I Campeonato Nacional e Internacional de Ajedrez Monterrey 2025 - Primera

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57 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 14 Oct 2025 to 19 Oct 2025 in N L, Monterrey, Mexico. 28 titled players from 6 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2494, and top seed was Jorge Cori (🇵🇪 PER, GM, 2594).

Jorge Cori (🇵🇪 PER, GM, 2594) won with 7.0/9, ahead of Pablo Salinas Herrera (7.0) and Jose Gabriel Cardoso Cardoso (6.5). Cori won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 3: Galileo Jimenez Gonzalez (1818) beat Luis Fernando Agama Hernandez (CM, 2106), a +288-point gap.

Location

🇲🇽N L, Monterrey, Mexico

Dates

14 Oct 2025 → 19 Oct 2025

Time control

Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 9 rounds

Top seed

🇵🇪GMJorge Cori2594

Avg top 10

2,494

Participants

Titled players · 28

GM×10

IM×4

FM×6

CM×5

WIM×2

WFM×1

Federations · 6 represented

🇲🇽Mexico×47

🇨🇺Cuba×4

🇨🇴Colombia×2

🇵🇱Poland×2

🇨🇱Chile×1

🇵🇪Peru×1

Top 3

🥇
GMJorge Cori
🇵🇪PER·2594
7.0pts·2645perf+6.3
🥈
GMPablo Salinas Herrera
🇨🇱CHI·2451
7.0pts·2631perf+22.0
🥉
GMJose Gabriel Cardoso Cardoso
🇨🇴COL·2518
6.5pts·2585perf+9.4

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

Tight race until R5; 2 players tied at 7.0/9, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.

Co-leaders

Salinas Herrera7Cori7Cardoso Cardoso6.5Obregon Rivero6.5Galaviz Medina6.5Fus6.5

R8 · LEADER CHANGE18 Oct

GM Jose Gabriel Cardoso Cardoso takes the sole lead (6.5/8).

R9 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 7.0/9. Cori takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (48.5).

R4 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

GM Pablo Salinas Herrera drew with GM Jorge Cori (Black).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1GMPablo Salinas Herrera	*	½	0	—
2GMJorge Cori	½	*	1	—
3GMJose Gabriel Cardoso Cardoso	1	0	*	—
4GMJuan Carlos Obregon Rivero	—	—	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Cori, JorgeGM	2594	PER	+40B	+13N	=16B	=2B	=5N	+11N	+7B	=4N	+3B	7.0	48.5	52.0	39.50	2645	+6.3
2	Salinas Herrera, PabloGM	2451	CHI	+44B	+22N	+7B	=1N	+4B	=16N	+8B	−3N	+10B	7.0	47.0	50.0	37.50	2631	+22.0
3	Cardoso Cardoso, Jose GabrielGM	2518	COL	+26B	+9N	+11B	=4N	=7B	=10N	+16B	+2B	−1N	6.5	48.5	52.5	36.50	2585	+9.4
4	Galaviz Medina, Sion RadamantysGM	2515	MEX	+28N	+19B	+53N	=3B	−2N	+9B	+12N	=1B	=6N	6.5	47.5	48.5	31.50	2509	+2.5
5	Fus, JakubIM	2430	POL	+31B	+29N	=6B	=8N	=1B	−7N	+22B	+16N	+14B	6.5	44.5	48.5	32.75	2486	+10.1
6	Obregon Rivero, Juan CarlosGM	2462	MEX	+25B	=43N	=5N	+20B	=11B	=13N	+10B	+17N	=4B	6.5	43.5	46.5	33.00	2464	+2.5
7	Quesada Perez, Luis ErnestoGM	2555	MEX	+21N	+12B	−2N	+19B	=3N	+5B	−1N	=18B	+17B	6.0	47.5	52.5	32.75	2493	-4.2
8	Miranda Mesa, ElierGM	2482	CUB	+32N	=17B	+23N	=5B	=12N	+15B	−2N	+35B	=9N	6.0	44.0	47.5	29.00	2401	-7.1
9	Zacarias Rodriguez, SantiagoFM	2275	MEX	+24N	−3B	+32N	+46B	+41B	−4N	+27B	=14N	=8B	6.0	40.0	42.5	23.75	2295	+18.6
10	Hernandez Guerrero, GilbertoGM	2401	MEX	+36N	−53B	+30N	+43B	+14N	=3B	−6N	+12B	−2N	5.5	41.5	42.5	24.75	2345	-3.7
11	Diaz Rosas, Julio CesarIM	2384	MEX	+34N	+41B	−3N	+53B	=6N	−1B	=15N	+25B	=18N	5.5	41.5	42.5	20.50	2368	+1.2
12	Rodriguez Hernandez, Luis DanielIM	2389	CUB	+39B	−7N	+29B	+35N	=8B	+18N	−4B	−10N	+27B	5.5	40.5	44.0	23.00	2379	+2.3
13	Figueredo Losada, LeonelIM	2303	MEX	+46N	−1B	=21N	+25B	+19N	=6B	−17N	=23B	+42N	5.5	40.0	42.5	22.50	2254	-3.8
14	Perez Avendano, Paul OmarFM	2142	MEX	+54N	−16B	+49N	+23B	−10B	+31N	+35B	=9B	−5N	5.5	37.0	38.0	18.00	2241	+25.8
15	Benitez Lozano, JavierFM	2297	MEX	=38B	+57N	+42B	=16N	=18B	−8N	=11B	=27N	+41B	5.5	35.0	35.0	17.50	2302	+6.0
16	Almeida Quintana, OmarGM	2476	CUB	+37B	+14N	=1N	=15B	+17N	=2B	−3N	−5B	=23N	5.0	47.5	51.0	26.00	2356	-11.5
17	Galaviz Medina, Atlas AdomaytisCM	2160	MEX	+45B	=8N	+27B	=18N	−16B	+26N	+13B	−6B	−7N	5.0	42.0	44.5	21.50	2335	+37.2
18	Gonzalez Zamora, Juan CarlosGM	2458	MEX	+33N	+20B	F	=17B	=15N	−12B	+41N	=7N	=11B	5.0	39.5	39.5	23.00	2366	-7.5
19	Varela Velazquez, Carlos FranciscoFM	2138	MEX	+47B	−4N	+26B	−7N	−13B	−28N	+51B	+33B	+30N	5.0	36.0	37.5	15.50	2160	+4.9
20	Starosta, MartynaWIM	2185	POL	+48B	−18N	+37B	−6N	+29B	−35N	=31B	=28N	+32B	5.0	34.5	36.5	17.50	2121	-12.8
21	Gonzalez Sanchez, Ilan Said	2010	MEX	−7B	+56N	=13B	=42N	−35B	=43N	+45B	+22N	=28B	5.0	32.0	32.5	15.25	2137	+57.6
22	Agama Hernandez, Luis FernandoCM	2106	MEX	+49N	−2B	−46N	=34B	+36N	+33B	−5N	−21B	+25N	4.5	36.5	38.5	15.50	2009	-43.2
23	May Sanchez, Andres EliasCM	2153	MEX	F	+38N	−8B	−14N	=45B	+32N	+26B	=13N	=16B	4.5	36.0	36.0	18.00	2180	+13.6
24	Vega Castaneda, Luis CarlosCM	1805	MEX	−9B	−26N	+48B	−29N	+54B	−42N	+50N	=43B	+36N	4.5	27.0	28.0	9.50	1985	+36.2
25	Orellana Asmahr, Carlos Enrique	1993	MEX	−6N	=51B	+31B	−13N	+50B	=37N	+29B	−11N	−22B	4.0	35.0	36.5	12.00	2024	+2.4
26	Garcia Espinoza, Jose Jesus	2076	MEX	−3N	+24B	−19N	+47B	+53N	−17B	−23N	=36B	=33N	4.0	35.0	36.0	11.25	2014	-15.0
27	Miranda Rodriguez, TaniaWIM	2032	MEX	F	+55B	−17N	=39N	+28B	+30B	−9N	=15B	−12N	4.0	34.0	34.0	13.00	2085	+10.2
28	Silva Hernandez, Jose Luis	1975	MEX	−4B	=39N	F	+54B	−27N	+19B	=42N	=20B	=21N	4.0	33.0	33.0	14.25	2076	+19.0
29	Robledo Flores, Emanuel	2009	MEX	+52N	−5B	−12N	+24B	−20N	+49B	−25N	−44B	+48N	4.0	32.5	34.0	10.00	1928	-19.6
30	Rosales Campos, Paul	2033	MEX	=56B	=35N	−10B	+38N	+39B	−27N	=37B	=31N	−19B	4.0	32.5	33.0	12.75	1963	-16.4
31	Hernandez Bermudez, ManuelaWFM	1908	COL	−5N	+52B	−25N	F	+42B	−14B	=20N	=30B	+44N	4.0	32.5	32.5	12.00	2045	+25.4
32	Cruz Gomez, Miguel Angel	1945	MEX	−8B	+47N	−9B	=51N	=46N	−23B	+54N	+34B	−20N	4.0	31.5	32.5	9.00	1970	+2.0
33	Ruiz Gonzalez, Guillermo JavierFM	1945	MEX	−18B	=45N	+50B	−41N	+38B	−22N	+40B	−19N	=26B	4.0	31.0	32.5	11.75	1975	+5.0
34	Mendoza Osorio, Ernesto	1860	MEX	−11B	=50N	=45B	=22N	−37B	=55N	+47B	−32N	+52N	4.0	25.0	25.5	8.00	1835	-8.4
35	Gutierrez Perez, Fabian	2250	MEX	F	=30B	+36N	−12B	+21N	+20B	−14N	−8N	F	3.5	34.5	34.5	15.50	2159	-15.0
36	Garcia Gonzalez, Diego	1871	MEX	−10B	+48N	−35B	=45N	−22B	=47N	+38B	=26N	−24B	3.5	30.0	32.0	9.75	1896	+0.2
37	Vega Castaneda, Ulises Antonio	1906	MEX	−16N	+54B	−20N	=49B	+34N	=25B	=30N	−42B	F	3.5	29.0	30.0	10.00	1953	+6.8
38	Tinoco Carrillo, Jose Angel	1881	MEX	=15N	−23B	+55N	−30B	−33N	+52B	−36N	+45B	F	3.5	28.5	29.0	7.25	1883	-6.0
39	Lozano Mendoza, Arnoldo Angel	1901	MEX	−12N	=28B	+56N	=27B	−30N	+53B	=43N	−41B	−40N	3.5	28.0	28.5	7.00	1969	+24.0
40	Leal Escamilla, Daniel Zinedine	1942	MEX	−1N	−46B	−47N	+44B	=49N	+48B	−33N	F	+39B	3.5	26.0	27.0	9.50	1845	-46.4
41	Fernandez Pozas, Pablo Antonio	2141	MEX	+50B	−11N	F	+33B	−9N	F	−18B	+39N	−15N	3.0	33.5	33.5	9.00	2093	-8.2
42	Laredo Ruiz, Gianny	2153	CUB	F	F	−15N	=21B	−31N	+24B	=28B	+37N	−13B	3.0	32.0	32.0	12.50	1979	-30.6
43	Zaragoza Alanis, Miguel ArnulfoCM	2240	MEX	+51N	=6B	F	−10N	F	=21B	=39B	=24N	F	3.0	30.0	30.0	11.25	2077	-40.4
44	Morales Quezada, Jose Guad	1862	MEX	−2N	−49B	−54N	−40N	F	+50B	+55B	+29N	−31B	3.0	23.5	23.5	6.00	1783	-19.8
45	Herrera Hernandez, Gerardo	1788	MEX	−17N	=33B	=34N	=36B	=23N	=51B	−21N	−38N	F	2.5	31.0	31.0	8.75	1825	+8.4
46	Jimenez Gonzalez, Galileo	1818	MEX	−13B	+40N	+22B	−9N	=32B	F	F	F	F	2.5	26.5	26.5	10.00	2086	+60.8
47	Villanueva De Leon, Vanessa	1820	MEX	−19N	−32B	+40B	−26N	=48N	=36B	−34N	F	F	2.0	29.5	29.5	6.25	1788	-7.8
48	Hernandez Rodriguez, Eduardo Antonio	1788	MEX	−20N	−36B	−24N	F	=47B	−40N	=52N	+54B	−29B	2.0	25.0	25.0	2.75	1698	-41.2
49	Rangel Guzman, Fernanda	1630	MEX	−22B	+44N	−14B	=37N	=40B	−29N	F	F	F	2.0	24.0	24.0	6.50	1838	+49.2
50	Lopez Rusch, Felipe	1743	MEX	−41N	=34B	−33N	+55B	−25N	−44N	−24B	F	F	1.5	23.0	23.0	2.50	1664	-14.4
51	Valle Espino Barros, Jesus Armando	1849	MEX	−43B	=25N	F	=32B	F	=45N	−19N	F	F	1.5	18.5	18.5	5.25	1872	-0.4
52	Valdes Zavala, Lorenzo	1682	MEX	−29B	−31N	F	F	F	−38N	=48B	+55N	−34B	1.5	18.5	18.5	1.50	1657	-10.0
53	Garcia Hernandez, Adrian	2149	MEX	F	+10N	−4B	−11N	−26B	−39N	F	F	F	1.0	28.5	28.5	5.50	2015	-18.2
54	Sauceda Castillo, Francisco	1812	MEX	−14B	−37N	+44B	−28N	−24N	F	−32B	−48N	F	1.0	27.0	27.0	3.00	1609	-62.4
55	Duran Ceron, Andres	1652	MEX	F	−27N	−38B	−50N	F	=34B	−44N	−52B	F	0.5	19.0	19.0	2.00	1442	-22.0
56	Rangel Vega, Alejandro	1625	MEX	=30N	−21B	−39B	F	F	F	F	F	F	0.5	14.5	14.5	2.00	1705	+3.2
57	Davalos Prieto, Abel JustoFM	1973	MEX	F	−15B	F	F	F	F	F	F	F	0.0	9.5	9.5	0.00	1496	-2.6

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Jimenez Gonzalez, GalileoMEX
+60.8
2.5 pts · #45
2Gonzalez Sanchez, Ilan SaidMEX
+57.6
5.0 pts · #20
3Rangel Guzman, FernandaMEX
+49.2
2.0 pts · #49

Top rating losers

1Sauceda Castillo, FranciscoMEX
-62.4
1.0 pts · #53
2Leal Escamilla, Daniel ZinedineMEX
-46.4
3.5 pts · #35
3Agama Hernandez, Luis FernandoCMMEX
-43.2
4.5 pts · #22

Biggest upsets

R3+288 Elo gap
Jimenez Gonzalez, Galileo1818 beat CMAgama Hernandez, Luis Fernando2106
R2+252 Elo gap
Garcia Hernandez, Adrian2149 beat GMHernandez Guerrero, Gilberto2401
R6+248 Elo gap
Lozano Mendoza, Arnoldo Angel1901 beat Garcia Hernandez, Adrian2149