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4th PRO-FX FIDE RATED STANDARD (1950 Below)

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30 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 20 Dec 2025 to 21 Dec 2025 in Bacoor City, Philippines. 3 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1734, and top seed was Francis Talaboc (🇵🇭 PHI, 1851).

John Martin Firmalino (🇵🇭 PHI, 1680) won with 5.0/6, ahead of Alexander Steven Manzano (5.0) and Edwin Caballero (4.5). Firmalino won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 5: Darvin Jace Manalo (1451) beat Rodel Elero (1665), a +214-point gap.

Location
🇵🇭Bacoor City, Philippines
Dates
20 Dec 2025 → 21 Dec 2025
Time control
Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 6 rounds
Top seed
🇵🇭Francis Talaboc1851
Avg top 10
1,734
Participants
30
Federations · 3 represented
🇵🇭Philippines×27
🇮🇳India×1
🇭🇰Hong Kong China×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 6 rounds

Tight race until R6; 2 players tied at 5.0/6, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.

Co-leaders
11
5
2
2
1
2
1.534.56R1R2R3R4R5R6
Firmalino5Manzano5Talaboc4.5Caballero4.5Navarro4Ramirez4
R6 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 5.0/6. Firmalino takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (21.5).

R3 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

John Martin Firmalino beat Alexander Steven Manzano (White).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

John Martin Firmalino 3 wins (R1–R3)Alexander Steven Manzano 3 wins (R4–R6)Francis Talaboc 3 wins (R1–R3)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1John Martin Firmalino*
1
½
½
2Alexander Steven Manzano
0
*
1
—
3Francis Talaboc
½
0
*—
4Edwin Caballero
½
——*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Firmalino, John Martin1680PHI+7B+13N+2B=4N=3B+9N5.021.524.520.001959+82.4
2Manzano, Alexander Steven1666PHI+14N+15B−1N+12B+5N+4N5.019.522.517.501880+53.6
3Caballero, Edwin1814PHI=10N+6B=5N+15B=1N+11B4.520.023.016.751918+13.6
4Talaboc, Francis1851PHI+19N+28B+17N=1B+7N−2B4.519.520.513.001790-6.2
5Ramirez, Eliseo0PHI+16B+21N=3B=8N−2B+14B4.019.021.012.0016710.0
6Navarro, John Timothy1489PHI=9B−3N+30B+13N+8B=10N4.018.018.510.501803+94.8
7Atienza, Noreen Sciecky1464PHI−1N+24B+28N+17B−4B+16N4.017.518.59.001751+72.4
8Lopez, Alden Carl1602PHI=12N+11B=10N=5B−6N+19B3.518.020.511.251721+31.2
9Aragones, Jerome Jr1735PHI=6N−12B+23N+19B+17N−1B3.517.519.59.501592-37.2
10Reyes, Einnar Marc1834PHI=3B+22N=8BF+15N=6B3.517.017.011.001718-20.4
11Aragones, Jerome Adrian1798PHI=30B−8N+25B+18B+12N−3N3.516.016.58.251635-42.0
12Utkarsh Ujjwal Jha1628IND=8B+9N+21B−2N−11B=13N3.018.520.58.751675+14.8
13Paredes, Althea Dominique1590PHI+23N−1B=14N−6B+20N=12B3.017.519.57.501369-44.8
14Manalo, Darvin Jace1451PHI−2B+27N=13B=16N+21B−5N3.017.018.06.001627+36.4
15Inting, Emerito1591PHI+27B−2N+22B−3N−10B+23N3.017.018.05.00971-32.8
16Ruzol, Prince Neigel1591PHI−5N+20B=19N=14B+18N−7B3.016.519.08.251486-22.8
17Pamenano, Emmanuel Jr1666PHI+25B+26N−4B−7N−9B+22N3.016.017.55.501420-49.6
18Mariano, Juan Miguel1529PHI−22B+30N+26B−11N−16B+21N3.012.012.54.001638+22.4
19Atienza, Eros Reign1500PHI−4B+29N=16B−9N+22B−8N2.516.517.54.501373-22.4
20FIDE 5210802910—−21B−16N+27B=26N−13B+24B2.511.512.53.758130.0
21Elero, Rodel1665PHI+20N−5B−12N+23B−14N−18B2.015.517.54.50736-80.0
22Victoria, Ethan Matthew0PHI+18N−10B−15N+24B−19N−17B2.015.017.05.0013840.0
23Soriao, Ivy0PHI−13B+25N−9B−21N+29N−15B2.013.514.53.0013550.0
24Gu, Xiangtian Natalia0HKG−28B−7N+29B−22N+26B−20N2.011.012.02.507360.0
25Indino, Caleb1400PHI−17N−23B−11NF+27B+29B2.010.510.52.00932-10.4
26Paredes, Orion Kit0PHI+29N−17B−18N=20B−24N−27B1.511.512.52.257980.0
27Sister, Rene0PHI−15N−14B−20N−29B−25N+26N1.012.013.01.506800.0
28Parba, Danilo1608PHI+24N−4N−7BFFF1.010.510.52.00858-35.6
29Dungca, Drake Jude0PHI−26B−19B−24N+27N−23B−25N1.010.011.01.006500.0
30Collera, John Nathaniel1497PHI=11N−18B−6NFFF0.510.510.51.751332-24.8

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets