TERCERA EDICION DEL CAMPEONATO NACIONAL E INTERNACIONAL DE AJEDREZ "AGUASCALIENTES 2025" Expertos

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90 players participated in this 8-round tournament, held from 05 Aug 2025 to 10 Aug 2025 in Aguascalientes, Mexico. 15 titled players from 8 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2151, and top seed was Santiago Zacarias Rodriguez (🇲🇽 MEX, FM, 2199).

Santiago Zacarias Rodriguez (🇲🇽 MEX, FM, 2199) won with 7.0/8, ahead of Rodrigo Montes Cervantes (6.5) and David Avila Miguel (6.5). Zacarias Rodriguez won solo starting round 5.

The biggest upset came in round 7: Cristopher Alejandro Cienfuegos Torres (1544) beat Cesar Serrano Ruiz (1902), a +358-point gap.

Location

🇲🇽Aguascalientes, Mexico

Dates

05 Aug 2025 → 10 Aug 2025

Time control

Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 8 rounds

Top seed

🇲🇽FMSantiago Zacarias Rodriguez2199

Avg top 10

2,151

Participants

Titled players · 15

IM×1

FM×5

CM×7

WIM×2

Federations · 8 represented

🇲🇽Mexico×82

🇨🇴Colombia×2

🇺🇸United States of America×1

🇫🇷France×1

🇳🇮Nicaragua×1

🇭🇺Hungary×1

🇨🇷Costa Rica×1

🇸🇻El Salvador×1

Top 3

🥇
FMSantiago Zacarias Rodriguez
🇲🇽MEX·2199
7.0pts·2405perf+64.0
🥈
Rodrigo Montes Cervantes
🇲🇽MEX·2145
6.5pts·2308perf+31.4
🥉
David Avila Miguel
🇲🇽MEX·2073
6.5pts·2293perf+43.6

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 8 rounds

FM Santiago Zacarias Rodriguez led from R5; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.

Co-leaders

Zacarias Rodriguez7Avila Miguel6.5Montes Cervantes6.5Alfaro6Hernandez Luna6Montiel Sanchez5.5

R5–R8 · LEAD HELD

FM Santiago Zacarias Rodriguez held the sole lead from R5 through R8 without losing it.

R8 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

FM Santiago Zacarias Rodriguez drew with David Avila Miguel (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

FM Santiago Zacarias Rodriguez 5 wins (R1–R5)Rodrigo Montes Cervantes 4 wins (R1–R4)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1FMSantiago Zacarias Rodriguez	*	½	½	1
2David Avila Miguel	½	*	½	—
3Rodrigo Montes Cervantes	½	½	*	—
4FMWilliam Alfaro	0	—	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Zacarias Rodriguez, SantiagoFM	2199	MEX	+16B	+4N	+5B	+8B	+12N	=2N	+6B	=3N	7.0	41.0	46.0	39.50	2405	+64.0
2	Montes Cervantes, Rodrigo	2145	MEX	+30N	+31B	+6N	+13B	=3N	=1B	+15N	=4B	6.5	39.5	44.0	34.25	2308	+31.4
3	Avila Miguel, David	2073	MEX	+69B	=40N	+20B	+14N	=2B	+12B	+17N	=1B	6.5	37.5	40.5	31.75	2293	+43.6
4	Hernandez Luna, Jose AngelCM	2028	MEX	+75N	−1B	+30N	+53B	+7N	=17B	+26B	=2N	6.0	36.5	39.0	26.25	2241	+44.0
5	Alfaro, WilliamFM	2077	NCA	+59N	+23B	−1N	=57B	+52N	+29B	+18N	=7B	6.0	34.0	37.5	26.00	2203	+25.6
6	Vega Garcia, Jorge ArturoFM	2076	MEX	+41B	+54N	−2B	+34N	+16B	+19B	−1N	=10B	5.5	37.5	41.0	24.75	2203	+27.2
7	Garcia Nevarez, Moises Omar	2095	MEX	+66N	+11B	=14B	=18N	−4B	+38N	+39B	=5N	5.5	35.5	38.5	24.50	2114	+4.8
8	Guzman Cruz, Jesus Antonio	2045	MEX	+32N	+72B	+25B	−1N	−26B	+16N	+36B	=12N	5.5	34.5	37.0	23.00	2165	+27.0
9	Tovar Ochoa, Cristopher IanCM	2059	MEX	+55B	=20N	+64B	=40N	=15B	=39N	=25B	+28B	5.5	30.5	33.5	22.25	2135	+33.2
10	Corrales Jimenez, ZeniaWIM	2192	MEX	−53N	=55B	+73N	+66B	+64B	+13N	=14B	=6N	5.5	28.5	31.0	20.50	2054	-21.2
11	Montiel Sanchez, Victor Manuel	1963	MEX	+81B	−7N	=39B	=71N	+63B	=27N	+48B	+25N	5.5	27.5	29.5	18.50	2056	+21.8
12	Kramar, David	2152	HUN	+51B	+38N	+36B	+37N	−1B	−3N	=13B	=8B	5.0	36.0	39.5	20.75	2141	-5.2
13	Morlett Ovalle, Cris Sebastian	1984	MEX	+82N	+35B	+26B	−2N	+25B	−10B	=12N	=21N	5.0	35.0	36.5	19.50	2183	+42.2
14	Trevino Luna, Angel Daniel	1928	MEX	+47B	F	=7N	−3B	+58N	+28B	=10N	+19B	5.0	34.5	34.5	22.50	2267	+62.2
15	Carlos Arriaga, Jesus Roberto	2156	MEX	+78N	=22B	=50N	+33B	=9N	+37B	−2B	=18N	5.0	34.0	36.0	20.00	2111	-9.2
16	Magana Morales, Roberto	1952	MEX	−1N	+75B	+72N	+44B	−6N	−8B	+50N	+35B	5.0	32.0	34.5	16.50	2095	+30.2
17	Molina Mendoza, OmarCM	2105	MEX	=49B	+52N	=48B	+54N	+27B	=4N	−3B	=42N	5.0	31.5	35.0	20.00	2082	-5.2
18	Macias Martinez, Gilberto Xallo	2036	MEX	=65B	+84N	+49B	=7B	+35N	=26N	−5B	=15B	5.0	31.5	33.0	18.00	2101	+29.2
19	Taylor Rodriguez, Juan JoseCM	2159	MEX	+45B	−33N	+51B	+38N	+36B	−6N	+42B	−14N	5.0	31.0	34.5	19.50	2085	-15.0
20	Ramirez Padilla, Miguel Angel	1953	MEX	+73N	=9B	−3N	+59B	−42N	+61B	=35N	+44B	5.0	31.0	33.5	18.25	2061	+20.6
21	Vazquez Espino, UrielCM	2104	MEX	+24N	+43B	−37N	=29B	+40B	−42N	+57N	=13B	5.0	30.5	34.0	21.25	2066	-7.8
22	Mendoza Salazar, Ramon	2006	MEX	+56B	=15N	−27B	−49N	+71B	=51N	+45B	+39N	5.0	28.0	30.5	18.25	2032	+5.2
23	Gonzalez Estrada, Jesus Yo	1958	MEX	+74B	−5N	+63B	−26N	+67B	−48N	+56B	+36N	5.0	27.5	30.0	16.00	2011	+26.0
24	Mateos Lopez, Luis Javier	1914	MEX	−21B	−63N	=77B	=86N	+72B	+71N	+43N	+37B	5.0	23.0	24.0	14.50	1981	+13.6
25	Turincio Garcia, SergioCM	2107	MEX	+89N	+29B	−8N	+31B	−13N	+43B	=9N	−11B	4.5	34.5	35.0	16.25	2034	-15.0
26	Paz Valera, Luis Carlos	2102	MEX	F	+57B	−13N	+23B	+8N	=18B	−4N	+29B	4.5	34.5	34.5	21.00	2103	+1.0
27	Lares Flores, Manuel de JesusFM	2042	MEX	=50N	+80B	+22N	=28B	−17N	=11B	−29N	+57B	4.5	31.5	33.5	17.25	2033	-1.0
28	Blanco Sing, IsraelIM	2116	MEX	+42B	=48N	+33B	=27N	=37B	−14N	+58B	−9N	4.5	31.0	34.5	18.00	2043	-7.4
29	Ramirez Garcia, Alexis	1982	MEX	+63B	−25N	+65B	=21N	+49B	−5N	+27B	−26N	4.5	31.0	34.0	16.50	2046	+29.2
30	Zubia Portillo, Manuel Alejandro	1938	MEX	−2B	+56N	−4B	+65N	=48B	=54N	+38B	=47N	4.5	31.0	34.0	16.00	2044	+23.0
31	Ortez, AndreaWIM	2001	ESA	+39B	−2N	+46B	−25N	+41B	−36N	=64B	+51N	4.5	30.5	33.5	17.00	2022	+4.6
32	Acuna Ramirez, Luis Alberto	1877	MEX	−8B	+47N	−38B	=56N	=60B	+46N	=34B	+54N	4.5	29.0	32.5	17.25	2025	+64.0
33	Cuesta Cifuentes, Jair Alfonso	2016	COL	+71B	+19B	−28N	−15N	=45B	=64N	=51B	+49N	4.5	28.5	31.0	16.25	2045	+6.8
34	Dolores Rodriguez, Cristian Yael	1976	MEX	−72N	+67B	+74N	−6B	=50N	=52B	=32N	+64B	4.5	25.5	28.0	14.25	1903	-24.8
35	Silva Sobreyra, Sid Diego	2084	MEX	+46B	−13N	+45B	+48N	−18B	=40N	=20B	−16N	4.0	32.0	35.5	16.00	1967	-51.2
36	Salazar Hernandez, Emmanuel	2074	MEX	+61N	+53B	−12N	+50B	−19N	+31B	−8N	−23B	4.0	32.0	35.5	15.00	2004	-30.0
37	Reyes Bautista, Alejandro	2043	MEX	+67B	+83N	+21B	−12B	=28N	−15N	=40B	−24N	4.0	31.5	33.0	13.75	2014	-5.6
38	Robledo Flores, Emanuel	2015	MEX	+85N	−12B	+32N	−19B	+53N	−7B	−30N	+59N	4.0	31.5	33.0	13.00	1989	-5.2
39	Terres Balderrama, Luigi Guadalupe	1828	MEX	−31N	+89B	=11N	+78B	+57N	=9B	−7N	−22B	4.0	31.5	32.0	11.50	1995	+69.2
40	Salazar Muro, Jose Antonio	1969	MEX	+79N	=3B	+87N	=9B	−21N	=35B	=37N	−41B	4.0	31.0	32.0	13.00	2004	+8.2
41	Hernandez Tapiz, Rogelio	1889	MEX	−6N	+79B	=58N	=43B	−31N	F	+60B	+40N	4.0	28.5	30.5	13.25	2005	+22.8
42	Avendano Porras, RodrigoCM	1926	CRC	−28N	=82B	+76N	F	+20B	+21B	−19N	=17B	4.0	28.0	29.0	15.25	2023	+19.8
43	Leon Espinoza, Edgar	1978	MEX	+86B	−21N	=71B	=41N	+46B	−25N	−24B	+69N	4.0	28.0	29.0	11.25	1925	-11.2
44	Rascon Vega, Alfonso	2144	MEX	=52B	−49N	+70B	−16N	=55B	+67N	+53B	−20N	4.0	27.0	30.0	13.00	1917	-45.6
45	Jackson, Leo Daniel Olivera	1944	USA	−19N	+85B	−35N	+83B	=33N	=50B	−22N	+63B	4.0	26.5	28.0	10.00	1953	+4.0
46	Flores Ordaz, Jorge De Jesus	1904	MEX	−35N	+68B	−31N	+72B	−43N	−32B	+71N	+76B	4.0	25.0	27.0	10.00	1857	-16.8
47	Martinez, Jorge AlexanderFM	2144	COL	−14N	−32B	=75N	−82B	+84N	+79B	+70N	=30B	4.0	23.0	24.5	10.00	1847	-54.6
48	Sanchez Garcia, Iosif	1997	MEX	+77N	=28B	=17N	−35B	=30N	+23B	−11N	F	3.5	32.0	34.0	14.00	1998	+0.4
49	Garcia Flores, Diego Agustin	1914	MEX	=17N	+44B	−18N	+22B	−29N	−58B	+83N	−33B	3.5	31.5	33.0	13.00	1971	+22.4
50	Cardenas Armenta, Raul Moises	1875	MEX	=27B	+60N	=15B	−36N	=34B	=45N	−16B	=53N	3.5	30.5	34.0	14.25	1964	+34.8
51	Diaz Gonzalez Jardon, Emmanuel	1939	MEX	−12N	+77B	−19N	=62B	+75N	=22B	=33N	−31B	3.5	30.0	32.0	11.00	1935	-2.2
52	Contreras Garza, Luis Eduardo	1934	MEX	=44N	−17B	+82N	+61B	−5B	=34N	=54B	F	3.5	30.0	31.5	11.00	1998	+11.6
53	Chavez Ramirez, Pedro Joaquin	1952	MEX	+10B	−36N	+90B	−4N	−38B	+65N	−44N	=50B	3.5	30.0	30.0	10.25	1943	-2.4
54	Encinas Varela, David	1980	MEX	+68N	−6B	+62N	−17B	=74N	=30B	=52N	−32B	3.5	29.5	32.0	11.75	1846	-27.0
55	Vazquez Gonzalez, Alejandro Daniel	1877	MEX	−9N	=10N	+60B	−58B	=44N	=68B	=66N	=61B	3.5	28.5	31.5	13.00	1946	+12.0
56	Perez Montoya, Oscar Giovanni	1832	MEX	−22N	−30B	+89N	=32B	=66N	+78B	−23N	=60N	3.5	27.5	28.0	8.00	1896	+25.6
57	Martinez Contreras, David	1974	MEX	+88B	−26N	+83B	=5N	−39B	+80N	−21B	−27N	3.5	27.5	28.0	7.00	1907	-14.8
58	Abarca Guzman, Efren	1989	MEX	=62B	=65N	=41B	+55N	−14B	+49N	−28N	F	3.5	27.0	29.5	12.25	1916	-13.8
59	Sainz Aguirre, Ignacio	1903	MEX	−5B	=88N	+86B	−20N	=62N	=83B	+68N	−38B	3.5	24.0	24.5	6.75	1826	-17.2
60	Velazquez Rios, Christian Jonathan	1961	MEX	=76N	−50B	−55N	+84B	=32N	+74B	−41N	=56B	3.5	23.5	25.0	9.00	1735	-44.8
61	Robles Carrillo, Osvaldo Rafael	1885	MEX	−36B	=81N	+88B	−52N	+76B	−20N	=63B	=55N	3.5	23.0	23.5	6.75	1772	-45.2
62	Santiago Chavez, Habid Pablo de Jesus	1823	MEX	=58N	F	−54B	=51N	=59B	F	+78N	+66B	3.5	23.0	23.0	10.25	2001	+29.6
63	Sanchez Garcia, Oscar Ernesto	1812	MEX	−29N	+24B	−23N	+70B	−11N	=66B	=61N	−45N	3.0	30.5	33.5	11.25	1842	+5.4
64	Cruz De La Rosa, Marco A	1943	MEX	F	+76B	−9N	+80B	−10N	=33B	=31N	−34N	3.0	28.5	28.5	8.50	1908	-10.8
65	Rolandi Rodriguez, Dario	1867	MEX	=18N	=58B	−29N	−30B	+90N	−53B	=73N	=68B	3.0	26.5	26.5	7.00	1808	-23.2
66	Perez Juarez, Saul Alejandro	1906	MEX	−7B	=86N	+84B	−10N	=56B	=63N	=55B	−62N	3.0	26.0	27.0	7.00	1805	-48.4
67	Herrera Murillo, Baldemar	1876	MEX	−37N	−34N	+79B	+73B	−23N	−44B	=85N	=77B	3.0	24.0	25.5	6.25	1770	-41.2
68	Esquivel San Agustin, Fatima	1776	MEX	−54B	−46N	−69B	+85N	+73B	=55N	−59B	=65N	3.0	23.0	24.5	7.25	1736	-8.0
69	Magana Morales, David	1884	MEX	−3N	−73B	+68N	−74B	=79N	+77B	=76N	−43B	3.0	22.5	24.5	7.00	1731	-26.8
70	Mateos Bernabe, Luis Javier	1880	MEX	−87B	F	−44N	−63N	+88B	+82N	−47B	+83N	3.0	15.5	15.5	3.50	1883	-1.8
71	Hernandez Santos, Hugo Israel	1843	MEX	−33N	+78B	=43N	=11B	−22N	−24B	−46B	=84N	2.5	30.0	31.5	7.50	1794	-10.4
72	Diaz Meda, Ian Ricardo	1727	MEX	+34B	−8N	−16B	−46N	−24N	+90B	−77N	=79B	2.5	28.0	28.0	5.50	1736	0.0
73	Estrada, Ricardo	0	FRA	−20B	+69N	−10B	−67N	−68N	F	=65B	+75N	2.5	25.0	26.0	7.00	1811	0.0
74	Cienfuegos Torres, Cristopher Alejandro	1544	MEX	−23N	F	−34B	+69N	=54B	−60N	+80B	F	2.5	25.0	25.0	6.75	1869	+78.4
75	Benitez Diaz, Francisco Javier	1845	MEX	−4B	−16N	=47B	+88N	−51B	F	+84N	−73B	2.5	24.5	25.0	4.00	1865	+1.4
76	Munoz Padilla, Andres	1560	MEX	=60B	−64N	−42B	+77N	−61N	F	=69B	−46N	2.0	23.5	25.5	5.25	1746	+46.8
77	Chavez Ramirez, Job	1824	MEX	−48B	−51N	=24N	−76B	F	−69N	+72B	=67N	2.0	22.5	23.0	6.50	1684	-25.4
78	Lopez De Nava Hernandez, Carlos	1947	MEX	−15B	−71N	+85B	−39N	F	−56N	−62B	+81N	2.0	22.0	23.0	3.50	1687	-48.0
79	Ortiz Barranon, Fernando	1712	MEX	−40B	−41N	−67N	F	=69B	−47N	+82B	=72N	2.0	22.0	22.0	4.25	1738	+1.6
80	Serrano Ruiz, Cesar	1902	MEX	F	−27N	+81B	−64N	+82B	−57B	−74N	F	2.0	18.5	18.5	3.50	1694	-30.6
81	Imamura Gonzalez, Ivan Yutaki	1595	MEX	−11N	=61B	−80N	=89B	−83N	−85B	+90N	−78B	2.0	16.5	16.5	2.00	1679	+23.6
82	Vazquez Pineda, Jorge Hector	1819	MEX	−13B	=42N	−52B	+47N	−80N	−70B	−79N	F	1.5	23.5	24.0	6.00	1696	-41.2
83	Angeles Dorantes, Leon Felipe	1831	MEX	F	−37B	−57N	−45N	+81B	=59N	−49B	−70B	1.5	23.5	23.5	3.75	1663	-28.0
84	Camarillo Perez, Hector Daniel	1750	MEX	F	−18B	−66N	−60N	−47B	+88N	−75B	=71B	1.5	21.0	21.0	1.75	1691	-11.0
85	Gomez Camara, Sofia	1840	MEX	−38B	−45N	−78N	−68B	F	+81N	=67B	F	1.5	20.0	20.0	3.50	1666	-52.8
86	Mateos Lopez, Jennifer Kas	1759	MEX	−43N	=66B	−59N	=24B	F	F	F	F	1.0	20.0	20.0	4.00	1733	-2.4
87	Villarreal Hurtado, Christian Daniel	2072	MEX	+70N	F	−40B	F	F	F	F	F	1.0	11.0	11.0	3.00	1925	-15.6
88	Rivera Villa, Daniel Alexander	1718	MEX	−57N	=59B	−61N	−75B	−70N	−84B	F	F	0.5	19.0	19.0	1.75	1472	-51.2
89	Ortiz Hernandez, Ricardo Paul	1915	MEX	−25B	−39N	−56B	=81N	F	F	F	F	0.5	16.0	16.0	1.00	1519	-37.0
90	Chia Perez, Adrian Alejandro	1694	MEX	F	F	−53N	F	−65B	−72N	−81B	F	0.0	11.0	11.0	0.00	986	-31.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Cienfuegos Torres, Cristopher AlejandroMEX
+78.4
2.5 pts · #71
2Terres Balderrama, Luigi GuadalupeMEX
+69.2
4.0 pts · #41
3Zacarias Rodriguez, SantiagoFMMEX
+64.0
7.0 pts · #1

Top rating losers

1Martinez, Jorge AlexanderFMCOL
-54.6
4.0 pts · #36
2Gomez Camara, SofiaMEX
-52.8
1.5 pts · #82
3Rivera Villa, Daniel AlexanderMEX
-51.2
0.5 pts · #89

Biggest upsets

R7+358 Elo gap
Cienfuegos Torres, Cristopher Alejandro1544 beat Serrano Ruiz, Cesar1902
R4+340 Elo gap
Cienfuegos Torres, Cristopher Alejandro1544 beat Magana Morales, David1884
R4+325 Elo gap
Vazquez Pineda, Jorge Hector1819 beat FMMartinez, Jorge Alexander2144