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XV Campeonato Panamericano U7 - U17 de Ajedrez 2026 U11 Absoluto

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40 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 12 May 2026 to 18 May 2026 in Sonsonate, El Salvador. 8 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1832, and top seed was Sriansh Katta (🇺🇸 USA, 2000).

Sriansh Katta (🇺🇸 USA, 2000) won with 7.5/9, ahead of Aayansh Samanta (7.5) and Duc Khai Le (6.5). Katta shared the lead from round 1, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 5: Jose Alberto Hernandez Ramirez (1537) beat Jorge Enrique Cuevas Morgan (1932), a +395-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
🇺🇸Sriansh Katta2000
Avg top 10
1,832
Participants
40
Federations · 8 represented
🇺🇸United States of America×8
🇲🇽Mexico×4
🇨🇴Colombia×4
🇬🇹Guatemala×4
🇵🇦Panama×3
🇨🇦Canada×3
🇻🇪Venezuela×2
🇪🇨Ecuador×2
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

Tight race until R4; 2 players tied at 7.5/9, decided on Buchholz.

Co-leaders
17
5
2
1
1
1
3
2
2
2.54.579R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9
Katta7.5Samanta7.5Le6.5Liu6Jarrin Zhang6Banchon Crespo5.5
R4–R9 · LEAD HELD

Sriansh Katta held the sole lead from R4 through R9 without losing it.

R9 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 7.5/9. Katta takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (47.0).

