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2025 December 954Chess FIDE Forum - 1900 and Over

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24 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 19 Dec 2025 to 21 Dec 2025 in Coral Springs, FL, United States. 14 titled players from 4 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2220, and top seed was Julio Becerra Rivero (🇺🇸 USA, GM, 2414).

Julio Becerra Rivero (🇺🇸 USA, GM, 2414) won with 4.0/5, ahead of Vladimir Georgiev (4.0) and Nikola Mitkov (3.5). Becerra Rivero shared the lead from round 1, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Ubaldo Enrique Lopez Naranjo (CM, 2028) beat Yunier Leyva Rivera (IM, 2308), a +280-point gap.

Location
🇺🇸Coral Springs, FL, United States
Dates
19 Dec 2025 → 21 Dec 2025
Time control
Standard: 90min/40moves+30min/end+30sec increment per move starting from move 1
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Top seed
🇺🇸GMJulio Becerra Rivero2414
Avg top 10
2,220
Participants
24
Titled players · 14
GM×3
IM×3
FM×3
CM×1
WIM×1
WFM×3
Federations · 4 represented
🇺🇸United States of America×17
🇨🇺Cuba×3
🇻🇪Venezuela×2
🇲🇰North Macedonia×2
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Tight race until R5; 2 players tied at 4.0/5, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.

Co-leaders
9
3
5
2
2
1.52.545R1R2R3R4R5
Becerra Rivero4Georgiev4Mitkov3.5Bynum3.5Barredo3.5Jasinski3.5
R5 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 4.0/5. Becerra Rivero takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (14.5).

R3 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

GM Julio Becerra Rivero drew with GM Vladimir Georgiev (White).

R1–R5 · UNBEATEN

GM Julio Becerra Rivero went unbeaten across 5 games (R1–R5).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1GMJulio Becerra Rivero*
½
½
1
2GMVladimir Georgiev
½
*——
3GMNikola Mitkov
½
—*
½
4Jacorey Bynum
0
—
½
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Becerra Rivero, JulioGM2414USA+13B+4N=2B+6N=3B4.014.516.512.752498+5.3
2Georgiev, VladimirGM2347MKD+8B+12N=1N+5B=4B4.013.515.511.752373+3.2
3Mitkov, NikolaGM2395MKD+11N=5B=6N+10B=1N3.513.515.510.002263-5.3
4Barredo, LuisFM2271CUB+17N−1B+7N+11B=2N3.513.014.58.502267+3.4
5Jasinski, Alexander1991USA+22B=3N+9B−2N+8B3.512.512.56.752271+66.8
6Bynum, Jacorey2131USA+21B+19N=3B−1B+10N3.511.011.55.752304+43.6
7Li, SophieWFM1922USAF+20N−4B+16N+11B3.07.57.54.002270+61.6
8Marian, Aaron1919USA−2N=14N+20B+18B−5N2.511.011.53.002100+39.6
9Lopez Naranjo, Ubaldo EnriqueCM2028USA+14B=16N−5N+13BF2.59.09.04.752228+41.2
10Wang, Aaron2030USA=20B+23N+16B−3N−6B2.59.09.01.752098+14.8
11Yisrael, Shama2002USA−3B+22N+12B−4N−7N2.012.012.02.002039+2.0
12Torres, JavierFM2042USA+24N−2B−11N=14B=15N2.010.010.02.002053-0.6
13Rodriguez Rivera, PedroIM2147CUB−1N=18B+23B−9N=14N2.010.010.01.752051-6.8
14Leyva Rivera, YunierIM2308CUB−9N=8B=19B=12N=13B2.09.010.03.751943-21.8
15Zlotnikov, MikhailIM2062USAF=21N=17B=19N=12B2.05.05.02.501971-5.0
16Mulay, Vivan PrakashFM2084USA+18N=9B−10N−7BF1.59.59.52.751892-43.2
17Lopez, Aldo F1904USA−4BF=15NF+19B1.56.56.52.002090+13.2
18Wang, LaceyWFM1933USA−16B=13N+21B−8NF1.56.56.51.501950+1.5
19Meadors, Landon1938USAF−6B=14N=15B−17N1.09.09.02.001908-8.1
20Ubaldo Suarez, Maria GiselaWIM1948VEN=10N−7B−8NFF0.58.08.01.251684-19.4
21Gutierrez Salazar, LeonelaWFM1998VEN−6N=15B−18NFF0.57.07.01.001769-16.4
22Cabrera, Jose1927USA−5N−11BFFF0.05.55.50.001197-16.2
23Seibel, F Matthew1930USAF−10B−13NFF0.04.54.50.001289-23.2
24Buyo, Glenn1907USA−12BFFFF0.02.02.00.001242-6.4

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

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