Everything is set for the start of the XV Pan-American Youth Chess Championship (U7–U17), which will be held on the coast of El Salvador. This major continental event is scheduled for May 11–18, 2026, and will be hosted in the beautiful Sonsonate region at Playa Salinitas.
Organized by the Confederation of Chess for Americas (CCA) and the Salvadoran Chess Federation (FSA), the tournament will gather the brightest young talents from national federations across the Americas. The competition is divided into age categories from U7 to U17, featuring both Open and Girls divisions, offering a premier platform for young players to test their skills at an international level.
Hosting the event at Playa Salinitas brings a distinct flair to the tournament. Famed for its unique volcanic sands and crystalline waters, this location offers competitors more than just a playing hall, it provides a stunning backdrop where high-level strategy meets the natural wonders of the Pacific.
Beyond the main classical chess tournament, the championship program includes highly anticipated Rapid and Blitz events. Participants wishing to compete in these fast-paced disciplines must note the strict registration deadline: applications must be submitted via email no later than May 12, 2026, at 8:00 PM.
With regulations meticulously designed to ensure fair play, including established tie-break systems like Sonneborn-Berger and Koya System, this championship is poised to be a defining moment for youth development in the Pan American region.
Participants:
Acevedo Ramirez Lizeth Dahiana COL 1704 U17 Girls
Agudelo Ramirez Santiago COL 1731 U9
Aguero Mercedes Rose Esmeralda DOM 1548 U15 Girls
Aguilar De Leon Iker Xavier GUA 1863 U13
Aguilar Melendez Marco Andre ESA 1860 U13
Ajith Aarush CAN 1860 U15
Alba Ruiz Kenneth Damian MEX 1919 U13
Alean Vargas Manuel Jose COL U15
Almendras Cori Nadia BOL U7 Girls
Alvarez Mancera Ana Paula MEX 1452 U11 Girls
Araca Lopez Yessica Belen BOL 1618 U17 Girls
Arando Ochoa Diana Valentina PER 1458 U15 Girls
Arando Ochoa Milan PER 1579 U7
Arellano Burneo Maria Joaquina ECU 1654 U17 Girls
WFM Arenas Lavado Luciana Andrea PER 1982 U17 Girls
Arimoza Rojas Thiago BOL 1490 U9
Arroyo Vargas Andres CRC U11
Arteaga Cordova Daniel Emanuel PER U9
Artiles Duarte Alvaro Antonio NCA U11
Austin Hazel USA 1556 U11 Girls
Austin Freya USA 1786 U15 Girls
Avendano Cruz Alejandro Emanuel COL 1687 U11
WCM Avendano Icaza Alessia Rebeca PAN 1859 U17 Girls
Ayala Delgado Sergio Alejandro COL 2044 U15
Badillo Guerrero Analia Andrea PAN 1504 U13 Girls
Balaji Tanav USA 1633 U13
ACM Balamurugan Druv USA 1599 U9
ACM Balamurugan Diya USA 1660 U11 Girls
AIM Banchon Crespo Bruno Xavier ECU 1839 U11
Barboza Viquez Angelica CRC 1583 U15 Girls
Barraza Sebastian USA U11
Barraza Vega Luisa MEX U7 Girls
Barrios Merida Rodrigo DI VEN 1558 U11
Batista Vega Jose Martin PAN U7
CM Bedi Vaibhav AHO 2003 U17
Beltran Serna Ian Samuel COL 2009 U17
Bernal Martinez Elias Isidro MEX 1534 U15
Bhagavat Nair USA U7
Borrell Espinoza Maria Alessandra NCA U11 Girls
Bravo Gordillo Daniel ECU U17
Brown Camano Andres Camilo PAN 1782 U17
Byelashov Sofia USA 1818 U9 Girls
Cabrera Alvarado Hugo Carlos Josue GUA 1834 U13
Cabrera Lemus Ian Marco GUA 1425 U9
Cadena Rojas Diego Eliseo MEX 1618 U13
Cagua Delgado Leonardo Julian ECU U7
Cagua Delgado Wagner Joaquin ECU U9
Caicedo Guerrero Daniel Andres COL 1491 U11
Calles Johan ESA 1705 U17
Camargo Silva Samir PAN 1982 U17
Campillo Soto Emilio MEX 1771 U11
Campos Munoz Valentina CRC 1899 U17 Girls
AFM Cantor Pardo Joaquin COL 1621 U9
ACM Cantor Pardo Antonio COL 1651 U13
Cardenas Uribe Mateo MEX 1817 U13
Carrasco Martinez Bastian Josue PER U7
AFM Carrillo Rosemberg Rafaella ECU 1522 U13 Girls
Carvajal Ayala Dennis Adrian HON U11
Castillo Henriquez Crystal DOM 1609 U17 Girls
Castillo Romero Jasmany Shallom NCA 1969 U13
Castro Munoz Julieta CHI 1851 U17 Girls
WCM Chan Kara CAN 1665 U13 Girls
Chan Chloe CAN U9 Girls
Chang Charlotte Tai-En USA 1705 U11 Girls
WCM Chavarria Troya Keytleen Denis PAN 1870 U15 Girls
WCM Chen Celine USA 1853 U13 Girls
WCM Chen Shuang CAN 1904 U17 Girls
Chen Pengyu CAN U7
Chipe Guerrero Borys Eduardo ECU 1483 U9
Christensen Timothy USA U15
Cienfuegos Torres Cristopher Alejandro MEX 1642 U11
Cifuentes Lara Leo Javier GUA U9
Coaquira Gonzales Oscar Adriano PER 1901 U15
Contreras Rivas Valery Noemy GUA 1624 U13 Girls
ACM Contreras Urango Jorge Isaac COL 1451 U15
Cordero Falco Maria Angel COL U15 Girls
Cornejo Isaza Emmanuel PAN 1535 U9
Corrales Corrales Fidel CRC U9
Corrales Corrales Ana Maria CRC 1565 U11 Girls
CM Cortes Medina Fernando MEX 2026 U13
Cortes Roman Santiago COL 1479 U13
Costa Fabianny AHO U13 Girls
Cruz Lopez Gustavo COL U7
Cruz Lopez Juanita COL U9 Girls
Cruz Quintanilla Marianela PAN 1832 U17 Girls
Cueto Fernandez Manuel Alejandro PAN 1887 U15
Cuevas Morgan Jorge Enrique PAN 1932 U11
Cupaban Alonso Luciana COL 1710 U13 Girls
Dande Ridhaan USA 1687 U9
Delsol Ken G Julian Bernard DMA U13
AFM Dergan Lobos Ian Neyef PER 1705 U13
CM Diaz Guerrero Jesus Daniel MEX 178 U15
Dirks Xevyn O. ARU 20 U13
Dirks Ize-Nahae ARU 10 U13 Girls
Divadalage Sanul CAN 1545 U9
Divadalage Sanya CAN 1596 U11 Girls
Duran Cardenas Juan Diego PER 1782 U13
Duran Gen Iker MEX 1623 U13
Escobar Ticas Lucca Gael ESA U9
Espinosa Castaneda Ronald Manuel CUB 2087 U15
Espinoza Guerrero Felix Alberto NCA 1865 U17
Fang Juan ESA 1797 U17
Fang Echo Heming CAN U7 Girls
Farion Tenorio Ashley Daniela NCA U11 Girls
AFM Farley Jeremiah BAR 1759 U13
Fernandez Mayorga Elena CRC 1733 U13 Girls
AFM Fernandez Robles Renato Manuel PER 1691 U15
Fiallos Garces Emilia Alejandra ECU 1588 U11 Girls
Fiallos Garces Camila Isabel ECU 1490 U11 Girls
Flores Elizondo Mathias CRC 1739 U15
Franco Garcia Kirsthyn DOM U13 Girls
Galarza Castillo Diego Alejandro MEX 10 U15
Galaviz Medina Seiya Margarita MEX 1679 U17 Girls
Gallego Rodriguez Salome COL 1509 U11 Girls
Galvan Anguiano Victoria MEX 1652 U15 Girls
Ganesh Kaira Ananya USA 1551 U11 Girls
Gao Anne CAN 1446 U11 Girls
Garces Paredes Marina ECU U9 Girls
Garcia Barrantes Yareli Antonella PER 1817 U9 Girls
Garcia Medina Valentina Marie GUA 1472 U13 Girls
Garcia Miranda Jorge Alessandro ESA U9
Garcia Rojas Estefania CRC 1642 U15 Girls
Gargano Torres Alessandro VEN 1553 U11
Gil Chacon Fernando Enrique ARG 2097 U15
Gonzales Cerrato Daniel Andres HON U9
Gonzales Olazo Rodrigo PER 1729 U9
Gonzalez Diaz Diego Jose ESA 1605 U15
Gonzalez Ramirez Julieta MEX 10 U15 Girls
Gordon Gonzalez Rosa Maria PAN 1503 U17 Girls
Gradiz Menjivar Oscar HON 1948 U13
Gramajo Tovar Marco Esteban GUA U11
Gramajo Tovar Samara Maria Jose GUA U9 Girls
Guerra Mansilla Jorge Maximilian CHI 2225 U17
FM Guevara Ruiz Marvin Andres ESA 2028 U17
Guevara Ruiz Ana Lucia ESA U9 Girls
FM Guevara Ruiz Santiago Jose ESA 2207 U13
Guevara Ruiz Maria Jose ESA 1413 U13 Girls
Guevara Saenz Oscar Emmanuel NCA 1536 U15
FM Guntaka Aayansh USA 2096 U17
WFM Guo Anni CAN 1854 U17 Girls
Gutarra Minaya Fabiana Sofia PER 1466 U13 Girls
Gutarra Minaya Percy Eduardo PER 1730 U17
Guzman Castro Shaddai ECU 1608 U11 Girls
He Jayden USA 1661 U11
Heise Hidalgo Claudia Sofia CHI 1717 U15 Girls
Hernandez Ramirez Jose Alberto MEX 1537 U11
Herrera Rabanal Nicolas Oscar PER 1412 U13
Hipolite Jarius Emmanuel Luke DMA 20 U15
Hong Angela CAN U11 Girls
AIM Hong Zihan CAN 1859 U17
Huang Justin CAN 1894 U15
ACM Hylton Jayden JAM 1522 U9
FM Ibarra Carlos Roberto ESA 2202 U17
Ibarra Katherine ESA 1504 U13 Girls
Iglesias Carlos ESA U11
Iglesias Moreno Diego Eduardo ESA U9
AFM Iman Eini Ali CAN 560 U9
Jackson Leo Daniel Olivera USA 1938 U13
CM Jain Vihaan USA 2157 U15
Jani Aakash USA 1861 U13
Jani Suraj USA 20 U9
Jarrin Zhang Dominick Yong Heng PAN 1657 U11
Jauregui Casas Lhuanna Khalezzy PER 1703 U11 Girls
Jeandor Kaylani AHO 1465 U15 Girls
Jha Keya USA 1890 U17 Girls
Jim Gonzalez Jose Luis MEX 1590 U11
Joseph Alexander USA 1832 U15
Kao Chen-Hsiang CAN 1700 U11
Katta Sriansh USA 2000 U11
Koolman Colin Kyle Deniel ARU 1498 U13
AIM Kunapuli Siddarth Sriaditya USA 1837 U17
Kunapuli Aishwarya USA U13 Girls
Ladino Hernandez Angel Joel COL 1738 U13
