Mercenarios 391
8 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 21 Jun 2025 to 27 Sept 2025 in CDM, Benito Juarez, Mexico. Top 10 Elo average was 1533, and top seed was Manuel Hidalgo Rios (🇲🇽 MEX, 1940).
Manuel Ed Villanueva Garciacano (🇲🇽 MEX, 1849) won with 7.0/7, ahead of Manuel Hidalgo Rios (4.5) and Jose Santiago Gonzalez Garcia (4.0). Villanueva Garciacano won solo starting round 2.
The biggest upset came in round 3: Santi Villavicencio De La Sierra (1706) beat Manuel Hidalgo Rios (1940), a +234-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 8 · 7 roundsManuel Ed Villanueva Garciacano led from R2 onwards, the title was decided early.
Manuel Ed Villanueva Garciacano never relinquished the lead after R2; final gap +2.5 over the runner-up.
Manuel Ed Villanueva Garciacano opens a +2.0-point gap over the chasing pack (closest: Jose Santiago Gonzalez Garcia); the title is out of reach before R7.
Manuel Ed Villanueva Garciacano beat Manuel Hidalgo Rios (Black).
Cross-table
| # | Player | Elo | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Pts | SB | Bh | Δ Elo | Perf |
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| 1 | 🇲🇽Villanueva Garciacano, Manuel Ed | 1849 | * | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7.0 | 21.00 | 21.0 | +39.4 | 2568 |
| 2 | 🇲🇽Hidalgo Rios, Manuel | 1940 | 0 | * | 1 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4.5 | 11.00 | 23.5 | -23.2 | 1749 |
| 4 | 🇲🇽Gonzalez Garcia, Jose Santiago | 1700 | 0 | 0 | * | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 4.0 | 9.25 | 24.0 | +2.6 | 1725 |
| 5 | 🇲🇽Maldonado Salazar, Alejandro | 1880 | 0 | ½ | ½ | * | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4.0 | 9.25 | 24.0 | -25.2 | 1689 |
| 3 | 🇲🇽Villavicencio De La Sierra, Santi | 1706 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | * | ½ | 0 | 1 | 3.5 | 10.25 | 24.5 | +22.8 | 1796 |
| 6 | 🇲🇽Villagomez Cabral, Manuel | 1612 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | * | 1 | ½ | 2.5 | 6.00 | 25.5 | -5.0 | 1575 |
| 7 | 🇲🇽Moguel Hernandez, Diego | 1573 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | * | 1 | 2.0 | 4.00 | 26.0 | -20.4 | 1508 |
| 8 | 🇲🇽Merino Amezcua, Rodolfo Alb | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | * | 0.5 | 1.25 | 27.5 | 0.0 | 1380 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Villanueva Garciacano, Manuel EdMEX+39.47.0 pts · #1
- 2Villavicencio De La Sierra, SantiMEX+22.83.5 pts · #3
- 3Gonzalez Garcia, Jose SantiagoMEX+2.64.0 pts · #4
- 1Maldonado Salazar, AlejandroMEX-25.24.0 pts · #5
- 2Hidalgo Rios, ManuelMEX-23.24.5 pts · #2
- 3Moguel Hernandez, DiegoMEX-20.42.0 pts · #7
- R3+234 Elo gap
- R4+174 Elo gap
- R1+133 Elo gap