Overview
- Twelve-year-old Faustino Oro scored 7/13 against all grandmaster opposition, defeating Levon Aronian and Leinier Domínguez to sit roughly 88th with a Blitz rating listed at 2503.
- Local outlet Diario Uno reports Oro has become the youngest player to surpass 2500 Elo in classical, rapid and blitz, a claim presented as a report from that publication.
- Nineteen-year-old Candela Francisco went 7/10 to place 10th in the women’s event after a standout win over world No. 3 Lei Tingjie and an estimated 37-point Blitz rating gain.
- Arjun Erigaisi, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave and Fabiano Caruana lead the open field on 10 points after Day 1, while Magnus Carlsen sits 11th following a time-loss incident against Erigaisi.
- Eline Roebers tops the women’s leaderboard on 8.5/10, with Tuesday’s rounds set to decide the four semifinalists in the women’s bracket and finalize standings in the 19-round open.