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XV Campeonato Panamericano U7 - U17 de Ajedrez 2026 U09 Femenino

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16 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 1100, and top seed was Sofia Byelashova (🇺🇸 USA, 1818).

Valentina Navia Duque (🇨🇴 COL, 1585) won with 7.0/9, ahead of Chloe Chan (7.0) and Grace Lingxin Yan (6.5). Navia Duque shared the lead from round 5, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 5: Valentina Mendizabal Hernandez (1478) beat Esther Mariel Ramirez Tavera (1643), a +165-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
Avg top 10
1,100
Participants
16
Federations · 8 represented
🇺🇸United States of America×2
🇲🇽Mexico×2
🇨🇴Colombia×2
🇪🇨Ecuador×2
🇵🇪Peru×2
🇨🇦Canada×1
🇸🇻El Salvador×1
🇩🇴Dominican Republic×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

Tight race until R9; 2 players tied at 7.0/9, decided on Buchholz.

Co-leaders
8
4
2
1
3
2
1
1
2
2.54.579R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9Navia Duque takes lead
Chan7Navia Duque7Yan6.5Garces Paredes5.5Cruz Lopez5.5Merca Alvarado5.5
R7 · LEADER CHANGE16 May

Valentina Navia Duque takes the sole lead (6.0/7).

R9 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 7.0/9. Navia Duque takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (43.0).

R6 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Chloe Chan lost to Valentina Navia Duque (White).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Chloe Chan*
0
0
1
2Valentina Navia Duque
1
*
1
1
3Grace Lingxin Yan
1
0
*
0
4Marina Garces Paredes
0
0
1
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Navia Duque, Valentina1585COL+11N=5B+10N=7B+3B+2N+4N+13B−6B7.043.047.036.251669+16.4
2Chan, Chloe0CAN+?N+10B−3N+13B+4N−1B+8N+9B+7B7.042.042.028.5016550.0
3Yan, Grace Lingxin1513USA+15B+8N+2B−4B−1N+9N+5B=7N+10B6.544.045.030.001684+34.4
4Garces Paredes, Marina0ECU+16N+11B+6B+3N−2B+7N−1B=8N−5N5.545.545.523.5016470.0
5Cruz Lopez, Juanita0COL+7B=1N=8B=6N−9B+12B−3N+14N+4B5.543.546.526.2515760.0
6Merca Alvarado, Kyara Adelaida1488PER+9N+13B−4N=5B−12N−8B+16N+15B+1N5.537.037.019.751693+32.8
7Garcia Barrantes, Yareli Antonella1817PER−5N+9B+12N=1N+8B−4B+10N=3B−2N5.045.549.524.751706-16.4
8Ling Gomez, Keiko Kim1476ECU+12N−3B=5N+15B−7N+6N−2B=4B+14N5.042.043.019.001481-2.0
9Liu, Jessica Yongxin0USA−6B−7N+11N+10B+5N−3B+14B−2N+16N5.040.540.516.5015160.0
10Mendizabal Hernandez, Valentina1478MEX+14B−2N−1B−9N+16B+15N−7B+11N−3N4.038.538.58.001447-8.0
11FIDE 73098720—−1B−4N−9B+16B+13N−14N+15B−10B+12N4.033.533.59.0014440.0
12Prieto Najera, Alexa Valentina0MEX−8B+15N−7B+14N+6B−5N−13N+16B−11B4.033.033.09.5016060.0
13FIDE 66241380—F−6N+14B−2N−11B+16N+12B−1N+15N4.031.531.58.0014470.0
14FIDE 26747180—−10N+16B−13N−12B+15N+11B−9N−5B−8B3.032.532.55.0014070.0
15Guevara Ruiz, Ana Lucia0ESA−3N−12B+16N−8N−14B−10B−11N−6N−13B1.036.036.00.0012800.0
16Ramirez Tavera, Esther Mariel1643DOM−4B−14N−15B−11N−10N−13B−6B−12N−9B0.035.036.00.00683-57.2

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets