XXI Strong Chess Sub-2000
10 players participated in this 4-round tournament, held from 25 Jun 2025 to 29 Jun 2025 in Santo Domingo Este, Dominican Republic. 3 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 1929, and top seed was Eddy Gabriel Rodriguez Mejia (🇩🇴 DOM, 1979).
Sergio Andres Pacheco Marte (🇩🇴 DOM, 1942) won with 4.0/4, ahead of Dario Alberto Jimenez Martinez (3.0) and Mauricio Ortega Anglada (2.5). Pacheco Marte won solo starting round 3.
The biggest upset came in round 1: Alejandro Munoz Feliz (CM, 1800) beat Benjamin Henriquez Trinidad (1927), a +127-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 10 · 4 roundsSergio Andres Pacheco Marte led from R3 onwards, the runner-up race stayed tight.
Sergio Andres Pacheco Marte never relinquished the lead after R3; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.
Sergio Andres Pacheco Marte won 4 in a row (R1–R4).
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 | 🇩🇴Pacheco Marte, Sergio Andres | 1942 | * | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 4.0 | 5.00 | 5.0 | +40.6 | 2748 |
| 2 | 🇩🇴Jimenez Martinez, Dario Alberto | 1959 | — | * | ½ | — | — | 1 | ½ | 1 | — | — | 3.0 | 5.25 | 7.5 | +20.0 | 2151 |
| 5 | 🇩🇴Ortega Anglada, Mauricio | 1948 | — | ½ | * | ½ | ½ | — | — | — | 1 | — | 2.5 | 4.50 | 8.5 | +5.2 | 1998 |
| 3 | 🇩🇴CMMunoz Feliz, Alejandro | 1800 | — | — | ½ | * | — | 0 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 2.5 | 2.75 | 6.0 | +50.4 | 2038 |
| 4 | 🇩🇴Diaz Valdez, Eugenio Daniel | 1934 | — | — | ½ | — | * | — | ½ | — | ½ | 1 | 2.5 | 2.50 | 5.0 | +10.4 | 2033 |
| 7 | 🇩🇴CMLara Santos, Angel Sebastian | 1978 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | * | — | — | 1 | — | 2.0 | 3.00 | 10.0 | -14.0 | 1905 |
| 6 | 🇩🇴Rodriguez Mejia, Eddy Gabriel | 1979 | 0 | ½ | — | — | ½ | — | * | — | — | 1 | 2.0 | 2.75 | 9.5 | -4.8 | 1936 |
| 8 | 🇩🇴Henriquez Trinidad, Benjamin | 1927 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — | — | * | — | 1 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 9.5 | -22.8 | 1709 |
| 9 | 🇩🇴Recio Mendez, Alexis Antonio | 1917 | — | — | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | — | — | * | — | 0.5 | 1.25 | 9.5 | -30.4 | 1593 |
| 10 | 🇩🇴CMCanela Vasquez, Miguel William | 1907 | 0 | — | — | — | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | * | 0.0 | 0.00 | 9.5 | -35.6 | 1146 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Munoz Feliz, AlejandroCMDOM+50.42.5 pts · #3
- 2Pacheco Marte, Sergio AndresDOM+40.64.0 pts · #1
- 3Jimenez Martinez, Dario AlbertoDOM+20.03.0 pts · #2
- 1Canela Vasquez, Miguel WilliamCMDOM-35.60.0 pts · #10
- 2Recio Mendez, Alexis AntonioDOM-30.40.5 pts · #9
- 3Henriquez Trinidad, BenjaminDOM-22.81.0 pts · #8
- R1+127 Elo gap
- R4+117 Elo gap