1st 2025 MCC FIDE Rated Invitational Standard Chess Tournament

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65 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 11 Oct 2025 to 12 Oct 2025 in Starmall Edsa Shaw, Mandaluyong City, Philippines. 2 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1736, and top seed was Ernie Faeldonia (🇵🇭 PHI, 1789).

Ervil Villa (🇵🇭 PHI, 1737) won with 6.5/7, ahead of Romnick Pillos (5.5) and Jaime Criste (5.5). Villa shared the lead from round 5 and won solo starting round 6.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Zacharee Raine Lipa (1409) beat Rommel Lucion (1750), a +341-point gap.

Location

🇵🇭Starmall Edsa Shaw, Mandaluyong City, Philippines

Dates

11 Oct 2025 → 12 Oct 2025

Time control

Standard: 30 minutes for game with 30 seconds increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 7 rounds

Top seed

🇵🇭Ernie Faeldonia1789

Avg top 10

1,736

Participants

Federations · 2 represented

🇵🇭Philippines×52

FIDE (no federation)×3

Top 3

🥇
Ervil Villa
🇵🇭PHI·1737
6.5pts·2043perf+68.8
🥈
Romnick Pillos
FID·1699
5.5pts·1838perf+21.8
🥉
Jaime Criste
🇵🇭PHI·1775
5.5pts·1849perf+11.8

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

Ervil Villa led from R6; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders

Villa6.5Criste5.5Faeldonia5.5Pillos5.5Obogne5Dasig5

R6 · LEADER CHANGE12 Oct

Ervil Villa takes the sole lead (5.5/6).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

Ervil Villa 4 wins (R4–R7)Jaime Criste 3 wins (R1–R3)Ernie Faeldonia 3 wins (R5–R7)

R4 · LATE SURGE

Ernie Faeldonia was #15 at R4, climbed to #3 over the final stretch.

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Ervil Villa	*	—	—	1
2Jaime Criste	—	*	—	—
3Ernie Faeldonia	—	—	*	—
4Romnick Pillos	0	—	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Villa, Ervil	1737	PHI	+58N	+20B	=11N	+30B	+2N	+8B	+9B	6.5	26.5	28.0	25.75	2043	+68.8
2	Pillos, Romnick	1699	FID	+60B	+19N	+32B	+28N	−1B	+5N	=10B	5.5	27.5	29.0	20.25	1838	+21.8
3	Criste, Jaime	1775	PHI	+49B	+25N	+29B	=8N	−9B	+15N	+12B	5.5	25.5	28.0	21.25	1849	+11.8
4	Faeldonia, Ernie	1789	PHI	+45N	+47B	−28N	=20B	+38N	+7B	+13N	5.5	23.0	25.5	20.00	1823	+5.4
5	Dasig, Jonathan	1689	PHI	+36N	+41B	=30N	=6B	+22N	−2B	+8N	5.0	26.0	29.0	19.25	1718	+8.4
6	Obogne, Joel	1708	PHI	+65B	+33N	=9B	=5N	+29B	−10N	+27B	5.0	25.0	25.0	15.75	1733	+7.2
7	Florentino, Marcus Gavrie	1686	PHI	+43B	−32N	+46B	+45N	+21B	−4N	+23B	5.0	22.5	25.0	16.00	1634	-10.4
8	Palermo, Ferdinand	1653	PHI	+16N	+24B	+56N	=3B	+12B	−1N	−5B	4.5	30.0	31.5	17.25	1684	+4.6
9	Abundo, Don Lester	1633	PHI	F	+38B	=6N	+11B	+3N	+17B	−1N	4.5	29.5	29.5	20.50	1865	+60.4
10	Tablan, Austin Jay	1739	PHI	F	=15B	=31N	+41B	+16N	+6B	=2N	4.5	27.0	30.0	19.25	1775	+10.0
11	Aninao, Geoff Riam	1634	PHI	+37B	+46N	=1B	−9N	=14B	+45N	=21B	4.5	25.5	28.0	16.00	1631	-0.4
12	Bronoso, Marvin	1701	PHI	+57N	=31B	+34N	+15B	−8N	+30B	−3N	4.5	25.0	26.5	14.75	1666	-8.4
13	Ellis, Arnel	1734	PHI	−18B	+14N	=60B	+49N	+20B	+35N	−4B	4.5	24.5	26.0	15.25	1789	+6.4
14	Ballao, Marcus Dalton	1530	PHI	=35N	−13B	+52N	+34B	=11N	+28B	=17N	4.5	24.0	26.5	15.75	1702	+46.0
15	Nitafan, Steve	1607	PHI	+62B	=10N	+26B	−12N	+56N	−3B	+36N	4.5	23.5	24.5	12.25	1629	+3.6
16	Caraig, Leo Aldrin	0	PHI	−8B	+44N	+25B	+50N	−10B	=29N	+33B	4.5	23.0	25.5	14.75	1664	0.0
17	Fortunado, Jay	1726	PHI	F	+63N	+18B	+33N	+28B	−9N	=14B	4.5	23.0	23.0	13.75	1697	-3.2
18	Alipoon, Kentrry Ryan	0	PHI	+13N	−28B	−17N	+59B	+?B	=21N	+29B	4.5	21.5	21.5	11.50	1704	0.0
19	Rivera, Jared Zach	1557	PHI	+54N	−2B	−22N	+42B	=46B	+48N	+32B	4.5	21.0	23.0	12.25	1601	+4.4
20	Dimatangihan Anica Shey	1598	PHI	+23B	−1N	+37B	=4N	−13N	+38B	=22N	4.0	28.0	31.5	15.75	1480	-15.2
21	Lucion, Rommel	1750	PHI	−34N	+35B	+58N	+31B	−7N	=18B	=11N	4.0	24.5	26.0	13.00	1490	-27.2
22	Mendoza, Zacheous Vinsenth	0	PHI	−47N	+27B	+19B	+?N	−5B	=33N	=20B	4.0	23.5	23.5	12.25	1609	0.0
23	Perez, Lucas Sebastian	0	PHI	−20N	+57B	−41N	+51B	+24N	+31B	−7N	4.0	22.0	23.5	11.50	1512	0.0
24	Tan, Danny	1517	PHI	+53B	−8N	+39B	−29N	−23B	+42N	+50B	4.0	21.0	23.5	11.50	1515	0.0
25	Ocampo, Robi	1615	PHI	+59N	−3B	−16N	−38B	+55N	+54B	+41N	4.0	20.5	22.0	8.50	1657	+4.4
26	Ochave, Jan Renzo	1650	PHI	+42N	=34B	−15N	=56B	−45B	+43N	+35B	4.0	20.0	21.5	12.00	1231	-62.8
27	Porlaje, Ramer	0	FID	F	−22N	+62B	+61N	+50B	+41B	−6N	4.0	20.0	21.0	7.50	1642	0.0
28	Cervantes, Kurt Brayden	1648	PHI	+63B	+18N	+4B	−2B	−17N	−14N	=39B	3.5	28.0	28.0	11.75	1493	-31.6
29	Arasain, Al Michael	1647	PHI	+61N	+51B	−3N	+24B	−6N	=16B	−18N	3.5	26.0	27.0	9.75	1542	-17.2
30	Condes, Kale Darren	1630	PHI	F	+48N	=5B	−1N	+32B	−12N	+46B	3.5	24.5	24.5	11.00	1570	-13.6
31	Camonias, Kyler Marin	1579	PHI	+39B	=12N	=10B	−21N	+43B	−23N	=45B	3.5	23.5	26.0	12.25	1584	-0.4
32	Pablo, John Raine	1502	PHI	+52N	+7B	−2N	=47B	−30N	+56B	−19N	3.5	23.5	25.0	10.25	1489	-4.0
33	Serdan, Lance Anthony	1590	PHI	+55N	−6B	+42N	−17B	+54N	=22B	−16N	3.5	23.0	25.0	9.00	917	-26.4
34	Lipa, Zacharee Raine	1409	PHI	+21B	=26N	−12B	−14N	−37B	+57N	+52N	3.5	23.0	24.5	10.00	1571	+27.6
35	Tolentino, Queen Sheylee	0	PHI	=14B	−21N	+48B	+60N	+47N	−13B	−26N	3.5	22.0	23.5	8.75	1508	0.0
36	Buenaventura, Axel	0	PHI	−5B	−39N	+53B	=48N	+49B	+37N	−15B	3.5	21.5	24.0	9.75	1463	0.0
37	Lansangan, Brenth Louie	0	PHI	−11N	+40B	−20N	=58B	+34N	−36B	+47N	3.5	21.5	23.0	10.25	1572	0.0
38	Paullo, Tristan Mattiev	0	PHI	+?B	−9N	=49B	+25N	−4B	−20N	+?B	3.5	20.5	20.5	5.25	1562	0.0
39	Ricafort, Lance William	0	PHI	−31N	+36B	−24N	+57B	−41N	+?B	=28N	3.5	19.0	19.0	6.75	1427	0.0
40	Orivida, Alexavier Javin	1500	FID	−48B	−37N	+64B	−46N	+61B	=50N	+59N	3.5	13.5	13.5	3.75	1620	+6.4
41	Modesto, David Francis	1539	PHI	+44B	−5N	+23B	−10N	+39B	−27N	−25B	3.0	25.0	28.0	10.50	881	-37.6
42	De Leon, Yushua Zakiy Ismail	0	PHI	−26B	+53N	−33B	−19N	+44N	−24B	+54N	3.0	21.5	23.5	7.50	778	0.0
43	FIDE 521073651	0	—	−7N	+54B	−47N	+55B	−31N	−26B	+56N	3.0	19.0	20.5	5.50	834	0.0
44	Tablan, Clarabel	0	PHI	−41N	−16B	−57N	+63N	−42B	+65B	+55N	3.0	14.0	14.0	2.00	739	0.0
45	Balibalos, Tito Lorenzo Sean	1496	PHI	−4B	F	+59N	−7B	+26N	−11B	=31N	2.5	24.0	24.0	7.25	1518	+4.0
46	Danao, Mark Anthony	0	PHI	F	−11B	−7N	+40B	=19N	+47B	−30N	2.5	23.5	23.5	8.25	1547	0.0
47	Mapula, Sudarshan	1620	PHI	+22B	−4N	+43B	=32N	−35B	−46N	−37B	2.5	23.0	25.5	8.75	1453	-17.6
48	Villavicencio, Zachary	0	PHI	+40N	−30B	−35N	=36B	+58N	−19B	−51N	2.5	21.0	22.5	6.75	1437	0.0
49	Bragais, Magnus Hendrix	1469	PHI	−3N	+64B	=38N	−13B	−36N	−52B	+57N	2.5	21.0	21.0	3.25	955	-12.8
50	Belen, James Matthew	1620	PHI	+64N	−56B	+51N	−16B	−27N	=40B	−24N	2.5	20.0	20.0	4.25	1316	-32.0
51	Andalio, Chrisjon	0	PHI	F	−29N	−50B	−23N	=59B	+53N	+48B	2.5	19.5	21.0	5.75	834	0.0
52	Victoria, Ethan Matthew	0	PHI	−32B	=?N	−14B	−54B	+63N	+49N	−34B	2.5	16.0	16.0	2.50	1285	0.0
53	FIDE 115096468	0	—	−24N	−42B	−36N	+64N	=57B	−51B	+58N	2.5	16.0	16.0	2.25	717	0.0
54	Sister, Rene	0	PHI	−19B	−43N	+63B	+52N	−33B	−25N	−42B	2.0	20.5	20.5	2.50	787	0.0
55	FIDE 521070040	0	—	−33B	−60N	+65B	−43N	−25B	+61N	−44B	2.0	16.0	16.0	1.00	802	0.0
56	Villavicencio, Zamiel	0	PHI	F	+50N	−8B	=26N	−15B	−32N	−43B	1.5	22.0	22.0	4.50	1457	0.0
57	FIDE 521047103	0	—	−12B	−23N	+44B	−39N	=53N	−34B	−49B	1.5	21.0	23.5	4.25	726	0.0
58	Acebu, Jayian Calvert	0	PHI	−1B	+62N	−21B	=37N	−48B	−?N	−53B	1.5	20.0	20.0	2.75	944	0.0
59	FIDE 521073708	0	—	−25B	+65N	−45B	−18N	=51N	F	−40B	1.5	17.0	17.0	1.25	737	0.0
60	Argamosa, Pablito	0	PHI	−2N	+55B	=13N	−35B	F	F	F	1.5	15.5	15.5	4.25	1524	0.0
61	FIDE 521073686	0	—	−29B	F	−?N	−27B	−40N	−55B	+63B	1.0	13.0	13.0	0.00	782	0.0
62	FIDE 521070024	0	—	−15N	−58B	−27N	+65N	F	F	F	1.0	10.0	10.0	0.00	807	0.0
63	FIDE 521073678	0	—	−28N	−17B	−54N	−44B	−52B	F	−61N	0.0	16.5	16.5	0.00	887	0.0
64	FIDE 521073694	0	—	−50B	−49N	−40N	−53B	F	F	F	0.0	12.5	12.5	0.00	730	0.0
65	FIDE 521070857	0	—	−6N	−59B	−55N	−62B	−?B	−44N	F	0.0	12.5	12.5	0.00	908	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Villa, ErvilPHI
+68.8
6.5 pts · #2
2Abundo, Don LesterPHI
+60.4
4.5 pts · #6
3Ballao, Marcus DaltonPHI
+46.0
4.5 pts · #11

Top rating losers

1Ochave, Jan RenzoPHI
-62.8
4.0 pts · #43
2Modesto, David FrancisPHI
-37.6
3.0 pts · #57
3Belen, James MatthewPHI
-32.0
2.5 pts · #47

Biggest upsets

R1+341 Elo gap
Lipa, Zacharee Raine1409 beat Lucion, Rommel1750
R2+184 Elo gap
Pablo, John Raine1502 beat Florentino, Marcus Gavrie1686
R5+154 Elo gap
Balibalos, Tito Lorenzo Sean1496 beat Ochave, Jan Renzo1650