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12th Summer Solstice Open - Premier

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21 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 27 Jun 2025 to 29 Jun 2025 in Estero, FL, United States. 6 titled players from 5 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2099, and top seed was Yunier Leyva Rivera (🇨🇺 CUB, IM, 2321).

Yunier Leyva Rivera (🇨🇺 CUB, IM, 2321) won with 4.0/5, ahead of Jean Marco Cruz Mendez (4.0) and Theodore Slade (3.5). Leyva Rivera won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.

Location
🇺🇸Estero, FL, United States
Dates
27 Jun 2025 → 29 Jun 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Top seed
🇨🇺IMYunier Leyva Rivera2321
Avg top 10
2,099
Participants
21
Titled players · 6
IM×1
FM×2
CM×3
Federations · 5 represented
🇺🇸United States of America×14
🇨🇺Cuba×4
🇹🇷Turkiye×1
🇻🇪Venezuela×1
🇬🇧England×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Tight race until R4; 2 players tied at 4.0/5, decided on Buchholz.

Co-leaders
3
4
2
1
2
1.52.545R1R2R3R4R5
R4–R5 · LEAD HELD

FM Jean Marco Cruz Mendez held the sole lead from R4 through R5 without losing it.

R5 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 4.0/5. Leyva Rivera takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (11.0).

R3–R5 · WIN STREAK

IM Yunier Leyva Rivera won 3 in a row (R3–R5).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1FMJean Marco Cruz Mendez*—
1
½
2IMYunier Leyva Rivera—*——
3Theodore Slade
0
—*—
4Abhiram Pothuri
½
——*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Leyva Rivera, YunierIM2321CUB=4B=9N+20B+8N+5B4.011.011.08.252206-4.1
2Cruz Mendez, Jean MarcoFM2222CUB+12N=7B+11N+3B=10N4.010.011.59.002262+6.6
3Slade, Theodore2136ENG+14B=17N+4B−2N+13B3.510.010.56.252152+4.6
4Sattaru, Sritej Sai1922USA=1N+6B−3N=11B+15N3.012.013.06.752094+41.6
5Goss, Mel2144USA=6N=8B+14N+15B−1N3.011.012.05.252031-12.0
6Sahai, Neel1869USA=5B−4N+16B+20N=7N3.010.010.04.002035+43.6
7Pothuri, Abhiram1973USA+21B=2N−13B+17N=6B3.09.09.04.002074+26.4
8Lopez Naranjo, Ubaldo EnriqueCM1906USAF=5N+12B−1B+20N2.58.58.53.002145+45.6
9Merida Ceballos, Sebastian1849VENF=1B−15N+18B+11N2.57.07.04.002079+44.4
10Venkat, Raghav2219USAFF+17B=13N=2B2.06.06.03.252200+0.6
11Yang, MaxwellCM1949USAF+16N−2B=4N−9B1.510.510.52.501876-19.2
12Marian, Aaron1832USA−2BF−8N=14B+16N1.59.09.01.751876+3.2
13Morella Cabrera, Julio AntonioFM2183CUBFF+7N=10B−3N1.58.58.54.002109-5.8
14Sha, YiCM1865USA−3NF−5B=12N+17B1.58.58.51.251897+2.8
15Huang, Jolie1835USAFF+9B−5N−4B1.08.58.52.5018470.0
16Manivannan, Prajit1857USAF−11B−6N+19N−12B1.06.56.50.501693-33.2
17Jimenez Leyva, Diego1820CUBF=3B−10N−7B−14N0.510.010.01.751726-18.4
18Brovman, Daniel1901USAFF=19B−9NF0.53.03.00.251677-23.2
19Mishra, Om1891USAFF=18N−16BF0.51.51.50.251686-21.6
20Ay, Altug1918TURFF−1N−6B−8B0.09.59.50.001231-23.4
21Burrus, Tony1917USA−7NFFFF0.03.03.00.001173-8.4

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
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