I Check Mate Cup 2025 ( Group A )
10 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 14 May 2025 to 28 May 2025 in Tegucigalpa, Honduras. Top 10 Elo average was 1769, and top seed was Nicolas Lovo (🇭🇳 HON, 1918).
Fernando Alexis Mejia Varela (🇭🇳 HON, 1848) won with 8.5/9, ahead of Nicolas Lovo (8.0) and Fernando Hernandez (7.0). Mejia Varela clinched sole first place in the final round.
The biggest upset came in round 8: Olmert Cristobal Mena Membreno (1507) beat Pedro Antonio Hernandez (1761), a +254-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 10 · 9 roundsFernando Alexis Mejia Varela led from R9 onwards, the runner-up race stayed tight. Title race converged from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R9.
Fernando Alexis Mejia Varela takes the sole lead (8.5/9).
Fernando Alexis Mejia Varela beat Nicolas Lovo (Black).
Fernando Alexis Mejia Varela 7 wins (R1–R7)Nicolas Lovo 8 wins (R1–R8)Fernando Hernandez 5 wins (R2–R6)
Cross-table
| # | Player | Elo | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Pts | SB | Bh | Δ Elo | Perf |
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| 1 | 🇭🇳Mejia Varela, Fernando Alexis | 1848 | * | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8.5 | 33.00 | 36.5 | +60.4 | 2205 |
| 2 | 🇭🇳Lovo, Nicolas | 1918 | 0 | * | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8.0 | 28.50 | 37.0 | +33.0 | 2105 |
| 3 | 🇭🇳Hernandez, Fernando | 1792 | ½ | 0 | * | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7.0 | 22.50 | 38.0 | +45.0 | 1987 |
| 4 | 🇭🇳Aguilera Aguilar, Jorge Luis | 1863 | 0 | 0 | ½ | * | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6.5 | 18.50 | 38.5 | +16.6 | 1925 |
| 5 | 🇭🇳Valladares Heller, Roussel | 1660 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | * | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3.5 | 7.25 | 41.5 | +17.6 | 1702 |
| 6 | 🇭🇳Maldonado, Rigoberto | 1783 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | * | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | 3.0 | 7.00 | 42.0 | -33.0 | 1643 |
| 8 | 🇭🇳Mena Membreno, Olmert Cristobal | 1507 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | * | 1 | 0 | ½ | 2.5 | 6.25 | 42.5 | +41.2 | 1631 |
| 9 | 🇭🇳Hernandez, Pedro Antonio | 1761 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | * | 1 | ½ | 2.5 | 6.00 | 42.5 | -37.2 | 1604 |
| 7 | 🇭🇳Sanchez Bonilla, Samuel | 1793 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 0 | * | 1 | 2.5 | 5.00 | 42.5 | -90.0 | 1601 |
| 10 | 🇭🇳Argueta, Douglas | 1769 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | * | 1.0 | 2.50 | 44.0 | -138.4 | 1418 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Mejia Varela, Fernando AlexisHON+60.48.5 pts · #1
- 2Hernandez, FernandoHON+45.07.0 pts · #3
- 3Mena Membreno, Olmert CristobalHON+41.22.5 pts · #8
- 1Argueta, DouglasHON-138.41.0 pts · #10
- 2Sanchez Bonilla, SamuelHON-90.02.5 pts · #7
- 3Hernandez, Pedro AntonioHON-37.22.5 pts · #9
- R8+254 Elo gap
- R1+133 Elo gap
- R3+109 Elo gap