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Festival Nacional de la Juventud 2026 - Sub 18

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18 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 16 May 2026 to 18 May 2026 in Las Canas, Uruguay. Top 10 Elo average was 1777, and top seed was Bruno Fauci (🇺🇾 URU, 2002).

Lautaro Varela (🇺🇾 URU, 1787) won with 5.0/6, ahead of Bruno Fauci (4.5) and Juan Borgiani (4.5). Varela won solo starting round 4.

The biggest upset came in round 4: Santiago Olivera Batista (1716) beat Filippo Lanzilotta (1956), a +240-point gap.

Location
🇺🇾Las Canas, Uruguay
Dates
16 May 2026 → 18 May 2026
Time control
Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 6 rounds
Top seed
🇺🇾Bruno Fauci2002
Avg top 10
1,777
Participants
18
Federations · 1 represented
🇺🇾Uruguay×13
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 6 rounds

Lautaro Varela led from R4; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
9
1
2
1
1
1
1.534.56R1R2R3R4R5R6Varela takes lead
Varela5Fauci4.5Borgiani4.5Delgado4Lanzilotta4Aroztegui4
R4 · LEADER CHANGE17 May

Lautaro Varela takes the sole lead (3.5/4).

R4 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Lautaro Varela beat Bruno Fauci (Black).

R3–R5 · WIN STREAK

Lautaro Varela won 3 in a row (R3–R5).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Lautaro Varela*
1
½
1
2Bruno Fauci
0
*——
3Juan Borgiani
½
—*—
4Nazareno Delgado
0
——*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Varela, Lautaro1787URU+13B=7N+8B+2N+5B=3N5.019.021.517.752011+66.0
2Fauci, Bruno2002URU+6N+10B=4N−1B+14N+7B4.519.021.514.501949-10.0
3Borgiani, Juan1757URU+17N=4B=14N+9B+7N=1B4.517.518.512.751878+33.2
4Lanzilotta, Filippo1956URU+11B=3N=2B−7B+9N+8N4.018.021.013.501830-28.0
5Delgado, Nazareno1835URU+9N=14B=7N+10B−1N+13B4.016.519.011.251774-13.6
6Aroztegui, Alfonso1637URU−2B=8N+18B+11N=13B+12N4.016.016.59.251657+0.8
7Olivera Batista, Santiago1716URU+15N=1B=5B+4N−3B−2N3.022.024.010.501795+18.4
8Bentancor, Alonso1643URU+12N=6B−1N=14B+15N−4B3.018.520.58.251579-14.8
9Costabel, Emma1476URU−5B+16N+11B−3N−4B+17N3.017.018.05.501551+8.4
10Contardi, Mateo1730URU+16B−2N+13B−5N−12B+14B3.016.518.06.501755+4.8
11Robles, Michelle1509URU−4N+15B−9N−6B+17N+16B3.014.515.54.50874-38.4
12FIDE 30354840—−8B−13N+15N+18B+10N−6B3.014.515.05.5014280.0
13Dos Santos, Mizael1473URU−1N+12B−10N+17B=6N−5N2.519.020.06.001425-8.0
14Polito, Evangelina1709URU+18B=5N=3B=8N−2B−10N2.519.019.56.251644-18.8
15FIDE 30355490—−7B−11N−12B+16N−8B+18N2.013.514.02.008230.0
16FIDE 30402910—−10N−9B=17N−15B+18N−11N1.512.012.51.007720.0
17FIDE 30339530—−3B=18N=16B−13N−11B−9B1.014.515.01.007540.0
18FIDE 30371770—−14N=17B−6N−12N−16B−15B0.513.014.00.508730.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets