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K.O. I Check Mate Cup 2025

Open SwissStandard

8 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 04 Jun 2025 to 18 Jun 2025 in Tegucigalpa, Honduras. Top 10 Elo average was 1730, and top seed was Nicolas Lovo (🇭🇳 HON, 1951).

Fernando Alexis Mejia Varela (🇭🇳 HON, 1898) won with 5.0/6, ahead of Nicolas Lovo (4.5) and Carlos Gonzalez Godoy (3.5). Mejia Varela clinched sole first place in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Luis Angel Diaz Casco (1577) beat Ariel Galicia Figueroa (1715), a +138-point gap.

Location
🇭🇳Tegucigalpa, Honduras
Dates
04 Jun 2025 → 18 Jun 2025
Time control
Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 6 rounds
Top seed
🇭🇳Nicolas Lovo1951
Avg top 10
1,730
Participants
8
Federations · 1 represented
🇭🇳Honduras×8
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 6 rounds

Fernando Alexis Mejia Varela led from R6; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
3
3
1
1
1
1
1.534.56R1R2R3R4R5R6Mejia Varela takes lead
R6 · LEADER CHANGE14 Jun

Fernando Alexis Mejia Varela takes the sole lead (5.0/6).

HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND · 2 games

Fernando Alexis Mejia Varela 1.50.5 against Nicolas Lovo (R5 ½-½, R6 1-0) — decisive in 1/2.

R1–R4 · WIN STREAK

Nicolas Lovo won 4 in a row (R1–R4).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Mejia Varela, Fernando Alexis1898HON+6B+6N=3N+3B=2N+2B5.016.016.012.002028+19.2
2Lovo, Nicolas1951HON+7B+7N+4N+4B=1B1N4.515.015.07.501914-1.6
3Gonzalez Godoy, Carlos1721HON=5N+5B=1B1N+4N=4B3.515.516.07.001782+10.4
4Diaz Casco, Luis Angel1577HON+8N+8B2B2N3B=3N2.516.016.01.751739+42.4
5Briceno Velaquez, Carlos1700HON=3B3NFFFF0.57.07.01.751528-17.6
6Gamez Portillo, Jose Jacobo1592HON1N1BFFFF0.010.010.00.001098-11.2
7Funes Martinez, Erick Ricardo1689HON2N2BFFFF0.09.09.00.001151-14.4
8Galicia Figueroa, Ariel1715HON4B4NFFFF0.05.05.00.00777-55.2

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets