FIDE Clasico Yucatan Septiembre 2025 Grupo B
6 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 23 Sept 2025 to 25 Sept 2025 in YUC, Merida, Mexico. Top 10 Elo average was 1747, and top seed was Jose Manuel Yanez Espinola (🇲🇽 MEX, 1819).
Valeria Garcia Gomez (🇲🇽 MEX, 1770) won with 3.5/5, ahead of Juan Eduardo Arredondo Pech (3.0) and Aleksei Istomin (2.5). Garcia Gomez shared the lead from round 4 and broke clear in the final round.
The biggest upset came in round 1: Sofia Gomez Camara (1695) beat Jose Manuel Yanez Espinola (1819), a +124-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 5 roundsValeria Garcia Gomez led from R5 onwards, the runner-up race stayed tight. Title race converged from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.
Valeria Garcia Gomez takes the sole lead (3.5/5).
Valeria Garcia Gomez lost to Juan Eduardo Arredondo Pech (White).
Juan Eduardo Arredondo Pech won 3 in a row (R3–R5).
Cross-table
| # | Player | Elo | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Pts | SB | Bh | Δ Elo | Perf |
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| 1 | 🇲🇽Garcia Gomez, Valeria | 1770 | * | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 3.5 | 7.25 | 11.5 | +32.4 | 1891 |
| 2 | 🇲🇽Arredondo Pech, Juan Eduardo | 1745 | 1 | * | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3.0 | 8.50 | 12.0 | +21.2 | 1820 |
| 3 | 🇲🇽Istomin, Aleksei | 1761 | 0 | 1 | * | 0 | ½ | 1 | 2.5 | 5.25 | 12.5 | -4.4 | 1744 |
| 4 | 🇲🇽Yanez Espinola, Jose Manuel | 1819 | ½ | 0 | 1 | * | 0 | 1 | 2.5 | 5.25 | 12.5 | -11.6 | 1733 |
| 5 | 🇲🇽Gomez Camara, Sofia | 1695 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | * | 1 | 2.5 | 4.75 | 12.5 | +16.0 | 1757 |
| 6 | 🇲🇽Aviles Uc, Carlos Joshua | 1692 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | * | 1.0 | 3.00 | 14.0 | -42.0 | 1518 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Garcia Gomez, ValeriaMEX+32.43.5 pts · #1
- 2Arredondo Pech, Juan EduardoMEX+21.23.0 pts · #2
- 3Gomez Camara, SofiaMEX+16.02.5 pts · #5
- 1Aviles Uc, Carlos JoshuaMEX-42.01.0 pts · #6
- 2Yanez Espinola, Jose ManuelMEX-11.62.5 pts · #4
- 3Istomin, AlekseiMEX-4.42.5 pts · #3
- R1+124 Elo gap