LXXI Campeonato Nacional e Internacional Abierto Mexicano de Ajedrez. Sub 14 Var
93 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 01 Apr 2026 to 05 Apr 2026 in QRO, Queretaro, Mexico. Top 10 Elo average was 1741, and top seed was Pablo Elliott De Alba Boudreau (🇲🇽 MEX, 1824).
Daniel Hernandez Gamboa (🇲🇽 MEX, 1692) won with 6.0/7, ahead of Miguel Adolfo Ortega Jacinto (6.0) and Ian Axel Calzada Martinez (6.0). Hernandez Gamboa won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.
The biggest upset came in round 6: Luis Xavier Madrigal Madrazo (1409) beat Erick Joshua Hernandez Aguilar (1747), a +338-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 7 roundsTight race until R7; 3 players tied at 6.0/7, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 4 co-leaders at R4 to 3 at the finish.
3 players finish on 6.0/7. Hernandez Gamboa takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (29.0).
Daniel Hernandez Gamboa 4 wins (R1–R4)Miguel Adolfo Ortega Jacinto 4 wins (R4–R7)Ian Axel Calzada Martinez 4 wins (R4–R7)
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Daniel Hernandez Gamboa | * | — | — | ½ |
| 2Miguel Adolfo Ortega Jacinto | — | * | — | — |
| 3Ian Axel Calzada Martinez | — | — | * | — |
| 4Inti Dario Flores Ojeda | ½ | — | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hernandez Gamboa, Daniel | 1692 | MEX | +84B | +23N | +20B | +25N | =4B | =5N | +10B | 6.0 | 29.0 | 30.5 | 25.00 | 1876 | +45.2 |
| 2 | Ortega Jacinto, Miguel Adolfo | 1744 | MEX | +36N | +54B | −10N | +44B | +30B | +15N | +5B | 6.0 | 27.0 | 30.0 | 25.00 | 1802 | +12.0 |
| 3 | Calzada Martinez, Ian Axel | 1650 | MEX | +91N | +53B | −25N | +56B | +29N | +11B | +9N | 6.0 | 24.0 | 25.0 | 21.00 | 1678 | +2.8 |
| 4 | Flores Ojeda, Inti Dario | 1811 | MEX | +86N | +41B | +6N | +14B | =1N | −9B | +12N | 5.5 | 30.0 | 31.5 | 23.50 | 1836 | +6.0 |
| 5 | Brito De La O, Ricardo Gael | 1735 | MEX | +63B | +35N | +26B | +29N | +9N | =1B | −2N | 5.5 | 29.0 | 32.0 | 23.00 | 1805 | +20.4 |
| 6 | Sanchez Martinez, Uriel Mateo | 1661 | MEX | +83B | +52N | −4B | +26N | +28B | =18N | +19B | 5.5 | 25.5 | 27.5 | 19.75 | 1859 | +53.6 |
| 7 | Madrigal Madrazo, Luis Xavier | 1409 | MEX | +12B | =43N | −33B | +64N | +31B | +28N | +18B | 5.5 | 25.0 | 28.0 | 22.25 | 1847 | +132.0 |
| 8 | Sevilla Ramirez, Brandon Samuel | 1668 | MEX | +57B | −26N | +39B | =31N | +38B | +20N | +21B | 5.5 | 24.0 | 27.0 | 21.00 | 1624 | -10.0 |
| 9 | De Alba Boudreau, Pablo Elliott | 1824 | MEX | +39B | +16N | +32B | +30N | −5B | +4N | −3B | 5.0 | 30.0 | 33.5 | 22.00 | 1776 | -11.6 |
| 10 | Rascon Peralta, Bolivar Ernesto | 1592 | MEX | +67B | +79N | +2B | =18B | =27N | +13B | −1N | 5.0 | 28.5 | 30.5 | 20.25 | 1737 | +39.6 |
| 11 | Castillo Rojas, Ruben | 0 | MEX | +78N | −18B | +61N | +22B | +17B | −3N | +34B | 5.0 | 27.0 | 29.0 | 18.50 | 1665 | 0.0 |
| 12 | Tapia Yam, Edwin Gerardo | 1607 | MEX | −7N | +45B | +36N | +47B | +25B | +27N | −4B | 5.0 | 26.5 | 30.0 | 19.00 | 1687 | +25.2 |
| 13 | Vazquez Juarez, Juan Carlos | 1624 | MEX | +73B | =27N | =48B | +16N | +35B | −10N | +26B | 5.0 | 25.5 | 28.0 | 19.25 | 1682 | +18.4 |
| 14 | Cortez Madera, Fidel Leonardo | 1553 | MEX | +70B | +42N | +28B | −4N | =19B | =32N | +27B | 5.0 | 25.5 | 28.0 | 18.25 | 1792 | +74.0 |
| 15 | Mendez, Mendez Luis Israel | 0 | MEX | +75N | =69B | +68N | +33N | =18B | −2B | +25N | 5.0 | 23.5 | 26.0 | 16.50 | 1685 | 0.0 |
| 16 | Zamora Marquez, Martin | 1517 | MEX | +72N | −9B | +46N | −13B | +61N | +53B | +37N | 5.0 | 23.5 | 26.0 | 16.00 | 1629 | +28.4 |
| 17 | Soto Resendiz, Miguel Angel | 1678 | MEX | −46N | +62B | +55N | +53B | −11N | +56B | +35N | 5.0 | 21.5 | 24.5 | 16.00 | 1594 | -12.0 |
| 18 | Carrasco Mexicano, Nestor Bibani | 1703 | MEX | +55B | +11N | +31B | =10N | =15N | =6B | −7N | 4.5 | 30.0 | 33.0 | 19.75 | 1557 | -29.6 |
| 19 | Ruiz Gastelum, Mateo | 1787 | MEX | +59N | +50B | −30N | +54B | =14N | +24B | −6N | 4.5 | 25.5 | 28.5 | 16.50 | 1664 | -23.6 |
| 20 | Corey Ramirez, Sebastian | 0 | MEX | +45N | +46B | −1N | =40B | +52N | −8B | +44N | 4.5 | 25.5 | 28.5 | 15.25 | 1611 | 0.0 |
| 21 | Ramirez Flores, Felix Alexander | 0 | MEX | +76N | −22B | +50N | +49B | =32B | +40N | −8N | 4.5 | 24.5 | 26.5 | 14.50 | 1641 | 0.0 |
| 22 | Pacheco Penaloza, Jose Manuel | 1607 | MEX | +61B | +21N | −29B | −11N | =39B | +55N | +38B | 4.5 | 23.5 | 26.5 | 15.75 | 1680 | +6.8 |
| 23 | Cardenas Chable, Joshua | 1510 | MEX | +85N | −1B | =52N | +68B | −24N | +58B | +41N | 4.5 | 22.5 | 24.0 | 12.00 | 1605 | +10.0 |
| 24 | Vargas, Proa Jesus Emmanuel | 0 | MEX | −52B | +70N | +57B | =38N | +23B | −19N | +45B | 4.5 | 22.0 | 24.5 | 15.25 | 1621 | 0.0 |
| 25 | Urbina Ballina, Christopher | 1531 | MEX | +92B | +34N | +3B | −1B | −12N | +33N | −15B | 4.0 | 30.0 | 30.5 | 14.50 | 1730 | +54.0 |
| 26 | Montoya Perez, Daniyyel | 1502 | MEX | +88N | +8B | −5N | −6B | +69N | +30B | −13N | 4.0 | 28.0 | 29.5 | 13.50 | 1479 | -4.4 |
| 27 | Rodriguez Sosa, Oscar Alan | 1563 | MEX | +93N | =13B | +34N | +43N | =10B | −12B | −14N | 4.0 | 27.5 | 27.5 | 12.50 | 1610 | +15.2 |
| 28 | Hernandez Aguilar, Erick Joshua | 1747 | MEX | +37N | +49B | −14N | +48B | −6N | −7B | +53N | 4.0 | 27.0 | 30.0 | 14.00 | 1375 | -75.2 |
| 29 | Polvo Xicohtencatl, Ireland Tadeo | 0 | MEX | +90N | +40B | +22N | −5B | −3B | −34N | +52N | 4.0 | 26.5 | 27.5 | 12.00 | 1596 | 0.0 |
| 30 | FIDE 550011901 | 0 | — | +66B | +89N | +19B | −9B | −2N | −26N | +59B | 4.0 | 25.5 | 26.5 | 11.50 | 1521 | 0.0 |
| 31 | Dominguez Alvarez, Blas | 1566 | MEX | +62N | +47B | −18N | =8B | −7N | =52B | +60N | 4.0 | 25.0 | 28.0 | 13.75 | 1556 | -2.8 |
| 32 | Vicente Olvera, Erick Eduardo | 1669 | MEX | F | +56B | −9N | +65B | =21N | =14B | +51N | 4.0 | 24.0 | 24.0 | 14.25 | 1496 | -18.0 |
| 33 | Espinosa Guzman, Alfonso Naim | 1681 | MEX | =68N | +58B | +7N | −15B | =60N | −25B | +56N | 4.0 | 23.5 | 26.0 | 14.25 | 1470 | -21.2 |
| 34 | Duran Gen, Iker | 1661 | MEX | +60N | −25B | −27B | +70N | +47N | +29B | −11N | 4.0 | 23.5 | 26.0 | 13.00 | 1424 | -38.4 |
| 35 | Morales Barcelo, Ian Carlo | 1520 | MEX | +81N | −5B | +58N | +76B | −13N | +60B | −17B | 4.0 | 23.5 | 25.5 | 10.00 | 1463 | -11.6 |
| 36 | FIDE 5191599 | 0 | — | −2B | +87N | −12B | −42N | +67B | +77N | +76B | 4.0 | 21.5 | 23.0 | 8.50 | 1397 | 0.0 |
| 37 | Silva Jimenez, Carlos Adrian | 0 | MEX | −28B | =74N | +92B | =73N | +76N | +54B | −16B | 4.0 | 19.0 | 19.5 | 8.00 | 1600 | 0.0 |
| 38 | Diaz Gonzalez Morales, Luis Gusta | 0 | MEX | −40N | +88B | +41N | =24B | −8N | +50B | −22N | 3.5 | 25.0 | 26.5 | 10.75 | 1526 | 0.0 |
| 39 | Lopez Olascoaga, Diego | 1522 | MEX | −9N | +72B | −8N | +62B | =22N | −41B | +75N | 3.5 | 24.0 | 26.5 | 10.25 | 1528 | -1.6 |
| 40 | Olivo Diaz, Marco Cristofer | 1687 | MEX | +38B | −29N | +84B | =20N | +43B | −21B | F | 3.5 | 23.5 | 25.0 | 10.75 | 2421 | +16.4 |
| 41 | Martinez Cruz, Axel | 1518 | MEX | +74B | −4N | −38B | +66N | =63B | +39N | −23B | 3.5 | 23.0 | 25.5 | 10.50 | 1489 | -6.0 |
| 42 | Galvez Villalva, Kevin Gabriel | 0 | MEX | +44N | −14B | −53N | +36B | −54N | =47B | +68N | 3.5 | 22.0 | 24.5 | 11.75 | 1467 | +8.4 |
| 43 | Anaya Cruz, Agustin | 1621 | MEX | +65N | =7B | +69N | −27B | −40N | −45B | +79N | 3.5 | 22.0 | 24.0 | 10.25 | 1219 | -76.8 |
| 44 | Perez Rodriguez, Edred Marek | 1556 | MEX | −42B | +66N | +77B | −2N | =73B | +71N | −20B | 3.5 | 22.0 | 24.0 | 8.75 | 783 | -37.6 |
| 45 | Gonzaga Angeles, Luis Emiliano | 1503 | MEX | −20B | −12N | +88B | =55N | +84B | +43N | −24N | 3.5 | 22.0 | 23.5 | 8.00 | 1614 | +12.0 |
| 46 | Ortiz Alcantara, Tadeo | 1438 | MEX | +17B | −20N | −16B | −77N | +72B | +89N | =64B | 3.5 | 22.0 | 23.0 | 10.00 | 1672 | +36.8 |
| 47 | Chavez Avila, Ian Damian | 1554 | MEX | +82B | −31N | +79B | −12N | −34B | =42N | +71B | 3.5 | 21.0 | 23.0 | 8.25 | 1242 | -57.6 |
| 48 | Cristobal Maya, Santiago Fernando | 1650 | MEX | F | +51B | =13N | −28N | −59B | +78N | +57B | 3.5 | 20.5 | 20.5 | 11.00 | 1632 | -3.2 |
| 49 | Rocandio, Moreno Diego Alonso | 0 | MEX | +71B | −28N | =73B | −21N | +83B | +63N | F | 3.5 | 20.0 | 22.0 | 8.75 | 947 | 0.0 |
| 50 | Hernandez Tierrafria, Christian Mateo | 1511 | MEX | +87B | −19N | −21B | =71N | +74B | −38N | +70N | 3.5 | 20.0 | 21.5 | 7.75 | 987 | -6.8 |
| 51 | FIDE 550025287 | 0 | — | F | −48N | +67B | =69B | +65N | +59N | −32B | 3.5 | 19.0 | 19.0 | 10.25 | 860 | 0.0 |
| 52 | Maciel Martinez, Sebastian | 0 | MEX | +24N | −6B | =23B | +?N | −20B | =31N | −29B | 3.0 | 27.0 | 27.0 | 8.75 | 1454 | 0.0 |
| 53 | Perez Amador, Sergio | 0 | MEX | +77B | −3N | +42B | −17N | +79B | −16N | −28B | 3.0 | 25.5 | 27.5 | 7.50 | 1363 | 0.0 |
| 54 | Guizar Cuevas, Jesus Antonio | 1551 | MEX | F | −2N | +71B | −19N | +42B | −37N | +61B | 3.0 | 23.5 | 23.5 | 9.00 | 1601 | +9.6 |
| 55 | FIDE 550001493 | 0 | — | −18N | +82N | −17B | =45B | +75N | −22B | =58N | 3.0 | 23.0 | 25.0 | 7.75 | 1301 | 0.0 |
| 56 | Casas Juarez, Oscar Leonardo | 0 | MEX | +?B | −32N | +89B | −3N | +77B | −17N | −33B | 3.0 | 22.0 | 22.0 | 3.00 | 870 | 0.0 |
| 57 | Hernandez Nava, Luis | 1524 | MEX | −8N | +81B | −24N | −58B | +85N | +65B | −48N | 3.0 | 21.5 | 23.0 | 6.50 | 859 | -25.6 |
| 58 | FIDE 550025279 | 0 | — | +?B | −33N | −35B | +57N | =64B | −23N | =55B | 3.0 | 21.5 | 21.5 | 6.00 | 1366 | 0.0 |
| 59 | FIDE 550025210 | 0 | — | −19B | −71N | +72B | +78N | +48N | −51B | −30N | 3.0 | 20.5 | 22.5 | 8.00 | 1648 | 0.0 |
