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91st Southwest Open - U2200

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10 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 29 Aug 2025 to 01 Sept 2025 in McAllen, TX, United States. 3 titled players from 4 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1696, and top seed was David Del Valle Uribe (🇲🇽 MEX, 1977).

Rachel Palmero Martinez (🇨🇺 CUB, WFM, 1903) won with 6.0/7, ahead of Advik Manchanda (4.5) and Sunny Zhang (4.0). Palmero Martinez won solo starting round 2.

The biggest upset came in round 4: Yangyang Shen (1824) beat David Del Valle Uribe (1977), a +153-point gap.

Location
🇺🇸McAllen, TX, United States
Dates
29 Aug 2025 → 01 Sept 2025
Time control
Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 7 rounds
Top seed
🇲🇽David Del Valle Uribe1977
Avg top 10
1,696
Participants
10
Titled players · 3
CM×1
WFM×2
Federations · 4 represented
🇺🇸United States of America×7
🇨🇴Colombia×1
🇨🇺Cuba×1
🇲🇽Mexico×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

WFM Rachel Palmero Martinez led from R2; +1.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
3
1
1
1
1
1
1
23.55.57R1R2R3R4R5R6R7
Palmero Martinez6Manchanda4.5Zhang4Kandikayala3Hernandez Bermudez3Shen2.5
R2–R7 · LEAD HELD

WFM Rachel Palmero Martinez never relinquished the lead after R2; final gap +1.5 over the runner-up.

R2 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

WFM Rachel Palmero Martinez beat CM Advik Manchanda (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

WFM Rachel Palmero Martinez 3 wins (R4–R6)CM Advik Manchanda 3 wins (R3–R5)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1WFMRachel Palmero Martinez*
1
½
1
2CMAdvik Manchanda
0
*
1
1
3Sunny Zhang
½
0
*
1
4Srikar Kandikayala
0
0
0
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Palmero Martinez, RachelWFM1903CUB+5B+2N=3B+4N+6B+7N=9N6.019.019.517.252289+47.4
2Manchanda, AdvikCM1917USA+8N−1B+6N+3B+4B−5N=7B4.520.522.512.502000+32.4
3Zhang, Sunny1827USAF+4B=1N−2N+8B=6N+5B4.021.021.012.252040+68.8
4Kandikayala, Srikar1928USA+7B−3N+5B−1B−2N+8NF3.021.521.57.001909-5.6
5Hernandez Bermudez, ManuelaWFM1941COL−1N−6B−4N+9N+10B+2B−3N3.020.521.05.501734-33.2
6Shen, Yangyang1824USAF+5N−2B+8B−1N=3BF2.519.519.57.001913+24.0
7Reza, Maverick1889USA−4N−8BF=10N+9B−1B=2N2.016.516.53.001656-58.0
8Del Valle Uribe, David1977MEX−2B+7N+9B−6N−3N−4BF2.016.516.52.501637-86.8
9Molina, Joseph0USAFF−8N−5B−7NF=1B0.513.013.03.0016060.0
10Huerta, Jonathan1755USAFFF=7B−5NFF0.55.05.01.001723-3.2

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets