Campeonato Nacional Sub 16 Absoluto 2026

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53 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 21 May 2026 to 24 May 2026 in Manizales - CAL, Colombia. 2 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 2051, and top seed was Juan Jose Cano Alcaraz (🇨🇴 COL, FM, 2269).

Daniel Jose Vargas Sanchez (🇨🇴 COL, 2052) won with 6.0/7, ahead of Juan Jose Cano Alcaraz (6.0) and Jeronimo Ruiz Agudelo (5.5). Vargas Sanchez shared the lead from round 1, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Kevin Daniel Delgado Caballero (1601) beat Orlando David Borre Meza (2013), a +412-point gap.

Location

🇨🇴Manizales - CAL, Colombia

Dates

21 May 2026 → 24 May 2026

Time control

Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 7 rounds

Top seed

🇨🇴FMJuan Jose Cano Alcaraz2269

Avg top 10

2,051

Participants

Titled players · 2

FM×2

Federations · 1 represented

🇨🇴Colombia×49

Top 3

🥇
Daniel Jose Vargas Sanchez
🇨🇴COL·2052
6.0pts·2251perf+64.4
🥈
FMJuan Jose Cano Alcaraz
🇨🇴COL·2269
6.0pts·2285perf+3.4
🥉
Jeronimo Ruiz Agudelo
🇨🇴COL·1986
5.5pts·2137perf+55.6

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

Tight race until R7; 2 players tied at 6.0/7, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.

Co-leaders

Cano Alcaraz6Vargas Sanchez6Ruiz Agudelo5.5Cardona Duque5.5Fernandez Herrera5Delgado Caballero5

R7 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 6.0/7. Vargas Sanchez takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (30.5).

R6 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

FM Juan Jose Cano Alcaraz drew with Daniel Jose Vargas Sanchez (White).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

Daniel Jose Vargas Sanchez 5 wins (R1–R5)Jeronimo Ruiz Agudelo 4 wins (R1–R4)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1FMJuan Jose Cano Alcaraz	*	½	—	—
2Daniel Jose Vargas Sanchez	½	*	1	½
3Jeronimo Ruiz Agudelo	—	0	*	—
4Juan Esteban Cardona Duque	—	½	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Vargas Sanchez, Daniel Jose	2052	COL	+13B	+34N	+6B	+11N	+3B	=2N	=4B	6.0	30.5	33.5	27.75	2251	+64.4
2	Cano Alcaraz, Juan JoseFM	2269	COL	+30B	+17N	=7B	+28N	+5N	=1B	+6B	6.0	28.0	31.0	25.50	2285	+3.4
3	Ruiz Agudelo, Jeronimo	1986	COL	+15B	+22N	+14B	+7N	−1N	=5B	+28B	5.5	28.0	31.0	22.50	2137	+55.6
4	Cardona Duque, Juan Esteban	1988	COL	+42N	+21B	+8N	−5B	+18N	+14B	=1N	5.5	28.0	30.5	22.50	2050	+24.8
5	Fernandez Herrera, Andres	2029	COL	+25B	+27N	+20B	+4N	−2B	=3N	=7B	5.0	29.5	33.0	21.75	2078	+24.4
6	Delgado Caballero, Nigel Alejandro	1913	COL	+24N	+36B	−1N	+31B	+16N	+10B	−2N	5.0	27.5	30.5	18.50	2002	+36.8
7	Soto Ramirez, Andres Camilo	1942	COL	+41B	+47N	=2N	−3B	+20N	+11B	=5N	5.0	27.5	29.5	18.50	2082	+54.8
8	Parra Ladino, Samuel Fernando	1749	COL	+46B	+28N	−4B	+29N	=11B	=9N	+23B	5.0	25.0	27.0	16.75	2005	+92.8
9	Garzon Espitia, Nicolas Alejandro	1952	COL	−29N	+43B	=16N	+26B	+19N	=8B	+14N	5.0	23.5	26.0	18.50	1899	-8.0
10	Borre Meza, Orlando David	2013	COL	−32B	+35N	+30B	+36N	+13B	−6N	+22B	5.0	22.0	25.0	17.00	1856	-38.8
11	Sepulveda Brango, Alberto Enrique	2014	COL	+33N	+18B	+12N	−1B	=8N	−7N	+13B	4.5	28.5	31.5	18.00	1901	-29.6
12	Rendon Buritica, Emmanuel	1839	COL	+38B	+45N	−11B	−13N	=30B	+41N	+24B	4.5	20.5	22.5	12.50	1743	-26.0
13	Caicedo Vallejo, Jacobo	1649	COL	−1N	+37B	+44N	+12B	−10N	+18B	−11N	4.0	27.0	29.5	14.00	1903	+84.4
14	Soto Bedoya, Nicolas	1855	COL	+43N	+29B	−3N	+33B	+15N	−4N	−9B	4.0	26.0	28.5	12.50	1800	-12.8
15	Varela Acosta, Valeria	1591	COL	−3N	+49B	+21N	+17B	−14B	−23N	+30B	4.0	24.5	26.0	12.50	1811	+56.0
16	Diaz Alzate, Thomas	1645	COL	=19B	+39N	=9B	+20N	−6B	−28N	+34B	4.0	24.0	27.0	14.50	1966	+108.4
17	Delgado Gutierrez, Mateo	1790	COL	+48B	−2B	+25N	−15N	+29B	=24N	=19B	4.0	24.0	26.0	12.25	1779	-4.8
18	Galvez Lopez, Juan Martin	1738	COL	+53B	−11N	+32B	+24N	−4B	−13N	+33B	4.0	23.5	23.5	9.50	1741	-1.6
19	Herrera Jimenez, MateoFM	2049	COL	=16N	+26B	F	+27N	−9B	+31B	=17N	4.0	23.0	26.0	14.00	1883	-39.6
20	Quintero Agudelo, Elias	1878	COL	+35B	+32N	−5N	−16B	−7B	+29N	+31N	4.0	23.0	26.0	12.00	1768	-32.4
21	Lemos Holguin, Jeronimo	1724	COL	+40B	−4N	−15B	+38N	=41B	=30N	+32B	4.0	21.5	24.0	11.75	1659	-22.0
22	Molina Vivas, Joshua	1725	COL	+49N	−3B	−29N	+45B	+37N	+44B	−10N	4.0	21.0	22.5	9.00	1732	+1.6
23	Pimiento Caicedo, Cristopher	1835	COL	−45N	+38B	−31N	+42B	+33N	+15B	−8N	4.0	20.5	22.5	12.50	1654	-58.8
24	Vasquez Ramirez, Jean Paul	1569	COL	−6B	+50N	+47B	−18B	+42N	=17B	−12N	3.5	22.0	23.0	7.50	1708	+37.6
25	Villada Londono, Thomas	1641	COL	−5N	+51B	−17B	+46N	−28B	=35N	+41B	3.5	19.5	20.5	7.00	1676	+1.2
26	Leguizamo Cortes, Laura Juliana	1750	COL	F	−19N	+45B	−9N	+27B	+43B	=44N	3.5	19.5	19.5	9.25	1827	+26.0
27	Rincon Salazar, Emmanuel	1739	COL	+51N	−5B	=42N	−19B	−26N	+53B	+43N	3.5	18.5	18.5	4.75	1640	-30.0
28	Gonzalez Bolivar, Juan Jose	2156	COL	+31N	−8B	F	−2B	+25N	+16B	−3N	3.0	28.0	31.0	10.50	1880	-70.0
29	Bedoya Restrepo, Juan Jose	1588	COL	+9B	−14N	+22B	−8B	−17N	−20B	+45N	3.0	26.0	28.0	11.00	1726	+42.8
30	Quintero Rodriguez, Jose Miguel	1676	COL	−2N	+48B	−10N	+52B	=12N	=21B	−15N	3.0	25.5	26.5	7.25	1662	-11.6
31	Naranjo Rodriguez, Miguel Angel	1667	COL	−28B	+46N	+23B	−6N	+34B	−19N	−20B	3.0	23.0	25.0	9.00	1795	+38.4
32	Delgado Caballero, Kevin Daniel	1601	COL	+10N	−20B	−18N	−44B	+52N	+36B	−21N	3.0	22.5	23.5	9.00	1693	+22.4
33	Gallego Ramirez, Jeiren Said	1624	COL	−11B	+53N	+34B	−14N	−23B	+38N	−18N	3.0	22.5	22.5	6.00	1664	+7.6
34	Silva Alvarez, Matias	1775	COL	+37N	−1B	−33N	+35B	−31N	+45B	−16N	3.0	22.0	24.0	8.00	1589	-68.4
35	Rios Llanos, Juan Fernando	1555	COL	−20N	−10B	+51N	−34N	+46B	=25B	=37N	3.0	20.5	21.5	6.25	1558	-6.8
36	Veira Taquez, Manuel Josue	1694	COL	+50B	−6N	+41B	−10B	−44N	−32N	+46B	3.0	20.0	21.0	5.50	1605	-30.0
37	Gomez Gaona, Manuel	1445	COL	−34B	−13N	+50B	+47N	−22B	=39N	=35B	3.0	19.0	20.0	6.00	1578	+34.0
38	Huertas Cabrera, Daniel	1518	COL	−12N	−23N	+53B	−21B	+50N	−33B	+47N	3.0	18.5	18.5	3.00	1507	-4.4
39	Gomez Silva, Maximiliano	1803	COL	F	−16B	=43N	−41N	+48B	=37B	+42N	3.0	16.5	16.5	7.25	1544	-74.8
40	Blandon Lopez, Maximiliano	0	COL	−21N	−42B	+48N	−43B	−45N	+51B	+?N	3.0	14.0	14.0	3.00	1320	0.0
41	Castano Naranjo, Samuel	1580	COL	−7N	+52B	−36N	+39B	=21N	−12B	−25N	2.5	23.0	24.0	6.00	1581	-2.8
42	Sanchez Barreto, Juan Pablo	1595	COL	−4B	+40N	=27B	−23N	−24B	+48N	−39B	2.5	22.5	24.5	6.75	1542	-20.8
43	Duarte Guiza, Fredy Samuel	1523	COL	−14B	−9N	=39B	+40N	+47B	−26N	−27B	2.5	22.0	24.0	6.50	1604	+18.4
44	Otalvaro Vasquez, Camilo Andres	1874	COL	F	F	−13B	+32N	+36B	−22N	=26B	2.5	17.5	17.5	7.75	1684	-48.8
45	Osorio Ladino, Paulo Jose	1484	COL	+23B	−12B	−26N	−22N	+40B	−34N	−29B	2.0	22.0	25.0	7.00	1479	-4.4
46	Quintero Marciales, Emiliano	1401	COL	−8N	−31B	+49N	−25B	−35N	+52B	−36N	2.0	19.0	20.0	2.50	861	-37.2
47	Ojeda Bedoya, David	1712	COL	+52N	−7B	−24N	−37B	−43N	+50B	−38B	2.0	18.0	19.0	2.00	799	-128.8
48	Miranda Agudelo, Santiago	1476	COL	−17N	−30N	−40B	+49B	−39N	−42B	+53N	2.0	17.0	17.0	1.50	916	-34.0
49	FIDE 144472609	0	—	−22B	−15N	−46B	−48N	+51N	=?B	−52N	1.5	14.0	14.0	1.00	748	0.0
50	FIDE 144483694	0	—	−36N	−24B	−37N	F	−38B	−47N	+51B	1.0	15.5	15.5	1.00	788	0.0
51	Castaneda Rangel, Diego Alejandro	0	COL	−27B	−25N	−35B	+53N	−49B	−40N	−50N	1.0	15.5	15.5	0.00	845	0.0
52	FIDE 144483686	0	—	−47B	−41N	F	−30N	−32B	−46N	+49B	1.0	14.0	14.0	1.50	794	0.0
53	FIDE 144446969	0	—	−18N	−33B	−38N	−51B	F	−27N	−48B	0.0	16.5	16.5	0.00	819	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Diaz Alzate, ThomasCOL
+108.4
4.0 pts · #18
2Parra Ladino, Samuel FernandoCOL
+92.8
5.0 pts · #7
3Caicedo Vallejo, JacoboCOL
+84.4
4.0 pts · #13

Top rating losers

1Ojeda Bedoya, DavidCOL
-128.8
2.0 pts · #48
2Gomez Silva, MaximilianoCOL
-74.8
3.0 pts · #28
3Gonzalez Bolivar, Juan JoseCOL
-70.0
3.0 pts · #24

Biggest upsets

R1+412 Elo gap
Delgado Caballero, Kevin Daniel1601 beat Borre Meza, Orlando David2013
R2+407 Elo gap
Parra Ladino, Samuel Fernando1749 beat Gonzalez Bolivar, Juan Jose2156
R1+364 Elo gap
Bedoya Restrepo, Juan Jose1588 beat Garzon Espitia, Nicolas Alejandro1952