| 60 | Ramirez Mata, Ian Santiago | 0 | MEX | −34B | =92N | +80B | +74N | =33B | −35N | −31B | 3.0 | 20.5 | 21.0 | 6.75 | 1473 | 0.0 |
| 61 | Sanchez Gomez, Santiago | 1452 | MEX | −22N | +93B | −11B | +89N | −16B | +80N | −54N | 3.0 | 20.5 | 20.5 | 3.00 | 1397 | -10.8 |
| 62 | Gonzalez Ramirez, Leonel | 1448 | MEX | −31B | −17N | +87B | −39N | −78B | +81N | +77B | 3.0 | 18.5 | 20.0 | 5.50 | 789 | -38.0 |
| 63 | FIDE 550020080 | 0 | — | −5N | +85B | −76N | +93B | =41N | −49B | =82N | 3.0 | 18.0 | 18.0 | 4.25 | 1340 | 0.0 |
| 64 | FIDE 5174295 | 0 | — | F | −68B | +?N | −7B | =58N | +69B | =46N | 3.0 | 17.0 | 17.0 | 5.75 | 1231 | 0.0 |
| 65 | FIDE 550005405 | 0 | — | −43B | +80N | +?B | −32N | −51B | −57N | +89B | 3.0 | 17.0 | 17.0 | 3.00 | 1432 | 0.0 |
| 66 | FIDE 550009559 | 0 | — | −30N | −44B | +90N | −41B | −80B | +87N | +78B | 3.0 | 16.5 | 17.5 | 4.50 | 786 | 0.0 |
| 67 | FIDE 29627885 | 0 | — | −10N | =86B | −51N | =85B | −36N | +93B | +91B | 3.0 | 16.5 | 16.5 | 2.50 | 792 | 0.0 |
| 68 | Gomez, Ballato Kenneth Elias | 0 | MEX | =33B | +64N | −15B | −23N | −71B | +74N | −42B | 2.5 | 22.5 | 25.0 | 7.50 | 1265 | 0.0 |
| 69 | Perez Hernandez, Edgar Alejandro | 0 | MEX | +80B | =15N | −43B | =51N | −26B | −64N | =72B | 2.5 | 21.5 | 23.5 | 7.50 | 1477 | 0.0 |
| 70 | De, La Rocha Perez Federico Abel | 0 | MEX | −14N | −24B | +81N | −34B | =82N | +?N | −50B | 2.5 | 21.0 | 21.0 | 3.00 | 775 | 0.0 |
| 71 | FIDE 550006835 | 0 | — | −49N | +59B | −54N | =50B | +68N | −44B | −47N | 2.5 | 20.0 | 22.5 | 7.25 | 1221 | 0.0 |
| 72 | Duarte Carreno, Bruno | 1447 | MEX | −16B | −39N | −59N | +90B | −46N | +85B | =69N | 2.5 | 19.0 | 20.0 | 3.75 | 692 | -52.4 |
| 73 | FIDE 550012789 | 0 | — | −13N | +90B | =49N | =37B | =44N | F | F | 2.5 | 19.0 | 19.0 | 6.50 | 1397 | 0.0 |
| 74 | FIDE 550025201 | 0 | — | −41N | =37B | +86N | −60B | −50N | −68B | +84B | 2.5 | 18.0 | 19.5 | 5.00 | 715 | 0.0 |
| 75 | Ayestas Zegarra, Tiago Aron | 0 | MEX | −15B | −?N | +82B | =84N | −55B | +83N | −39B | 2.5 | 17.0 | 17.0 | 4.75 | 722 | 0.0 |
| 76 | Garcia Chavez, Jesus Axel | 1586 | MEX | −21B | +83N | +63B | −35N | −37B | F | −36N | 2.0 | 22.0 | 24.0 | 5.00 | 720 | -23.6 |
| 77 | FIDE 550025228 | 0 | — | −53N | +91B | −44N | +46B | −56N | −36B | −62N | 2.0 | 20.0 | 21.0 | 4.50 | 1356 | 0.0 |
| 78 | FIDE 29694434 | 0 | — | −11B | −84N | +91N | −59B | +62N | −48B | −66N | 2.0 | 19.0 | 20.0 | 4.00 | 1549 | 0.0 |
| 79 | FIDE 550025309 | 0 | — | F | −10B | −47N | +86B | −53N | +91N | −43B | 2.0 | 17.5 | 17.5 | 2.50 | 789 | 0.0 |
| 80 | Perez Rodriguez, Miguel Ernesto | 1684 | MEX | −69N | −65B | −60N | +81B | +66N | −61B | F | 2.0 | 16.5 | 16.5 | 5.00 | 652 | -31.6 |
| 81 | Fernandez Flores, Yareth | 0 | MEX | −35B | −57N | −70B | −80N | +86N | −62B | +90N | 2.0 | 16.0 | 17.0 | 2.50 | 744 | 0.0 |
| 82 | FIDE 550025295 | 0 | — | −47N | −55B | −75N | F | =70B | +84N | =63B | 2.0 | 16.0 | 16.0 | 4.25 | 754 | 0.0 |
| 83 | FIDE 29627257 | 0 | — | −6N | −76B | =85N | +?B | −49N | −75B | =?B | 2.0 | 15.0 | 15.0 | 0.75 | 824 | 0.0 |
| 84 | Juarez Sanchez, Eder Tadeo | 0 | MEX | −1N | +78B | −40N | =75B | −45N | −82B | −74N | 1.5 | 20.0 | 22.0 | 3.25 | 827 | 0.0 |
| 85 | FIDE 550025155 | 0 | — | −23B | −63N | =83B | =67N | −57B | −72N | =88B | 1.5 | 18.0 | 19.5 | 3.25 | 694 | 0.0 |
| 86 | FIDE 550016601 | 0 | — | −4B | =67N | −74B | −79N | −81B | +88N | F | 1.5 | 16.5 | 18.0 | 3.00 | 1011 | 0.0 |
| 87 | FIDE 550025147 | 0 | — | −50N | −36B | −62N | +88N | =?B | −66B | F | 1.5 | 16.5 | 16.5 | 1.50 | 680 | 0.0 |
| 88 | FIDE 550021796 | 0 | — | −26B | −38N | −45N | −87B | +90N | −86B | =85N | 1.5 | 15.5 | 16.5 | 1.75 | 703 | 0.0 |
| 89 | FIDE 550022628 | 0 | — | F | −30B | −56N | −61B | +?N | −46B | −65N | 1.0 | 16.5 | 16.5 | 0.00 | 645 | 0.0 |
| 90 | FIDE 550025198 | 0 | — | −29B | −73N | −66B | −72N | −88B | +?N | −81B | 1.0 | 15.5 | 15.5 | 0.00 | 647 | 0.0 |
| 91 | FIDE 550025252 | 0 | — | −3B | −77N | −78B | F | +93N | −79B | −67N | 1.0 | 15.5 | 15.5 | 0.00 | 850 | 0.0 |
| 92 | FIDE 29677858 | 0 | — | −25N | =60B | −37N | F | F | F | F | 0.5 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 1.50 | 731 | 0.0 |
| 93 | FIDE 550025244 | 0 | — | −27B | −61N | F | −63N | −91B | −67N | −?B | 0.0 | 14.0 | 14.0 | 0.00 | 708 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Madrigal Madrazo, Luis XavierMEX+132.05.5 pts · #2
- 2Cortez Madera, Fidel LeonardoMEX+74.05.0 pts · #5
- 3Urbina Ballina, ChristopherMEX+54.04.0 pts · #18
- 1Anaya Cruz, AgustinMEX-76.83.5 pts · #64
- 2Hernandez Aguilar, Erick JoshuaMEX-75.24.0 pts · #50
- 3Chavez Avila, Ian DamianMEX-57.63.5 pts · #58
- R6+338 Elo gap
- R7+294 Elo gap
- R1+240 Elo gap