FIDE Clasico Yucatan Septiembre 2025 Grupo A
6 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 23 Sept 2025 to 25 Sept 2025 in YUC, Merida, Mexico. 2 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 1993, and top seed was Wilberth Sebastian Lopez Fuentes (🇲🇽 MEX, CM, 2067).
Levi Kalani Alexander Fogo Esquivel (🇲🇽 MEX, FM, 2016) won with 4.0/5, ahead of Samuel Santiago Colli Lopez (4.0) and Andre Fernando Orta Ruz (3.5). Fogo Esquivel shared the lead from round 4, winning on tie-break.
The biggest upset came in round 2: Daniel Zinedine Leal Escamilla (1943) beat Wilberth Sebastian Lopez Fuentes (CM, 2067), a +124-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 5 roundsSamuel Santiago Colli Lopez led from R3 onwards, the runner-up race stayed tight. Title race narrowed from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.
Samuel Santiago Colli Lopez takes the sole lead (2.5/3).
Samuel Santiago Colli Lopez drew with FM Levi Kalani Alexander Fogo Esquivel (White).
Samuel Santiago Colli Lopez went unbeaten across 5 games (R1–R5).
Cross-table
| # | Player | Elo | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Pts | SB | Bh | Δ Elo | Perf |
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| 2 | 🇲🇽FMFogo Esquivel, Levi Kalani Alexander | 2016 | * | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 4.0 | 8.00 | 11.0 | +52.4 | 2228 |
| 1 | 🇲🇽Colli Lopez, Samuel Santiago | 1948 | ½ | * | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4.0 | 7.25 | 11.0 | +37.2 | 2242 |
| 3 | 🇲🇽Orta Ruz, Andre Fernando | 2038 | 0 | ½ | * | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3.5 | 5.50 | 11.5 | +25.2 | 2133 |
| 4 | 🇲🇽Leal Escamilla, Daniel Zinedine | 1943 | ½ | 0 | 0 | * | ½ | 1 | 2.0 | 3.00 | 13.0 | -4.0 | 1930 |
| 5 | 🇲🇽Salazar Reyes, Diego | 1943 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | * | ½ | 1.0 | 1.25 | 14.0 | -41.4 | 1763 |
| 6 | 🇲🇽CMLopez Fuentes, Wilberth Sebastian | 2067 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | * | 0.5 | 0.50 | 14.5 | -104.4 | 1612 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Fogo Esquivel, Levi Kalani AlexanderFMMEX+52.44.0 pts · #2
- 2Colli Lopez, Samuel SantiagoMEX+37.24.0 pts · #1
- 3Orta Ruz, Andre FernandoMEX+25.23.5 pts · #3
- 1Lopez Fuentes, Wilberth SebastianCMMEX-104.40.5 pts · #6
- 2Salazar Reyes, DiegoMEX-41.41.0 pts · #5
- 3Leal Escamilla, Daniel ZinedineMEX-4.02.0 pts · #4
- R2+124 Elo gap
- R3+119 Elo gap