.5 | 17.5 | 4.50 | 1528 | +25.2 |
| 7 | Arimoza Rojas, Thiago | 1490 | BOL | −1B | −4N | F | =8N | +10B | −2N | 1.5 | 16.0 | 16.0 | 1.75 | 1477 | -4.4 |
| 8 | Maquera Soto, Abigail Katherine | 1539 | BOL | −2B | =5N | =10N | =7B | −6N | F | 1.5 | 12.0 | 13.0 | 2.50 | 1417 | -33.6 |
| 9 | Torrez Condarco, Khaled Ramiro | 1576 | BOL | F | +10B | −1N | −3B | −5N | F | 1.0 | 14.0 | 14.0 | 1.00 | 1475 | -21.6 |
| 10 | Parada Cespedes, Juan Antonio | 1660 | BOL | =5B | −9N | =8B | −4N | −7N | −3B | 1.0 | 13.0 | 14.0 | 2.00 | 1327 | -99.6 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Ramirez Pinto, Juan AlbertoBOL+78.45.0 pts · #2
- 2Tito Ramirez, Jorge AlbertoBOL+33.45.0 pts · #1
- 3Ventura Guzman, Laia IsabellaBOL+25.22.0 pts · #6
- 1Parada Cespedes, Juan AntonioBOL-99.61.0 pts · #9
- 2Maquera Soto, Abigail KatherineBOL-33.61.5 pts · #7
- 3Torrez Condarco, Khaled RamiroBOL-21.61.0 pts · #10
- R2+253 Elo gap
- R5+170 Elo gap
- R5+146 Elo gap