Lajara Rodriguez Jeffry PUR 1604 U13
Lajo Timoteo Diana Carolina PER 1840 U13 Girls
CM Lara Santos Angel Sebastian DOM 2004 U15
Le Duc Khai CAN 1797 U11
Le Duc Khang CAN U9
Lee Daniel Joshua CAN 1924 U15
Leiva Coto Isaac Antonio CRC 1566 U13
CM Levano Loayza Adriano Jaffet PER 2072 U17
CM Li Aiden Linyuan USA 2021 U13
Liang Candice USA 1785 U15 Girls
FM Linares Orellana Hector Jose GUA 2078 U17
Ling Gomez Keiko Kim ECU 1476 U9 Girls
Liu Jessica Yongxin USA 880 U9 Girls
Liu Zachary Hankun CAN 2051 U15
Liu Eric USA 1739 U11
Lizarazo Camelo Sara Alejandra COL 1476 U13 Girls
Loayza Rivera Bryan James PER 1936 U13
Lopez Emma HON U13 Girls
Lopez Osuna Mateo MEX 610 U9
Lopez Pachao Eduardo Franco PER 90 U7
Lopez Urrutia Diego Zahid NCA 1728 U15
Lou Aileen USA 1737 U13 Girls
Lu Michelle ARU U13 Girls
WCM Lugo Martinez Jimena Sofia PAR 1866 U15 Girls
Lugo Martinez Federico Joaquin PAR 1419 U9
Luna Gaytan Mateo MEX 610 U9
Macedo Salcedo Sofia MEX 1637 U17 Girls
Maloff Makarova Andre HON U9
Maloff Makarova Gabriel Eduardo HON U7
CM Manchanda Advik USA 1949 U13
WFM Maravi Ceron Ayme PER 1866 U17 Girls
Marin Balmaceda Sebastian Ivan NCA 1503 U9
Marin Rivera Stefan PUR 1749 U15
Martinez Barrera Alejandro MEX 40 U17
Martinez Argueta Cristian Alexander ESA 1591 U15
Martinez Argueta Salvador Alejandro ESA 1434 U15
FM Martinez Flores Matias MEX 2011 U17
Marzetti Corisapra Leonardo Adriano PER 1920 U15
Maynez Garcia Joshua Emmanuel MEX 40 U15
WIM Mayorga Araya Sofia CRC 2111 U17
Mayorga Araya Larissa CRC 1782 U17 Girls
Melara Alejandra ESA 1717 U17 Girls
Melara Karla Sofia ESA 1592 U15 Girls
Mendizabal Hernandez Valentina MEX 1478 U9 Girls
Mendizabal Hernandez Catalina MEX 20 U7 Girls
Mendoza Emma Lily ESA 1609 U17 Girls
Mendoza Alata Victor Gabriel PER 1719 U11
Merida Calderon Juan Diego GUA 1626 U11
Merida Calderon Saisha Jimena GUA 1540 U11 Girls
Miller Catherine Elizabeth CAN U9 Girls
Miller Theodore USA 1657 U11
Mintz Nathan USA 1705 U15
Miranda Barrientos Gabriel CRC 1827 U17
Molina Crespo Rafaela ECU U7 Girls
Molina Vivas Joshua COL 1725 U11
CM Monroy Lopez Gustavo Adolfo GUA 2059 U17
Montano Vicente Guadalupe MEX 2115 U17 Girls
Montilla Rodriguez Camilo COL 1804 U17
Morales Morales Maite Alejandra ESA 1455 U13 Girls
Morales Ospina Martin COL 1514 U13
Morel Reyes Fraimy Alexander DOM 2023 U17
Mote Amasifuen Sophia Itzayana MEX 1606 U11 Girls
Mote Amasifuen Izel Alexandra MEX 1497 U13 Girls
Motwani Grayce ARU 1415 U17 Girls
Munoz Isaac ECU U7
Munoz Salazar Arius Amir PER U15
Murillo Rodriguez Javier Alejandro HON 1644 U15
Nair Bhagavat USA 10 U9
Najera Herrera Gilberto MEX 1772 U13
Najera Paredes Santiago Geovanni GUA U11
Nandagopal Riyaa USA 10 U7 Girls
Naushad Ibraheem USA 1684 U17
