Mercenarios 387
11 players participated in this 11-round tournament, held from 10 Jun 2025 to 02 Sept 2025 in CDM, Benito Juarez, Mexico. 5 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 2026, and top seed was Benjamin Gongora Montes (🇲🇽 MEX, IM, 2121).
Joshua Emiliano Garduno Huerta (🇲🇽 MEX, 2040) won with 8.5/11, ahead of Benjamin Gongora Montes (7.0) and Fidel Machado Cruz (5.5). Garduno Huerta won solo starting round 10.
The biggest upset came in round 5: Frida Santiago Gonzalez (WCM, 1794) beat David Avila Miguel (2073), a +279-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 11 · 11 roundsJoshua Emiliano Garduno Huerta led from R2 onwards, the runner-up race stayed tight.
Joshua Emiliano Garduno Huerta never relinquished the lead after R2; final gap +1.5 over the runner-up.
Joshua Emiliano Garduno Huerta opens a +1.5-point gap over the chasing pack (closest: IM Benjamin Gongora Montes); the title is out of reach before R11.
Joshua Emiliano Garduno Huerta beat IM Benjamin Gongora Montes (White).
Cross-table
| # | Player | Elo | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Pts | SB | Bh | Δ Elo | Perf |
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| 1 | 🇲🇽Garduno Huerta, Joshua Emiliano | 2040 | * | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 8.5 | 39.50 | 46.5 | +90.0 | 2298 |
| 2 | 🇲🇽IMGongora Montes, Benjamin | 2121 | 0 | * | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7.0 | 29.25 | 48.0 | +7.0 | 2142 |
| 3 | 🇲🇽Machado Cruz, Fidel | 1958 | ½ | 1 | * | ½ | 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5.5 | 27.50 | 49.5 | +24.0 | 2046 |
| 4 | 🇲🇽CMTello Urquiza, Guillermo | 2086 | ½ | ½ | ½ | * | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 5.0 | 24.25 | 50.0 | -23.0 | 1997 |
| 5 | 🇲🇽Avila Miguel, David | 2073 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | * | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 24.00 | 50.0 | -19.4 | 1998 |
| 9 | 🇲🇽Luna Guzman, Jose Luis | 2118 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | * | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4.5 | 19.50 | 50.5 | -41.6 | 1958 |
| 6 | 🇲🇽CMZarate Manjarrez, Alfredo | 1976 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | * | ½ | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4.5 | 19.25 | 50.5 | -1.0 | 1972 |
| 7 | 🇲🇽Quiroz Frias, Alvaro | 1907 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | * | ½ | 1 | 1 | 4.5 | 17.75 | 50.5 | +36.4 | 1979 |
| 8 | 🇲🇽Lopez De Nava Hernandez, Carlos | 2013 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ | * | 1 | 1 | 4.5 | 17.75 | 50.5 | -12.0 | 1968 |
| 10 | 🇲🇽FMGonzalez Salto, Roberto de Jesus | 1969 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | * | 0 | 3.5 | 19.25 | 51.5 | -19.4 | 1899 |
| 11 | 🇲🇽WCMSantiago Gonzalez, Frida | 1794 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | * | 2.5 | 11.00 | 52.5 | +7.2 | 1833 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Garduno Huerta, Joshua EmilianoMEX+90.08.5 pts · #1
- 2Quiroz Frias, AlvaroMEX+36.44.5 pts · #7
- 3Machado Cruz, FidelMEX+24.05.5 pts · #3
- 1Luna Guzman, Jose LuisMEX-41.64.5 pts · #9
- 2Tello Urquiza, GuillermoCMMEX-23.05.0 pts · #4
- 3Gonzalez Salto, Roberto de JesusFMMEX-19.43.5 pts · #10
- R5+279 Elo gap
- R4+211 Elo gap
- R2+175 Elo gap