XV Campeonato Panamericano U7 - U17 de Ajedrez 2026 U09 Absoluto

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45 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 1646, and top seed was Santiago Agudelo Ramirez (🇨🇴 COL, 1731).

Juan Eduardo Ramos Barriga (🇵🇪 PER, 1693) won with 7.0/9, ahead of Joaquin Cantor Pardo (7.0) and Mario Sebastian Vides Beleno (7.0). Ramos Barriga won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 2: Thiago Arimoza Rojas (1490) beat Ridhaan Dande (1687), a +197-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

🇨🇴Santiago Agudelo Ramirez1731

Avg top 10

1,646

Participants

Federations · 8 represented

🇺🇸United States of America×7

🇨🇴Colombia×5

🇲🇽Mexico×4

🇵🇪Peru×4

🇨🇦Canada×3

🇪🇨Ecuador×3

🇭🇳Honduras×2

🇬🇹Guatemala×2

Top 3

🥇
Juan Eduardo Ramos Barriga
🇵🇪PER·1693
7.0pts·1742perf+19.2
🥈
Joaquin Cantor Pardo
🇨🇴COL·1621
7.0pts·1832perf+73.2
🥉
Mario Sebastian Vides Beleno
🇨🇴COL·1571
7.0pts·1748perf+56.8

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

Tight race until R5; 3 players tied at 7.0/9, decided on Buchholz.

Co-leaders

Cantor Pardo7Ramos Barriga7Vides Beleno7Iman Eini6.5Dande6.5Agudelo Ramirez6— ex-leaders:Vides Belenoled R7–R8, #7

R5 · LEADER CHANGE14 May

Joaquin Cantor Pardo takes the sole lead (4.5/5).

R9 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

3 players finish on 7.0/9. Ramos Barriga takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (48.5).

R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Joaquin Cantor Pardo beat Juan Eduardo Ramos Barriga (Black).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Joaquin Cantor Pardo	*	1	0	½
2Juan Eduardo Ramos Barriga	0	*	1	1
3Mario Sebastian Vides Beleno	1	0	*	—
4Ali Iman Eini	½	0	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Ramos Barriga, Juan Eduardo	1693	PER	+4B	=27N	+17B	+11N	−2B	+5N	=7B	+15N	+3B	7.0	48.5	52.5	40.50	1742	+19.2
2	Cantor Pardo, Joaquin	1621	COL	+23N	+34B	+32N	=6B	+1N	+14B	−3N	+16B	=4N	7.0	44.5	48.0	34.75	1832	+73.2
3	Vides Beleno, Mario Sebastian	1571	COL	+43B	+33N	−6N	+32B	+10N	+25B	+2B	+14N	−1N	7.0	41.5	42.5	29.50	1748	+56.8
4	Iman Eini, Ali	0	CAN	−1N	+26B	=5B	+17N	+12B	=6N	+9B	+7N	=2B	6.5	49.0	53.0	36.25	1679	0.0
5	Dande, Ridhaan	1687	USA	+28N	−12B	=4N	+34B	+22N	−1B	+20N	+25B	+10N	6.5	41.5	45.0	29.25	1605	-19.2
6	Agudelo Ramirez, Santiago	1731	COL	+19B	+15N	+3B	=2N	F	=4B	−16N	+30N	+17B	6.0	45.5	49.5	32.75	1730	+0.8
7	Wang, Matthew	1647	USA	+35B	+22N	+9B	−14N	+11B	=15N	=1N	−4B	+25N	6.0	43.5	47.0	29.50	1672	+7.2
8	Luna Gaytan, Mateo	0	MEX	−10N	+28B	+34N	−16B	=21N	+13B	+12B	+11N	=14B	6.0	40.5	44.0	28.75	1556	0.0
9	Zheng, William	1561	USA	+40N	+39B	−7N	+21B	−25N	+32B	−4N	+27B	+16N	6.0	36.0	38.5	22.00	1762	+49.2
10	Palacio Salazar, Nicolas	1508	COL	+8B	−14N	+38B	+19N	−3B	=11N	+23B	+18N	−5B	5.5	44.5	48.0	26.75	1535	+5.6
11	Nair, Bhagavat	0	USA	+36N	+16B	+18N	−1B	−7N	=10B	+29N	−8B	+20N	5.5	43.0	46.5	24.75	1628	0.0
12	Arimoza Rojas, Thiago	1490	BOL	+20N	+5N	−14B	=18B	−4N	+26B	−8N	+24B	+21B	5.5	42.5	46.5	26.50	1718	+47.2
13	Cornejo Isaza, Emmanuel	1535	PAN	−33B	−17N	+43B	+31N	=23B	−8N	+34B	+22N	+15B	5.5	36.0	37.0	20.25	1701	+34.0
14	Gonzales Olazo, Rodrigo	1729	PER	+37N	+10B	+12N	+7B	F	−2N	=15B	−3B	=8N	5.0	48.0	51.5	26.00	1644	-26.4
15	Salazar Pincay, David Stephano	1536	ECU	+26N	−6B	+31N	+24B	+16N	=7B	=14N	−1B	−13N	5.0	43.0	47.0	23.00	1522	-5.2
16	Divadalage, Sanul	1545	CAN	+42B	−11N	+33B	+8N	−15B	+29N	+6B	−2N	−9B	5.0	43.0	44.0	20.50	1538	-2.8
17	Hylton, Jayden	1522	JAM	=24N	+13B	−1N	−4B	=41N	+38B	+28N	+26B	−6N	5.0	41.0	43.0	20.25	1528	+0.8
18	Sonaridio, Juan Ignacio	1621	ARG	+30B	+21N	−11B	=12N	=29B	+19N	−25N	−10B	+26N	5.0	38.0	42.0	22.25	1567	-13.2
19	Cabrera Lemus, Ian Marco	1425	GUA	−6N	+40B	+39N	−10B	+24N	−18B	−26N	+28B	+29N	5.0	35.5	38.0	17.50	1422	-2.0
20	Navarro Cajigas, Roberto De Jesus	0	MEX	−12B	+30N	−22B	+37B	=28N	+21N	−5B	+23N	−11B	4.5	39.0	42.5	18.50	1435	0.0
21	Ortiz Contreras, Samuel	1454	COL	+25N	−18B	+41N	−9N	=8B	−20B	+36N	+32B	−12N	4.5	38.0	40.0	16.00	1455	0.0
22	Chipe Guerrero, Borys Eduardo	1483	ECU	+41N	−7B	+20N	=29N	−5B	=28B	=24N	−13B	+39N	4.5	37.5	39.5	15.25	1295	-31.6
23	Cifuentes Lara, Leo Javier	0	GUA	−2B	+44N	−29B	+38N	=13N	+37B	−10N	−20B	+36N	4.5	37.0	38.0	14.25	1474	0.0
