Pan-American Championship Masters & Seniors 2026 · 65+
Pan-American Championship Masters & Seniors 2026 — 65+ Round 1
Best game of the round
IM Nelson Pinal Borges (2265) vs Nelson Castillo (1847), 1-0, Philidor Defense: Hanham Variation, Krause Variation — replay the game
Critical game
Gabriel Barandiaran (1838) vs Otoniel Ledesma (2186), 0-1, Zukertort Opening: Queenside Fianchetto Variation — replay the game
Biggest upset
Hector Antonio Chavez (1813) vs FM Alejandro Bauza (2074), 1-0, Caro-Kann Defense: Exchange Variation — replay the game
Games
- IM Nelson Pinal Borges (2265) – Nelson Castillo (1847) 1-0 game
- Gabriel Barandiaran (1838) – Otoniel Ledesma (2186) 0-1 game
- IM Mario Leskovar (2170) – CM Clifford Shaw (1817) 1-0 game
- Hector Antonio Chavez (1813) – FM Alejandro Bauza (2074) 1-0 game
- FM Rene Antonio Pilarte Tijerino (2069) – Cassio Roberto Sopko (1807) 1-0 game
- Rigoberto Alas (1806) – FM Javier Antonio Torres (2068) 0-1 game
- FM Carlos A. Reyes Najera (2036) – Batlle Garcia (1785) 1-0 game
- Mauricio Hernandez (1757) – CM Cesar Augusto Blanco Gramajo (2025) 0-1 game
- Hugo Orizondo (2016) – Mario Davila Texeira (1752) 1-0 game
- CM Blass Ernesto Barria Valdez (1743) – FM Juan Leon Jimenez Molina (2005) 1/2-1/2 game
- Juan Koch (1991) – Antonio Rodolfo Reina Pineda (1731) * game
- Gonzalo Castro Murillo (1988) – Constantino Gudiel (1707) 1-0 game
- Daniel Kaciusis (1626) – FM Daniel Gonzalez Mesa (1972) 0-1 game
- Jaime Escofet (1972) – Marco Vinicio Navarrete (1554) 1-0 game
- Efrain Pomares Herrera (1524) – FM Hector Velasquez (1932) 0-1 game
- Mauro Barboza (1879) – Oscar Anzora (1523) 1-0 game
- Juan Rivas (1520) – CM Rolando Ayala (1856) 0-1 game
- Jorge Luis Vera Gajardo (1759) – Daniel Santiso (1844) 1-0 game
Standings after round 1
- Pinal Borges, Nelson
- Ledesma, Otoniel
- Leskovar, Mario
- Pilarte Tijerino, Rene Antonio
- Torres, Javier Antonio
- Reyes Najera, Carlos A.
- Blanco Gramajo, Cesar Augusto
- Orizondo, Hugo
- Castro Murillo, Gonzalo
- Escofet, Jaime