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Campeonato Nacional Senior 2026

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17 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 25 Apr 2026 to 03 May 2026 in Managua, Nicaragua. 2 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1842, and top seed was Rommel Velasquez (🇳🇮 NCA, 1949).

Fidel Granados (🇳🇮 NCA, 1806) won with 5.5/7, ahead of Carlos Avalos (5.0) and Edgard Jose Rios Borgen (5.0). Granados clinched sole first place in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 7: Orlando Jose Moncada (1597) beat Wilbert Salgado (1782), a +185-point gap.

Location
🇳🇮Managua, Nicaragua
Dates
25 Apr 2026 → 03 May 2026
Time control
Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 7 rounds
Top seed
🇳🇮Rommel Velasquez1949
Avg top 10
1,842
Participants
17
Federations · 2 represented
🇳🇮Nicaragua×16
🇺🇸United States of America×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

Fidel Granados led from R7; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
6
2
3
1
1
1
1
23.55.57R1R2R3R4R5R6R7Granados takes lead
Granados5.5Rios Borgen5Avalos5Machado Garcia4.5Velasquez4Allen4
R7 · LEADER CHANGE03 May

Fidel Granados takes the sole lead (5.5/7).

R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Fidel Granados drew with Edgard Jose Rios Borgen (White).

R3–R7 · UNBEATEN

Fidel Granados went unbeaten across 5 games (R3–R7).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Fidel Granados*
½
0
—
2Edgard Jose Rios Borgen
½
*
0
1
3Carlos Avalos
1
1
*
0
4Ruben Efrain Machado Garcia—
0
1
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Granados, Fidel1806NCA+13B−2N+6B+14N=3B+5B+7N5.524.025.518.002033+39.6
2Avalos, Carlos1903USA+10N+1B=5N=7B−4N+15N+3B5.026.027.018.501967+12.8
3Rios Borgen, Edgard Jose1832NCA+11N=7N+15B+5B=1N+4B−2N5.025.526.516.751966+25.6
4Machado Garcia, Ruben Efrain1885NCA+6B−5N=10B+11N+2B−3N+12B4.523.526.015.501910+5.8
5Flores, Manuel1792NCA+8N+4B=2B−3N+12B−1N=6B4.027.530.015.001857+13.6
6Allen, Alonso1766NCA−4N+8B−1N+16B+9N=7B=5N4.025.025.511.501818+10.8
7Velasquez, Rommel1949NCA+17N=3B=14B=2N+15B=6N−1B4.022.022.08.751803-23.2
8Godoy Barbosa, Jaime1550NCA−5B−6N+13B−12N+17B=10N+11B3.518.018.06.001718+29.0
9Olivares, Odell1605NCAF−14N=12B+13N−6B+11N+15B3.513.513.56.751787+29.0
10Matamoros, Jorge1767NCA−2B+13N=4NF−11B=8B+17N3.018.518.56.001688-11.8
11Berrios Vanegas, Yanko Antonio1690NCA−3B+17N=16N−4B+10N−9B−8N2.520.020.03.251602-17.2
12Sanchez, Eneo1909NCAFF=9N+8B−5N+14B−4N2.517.017.06.751723-22.4
13Moncada, Orlando Jose1597NCA−1N−10B−8N−9BF+17B+14N2.017.017.01.501544-9.2
14Salgado, Wilbert1782NCAF+9B=7N−1BF−12N−13B1.517.517.55.501624-21.0
15Robleto Aleman, Marlon1633NCAF+16B−3NF−7N−2B−9N1.021.021.00.501576-14.8
16Ortiz, Heriberto1790NCAF−15N=11B−6NFFF0.57.57.51.251423-27.6
17Garcia Trejos, Nelson1502NCA−7B−11BFF−8N−13N−10B0.015.015.00.00901-52.8

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets