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I Circuito ACADIA Masters

Open SwissStandard

17 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 15 Jan 2026 to 19 Feb 2026 in SIN, Culiacan, Mexico. Top 10 Elo average was 659, and top seed was Angel Ernesto Paez Ovalles (🇲🇽 MEX, 1812).

Francisco Marcos Garcia (🇲🇽 MEX, 0) won with 6.0/6. Marcos Garcia won solo starting round 4.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Cesar Eduardo Velazquez Escobar (1461) beat Angel Ernesto Paez Ovalles (1812), a +351-point gap.

Location
🇲🇽SIN, Culiacan, Mexico
Dates
15 Jan 2026 → 19 Feb 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 6 rounds
Top seed
🇲🇽Angel Ernesto Paez Ovalles1812
Avg top 10
659
Participants
17
Federations · 1 represented
🇲🇽Mexico×5
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 6 rounds

Francisco Marcos Garcia led from R4; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
9
4
2
1
1
1
1.534.56R1R2R3R4R5R6
Marcos Garcia654.5Sandoval Lago443.5— ex-leaders:Marcos Garcialed R4–R6, #7
R4–R6 · LEAD HELD

Francisco Marcos Garcia never relinquished the lead after R4; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.

R4 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Francisco Marcos Garcia beat FIDE 550021982 (White).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

Francisco Marcos Garcia 6 wins (R1–R6)FIDE 550021982 3 wins (R1–R3)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Francisco Marcos Garcia*
1
1
1
2FIDE 550021982
0
*——
3FIDE 550001329
0
—*
1
4Israel Sandoval Lago
0
—
0
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Marcos Garcia, Francisco0MEX+14N+16B+4N+2B+3N+5B6.018.518.518.5017180.0
2FIDE 5500219820—+13B+12N+6B−1N+9B+7N5.018.020.014.0016360.0
3FIDE 5500013290—+5N=7B+8N+4B−1B+10N4.521.024.016.2517940.0
4Sandoval Lago, Israel1698MEX+15B+11N−1B−3N+12B+9N4.018.519.59.002261+8.0
5FIDE 296120710—−3B+?N+14B+13N+6B−1N4.017.017.06.5016360.0
6Salazar Trias, Elias Nicolas1616MEX+10N+9B−2N+7B−5N=8B3.519.022.011.251810+10.0
7FIDE 5500219740—+?B=3N+11B−6N+?B−2B3.516.016.05.2515390.0
8Paez Ovalles, Angel Ernesto1812MEX−11B+15N−3B+14N+13B=6N3.514.015.05.751346-45.6
9FIDE 5500220400—+?B−6N+15B+10B−2N−4B3.016.516.54.008570.0
10FIDE 5500220080—−6B+?N+12B−9N+11B−3B3.016.016.05.0015390.0
11Velazquez Escobar, Cesar Eduardo1461MEX+8N−4B−7N+16B−10N+17B3.014.014.03.501754+27.6
12FIDE 5500220590—+17N−2B−10N+15B−4N−?B2.013.013.01.008980.0
13FIDE 5500220160—−2N+17B+16N−5B−8NF2.012.512.50.0010100.0
14FIDE 5500220240—−1BF−5N−8B+16N−?N1.013.513.50.0010100.0
15FIDE 5500219900—−4N−8B−9N−12NF+16B1.012.512.50.009540.0
16FIDE 5500220670—F−1N−13B−11N−14B−15N0.013.013.00.006610.0
17FIDE 296948410—−12B−13N−?BF−?N−11N0.07.07.00.006610.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets