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Triple Corona FIDE- Clasico

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22 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 18 Jan 2026 to 19 Jan 2026 in EDM, Estado de Mexico, Mexico. 1 titled players from 2 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1866, and top seed was Lubin Saraiba Rafuls (🇨🇺 CUB, 1985).

Rebeca Garcia Hernandez (🇲🇽 MEX, WCM, 1985) won with 4.0/5, ahead of Alberto Gonzalez Herrera (4.0) and Agustin Anaya Cruz (4.0). Garcia Hernandez shared the lead from round 3, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 4: Kimberly Castillo Vallejo (1780) beat Lubin Saraiba Rafuls (1985), a +205-point gap.

Location
🇲🇽EDM, Estado de Mexico, Mexico
Dates
18 Jan 2026 → 19 Jan 2026
Time control
Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Top seed
🇨🇺Lubin Saraiba Rafuls1985
Avg top 10
1,866
Participants
22
Titled players · 1
WCM×1
Federations · 2 represented
🇲🇽Mexico×20
🇨🇺Cuba×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Tight race until R4; 3 players tied at 4.0/5, decided on Buchholz.

Co-leaders
10
3
3
1
3
1.52.545R1R2R3R4R5
Garcia Hernandez4Anaya Cruz4Gonzalez Herrera4Sanchez Romero3.5Lagunes Mendez3Salazar Moreno3
R4–R5 · LEAD HELD

WCM Rebeca Garcia Hernandez held the sole lead from R4 through R5 without losing it.

R5 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

3 players finish on 4.0/5. Garcia Hernandez takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (12.0).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

Agustin Anaya Cruz 4 wins (R2–R5)Alberto Gonzalez Herrera 3 wins (R3–R5)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1WCMRebeca Garcia Hernandez*——
½
2Agustin Anaya Cruz—*——
3Alberto Gonzalez Herrera——*—
4Josue Argel Sanchez Romero
½
——*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Garcia Hernandez, RebecaWCM1985MEX+13B=5N+7B+10N=4N4.012.014.010.752070+21.6
2Gonzalez Herrera, Alberto1691MEX+20N−10B+14N+12B+9N4.09.09.57.001993+30.8
3Anaya Cruz, Agustin1538MEX−12N+19B+13B+17N+11B4.07.58.56.501933+100.8
4Sanchez Romero, Josue Argel1845MEX+15NF+6B+5N=1B3.512.012.010.002147+28.0
5Lagunes Mendez, Cristian Jeron1782MEX+22N=1B+12N−4B=8N3.012.513.06.001873+27.2
6Saraiba Rafuls, Lubin1985CUB+14N+8B−4N−9B+12N3.011.013.07.001853-15.0
7Herrera Catano, Andre1907MEX+16N−9B−1N+14B+18B3.010.011.04.501724-16.4
8Salazar Moreno, Rafael1821MEX+21B−6N+17B=11N=5B3.09.510.04.251766-5.2
9Castillo Vallejo, Kimberly1780MEXF+7N=10B+6N−2B2.512.512.57.251981+21.0
10Guerrero Galeana, Gerardo Vladimir1962MEX+17B+2N=9N−1BF2.511.511.56.251857-8.8
11Rosas Matamoros, Roberto I1625MEXF+15B+18N=8B−3N2.510.010.04.501615-1.2
12Villeda Villafana, Salvador Adrian1867MEX+3B+18N−5B−2N−6B2.014.015.05.001554-31.4
13Garcia Patino, Mateo Gael1659MEX−1N+16B−3N+15B−14N2.012.013.53.501556-30.8
14Cruz Corona, Carlos Roberto1607MEX−6B+21N−2B−7N+13B2.012.012.52.501674+7.4
15Vazquez Jimenez, Diego1494MEX−4B−11N+20B−13N+17B2.09.09.51.501488-2.8
16Yee Echandi, Luca1539MEX−7B−13N=22B=21N=20N1.56.06.50.751442-23.2
17Cortes Martinez, Luis Felipe1594MEX−10N+20B−8N−3B−15N1.011.512.00.50902-30.8
18Enriquez Conejo, Martin Isai0MEX+19N−12B−11BF−7N1.08.59.01.0015870.0
19Hernandez Rodas, Rodrigo1721MEX−18B−3N+21BFF1.06.06.00.501510-21.6
20FIDE 5500186040—−2B−17N−15NF=16B0.58.59.50.7512570.0
21Yee Echandi, Mateo1488MEX−8N−14B−19N=16BF0.57.57.50.751346-24.8
22Cruz Herrera, Irvin Jesus1486MEX−5BF=16NFF0.55.55.50.751467-3.2

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
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