The Copa Independencia 2025 will take place from September 12 to September 17 in Ciudad de México, México. It is a 9-round Swiss system tournament with time control of 90 min + 30 sec/move. For more events from Mexico, check out The North American Chess Calendar, which is part of The Chess Calendar.
The top-seeded players are GM Luis Ernesto Quesada Perez (2559), GM Elier Miranda Mesa (2482), GM Juan Carlos Gonzalez Zamora (2456), GM Kevin Joel Cori Quispe (2453), GM Gabriel Flom (2431), IM Carlos Sandoval Mercado (2410), IM Luis Daniel Rodriguez Hernandez (2396), IM Lisandro Fernandez Reyes (2341), FM Isaac Antonio Garcia Guerrero (2292), FM Miguel Angel Montes Orozco (2290), FM Javier Benitez Lozano (2285), FM Sergio Joshafatt Morales Garcia (2221), CM Andrey Gonzalez Zharikov (2198), IM Julian Estrada Nieto (2175), IM Miguel Herrera Ortiz (2174), IM Benjamin Gongora Montes (2140), IM Kenneth Frey Beckman (2102), NM Algol Jorajuria Mendoza (2098), CM Jesus Daniel Diaz Guerrero (2087), Juan Octavio Ruiz Perez (2072). Scroll down for the full participants list.
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Copa Independencia 2025 Participants
No.
Name
FED
RtgI
RtgN
1
GM
Quesada Perez, Luis Ernesto
CUB
2559
2550
2
GM
Miranda Mesa, Elier
CUB
2482
2488
3
GM
Gonzalez Zamora, Juan Carlos
MEX
2456
2463
4
GM
Cori Quispe, Kevin Joel
MEX
2453
2466
5
GM
Flom, Gabriel
FRA
2431
0
6
IM
Sandoval Mercado, Carlos
MEX
2410
0
7
IM
Rodriguez Hernandez, Luis Daniel
CUB
2396
0
8
IM
Fernandez Reyes, Lisandro
MEX
2341
2341
9
FM
Garcia Guerrero, Isaac Antonio
MEX
2292
2345
10
FM
Montes Orozco, Miguel Angel
MEX
2290
2331
11
FM
Benitez Lozano, Javier
MEX
2285
2285
12
FM
Morales Garcia, Sergio Joshafatt
MEX
2221
2239
13
CM
Gonzalez Zharikov, Andrey
MEX
2198
2244
14
IM
Estrada Nieto, Julian
MEX
2175
2203
15
IM
Herrera Ortiz, Miguel
MEX
2174
2224
16
IM
Gongora Montes, Benjamin
MEX
2140
2157
17
IM
Frey Beckman, Kenneth
MEX
2102
2126
18
NM
Jorajuria Mendoza, Algol
MEX
2098
2134
19
CM
Diaz Guerrero, Jesus Daniel
MEX
2087
2134
20
Ruiz Perez, Juan Octavio
MEX
2072
2093
21
AGM
Medina Calderon, Victor Manuel
MEX
2016
2064
22
Silva Hernandez, Jose Luis
MEX
1977
1990
23
FM
Lopez Michelone, Manuel
MEX
1953
1967
24
Castro Esparza, Raul
MEX
1951
1983
25
Avendano Porras, Rodrigo
CRC
1946
0
26
Leal Escamilla, Daniel Zinedine
MEX
1943
2033
27
Diaz Gonzalez Jardon, Emmanuel
MEX
1937
1888
28
Vega Castaneda, Ulises Antonio
MEX
1936
1966
29
Lerma Castillo, Juan
MEX
1933
1999
30
Espana Gonzalez, Jaime
MEX
1909
1942
31
Tututi Guillen, Eduardo
MEX
1908
1942
32
De Alba Boudreau, Pablo Elliott
MEX
1904
1882
33
Terres Balderrama, Luigi Guadalupe
MEX
1897
1932
34
Yescas Lopez, Lorenzo
MEX
1868
1884
35
Romano Grobeisen, Elias
MEX
1860
1860
36
Estrada, Ricardo
FRA
1852
0
37
Rosales Villegas, Israel
MEX
1833
1864
38
CM
Vega Castaneda, Luis Carlos
MEX
1822
1876
39
Espana Gonzalez, Jayr
MEX
1822
1839
40
Quiroz Frias, Alvaro
MEX
1822
1961
41
Ortega Garduno, Luis Alfonso
MEX
1812
1900
42
Mendoza Reyes, Fernando
MEX
1799
1799
43
Salazar Moreno, Rafael
MEX
1787
1898
44
Monjaras Perez, Jose Miguel
MEX
1767
1799
45
Castillo Vallejo, Kimberly
MEX
1761
1815
46
Acevedo Vargas, Alonso Gabriel
MEX
1744
1781
47
AFM
Montes De Oca Rojas, Ricardo
MEX
1726
1748
48
Solis Bazaldua, Arturo
MEX
1726
0
49
Espinosa Miranda, Carlo Guillermo
MEX
1653
1783
50
Barrios Cruz, Mario Antonio
MEX
1645
1775
51
Calderon Giorguli, Miguel
MEX
1641
0
52
Pulido Velasco, Miriam Pamela
MEX
1626
1731
53
Mayen Esquivel, Victor Manuel
MEX
1461
1461
54
Felix Perez, Jeronimo
MEX
0
0
55
CM
Salinas Cardenas, Rodrigo Salvador
MEX
2033
2088