Naushad Musa USA 1795 U17
Navarro Barrios Andres Daniel PAN 1688 U13
Navarro Cajigas Roberto De Jesus MEX U9
Navarro Trelles Mateo Alejandro ECU U11
Navarro Trelles Keithy Julieth ECU 1408 U11 Girls
Navia Duque Valentina COL 1585 U9 Girls
Neira Cercado Andre Marcelo PER 1458 U9
Nerio Alvarenga Blanca Sarai ESA 1523 U15 Girls
Nevraumont Jules Webster USA U9
Nevraumont Mara USA 10 U11 Girls
Nguyen Christine USA 1619 U13 Girls
Noriega Avilez Yaiza Violeta MEX 1691 U13 Girls
Noriega Rodriguez Matias Alberto PAN 1683 U17
Ochoa Chicas Keyla Josefina ESA U11 Girls
Olivar Molina Francisco David ESA 1646 U17
Orta Ruz Andre Fernando MEX 2044 U17
Ortega Garcia Anastasia Del Valle PAN U11 Girls
Ortega Rueda Samantha COL U7 Girls
Ortega Rueda Nicolas COL 1863 U13
Ortez Gutierrez Meredith Guadalupe NCA 1518 U13 Girls
Ortiz Carvajal Keil Duvan COL U7
Ortiz Contreras Samuel COL 1454 U9
Ospina Soto Sara Lucia COL 1505 U15 Girls
Oviedo Rocha Mateo Javier NCA 1745 U15
Padilla Naranjo Sara Elizabeth ECU U7 Girls
Paguaga Cruz Luciana Yassika NCA 1615 U11 Girls
Paguaga Cruz Carlos Adrian NCA U7
Palacio Salazar Nicolas COL 1508 U9
Palma Franco Alma Camila ECU 1703 U11 Girls
FM Palomino Quispe Mateo Henry PER 2041 U15
Paredes Ramirez Fernando Andree ESA 1504 U13
Patel Yash PUR 1811 U13
Patel Dhyaan PUR 2036 U13
Patel Patel Jai PUR U7
CM Paxtor Chiguichon Rodolfo Enrique GUA 1926 U17
Paz Riveron Javier Ernesto CUB U9
Penna Palacios Mateo Fernando PAN 1585 U17
Perez Quinones Malcolm J. PUR 1904 U17
Pernas Cejas Daziel CUB 1854 U11
Petters Rodrigues Fatima Sofia NCA 1643 U13 Girls
WCM Pieter Liana AHO 1877 U17 Girls
Pinto Vera Jesus Nabih PER 1749 U15
Porras Taipe Rodrigo Thiago PER 1634 U15
Prieto Najera Alexa Valentina MEX 50 U9 Girls
Puente Madriz Alfonso ESA U9
Quiroz Cortez Valentina Michel PAN U9 Girls
Rafini Sophie-Belle ARU 1446 U15 Girls
Ramirez Gonzalez Angelina Cristel PAN 1525 U17 Girls
Ramirez Mejia Jose Gregorio COL 1622 U11
Ramirez Quiros Nicolas CRC 1490 U9
Ramirez Tavera Esther Mariel DOM 1643 U9 Girls
Ramos Barriga Juan Eduardo PER 1693 U9
Ramos Chung Ian Andres PAN 1422 U11
Ramos Rodriguez Daniel CRC 1984 U17
Rangamreddy Aashvi Sri USA 1569 U13 Girls
Rangel Guzman Barbara MEX 30 U13 Girls
Rangel Guzman Barbara MEX 30 U15 Girls
Rangel Guzman Fernanda MEX 1769 U15 Girls
Remicio Gomez Joshua Santiago COL 1754 U13
Resendiz Turbi Miley Jireh MEX 1589 U15 Girls
FM Reyes Zavaleta Cristhian Yamil PER 2261 U17
Reyes Zavaleta Sergio Gabriel PER 1845 U15
Rico Zayra AHO U11 Girls
Ridderstaat Janoah L J ARU 1623 U15
Rivas Molina Bayardo Antonio NCA U15
Rivera Gutierrez Geannina Isabela CRC 1846 U17 Girls
Rivera Mora Gabriel CRC 1685 U17
Robles Ochoa Santiago Andre GUA 1522 U11
CM Rojas Linares Nicolas Gabriel PER 2024 U17
Rojas Raraz John Arick PER 1614 U15
Rojas Raraz Jarely Katty PER 1452 U11 Girls
Rojas Salas Rihanna Irina PER 1813 U15 Girls
FM Rueda Rojas Richard Alejandro COL 2155 U17
Ruiz Gastelum Mateo MEX 1763 U15
CM Salinas Cardenas Rodrigo Salvador MEX 2163 U17
AIM Samanta Aayansh USA 1884 U11
Sanchez Andres ESA 1545 U15
Santos Del Orbe Jennisis Rafelina DOM 1618 U17 Girls
Serrano Fonseca Rachel Nicole CRC 1436 U11 Girls
Shanmuganathan Zayn USA U7
Sharma Anaisha CAN U7 Girls
Sharma Mohit ARU 1516 U15
Sherwood Forest J USA 1907 U15
Sierra Isaza Jose Eduardo COL 1854 U15
Sierra Lopez Gabriel Jose HON U15
Sinchi Dominguez Nusta Sisa ECU 1502 U17 Girls
Sonaridio Santiago ARG 1616 U15
Sonaridio Juan Ignacio ARG 1621 U9
Sorhaindo Lucas Rupert James DMA U17
Sosa Garcia David MEX 40 U7
Soto Ramirez Andres Camilo COL 1942 U17
AIM Srinivasan Santhosh USA 1819 U17
Stuart Sean PUR 1505 U9
Suresh Barath Subramanian CAN 1893 U13
Suresh Yaswitha CAN U7 Girls
AFM Syed Farhaan USA 1660 U13
Takahashi Guevara Javier Kazuo PER 1975 U13
Tejada Galan Mila Victoria PAN U7 Girls
Tejada Villalva Fernando Jhonass PER 1669 U11
Telles Fukushima Karla Akemi MEX 1942 U17 Girls
Thottimpudi Anjana USA 1653 U11 Girls
Timothy Shermel Marcella DMA U17 Girls
Tobar Beltran Miguel Angel COL 1790 U15
Vairavan Kavin USA 1536 U11
Valdez Lomeli Nicolas MEX 1884 U13
Varela Acosta Valeria COL 1591 U15 Girls
Vargas Orozco Yolanda Nicolth ECU 1648 U15 Girls
Vedu Koyyalamudi USA 80 U9
Velasco Sarmiento Camilo Andres COL 1743 U17
Velasquez Hernandez Martin COL 1778 U13
Vera Arboleda Juan Martin ECU 1631 U13
AIM Vera Arboleda Gustavo Adolfo ECU 1654 U17
Vera Arboleda Isabella ECU 1543 U13 Girls
Vides Beleno Mario Sebastian COL 1571 U9
Villalta Pizarro Emanuel Isaac CRC U11
Vrsalovic Acuna. Stjepan Antonio CHI 1740 U11
AFM Vuyyuru Shriyan USA 1983 U15
Vyas Miransh Purven USA 2085 U17
Wang Nathan Zian CAN 1957 U17
AIM Wang Darren USA 1842 U13
Wang Rocky USA 2079 U13
Wang Matthew USA 1647 U9
Wangluo Joanne CAN 1671 U15 Girls
Warekar Aarna Nitin USA 1863 U17 Girls
Wolfson Trudeau Izaak CAN U11
Woods Diaz Rodrigo Alberto PAN 1628 U15
Xu Florence Zixin CAN 1665 U11 Girls
CM Xu Zhihan (Samuel) CAN 1978 U13
Xu Olivia USA 1718 U13 Girls
Xu Pear USA 1845 U13 Girls
Yan Grace Lingxin USA 1513 U9 Girls
Yin Aiden CAN 1734 U15
Yin Andrew CAN 1970 U15
Yu Vincent Zhiwen USA 1982 U15
Yu Nicole Q USA 1683 U13 Girls
WCM Yu Allyson USA 1838 U15 Girls
Zeng Melody USA U7 Girls
Zhao Shannon CAN 1663 U13 Girls
Zheng William USA 1561 U9
Zhindon Minchala Ana Cristina ECU 1800 U13 Girls
Zhou-Donohue Theodore USA 1487 U11
WCM Zhu Alicia USA 1790 U13 Girls
Zuniga Arriaga Tadeo Alejandro MEX 0 U9
