2026 1st leg MCC FIDE-Rated Standard 1799 Below Tournament

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100 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 21 Feb 2026 to 22 Feb 2026 in Starmall Edsa Shaw, Mandaluyong City, Philippines. 2 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1769, and top seed was Andrew San Antonio (🇵🇭 PHI, 1799).

Andrew San Antonio (🇵🇭 PHI, 1799) won with 6.0/7, ahead of Fidel Llera (6.0) and Almwayne Magpusao (6.0). San Antonio won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 3: Frank Samuel Engles (1457) beat Frank Stephanie Engles (1775), a +318-point gap.

Location

🇵🇭Starmall Edsa Shaw, Mandaluyong City, Philippines

Dates

21 Feb 2026 → 22 Feb 2026

Time control

Standard: 30 minutes for game with 30 seconds increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 7 rounds

Top seed

🇵🇭Andrew San Antonio1799

Avg top 10

1,769

Participants

100

Federations · 2 represented

🇵🇭Philippines×79

FIDE (no federation)×3

Top 3

🥇
Andrew San Antonio
🇵🇭PHI·1799
6.0pts·1943perf+22.0
🥈
Fidel Llera
🇵🇭PHI·1798
6.0pts·1976perf+49.2
🥉
Almwayne Magpusao
🇵🇭PHI·1617
6.0pts·1975perf+92.0

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

Tight race until R5; 3 players tied at 6.0/7, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 3 at the finish.

Co-leaders

San Antonio6Llera6Magpusao6Pillos5.5Faeldonia5.5Sarahan5.5

R6 · LEADER CHANGE22 Feb

Fidel Llera takes the sole lead (5.5/6).

R7 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

3 players finish on 6.0/7. San Antonio takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (29.5).

