4th Batangas Standard FIDE Rated Chess Tournament

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43 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 15 Nov 2025 to 16 Nov 2025 in Lucky GoldenMall, Padre Garcia Batangas, Philippines. Top 10 Elo average was 1682, and top seed was Fidel Llera (🇵🇭 PHI, 1796).

Herson Bangay (🇵🇭 PHI, 1705) won with 5.5/6, ahead of Marco Polo Sanido (5.0) and Florence Gayle Isabedra (5.0). Bangay won solo starting round 5.

The biggest upset came in round 4: Edwin M. Macaraeg (1588) beat Marianne Kristina Barlan (1755), a +167-point gap.

Location

🇵🇭Lucky GoldenMall, Padre Garcia Batangas, Philippines

Dates

15 Nov 2025 → 16 Nov 2025

Time control

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

System

Swiss · 6 rounds

Top seed

🇵🇭Fidel Llera1796

Avg top 10

1,682

Participants

Federations · 1 represented

🇵🇭Philippines×28

Top 3

🥇
Herson Bangay
🇵🇭PHI·1705
5.5pts·1978perf+40.0
🥈
Marco Polo Sanido
🇵🇭PHI·1732
5.0pts·1676perf-6.4
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Florence Gayle Isabedra
🇵🇭PHI·1588
5.0pts·1851perf+55.2

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 6 rounds

Herson Bangay led from R5; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.

Co-leaders

Bangay5.5Isabedra5Sanido5Macaraeg4.5Llera4.5Barlan4.5

R5–R6 · LEAD HELD

Herson Bangay held the sole lead from R5 through R6 without losing it.

R6 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Herson Bangay drew with Florence Gayle Isabedra (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

