II Abierto Mijail Tal
12 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 15 May 2025 to 13 Jun 2025 in Montevideo, Uruguay. Top 10 Elo average was 1801, and top seed was Alvaro Guerrero (🇺🇾 URU, 2033).
Guillermo Flores Pedreira (🇺🇾 URU, 1900) won with 3.5/5, ahead of Alvaro Guerrero (3.5) and Victor Rodriguez Farias (3.0). Flores Pedreira shared the lead from round 3, winning on tie-break.
The biggest upset came in round 1: Julian Tonelli (1684) beat Nicolas Soto (2027), a +343-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 5 roundsTight race until R2; 2 players tied at 3.5/5, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.
Alvaro Guerrero held the sole lead from R2 through R5 without losing it.
2 players finish on 3.5/5. Flores Pedreira takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (11.0).
Alvaro Guerrero drew with Guillermo Flores Pedreira (Black).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Alvaro Guerrero | * | ½ | 0 | — |
| 2Guillermo Flores Pedreira | ½ | * | 1 | 1 |
| 3Victor Rodriguez Farias | 1 | 0 | * | — |
| 4Bruno Fauci | — | 0 | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Flores Pedreira, Guillermo | 1900 | URU | F | +7N | +4B | +3N | =2B | 3.5 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 9.25 | 2174 | +23.6 |
| 2 | Guerrero, Alvaro | 2033 | URU | +5N | +8B | −3N | +6B | =1N | 3.5 | 10.5 | 12.0 | 7.25 | 2047 | +2.8 |
| 3 | Rodriguez Farias, Victor | 1899 | URU | F | +9N | +2B | −1B | +7N | 3.0 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 6.00 | 1996 | +11.0 |
| 4 | Fauci, Bruno | 1735 | URU | F | +12B | −1N | +5N | +8B | 3.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 3.50 | 1952 | +46.0 |
| 5 | Zoppolo, Cedric | 1728 | URU | −2B | +10N | −6N | −4B | +9B | 2.0 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 1.00 | 1655 | -18.4 |
| 6 | Soto, Nicolas | 2027 | URU | −7B | +11N | +5B | −2N | F | 2.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 2.00 | 1690 | -24.4 |
| 7 | Tonelli, Julian | 1684 | URU | +6N | −1B | =8N | F | −3B | 1.5 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 2.75 | 1853 | +14.8 |
| 8 | Rodriguez Farias, Eduardo | 1935 | URU | +10N | −2N | =7B | F | −4N | 1.5 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 0.75 | 1544 | -28.8 |
| 9 | Miladinoff, David | 1595 | URU | F | −3B | +10B | F | −5N | 1.0 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 0.00 | 1014 | -18.4 |
| 10 | Carreras, Pedro | 0 | URU | −8B | −5B | −9N | F | F | 0.0 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 0.00 | 953 | 0.0 |
| 11 | FIDE 3034798 | 0 | — | F | −6B | F | F | F | 0.0 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 0.00 | 1227 | 0.0 |
| 12 | Borrelli, Joaquin | 1471 | URU | F | −4N | F | F | F | 0.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.00 | 935 | -7.2 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Fauci, BrunoURU+46.03.0 pts · #4
- 2Flores Pedreira, GuillermoURU+23.63.5 pts · #2
- 3Tonelli, JulianURU+14.81.5 pts · #5
- 1Rodriguez Farias, EduardoURU-28.81.5 pts · #8
- 2Soto, NicolasURU-24.42.0 pts · #7
- 3Zoppolo, CedricURU-18.42.0 pts · #6
- R1+343 Elo gap
- R5+200 Elo gap
- R3+134 Elo gap