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XV Campeonato Panamericano U7 - U17 de Ajedrez 2026 U13 Femenino

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34 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 12 May 2026 to 18 May 2026 in Sonsonate, El Salvador. 5 titled players from 8 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1772, and top seed was Celine Chen (🇺🇸 USA, WCM, 1853).

Celine Chen (🇺🇸 USA, WCM, 1853) won with 8.5/9, ahead of Pear Xu (7.0) and Alicia Zhu (6.5). Chen won solo starting round 6.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Sara Alejandra Lizarazo Camelo (1476) beat Elena Fernandez Mayorga (WCM, 1733), a +257-point gap.

Location
🇸🇻Sonsonate, El Salvador
Dates
12 May 2026 → 18 May 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 9 rounds
Top seed
🇺🇸WCMCeline Chen1853
Avg top 10
1,772
Participants
34
Titled players · 5
WCM×5
Federations · 8 represented
🇺🇸United States of America×8
🇸🇻El Salvador×3
🇪🇨Ecuador×3
🇲🇽Mexico×3
🇨🇴Colombia×2
🇵🇪Peru×2
🇨🇦Canada×2
🇳🇮Nicaragua×2
Top 3
  • 🥇
    WCMCeline Chen
    🇺🇸USA·1853
    8.5pts·2133perf+85.6
  • 🥈
    Pear Xu
    🇺🇸USA·1845
    7.0pts·1909perf+31.2
  • 🥉
    WCMAlicia Zhu
    🇺🇸USA·1790
    6.5pts·1843perf+28.8

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

WCM Celine Chen led from R6; +1.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R6.

Co-leaders
16
7
3
3
2
1
1
1
1
2.54.579R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9
Chen8.5Xu7Zhu6.5Lajo Timoteo6Xu6Lou5.5
R6–R9 · LEAD HELD

WCM Celine Chen never relinquished the lead after R6; final gap +1.5 over the runner-up.

R7 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

WCM Celine Chen beat Pear Xu (White).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

WCM Celine Chen 3+5 wins (R1–R3, R5–R9)Pear Xu 4 wins (R3–R6)WCM Alicia Zhu 4 wins (R4–R7)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1WCMCeline Chen*
1
1
—
2Pear Xu
0
*
1
1
3WCMAlicia Zhu
0
0
*—
4WCMDiana Carolina Lajo Timoteo—
0
—*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Chen, CelineWCM1853USA+18B+13N+16B=11N+7B+10N+2B+3N+6B8.544.048.546.002133+85.6
2Xu, Pear1845USA+24N−16B+3N+13B+12N+6B−1N+4B+10N7.046.050.037.001909+31.2
3Zhu, AliciaWCM1790USA+17B=14N−2B+19N+8B+18N+5B−1B+11N6.546.050.532.501843+28.8
4Lajo Timoteo, Diana CarolinaWCM1840PER+25B+19N=12B=14N−5B+15N+10B−2N+13B6.042.546.528.501774-24.8
5Xu, Olivia1718USA+27N+23B−10N+21B+4N=11B−3N=6B+15N6.041.044.527.751776+28.8
6Cupaban Alonso, Luciana1710COL+28B−12N+17B+16N+14B−2N+7B=5N−1N5.546.049.526.001736+16.4
7Lou, Aileen1737USA+21N−10B+25N+23B−1N+12B−6N=16B+17N5.541.045.023.751694-16.0
8Zhindon Minchala, Ana Cristina1800ECU=22N+9B−11N+24B−3N+21B−13N+27B+16N5.538.542.023.501684-45.6
9Fernandez Mayorga, ElenaWCM1733CRC−12B−8N+32B−17N+30B+20N=21B+18N+14B5.536.038.021.001581-57.2
10Zhao, Shannon1663CAN+29B+7N+5B=12N+11B−1B−4N=14N−2B5.048.051.525.001707+18.8
11Rangamreddy, Aashvi Sri1569USA+26B+15N+8B=1B−10N=5N=14B=13N−3B5.046.550.526.751725+64.4
12Lizarazo Camelo, Sara Alejandra1476COL+9N+6B=4N=10B−2B−7N+19B−15N+22B5.044.048.025.001750+120.0
13Chan, KaraWCM1665CAN+34N−1B+27N−2N=17B+28N+8B=11B−4N5.043.543.517.251669+1.6
14Nguyen, Christine1619USA+31N=3B+22N=4B−6N+23B=11N=10B−9N5.041.544.522.251679+25.2
15Noriega Avilez, Yaiza Violeta1691MEX+30N−11B−21N+27B+22N−4B+23N+12B−5B5.037.540.519.501616-34.4
16Yu, Nicole Q1683USA+20B+2N−1N−6B−18B+26N+17B=7N−8B4.545.549.522.751633-21.6
17Ibarra, Katherine1504ESA−3N+33B−6N+9B=13N+22B−16N+21N−7B4.540.541.016.501622+44.4
18Vera Arboleda, Isabella1543ECU−1N−22B+31N+30B+16N−3B=27N−9B+23N4.539.542.516.251596+18.0
19Petters Rodrigues, Fatima Sofia1643NCA+33N−4B+30N−3B−21N=25B−12N+29B+28N4.535.536.012.501475-64.4
20Guevara Ruiz, Maria Jose1413ESA−16N=24B+34N−22B=25N−9B=29N+32B+27N4.531.031.011.251447+7.6
21Mote Amasifuen, Izel Alexandra1497MEX−7B+29N+15B−5N+19B−8N=9N−17B=26N4.040.544.017.751587+28.0
22Badillo Guerrero, Analia Andrea1504PAN=8B+18N−14B+20N−15B−17N=28B+24B−12N4.038.041.517.501516+4.8
23Contreras Rivas, Valery Noemy1624GUA+32B−5N+28B−7N+26B−14N−15B+25N−18B4.037.539.513.501455-64.0
24Carrillo Rosemberg, Rafaella1522ECU−2B=20N+29B−8N−28B+30N=25B−22N+33N4.035.035.511.251414-46.4
25Ortez Gutierrez, Meredith Guadalupe1518NCA−4N+34B−7B=28N=20B=19N=24N−23B+31N4.035.035.011.251448-29.6
26Rangel Guzman, Barbara0MEX−11N−30B+33N+31B−23N−16B+34B=28N=21B4.027.527.57.2512760.0
27Garcia Medina, Valentina Marie1472GUA−5B+32N−13B−15N+29B+34N=18B−8N−20B3.536.036.07.751237-50.8
28Gutarra Minaya, Fabiana Sofia1466PER−6N+31B−23N=25B+24N−13B=22N=26B−19B3.535.038.013.001440-12.0
29Dirks, Ize-Nahae0ARU−10N−21B−24N+33B−27N+31B=20B−19N+32N3.530.531.07.7511340.0
30Morales Morales, Maite Alejandra1455ESA−15B+26N−19B−18N−9N−24B−32N+33B+34B3.030.030.04.50826-56.8
31FIDE 159021700—−14B−28N−18B−26N+32B−29N+33B+34N−25B3.027.027.02.507370.0
32Lopez, Emma0HON−23N−27B−9N−34B−31N+33N+30B−20N−29B2.027.527.53.5012990.0
33FIDE 399906800—−19B−17N−26B−29N=34N−32B−31N−30N−24B0.528.528.50.007310.0
34Costa, Fabianny0CUR−13B−25B−20B−32B−33B−27B−26B−31B−30B0.029.029.50.007050.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

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