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ITT WRCHESS Venezuela 2026

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20 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 26 May 2026 to 30 May 2026 in Porlamar - Estado Nueva Esparta, Venezuela. 18 titled players from 5 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2398, and top seed was Ermes Espinosa Veloz (🇨🇺 CUB, GM, 2473).

Samid Eduardo Escalona Landi (🇻🇪 VEN, FM, 2375) won with 6.5/9, ahead of Felix Jose Ynojosa Aponte (6.0) and Dylan Isidro Berdayes Ason (6.0). Escalona Landi clinched sole first place in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Santiago de Jesus Casares Ugueto (FM, 2069) beat Lelys Stanley Martinez Duany (GM, 2455), a +386-point gap.

Location
🇻🇪Porlamar - Estado Nueva Esparta, Venezuela
Dates
26 May 2026 → 30 May 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 9 rounds
Top seed
🇨🇺GMErmes Espinosa Veloz2473
Avg top 10
2,398
Participants
20
Titled players · 18
GM×5
IM×3
FM×5
CM×1
WIM×1
WFM×2
WCM×1
Federations · 5 represented
🇻🇪Venezuela×13
🇨🇺Cuba×4
🇨🇴Colombia×1
🇦🇷Argentina×1
🇺🇾Uruguay×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

FM Samid Eduardo Escalona Landi led from R9; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R9.

Co-leaders
9
2
2
3
4
1
1
1
1
2.54.579R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9Escalona Landi takes lead
Escalona Landi6.5Martinez Duany6Ynojosa Aponte6Berdayes Ason6Espinosa Veloz5.5Krysa5.5
R9 · LEADER CHANGE30 May

FM Samid Eduardo Escalona Landi takes the sole lead (6.5/9).

R6 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

FM Samid Eduardo Escalona Landi drew with GM Lelys Stanley Martinez Duany (White).

R2–R4 · WIN STREAK

GM Lelys Stanley Martinez Duany won 3 in a row (R2–R4).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1FMSamid Eduardo Escalona Landi*
½
½
1
2GMLelys Stanley Martinez Duany
½
*
½
½
3IMFelix Jose Ynojosa Aponte
½
½
*
0
4GMDylan Isidro Berdayes Ason
0
½
1
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Escalona Landi, Samid EduardoFM2375VEN+17B+3N=2B=6N=11B=4B=5N+8B+10N6.543.046.032.252493+30.8
2Ynojosa Aponte, Felix JoseIM2388VEN+14N+7B=1N=5B=4N+10B+8N=6B−3N6.044.048.030.252445+8.0
3Berdayes Ason, Dylan IsidroGM2460CUB+8N−1B=15N+14B=5N=6B=4N+9B+2B6.043.547.530.502462+2.1
4Martinez Duany, Lelys StanleyGM2455CUB−12B+13N+18B+7N=2B=1N=3B+10N=5B6.042.545.529.002390-4.2
5Espinosa Veloz, ErmesGM2473CUB+10B=11N=6B=2N=3B=7N=1B+15N=4N5.544.048.028.252447-2.5
6Krysa, LeandroGM2446ARG+20N=15B=5N=1B=8N=3N+7B=2N=11B5.542.544.025.252395-4.1
7Castro Torres, Jose LuisFM2294VEN+19N−2N+12B−4B+9N=5B−6N=11N+14B5.041.043.521.002334+11.2
8Gutierrez Anaya, Yeison JoelFM2117VEN−3B+17N=10B+12N=6B+11N−2B−1N+18B5.040.543.520.002303+40.0
9Rodriguez Vila, AndresGM2422URU=13B+12N=11B−10N−7B+17N+14B−3N+16N5.036.539.519.502216-19.9
10Palencia Morales, Wilson GuillermoIM2217COL−5N+16B=8N+9B+15N−2N+12B−4B−1B4.542.546.019.502289+16.2
11Hidalgo Diaz, DanielIM2370CUB+16N=5B=9N=15B=1N−8B=13N=7B=6N4.541.044.521.502276-9.6
12Casares Ugueto, Santiago de JesusFM2069VEN+4N−9B−7N−8B+19N+16B−10N+17B=20N4.534.536.015.752170+40.0
13Rivas Cabrera, EdgarCM2054VEN=9N−4B=14N=18B=16B=20N=11B=19N+17B4.531.533.015.002147+16.8
14Casares Contreras, Jose Gabriel2047VEN−2B+19N=13B−3N=18N+15B−9N+20B−7N4.036.037.511.752170+23.2
15Jaramillo Lopez, Ali AaronFM2300VEN+18B=6N=3B=11N−10B−14N+20B−5B=19N4.035.537.013.752182-24.4
16Perez Hernandez, Vicmary C.WFM2006VEN−11B−10N=17B+20B=13N−12N+19B=18N−9B3.531.533.09.252047+5.2
17Rovira Contreras, Tairu ManuelaWIM2013VEN−1N−8B=16N=19B+20N−9B+18B−12N−13N3.034.536.07.501991-8.8
18Otazo Sanchez, Annyd GabrielaWFM2004VEN−15N+20B−4N=13N=14B=19B−17N=16B−8N3.032.534.08.751981-8.8
19Pena Gonzalez, Clara IsabelWCM1947VEN−7B−14B=20N=17N−12B=18N−16N=13B=15B2.531.533.08.001928-7.0
20Quintero, Deoveming2062VEN−6B−18N=19B−16N−17B=13B−15N−14N=12B1.532.034.55.751825-108.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
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Biggest upsets