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Torneo Ajedrez Picante Elite 2.0

Double Round-RobinStandard

12 players participated in this 22-round tournament, held from 07 Apr 2026 to 16 Apr 2026 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. 5 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 2126, and top seed was Josue Araujo Sanchez (🇩🇴 DOM, IM, 2313).

Juan Carlos Mesa Cruz (🇩🇴 DOM, FM, 2303) won with 18.5/22, ahead of Josue Araujo Sanchez (18.5) and Victor Mendez Ramirez (16.5). Mesa Cruz shared the lead from round 4, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 7: Patricia Evarista Castillo Pena (WFM, 1913) beat Franklin Antonio Machuca Reynoso (2220), a +307-point gap.

Location
🇩🇴Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Dates
07 Apr 2026 → 16 Apr 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Double RR · 22 rounds
Top seed
🇩🇴IMJosue Araujo Sanchez2313
Avg top 10
2,126
Participants
12
Titled players · 5
IM×1
FM×2
CM×1
WFM×1
Federations · 1 represented
🇩🇴Dominican Republic×12
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 12 · 22 rounds

FM Juan Carlos Mesa Cruz led from R6 onwards, the runner-up race stayed tight. Title race narrowed from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.

Co-leaders
6
4
2
3
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
#1#2#6#12R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9R10R11R12R13R14R15R16R17R18R19R20R21R22
Mesa Cruz#1Araujo Sanchez#2Mendez Ramirez#3Castillo Pena#4Ventura Rosario#5Diaz Valdez#6Henriquez Trinidad#7Machuca Reynoso#8Acosta Mejia#9Henriquez Trinidad#10Ruiz Henrnandez#11Lahoz Medina#12
R6–R22 · LEAD HELD

FM Juan Carlos Mesa Cruz held the sole lead from R6 through R22 without losing it.

HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND · 2 games

FM Juan Carlos Mesa Cruz 1.0–1.0 against IM Josue Araujo Sanchez (R11 1-0, R22 0-1) — decisive in 2/2.

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

FM Juan Carlos Mesa Cruz 12+6 wins (R1–R13, R16–R21)IM Josue Araujo Sanchez 4+4+4+5 wins (R1–R5, R7–R10, R12–R15, R18–R22)FM Victor Mendez Ramirez 3+9+3 wins (R1–R3, R7–R16, R20–R22)

Cross-table

#PlayerElo123456789101112PtsSBBhΔ EloPerf
1🇩🇴FMMesa Cruz, Juan Carlos2303*
01
01
1½
11
11
11
1—
11
11
11
11
18.5165.50217.0+45.42405
2🇩🇴IMAraujo Sanchez, Josue2313
01
*
½½
1½
11
11
11
1—
11
11
11
11
18.5165.50217.0+40.62404
3🇩🇴FMMendez Ramirez, Victor2248
01
½½
*
11
1½
—1
11
——
11
11
11
11
16.5147.00221.0+58.62393
4🇩🇴WFMCastillo Pena, Patricia Evarista1913
½0
½0
00
*
½½
01
11
11
11
11
11
11
15.0109.50224.0+137.42244
5🇩🇴CMVentura Rosario, Julio Esdeulin1951
00
00
½0
½½
*
11
01
½1
11
11
11
11
14.096.25226.0+143.22210
6🇩🇴Diaz Valdez, Eugenio Daniel1977
00
00
0—
01
00
*
½½
11
11
11
11
11
12.068.50230.0+83.82147
7🇩🇴Henriquez Trinidad, Benjamin1962
00
00
00
00
01
½½
*
1½
11
11
11
11
11.563.50231.0+86.82121
8🇩🇴Machuca Reynoso,Franklin Antonio2220
—0
—0
——
00
0½
00
½0
*
11
11
11
11
9.036.75236.0-81.62040
9🇩🇴Acosta Mejia, Jefferson2047
00
00
00
00
00
00
00
00
*
½½
1½
11
4.510.00245.0-72.01859
10🇩🇴Henriquez Trinidad, Nehemias2047
00
00
00
00
00
00
00
00
½½
*
1½
1½
4.09.75246.0-101.51837
11🇩🇴Ruiz Henrnandez, Joan2096
00
00
00
00
00
00
00
00
½0
½0
*
10
2.05.75250.0-281.51712
12🇩🇴Lahoz Medina, Gilbert Adonis2047
00
00
00
00
00
00
00
00
00
½0
10
*1.54.00251.0-146.51677

Key insights

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