Jaque al Caribe - Grupo Expertos
15 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 20 Feb 2026 to 22 Feb 2026 in ROO, Cancun, Mexico. 2 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 972, and top seed was Gabriel Polanco Loria (🇲🇽 MEX, 1940).
Edwin Gerardo Tapia Yam (🇲🇽 MEX, 1627) won with 4.0/5, ahead of Mateo Acosta Lozano (4.0) and Miguel Joaquin Garcia Ramirez (4.0). Tapia Yam shared the lead from round 1, winning on tie-break.
The biggest upset came in round 4: Mateo Acosta Lozano (1421) beat Gabriel Polanco Loria (1940), a +519-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 5 roundsTight race until R5; 3 players tied at 4.0/5, decided on Buchholz.
3 players finish on 4.0/5. Tapia Yam takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (12.0).
Mateo Acosta Lozano 3 wins (R3–R5)Miguel Joaquin Garcia Ramirez 4 wins (R2–R5)Edwin Gerardo Tapia Yam 4 wins (R1–R4)
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mateo Acosta Lozano | * | — | 1 | 0 |
| 2Miguel Joaquin Garcia Ramirez | — | * | — | 0 |
| 3Edwin Gerardo Tapia Yam | 0 | — | * | 1 |
| 4Derek Emiliano Camacho Rivera | 1 | 1 | 0 | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tapia Yam, Edwin Gerardo | 1627 | MEX | +11N | +7B | +4N | +6B | −2N | 4.0 | 12.0 | 13.0 | 9.00 | 1438 | -19.6 |
| 2 | Acosta Lozano, Mateo | 1421 | MEX | +14N | −4B | +12N | +9B | +1B | 4.0 | 10.0 | 10.5 | 7.50 | 2524 | +67.2 |
| 3 | Garcia Ramirez, Miguel Joaquin | 1670 | MEX | −4N | +13B | +7N | +10B | +6N | 4.0 | 10.0 | 10.5 | 7.50 | 2254 | +9.2 |
| 4 | Camacho Rivera, Derek Emiliano | 0 | MEX | +3B | +2N | −1B | +11N | F | 3.0 | 14.0 | 15.0 | 9.00 | 1592 | 0.0 |
| 5 | Esquivel Esquivel, Brisa Angelina | 1607 | MEX | −6B | +8N | −11B | +15N | +14B | 3.0 | 6.5 | 7.0 | 3.50 | 654 | -28.0 |
| 6 | Alanoca Reyes, Daniel Alfredo | 1455 | PER | +5N | +9B | =10N | −1N | −3B | 2.5 | 13.0 | 15.0 | 6.00 | 1689 | +44.8 |
| 7 | FIDE 29667151 | 0 | — | +8B | −1N | −3B | =13N | +15B | 2.5 | 11.0 | 11.5 | 3.25 | 848 | 0.0 |
| 8 | FIDE 550021320 | 0 | — | −7N | −5B | +14N | =12B | +13N | 2.5 | 7.0 | 7.5 | 1.50 | 807 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Polanco Loria, Gabriel | 1940 | MEX | +12B | −6N | +15B | −2N | F | 2.0 | 10.5 | 11.0 | 1.50 | 740 | -73.6 |
| 10 | Sulub Chan, Irving Eliseo | 0 | MEX | +13B | =15N | =6B | −3N | F | 2.0 | 8.0 | 8.5 | 2.00 | 1369 | 0.0 |
| 11 | FIDE 550021311 | 0 | — | −1B | F | +5N | −4B | F | 1.0 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 3.00 | 1617 | 0.0 |
| 12 | FIDE 550000608 | 0 | — | −9N | =14B | −2B | =8N | F | 1.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 1.50 | 881 | 0.0 |
| 13 | FIDE 550021303 | 0 | — | −10N | −3N | F | =7B | −8B | 0.5 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 1.25 | 869 | 0.0 |
| 14 | FIDE 550000659 | 0 | — | −2B | =12N | −8B | F | −5N | 0.5 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 0.50 | 714 | 0.0 |
| 15 | FIDE 550021338 | 0 | — | F | =10B | −9N | −5B | −7N | 0.5 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 1.00 | 974 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Acosta Lozano, MateoMEX+67.24.0 pts · #3
- 2Alanoca Reyes, Daniel AlfredoPER+44.82.5 pts · #2
- 3Garcia Ramirez, Miguel JoaquinMEX+9.24.0 pts · #4
- 1Polanco Loria, GabrielMEX-73.62.0 pts · #13
- 2Esquivel Esquivel, Brisa AngelinaMEX-28.03.0 pts · #9
- 3Tapia Yam, Edwin GerardoMEX-19.64.0 pts · #5
- R4+519 Elo gap
- R2+485 Elo gap
- R5+206 Elo gap