Herson Bangay 5 wins (R1–R5)Marco Polo Sanido 4 wins (R1–R4)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Herson Bangay	*	½	1	—
2Florence Gayle Isabedra	½	*	—	1
3Marco Polo Sanido	0	—	*	—
4Edwin M. Macaraeg	—	0	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Bangay, Herson	1705	PHI	+25N	+8B	+20N	+4B	+2B	=3N	5.5	21.5	24.5	22.00	1978	+40.0
2	Sanido, Marco Polo	1732	PHI	+32B	+17N	+19B	+16B	−1N	+8N	5.0	20.0	22.5	17.00	1676	-6.4
3	Isabedra, Florence Gayle	1588	PHI	+37B	+29N	=14B	+30N	+5B	=1B	5.0	19.0	21.0	16.50	1851	+55.2
4	Llera, Fidel	1796	PHI	+12N	+9B	+21B	−1N	+14B	=19N	4.5	20.5	23.5	16.25	1808	+2.0
5	Macaraeg, Edwin M.	1588	PHI	=15N	+22B	+26N	+6B	−3N	+16B	4.5	19.5	22.5	15.75	1788	+32.0
6	Barlan, Marianne Kristina	1755	PHI	+43B	+42N	=30B	−5N	+18B	+17N	4.5	15.0	15.5	9.75	1401	-37.2
7	Velasquez, Wally	0	PHI	F	−20B	+25N	+12N	+11B	+14N	4.0	17.5	17.5	14.50	1758	0.0
8	Mogrogaba, Rain Yacha	0	PHI	+?B	−1N	+?N	+20B	+9N	−2B	4.0	17.5	17.5	7.00	918	0.0
9	FIDE 521076278	0	—	+18B	−4N	+36B	+35N	−8B	+25N	4.0	17.0	19.0	10.50	996	0.0
10	Benosa, Justin Jake	1586	PHI	+38N	=26B	−15N	+33B	=31N	+23B	4.0	14.5	16.5	10.25	1651	+3.6
11	FIDE 521076294	0	—	−22N	+41B	+24N	+28B	−7N	+?B	4.0	14.5	14.5	7.50	1489	0.0
12	Cueto, Roy	0	PHI	−4B	+?N	+?N	−7B	+24N	+20B	4.0	14.5	14.5	6.00	996	0.0
13	FIDE 521076316	0	—	−14B	+?N	+22B	−21N	+35B	+?N	4.0	11.5	11.5	5.00	872	0.0
14	Mogrogaba, Zack	1738	PHI	+13N	+23B	=3N	+15B	−4N	−7B	3.5	21.0	24.0	13.00	1499	-24.8
15	Geronimo, Manuel Jr?	0	PHI	=5B	+34N	+10B	−14N	+30B	−21N	3.5	17.5	20.0	11.25	1623	0.0
16	Sarigumba, Charlie Tacoy	1647	PHI	+39N	+36B	+35B	−2N	=17B	−5N	3.5	17.0	19.0	7.75	860	-38.4
17	Del Rosario, Mark	0	PHI	+31N	−2B	+?N	+?B	=16N	−6B	3.5	15.5	15.5	4.25	1668	0.0
18	Perez, Aristotle Johann	0	PHI	−9N	+43N	+42B	+23B	−6N	=?B	3.5	13.0	13.0	4.50	955	0.0
19	Mendoza, Christian Bien	0	PHI	F	+?B	−2N	+?N	+21B	=4B	3.5	12.5	12.5	5.25	1711	0.0
20	Austria, Axel John	0	PHI	+?B	+7N	−1B	−8N	+39B	−12N	3.0	19.5	19.5	6.00	905	0.0
21	Anchorez, Jr Rolando	1605	PHI	F	+28B	−4N	+13B	−19N	+15B	3.0	18.5	18.5	10.50	996	-10.0
22	FIDE 521076391	0	—	+11B	−5N	−13N	+40B	−23N	+38B	3.0	17.5	19.5	8.00	788	0.0
23	FIDE 521065330	0	—	+?B	−14N	+29B	−18N	+22B	−10N	3.0	17.0	17.0	6.00	862	0.0
24	FIDE 521076383	0	—	+27B	−30N	−11B	+32N	−12B	+37N	3.0	16.0	18.0	7.50	799	0.0
25	Del Pilar, Donato	0	PHI	−1B	+?N	−7B	+?N	+?N	−9B	3.0	13.5	13.5	0.00	1669	0.0
26	Rodriguez, Ramon Christopher Jr	0	PHI	+?B	=10N	−5B	=31B	−?N	+36N	3.0	13.0	13.0	5.25	1483	0.0
27	Cajes, Jomar Ebora	0	PHI	−24N	+37B	−28N	+38B	−?N	+31B	3.0	12.5	12.5	6.50	1671	0.0
28	Pahamtang, Raschad Jhollier Carls	0	PHI	+?B	−21N	+27B	−11N	−?B	+39N	3.0	12.0	12.0	5.00	805	0.0
29	Pagcaliwagan, Prinz Edwin	0	PHI	+?N	−3B	−23N	+42B	−?N	+?B	3.0	9.0	9.0	1.00	1438	0.0
30	Marasigan, Carlos	1599	PHI	F	+24B	=6N	−3B	−15N	+33B	2.5	18.5	18.5	7.75	1479	-12.4
31	Chua, Travis Vincent	1651	PHI	−17B	=32N	+34B	=26N	=10B	−27N	2.5	16.0	18.5	7.25	1585	-1.8
32	De Torres, Tristan James	0	PHI	−2N	=31B	−33N	−24B	+?N	+43B	2.5	13.5	13.5	1.75	1498	0.0
33	FIDE 521076243	0	—	=34B	−?N	+32B	−10N	+?B	−30N	2.5	11.5	11.5	3.75	792	0.0
34	FIDE 521076359	0	—	=33N	−15B	−31N	+?B	+42N	−?B	2.5	9.5	9.5	2.25	851	0.0
35	FIDE 521073902	0	—	F	+?B	−16N	−9B	−13N	+41N	2.0	13.0	13.0	1.50	1558	0.0
36	FIDE 521044520	0	—	+?B	−16N	−9N	−?B	+40N	−26B	2.0	12.5	12.5	2.00	847	0.0
37	Guce, Rael Gerard	0	PHI	−3N	−27N	+?B	−?B	+?N	−24B	2.0	11.0	11.0	0.00	788	0.0
38	FIDE 521060061	0	—	−10B	+?N	−?B	−27N	+?B	−22N	2.0	10.0	10.0	0.00	785	0.0
39	FIDE 521076332	0	—	−16B	+?N	−?N	+?B	−20N	−28B	2.0	9.5	9.5	0.00	758	0.0
40	FIDE 521076340	0	—	−?N	−?B	+?B	−22N	−36B	+?N	2.0	5.0	5.0	0.00	832	0.0
41	FIDE 521070385	0	—	−?N	−11N	+?B	−?B	=43N	−35B	1.5	6.5	6.5	0.25	751	0.0
42	Candelaria, Cris Andrie	0	PHI	+?B	−6B	−18N	−29N	−34B	−?N	1.0	13.5	13.5	0.00	955	0.0
43	FIDE 521076308	0	—	−6N	−18B	−?N	F	=41B	−32N	0.5	12.0	12.0	0.75	955	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Isabedra, Florence GaylePHI
+55.2
5.0 pts · #2
2Bangay, HersonPHI
+40.0
5.5 pts · #5
3Macaraeg, Edwin M.PHI
+32.0
4.5 pts · #6

Top rating losers

1Sarigumba, Charlie TacoyPHI
-38.4
3.5 pts · #22
2Barlan, Marianne KristinaPHI
-37.2
4.5 pts · #18
3Mogrogaba, ZackPHI
-24.8
3.5 pts · #16

Biggest upsets

R4+167 Elo gap
Macaraeg, Edwin M.1588 beat Barlan, Marianne Kristina1755