XXII Strong Chess Sub 2000 B
8 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 20 Nov 2025 to 27 Nov 2025 in Santo Domingo Este, Dominican Republic. 2 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 1858, and top seed was Alexis Antonio Recio Mendez (🇩🇴 DOM, 1888).
Aarony Miguel Paula Valerio (🇩🇴 DOM, 1844) won with 5.5/7, ahead of Alexis Antonio Recio Mendez (4.5) and Maximo Alexander Diaz Viloria (4.0). Paula Valerio won solo starting round 3.
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How it unfolded
Top 8 · 7 roundsAarony Miguel Paula Valerio led from R3 onwards, the runner-up race stayed tight.
Aarony Miguel Paula Valerio never relinquished the lead after R3; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.
Aarony Miguel Paula Valerio drew with Alexis Antonio Recio Mendez (Black).
Aarony Miguel Paula Valerio won 3 in a row (R1–R3).
Cross-table
| # | Player | Elo | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Pts | SB | Bh | Δ Elo | Perf |
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| 1 | 🇩🇴Paula Valerio, Aarony Miguel | 1844 | * | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 5.5 | 17.00 | 21.5 | +38.2 | 2088 |
| 2 | 🇩🇴Recio Mendez, Alexis Antonio | 1888 | ½ | * | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4.5 | 13.25 | 22.5 | +2.4 | 1950 |
| 4 | 🇩🇴Diaz Viloria, Maximo Alexander | 1852 | 0 | ½ | * | 1 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 4.0 | 11.75 | 23.0 | +11.6 | 1911 |
| 3 | 🇩🇴CMMunoz Feliz, Alejandro | 1848 | 0 | ½ | 0 | * | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4.0 | 9.50 | 23.0 | +30.4 | 1913 |
| 5 | 🇩🇴Florian Vasquez, Gabriel Emilio | 1839 | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | * | 1 | ½ | 1 | 3.5 | 9.25 | 23.5 | +3.4 | 1862 |
| 6 | 🇩🇴Guevara Orbe, Franklin | 1885 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | * | ½ | — | 2.5 | 9.50 | 24.5 | -13.6 | 1806 |
| 7 | 🇩🇴WCMRamirez Luzon, Franchesca | 1841 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | * | ½ | 2.0 | 5.50 | 25.0 | -25.6 | 1704 |
| 8 | 🇩🇴Garcia Calderon, Mario David | 1868 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | ½ | * | 1.0 | 3.75 | 26.0 | -31.6 | 1590 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Paula Valerio, Aarony MiguelDOM+38.25.5 pts · #1
- 2Munoz Feliz, AlejandroCMDOM+30.44.0 pts · #3
- 3Diaz Viloria, Maximo AlexanderDOM+11.64.0 pts · #4
- 1Garcia Calderon, Mario DavidDOM-31.61.0 pts · #8
- 2Ramirez Luzon, FranchescaWCMDOM-25.62.0 pts · #7
- 3Guevara Orbe, FranklinDOM-13.62.5 pts · #6