R6 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Andrew San Antonio lost to Fidel Llera (Black).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Andrew San Antonio	*	0	—	—
2Fidel Llera	1	*	—	—
3Almwayne Magpusao	—	—	*	1
4Romnick Pillos	—	—	0	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	San Antonio, Andrew	1799	PHI	+61B	+38N	+8B	+29N	+4B	−2N	+17B	6.0	29.5	32.5	26.50	1943	+22.0
2	Llera, Fidel	1798	PHI	+87N	+13B	+30N	=26B	+10N	+1B	=5N	6.0	29.5	31.0	26.25	1976	+49.2
3	Magpusao, Almwayne	1617	PHI	+78N	+75B	+11N	=10B	+6N	=5N	+9B	6.0	28.0	30.0	24.75	1975	+92.0
4	Ching, Francis	1709	PHI	+44N	+40B	+31N	+27B	−1N	=14B	+20N	5.5	27.5	31.5	23.00	1783	+9.8
5	Faeldonia, Jerick	1782	PHI	+60N	+52B	=32N	+39B	+26N	=3B	=2B	5.5	27.0	30.0	22.00	1851	+20.4
6	Pillos, Romnick	1731	FID	+63B	=7N	+34B	+47N	−3B	+46N	+22B	5.5	27.0	30.0	21.25	1776	+6.4
7	Sarahan, Prince Neezhel	1564	PHI	+94N	=6B	=33N	=21B	+32N	+26B	+28N	5.5	26.0	27.0	20.00	1963	+102.0
8	De Guzman, Ioan Samuel	1682	PHI	+49N	+24B	−1N	+59B	+13N	−9N	+39B	5.0	28.0	31.0	20.00	1762	+25.2
9	Oncita, Sumer Justine	1758	PHI	+67N	+59B	−27N	+52B	+16N	+8B	−3N	5.0	26.0	29.0	19.00	1746	-4.0
10	Sy, Asher Judd	1700	PHI	+90B	+58N	+73B	=3N	−2B	+47N	=18B	5.0	25.5	26.5	15.00	1727	+8.8
11	Obogne, Joel	1704	PHI	+77B	+65N	−3B	+40N	+46B	−17N	+52B	5.0	24.5	26.5	15.50	1686	-5.2
12	Lomio, John Marcus	1700	PHI	−53N	+50B	+60N	+31B	+27N	=20B	=14N	5.0	24.0	27.0	19.25	1878	+12.2
13	Cordova, Lennox Georges	1600	FID	+91B	−2N	+77B	+37N	−8B	+62N	+36B	5.0	24.0	25.0	14.00	1718	+25.2
14	Ocampo, Robi	1608	PHI	+57B	−62N	+63B	+73N	+29B	=4N	=12B	5.0	23.5	25.5	17.25	1827	+35.6
15	De Mesa, John Calvin	0	PHI	+56N	=?B	=54N	−16B	+59N	+27B	+30N	5.0	22.0	22.0	15.50	1692	0.0
16	Condes, Kale Darren	1627	PHI	+97B	−73N	+55B	+15N	−9B	+57N	+34B	5.0	22.0	22.0	15.00	1655	+3.2
17	Teves, Clark Lois	1535	PHI	+95N	−26B	+93N	+56B	+54N	+11B	−1N	5.0	22.0	22.0	12.00	1776	+60.8
18	Caraig, Leo Aldrin	1732	PHI	F	+86B	=87N	+49B	+33N	+23B	=10N	5.0	20.0	20.0	16.75	1814	+8.4
19	Nitafan, Steve	1611	PHI	−52N	+64B	+53N	=85B	+70N	=28B	+31N	5.0	19.5	21.0	15.25	1651	+6.0
20	Orzame, Zach Evan	0	PHI	+25N	=48B	+?N	=28B	+30N	=12N	−4B	4.5	26.5	26.5	14.75	1707	0.0
21	Caballero, Edwin	1763	PHI	+45B	=47N	=39B	=7N	=34B	=40N	+58N	4.5	25.0	28.0	17.50	1623	-20.6
22	Lomio, Fitz Jerald	1667	PHI	F	+51B	+67N	+58B	=23N	+48B	−6N	4.5	23.0	25.0	15.25	1704	+7.2
23	Ramos, Dantrell Dion	1545	PHI	+89B	−29N	+74B	+36N	=22B	−18N	+47B	4.5	23.0	24.0	12.75	1660	+30.8
24	Pabiana, Cedric	1501	PHI	+76B	−8N	−28N	=50B	+86N	+49B	+48N	4.5	21.5	23.0	12.25	1568	+9.6
25	Pamenano, Emmanuel Jr	1593	PHI	−20B	+71N	=68B	−42N	+74B	+85N	+46B	4.5	19.5	21.0	11.00	2313	+15.6
26	Florentino, Marcus Gavrie	1690	PHI	+68B	+17N	+62B	=2N	−5B	−7N	=40B	4.0	29.0	32.0	16.00	1575	-31.2
27	Ornido, Adrian Martin	1635	PHI	+51N	+53B	+9B	−4N	−12B	−15N	+57B	4.0	27.0	30.0	14.50	1597	-5.6
28	Lat, Jose Lorenzo	1783	PHI	−55B	+66N	+24B	=20N	+35B	=19N	−7B	4.0	26.5	29.5	16.25	1657	-24.8
29	Dasig, Jonathan	1697	PHI	+41N	+23B	+85N	−1B	−14N	−31B	+55N	4.0	26.5	28.0	13.00	1438	-54.0
30	Antiporta, Jayrald Jade	1649	PHI	+50N	+43B	−2B	+84N	−20B	+61N	−15B	4.0	26.0	28.0	12.50	1722	+16.0
31	Omana, Liam Benedict	1572	PHI	+93B	+37N	−4B	−12N	+73B	+29N	−19B	4.0	25.5	26.5	11.00	1626	+14.0
32	Gelua, Rhamielle Izelle	1649	PHI	+66B	+55N	=5B	−46N	−7B	=41B	+53N	4.0	24.5	27.5	13.75	1347	-44.8
33	Yap, Alexander James	0	PHI	+?B	=35N	=7B	+38N	−18B	−52N	+61B	4.0	24.5	24.5	11.75	1580	0.0
34	Marasigan, Carlos	1552	PHI	=70B	+69N	−6N	+75B	=21N	+56B	−16N	4.0	23.0	25.0	11.00	1668	+15.0
35	Miranda, Algene Washington	1572	PHI	=42N	=33B	=49N	+86B	−28N	+50B	=41N	4.0	23.0	24.5	12.75	983	-9.2
36	Acebedo, Lanz Arpil Jhay	1621	PHI	+64N	−85B	+44N	−23B	+60N	+53B	−13N	4.0	22.5	24.0	13.00	772	-45.6
37	Faeldonia, Ernie	1772	PHI	+81N	−31B	+43N	−13B	+55N	−58B	+60N	4.0	22.0	24.0	12.00	1348	-43.0
38	Tan, Mateo Joshua	1605	PHI	+83N	−1B	+41N	−33B	−53N	+90B	+64N	4.0	22.0	23.0	10.00	999	-10.0
39	Paragas, Vincent Bryan	1595	PHI	+92N	+98B	=21N	−5N	=62B	+54B	−8N	4.0	22.0	22.0	7.75	1734	+18.2
40	Teves, Cyrine Kate	1560	PHI	+80B	−4N	+96N	−11B	+90N	=21B	=26N	4.0	22.0	22.0	7.25	1524	-6.8
41	Chan, Johann Nicholas	0	PHI	−29B	+76N	−38B	+69N	+65B	=32N	=35B	4.0	21.5	23.5	11.50	1605	0.0
42	Romero, Glaiza Celine	0	PHI	=35B	+70N	−47B	+25B	−48N	=63N	+69B	4.0	21.0	23.5	13.00	1585	0.0
43	Taopa, Liz Dominique	1447	PHI	+99B	−30N	−37B	+71N	−57B	+66N	+76B	4.0	18.5	18.5	7.50	911	-14.8
44	Acebu, Jayian Calvert	0	PHI	−4B	+89N	−36B	−74N	+80B	+76N	+92B	4.0	16.5	17.5	6.00	865	0.0
45	Cuesta, Arnold	0	PHI	−21N	−79B	+94N	+96B	−56N	+89B	+54N	4.0	14.5	14.5	5.00	1572	0.0
46	Garibay, Martin Dave	1513	PHI	+88N	=54B	+48N	+32B	−11N	−6B	−25N	3.5	25.5	27.0	10.50	1603	+26.8
47	Torena, Zafirah Jahly	1583	PHI	+79N	=21B	+42N	−6B	+85N	−10B	−23N	3.5	25.5	27.0	9.75	1362	-38.0
48	Legaspi, Jeric Marc Euterio Reyes	1615	PHI	+96B	=20N	−46B	+68N	+42B	−22N	−24B	3.5	24.0	24.0	9.25	760	-69.2
49	De Leon, Carlos	0	PHI	−8B	+99N	=35B	−18N	+75B	−24N	+86B	3.5	22.0	22.0	5.50	1300	0.0
50	Doblon, Ariel	0	PHI	−30B	−12N	+91B	=24N	+?B	−35N	+85B	3.5	20.0	20.0	4.75	1423	0.0
51	Ebol, Jhon Wenz	0	PHI	−27B	−22N	+80B	+?N	−61B	=69N	+72B	3.5	18.5	18.5	5.75	1393	0.0
52	Mendoza, Zacheous Vinsenth	1599	PHI	+19B	−5N	+90B	−9N	F	+33B	−11N	3.0	26.5	27.5	10.00	1521	-15.6
53	Bidong, Rigel Jovens	0	PHI	+12B	−27N	−19B	+76N	+38B	−36N	−32B	3.0	26.0	28.0	11.00	1512	0.0
54	Malaluan, Guilberto	1670	PHI	+72B	=46N	=15B	+65N	−17B	−39N	−45B	3.0	24.5	27.0	9.75	1460	-46.4
55	Despoy, Jianlie	0	FID	+28N	−32B	−16N	+64B	−37B	+78N	−29B	3.0	24.0	26.0	9.00	1465	0.0
56	Palermo, Ferdinand	1658	PHI	−15B	+97N	+61B	−17N	+45B	−34N	F	3.0	24.0	24.0	7.00	1375	-22.2
57	Ngo, Roda	0	PHI	−14N	−87B	+81N	+67B	+43N	−16B	−27N	3.0	23.0	24.5	9.00	1386	0.0
58	Galicia, Eumir Isaac	1545	PHI	F	−10B	+79N	−22N	+66B	+37N	−21B	3.0	23.0	23.0	9.00	1532	-2.4
59	Adriano, Emmanuel	1567	PHI	+74B	−9N	+78B	−8N	−15B	+73N	−62B	3.0	22.0	24.0	6.00	920	-23.6
60	Ferrer, Nathan Philip	0	PHI	−5B	+91N	−12B	+78N	−36B	+92N	−37B	3.0	21.5	22.5	4.00	919	0.0
61	Casas, Athena Hermina Jaxx	1414	PHI	−1N	+92B	−56N	+97B	+51N	−30B	−33N	3.0	21.5	21.5	4.50	902	-20.0
62	Uy, Myles Spencer	0	PHI	F	+14B	−26N	=?B	=39N	−13B	+59N	3.0	21.0	21.0	10.00	1613	0.0
63	Demos, Jenci Rehann	0	PHI	−6N	+94B	−14N	+83B	=?N	=42B	F	3.0	20.5	20.5	5.00	1379	0.0
64	FIDE 521082022	0	—	−36B	−19N	+89B	−55N	+95B	+71N	−38B	3.0	19.5	19.5	3.50	812	0.0
65	Rivera, Jared Zach	1547	PHI	F	−11B	+83N	−54B	−41N	+82B	+74N	3.0	18.0	20.0	6.00	887	-24.8
66	Domingo, Harvey T	0	PHI	−32N	−28B	+82N	+98B	−58N	−43B	+89N	3.0	18.0	18.0	3.00	1400	0.0
67	FIDE 115109000	0	—	−9B	+80N	−22B	−57N	−92B	+95N	+75B	3.0	17.5	17.5	4.00	913	0.0
68	Chua, Justin	0	PHI	−26N	+95B	=25N	−48B	F	+70B	=?N	3.0	16.0	16.0	4.75	1436	0.0
69	Villavicencio, Zamiel	1560	PHI	=86N	−34B	=75N	−41B	+83N	=51B	−42N	2.5	19.5	21.0	5.50	752	-20.4
70	Taopa, Xian James	0	PHI	=34N	−42B	+88N	+87B	−19B	−68N	F	2.5	19.5	21.0	5.00	1389	0.0
71	FIDE 5293774	0	—	−?N	−25B	+95N	−43B	=79N	−64B	+93N	2.5	14.5	14.5	2.00	753	0.0
72	De Leon, Margarette Louise	0	PHI	−54N	=88B	−86N	+79B	+87N	−?B	−51N	2.5	13.0	13.0	4.25	844	0.0
73	De Leon, Yushua Zakiy Ismail	0	PHI	F	+16B	−10N	−14B	−31N	−59B	+79N	2.0	26.5	28.5	7.00	1374	0.0
74	Rosano, Caleb Anthony	0	PHI	−59N	+81B	−23N	+44B	−25N	F	−65B	2.0	21.0	23.0	6.00	763	0.0
75	Villavicencio, Zachary	0	PHI	+84B	−3N	=69B	−34N	−49N	=79B	−67N	2.0	21.0	23.0	4.25	1460	0.0
76	FIDE 521047472	0	—	−24N	−41B	+100N	−53B	+96N	−44B	−43N	2.0	19.5	19.5	0.00	674	0.0
77	Arrojo, Marcos Nathanniel	0	PHI	−11N	+82B	−13N	+93B	F	F	F	2.0	18.0	18.0	3.00	852	0.0
78	Macariola, Paul Genesis	0	PHI	−3B	F	−59N	−60B	+93N	−55B	+82N	2.0	18.0	18.0	3.00	792	0.0
79	FIDE 521080267	0	—	−47B	+45N	−58B	−72N	=71B	=75N	−73B	2.0	17.5	19.5	6.25	764	0.0
80	Sister, Rene	0	PHI	−40N	−67B	−51N	+81B	−44N	+96B	F	2.0	17.5	17.5	2.00	759	0.0
81	Cortez, Luis Angelo	0	PHI	−37B	−74N	−57B	−80N	+91B	+94N	F	2.0	14.5	15.5	2.00	972	0.0
82	FIDE 521082065	0	—	F	−77N	−66B	+91N	+100B	−65N	−78B	2.0	14.0	14.0	1.00	746	0.0
83	Ngo, Shaun Alex	0	PHI	−38B	+?N	−65B	−63N	−69B	−91N	+95B	2.0	13.5	13.5	0.00	1344	0.0
84	Engles, Frank Samuel	1457	PHI	−75N	+100B	+98N	−30B	F	F	F	2.0	6.0	6.0	0.00	1712	+24.8
85	Tapero, Mateo Yosef	0	PHI	F	+36N	−29B	=19N	−47B	−25B	−50N	1.5	24.5	24.5	6.50	1472	0.0
86	FIDE 521082057	0	—	=69B	−18N	+72B	−35N	−24B	F	−49N	1.5	22.0	22.0	3.75	1269	0.0
87	Villa, Emmanuel	0	PHI	−2B	+57N	=18B	−70N	−72B	F	F	1.5	20.5	20.5	5.50	1572	0.0
88	FIDE 115096468	0	—	−46B	=72N	−70B	+100N	F	F	F	1.5	13.0	13.0	1.25	713	0.0
89	FIDE 521070067	0	—	−23N	−44B	−64N	+94B	F	−45N	−66B	1.0	19.5	19.5	1.00	744	0.0
90	FIDE 521081972	0	—	−10N	+?B	−52N	F	−40B	−38N	F	1.0	18.0	18.0	0.00	815	0.0
91	FIDE 521046840	0	—	−13N	−60B	−50N	−82B	−81N	+83B	F	1.0	17.5	17.5	2.00	800	0.0
92	FIDE 521046859	0	—	−39B	−61N	−?B	F	+67N	−60B	−44N	1.0	17.0	17.0	3.00	682	0.0
93	Relucio, Sebastian	0	PHI	−31N	F	−17B	−77N	−78B	+?N	−71B	1.0	15.5	15.5	0.00	1389	0.0
94	FIDE 521046905	0	—	−7B	−63N	−45B	−89N	F	−81B	+96N	1.0	15.5	15.5	0.00	764	0.0
95	FIDE 521070075	0	—	−17B	−68N	−71B	F	−64N	−67B	−83N	0.0	18.5	18.5	0.00	734	0.0
96	FIDE 521043566	0	—	−48N	F	−40B	−45N	−76B	−80N	−94B	0.0	16.5	16.5	0.00	787	0.0
97	FIDE 521082014	0	—	−16N	−56B	F	−61N	F	F	F	0.0	13.5	13.5	0.00	766	0.0
98	Engles, Frank Stephanie	1775	PHI	F	−39N	−84B	−66N	F	F	F	0.0	9.0	9.0	0.00	726	-64.0
99	FIDE 5257662	0	—	−43N	−49B	F	F	F	F	F	0.0	8.5	8.5	0.00	647	0.0
100	FIDE 521082030	0	—	F	−84N	−76B	−88B	−82N	F	−?B	0.0	7.5	7.5	0.00	647	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Sarahan, Prince NeezhelPHI
+102.0
5.5 pts · #12
2Magpusao, AlmwaynePHI
+92.0
6.0 pts · #9
3Teves, Clark LoisPHI
+60.8
5.0 pts · #16

Top rating losers

1Legaspi, Jeric Marc Euterio ReyesPHI
-69.2
3.5 pts · #74
2Engles, Frank StephaniePHI
-64.0
0.0 pts · #85
3Dasig, JonathanPHI
-54.0
4.0 pts · #55

Biggest upsets

R3+318 Elo gap
Engles, Frank Samuel1457 beat Engles, Frank Stephanie1775
R6+227 Elo gap
Galicia, Eumir Isaac1545 beat Faeldonia, Ernie1772
R7+219 Elo gap
Sarahan, Prince Neezhel1564 beat Lat, Jose Lorenzo1783