R7 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Sriansh Katta lost to Aayansh Samanta (White).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Sriansh Katta*
0
½
1
2Aayansh Samanta
1
*
1
—
3Duc Khai Le
½
0
*—
4Eric Liu
0
——*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Katta, Sriansh2000USA+21B+10N+4B+12N+6B=3N−2B+7N+9B7.547.051.540.752022+12.8
2Samanta, Aayansh1884USA−20B+33N+9B=10N+21B+19N+1N+3B+6N7.544.047.540.251982+35.0
3Le, Duc Khai1797CAN+22N=19B=14N+5B+12N=1B+8N−2N+13B6.546.050.534.501901+50.4
4Liu, Eric1739USA+28N+5B−1N+24B+20N=8B−7N=6B+12N6.044.048.029.501825+42.4
5Jarrin Zhang, Dominick Yong Heng1657PAN+27B−4N+36B−3N+31B=11N=13B+23N+14B6.040.043.525.751752+30.8
6Pernas Cejas, Daziel1854CUB+26N+16B=8N+19B−1N=7B+15B=4N−2B5.546.550.527.001829-7.6
7Banchon Crespo, Bruno Xavier1839ECU=30B+23N−12B+9N+10B=6N+4B−1B=8N5.545.048.528.751800-14.4
8Mendoza Alata, Victor Gabriel1719PER+39N+15B=6B=20N+26B=4N−3B=10N=7B5.542.543.523.501752+16.0
9Miller, Theodore1657USA+37N=18B−2N−7B+34N+29B+17N+19B−1N5.542.045.022.001771+39.2
10Avendano Cruz, Alejandro Emanuel1687COL+40N−1B+29N=2B−7N+30B+26N=8B=17N5.542.043.021.001767+33.6
11Wolfson Trudeau, Izaak0CAN=23B−13N+38B+25N=14N=5B=19B=16N+21B5.539.041.023.5017310.0
12He, Jayden1661USA+34N+17B+7N−1B−3B−26N+35B+15N−4B5.043.046.522.501713+14.8
13Galeano Rolin, Mateo Josias1760PAR−29N+11B+22N=15B−19N+20B=5N+26B−3N5.040.544.024.001613-60.4
14Molina Vivas, Joshua1725COL+38B=20N=3B=21N=11B−15N+32N+22B−5N5.040.042.020.501614-40.4
15Cienfuegos Torres, Cristopher Alejandro1642MEX+31B−8N+32B=13N=16B+14B−6N−12B+26N5.038.542.021.001682+17.2
16Kao, Chen-Hsiang1700CAN+33B−6N=30B=23N=15N+24B=22N=11B=18N5.038.041.522.001646-20.0
17Campillo Soto, Emilio1771MEX+36B−12N−26B+30N=22B+21N−9B+25N=10B5.037.040.521.001677-43.6
18Vrsalovic Acuna. Stjepan Antonio1740CHI+32B=9N−20B−26N+36B−22N+24B+35N=16B5.035.038.520.251575-68.0
19Tejada Villalva, Fernando Jhonass1669PER+35B=3N+25B−6N+13B−2B=11N−9N=20B4.544.548.021.251727+18.0
20Barrios Merida, Rodrigo Di1558VEN+2N=14B+18N=8B−4B−13N−23B+31N=19N4.543.046.523.501690+51.2
21Ramirez Mejia, Jose Gregorio1622COL−1N+39B+37N=14B−2N−17B+30N+29B−11N4.540.541.513.501678+10.8
22Vairavan, Kavin1536USA−3B+27N−13B+35N=17N+18B=16B−14N=23B4.540.043.519.751629+29.6
23Merida Calderon, Juan Diego1626GUA=11N−7B+28N=16B=29N=32B+20N−5B=22N4.538.542.019.501586-17.2
24Jim Gonzalez, Jose Luis1590MEX=25B=30N+31B−4N=32B−16N−18N+34B+29N4.534.538.016.251559-16.8
25Cuevas Morgan, Jorge Enrique1932PAN=24N+29B−19N−11B−30N+34B+31N−17B+27N4.534.037.516.751471-110.0
26Gargano Torres, Alessandro1553VEN−6B+35N+17N+18B−8N+12B−10B−13N−15B4.041.545.018.501642+32.4
27Najera Paredes, Santiago Geovanni0GUA−5N−22B+40N−29B−28N+37B+33B+32N−25B4.032.533.511.0013150.0
28Ramos Chung, Ian Andres1422PAN−4B−31N−23B−33N+27B+38N−29N+39B+37N4.030.031.010.00819-30.8
29Caicedo Guerrero, Daniel Andres1491COL+13B−25N−10B+27N=23B−9N+28B−21N−24B3.538.042.015.251516+4.8
30Hernandez Ramirez, Jose Alberto1537MEX=7N=24B=16N−17B+25B−10N−21B=36N=31B3.538.041.515.501621+26.0
31Villalta Pizarro, Emanuel Isaac0CRC−15N+28B−24N+39B−5N+33N−25B−20B=30N3.535.536.510.2513900.0
32Zhou-Donohue, Theodore1487USA−18N+34B−15N+37B=24N=23N−14B−27B=35N3.535.038.012.751425-14.0
33Barraza, Sebastian0USA−16N−2B−34N+28B+37N−31B−27N=38B+40N3.532.533.59.0015440.0
34Iglesias, Carlos0ESA−12B−32N+33B=36N−9B−25N+40B−24N+38N3.532.033.08.2512410.0
35Gramajo Tovar, Marco Esteban0GUA−19N−26B+39N−22B+40N+36B−12N−18B=32B3.531.032.07.2513650.0
36Robles Ochoa, Santiago Andre1522GUA−17N+40B−5N=34B−18N−35N=38B=30B+39N3.529.530.56.501354-28.4
37Navarro Trelles, Mateo Alejandro0ECU−9B+38N−21B−32N−33B−27N+39B+40N−28B3.028.029.04.007470.0
38FIDE 65752000—−14N−37B−11N−40B+39N−28B=36N=33N−34B2.029.030.04.5012830.0
39Artiles Duarte, Alvaro Antonio0NCA−8B−21N−35B−31N−38B+40B−37N−28N−36B1.029.530.51.007710.0
40Carvajal Ayala, Dennis Adrian0HON−10B−36N−27B+38N−35B−39N−34N−37B−33B1.028.529.52.008050.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
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Biggest upsets