24	Lopez Osuna, Mateo	0	MEX	=17B	+36N	=27B	−15N	−19B	+35N	=22B	−12N	+33B	4.5	36.0	39.5	17.25	1393	0.0
25	Koyyalamudi, Vedu	0	USA	−21B	F	+37N	+27N	+9B	−3N	+18B	−5N	−7B	4.0	42.5	42.5	18.50	1558	0.0
26	Jani, Suraj	0	USA	−15B	−4N	+30B	+39N	+27B	−12N	+19B	−17N	−18B	4.0	40.0	42.5	15.50	1392	0.0
27	Stuart, Sean	1505	PUR	+31N	=1B	=24N	−25B	−26N	F	+33B	−9N	+30B	4.0	37.0	39.0	17.25	1434	-7.2
28	Arteaga Cordova, Daniel Emanuel	0	PER	−5B	−8N	+42B	+44N	=20B	=22N	−17B	−19N	+35B	4.0	36.0	37.0	10.00	1207	0.0
29	Balamurugan, Druv	1599	USA	+45N	−32B	+23N	=22B	=18N	−16B	−11B	+42N	−19B	4.0	34.0	34.0	10.25	1266	-85.2
30	Corrales Corrales, Fidel	0	CRC	−18N	−20B	−26N	+40B	+42N	+39B	+32N	−6B	−27N	4.0	32.0	33.0	9.50	1386	0.0
31	Maloff Makarova, Andre	0	HON	−27B	+35N	−15B	−13B	−34N	+40N	=37B	=33N	+42B	4.0	31.0	32.0	10.50	1131	0.0
32	Neira Cercado, Andre Marcelo	1458	PER	+38B	+29N	−2B	−3N	+33B	−9N	−30B	−21N	=34B	3.5	39.5	43.0	12.75	1356	-30.8
33	Le, Duc Khang	0	CAN	+13N	−3B	−16N	+36B	−32N	+34B	−27N	=31B	−24N	3.5	37.0	40.5	14.50	1465	0.0
34	Ramirez Quiros, Nicolas	1490	CRC	+44B	−2N	−8B	−5N	+31B	−33N	−13N	+43B	=32N	3.5	37.0	38.0	7.75	1253	-42.0
35	Cagua Delgado, Wagner Joaquin	0	ECU	−7N	−31B	+40N	=41B	=36N	−24B	=39N	+38B	−28N	3.5	30.5	32.5	10.00	1382	0.0
36	Marin Balmaceda, Sebastian Ivan	1503	NCA	−11B	−24B	+45N	−33N	=35B	+43N	−21B	+37N	−23B	3.5	30.5	30.5	6.25	1437	-7.6
37	Lugo Martinez, Federico Joaquin	1419	PAR	−14B	+42N	−25B	−20N	+44B	−23N	=31N	−36B	+45B	3.5	27.5	27.5	4.00	816	-20.8
38	FIDE 6712347	0	—	−32N	+45B	−10N	−23B	+43B	−17N	=40B	−35N	+44B	3.5	26.5	26.5	3.25	696	0.0
39	Zuniga Arriaga, Tadeo Alejandro	0	MEX	F	−9N	−19B	−26B	+45N	−30N	=35B	+44N	−22B	2.5	28.0	28.0	2.75	690	0.0
40	Gonzales Cerrato, Daniel Andres	0	HON	−9B	−19N	−35B	−30N	F	−31B	=38N	+45B	+43N	2.5	27.0	27.0	2.75	693	0.0
41	Paz Riveron, Javier Ernesto	0	CUB	−22B	+43N	−21B	=35N	=17B	F	F	F	F	2.0	23.5	23.5	5.25	1213	0.0
42	FIDE 6711634	0	—	−16N	−37B	−28N	F	−30B	+44N	F	−29B	−31N	1.0	27.5	27.5	1.00	721	0.0
43	FIDE 6714315	0	—	−3N	−41B	−13N	+45B	−38N	−36B	F	−34N	−40B	1.0	27.5	27.5	0.00	725	0.0
44	FIDE 566007550	0	—	−34N	−23B	F	−28B	−37N	−42B	+45N	−39B	−38N	1.0	22.5	22.5	0.00	655	0.0
45	FIDE 6714307	0	—	−29B	−38N	−36B	−43N	−39B	F	−44B	−40N	−37N	0.0	21.5	21.5	0.00	707	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Cantor Pardo, JoaquinCOL
+73.2
7.0 pts · #1
2Vides Beleno, Mario SebastianCOL
+56.8
7.0 pts · #7
3Zheng, WilliamUSA
+49.2
6.0 pts · #10

Top rating losers

1Balamurugan, DruvUSA
-85.2
4.0 pts · #27
2Ramirez Quiros, NicolasCRC
-42.0
3.5 pts · #35
3Chipe Guerrero, Borys EduardoECU
-31.6
4.5 pts · #32

Biggest upsets

R2+197 Elo gap
Arimoza Rojas, Thiago1490 beat Dande, Ridhaan1687
R7+186 Elo gap
Divadalage, Sanul1545 beat Agudelo Ramirez, Santiago1731
R9+174 Elo gap
Cabrera Lemus, Ian Marco1425 beat Balamurugan, Druv1599