FIDE Mercenarios 398 Round 1-3
12 players participated in this 11-round tournament, held from 24 Jan 2026 to 08 Apr 2026 in CDM, Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico. Top 10 Elo average was 1740, and top seed was Rafael Salazar Moreno (🇲🇽 MEX, 1821).
Rafael Salazar Moreno (🇲🇽 MEX, 1821) won with 9.5/11, ahead of Francisco Javi Anaya Echeverria (8.0) and Jose Omar Arteaga Valdivia (7.5). Salazar Moreno won solo starting round 3.
The biggest upset came in round 11: Vincent Neidan Olalde Hernandez (1618) beat Santi Villavicencio De La Sierra (1777), a +159-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 12 · 11 roundsRafael Salazar Moreno led from R3 onwards, the runner-up race stayed tight.
Rafael Salazar Moreno never relinquished the lead after R3; final gap +1.5 over the runner-up.
Rafael Salazar Moreno opens a +1.5-point gap over the chasing pack (closest: Francisco Javi Anaya Echeverria); the title is out of reach before R11.
Rafael Salazar Moreno drew with Francisco Javi Anaya Echeverria (White).
Cross-table
| # | Player | Elo | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Pts | SB | Bh | Δ Elo | Perf |
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| 1 | 🇲🇽Salazar Moreno, Rafael | 1821 | * | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9.5 | 45.00 | 56.5 | +47.8 | 2020 |
| 2 | 🇲🇽Anaya Echeverria, Francisco Javi | 1784 | ½ | * | 1 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8.0 | 39.25 | 58.0 | +29.4 | 1890 |
| 4 | 🇲🇽Arteaga Valdivia, Jose Omar | 1741 | ½ | 0 | * | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7.5 | 36.00 | 58.5 | +33.2 | 1851 |
| 3 | 🇲🇽Castaneda Luna, Alfredo | 1709 | ½ | ½ | 0 | * | 0 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7.5 | 34.00 | 58.5 | +87.2 | 1854 |
| 5 | 🇲🇽Tovar Carmona, Oscar | 1695 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | * | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6.0 | 33.00 | 60.0 | +35.6 | 1759 |
| 6 | 🇲🇽Garcia Perales, Luis | 1720 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | * | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 5.5 | 23.75 | 60.5 | +0.2 | 1720 |
| 7 | 🇲🇽Flores Ojeda, Dante Vladimir | 1740 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | * | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5.5 | 20.00 | 60.5 | -9.6 | 1719 |
| 8 | 🇲🇽Villavicencio De La Sierra, Santi | 1777 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | * | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4.5 | 22.25 | 61.5 | -36.3 | 1650 |
| 9 | 🇲🇽Olalde Hernandez, Vincent Neidan | 1618 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | * | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4.0 | 17.25 | 62.0 | +6.0 | 1628 |
| 11 | 🇲🇽Granados Segura, Jose Anto | 1773 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 0 | * | ½ | 0 | 3.0 | 14.75 | 63.0 | -67.0 | 1541 |
| 10 | 🇲🇽Jaime Alarid, Rodolfo | 1626 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | * | 1 | 3.0 | 10.25 | 63.0 | -19.4 | 1554 |
| 12 | 🇲🇽Rivera Puertos, Juan Carlos | 1640 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | * | 2.0 | 9.00 | 64.0 | -43.8 | 1466 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Castaneda Luna, AlfredoMEX+87.27.5 pts · #3
- 2Salazar Moreno, RafaelMEX+47.89.5 pts · #1
- 3Tovar Carmona, OscarMEX+35.66.0 pts · #5
- 1Granados Segura, Jose AntoMEX-67.03.0 pts · #11
- 2Rivera Puertos, Juan CarlosMEX-43.82.0 pts · #12
- 3Villavicencio De La Sierra, SantiMEX-36.34.5 pts · #8
- R11+159 Elo gap
- R2+155 Elo gap
- R8+133 Elo gap