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Capablanca in Memoriam Senior y Veteranos

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22 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 09 May 2025 to 19 May 2025 in Matanzas, Cuba. 9 titled players from 4 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2162, and top seed was Darcy Lima (🇧🇷 BRA, GM, 2380).

Darcy Lima (🇧🇷 BRA, GM, 2380) won with 7.5/9, ahead of Reynaldo Vera Gonzalez-Quevedo (6.0) and Zirka Frometa Castillo (6.0). Lima won solo starting round 3.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Jesus Grimal Zayas (1807) beat Vivian Ramon Pita (WGM, 2076), a +269-point gap.

Location
🇨🇺Matanzas, Cuba
Dates
09 May 2025 → 19 May 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 9 rounds
Top seed
🇧🇷GMDarcy Lima2380
Avg top 10
2,162
Participants
22
Titled players · 9
GM×2
IM×1
FM×4
WGM×2
Federations · 4 represented
🇨🇺Cuba×15
🇨🇷Costa Rica×4
🇧🇷Brazil×2
🇨🇭Switzerland×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

GM Darcy Lima led from R3; +1.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
9
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
2.54.579R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9
Lima7.5Vera Gonzalez-Quevedo6Frometa Castillo6Perez Morejon5.5Jimenez Molina5.5Cabrera Torres5
R3–R9 · LEAD HELD

GM Darcy Lima never relinquished the lead after R3; final gap +1.5 over the runner-up.

R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

GM Darcy Lima drew with GM Reynaldo Vera Gonzalez-Quevedo (White).

R1–R3 · WIN STREAK

GM Darcy Lima won 3 in a row (R1–R3).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1GMDarcy Lima*
½
½
1
2GMReynaldo Vera Gonzalez-Quevedo
½
*
½
1
3WGMZirka Frometa Castillo
½
½
*—
4FMJuan Carlos Perez Morejon
0
0
—*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Lima, DarcyGM2380BRA+11B+5N+9B=8N=2B+6B+10N=3N+4B7.541.546.037.752400+3.7
2Vera Gonzalez-Quevedo, ReynaldoGM2299CUBF=3N+4B+18B=1N=8N+9B=5N+7B6.041.041.029.252307+2.9
3Frometa Castillo, ZirkaWGM1986CUB+21N=2B−18N=14N+13B+7B=8N=1B+9B6.038.540.026.502179+37.8
4Perez Morejon, Juan CarlosFM2203CUB+7N=18B−2N+12B=6N=10B+15N+8B−1N5.541.043.524.002157-5.0
5Jimenez Molina, Juan LeonFM2036CRC+19N−1B+16N−6B=15N+12B+14N=2B=8B5.539.541.521.752126+18.4
6Cabrera Torres, RaulFM2146CUB+22N+12B−8B+5N=4B−1N=11B−9N+17N5.039.541.019.502080-11.0
7Leon Gendys, Ramon Joaquin1874CUB−4B+13N+20B−9N+16B−3N+17B+11N−2N5.038.040.018.001938+14.8
8Sieiro Gonzalez, LuisIM2307CUBF+10B+6N=1B=9N=2B=3B−4N=5N4.544.544.524.252198-10.0
9Ibanez Milian, DagobertoFM2122CUB+15BF−1N+7B=8B+11N−2N+6B−3N4.542.545.520.752140+5.2
10Mercantete Rodriguez, Edilberto2065CUB+13B−8N+15B=11N=14B=4N−1B−12N+21B4.539.040.517.001987-15.6
11Acosta Pedroso, Gerardo1959CUB−1N+16B+17N=10B+18N−9B=6N−7B=14N4.537.540.016.252002+9.6
12Gonzalez Garay, Carlos1830CUBF−6N=14B−4N+19B−5N+13N+10B+16B4.535.035.017.001996+27.0
13Sanchez Reyes, Jose Benito1640CUB−10N−7B+21N+17B−3N=22N−12B+20B+19N4.528.530.09.251678+4.4
14Ramon Pita, VivianWGM2076CUB−16N+19B=12N=3B=10NF−5B+15N=11B4.035.537.515.751879-36.2
15Assis, Washington Luis Lincoln D1821BRA−9N+21B−10N+19N=5B+16N−4B−14B=22N4.031.533.011.001840-1.4
16Grimal Zayas, Jesus1807CUB+14B−11N−5B+20N−7N−15B+21N+22B−12N4.031.032.59.001755-24.0
17Cabrera Toledano, Pablo1594CUBFF−11B−13N+22B+20B−7N+19N−6B3.029.029.05.501642+3.2
18Tenreyro Mauri, Luis Enrique1975CUB+20B=4N+3B−2N−11BFFFF2.528.028.010.752004+4.8
19Solano Rojas, Everardo Alejandro1615CRC−5B−14N+22N−15B−12N=21B=20N−17B−13B2.029.030.53.2515160.0
20Villegas Villalobos, Oscar1457CRC−18N+22B−7N−16B=21B−17N=19B−13NF2.024.024.03.251466-2.8
21Piedra Quesada, Danilo1495CRC−3B−15N−13B=22B=20N=19N−16BF−10N1.528.528.52.7514700.0
22Werren, Hugo1680SUI−6B−20N−19B=21N−17N=13BF−16N=15B1.526.026.05.001460-33.6

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets